After their lengthy chat, though it was mainly about work, Song Luli felt some progress between them move forward.
It was better to be friends than strangers, she thought, and she needed that bond for their marriage to survive.
Long Jie and Song Luli said nothing else, but they were comfortably silent in each other's presence.
Song Luli's phone rang, breaking the silence between them.
Long Jie rose to tidy the blueprints he had shown her while she accepted the call.
"Where are you?" Song Meiling asked.
"Shit!" Song Luli said aloud. "I'll be there in twenty minutes."
"All right," Song Meiling answered.
Without saying a word, Song Luli hung up the call, taking her coat and car keys, running out of the door.
She forgot to pick her sister up from the airport.
Song Luli offered to pick her up since she wanted to be the one to tell Song Meiling in person about her marriage before she arrived home.
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