Chapter 273: Mother In Law (1)
Lu AnLing and Mo Sheng sat quietly in the living room eating some sweets and sipping some teas.
They were both completely calm but then, suddenly, the two heard the voices of two women.
Hearing this, the two friends looked up to the doorway. Right there, Mo Ruyi and Madame Mo walked into the room.
Seeing Mo Ruyi, Mo Sheng's eyebrows raised and then he looked at Lu AnLing awkwardly.
Looking at Mo Ruyi, Lu AnLing froze for a moment but then, Mo Ruyi's gaze landed on the girl so she was forced to greet the woman as normally as she could.
"Hello mother-in-law," Lu AnLing said slowly as she stood up and walked to Mo Ruyi. Once she was right in front of the woman, Lu AnLing said, "I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself much earlier. My name is Lu AnLing."
Hearing this, Mo Ruyi nodded. "Nice to meet you."
After the greetings had been said the room became strangely quiet.
Noticing this, Mo Sheng and Madame Mo felt too awkward. The two hated to be in silence and so they both began to speak; not only to each other but to Lu AnLing and Mo Ruyi too. They came up with many topics of conversation just so that they wouldn't need to face the silence.
Meanwhile, Lu AnLing looked at her phone every so often. But feeling Mo Ruyi's eyes on her, Lu AnLing tried her best not to do that much. Though it was hard. This was because Lu AnLing was acting this way because she felt awkward due to Mo Ruyi's presence and she didn't know where else to look...
Mo Ruyi could easily sense the girl's unease but the woman was not going to do anything to ease it, in fact, it was now time for Mo Ruyi to do what she had come here for.
Truthfully, Mo Ruyi knew that Lu AnLing was at her eldest son's house. In fact, she had been told this by Mo Yichen himself. Hearing about this, Mo Ruyi could not pass up such a prime opportunity.
"So what's your job?" Mo Ruyi asked coldly as she looked at Lu AnLing dead in the eyes.
Seeing Mo Ruyi stare at her deeply, Lu AnLing felt like she could not turn away.
"I work as a freelance translator, song writer and I am currently working on the Infinity Project." Lu AnLing said simply without explaining more or less.
Hearing this, Mo Ruyi nodded her head. "That's not bad. What's your IQ?"
Hearing this both Mo Sheng and Madame Mo looked between the two women awkwardly.
Not fully able to process the question, Lu AnLing paused.
"I-I have no idea." Lu AnLing said simply.
Mo Ruyi nodded but she did not say anything else.
Hearing the quiet coming back into the room, Lu AnLing rubbed her arm as if she felt her body suddenly become cold... not wanting to feel this anymore, Lu AnLing texted Rong Xin to pick her up and once he told her he was here, Lu AnLing smiled awkwardly and said.
"I'll be going home now. Thank you for the food and for allowing me to work in your house." Lu AnLing said as she looked at Madame Mo.
"Don't worry darling. You're always welcome!" Madame Mo said with sincerity.
Lu AnLing then nodded and smiled before she lifted herself off the couch.
Seeing Lu AnLing do this, Mo Ruyi also pushed herself up. "You're going home, right? To the Kang manor? I would like to visit Jun so do you mind if I come with you?"
Hearing this, Lu AnLing stiffened. But she could not reject the woman. She was Kang Jun's mother after all and Lu AnLing wanted to at least try to get along with the woman.
"Yes... lets go then." Lu AnLing said with an awkward smile. After saying this, Mo Ruyi and Lu AnLing went to say their goodbyes to Madame Mo and Mo Sheng.
"We'll continue where we left off next time?" Mo Sheng asked as he accompanied Mo Ruyi and Lu AnLing to the door.
Lu AnLing looked at Mo Sheng and shook her head. "No. I'll finish up writing the song alone. Next time, we'll work on the instruments and figure out how the performance will go."
Hearing this, Mo Sheng nodded obediently.
Mo Ruyi watched their interactions from the corner of her eye, trying to figure out who Lu AnLing was as a person. So far, the woman didn't know much but the fact that Mo Sheng respected her enough not to talk back when the girl had made a decision, made Mo Ruyi's impression of the girl more favourable than not.
Mo Ruyi understood the concept of living in a man's world and so she tried her best not to feel lower than men ever in her life. Watching Lu AnLing's way of being, it seemed to Mo Ruyi like Lu AnLing had never felt lower than any man.
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Inside the car, Mo Ruyi and Lu AnLing sat quietly.
"So, who are your parent and what do they do for a living?" Mo Ruyi asked after a while.
Hearing this, Lu AnLing felt all the hairs on her body stand up on ends. Lu AnLing had been expecting Mo Ruyi to ask her questions, it was only a matter of time, but the longer Lu AnLing had to wait for the questions the more awkward the girl felt.
After hearing Mo Ruyi's question, Lu AnLing actually felt slightly relieved since now, she would no longer have to wait.
"I don't think you know my parents... but my mom is an economist and the CFO of the Lu family business, while my father... he was a music teacher..."
Thinking a bit about her father, Lu AnLing wondered what kind of work he had been doing since she hadn't seen him.
A faraway look appeared in her eye and Mo Ruyi quickly caught sight of this. Interested, Mo Ruyi asked, "And how is your relationship with them?"
Lu AnLing frowned. "My mother and I don't talk much, as for my father... it's complicated..."
Saying that Lu AnLing felt a bit sad and a bit annoyed. Even the word complicated, with all its nuances, did not do her relationship with her father justice. But Lu AnLing could not find any other way to describe it.
Seeing a mix of emotions fill the girl; mostly negative, Mo Ruyi frowned.
"Has your father done something to you which you're afraid of talking about?" Mo Ruyi insinuated with slight worry.
Truly, seeing a girl like Lu AnLing whom Mo Ruyi had felt was strong, seem to wither at the mention of her father, Mo Ruyi worried a bit. Many sad and disgusting things happened to women in this world, and Mo Ruyi had seen many of these bad things in her life.
Mo Ruyi wanted to let Lu AnLing feel safe to talk about it since Mo Ruyi knew that it was hard for a woman to find someone to confide in about these things... and despite her heart being in the right place, hearing what Mo Ruyi had said, Lu AnLing's face twisted.
"No! It's not like that... my father and I just don't see eye to eye... I'm sorry but I feel really awkward talking about this right now..." Lu AnLing said as her eyes begin to tear up.
Seeing this, Mo Ruyi felt slightly bad so she stopped her questioning.
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