"Lingxi's calling." Xie Su picked up the phone and glanced back at his wife.
His alluring wife smiled.
"That girl must be bored out of her mind from being shut in. She doesn't want to stay in Songhai anymore. Don't agree right away, dear. Make her sweat a little. That little brat is still so young, yet she's already playing her schemes on me. She needs some discipline."
Swaying her slim waist, she walked over to the table and sat down.
He immediately answered with a smile. "Lingxi, missing your dad?"
"Dad, come to Songhai, quickly! Come to Songhai!"
His daughter's urgent voice came through the speaker, slightly shrill and seemingly abnormally excited.
"What's wrong? Missing home, huh? Want me to go to Songhai and bail you out?" Xie Su said, glancing at his wife across the round table as she repeatedly waved her hands.
Pretend it's difficult. Don't let her come back, Mother Xie mouthed.
Some women were born combative. Without "sisters" at home to fight with, even a mother and daughter could butt heads.
Xie Su never involved himself in the scheming between mother and daughter, but sometimes he had no choice, like now.
"Lingxi, your dad has something to deal with lately and can't get away. Stay in Songhai a few more days. Once I'm done, I'll come pick you up..." Xie Su saw his wife point at herself again.
"Why don't you call and ask your mother?" Xie Su understood what his wife meant.
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end. Xie Lingxi's tone instantly became calm again. "Is my mom beside you?"
Mother Xie hurriedly waved her hands.
"No." Xie Su shook his head.
"Strange. I can smell a whiff of tea fragrance even through the phone." Xie Lingxi's tone turned