A taste of her own medicine.

Cao Ruomei became consciously aware of the fact that she had overreacted just now so she tried to play it cool. "No, there's no problem. I was just suprised that you were expecting me home so soon."

Her mother eyes her with skeptism with her eyes full of confusion. "But I thought you said that you wanted to-".

"Oh!" She cut her mother off with a look of surprise as she glanced at her phone. "I have to go now. Wang Yong's grandmother wants us to go home now, it looks like she has something to tell us. I better get going now, see you later, Mother."

Cao Xiurong barely blinked before her daughter bolted out of the room leaving her alone in the office. She knew that her dear daughter was lying through her teeth but she was also sure that she could take care for herself. She picked up her phone to dial the number she had memorized earlier and waited for the call to connect.