A Hidden Marriage Daily Life with the Film Empress O - Chapter 2

Standing at the doorway, Chang Qingyuan felt that the wind outside was still a little chilly. She opened WeChat and saw a message from the pinned contact whose note was “Dear”: I’ll pick you up tonight.

Chang: No need. I’m going back to my mom’s place today.

The person on the other end replied instantly, as if she had been holding her phone and waiting the whole time: Oh.

Chang Qingyuan sensed the other person’s obvious displeasure and felt delighted inside, though she hid it very well on the surface.

Chang: I’ll be back tomorrow. It’s cold now… You and the children should be careful not to catch a chill.

Dear: Mm…

Chang Qingyuan was helpless.

Chang: My sister came home today. I really do have to go back.

The person on the other end did not reply again. Chang Qingyuan looked at the screen in confusion, only to be startled by a sudden video call. After hanging up by reflex, she finally realized that it was inappropriate.

Chang: I’m still in class right now. Can we call when I get home?

The person on the other end dragged it out for quite a while before coldly tossing back one word: Okay.

Chang Qingyuan sighed. That person had always been spoiled and used to getting her way. The fact that she could compromise this much now was already very good.

Holding her phone, Chang Qingyuan pressed the voice-message button with her slender finger and spoke in a gentle tone. “Don’t come tomorrow. I’ll drive over myself.”

At the same time, inside a business van with a very low-key exterior, the person sitting in the back seat was wrapped up tightly and wearing earphones. Her beautiful eyes seemed to hold shards of ice; meeting her gaze would be enough to freeze someone.

The smoothly moving car was very quiet. She relaxed and leaned against the back of the seat, her finger tapping the screen again and again to replay the voice message that was clearly filled with indulgence. Only after listening to it several times did she say, contrary to what she truly felt, a faint, “Mm.”

“Mama, can we see Mommy today? I miss Mommy.”

The little child who had originally had her eyes closed suddenly spoke, making the woman with her face covered turn back. Her thin lips parted slightly. “No.”

“Ah? Wuwu, I want Mommy! I want Mommy!” The adorable little girl immediately became unhappy, her pink little mouth puckering as she burst into loud tears.

“Tsk. Si Jinmu, if you keep making a fuss, I’ll throw you out.”

After those words came out, the adorable little Alpha not only failed to be frightened into silence, but instead seemed to cry even harder.

“All right, all right. Mumu, don’t cry. Sister will hug you.” A fair and tender little doll of the same age flailed her little arms and pounced over to hug her noisy younger sister. “If you keep crying, Mommy won’t like you anymore.”

The little Omega imitated the way Mommy acted in her memories, doing her best to soothe her younger sister’s emotions.

“Tsk, brat.”

The woman stretched out a slender, fair hand and pulled her crying younger daughter into her arms. “Your Mommy has to go back to your grandma’s house today. She’ll be back tomorrow.”

Her movements were very unpracticed. Because of that person, she also could not bring herself to hit this little thing whose temper was practically identical to her own. She sighed and placed her hand on her daughter’s small back.

“Be good. Don’t make a fuss.”

“Hmph. Bad Mama.” Si Jinmu complained in her soft, childish voice, but her little arms honestly climbed around Si Beimuo’s shoulders. She whined and grumbled, “Why can’t we see Grandma? I want to see Grandma too.”

Si Beimuo was not in a hurry to answer her daughter’s question. With one sweep of her long arm, she also pulled her older twin daughter into her arms.

“…When you’re a little older.”

At night, the moonlight outside the campus was incomplete. Its clear glow passed through the thin clouds, casting a small gray patch of light onto the age-worn wall.

“Second Sister! Second Sister!”

At the noisy entrance of the middle school, Chang Qingyuan was leaning under a large tree not far from the gate. She stood with her arms crossed, staring at her phone in a daze. The familiar voice that suddenly reached her ears pulled her back to reality. She raised her eyes and smiled gently.

“Niannian, where’s Yuanyuan?”

Chang Sinian looked very happy. She was clutching the strap of her schoolbag, and upon hearing this, she answered casually, “She’s probably been kept behind again because she didn’t finish her homework.”

“Hiss. What nonsense are you telling Second Sister? I was clearly cleaning the classroom.”

Chang Sinian and Chang Siyuan were a pair of twins. Both of them were Omegas, and since they were in their third year of middle school, their schoolwork was naturally heavier.