Mama's Princess Is Daddy's Beloved

Getting inside the kitchen, Li Xue was the very first to make the call. Although it was late, striking midnight, Li Xue knew that person whom she was calling must be still awake. And just as she has expected, soon after the rings rung on the call, it went through.

Before Li Xue could speak, the voice from the other side came laced with concern. "Xiao Xue! You are calling this late at night. Is everything fine?"

"Ah, there is nothing to worry, Ma. I just called you, knowing that you must be awake. I hope I have not disturbed your sleep." Li Xue said. Her voice came all soft and laced with ease.

Chen Rui doesn't fail to feel the feeling of her voice. So, cutting off the chase, she asked all directly, "Is You Jun at your place?"

"How do you know?" Li Xue felt getting dumbfounded. She was yet to say that to her and now hearing her guess it already, she couldn't believe it. "Were you informed earlier that he would be coming here?" She asked and heard the lady chuckle softly on the other side.

"Nope, there was no information but I am mother, Xiao Xue. And I know my children very well. Be it the battle that You Jun must be having in his thoughts or the concern that might be keeping you worried all this while. I know them all and I need no information to understand them." Chen Rui said before pausing softly to add again.

"The relaxation in your words earlier was enough to let me know that you have let go of the worry that you have been holding all day. So it wasn't that hard for me to guess You Jun's presence around you." She said and Li Xue's gaze trailed to look from the corner where she could easily see the boy sitting and making himself feel the home.

"Yes, he is here. He came to check on WeiWei. I don't know but as far as I could guess, I feel like earlier when I was having a talk with you over the call, she heard the fragments of it and discovered the situation between me and him. In her innocence to make up between us, she might have given the call to him, calling him here. So, he is here."

Li Xue spoke and the moment she finished her words, a disbelieving tone of Chen Rui surfaced. "Xiao Xue, don't say you believed that? Do you really think that You Jun is just there on the call of WeiWei and nothing else?" She asked.

"…" Li Xue didn't respond to her words to which Chen Rui further added.

"Dear, even though You Jun might have gone there to meet WeiWei first. Don't solely believe that one to be the only reason. Otherwise, he must not be still sitting there. Xiao Xue, you know what I am saying, right?" She asked and then allowed some time for Li Xue to decide.

After not long, Li Xue hummed. "Mhm, I may not have believed that before but after reading his attitude for months now, I completely agree with it. Don't worry, I won't take anyone's intentions wrongly this time. Since he is here today, no matter what he says, I would believe that I am also one of the reasons for which he is here." She said and felt Chen Rui's lips curling at her words.

"Great to hear the change in your thoughts, Xue. So, what have you thought now? Is he with WeiWei? When is he coming back?" Chen Rui asked.

"He might not leave at night as he is scared of something happening to us." Li Xue spoke and her words of revelation like that piqued the lady's curiosity on the call.

"Wait! Scared? Did he speak that to you?"

Li Xue shook her head and denied, "Mm-hm … I just read in between his words and attitude. He was leaving at first but after knowing Shufen's absence at home, he decided to stay and reasoned out his change in plan in the name of WeiWei again; saying something like he wants to save his efforts and energy of traveling back and forth."

She said and Chen Rui chuckled on the other side of the call. "Haha … How silly that kid could be? He was so obvious with his reasons. No doubt you caught him all easily." She said and Li Xue as well chuckled softly.

"He has always been like that. Over-dramatic. And it's a kind of good in his attitude. If really asked, I would never ask for a change." Li Xue said and her words like that impressed Chen Rui.

"It's good to hear that, Xiao Xue. But that's not all that you need to think about at the moment. Since You Jun is there, use this chance to talk to him. He is there which means that he must have given a lot of thought and with every point of thinking, he could just not have a reason to hate you or be upset with you", Chen Rui explained. Giving birth to her son and knowing him for decades, she could easily read his thoughts.

Li Xue didn't understand at first so furrowing her brows, she asked, "So you mean, he is no longer upset with me?"

"Not completely dear. It's just that he could not decide any hatred for you in his heart." Chen Rui spoke, before pausing and continuing again, "And since he is not able to decide it now, use this opportunity in your favor. Push his thoughts towards yourself, so it didn't take long for you to build back the relation that both of you have damaged."

She said, and her words like that were not too hard for Li Xue to understand. "So, you mean to say that …"

"I mean to ask you to take this opportunity to talk to him, Detail him not just the truth but also about everything that happened with you." Chen Rui guided and for a moment, Li Xue became silent at the suggestion.

Taking advantage of manipulating their thoughts with stories was not her forte. And she was also not sure if she really wanted it to be like that.

Chen Rui heard her silence and immediately understood her struggle. The struggle was natural so it did surprise the lady rather she was expecting it to come like this. And since there was the expectation of this coming in her heart, she also had a way. So she spoke again, "Dear, I understand what you are thinking but remember – A single twig breaks but a bundle of twigs stays strong. In the current scenario, it wouldn't be good to see You Jun drifting away from us. We need to stay close together."