22 Lovers Spat 5 (1/2)
”You don't need to know this.” Li Tingting pulled Peach over and scrutinised her carefully before nodding. ”The girls in Shen Mochen class were certain that he did not have a girlfriend and said that you were just his sister. I can't believe that you're really his girlfriend.”
”I'm not his girlfriend, I'm his wife!” Peach corrected her solemnly, puffing out her cheeks on her small round face.
”Fine, fine.” Li Tingting nodded quickly, expressing her understanding. Looking out of the classroom, she gushed excitedly, ”Peach, your husband is here to look for you!”
”Huh?” Peach looked out of the classroom, and saw that it really was Shen Mochen standing there by the window. His delicate eyebrows were furrowed as he stared at her.
Swiftly, Peach jumped up and rushed over to him. Exhilarated, she asked, ”Husband, are you looking for me?”
Shen Mochen looked at her and remained silent for a moment.
”Well? Are you not looking for me?” Peach reached out and poked his arm. Why was he not talking?
After a while, Shen Mochen grudgingly opened his mouth, ”My dad has gone to Guilin with my mother for a few days and they asked me to stay at your house whilst they're gone.”
Peach said, ”Oh, that's great! This morning, my mom mentioned making dumplings with your favourite filling for dinner. I was going to call you over tonight to eat with us.” Many a time, it would be her parents who had to go on business trips and would leave her at Shen Mochen's house. For the first time in many years, Shen Mochen's parents were both not at home and he had to stay over at Peach's house.
Gloomily, Shen Mochen looked at Peach. He opened his mouth but was stumped. In the end, he simply instructed Peach, ”Wait for me after school.” Then he turned and headed back up to the second floor for class.
Before going to bed last night, Shen Mochen had gone to the bathroom. When he walked past his parents' room, he heard them whispering.
He Yue said, ”Chenchen has been ignoring Peach for a long time now.”
Professor Shen commented, ”They're children. They'll be fine after a few days.”