Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu will come back and spend the night tonight.

Seeing this, Su Mubai looked at Lin Ai and wanted to say something, but in the end he stopped himself.

He said, "Well, you should rest early later."

Without taking his hand out of his pocket, or waving at Su Mubai like before, Lin Ai just nodded: "Okay."

After saying that, she stared at Su Mubai for a long while before turning around and leaving.

The moment she entered the building, Lin Ai blinked and tears welled up in her eyes. She finally couldn't hold back the emotions that she had been holding back all night.

He raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face, but tears continued to flow.

What should she do? How should she face all this? She should have known about this earlier. Su Mubai shouldn't have brought her back to meet his parents, and she shouldn't have told her mother about her relationship.

Standing outside the elevator, Lin Ai wiped the tears from her face with both hands. She tried her best to control her emotions and to recover herself.

It was so sad. I still feel so sad.

She stood outside the elevator for a long time, until someone came down. Then Lin Ai wiped her face and pretended nothing had happened.

She could only pretend that nothing had happened.

Fortunately, when she returned home, her parents were already resting.

The light in Lin Chen's room was still on, but he didn't come out. He was still doing his homework.

After returning to her room and taking her change of clothes to the bathroom, Lin Ai looked at herself in the mirror. She raised her right hand and gently stroked her face. She had never dared to think that she would look like another person.

She looked at herself in the mirror for a long time, feeling sad over and over again in her heart. Then Lin Ai took her hands away from her face and walked to the shower to take a shower.

……

downstairs.

After Lin Ai left, Su Mubai did not leave immediately. He put his hands in his pockets, looked up and stared at Lin Ai's room for a long time.

Lin Ai had something on her mind, but she didn't tell him what happened.

I don’t know how long I stood downstairs. Only when I saw the light in Lin Ai’s room went out did Su Mubai turn back to the car and start the car back to International City.

There is a crescent moon tonight. Su Mubai holds the steering wheel with both hands. He thinks of many things, many things from the past.

He always thought that he was not a loyal person, but when he met Tang Lu today, he learned that those classmates from that year were getting married, living their lives, and Cheng Jian's best friend had already found a new life. Su Mubai had to admit it.

He is a person who likes to nitpick.

He really is a nitpicker. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been single for so many years. He wouldn't have gotten close to Lin Ai and wouldn't have been with Lin Ai.

At least, it would be difficult for him and Lin Ai to start.

After returning to International City, Su Mubai's heart also felt empty today.

In fact, he understood better than anyone why he started and why he never told Lin Ai that he liked her.

The next morning, when Su Mubai opened his eyes, he picked up the phone from beside his pillow and opened WeChat out of habit.

Normally, Lin Ai would send him a message when she woke up, but not today.

After lying on the bed and looking at his phone for a while, Su Mubai called Lin Ai directly.

It has become his habit to contact her as soon as he wakes up every day.

Habit is a terrible thing. It will change you without you realizing it.

On the other end of the phone, Lin Ai quickly answered the call: "You're awake." Then she said: "I just woke up too, and was just about to send you a message."

Lin Ai lied.

In fact, she hardly closed her eyes last night and didn't sleep all night, and she woke up very early in the morning.

She had breakfast with her mother and helped her mother with housework.

She just didn't know how to contact Su Mubai, nor did she want to contact Su Mubai.

Listening to Lin Ai's words, Su Mubai believed it. After all, she always liked to sleep.

However, for Su Mubai, today was the first time he got up late because he thought about too many things last night.

After the two chatted for a while as if nothing had happened, Lin Ai suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, Su Mubai, I'm going to visit my grandmother with my mom today. Don't come over later, or you'll miss her."

In fact, his parents didn't plan to go see grandma today, but her mother said in the morning that they hadn't been back to see grandma for more than half a month. Lin Ai said that they should go today and she would accompany her back, saying that she hadn't seen grandma for a long time.

She actually didn't want to go out, she just wanted to stay in bed and do nothing.

But if that happened, all she could think about was what she overheard last night. She would be unable to sleep and her head would ache from thinking about it.

She didn't want this to happen even more, so she simply found something to do. When she was busy with other things, she wouldn't think about Su Mubai or the girl named Cheng Jian.

It's not that she blames Su Mubai. Su Mubai has helped her family so much, and the two of them had only a contractual relationship from the beginning. She has no right to blame Su Mubai. She is just at a loss and doesn't know what to do.

On the other end of the phone, Su Mubai listened to Lin Ai's words and fell silent.

After a long silence, he asked, "When will you be back?"

It was obviously Lin Ai who confessed first and it was Lin Ai who liked him more, but the person she wanted to meet more right now was Su Mubai.

Lin Ai said: "It may be tonight, or it may be tomorrow, then I will visit my mother."

Su Mubai fell silent again, and after a moment he said, "Well, tell me when you come back."

"Okay." Lin Ai said again: "My mom is calling me, so I'll go out first. I'll text you when I get there."

Everything about her was still as normal. She was still so obedient and docile, and no one could see any flaws in her.

However, there are flaws everywhere.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ai breathed a sigh of relief. It was the first time she realized that answering the phone could be so tiring, even more tiring than when someone came to collect a debt.

Looking down at the phone in her hand, Lin Ai couldn't help but look at the watch on her wrist again, the watch given to her by Su Mubai.

After staring at the watch for a while, Lin Ai took it off and put it in the drawer.

When she wore that watch before, she was always happy and reminded of Su Mubai. Every time she saw the watch and thought of Su Mubai, a smile appeared on her face and she was very happy.

But right now, not only was she not feeling that happy, she was also very sad.

So she secretly hid her sadness.

After closing the drawer, Lin Ai stood up from the chair, then opened the door and went to the living room, shouting to her mother, "Mom, are you done packing? Can we leave now?"

Lin Ai called out, and Yan Xiaoli came out of the room carrying her bag.

She said, "Xiao Ai, don't you have a date today?"

Lin Ai said: "I don't have a date today, and I also want to go back to see my grandma."

Yan Xiaoli asked: "Did they have a fight?"

Lin Ai replied: "No, I'll make an appointment after I come back from my grandmother's house."

After saying that, the mother and daughter changed their shoes at the entrance and went downstairs.

As soon as she walked towards the building, Lin Ai saw the Porsche parked in the parking space. For a moment, she felt like a thorn in her heart and sad.

In the past, Lin Ai was very happy when she saw everything about Su Mubai.

Now, anything related to Su Mubai has become a thorn in her heart.

Lin Ai turned her eyes away from the car and tried her best not to think about Su Mubai or what had happened between them.

Then, she drove her father's car worth more than 100,000 yuan and took her mother to visit her grandmother.

They set out at around ten o'clock and arrived at grandma's house at eleven o'clock in the morning.

My grandmother is seventy years old this year and is still in good health. She lives on the first floor of an old residential area in the county town. There is a small courtyard at home and the old lady grows vegetables in the courtyard when she has nothing to do.

Seeing Lin Ai and her mother coming back, the old lady was immediately happy: "You two are finally here. Your uncle is cooking dishes that Xiao Ai likes, including crayfish."

Hearing that Lin Ai and her mother were coming back today, Lin Ai's uncle came over to cook for them.

Lin Ai's uncle opened a factory in the county town. His home was not far from her grandmother's house, so he would come to visit when he had nothing to do.

"Grandma, I miss you so much." After putting down the things she brought back for the old lady, Lin Ai opened her arms and hugged the old lady. She really missed the old lady.

"My dear granddaughter, grandma misses you too. Come on and eat. Grandma bought you a lot of food." Pulling Lin Ai, the old lady took her to the living room and brought out a bunch of snacks and fruits for her.

This is how the old lady loved Lin Ai and Lin Chen when they came back as children.

When Lin Ai looked at the fruit snacks that the old lady bought, her heart suddenly warmed up and she immediately forgot about what happened between her and Su Mubai.

Everything that happened between her and Su Mubai now seemed unreal.

When she came back to see her grandmother, she also wanted to temporarily forget the past and give herself some time to figure out what to do in the future.

After saying hello to her grandmother, Lin Ai went to the kitchen to find her uncle.

The uncle was so happy to see Lin Aidi that he chatted with her while cooking, saying that her aunt was at the factory and would be back for dinner later, and that her cousin was in school and would not be back at noon.

Lin Ai's cousin is also a sophomore in high school like Lin Chen, and is as busy studying as Lin Chen.

At noon, the family gathered around the table for a lively meal. The uncle cooked all the dishes that Lin Ai liked. Lin Ai's mood obviously changed and improved.

She forgot about Su Mubai and even forgot to send a message to Su Mubai.

……

Over at International City, after Su Mubai got up, he felt empty inside. He was used to having Lin Ai by his side.

What people fear most is that after forming a habit, the habit will suddenly be stripped away and disappear.

Even though I had nothing from the beginning, this feeling of loss is still unacceptable.

The more important reason was that Su Mubai had already noticed something, but neither of them spoke out.

The house was empty. Su Mubai got up, got himself ready, and went to the company to work overtime.

When he arrived at the company and it was time for lunch, Lin Ai still hadn't sent him the message.

Lin Ai told him about things at home. Su Mubai knew that it would take no more than an hour and a half to drive from Lin Ai to her grandmother's house. Based on the phone call they had in the morning, Lin Ai should have arrived at her grandmother's house a long time ago.

But she didn't message him or call him.

With his brows tightly furrowed, Su Mubai reached out and picked up the phone, then skillfully dialed Lin Ai's phone number.

At the moment when the call was about to be dialed, Su Mubai suddenly paused and just stared at his phone motionlessly.

Unconsciously, his mood and emotions had already been affected by Lin Ai.

With his brows furrowed, Su Mubai hesitated about the call, not knowing whether he should make the call or not.