CH 275

The next day, Wang Cheng received a call from Mother Zheng. Because it was inconvenient to speak of this matter over the phone, Wang Cheng invited Mother Zheng to meet and talk at their usual place. When he arrived at the tea restaurant, Mother Zheng had already arrived. She had also just come, so the things she ordered hadn't been served yet. After Wang Cheng sat down, however, the waiter brought the appetizers, all of which were his favorites.

Mother Zheng pushed the dim sum towards her son before looking at him expectantly. "Chengcheng, how was your talk with Jiayan last night? What do you think of her?"

"It didn’t go that well," Wang Cheng said after taking a sip of tea.

"How could it be ‘not well’? Jiayan has a good character, and you two are about the same age, so you should be able to have a good conversation," Mother Zheng said, surprised.

Wang Cheng put down his cup and said solemnly: "Mother, I already have someone I like."

Mother Zheng's expression froze, "Someone you like? But your mother has never heard you mention this before."

Wang Cheng looked straight into her eyes, "I didn't mention it before because their identity is a bit special, and I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to accept them. Therefore, I chose to hide it from you."

Long ago, before yesterday’s events, he had decided to find a time to tell Mother Zheng that he was already with Chu Yifeng. The secret blind date last night happened to make up his mind that long-term pain was worse than short-term pain*.

[T/N: *kind of like how its better to rip a band-aid off quickly instead of slowly; be firm and decisive]

"Since you don't want to tell me, then your mother won’t make things difficult for you." Mother Zheng's expression was a little flustered, and her eyes flickered as she avoided Wang Cheng’s gaze.

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