"The last trip?" 'What a liar.' Hearing this, Xu Changqing couldn't help but laugh. If he had replied with something like, "We'll talk later," she might have actually started to worry.
Just as Shen Weimin knew all about Xu Changqing's mule-headed stubbornness, Xu Changqing also knew exactly what he meant by the words he used.
For him to use the phrase "the last trip" so definitively meant he had nothing else to deal with tonight. And if he did, it was just as she had suspected.
'He wants to stay in Changqing Garden tonight.'
"What are you laughing at?"
'It's because Mrs. Shen's three-day holiday is over and she's gone back to the county town. She's not at home tonight, so you don't have to pretend to be the dutiful son anymore.' But why should she say that out loud?
Xu Changqing shook her head with a smile. "I just realized I'm still influenced by my mother. You know I'm not the type to get to the bottom of things."
