The Reigning Star: Tycoon's Exclusive Obsession-Chapter 808 - 806: Did Mother Do Something Shameful?
Gu Xiyao heard her ask this, and as before, she replied obediently in a low voice: "Mother, he seems to have really liked me all these years. At Ji Yang’s birthday party, you handed me over to him at the hotel, didn’t that mean you approved of him?"
The implication is that you approved of him, so I’ll listen to you and be good with him!
Your obedient daughter has always listened to you, hasn’t she?
Tong Songlin understood the meaning behind her words, but she never used to speak with hidden meanings like this!
While she was still pondering, Gu Xiyao had already spoken: "Mother, I’ve been back for a while, yet you and Dad still haven’t come back. If I hadn’t been confused for a moment, you wouldn’t have come back to the country. We haven’t seen each other in so long, I want to drink the tea you make!"
Her first sentence clearly carried a tone of complaint, but by the end, it seemed like she was just overthinking.
Tong Songlin nodded, "Come here! It’s been so long, have you been slacking off?"
Gu Xiyao laughed, "I knew that no matter where you’d go, you’d never be without your tea-making tools. I’ve been practicing since I got back, how about I make you some tea now?"
Tong Songlin led her to the tea table by the sofa, took out the tea-making tools, and the tea was slowly brewing by the side. The mother and daughter sat properly across from each other as they used to at home.
"Mother, in a moment of confusion, I swallowed sleeping pills and did this disgraceful thing. Would you blame me?" Gu Xiyao actively asked.
"As long as you’re okay!" Tong Songlin said blandly, though still somewhat indifferent, her words carried concern.
It seemed that ever since she came back, she had truly been concerned about her health. Even though everyone ridiculed New City’s top socialite for disgracing herself by attempting suicide, her mother surprisingly hadn’t blamed her at all.
The water had just boiled; Gu Xiyao skillfully arranged the teapot and cups, saying as she did it, "When I woke up in the hospital, I regretted it. I was so scared that you’d find out and scold me for having no ambition, but Little Uncle still told you. When I saw you, I was terrified, but you only blamed me a few times and mostly showed concern!"
As she spoke, her hands didn’t stop moving, and soon she poured the freshly brewed tea into the cups, handing it to Tong Songlin, "Mother, isn’t my tea-making skill getting better?"
"Not quite enough!" Tong Songlin sipped from the cup, thinking of her once reticent daughter, who was remarkably talkative today, and added, "But much better than before! It seems you’ve genuinely been practicing!"
Gu Xiyao gave a faint smile and set down her cup with such force that it startled Tong Songlin.
"Mother never used to praise me! It was always ’not enough,’ and that was it!" Gu Xiyao looked up at her, with a smile that was entirely captivating, but her eyes were filled with heavy sarcasm and coldness, "How did it suddenly become so good now?"
"What do you mean by that?" Tong Songlin gently placed her cup down, "Also, what do you think you just did? Where’s the dignified socialite behavior?"
"Yes! Isn’t this exactly how mother should blame me?" Gu Xiyao retorted: "But then, what does it matter to become the socialite you’ve always talked about?"
Gu Xiyao suddenly slumped down, no longer adhering to decorum. "You’ve never really looked at me, even Dad. Dad’s always been so good to you, and yet you always had a sour face! As for me, striving to meet your expectations, you’ve never once praised me. And now, how come you would praise me? I wasted years of your earnest grooming by overdosing on sleeping pills, yet you’d still praise me—why is that? Could it be that you did something even more disgraceful in return?"
