Chapter 311: Estrangement

For the next two or three days, Rong Ci was as busy as ever.

During these days, because she left early and returned late every day, even though Feng Jingxin had stayed at the Rong family, the time the mother and daughter spent together wasn't actually much.

And although Feng Tingshen was also busy with work, it was said that he basically called Feng Jingxin every day.

However, she wasn't around when they talked on the phone, so she didn't know what they had said.

Feng Jingxin's birthday was on Friday.

Perhaps because Feng Tingshen usually gave her enough love and care, when Feng Jingxin's birthday approached and she learned that Feng Tingshen was basically confirmed unable to make it back to celebrate her birthday, Feng Jingxin wasn't particularly disappointed, but instead hugged Rong Ci's arm and said: "It's okay, having Mom accompany me for my birthday is enough."

Learning that she was busy with work and wouldn't have much time to accompany her on her birthday, and might only be able to cook her a bowl of longevity noodles and give her a gift, Feng Jingxin was actually a bit disappointed.

She hadn't eaten a cake made by Rong Ci for a long time.

She missed it a bit.

She had thought that at the very least, Rong Ci would make her a cake.

However, she had seen Rong Ci's busyness at the Rong family these days, so even if she was disappointed, she didn't act spoiled or willful to demand anything, only saying: "Okay, I know..."

Rong Ci had really been busy lately.

Whether it was Chang Mo, the Feng family, or Jiexiao, there were a pile of things waiting for her to handle these days.

She had been working overtime until late at night every day these past few days, truly unable to be in two places at once.

After all, it was Feng Jingxin's birthday.

She gave birth to her, so no matter what, she should take a certain responsibility for her.

She and Feng Tingshen hadn't officially divorced yet, and she had already let go and stopped caring about her, which was already a bit irresponsible.

And now...

Thinking of this, Rong Ci said: "If Mom gets off work early tomorrow, I'll make you a cake."

Feng Jingxin said happily: "Okay! Thank you, Mom!"

However, on Thursday, Rong Ci was busy until the sky turned dark, and when she finished and came back to her senses, it was already three or four in the morning.

By the time she returned home and finished washing up, it was already five in the morning.

But she still had to go to Jiexiao for a meeting after nine o'clock, so she had no time to make a cake at all.

She only had time to make a bowl of longevity noodles for Feng Jingxin and give her the gift before hurriedly going to Jiexiao for the meeting.

That day, when she finished, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Rong Ci checked the time, thinking about how she had left the gift this morning and hadn't even had time to say much to Feng Jingxin before hurriedly leaving, her expression paused slightly.

Seeing her expression was a bit off, Yu Moxun asked: "What's wrong?"

"Today, actually, is Feng Jingxin's birthday."

Yu Moxun could actually understand Rong Ci's contradictory feelings toward Feng Jingxin.

He also knew that no matter what, Rong Ci still couldn't completely let go of the other party in her heart.

Thinking that Rong Ci had been busy all day and didn't even have time to make a phone call back, he checked the time and said: "There's still time, it's not too late to go back and accompany her now." Rong Ci: "Mm."

After leaving the company, Rong Ci drove home.

When she arrived home, the Rong grandmother hadn't slept yet.

Seeing her return, the grandmother said softly: "You were gone all day, and Feng Tingshen didn't call back either. Miss Xin Xin hasn't been very happy all day today."

Rong Ci was stunned.

She hadn't expected that Feng Tingshen hadn't called back all day.

The grandmother sighed again, patted her hand lightly, and said: "She hasn't slept yet, go upstairs and accompany her."

Rong Ci nodded and turned to go upstairs.

Upstairs, Feng Jingxin was lying on the bed reading comics.

Seeing her return, she greeted her with a normal expression: "Mom is back?"

"Mm." Rong Ci put down her bag, paused for two seconds before walking toward her: "Sorry, Mom was busy with work, so..."

"I know." Feng Jingxin looked up at her: "Mom, I can understand."

Looking at it this way, Feng Jingxin was actually quite sensible, but Rong Ci knew she was really unhappy.

When she was truly happy, Feng Jingxin actually loved to act spoiled with her.

If it were before, if Feng Jingxin was unhappy, she would have plenty of ways to coax her into being happy.

But now, she stood to the side watching, but suddenly didn't know what to say or do to coax her appropriately.

It wasn't until this moment that Rong Ci realized that when they, mother and daughter, interacted, it looked like there was no difference from the past.

In reality, there was an estrangement in each other's hearts.

Just as she thought of this, Feng Jingxin's phone suddenly rang.

Feng Jingxin looked down and saw that the caller was "Dad." She wasn't very happy, but she answered the phone quickly, though her tone was a bit flat: "Hello."

On the other side of the phone, Feng Tingshen smiled: "Miss Xin Xin, happy birthday."

Feng Jingxin flipped through her book with a blank expression: "Oh."

Feng Tingshen seemed to hear that she was angry, but he didn't seem surprised: "Angry?"

Feng Jingxin pursed her little mouth gloomily and didn't speak.

"Sorry, Dad was on the plane before, couldn't make a call, so..."

Feng Jingxin still didn't speak.

At this time, Feng Tingshen smiled and said: "Dad is outside your grandmother's residential area now, Miss Xin Xin, you—"

Hearing this, Feng Jingxin jumped up from the bed: "Dad, you're back? You're not lying to me, right?!"

On the other side of the phone, Feng Tingshen's voice still carried a smile: "Mm, I specifically came back to celebrate your birthday with you. It's just past ten o'clock now, so I made it in time." ===== CHAPTER 312 =====