Chapter 82 - Let Go

While Yong Liwei was in the restroom, she sent a message to the group chat with Tian Ruyi and Bai Jingye in it.

[I won't be going home tonight. Something 'important' happened.]

She thought that she was not going to receive a reply from them but to her surprise, just a few seconds after sending the message, she saw Bai Jingye's chat name appeared first.

Bai Jingye: [What do you mean by something 'important'?]

She paused and tried to think of what answer she should give him. She just couldn't reveal to him that Yong Liwei was afraid of ghosts, right? 

Tian Ruyi: [You're not going to stay with Yong Liwei tonight, aren't you?]

Lu Mengjie: [Yup, I'm going to stay with him tonight. :3]

Bai Jingye: [I think I should schedule our flight tomorrow morning so you better come home tonight just so you can have better rest.]

Tian Ruyi: [Yes! You should! So you better come home now and help me pack our things, young miss!]

Lu Mengjie: [Chill you two. It's not like I'm going to have sex with him.]

She was straightforward that the chatroom became quiet for a few seconds after she had sent that message.

Bai Jingye: [You're not?]

She blinked a few times. For some reason, upon reading his message, she couldn't help but feel the relief in it.

Lu Mengjie: [I'm not going to. I'm pregnant.]

"Who are you chatting with?"

She raised her head upon hearing Yong Liwei's voice. He was already done with his business in the restroom. He saw her on her phone by the time he opened the door again.

"Oh, I'm just letting my friends know that I won't be coming home since I have to babysit a big baby," she said, keeping her phone back in her pocket.

He narrowed his eyes upon hearing her teasing remark. He could see how much she was enjoying it. To her surprise, Yong Liwei reached out and pinched her cheek instead of complaining.

"Oww!!! Liweeeeii!" She reached out and squeezed his cheeks with both hands in return.

Yong Liwei's frown became deeper, not expecting that she would pinch his cheeks back. "Let go," he ordered.

"No! You let go first!" She refuted.

"Ladies first."

At that moment, they were like kids who refused to let go of each others cheeks. Lu Mengjie didn't have a choice. She wanted to purse her lips but she couldn't do it, not with him pinching her cheek and even stretching it a bit. In the end, she released his cheeks first and waited for him to let go next.

Just when she thought that Yong Liwei would stop when he released her face, he used both his hands to press her cheeks together, making her lips form like that of a duck.

"Wiweeeiii!" She tried to reach out to him once again but failed to do so when he evaded her hands.

A hearty laugh was heard next coming from him to which it somehow made her stop from resisting him. She has never seen him laugh to the point where his eyes would smile and sparkle altogether. It somehow reminded her of someone to the point where a man's laughing face suddenly appeared before her eyes.

The man had an angelic smile. A sea-breeze was blowing against his almond-colored hair. Small wrinkles were seen in his face and yet, it only made him look more beloved. He looked ethereal and soft… gentle to the point where she could hear a whisper in her ear, "Mengmeng."

Yong Liwei and the man in her memories looked so different but it kind of gave her a familiar feeling of warmth in her chest.

"Papa…" she unconsciously whispered which made the man blink a few times in confusion.

He was supposed to tease her a bit more but when he saw that he was looking at her differently, he pulled back his hands away from her cheeks. "Mengjie?"

She was snapped out of her trance by Yong Liwei's deep voice. She cast her clear eyes at him. This man has no resemblance to that man but why did she suddenly see a shadow of her papa on him? Was it because he came from the Yong family? Si Hongqi's mother was a member of that family too. In fact, she was her papa's cousin.

Upon realizing the information that she just thought, she noticed that she was somehow unconsciously recalling small knowledge of the people she knew.

"Is there something that matters?" Yong Liwei asked, worry in his eyes.

Lu Mengjie shook her head a bit, a small smile appeared on her lips as she said, "I just remembered someone's face."

"Someone… you mean?"

"My other father."

"Ah…" He didn't know what to say but he knew who she was pertaining to. It was none other than her stepfather. "You can tell me whatever you just remembered."

Her chest felt light for some reason. It was so different from how she would feel throughout the years whenever she was remembering her papa. For some reason, there was no heaviness inside, no guilt and regret. No sadness or depression… was it because of her memory loss or was it because of something else?

She chuckled lightly as she replied, "I don't think we should be talking in front of the restroom."

The side of his lips curled, "then let's go back to the living room."

"Yes, and continue on with our date!" She grinned happily at him.

"Are you sure that you want to continue our date here? Not somewhere else?" He asked, walking back to the living room with her.

"Nope, we can do that on our next date. Besides, the point of our date is for us to get to know each other better."

"Don't some girls find this boring?"

"Sadly, I'm not just 'some' girl, Mr. Yong. You better take note of that."

"Ah, of course. Of course. I'll make sure to take note of you, Ms. Lu."