You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 727

On Leon's birthday, Michelle did nothing but sent him a message on WeChat.

It was just a simple "Happy birthday, Leon, my brother!"

The message was very conservative. She didn't even add the emojis she usually liked to use. The "my brother" appellation added in the back also made the message seem a little perfunctory.

All in all, it was just so unlike Michelle.

The abnormality made Leon automatically think that her WeChat account had been hacked by someone, but to be sure, he tried calling her.

His call was rejected.

Now, he was even more convinced that his assumption was correct, so he replied to the message with a threat for the culprit to return the account to Michelle.

Michelle felt rather helpless when she read his reply. Left with no other choice, she had to reply with a voice message. "Leon, it's really me. Happy birthday!"

In fact, just as she didn't want to answer his call, she was also disinclined to send him a voice message. She could talk and laugh happily in front of others, but she couldn't pretend in front of him.

A carefully designed message could hide her thoughts and feelings, but her voice couldn't. No matter how hard she tried to sound normal, she still came off more reserved than usual.

Leon was able to perceive her change and was baffled by it.

Just as he was about to call again to ask her if something was wrong, Wynn came over and said, "Mr. Shi said that the birthday gift you want has been sent to Lexingport City."

Leon grunted absentmindedly as an answer.

Wynn didn't seem to notice anything wrong with him. He asked curiously, "What is it? Is there anything that only Mr. Shi can give you? Come on, tell me."

"People," Leon answered without even looking up from his cell phone. He called Michelle again, but her number was busy. "I guess they must've arrived already."

Wynn heard Leon's answer but not his mumble. Nevertheless, the answer aroused his curiosity even more. "People? Who? What do you want them for? Are you trying to recruit people? Or is it a woman? You're getting yourself a girlfriend or something? Oh, it can't be a woman—Princess Nina is the only woman living in Mr. Shi's house. So you're trying to recruit people?"

Leon was wondering about Michelle's abnormality. It seemed that it didn't just start today. Now that he thought about it, something had been wrong with her since last night.

He racked his brain but still couldn't figure out what was going on, so his mood wasn't exactly peachy. Furthermore, Wynn was muttering nonstop, oblivious to the fact that he was getting no response at all. Pissed, Leon finally looked up from his phone and smiled at Wynn.

Wynn instantly closed his mouth. Leon's smile seemed gentle and harmless, but for some reason, it sent a shiver down his spine, so he wittily left the office without further ado.

Now that no one was disturbing him, Leon tried a few more times to call Michelle, but she never picked up. She just texted him back, saying she was currently accompanying her parents and couldn't talk to him.

Michelle's parents, Adams and Elaine, were back.

Their arrival was much earlier than expected.

When Michelle got a call from them telling her they were back, she was quite astounded. She was even wondering if she was dreaming in broad daylight.

Her parents' loving voices eventually snapped her back from her dazed state. After making sure that she wasn't dreaming, she happily went to the airport to pick them up.

Lydia, who was accompanying her shopping for gifts, was also dragged along.

The moment Michelle saw her parents, she threw herself into their arms and cried her eyes out like a newborn child.

Her parents' embrace felt like a harbor in which she could finally take refuge. Her tears fell even more fiercely than yesterday.

This was the first time Adam and Elaine had ever seen their daughter crying so sadly. They often traveled far away, but this was really the first time she cried like this when they came back.

Something must've happened and it must've aggrieved her deeply.

Her tears made their hearts ache. They had to appease her for a long time before she stopped crying. Elaine pinched her daughter's cheek and teased, "You look like an ugly kitten if you cry like this. Aren't you afraid that no one will like you in the future?"

She completely had no idea that her daughter's love had wilted before it had the chance to bloom, and in her obliviousness, she'd just said something that rubbed salt into her daughter's wound.

Michelle pouted. Tears once again started to well in her eyes.

But she really didn't want to cry.

She'd been crying for two consecutive days.

Besides, Leon liked neither crybabies nor ugly women.