Chapter 2673: I'll Think About It and Get Back to You

Qinghuan’s phone also rang at this moment.

She stood up and said, “Aunt, you all continue eating, I’ll take a call.”

Then stepped out of the private room with her phone.

“Qingling, you must have a boyfriend, right?”

Mother Chu noticed Qinghuan leaving to take the call, then turned to look at Qingling.

Bai Qingling was holding her phone, not looking at the messages.

Facing Mother Chu’s curiosity, she smiled and shook her head, “No.”

“You haven’t found a boyfriend yet? Is it because you haven’t met someone you like, or do your parents disapprove?”

Qingling paused slightly, then smiled faintly.

“A girl’s marriage is like a gamble, you have to really keep your eyes open and choose well.” Seeing Qingling say she didn’t have a boyfriend, Mother Chu took on the tone of a loving elder, “Not only is the boyfriend important, but the boyfriend’s parents are also important. If the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship isn’t good, the man will definitely put filial piety first, and the girl won’t find happiness in her whole life.”

“Mm.”

Qingling nodded quietly, inviting Mother Chu, “Aunt, have more food, don’t stand on ceremony here.”

“Alright, alright.”

“Qingling, come with me to the restroom, okay?”

Qingqing put down her chopsticks, got up, and called Qingling.

Qingling replied with a “Okay,” and once they left, only Momo, Mother Chu, and Jiang Qian were left in the room.

In the hallway outside, Qinghuan was holding the railing with one hand and her phone with the other, talking to Feng Yize on the phone.

Qingling pointed in the direction of the restroom to her, and she nodded, indicating she would go in a moment.

“How did Aunt Chu and Jiang Qian end up having dinner with you?” Qingling asked Qingqing as they walked down the hallway to the restroom.

Qingqing then explained how they had waited across from the TV station and shamelessly insisted on having dinner with them.

After listening, Qingling pursed her lips and said nothing.

As she walked into the restroom, her phone buzzed with a message notification.

Qingling pushed open the cubicle door, pulling out her phone to check the messages.

She opened the WeChat chat interface, showing two messages from Chu Junming:

[Qingling, my sister-in-law just said you were there too. My mom and Jiang Qian didn’t make things hard for you, did they?]

[If they’re targeting you, don’t just tolerate it because she’s my mom.]

The second message was sent just a moment ago.

Qingling’s lips curved slightly, inexplicably reminded of what Mother Chu had just said, suggesting that when conflicts occur between the in-laws, the man in the middle will definitely side with his own mother.

Therefore, she said that if the in-law relationship isn’t handled well, happiness is unattainable.

Had she known Chu Junming wasn’t such an unreasonable man, blindly siding with his own mother, Mother Chu would likely be furious.

No, what does this have to do with her?

Qingling immediately put a stop to these thoughts that shouldn’t be connected, furrowing her brow, she thought for half a minute before replying to him.

[You’re overthinking it, we’re just having a meal with Aunt.]

Her message had barely been sent for ten seconds when Chu Junming’s reply popped back immediately.

Clearly, he was waiting by his phone at that moment.

Qingling pressed her lips together, an inexplicable emotion flitting through somewhere deep inside her.

[Qingling, is it convenient to talk on the phone?]

She stared at this message for quite a while.

In the hallway outside the private room.

Qinghuan joked, “Aunt Chu and Jiang Qian won’t eat you, no need to be so tense.”

“Aunt’s personality is rather strong, the third brother mainly fears she would make things difficult for Qingling.”

“So far, no. Aunt Chu even let Sister Qingling sit next to her, and although I don’t know if she means it, on the surface, she hasn’t said anything too unpleasant.”

“Mm, then I’m relieved.”

“What did Chu Junming mean by the banquet he’s throwing for Jiang Qian this weekend?”

Feng Yize pretty much knows all about Chu Junming’s matters.

He only mentioned a quick remark in the call earlier, then Mother Chu said invited everyone to come and have fun, so Qinghuan wanted to get some clarification.

“A banquet, huh?”

Feng Yize laughed and said, “It’s just that this Jiang Qian was rejected by the third brother, and seeing that her schemes weren’t dying down and somehow managed to sway Aunt, so our idea is—since she wants to be a sister, let everyone know she’s just a sister.”

“So that’s what it is.”

“Otherwise, what were you expecting?”

“Nothing, really, I was just a bit curious. Alright, I’m hanging up now.”

“Yeah, call me if anything comes up.” Feng Yize instructed, still a little worried.

Qinghuan agreed, “Okay,” while thinking, being so far away, if something really happened calling you probably wouldn’t help much.

Qingling came out of the cubicle just as Qinghuan was pushing the door open to enter.

She said to Qinghuan and Qingqing in the cubicle, “I’ll wait for you outside.”

Coming out of the restroom, Qingqing started dialing Chu Junming’s number, walking slowly forward.

The phone rang twice before Chu Junming’s deep and gentle voice came through, “Hey, Qingling.”

Qingling hummed a response.

As someone passed through the hallway, she shifted slightly.

She brushed past those two women, simply leaning against the marble wall behind her, idly tracing patterns on the wall with her free hand.

Listening to Chu Junming ask, “My mom didn’t bully you, did she?”

“No.”

“How did you end up having a meal together?”

Chu Junming’s tone was very gentle, no different from usual conversations.

But if you listened closely, you could still catch a faint trace of tension.

Qingling chuckled, briefly recounting what happened. “Aunt isn’t like the person she was last night, so you really don’t need to worry, she probably won’t say anything too harsh today.”

“Qingling, you heard just now, this weekend, my mom is going to recognize Jiang Qian as her goddaughter, and I prepared a banquet for her.”

“Mm, Aunt even invited us to join the fun, unlike you, only inviting Sister Momo.” Bai Qingling pouted.

Her dissatisfied tone must have amused Chu Junming.

His low laugh came through the phone, quite pleasant, “Can I still invite Miss Bai Qingling now?”

Bai Qingling also laughed.

Even though she couldn’t see his expression over the phone, she could imagine how he looked right now.

She was just about to haughtily refuse when someone lightly tapped her shoulder from behind, a delighted voice sounded by her ear, “Qingling.”

Bai Qingling was so startled her hand shook.

Turning her head, she saw Jian Ye standing behind her with a bright smile.

The hand that had tapped her shoulder was now touching an earring, as he tilted his head slightly to look at her, “Did I scare you?”

Bai Qingling glanced down at her phone, thought for a moment, then said to Chu Junming at the other end, “I’ll think it over and get back to you.”

She heard him respond, “Alright, I’ll be waiting.”

She hung up, a slight pout on her delicate face, “Do you realize you interrupted my call just now?”

“Sorry, I came out of the restroom and saw you, got so excited I didn’t notice you were on the phone.” Jian Ye smiled apologetically.

But Bai Qingling doubted his sincerity; even if she was turned sideways, the phone wasn’t in front of her.

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[Two more updates with rewards tonight.]