Chapter 20

"How can this be possible?,"she said as she continued weeping.

Never in her life has she cried so hard since she never really faced any burdens. Being the only girl at home by that time, Bingbing got everything she wanted whenever she wanted it. She also had good behavior so had few enemies except people who were jealous of her like Lin Qinqing.

Yiren just stood still as he patted her back watching her cry. He was the man of the family now together with his grandfather but he felt so useless.

All the happiness they ever had will come to an end if it happens.

"Let's make sure not to tell anybody in the family now, please,"he spoke slowly.

Bingbing nodded whilst her tears and coughing. Her cheerful face had gone red and the eyes were swollen.

It was a disaster once again.

The previous night wasn't a good one for both Yi Shuyan and Yue Ling. After the incident,they both ended up sleeping for too long.

It was 10:30a.m already when Yue Ling woke up. She had never slept till this late rather she rarely slept before.

Judging by the time,she assumed Yi Shuyan already left for the University and went to shower first. She organised her bed which was a mess, it must have scared Yi Shuyan when she saw how it looked.

Yue Ling simply sighed and picked her dirty clothes from yesterday from the laundry basket in her closet and went to Yi Shuyan's room to get her clothes to wash them too.

When she entered,she saw her mother still sleeping soundly. It was best not to wake her since they both had a tough night so she looked for the clothes and when she got them and was leaving,she saw her mother's phone vibrating on a table next to her bed. She was going to hang up when she saw the caller and decided to take the phone and step out a bit. it

"Good morning Madam." He greeted.

"Good morning ,it's Yue Ling." Can you tell me why you are calling?

"Madam has a class to teach at 1pm, she has been late today compared to other days, may I ask if you need help." He asked politely.

He was one of Yi Shuyan's bodyguards and knew that his boss was with her daughter since yesterday so he easily conveyed the message as the two were close. His worry was that something happened with the boss since she was never late to work. Yi Shuyan was not only rich but owned a few very successful businesses yet she left the comfort of her home every single day to teach her students.

"No, that won't be necessary,thank you." My mother slept late yesterday so I'll wake her up later before her class,Yue Ling said.

"Okay young miss, thank you, have a nice day," he wished her.

Have a nice day,she replied.

Yue Ling went back into the room and found Yi Shuyan still sleeping. She quietly went out and headed downstairs to the laundry room where she put the clothes inside the washing machine.

She went to the kitchen to make breakfast, Yi Shuyan must be nearly awake.

Yue Ling's fridge was stocked properly all thanks to Yi Shuyan so she had a variety to choose from to cook breakfast. It had been a while since she cooked for someone other than herself so she had to be more careful, it is not that Yi Shuyan was picky but she wanted to make a healthy sumptuous meal to revive their lost energy from yesterday and keep them fighting.

First she cracked her eggs and added milk and salt and spices for her scrambled eggs and set aside. Very quickly she prepared the sausages and boiled as she cooked the scrambled eggs. It was all done as she added the sausages to the veggies in her dumpling wraps and she cooked rice porridge for herself.

When Yi Shuyan woke up,she was in a bad mood considering she slept late and even because of Yue Ling's issue. She prepared herself before going out to check if Yue Ling was around.

To her disappointment,the room was empty but had been organised and the bed was laid. Yi Shuyan couldn't help but feel sadder that she lost her appetite to make breakfast if she was eating alone. She even didn't want to go to work but just forced herself.

Downstairs,the smell of food wafted through the air. It smelled so delicious that she felt hungry once again.

When she entered the kitchen,it was Yue Ling's back setting the table. Yi Shuyan rubbed her eyes just to make sure it wasn't depression messing with her head.

"Yue Ling,"she called. She made sure she wasn't loud she wouldn't embarrass herself.

Yue Ling turned and saw her mother.

"Good morning mom, come for breakfast,"Yue Ling said happily.

Yi Shuyan didn't reply but sat down with a smile, Yue Ling looked fine. And this was also the first time in many years since Yue Ling called her "mom" instead of "mother".

She took a glass of water and admired her beautiful and graceful daughter wearing an apron. The steam wet her face as she was checking on the dumplings.

Suddenly Yi Shuyan felt proud of herself,her daughter would even look good in rags.

Finally, Yue Ling was done and each dish looked mouth watering. Yi Shuyan waiting at the receiving end also felt happy.

"Mom,try it out,I cooked everything," Yue Ling said.

Yi Shuyan suddenly felt scared. She was thinking all this while that maybe Yue Ling ordered the food and steamed some frozen dumplings.

You can't really blame Yi Shuyan, when Yue Ling was a kid, eating her food could give you trauma. Now even though it smelled good, she couldn't convince herself that it was safe. Moreover she had a class to teach soon, what would happen if her stomach got upset?

Yi Shuyan gulped and prayed internally as she ate a spoonful of the eggs.

She had to do it under the hopeful eyes of Yue Ling.

Her eyes shut in reflex, anticipating to bite an eggshell but nothing happened. She sighed happily and continued eating the food.

Yue Ling giggled when she saw how bad Yi Shuyan was at pretending at first.

Yi Shuyan left home after Yue Ling packed her a lunchbox.

She hoped she could live through the next days happily with her family but something told her she wouldn't and something was going to happen once again.