Chapter 13Â
** Lin Wu Does Have the Capital to Attract You**
It was Feng Tinglin’s voice.
Rong Ci looked toward the source of the sound.
It was Feng Tinglin and Feng Tingshen.
She paused in her steps.
Feng Tingshen was smoking and didn’t answer.
The distance was far, and with Feng Tingshen standing with his back to the light, Rong Ci couldn’t make out the expression on his face.
Feng Tinglin: “I can actually understand you. I’ve met Lin Wu a few times. I hear she’s only 25 now and has already earned a PhD from a world-top university. She also seems to handle her family’s business very well. She’s beautiful, and her personality is wild and untamable â her excellence and brilliance are indeed something most women don’t have. She does have the capital to attract you. But her background isn’t respectable enough. Tingshen, have you thought this through? Youâ”
Feng Tingshen: “I know what kind of woman I want.”
“Butâ” Feng Tinglin frowned. She didn’t think much of Rong Ci, but she also didn’t think much of Lin Wu. She wanted to say something, but seeing the displeasure in Feng Tingshen’s eyes, she couldn’t be bothered anymore. “So protective, can’t say a single word against her. Fine, I won’t say anything, alright?”
Rong Ci listened, her hands clenched. Her cheeks stung from the night wind.
She smiled bitterly. Losing interest in listening further, she turned and left.
As soon as she left, Feng Tinglin remembered something: “By the way, I heard Rong Ci say she submitted her resignation and is preparing to leave the company?”
Feng Tingshen: “The day before yesterday, Cheng Yuan told me she made a mistake. Cheng Yuan was quite angry. I told him to follow company procedures and fire her.”
Feng Tinglin snorted with laughter: “So that’s it. The way she talked about it, she made it sound like she resigned voluntarily. I was wondering⌠given how she clings to you like a burr, how could she possibly be willing to resign? Turns out she was fired, haha~”
Feng Tingshen didn’t respond, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Rong Ci went upstairs. As she was about to return to her room, she almost collided with Feng Tingyi, who was coming downstairs.
They both got a fright.
After recovering, Feng Tingyi apologized first and asked with concern, “Sister-in-law, are you okay?”
Feng Tingyi was the only person in the Feng family, aside from the old lady, who had a consistently good attitude toward her.
Rong Ci shook her head and smiled: “I’m fine.”
When Rong Ci and Feng Tingshen got married, Feng Tingyi was still young and didn’t know much about the details.
Having known her for so many years, he had always felt that Rong Ci was beautiful and gentle. After marriage, she had never actively started fights with his brother and had always been very tolerant of him.
If his future wife were like this, he would definitely treat her extremely well.
For this reason, even after growing up and learning the full story, he still liked Rong Ci quite a bit.
Seeing that Rong Ci seemed a little unhappy â likely related to his brother â he scratched his head and said sincerely, “Sister-in-law, you’re so wonderful. My brother will definitely see it someday. Don’t be too sad.”
Rong Ci paused. Not wanting to explain that they were about to get divorced, she smiled and said, “Yes, thank you, Tingyi.”
“I’m going downstairs to get something to drink. It’s getting late, Sister-in-law. You should rest early.”
Rong Ci smiled: “Okay, good night.”
Back in the room, Rong Ci turned off the main light, turned on the dim lamp by the bed, and lay down.
She had just lain down for a moment when she heard Feng Tingshen’s footsteps entering the bedroom.
Rong Ci opened her eyes.
Feng Tingshen looked at her as well. Their eyes met.
Rong Ci looked at him.
In the past, she would have gotten up proactively to hang up his suit jacket, then happily found his pajamas for him and gone into the bathroom to run his bathwaterâŚ
But now, she had no intention of getting out of bed. Instead, she slowly closed her eyes.
Although Feng Tingshen paid little attention to Rong Ci and dismissed her usual considerate care for him, the difference in her attitude toward him now was so stark that he naturally noticed her coldness.
He was somewhat surprised.
But he assumed she was just throwing a little tantrum and didn’t take her unusual behavior seriously.
He didn’t even want to know why she was upset. He said coldly, “Xinxin’s school enrollment is done. Take her to school tomorrow morning.”
Rong Ci: “Got it.”
Feng Tingshen said nothing more. He turned and went to the walk-in closet to find clothes for his bath.
This was his attitude toward her.
Watching his back, Rong Ci thought about their divorce and wondered when they could go get the divorce certificate.
But Feng Tingshen was indeed very busy. Given his personality, once all the procedures were handled, he would contact her on his own without her having to push.
After all, he was the one who wanted the divorce more than she did.
It was precisely for this reason that she had waited quietly for his news over the past half month, never once pressing him.
Just then, Feng Tingshen’s phone rang.
Rong Ci saw him answer the call. The “Hello” he said sounded very different from how he spoke to her on the phone.
His tone was gentle.
Rong Ci almost immediately guessed that the person on the other end was Lin Wu.
As she was thinking this, whatever was said on the other end made Feng Tingshen release his grip on the closet door. He said, “I’ll come over now.”
With that, he strode quickly out of the room without looking back.
Rong Ci watched him leave but didn’t call after him.
A moment later, she heard the sound of a car engine.
Feng Tingshen had left the old residence.
Rong Ci closed her eyes and calmly turned off the light to sleep.
The next morning.
Since she needed to take Feng Jingxin to school, Rong Ci woke up a little after 6 AM.
She was alone in the room. Feng Tingshen hadn’t returned after leaving last night.
Rong Ci no longer cared.
Her expression as usual, she checked the time. Knowing that Feng Jingxin wasn’t up yet, she went to wake her.
Feng Jingxin’s door was still locked.
Rong Ci had no choice but to knock.
After quite a while, Feng Jingxin finally got up and opened the door.
Seeing Rong Ci, she pursed her little lips and said unhappily, “Mommy, why are you knocking so loudly? You gave me a headache.”
Last night, she had told Aunt Wu Wu about the situation. Although Aunt Wu Wu had said that Mommy was her mother and it was only right for her to take her to school, Aunt Wu Wu had sounded so disappointed.
She felt really guilty about it.
She had had several nightmares last night.
And now being woken up by Rong Ci, she was in a very bad mood.
Rong Ci looked at her throwing a tantrum but didn’t get angry. She said calmly, “It’s a long way from here to the school. If you don’t get up soon, we won’t make it in time.”
Since it wasn’t Lin Wu taking her to school, Feng Jingxin didn’t even want to go.
She grunted but said nothing.
However, willful as she was, she also knew she couldn’t be willful about going to school.
She lay face-down on the bed and said gloomily, “Got it.”
After lying there for a moment without moving, she looked at Rong Ci: “Mommy, squeeze my toothpaste for me.”
Rong Ci: “Okay.”
After Rong Ci went into the bathroom, Feng Jingxin picked up her phone, sent Lin Wu a good morning message, then went into the bathroom and picked up the toothbrush with the toothpaste already squeezed onto it.
Just as Feng Jingxin was almost done brushing her teeth, Rong Ci soaked a towel in hot water, wrung it dry, and handed it to her to wipe her face.
She opened the closet, looked inside, and asked, “Which set do you want to wear?”
Feng Jingxin looked and said, “Mommy, I can change my own clothes. You go out first.”
Rong Ci closed the closet door: “Okay.”
After Rong Ci left, Feng Jingxin pulled out the outfit she had deliberately brought from home yesterday.
It was a super cool camouflage suit, which Aunt Wu Wu had picked out for her yesterday.
She was going to wear this outfit today to cheer for Aunt Wu Wu!
