Chapter 48

Next month was Old Lady Rong's seventieth birthday.

Rong Ci and Rong Changsheng were discussing how to celebrate it so the old lady would be happy.

The old lady heard this but had no interest, saying: "Don't do those superficial things. It would be great if our family could just have a nice meal together."

Rong Ci's aunt He Mingxue said: "After all, it's a seventieth birthday, we should still hold a big celebration..."

Rong Ci and Rong Changsheng thought the same.

Since it was the children's intention, the old lady didn't refuse further.

Feng Jingxin had school tomorrow, so after dinner, Rong Ci drove away with Feng Jingxin.

Returning to the villa, Feng Jingxin got out of the car and happily ran into the house.

Rong Ci sat in the car without moving and said to Feng Jingxin: "Go take a shower and rest early later. Mom still has things to do, so I won't go up first."

Feng Jingxin's smile faltered, "Huh?"

She turned back and leaned against the car, looking at Rong Ci with her little brows furrowed: "Mom, you have things to be busy with again?"

Rong Ci kept a straight face: "Yes, you study well, and call Mom if anything happens."

Feng Jingxin wasn't very happy, pouted her little mouth, and finally said: "Okay."

When Feng Tingshen was busy with work, he also often didn't come home.

Now that things were like this, Feng Jingxin assumed Rong Ci was often staying out late because she was busy with work, and didn't think of anything else.

The butler learned they were back and came out to welcome them.

Feng Jingxin asked: "Is Dad back?"

The butler was all smiles: "He's back."

Rong Ci heard this but had no reaction, only saying to Feng Jingxin: "Mom is leaving now."

"Oh..."

Feng Jingxin moved aside.

The butler was a bit confused: "It's so late, is the Madam going out again?"

Rong Ci didn't say much: "Yes, I have some things to do."

After saying this, she said to Feng Jingxin: "It's cold outside, go in quickly."

"Got it." Feng Jingxin waved to Rong Ci and went inside with the butler.

Rong Ci watched, turned the car around, and drove away.

After entering the house, Feng Jingxin asked the butler: "Where is Dad?"

"He should be in the study."

Feng Jingxin went upstairs and found the study door open. At this moment, Feng Tingshen's tall and straight figure was leaning against the window, looking outside, seemingly smoking.

"Dad." Feng Jingxin called out.

"Yes." Feng Tingshen turned around, and Feng Jingxin said: "Mom had things to do, she just got back and left again."

Feng Tingshen stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, threw it into the ashtray, and said: "Yes, Dad knows, Dad saw."

Feng Jingxin wrinkled her little nose: "Mom has been so busy lately, she's almost as busy as Dad."

Feng Tingshen smiled: "Yes."

It was getting late, and Feng Jingxin was tired; she yawned and said: "I'm going to shower and sleep, goodnight Dad."

"Goodnight, sweet dreams."

Rong Ci returned home and went straight to sleep after washing up.

The next day, she arrived at the company on time for work.

In the afternoon, due to work requirements, she and Su Yuquan and other technical personnel went to Xundu to handle some technical maintenance work.

This time, she didn't see Feng Tingshen or Lin Wu.

Over the next few days, including when she went back to the villa on Thursday to cook for Feng Jingxin, she didn't run into Feng Tingshen again.

She heard he hadn't gone on a business trip, just that he had things to do and wouldn't be back for dinner.

As for his so-called "things to do," whether he was on a date with Lin Wu or really had social engagements, Rong Ci didn't ask.

After getting off work on Friday, just as Rong Ci was thinking about what to eat, Feng Jingxin's call came through again.

"Mom, Dad won't be home on Saturday and Sunday, when are you coming back?"

In other words, she was to take her for the weekend.

Regardless of the reason, it was true that Feng Tingshen had been the one taking care of Feng Jingxin more over the past two years.

Now, whether Feng Tingshen had private arrangements and couldn't conveniently take Feng Jingxin, or really had social engagements, since he was busy, Rong Ci had the responsibility to take care of Feng Jingxin.

Rong Ci returned to the villa.

During dinner, she asked Feng Jingxin where she wanted to go on the weekend.

Feng Jingxin thought for a while, then shook her head: "There's no place I particularly want to go."

Rong Ci looked at her appearance and knew that it wasn't that there was nowhere she wanted to go, but that she wanted to be with Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu more on the weekend.

Now that they weren't there, she couldn't get excited about doing anything.

Rong Ci didn't expose her and asked: "Do you want to go horseback riding?"

Feng Jingxin hadn't ridden a horse in a long time; upon hearing this, she really got interested and hurriedly nodded: "Yes!"

The next day, Rong Ci took Feng Jingxin to the horse track.

Arriving at the track, Rong Ci changed into her clothes and came out, only to hear Feng Jingxin, with her back to her, saying to the instructor: "My dad, and an aunt of mine, they are both super amazing at horseback riding and super cool too, it's just a pity they aren't free today and couldn't come with me..."

Rong Ci stood at the entrance, not wanting to disturb her interest in talking to others.

It was the instructor who saw her, stood up, and greeted her: "Ms. Rong."

Rong Ci nodded, and the instructor asked: "I'll call someone else over to guide you."

Rong Ci nodded: "Okay."

Rong Ci actually knew how to ride, but when Feng Jingxin was younger and she took her to the track, her focus was always on Feng Jingxin, and she hadn't ridden much herself.

Come to think of it, she hadn't properly ridden a horse in three or four years.

Her horsemanship was quite good, but for safety's sake, it was better to have someone follow her at first.

Feng Jingxin was taken away by another instructor, while Rong Ci went to another field.

The instructor guiding her thought she didn't know how to ride; seeing Rong Ci's agile movements as she mounted the horse, he was astonished: "So Ms. Rong knows how to ride?"

Rong Ci: "Yes."

Rong Ci let the instructor guide her for a while, then took the reins herself, flicked the whip, and the white horse she was sitting on neighed and started running.

It wasn't until after riding several laps that Rong Ci stopped and went to find Feng Jingxin.

Just as she arrived at Feng Jingxin's side, when she was more than ten meters away, she suddenly stopped her steps.

It was Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu.

They had actually come here too.

Feng Jingxin was happily hugging Lin Wu's leg, and the three of them were talking about something; one could tell the atmosphere was very good.

Then, Feng Jingxin got on a horse with Lin Wu, Feng Jingxin sitting in front and Lin Wu sitting behind.

And Feng Tingshen got on another horse.

The two horses walked side by side, the three people on the horses chatting and laughing; from a distance, they looked exactly like a family of three.

Their figures slowly moved away, not noticing her; Rong Ci watched, withdrew her gaze, turned around, and left.

She changed out of her riding gear, took a sip of water, and after sitting for a while, Feng Tingshen's call came.

Rong Ci answered: "Hello."

On the other end of the phone, Feng Tingshen said: "I'm also at the horse track, I'll take care of Xin Xin."

Rong Ci said: "Okay."

As soon as she finished speaking, what she heard next was still the sound of Feng Tingshen hanging up the phone decisively.

Rong Ci sat there, waiting for this call from Feng Tingshen.

Now that Feng Jingxin's whereabouts were clear, she picked up her bag, turned around, and left.