The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 262

Chapter 262: 262

The Audi A4 was back in Ye Tian’s hands again when Zheng Xinru was leaving. She instructed that she felt Ye Tian driving it gave it more character. As for what kind of feeling, Zheng Xinru didn’t specify, and Ye Tian didn’t ask. After all, if feelings could be so easily articulated, they wouldn’t really be feelings. As for the Jeep Cherokee, Zheng Xinru kept it, citing the need for cash—selling the car would make her feel a little more financially relieved. That reason actually felt quite refreshing and free from worldly concerns.

After dropping off Zheng Xinru at her home, Ye Tian received a phone call from Chen Xing. From the sound of her voice on the phone, it seemed like something had happened; her voice was low and a bit hoarse. Ye Tian immediately concluded that Chen Xing must have been crying, but as for why, he had no idea. It couldn’t be that she had been blown up by a timed bomb again, could it? Ye Tian thought about it and decided that it was unlikely. He knew how capable Li Jing was. With that psychopath around, what’s there to fear from a timed bomb?

Starbucks, a place of refinement. Ye Tian couldn’t stand it—he preferred the noisy atmosphere of a bar. The noise there was good for masking emotional expressions, both on the surface and internally; at least, you could speak loudly there. He really hadn’t expected that a rough-and-tumble girl like Chen Xing would actually like such a fresh and clean spot, just like those dog-like white-collar workers. A lady’s cultivation plan? Heaven knows.

"What’s wrong?"

Ye Tian asked tentatively. Even though Chen Xing had been wearing huge sunglasses since she walked in, Ye Tian could still see her eyes red and swollen from rubbing.

"It’s nothing. I’m going abroad tomorrow, so I just wanted to talk. What’s wrong, am I wasting your time?" Chen Xing straightened her back, startling Ye Tian into stiffening up as well, promptly shaking his head.

"Talking to you is giving you face. You listen to me! If there’s a problem, I still have to deal with it while squatting!"

Such an assertive way of talking. Ye Tian marveled inwardly, though his face wore a look of flattered surprise.

Chen Xing gave him a glare, then lost interest in conversing. She took a sip of her coffee irritably, but then spat it out, "Pfft!"

Ye Tian hurriedly offered a paper napkin, saying, "Look at you, how are you going to go abroad like this? You can’t even take care of yourself. No wonder your mom always treats you like a child."

"Don’t you dare talk about my mom!"

Ye Tian was taken aback. Since when did this girl care so much about her mother?

After cleaning her clothes, Chen Xing looked troubled. A large, black stain lay quietly on her sleeve. The snow-white sweater had been tainted with a layer of black, making her already unpleasant mood even worse.

"Ye Tian, am I really useless?"

Ye Tian thought she was going to throw a tantrum and have a fierce argument with the staff at the coffee shop, but he was caught off guard when Chen Xing suddenly asked him quietly.

Chen Xing took off her glasses from the bridge of her nose and wiped the moist corners of her eyes with a tissue. Seeing that the tissue had already been soaked through, Ye Tian quickly handed her another one. She took it and blew her nose outright, leaving Ye Tian staring in disbelief.

"Do you know where my mom is living now?"

Ye Tian was taken aback, "Isn’t she living at home?"

"No, ever since we left home that night, my mom and I have been staying in a hotel. We’ve been there until now, until I had to go back to pack my things for my trip abroad."

"Then why didn’t you go back?" Ye Tian took a sip of his coffee, which was quite bitter.

Chen Xing sighed, "Do you know what the first thing my mom said was when she took me to the hotel that day?"

Glancing at Ye Tian’s non-responsive look, Chen Xing said, "Right after the door was closed, my mom suddenly hugged me and started to cry bitterly, so terribly, just like a child. While crying, she said, ’My girl, we have to live well.’ I was terrified; I had never seen her like this before. Somehow, I just held her, and with one hand gently patted her back. In the end, she fell asleep on my shoulder, so soundly that she didn’t even wake up when I helped her to the bed. That night, I just watched her sleep."

Ye Tian’s eyes flashed with sympathy as he looked at Chen Xing.

"Do you know, when Chen Pingrui divorced my mom, she didn’t say a word, just took the money that bastard gave her and left, even moved into the house he had bought for her. A sum of money and a house, that was the cost of Chen Pingrui’s divorce. My mom didn’t react at all at that time, dressing up flamboyantly every day, socializing with people that came from God knows where. That was when I felt that there couldn’t be a shameless whore like Lin Jingran in this world. Ever since I was little, I heard from others about my mom being the top courtesan, and later I understood what that meant. It’s nothing more than accompanying men for meals and sleep; even though she was a top courtesan, it just meant the men she slept with paid more. Aren’t all women’s private parts the same, not inlaid with diamonds or gold-plated, what makes such a big difference?"

Ye Tian frowned; he didn’t want to see this side of Chen Xing.

"I always thought no one could hurt her, not even Chen Pingrui. She would always protect me like she did when I was little. But now I realize that she’s not as strong as I thought she was. She’s afraid to sleep alone, she cries, she trembles, and acts like a child begging to be held. I always thought I was her child, that she would nurture me for life, like all mothers do. But now I find that as time passes, she has gradually become a child herself, who will act coyly for my comfort, for my company; and I have become the adult."

Chen Xing’s eyes grew more moist, seemingly fearful of being seen by Ye Tian, she turned her head to one side, watching the pedestrians that came and went outside the window; old people, children, lovers, parents, sons and daughters, lovers of all shapes and colors.

Watching Chen Xing stubbornly tilt her head, Ye Tian knew that her heart had completely changed. Although on the surface she was still childishly holding onto her individuality, the willful and fierce part of her heart had been dissolved by Lin Jingran’s hidden love.

Ye Tian’s lips curved into a slight smile, and he handed over another tissue, perhaps the most heartwarming thing he had seen in a while.

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