Love So Sweet

“Mom.”

Li Qin Yao gave her son a lookover. Seeing the face that resembled her husband’s made her feel at ease. “Yi Hai, how are you? Have you eaten yet?”

Zhang Yi Hai nodded. “I have. Mom, don’t worry about me. I’m doing just fine over here.”

“Mhm... What did you eat for dinner?”

There was a brief silence as Zhang Yi Hai glanced at the bowl of instant noodles on his table. He lowered his gaze and answered truthfully. “Just some instant noodles.”

Hearing his answer, Li Qin Yao could not help but let out a long sigh. “Instant noodles again? Yi Hai, I know that you are busy with your assignment and such. But you cannot eat instant noodles all the time. It made me feel as if I did not feed you enough.”

Zhang Yi Hai began to feel bad upon hearing his mother’s words. “Mom... I just thought that it was convenient. Earlier, I have to submit a few papers to my professor. I promise I will eat better after this. No more junk food.”

“You always remind me not to forget my meal, but Yi Hai, look at you.”

.....

All of the sudden, Zhang Yi Hai heard a familiar voice coming from his mother’s side.

“Zhang Yi Hai, be careful. You don’t want to get appendicitis. The pain is no joke.”

“My sister is there as well?” Zhang Yi Hai noted that his mother was now in the living room.

“Mhm.” Li Qin Yao nodded.

The phone moved and soon, Zhang Yi Hai could see his sister waving her hand at him.

“Your sister is going out in a while,” Li Qin Yao spoke. “Fortunately, Xi Xi is at home to accompany me and your dad.”

“My sister is going out? Where is she going?” Thinking that his sister was still sitting in the wheelchair made him worry. He knew that his sister was the kind of person who could not sit still for a long time, but, Zhang Yi Hai hoped that his sister would recover well sooner.

“Do you need to ask?” Li Qin Yao heaved a sigh. She glanced at her daughter and smiled. “Of course, she’s going out on a date.”

Zhang Li Xue had a sheepish smile as she looked at her mother.

The three of them spoke for a while. Then, Zhang Yi Hai recalled the reason he had called his mother. “Mom, I have something to tell you. On the third week of next month, I am going to F Country.”

“Ah?” Li Qin Yao was surprised. “Why are you going to F Country? What about your study?”

“Mom, you know that I have been working with my company,” Zhang Yi Hai said. “A company in F Country is interested in my project and wanted to collaborate. I’m going over to discuss the company. As for my study, you don’t have to worry about it as well. I already finished my assignment ahead of time. I have spoken to my professor about this and he allowed me to take a week off from campus.”

Hearing his answer, Li Qin Yao was finally at ease. She knew that her son had established his company and both she and Zhang Yu Han were very proud of their son.

However, they did not want him to focus too much on this company that he would neglect his study. Since his professor knew about this and had allowed him to take a few days off, Li Qin Yao thought that it should be alright.

Anyway, Zhang Yi Hai was a good son who always know what he wanted to do. As a parent, she should trust that her son knew what he was doing.

“Then, it’s alright. But why are you going over for too long?” Li Qin Yao asked. “Isn’t it alright to stay there for a couple of days?”

“I still have to prepare a presentation and convinced them to work with me,” Zhang Yi Hai said. “I thought it would take a week at least before we could come up with an agreement.”

“Are you going alone?”

“My business partner is going with me as well. But he might come a little later. He still has some work that he had to finish.”

“Alright. Just tell mom and dad before you’re going,” Li Qin Yao said. “F Country and C Country isn’t that far. If you need anything, you could always contact your grandparents.”

“Mom, I know.” Zhang Yi Hai could not help but smile.

His mother would always worry about him even though he was already big enough.

Zhang Li Xue has been listening to their conversation for a while. She thought that there was something about F Country that she had forgotten.

It took her a while to finally remember.

“Yi Hai, did you say that you are going to F Country the third week of next month?” Zhang Li Xue spoke.

The corner of his lips began to twitch. Zhang Yi Hai knew the reason his sister sounded so surprised.

“Uh-huh.” Zhang Yi Hai answered coolly. “What’s wrong? You have something you wanted me to buy for you?” He tried to shift her attention away.

“No. That’s not it. I just remembered something,” Zhang Li Xue spoke. “On the third week of next month, Su Jin is going to F Country as well. She told me that she will have her first overseas exhibition.”

His heartbeat accelerated. Zhang Yi Hai wondered if his sister was going to be smart this time and guessed about his relationship.

“Yi Hai...” Zhang Li Xue flashed a smile. “This is a coincidence. When you are free, remember to visit Su Jin’s exhibition as well. It was not easy for her to finally have this exhibition. I can’t be there to support her, but you can attend it for me.”

Zhang Yi Hai heaved a breath of relief. “Un. I know. I will go visit when I have time”

Fortunately, his sister still did not have a clue.