"Well. Louisa, this is Leena, my college classmate's girlfriend. We've met before, but I haven't seen her since I left S City." In his second year after meeting Leena, Summer left S City. It was not until a few years later that he returned because of a work opportunity.
"Louisa and I have known each other for a long time, so you don't have to introduce us to each other at all," Leena whispered. It turned out that he had left S City, which was why she lost contact with him.
"Oh, I see. I didn't know that. Your husband is a soldier, right? Then he should know my father-in-law." Summer suddenly clapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten that?
"That's right. It's how I got to know Louisa." Leena chose her words very carefully, fearing that there could be a misunderstanding, as Louisa had liked Kevin once.
"Well, why don't you give me my wallet first?" Louisa suddenly became gentler in front of Summer.
"OK. I almost forgot about it. You are always forgetting it at home." Summer pulled out his purse as he spoke. He seemed to blame Louisa, but Leena noticed that it was the way in which he showed his love for Louisa. It seemed that Louisa's life was not as bad as Leena believed before.
Since they insisted on giving her back the money, she had to accept it. If she didn't, they might think that she didn't respect them.
"Mom. Dad is phoning you. Do you want to answer it?" Just then, Richard suddenly joined them from the car, with Leena's phone in his hand.
"No." Leena was still mad at Kevin, so she refused without hesitation, completely forgetting the existence of Summer and Louisa. When she saw their quizzical looks, she smiled awkwardly and said, "We just had a little fight, so..."
"It turns out you guys also have fights?" It was unclear whether Louisa said this out of ridicule, spite or schadenfreude. Her face was a mask, not giving any hint as to her true feelings.
"No matter how good a couple's relationship is, they will definitely fight with each other. You guys must know this, right?" Leena did not want to think of what Louisa meant. She just sighed.
"You're right. Well. Thank you for your help today, Mrs. Gu. Good-bye!" Louisa was secretly relieved to know that there could be arguments between them too. It turned out that the man she used to love was not above quarreling with his wife.
"If you have time, we talk again at some point. See you." Leena considered that everyone now had families and children, so there was no need to dwell on what happened before.
"If possible, I'll phone you." Louisa found it doubtful that she was ever going to be friends with Leena. However, life was hard to predict. Therefore, she did not reject her directly.
"I will invite you and Patricia to dinner one evening. Goodbye, Leena." Summer waved farewell. He had a crush on her before, but after so many years, that feeling no longer existed.
"OK. Drive safely." Leena wondered at the smile on her face. It turned out the relationship between people could sometimes be so marvelous. After so many things happening and dividing them apart, they were drawn back to the start in a circle of life.
"Mom, please! Daddy wants to talk to you!" Richard kept pushing her, thinking, 'What does that couple want?'
"So what? I don't want to talk to him at all! Tell him I don't have time to talk to him." Leena was determined to make Kevin submit to her will this time, so she didn't want to take his calls.
"Are you sure that's what you want to tell him?" Richard thought, 'If I told him that, dad would let me have it.'
"Hang up if you don't want to. No one is forcing you to say that." Leena got into the car angrily, slamming the door. The smile on her face had completely disappeared.
"Are you kidding me? Hang up on him? I don't dare to hang up on him!" muttered Richard, caught between a rock and a hard place now. Realizing that she really wasn't going to take the call, he held the phone to his ear.
"Dad, you must have heard what mom said? She said she doesn't want to take your call. So, please don't give me a hard time." Richard thought he should depart for the military school early tomorrow, instead of staying at home. In this way, he wouldn't be caught up in the conflict by these two people.
"Tell her that if she doesn't take my call, her previous request will be canceled." Kevin smiled wickedly on the other end and thought, 'Now you're going to talk to me.'
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