Ever since their divorce, every time he talked to her, his tone would be pointed and filled with impatience.
Even though she had heard it many times already, Cheng Qingchong still couldn't stop herself from being affected by it. Her finger rubbed the screen of the phone to distract herself from the pain in her heart, and she said carefully, "Mother will be arriving at Beijing by 5 pm tomorrow, so she might need to stay…"
Even though he had promised to help her, he had done nothing to that effect. She had moved everything away from his home, and when her mother arrived at Beijing, it would seem out of place to have her located at the hotel when there was an empty guest room at his place…
Cheng Qingchong bit on her lower lips and summoned her courage to continue.
"...at home, so… can I come over to your place to decorate it…"