Chapter 23

This was the first time Chen Rongrong had ever asked someone for something, and she actually felt rather uneasy about it.

But she also felt that Zhou Yuwen probably wouldn't miss that little bit of money.

Besides, she had given Zhou Yuwen the most precious thing she had.

Zhou Yuwen was her man now.

It was only right for him to buy her an Apple phone.

Even if he didn't buy an Apple...

A vivo or a BBK would do too.

Honestly, a young girl was thin-skinned after all. Asking Zhou Yuwen for something for the first time made Chen Rongrong quite nervous.

Fortunately, Zhou Yuwen didn't think much of it. He kissed her on the cheek and said, "Apple's releasing its newest model next month."

"When I get a new phone then, I'll give you this one to use."

Zhou Yuwen waved the Apple 5s in his hand as he spoke.

Chen Rongrong's nervous face immediately blossomed into a smile.

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you about that?"

Zhou Yuwen thought that once he got a new phone, he wouldn't have any use for the old one anyway.

Chen Rongrong was still using a domestic phone that cost a little over a thousand yuan. Zhou Yuwen had bought his Apple 5s only a little over a month ago, so it was practically new. If he gave it to Chen Rongrong, she'd be over the moon.

Just moments ago, she'd been miserable, feeling she had entrusted herself to the wrong man. Now she was happy again, clinging to Zhou Yuwen and saying coquettishly, "Let me play with it first, then."

As she spoke, she reached for the phone in Zhou Yuwen's hand.

Zhou Yuwen didn't give it to her right away. Instead, he feinted with it and asked, "Am I good to you?"

"Yes," Chen Rongrong answered.

"Then give me a kiss?"

Zhou Yuwen leaned his face toward her.

Chen Rongrong shyly kissed him on the cheek, and only then did Zhou Yuwen hand her the phone to play with.

She happily lowered her head and played with the phone, saying she had never used an Apple phone before.

"Even my younger cousin has never used such a fancy phone."

Chen Rongrong played with the phone in Zhou Yuwen's arms. Her big melons were covered by the quilt, but how could melons that big be covered completely? Half of them peeked out, like a beauty half-hiding her face behind a pipa, at their most alluring.

Zhou Yuwen held Chen Rongrong in his arms.

And so, Chen Rongrong played with the phone.

Zhou Yuwen slipped his hand under the quilt and played with her big melons.

It seemed neither of them slept all night, and then they slept all the way until three the next day.

At three the next day, Zhou Yuwen was the first to wake up.

What could you say? A young body really was something.

By the time he was fully awake, Chen Rongrong was still a little bleary-eyed.

After getting ready, Chen Rongrong checked her phone and said her uncle had called her.

Zhou Yuwen said, "Then call him back."

"I don't want to..." Chen Rongrong sought Zhou Yuwen's opinion.

Zhou Yuwen told her it was up to her.

"I'll book this room for two months. If you want to stay here, you can move in."

"Really?"

Joy immediately appeared on Chen Rongrong's face. She had just been wondering what she should do next.

After the way her aunt and uncle had treated her, she certainly didn't want to go back.

She had originally wanted to talk it over with Zhou Yuwen.

To see whether she could stay at his place for two months.

She knew it wouldn't look good...

But what else could she do?

She hadn't expected Zhou Yuwen to be so generous, booking the room for two whole months.

"What do you mean, really? You've told me all about your family situation. How could I just leave you to fend for yourself?"

At that moment, Chen Rongrong was genuinely a little moved.

But after being moved, she asked like a good wife and loving mother, "Won't that cost too much?"

"It's fine, as long as you're happy," Zhou Yuwen said, pinching Chen Rongrong's cheek.

Chen Rongrong took Zhou Yuwen's hand and looked at him pitifully. "Hubby, you're so good to me."

Zhou Yuwen asked her, "Doesn't your waist hurt anymore?"

Chen Rongrong's face flushed. She shot Zhou Yuwen a reproachful look and said he was awful.

Afterward, Chen Rongrong went home to pack her things.

Her uncle's family had been worried sick when they couldn't reach her all night.

Her aunt Liu Mei had called Chen Rongrong more than a dozen times throughout the night without getting through once. She paced back and forth in the living room, all the while making sure to blame her husband.

"It's all your fault! Why did you have to go and hit her when things were fine?!"

Her uncle sat at the dining table, his face expressionless. He naturally knew he had done wrong, but his dignity as an elder wouldn't let him admit it. He muttered, "I've raised her all these years. What's wrong with slapping her?"

"What do you mean, you've raised her all these years? Chen Jianjun, so you do remember you've raised her all these years?!"

"What were you thinking?"

"We've put so much into raising her all these years, and she's about to leave. Then you suddenly pull something like this. When she gets married later, what about the bride price and all that? We..."

Liu Mei was just about to settle accounts with her husband when the front door suddenly moved.

Chen Rongrong walked in, her face expressionless.

Liu Mei's calculating expression vanished at once. Changing her attitude, she hurried over and took Chen Rongrong's hand with concern. "Rongrong, you're back?!"

"Your uncle and I were so worried we didn't sleep a wink all night."

"Where did you go last night?"

"Are you hungry?"

"I'll cook you some noodles."

Chen Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his niece return. A moment ago, his face had still shown a trace of guilt, but now he had regained the dignity peculiar to an elder.

"You're back, that's good."

Before he could finish, Chen Rongrong flung her aunt's hand away.

She said coldly, "I came back to pack my things. Once I'm done, I'm leaving."

With that, she walked off toward her room.

"Leaving? Wait, Rongrong, where are you going?"

Liu Mei truly panicked when she heard this and hurried after her.

Cheng Jianjun also realized something was wrong and hurried after them.

Only then did Liu Mei think to apologize, saying it was all her uncle's and her own fault.

"Rongrong, no matter what, we've raised you for so long. We're family..."

Chen Rongrong, however, was very calm. She said, "I know, Auntie."

"I'm not saying anything. I just mean I'm staying at a friend's place for a few days and looking for a job while I'm at it. I can't keep imposing on you and Uncle forever."

"It's no trouble. How could it be trouble?!"

No matter what, Chen Rongrong was determined to move out, but she didn't tell her uncle's family about Zhou Yuwen.

Something like that really didn't look good for a girl, so she only said she was staying at a friend's place.

Chen Jianjun listened outside the bedroom door and opened his mouth to ask whether his niece's friend was a man or a woman, but Liu Mei stopped him with a look.

Whether the friend was a man or a woman was none of their family's business.

Why do something so unnecessary?

Some things, in truth, everyone knew perfectly well.

Chen Rongrong's belongings amounted to just one suitcase.

Once she had finished packing, Liu Mei politely asked, "Shall I have your uncle see you off?"

"No need. My friend is coming to pick me up."

Chen Rongrong said.

"Oh, oh, all right."