She can see her children are happy even though she knows they have their own motives of coming here. At first she thought it will just be a normal vacation but now she knew she was wrong especially looking at her eldest son's unreadable expression.
Su Rong picked the red wine that the renters bought for them before she poured it into her glass.
Tasting the wine, Su Rong smiled bitterly. She came to the city she grew, the city where all her memories kept but it is pity she isn't the young and cheerful Su Rong anymore. Pity that the Su Rong of the past isn't her anymore.
Everything didn't went as Su Rong planned. She planned to come here and leave like she didn't come without letting anyone know about her coming back but everything destroyed because the Gu gossiping family released her on their hot channel.
What to do? She can't just leave now since her promise to her children is to stay here for two weeks minimum and because she is witnessing her children's happiness with their new friends, she didn't want to force them back but she can't also stay here for long.
Since that night, she has always felt helpless thinking about her past. She is afraid of facing it maybe because what that girl said was right, she didn't dare to face her family.
No, they aren't her real family!
Yeah, how could such easy reason make her give up the man she loved and the family's he cares about unless there is something she knew. Recalling the most saddest day in her life, Su Rong started to remember about what happened six years ago after Su Rong went to Hiang Qing's house.
*6 YEARS AGO.*
The young Su Rong who was crying on Huang Qing's bed after she broke up with her boyfriend and family noticed Huang Qing fell asleep. At first Su Rong thought she will receive Song Tinglui's call since she doesn't believe he will go just like that.
Their breakup was like an unbelievable dream for her since she can't and won't never believe he will break up with her. She was ready to forgive him if he apologised to her but getting no call from him made her anxious. She made her mind to never call him but looking at the phone with no message nor miss call, Su Rong finally decided to call him first even though she was angry.
After few seconds ringing, a woman with a sweet yet seductive voice spoke, "Hello, who is this?"
Su Rong was shocked to find that her Tinglui's phone was with someone else not to say with a woman. Because Su Rong used to be jealous and Song Tinglui has been no so close with women even his assistant and secretary are men but now being accepted his call by a woman made her tears fall again.
She was afraid, afraid what she was thinking is right. Wait, why does the s voice sounds similar?
"L-Lily?" Su Rong asked with hesitation.
"Oh? You are Su Rong?" The girl named Lily mocked.
Su Rong clenched her fist. She knows this Ji Lily. She is Song Tinglui's best friend's little sister and that is way the reason Su Rong has been ignoring her even though this Ji Lily tried to seduce Song Tinglui many times in front of her.
"Hand the phone to Song Tinglui." Su Rong didn't wanted to chat with that girl.
"Why are you so anxious? By the way, I heard you broke up with brother Tinglui and your family?" Ji Lily laughed mockingly.
"It's none of your business. Hand the phone to him." Su Rong angered more knowing this girl no only knows about their break up but also about her family and her.
Ji Lily: "You know what? Since we were on high school, I have been so jealous of you. I was jealous that you had a perfect family, protecting siblings and a best boyfriend. I wanted to be you to just own what you have but now....Tsk, Tsk. I would rather die than to have a fake life like yours."
Su Rong: "Ji Lily, I never knew you had such an illness."
Su Rong knows that this Ji Lily has been always eying her man but she didn't expected her to want to own her life. What did she take her for? And she said she would rather die than to have a life like mine then why is she jealous of my life?
This jealousy woman doesn't know what she say, right?
"It is my turn to mock at you, my dear. Don't you wanna know the reason why brother Tinglui broke up with you? I will tell you slowly, just be ready to suicide." Ji Lily laughed like crazy.
"I said it is none of your business. What happened between me and him is none of your business. And I am not crazy to believe someone like you who is mentally ill from too much jealousy." Su Rong spoke in one go with mixed anger.
Jin Lily: "Okey, okey. Let me show you something before you finished your energy..."
Receiving Ji Lily's video, Su Rong didn't want to open it but since she was also too curious the reason why Song Tinglui left her, she opened it after heisting for few seconds.
Opening the video when she was still on the call with Ji Lily, Su Rong watched two men's back and Roel's face. The one is the back she is too familiar with. Her Tinglui's back, the back she was always being carried on and the another is probably Ji Yen's since she is watching Roel's face. Because Song Tinglui has only two friends, Ji Yen and Roel it wasn't hard for Su Rong to guess that the other one was Ji Yen's back.
Starting the video, she heard Roel asked,
"Why did you break up with her?" Song Tinglui expression wasn't to see but Su Rong can see his hands movements so she guessed he was probably drinking.
Ji Yen: "What do you think?"
Roel: "I don't know."
Ji Yen: "Wanna me tell you?"
Roel: "Just say it! Why are you bluffing like you have a surprise?"