Dad saw it

Next month is Grandma Rong's seventieth birthday. Rong Ci, Rong Changsheng, and the others were discussing how to celebrate it to make the old lady happy. However, the old lady seemed rather unenthusiastic. "Don't go for those elaborate and showy things. It would be wonderful if our family could just have a nice meal together."

Rong Ci's aunt, He Mingxue, said, "After all, it's a seventieth birthday. It should be celebrated grandly..."

Rong Ci and Rong Changsheng thought the same way. Since it was the sincere wish of the younger generations, the old lady didn't decline any further.

Feng Jingxin had school the next day. After dinner, Rong Ci drove back with her.

Upon arriving at the villa, Feng Jingxin got out of the car and happily ran towards the house. Rong Ci remained seated in the car and said to Feng Jingxin, "Take a bath and go to bed early later. Mom has something to do and won't go in for now."

Feng Jingxin's smile froze. "Ah?" She turned back, leaned against the car, and looked at Rong Ci with a little frown. "Mom, do you have to be busy again?"

Rong Ci maintained a calm expression. "Yes. Study hard, and call me if you need anything."

Feng Jingxin was quite disappointed. She pursed her lips and finally said, "All right."

When Feng Tingshen was busy with work, he often didn't come home. Now, seeing this situation, Feng Jingxin assumed that Rong Ci was often away at night because of work and didn't think otherwise.

The butler, upon learning of their return, came out to greet them. Feng Jingxin asked, "Is Dad back?"

The butler replied with a beaming smile, "Yes, he is."

Rong Ci showed no visible reaction. She just said to Feng Jingxin, "Mom is leaving now."

"Oh..."

Feng Jingxin stepped aside. The butler was a bit puzzled. "Is Madam going out so late?"

Rong Ci didn't elaborate. "Yes, I have something to attend to." After that, she said to Feng Jingxin, "It's cold outside. Go in quickly."

"Got it." Feng Jingxin waved to Rong Ci and entered the house with the butler.

Watching them, Rong Ci turned the car around and drove away.

After entering the house, Feng Jingxin asked the butler, "Where is Dad?"

"He should be in the study."

Feng Jingxin went upstairs and found the study door open. At this moment, Feng Tingshen's tall and upright figure was leaning against the window, looking out, seemingly smoking.

"Dad," Feng Jingxin called out.

"Yeah." Feng Tingshen turned around. Feng Jingxin said, "Mom had something to do and left right after she came back."

Feng Tingshen extinguished the cigarette in his hand and threw it into the ashtray. "Yeah, Dad knows. Dad saw it."

Feng Jingxin wrinkled her little nose. "Mom has been so busy lately. She's almost as busy as Dad."

Feng Tingshen smiled slightly. "Yeah."

It was getting late, and Feng Jingxin was tired. She yawned and said, "I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. Good night, Dad."

"Good night. Sweet dreams."

...

Rong Ci returned home, washed up, and went straight to bed.

The next day, she arrived at the company on time for work. In the afternoon, due to work requirements, she, along with technical personnel such as Su Yuquan, went to Xundu to handle some technical maintenance work. This time, she didn't see Feng Tingshen or Lin Wu.

In the following days, even when she went back to the villa to cook for Feng Jingxin on Thursday, she didn't run into Feng Tingshen. She heard that he wasn't on a business trip but just had something to do and wouldn't be back for dinner. As for whether his so - called "something to do" was a date with Lin Wu or a real business应酬, Rong Ci didn't bother to ask.

On Friday after work, as Rong Ci was thinking about what to eat, Feng Jingxin's call came in.

"Mom, Dad won't be home on Saturday and Sunday. When are you coming back?"

In other words, she was expected to take care of Feng Jingxin over the weekend. For whatever reason, Feng Tingshen had indeed been taking care of Feng Jingxin more often in the past two years. Now, whether Feng Tingshen had private arrangements and couldn't take Feng Jingxin with him, or if he really had business to attend to, since he was unavailable, Rong Ci had the responsibility to look after Feng Jingxin.

Rong Ci went back to the villa. During dinner, she asked Feng Jingxin where she wanted to go on Saturday and Sunday. Feng Jingxin thought for a while and then shook her head. "I don't have any particular place I want to go."

Looking at her, Rong Ci knew that it wasn't that she didn't want to go anywhere, but rather that she preferred to be with Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu on weekends. Now that they weren't around, she couldn't get excited about anything. Rong Ci didn't expose her. Instead, she asked, "Do you want to go horse - riding?"

Feng Jingxin indeed hadn't ridden a horse for a long time. Hearing this, she became quite interested and nodded eagerly. "Yes!"

The next day, Rong Ci took Feng Jingxin to the equestrian club. When Rong Ci changed her clothes and came out, she heard Feng Jingxin, with her back to her, saying to the riding instructor, "My dad and an aunt of mine are really amazing at horse - riding. They look so cool. It's a pity they're not available today and couldn't come with me..."

Rong Ci stood at the door, not wanting to interrupt her. It was the instructor who noticed her, stood up, and greeted her. "Ms. Rong."

Rong Ci nodded. The instructor asked, "Shall I call someone else to assist you?"

Rong Ci nodded. "Sure."

In fact, Rong Ci could ride a horse. But when Feng Jingxin was younger and she brought her to the equestrian club, her attention was always on Feng Jingxin, and she didn't ride much herself. Come to think of it, it had been three or four years since she had a proper horse - ride. Her equestrian skills were decent, but for safety reasons, it was better to have someone accompany her at the beginning.

Feng Jingxin was led away by another instructor, and Rong Ci went to a different area. The instructor who was guiding her initially thought she couldn't ride. When he saw Rong Ci mount the horse with a deft movement, he was astonished. "So Ms. Rong can ride?"

Rong Ci replied, "Yes."

After having the instructor accompany her for a while, Rong Ci took the reins. With a flick of the whip, the white horse beneath her neighed and started running.

After riding several laps, Rong Ci finally stopped and went to find Feng Jingxin. Just as she reached the area where Feng Jingxin was, about ten - odd meters away from her, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

It was Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu. They were actually here too.

Feng Jingxin was happily hugging Lin Wu's leg. The three of them seemed to be chatting about something, and the atmosphere was clearly very pleasant. Then, Feng Jingxin and Lin Wu got on one horse, with Feng Jingxin sitting in front and Lin Wu behind. Feng Tingshen mounted another horse. The two horses walked side by side, and the three on the horses were chatting and laughing. From a distance, they looked exactly like a happy family of three.

Their figures gradually moved away, and they didn't notice her. Rong Ci watched for a moment, then withdrew her gaze and turned to leave.

She changed out of her riding clothes, took a sip of water, and sat for a while. Then, Feng Tingshen's call came. Rong Ci answered it. "Hello."

On the other end of the phone, Feng Tingshen said, "I'm also at the equestrian club. I'll take care of Jingxin from here."

Rong Ci said, "All right."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the familiar sound of Feng Tingshen hanging up the phone promptly.

Rong Ci had been sitting here waiting for this call from Feng Tingshen. Now that she knew Feng Jingxin's whereabouts, she picked up her bag and left.