Unprepared, Ou Ming staggered along at Guan Yun’s pull . He looked towards Yu Lili and realized that she was lost among the crowd and nowhere to be seen .
Bodyguard Guan exerted his force to pull Ou Ming along in the opposite direction . Ou Ming looked back at him and barked out, “I’ll walk on my own! Where is my mom?”
“Up ahead . Hurry!”
Bodyguard Guan had always been an honest person, and judging from his demeanor, it didn’t seem like he was acting .
“Damn it!” Ou Ming cursed under his breath as he headed resolutely in the direction that Bodyguard Guan had indicated . He pushed the crowd aside and ran .
After Yu Lili had been pushed backward by the crowd, she lost sight of Ou Ming .
She turned to her right and her left and looked all around, but she couldn’t find Ou Ming anywhere at all .
“Ou Ming!” she hollered .
But the crowd was too dense, and Yu Lili’s voice was soon swallowed up amid the cacophony . Yu Lili made her way back to the spot that Ou Ming was originally and looked around, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t catch a glimpse of him at all .
Dejectedly, Yu Lili stood at that same spot and kept looking out .
All she could see was a sea of black heads bobbing .
Where on earth is he?
Led by Bodyguard Guan, Ou Ming ran for a really long time . Finally, after crossing two main roads, they stopped at the exit of the attraction .
There weren’t many people here, and the expressway lay just up ahead . He came face to face with the familiar Bentley that was parked by the roadside . The chauffeur was in the driver’s seat, but Jiao Ziqing was nowhere to be seen .
Ou Ming was still panting . He looked at Bodyguard Guan and asked, “Where’s my mom?”
“In the backseat! Lying down . ” Bodyguard Guan dragged him over to the car .
Ou Ming had a nagging sense that something was amiss, but he didn’t give it much thought and made his way to the car .
When he opened the door to the backseat, he saw Jiao Ziqing sitting up inside, all prim and proper . She looked regal and content . Upon further scrutiny, she still appeared calm and unruffled, completely unlike someone whose illness had just acted up .
When Ou Ming witnessed this, he knew he’d been set up . He was about to walk off in a fury, but Bodyguard Guan caught hold of him and forced him into the car .
The chauffeur locked the car doors immediately after Bodyguard Guan slammed it shut .
Flustered and exasperated, Ou Ming banged on the car door as he roared, “You lied to me!”
Jiao Ziqing appeared indifferent to her son’s rage and spoke offhandedly, “Go home . It’s unbecoming to spend the New Year with a mistress . ”
“Shut up!” Ou Ming was angered past reason, and he bellowed back, “She’s not a mistress! She’s my girlfriend!”
Jiao Ziqing looked at Ou Ming as if he were crazy beyond help .
His eyes and expression all emulated that of someone crazy . “Ou Ming, you’re mad . You’ve been utterly bewitched by that woman! You’ve turned mad!”
“Mom, I know very well what I’m doing . If you want me to go back with you, I will . But you have to let me out first so that I can tell her know and say goodbye . I’ll head back with you immediately after that . ”
“Impossible!” Jiao Ziqing objected without even sparing it a thought . “Do you really think I’m stupid? Would you still come back after I released you?”
Once bitten twice shy . Such a tactic could only work once .
Jiao Ziqing knew her son well, and she coldly instructed the chauffeur, “Drive faster . ”
The chauffeur obeyed and sped up .
Ou Ming closed his eyes with a heavy heart . “She’ll be there waiting for me . What will happen when she can’t find me?”
Author’s note:
Someone noted to me that the chapter was repeated and accused me of abandoning the story and taking money . Just a note– from the back end, there doesn’t seem to be any problem and no repetition of any chapter, only the responses from the readers on QQ . It’s probably a bug . Readers, please try changing your channel . Chapter 27 is available on the QQ Reader or on QQ Mobile .