Chapter 104 - Collision

With lowered head, Cheng Yang cried as he clutched his mother's hand that was still on his cheek. He didn't dare to raise his head as he was afraid of what he would see in her mother's eyes.

He wanted to cherish this last moment in his mother's warmness where he could feel her love and care for him. Because he didn't know whether he would be able to feel it again or not.

His eyes went back to blank when he felt his mother's hand slipping out of his hold. He didn't held it anymore and let it slip away.

"I'm sorry."

He whispered again as his voice choked because of his uprising emotions but he suppressed them.

He waited for her to shout out, hit him, beat the sh*t out of him. He deserved it..

However, what he heard was a small whisper.

"Were you escaping from me because of this?"

Mrs. Cheng looked shocked as she looked at his son. Cheng Yang didn't answer his mother's question but Mrs. Cheng already knew the answer.

Cheng Yang mind was now revolving around that day.

'Why did I insist when dad had refused me?'

'Why wasn't I careful?'

A few moments later, Cheng Yang who was sitting on the floor with clenched fists suddenly heard some muffled sounds.

His body stilled, and he came out of his trance. He raised his head slowly and his heart clenched when he saw his mother covering her mouth and sobbing quietly.

"Mom…"

His pale face became paler and his chin trembled. He raised his hand to embrace his mother but stopped amidst his action.

Would she like him near herself now?

In the end, he let down his arms and whispered in trembling voice.

"Mom…. Scold me…hit me…but don't cry like this. I can't bear it…I c…"

Cheng Yang's could not complete his words. He stopped speaking because of the shock.

His mother was hugging him. He could feel her tears wetting his shirt as she clutched it tightly in her hands and patted the back of his head.

Mrs. Cheng cried loudly as she remembered how Cheng Yang had started screamed on her husband's funeral.

Everyone called her son crazy. But she screamed at them and told them to get out of her house.

What was her son going through all this while! She didn't dare to imagine.

She hugged her son tightly as she spoke.

"Cheng Yang…mother is sorry…mother is very sorry … It was never your fault, my son. It was mother's fault all along. …Don't blame yourself…please…"

She leaned back a little and wiped his face with her hands.

'My child…It was not your fault. Dad didn't leave you and me because of you…"

Cheng Yang was still registering his mother's words as he whispered

"How can I not? It was my fault, mom."

He couldn't stop the fresh tears that started to roll down from his cheek.

Does his mother love him so much? And what did he do? He snatched away her precious husband from her.

He killed his father.

The next moment, he was startled when he heard his mother's shout.

"No"

Taking a deep breath so that she would not start to cry again, Mrs. Cheng said quietly.

"You don't know some things, Cheng Yang. Mother will tell you about them. But promise me first that you will never blame yourself for your father's death."

Forwarding her hand in front of her son, she demanded that he would promise him. Confused, Cheng Yang could only stretch out his hand and place it in her hand. 

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Lin Qianru stepped inside the Mansion where Mr. Chi lived to make the dinner for the night. As she walked through the corridor, she could not help but feel satisfied with the job.

After making the lunch, she didn't have anything to do so she went back to her home and made lunch for Mo Roulan and Shen Youlin.

While working as a waitress, she was not able to do the same thing and she would always feel bad for Roulan as after coming from college, her tired daughter had to make her own lunch and then also go to do her part-time job.

But now she could go back and do all those chores. She could help Mo Roulan in reducing some burden on her shoulders.

Her daughter was still so young. Instead of enjoying her life like the other girls, she had to do work so that they would not lack the money for their everyday needs.

As she walked forward lost in her own thoughts she didn't notice the figure walking towards herself and bumped against it.

"Ughhh…"

Her nose felt numb and she felt a little dizzy for a moment because of the collision. Her eyes got unconsciously filled with tears because her nose bumped against something.

She rubbed it and looked at the other person with a frown on her forehead.

Chi Rong who was looking at his fallen phone also raised his head calmly.

In his sight was a woman with a red nose and teary eyes who was looking at him currently with a frown. His expression cracked for an infinitesimal second when he saw her eyes filled with grievances.

She was looking down at his phone with wide eyes.

However, the next moment he composed his face and cleared his throat loudly.

"Miss Lin, I was not careful."

He remembered the butler had called her Ms. Lin so he also used that form of address.

Phew…

The middle-aged assistant who had just stepped inside the hall almost fell down on his face when he heard his boss' words.

Did Boss just apologize to someone?

Although it was indirect, he accepted his mistake which was also a very big thing.

On the other hand, Lin Qianru released a sigh quietly when Chi Rong accepted his fault. She was scared that she would have to pay for the phone because she was not looking ahead while walking.

And one glance at the phone, she knew it was very costly.

However, since he had already accepted his mistake, she would not have to pay for it now…right?

It was also his fault.

So she smiled and said

"That's alright, Sir." 

After that, what came was an awkward silence. Clearing her throat, Lin Qianru said

"I should go and prepare dinner."

Chi Rong just nodded his head and watched her walking around him and then towards the kitchen.

As he looked at her fading back, he couldn't help but smile slightly as he remembered her eyes full of panic when she had been looking at his broken phone.

But the smile didn't last long.

Because the next moment what came in his sight was his assistant's face.

His face went back to that cold and indifferent one and he said lazily.

"Order a new phone for me."

Saying this, he turned around to walk out of the house while the assistant said while following him hurriedly.

"Yes, Boss."

However, he couldn't stop himself from turning around and look at the woman again with curiosity.