It was Feng Ting Lin's voice.
Rong Ci turned to look at the source of the sound.
It was Feng Ting Lin and Feng Ting Shen.
She paused in her steps.
Feng Ting Shen was smoking, not answering.
The distance was far, and with Feng Ting Shen facing the light, Rong Ci couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.
Feng Ting Lin said, "Actually, I can understand you. I've met Lin Wu a few times. I heard she's only 25, but she already has a Ph.D. from a world-class university, and it seems like she can handle her family's business very well. She's also beautiful, and her personality is wild and hard to tame—her excellence and brilliance are things most women don't have, and she really does have the appeal to attract you. But her background isn't prestigious. Ting Shen, have you thought this through? You—"
Feng Ting Shen replied, "I know what kind of woman I want."
"But—" Feng Ting Lin frowned. Though she didn't care for Rong Ci, she didn't like Lin Wu either. She wanted to say something, but upon seeing the displeasure in Feng Ting Shen's eyes, she gave up. "You're so protective. Can't I even say one sentence? Fine, I won't say anything."
Rong Ci listened, clenching her fists. The night wind stung her cheeks, making them ache.
She smiled bitterly and lost the interest in listening further, turning to leave.
Just as she was about to leave, Feng Ting Lin remembered something. "By the way, I heard Rong Ci said she submitted her resignation and is planning to leave the company?"
Feng Ting Shen replied, "The afternoon of the day before yesterday. I heard from Cheng Yuan that she made a mistake, and Cheng Yuan was pretty upset. I told him to follow company procedures and dismiss her."
Feng Ting Lin scoffed, "I see. When she mentioned this before, it sounded like she resigned on her own. I thought so... with her clingy personality, how could she ever willingly resign? Turns out, she was fired. Ha ha~"
Feng Ting Shen didn't respond, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Rong Ci reached the second floor, and as she was about to return to her room, she almost bumped into Feng Ting Yi, who was coming downstairs.
They both jumped in surprise.
After they both regained their composure, Feng Ting Yi was the first to apologize and ask with concern, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"
Feng Ting Yi was the only one in the Feng family, aside from Grandmother, who treated Rong Ci well.
Rong Ci shook her head and smiled. "I'm fine."
When Rong Ci married Feng Ting Shen, Feng Ting Yi was still young and didn't understand many things.
After all these years, he had always thought Rong Ci was beautiful and gentle. After marriage, she never actively argued with his brother and was always very tolerant of him.
If his future wife was like this, he would definitely treat her well.
Because of this, even after growing up and understanding the full story, he still liked Rong Ci.
He noticed that Rong Ci seemed upset, and he thought it was related to his brother. He scratched his head and sincerely said, "Sister-in-law, you're so good. My brother will definitely see that in the future. Don't be too upset."
Rong Ci paused for a moment. She didn't want to explain that they were about to divorce, so she smiled and said, "Mm, thank you, Ting Yi."
"I'm going downstairs to get a drink. It's getting late, Sister-in-law, you should rest early."
Rong Ci smiled. "Okay, good night."
After returning to her room, Rong Ci turned off the main lights and turned on the bedside lamp before lying down.
She had just been lying there for a while when she heard the sound of footsteps as Feng Ting Shen entered the bedroom.
Rong Ci opened her eyes.
Feng Ting Shen also looked at her. The two of them met each other's gaze.
Rong Ci looked at him.
If it were before, she would have gotten up to help him hang his suit, then happily find him his pajamas, and go into the bathroom to prepare his bath water…
But now, she had no intention of getting out of bed. Instead, she slowly closed her eyes.
Although Feng Ting Shen didn't care about Rong Ci and dismissed her daily attentiveness and care, he naturally noticed the coldness in her attitude now compared to before.
He was somewhat surprised.
But he also assumed she was just throwing a little tantrum, and he didn't take her unusual behavior seriously.
He didn't even want to know why she was throwing a little tantrum. Coldly, he said, "Jingxin's school enrollment procedures are done. You'll take her to school tomorrow morning."
Rong Ci replied, "Got it."
Feng Ting Shen didn't say anything more. He turned and walked to the wardrobe to get his clothes, preparing to take a shower.
This was his attitude towards her.
Rong Ci watched his back, thinking about their divorce, and she wanted to ask when they could go to get the divorce certificate.
But Feng Ting Shen really had a lot going on. With his personality, once all the procedures were done, without her prompting, he would probably contact her on his own.
After all, compared to her, he was the one who wanted the divorce more.
It was because of this that, over the past half month, she had quietly waited for his news, not once pushing him.
At that moment, Feng Ting Shen's phone rang.
Rong Ci saw him pick up the phone. The "Hello" he said sounded completely different from how he spoke to her on the phone.
His tone was gentle.
Rong Ci almost immediately guessed that the person on the other end was Lin Wu.
She was thinking this when, without knowing what was said on the other end, Feng Ting Shen let go of the wardrobe handle and said, "I'll come over now."
As he spoke, he quickly left the room without looking back.
Rong Ci watched him leave but didn't call after him.
After a while, she heard the sound of a car.
Feng Ting Shen had left the old house.
Rong Ci closed her eyes, calmly turned off the light, and went to sleep.
The next morning.
Because she had to take Feng Jingxin to school, Rong Ci woke up around 6 AM.
The room was empty, and Feng Ting Shen hadn't returned since leaving last night.
Rong Ci no longer cared.
She checked the time as usual and, knowing that Feng Jingxin hadn't woken up yet, went over to wake her up.
Feng Jingxin's door was still locked.
Rong Ci had no choice but to knock on the door.
After a while, Feng Jingxin got up and opened the door.
Seeing Rong Ci, Feng Jingxin pouted and said unhappily, "Mom, why did you knock so loudly? It gave me a headache."
Last night, she had told Aunt Wu about everything. Although Aunt Wu said that since Mom was her mother, it was only right for her to take her to school, Aunt Wu's tone was quite sad.
This made her feel particularly guilty.
She had many nightmares because of this last night.
Now, being woken up by Rong Ci, she was in a particularly bad mood.
Rong Ci, seeing her throwing a tantrum, wasn't angry. She calmly said, "The school is far away. If you don't get up now, we'll be late for school."
Because it wasn't Aunt Wu taking her to school, Feng Jingxin didn't want to go.
She groaned but didn't speak.
However, despite her temper, she knew she couldn't act this way about going to school.
She lay on the bed, sulking, and said, "I know."
She stayed there for a while without moving, then looked at Rong Ci and said, "Mom, can you help me squeeze the toothpaste?"
Rong Ci replied, "Mm."
After Rong Ci entered the bathroom, Feng Jingxin took out her phone, sent a good morning message to Aunt Wu, then went into the bathroom and used the toothpaste that Rong Ci had squeezed for her.
When she was almost done brushing her teeth, Rong Ci, having heated a towel with hot water, twisted it dry and handed it to her to wipe her face.
She opened the wardrobe, looked at the clothes, and asked, "Which set should you wear?"
Feng Jingxin glanced at them and said, "Mom, I'll change my clothes myself. You can go out now."
Rong Ci closed the wardrobe and said, "Okay."
After Rong Ci left, Feng Jingxin pulled out the clothes she had specially brought from home yesterday and put them on.
This was a super cool camouflage outfit, picked out by Aunt Wu yesterday.
She was going to wear this outfit today to cheer for Aunt Wu!