You hidden in my heart - Chapter 62.4

Chapter 62.4

Friday night she went to Lu Yuling’s house. They both stepped into a new world, and both of them were buzzing with excitement.

Truthfully, her goal was to please him to ease her own guilt, but the next morning he said to her, “You nearly drained me dry.”

Li Xining curled up in bed, blushing as she glared at him. “You annoying jerk!” She playfully kicked him with anger.

Lu Yuling raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “You always call me husband at night, but during the day, you just get on my nerves. Li Xining, it really bums me out.”

“Well, just deal with it!” Li Xining rolled over in bed and shot back, “So annoying!”

Lu Yuling sighed, got up, and started to get dressed, feeling a bit sorry for himself. “I took care of you while you were sleeping last night, and now I have to cook for you, drive you to work, and even bring you lunch later. A guy like me is hard to find. Hmph, what a jerk!”

Li Xining found it amusing and replied, “What a hassle!”

That Saturday night, she didn’t go home again, and the guilt made her want to stay with him for one more night, but it turned out to be a poor decision.

Once you opened the door to a new world, you couldn’t shut it again.

‘Haha, men!’

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The auditions for the singing programme were scheduled to take place in a large shopping mall.

On audition day, Lu Yuling stood on a stage with a guitar hanging around his neck. After he finished singing “Glory Days”, the entire mall erupted in warm applause and cheers.

He made it to the preliminary round. It was scheduled after the New Year, and with a winter break in between, there was no need to rush.

Xifu University students got a month of vacation for the winter, from mid-January to the end of February. 

It was Valentine’s Day, but Li Xining didn’t go out with Lu Yuling because it was the anniversary of her father’s passing.

Every year, on this day, Li Xining wrote a letter to her dad.

The night before, while she was getting ready to write her letter, there was a knock at the door. “Who is it?” she asked. 

“Your mother.”

Li Xining couldn’t help but chuckle a bit and quickly opened the door for her mom. “Mother, please come in.”

Yu Wenyin responded. “I won’t come in. I just need to tell you something, and then I’ll be on my way.”

Li Xining replied, “Go ahead.”

“Ask Yuling if he’s free tomorrow. If he is, let him join us.” 

Li Xining was taken aback. “You want him to come with us? You want him to meet my dad?”

Yu Wenyin sounded annoyed and dismissive. “Your grandparents asked me to look after him. I really don’t want to babysit this little brat!” 

Li Xining felt a bit upset. “What’s with your attitude? Why do you call him a brat?”

‘You haven’t married him yet, but already you are being disloyal.’

Yu Wenyin let out a sigh, then frowned and asked seriously, “Let me ask you, Li Xining. Do you stay in the dorm every Friday night?”

The question caught Li Xining off guard. “Huh? What?”

Yu Wenyin shot her a glare and said seriously, “Stop talking back. Your dad isn’t here. If he were, he’d break both your legs!”

Li Xining fell silent, not daring to say another word.

Seeing her daughter couldn’t utter a word, Yu Wenyin was really angry. She had been holding onto this for a while, but her kid was almost twenty now, and she couldn’t just talk about it like when they were younger. Plus, it was impossible for her to dictate what her daughter and her boyfriend could or couldn’t do. She was already an adult with her own choices and freedom in love. And how could she control what happened on Fridays, or even Monday to Thursday?

She felt helpless and could only give a stern warning to keep her daughter safe. “I don’t care where you are on Friday nights, but you need to be careful! As a girl, if something goes wrong, it won’t just hurt your body but also your mind and feelings.”

At this point, Li Xining could no longer act clueless, so she acknowledged the situation and promised her mom seriously. “You don’t have to worry! We are super careful about safety!” 

She had faith in Lu Yuling on this front. No matter how anxious he got, he would never go without a condom.

As a mother, Yu Wenyin couldn’t be completely relieved, but she couldn’t do anything because her daughter had grown up, and she couldn’t watch her all the time. Finally, she said angrily, “Tell him to come early tomorrow!”

Li Xining weakly asked, “What time is it?”

“Be at the doorstep at six o’clock, not a minute late!”

Feeling sorry for her man, Li Xining protested. “It’s not even dawn at six!”

Yu Wenyin ignored her and turned away.

Li Xining: “…”

After the door was closed, she quickly called Lu Yuling.

Lu Yuling picked up right away. “What’s up, wife?”

Li Xining felt a bit anxious. “My mom knows about us.”

Lu Yuling was confused. “What’s there to know? Didn’t your mom find out we were in love ages ago?”

Li Xining replied, “It’s not about love… It’s about Friday.”

Lu Yuling: “…”

Li Xining: “Are you scared?”

Lu Yuling paused for a moment and then admitted. “Well…”

Li Xining said seriously, “Let me tell you, what’s coming next will scare you even more!”

Lu Yuling took a deep breath, and asked, “Go on.”

Li Xining held back a laugh and said, “My mom wants you at our doorstep at six tomorrow morning. Not a minute late, and then you have to come with us to visit my dad’s grave.”

Lu Yuling was stunned and exclaimed, “What?”

Li Xining grinned. “My grandparents want me to take you to my father’s grave.”

Lu Yuling beamed. “What’s my role? Grandson-in-law?”

Li Xining replied, “Not quite. You’ll have to win over my mom first.”

Lu Yuling wasn’t worried. “That’s fine. The more my mother-in-law sees her son-in-law, the more she’ll like me.”

Li Xining huffed. “You’re ridiculous!”

It had been years since he last visited Uncle Li, and now he finally had the opportunity. “Which cemetery is Uncle Li buried in?” 

Li Xining responded, “Xishan Cemetery.”

Lu Yuling paused for a moment and then inquired, “Which mausoleum area?”

Li Xining replied, “Panlong Garden.”

Lu Yuling fell silent for a bit and muttered, “My mom is also in that garden.”

This time, it was Li Xining who was taken aback.

Then, Lu Yuling spoke to her in a tone that was part convincing and part assertive. “Li Xining, this is clearly fate. It means you’re destined to be my wife in this life. When you turn 22, just go get the marriage certificate with me. No funny business. You can’t escape.”

Li Xining couldn’t handle his bragging. “I’m not marrying you!”

Lu Yuling insisted. “No, you’ve got it all wrong. Not only will this delay my marriage, but it will also push back the arrival of my son or daughter.”

Li Xining blushed and retorted. “Stop it!” 

Then she ignored the annoying guy and hung up the phone. But after hanging up, she noticed another WeChat message from Zhao Hailan. 

He had transferred another 10,000 yuan to her with a message. [Xining, I’m giving you this in advance. It’s for you two to celebrate Valentine’s Day.]

Li Xining still refused to take his money. ‘Zhao Hailan is really hard to deal with.’ She sighed in frustration and replied, [Uncle, we’re not celebrating anything tomorrow; we’re going to see my dad instead.]

End of chapter 62

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