Chapter 36: The Assignment For You

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Lin Chaoyu sat quietly like a rag doll. She had been crying non-stop these few days. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She could not cry anymore, but when she reached Tang Pengze’s arms, her eyes inexplicably welled up with tears again.

Her body was trembling. Tang Pengze felt it and patted her back gently. “Come back with me. I miss you.”

Lin Chaoyu’s vision was still blurry when she suddenly saw the portrait on the incense table. She suddenly woke up.

Her mother’s last wish was for her to stop being a surrogate and to be a normal girl. She did not want her to do such a thing to earn money…

She was stunned for an unknown period of time. She suddenly let out a breath and pushed Tang Pengze away. She said coldly, “I won’t go back with you. Go.”

Tang Pengze thought that she only said this because Li Hongzhu was dead and her emotions were unstable. He was not angry but felt even more sorry for her. He picked up the lunch box and placed it on the table. Then, he said gently, “Have some porridge. It’s still hot.”

Lin Chaoyu shook her head and didn’t say anything. She moved away from Tang Pengze.

Tang Pengze felt sad when he felt Lin Chaoyu’s alienation towards him. However, he didn’t show it and walked closer to her.

Immediately, he sat beside Lin Chaoyu and pulled her into his large arms. He comforted her, “I know you’re very sad, but no matter what, you have to take good care of yourself…”

Before he could finish speaking, a crisp slap suddenly sounded. Tang Pengze was stunned by this slap and suddenly swallowed the words he was about to say.

His dark eyes darted around and the tip of his tongue pressed against his cheek. He frowned. “What’s wrong?”

Tang Pengze really couldn’t understand why Lin Chaoyu would suddenly slap him.

Lin Chaoyu was stunned too. Her hand was still in mid-air. She didn’t expect herself to suddenly slap Tang Pengze.

She didn’t want to do this, but she couldn’t control herself…

Over the past few days, Tang Pengze had been too good to her. She was also very greedy for this sort of kindness, even if he didn’t love her and only treated her as a surrogate tool.

Her mother had already passed away. Her only wish was for her to stop being a surrogate mother to Tang Pengze. Her mother was the person who loved her the most in the world. She did not want to be unfilial and disobey her mother’s only wish.

She took a deep breath and retracted her hand. She lowered her head and said softly, “My mother is gone. I did it for money. It’s useless to ask for money now.”

Then, she looked up and met Tang Pengze’s stunned gaze. She gritted her teeth and toughened her heart. “In the future, I’ll return the money I paid in advance to you in order to treat my mother’s illness.”

“In the future…”

“Let’s not see each other.”

When she said this, pain welled up in her heart, but she still looked indifferent.

Tang Pengze did not understand. He frowned and looked at her silently. However, he heard her say, “I hope you won’t pester me anymore.”

Tang Pengze’s chest swelled with anger. He glared at her fiercely and suddenly stood up. He pointed at Lin Chaoyu and said angrily, “Fine, you want to fight with me again? If you want to leave, leave. I don’t need you to return me the money. Just treat it as my prostitute fees for sleeping with you these few days!”

With that, Tang Pengze slammed the door and left without looking back.

When Lin Chaoyu heard his words, especially the word “prostitute”, it was especially ear-piercing. It was like two knives were stabbed into her heart..