Lin’s mother smiled, "It’s nothing serious, just asking how you’ve been lately, is work keeping you busy?"
"It’s manageable, I can handle it. Mom, how’s your health? How’s everything at home?"
"Everything at home is good. I heeded your advice and didn’t go to the market to sell vegetables. I’ve been eating and sleeping well; my health feels quite good. Xiaocong has also learned many poems and idioms. He’s almost finished with the reading tapes you bought for him."
Lin Xinlan showed a look of surprise, "Really? He’s so talented."
"Xiaocong, come and say a few words to your mom." Lin’s mother handed the phone to Xiaocong.
"Mommy." Xiaocong giggled, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
Lin Xinlan was startled, Mid-Autumn?
It seemed that tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she had actually forgotten about it.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, a day meant for family reunions, yet she couldn’t go back home.
"Xiaocong, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival." She smiled faintly, then said with an apologetic tone, "Xiaocong, mommy can’t come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but how about I send you a gift instead?"
"Mmm, okay." Xiaocong nodded understandingly, "Mommy, you don’t need to come back, focus on your work, and come back when you have time. I’ve learned a lot of idioms and can recite poems too, I’ll recite them for you when you come back."
Hearing her son’s youthful voice softened Lin Xinlan’s heart immensely.
In the future, Xiaocong will have a brother, and he won’t be lonely anymore. Since she can’t be with him until he is a hundred years old, she’ll let her second child take care of him and keep him company forever.
She didn’t talk for too long and hung up the phone, then she called Qiao Yiyang.
Qiao Yiyang answered, his voice filled with confusion, "Is this Miss Lin?"
"Mr. Qiao, it’s me. Did you call me before?"
"Yes, but Mr. Rong answered the phone... Miss Lin, I hope my call didn’t cause you any trouble?"
As clever as he was, when he saw Rong Shaoze hang up his call without a word, he was worried that Rong Shaoze might have misunderstood something and caused trouble for Lin Xinlan.
Lin Xinlan laughed, "Not at all. Mr. Qiao, what did you want to talk to me about today?"
"Well, it’s , a couple of days ago I ran into Zhou Yu’s mother, and she told me that Zhou Yu has gone missing. She’s worried that he might have gone to cause trouble for Rong Shaoze, so I wanted to ask you if you’ve heard anything similar recently?"
Lin Xinlan paused for a moment, then shook her head, "No, he shouldn’t have troubled Rong Shaoze, I haven’t heard Rong Shaoze mention it, and lately he has been... at home. If there was anything, I should have known about it."
Lin Xinlan carelessly told a lie.
Rong Shaoze hadn’t always been at home; he wasn’t there the past few days. But until things became clearer, she couldn’t just suspect him.
And she couldn’t let others suspect him either, especially since the grudge between Rong Shaoze and the Zhou family was too deep. She was worried that things might get even more tangled.
"Hmm, then Zhou Yu’s disappearance probably has nothing to do with Rong Shaoze. Alright, that’s all then, thank you Miss Lin, I’m hanging up now."
"Hmm, goodbye." After hanging up, Lin Xinlan swayed on the swing for a while before she got up and went upstairs.
She knocked on the door of the study, and Rong Shaoze’s deep voice rang out, "Come in."
She pushed the door open, and the man, surprised to see her, raised his eyebrows. He clicked his mouse a few times on the computer before asking, "Did you need something?"
Lin Xinlan walked over to him and glanced at the computer screen inadvertently.