The Mind-Read Heiress: From Impostor to Family Favorite
Chapter 506 - 281_3

Chapter 506: Chapter 281_3

"Oh~ So that’s what it was." Shen Jingchuan nodded, "No wonder you were looking at your phone just now. You were also looking at it when we were discussing playing cards at the restaurant. You were checking if that friend had replied to your message, right?"

Wenyan nodded, "Yeah."

"How long has it been since he replied?"

"Um... probably... probably a few hours now." Wenyan was embarrassed to say a few tens of minutes because that would just be asking to be scolded.

That’s why she didn’t tell everyone the truth, but she just felt that Shen Jingxiu was acting a bit strange. Unfortunately, this was only a feeling and there was no concrete evidence.

Sure enough, Shen Jingchuan’s face was full of disbelief after hearing her words.

"I thought it had been at least several days, but it’s only been a few hours. A few hours is nothing. Who’s that friend you’re talking about? A guy or a girl?"

"...Jingchuan, are you checking the household registration? What do you need such details for?"

"Checking what household registration? I wouldn’t check even if someone wanted me to. I’m helping you analyze. If your friend is a guy, and he doesn’t have the habit of sleeping early, then he’s probably out drinking, dining, driving, or playing games. If the person is a woman, then she might also be out drinking, dining, driving, or maybe following a drama or doing laundry and skincare. Isn’t it normal for someone not to reply to a message for just a few hours? Plus, since he’s your friend, he must be in the entertainment circle; maybe he’s even shooting a film. Don’t you often not reply to messages when you’re filming?"

"Yeah," Wenyan smiled at Shen Jingchuan, "You’re right. I was overthinking it. Come on, let’s play cards. I guess he’ll reply once he’s free and remembers me."

"Exactly. Ha, got a good hand. What did I say? I’m bound to do well tonight."

Seeing that Shen Jingchuan had moved on from the topic, Wenyan thought she had successfully bluffed her way through.

But to her surprise, Su Yang asked her again, "Yanyan, is the friend you mentioned usually quick to reply to your messages? That’s why you were worried earlier."

Wenyan: "..." It seemed this topic wasn’t going to end anytime soon.

And one lie needed eight hundred more to cover it up.

"It’s not that he always replies promptly. But I suddenly remembered, he’s abroad today. There’s a time difference between us."

"A time difference, huh. But we are also abroad right now. Which country is your friend in?"

"...Um, I forgot. He told me a long time ago, and I just remembered now. I’d have to check our previous chat history to know."

"Then it shouldn’t be a problem. Why don’t you try calling him just to see?"

"Better not. He’s out working; he’s probably too busy to deal with me right now. I’ll wait a bit longer."

"Right, just wait and see. These days, very few people can stay away from their phones. Once he’s free and gets his phone, he’ll definitely see your message."

Su Yang’s words made sense.

But after hearing them, Wenyan felt even more emotional.

What about Shen Jingxiu? Had he not checked his phone, or had he silenced it?

She really wanted to call him and ask, no, she’d go knock on his door as soon as the card game was over!

Having made that decision, Wenyan stopped fretting over why Shen Jingxiu hadn’t replied to her message and started to focus on the card game.

But she had bad luck all evening. She consistently got terrible hands and just when she was about to turn the tables with her skills, the other players all had trump cards.

"Wah wah wah, I didn’t expect to be the one crying tonight. If we keep playing, I think I’m going to sink into depression. Who will save me?"

"Sigh, even though I’m the big winner tonight, I just can’t be happy thinking about your plight." Shen Jingchuan patted Wenyan’s shoulder to comfort her, yet the smile at the corner of his mouth just couldn’t be suppressed even by an ace-king.

Wenyan glared at him with teary eyes, "Stop pretending to cry over a mouse. It looks like it’s about time. Let’s call it a day, go back to put on some extra clothes, and then set off."

Everyone readily agreed.

As they were leaving, Wenyan suggested to Su Yang, "Mom, shall we go and check on Big Brother? I don’t know how he’s feeling now."

"No need, your Big Brother already went to sleep a while ago."

"Ah? Mom, how do you know? I didn’t see you calling him just now."

"We were messaging each other. While you guys were dealing cards, I sent him a WeChat message, and he replied to me on WeChat."

"Oh~ So that’s what happened..." Wenyan’s expression stiffened.

So Shen Jingxiu hadn’t ignored WeChat; he had even used it, but he just hadn’t replied to her.

Angry!! So angry!!!

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