Chapter 02Ā
** The Wife Packed Her Things and Returned Home**
It was past 9 PM when Feng Tingshen and his daughter returned.
Feng Jingxin was clutching the hem of Feng Tingshen’s clothes, moving slowly as she got out of the car.
Because her mother was there, she hadn’t wanted to come home at all that night.
But Aunt Wu Wu had said that Mommy had come all the way just to be with her and Daddy. If they didn’t go back, Mommy would be sad.
Daddy had also said that if they didn’t go home tonight, Mommy would definitely insist on going out on the boat with them tomorrow.
So she had reluctantly agreed to come back.
Still, she was worried. She said glumly, “Daddy, what if Mommy pesters us to come along tomorrow?”
“She won’t.” Feng Tingshen’s tone was confident.
Throughout their marriage, although Rong Ci had always tried every possible way to spend more time with him, she was still sensible enough. As long as he made his stance clear, she wouldn’t dare displease him.
In Feng Jingxin’s memory, Rong Ci had always listened to Feng Tingshen.
Since he said she wouldn’t come, then she definitely wouldn’t.
Feng Jingxin finally felt relieved.
Her mood lifted. All her earlier sulkiness vanished. She bounced happily through the door and told Auntie Liu she wanted to take a bath.
“Alright, alright, alright.” Auntie Liu agreed repeatedly. Then, remembering Rong Ci’s instruction, she handed an envelope to Feng Tingshen: “Sir, Madam asked me to give this to you.”
Feng Tingshen took it and asked casually, “Where is she?”
“Wellā¦ Madam packed her things and went back home this afternoon. Didn’t you know?”
Feng Tingshen paused mid-step as he was about to go upstairs. He turned his head back: “She went back?”
“Yes.”
Feng Tingshen had never given Rong Ci the chance to explain why she had suddenly come to Country A.
He hadn’t cared, either.
Hearing that she had left, he didn’t give it a second thought.
Feng Jingxin was also a little surprised.
When she heard the news, a small pang of disappointment rose in her heart.
She had been thinking ā if Mommy wasn’t going to go out on the boat with her and Daddy tomorrow, it would actually be quite nice to have Mommy around at night.
Besides, polishing shells hurt her hands easily. She had even wanted Mommy to help her finish them!
Feng Tingshen and Rong Ci hadn’t seen each other for months. Now that Rong Ci had finally made the trip, she hadn’t even caught a glimpse of him. Remembering how pale Rong Ci had looked when she left, Auntie Liu couldn’t help but remind him: “Sir, Madam didn’t look well when she left. She seemed upset.”
Auntie Liu had initially thought Rong Ci had returned home in a hurry because of some urgent matter.
But now that she realized Feng Tingshen hadn’t even known Rong Ci was leaving, she sensed that something was wrong.
Upset?
In front of him, Rong Ci had always been patient and accommodating.
So she could get angry, too?
That was new.
Feng Tingshen smiled indifferently, brushed off Auntie Liu’s concern with a casual reply, and went upstairs.
Back in his room, he was about to open the letter from Rong Ci when Lin Wu called. After answering the phone, he tossed the envelope aside and left the house.
Shortly after, the envelope fell from the bedside to the floor.
Feng Tingshen didn’t come home that night.
The next day, when Auntie Liu came upstairs to clean, she saw the envelope on the floor and recognized it as the one Rong Ci had asked her to give to Feng Tingshen.
Assuming he had already read it, she casually placed it inside a nearby cabinet.
ā¦
Rong Ci got off the plane and went straight upstairs to pack her things.
After all, it had been six years. She had accumulated quite a lot of belongings in the house.
But she only took a few changes of clothes, two sets of daily necessities, and some of her professional books.
After their marriage, Feng Tingshen had given her and their daughter a monthly allowance.
The money was deposited into two separate cards.
One was hers. One was their daughter’s.
But Rong Ci had always used her own card for everyday expenses.
She had never touched her daughter’s card, not once.
Moreover, because she loved Feng Tingshen, every time she went shopping and saw clothes, shoes, cufflinks, ties ā anything that suited him ā she couldn’t resist buying them for him.
As for herself, due to the nature of her work, her daily expenses were low. And since her heart and eyes were full of her husband and daughter, she always wanted to give them the best. As a result, most of the allowance Feng Tingshen gave her was spent on the two of them.
Given that, there shouldn’t have been much money left in the card.
However, over the past year or so, because her daughter had been living with Feng Tingshen in Country A, Rong Ci had had far fewer opportunities to buy things for them.
So now, there were still over thirty million left in the card.
Feng Tingshen wouldn’t think much of that amount, but to her, it was not a small sum.
Since the money was rightfully hers, Rong Ci didn’t stand on ceremony. She transferred the money out.
She left the two cards behind, dragged her suitcase, and walked away without looking back.
She owned an apartment not far from her office.
It wasn’t large ā just over a hundred square meters.
She had bought it four years ago to help a friend who had left home and needed to meet a sales target. She had never lived in it before.
Now, it finally came in useful.
She had hired someone to clean the place regularly, so it wasn’t dirty. A simple tidying up was enough to move in.
Exhausted after a long day, Rong Ci washed up and went to rest in her room around 10 PM.
“Ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-dingā”
The piercing sound of the alarm jolted Rong Ci awake.
She was momentarily disoriented.
Once her mind cleared, she suddenly remembered ā it was 1 AM here, which meant it was just past 7 AM in Country A, where Feng Tingshen and her daughter were.
Feng Tingshen and their daughter usually had breakfast around this time.
Ever since her daughter had followed Feng Tingshen to Country A, Rong Ci had typically called her at this hour.
But she was usually tired from work and had formed a habit of sleeping early. Afraid of missing the time to talk to her daughter on the phone, she had set this alarm.
After her daughter moved to Country A with Feng Tingshen, she hadn’t been used to it at first. She had missed Rong Ci terribly and had wanted to call her all the time.
But as her daughter’s time in Country A grew longer and longer, her attitude on the phone had shifted ā from dependence and longing to impatience and perfunctoriness.
This alarm had long since become unnecessary.
But Rong Ci hadn’t been able to let go.
Thinking of this, she smiled bitterly.
After hesitating for a moment, she deleted the alarm, turned off her phone, and went back to sleep.
On the other side.
Feng Tingshen and Feng Jingxin had almost finished breakfast.
Although Feng Tingshen knew that Rong Ci called their daughter at this time almost every day, he wasn’t always home and didn’t pay much attention to it.
He noticed that Rong Ci hadn’t called today, but he didn’t care. After breakfast, he went upstairs to change his clothes.
Feng Jingxin felt that her mother was becoming more and more naggy. She liked talking to her on the phone less and less.
Seeing that it was already late and her mother still hadn’t called, she thought that maybe something had delayed her.
Her dark, lively eyes darted around. She grabbed her backpack and ran out the door.
Auntie Liu rushed after her: “Young miss, it’s still early. There’s plenty of time ā you don’t have to leave just yet!”
Feng Jingxin didn’t listen. She happily ran toward the car.
Are you kidding? It was rare that Mommy was too busy to call on time today.
If she didn’t leave now, Mommy might call later, and she’d have to chat with her again. She didn’t want that!
ā¦
After their marriage, Rong Ci had joined the Feng Group.
She had joined the Feng Group back then because of Feng Tingshen.
Now that she was getting a divorce, there was no reason for her to stay.
The next morning, after arriving at the office, Rong Ci handed her resignation letter to Jiang Zhe.
