Contract Marriage: The Tycoon's Pampered Wife-Chapter 137 - 126: Haven’t seen you for half a month_2

I had never felt it before, but today, for some reason, I felt a hint of loss.

I called Lai Yang to ask where she was staying and then drove there.

At half past seven, we met at the restaurant of the hotel Lai Yang was staying at. She looked behind me several times, making sure no one else was there before she relaxed.

Ning Guiwan saw her cautious appearance and couldn’t help but laugh, "Are you still afraid I’ll betray you?"

Lai Yang gritted her teeth, "Better safe than sorry!"

While ordering food on the iPad, Ning Guiwan said, "If your parents really wanted to catch you, do you think you could hide?"

Lai Yang pouted, and although she didn’t say anything, her expression was defiant.

"Lai Yang, your mother really wants to see you." Ning Guiwan finished ordering and poured herself a glass of water. "Go and see her. Dodging your own parents like this is not right."

"As long as they promise not to force me into an engagement, I’ll see them." Lai Yang, caught up in the situation, didn’t appreciate the value of her parents’ love. Ning Guiwan knew it was pointless to say more, but she couldn’t help speaking up.

"Do you still remember back in our first year of high school when my mom was planning to send me to Britain for college? I was indifferent at the time; where I went to college didn’t matter to me. But then... I fell for someone. Because of him, I didn’t want to leave here. Every time my mom talked to me about studying hard, about going to Britain, I would argue with her.

"Later on, after I got together with him, my resistance to going to Britain grew even stronger. Once, we had such a big fight over it that I ran away from home and stayed at your place. She came to the school to find me, but I refused to see her. When she went to your house, I still hid and wouldn’t see her...

"I remember you telling me you saw my mom crying secretly, yet I still refused to see her. I told you the same thing: unless she promised not to force me, I wouldn’t go to Britain."

Ning Guiwan’s eyes reddened, a lump of sorrow constricting her throat.

Lai Yang’s eyes reddened as well, "Xiaowan..."

"Go see her." Ning Guiwan smiled, her eyes filled with sorrow. "Don’t be like me, learning to cherish only after losing."

「...」

When Lai Yang returned to the Quan Family’s old house, Lai Wengang happened to come back from outside. Seeing his daughter, he put on a stern face, ready to exercise his paternal authority and scold her, only to be pushed aside by Quan Lu.

"Yanyan, my treasure, come here and let mom have a look... You’ve lost weight..."

Lai Wengang: "..."

"...Indulgent mothers make for wayward children! Look at what you’ve pampered her into? Running away from home, she’s not lacking in guts!"

"Enough, can’t you say less for once? I haven’t seen my precious daughter for so long. If you keep this up, I’ll just stay in the country with Yanyan, and you can go back by yourself!"

Lai Wengang: "..." Listen to you, listen to what you’re saying!

「...」 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Lai Yang’s parents didn’t stay for many days before they returned to Singapore. The couple didn’t force Lai Yang to go back with them. During this time, Ning Guiwan was busy, going out early and returning late, and Quan Yu seemed to have disappeared.

That morning, Ning Guiwan and Lai Yang got up late. It was just the two of them at the breakfast table. Lai Yang was checking her phone while eating. Ning Guiwan glanced at her, "You should pay attention to your meal. Be careful your second uncle doesn’t see you, or he’ll lecture you again."

Lai Yang didn’t seem to care. "He’s far away in Canada; he can’t control me."

Ning Guiwan was startled. "He went to Canada?"

Lai Yang looked up at her. "Didn’t you know? Seems like one of his friends is sick."

Ning Guiwan fiddled with her porcelain spoon in the porridge, her lips pressed tightly. "A friend? Which friend?"

"Don’t know, but it must be someone important," Lai Yang said carelessly.

Ning Guiwan continued to stir her porridge. To travel all that way to visit must mean a very important friend...

「...」

Quan Yu’s visit to that friend lasted half a month.

In late February, Ning Guiwan was in a meeting when she received a call from Hai Chengzong, who said he was coming to Shencheng.

The two of them occasionally kept in touch, and Ning Guiwan knew that the Hai Family had acquired a real estate development company in Shencheng and was planning to acquire the land in the North Suburb of Shencheng this year.

If the Hai Family really acquired the development rights for that land, Tianchi could cooperate with them.

"I don’t know what you like." In the hotel restaurant, Hai Chengzong handed a bag with a box to Ning Guiwan. "I asked all the women in my family, and they all recommended this brand of cosmetics. Hopefully, you’ll like it."

Ning Guiwan smiled at the gift on the table. "I can’t accept a reward without any merit, Mr. Hai. This puts me under a lot of pressure."

"How can there be no merit?" Hai Chengzong said. "In the future, I’m hoping to cooperate with Tianchi Group. Consider this a bribe, and when the time comes, give me a preferential rate."