When Mother Huo found out the two were sneaking around and indulging in their desires, Tong Qiu complained it was all Huo Zhixing’s fault.
“This is actually your fault.” Huo Zhixing replied as he took off his clothes, “With you lying there, how could I resist the temptation?”
When Tong Qiu heard that, he felt proud, and crooked a finger: “Okay, I forgive you.”
Huo Zhixing leaned over and kissed him: “It’s all right. Anyway, my mother is not a stranger.”
“It’s exactly because it was Mom that I was embarrassed.” Tong Qiu pulled the quilt and prepared for sleep. “In her heart, I was as pure as a snow lotus on top of a mountain.”
“What snow lotus,” Huo Zhixing laughed and pinched his waist, “You’re more like a piranha about to eat me whole.”
Tong Qiu shrunk in his arms and groaned. He groaned once more before he finally fell asleep.
Huo Zhixing mussed that this was how a married life truly was. It’s full of flavor, often troublesome, and very interesting. It was vastly different to how they had been before.
Huo Zhixing went to work as usual in the morning. Tong Qiu had nothing to do, but a moment later their head advisor called and informed them about a meeting they needed to attend, so he had to go to the school.
Before leaving, Tong Qiu told Mother Huo to call him if anything happened. Mother Huo bravely shoo-ed him off: “I’ll be fine at home, so go do your work. Don’t worry about me.”
Tong Qiu happily went out.
As they all say: if you leave happily, you’ll return at peace.
Tong Qiu was in a meeting the whole day. When he came home in the afternoon, his brain exploded.
How wonderful can life be?
Their families hadn’t known they’ve gotten a divorce, and the both of them did everything to keep that a secret – even going as far as channeling their inner movie emperor-like acting skills just to keep up with the farce. However, nothing could ever change the truth. Which was why they wanted to remarry as soon as possible before their families found out.
When Tong Qiu went back home, he was still bursting with happiness. Holding unto a bag of fruits he bought on the way, as soon as he entered the door he called, “Mom, I’m back.”
A choked “Okay,” came from the living room. Tong Qiu was taken aback and frightened.
He hurried over and asked, “Mom, what’s the matter? What happened?”
As a result, he saw the divorce certificate on the coffee table.
He didn’t know who designed it, but the divorce certificate looked incredibly green. When Tong Qiu received it before, he felt it would bring bad luck so he hid it somewhere hard to find and forgot about it. How could he be so unlucky that out of everyone, it had to be Mother Huo who’ll find it?
“Well… Mom, listen to me, it’s not what you think.” Tong Qiu was a little anxious. For a moment, he completely lost his calm and logic that a school teacher should have, “We were just messing around, hehehe… ”
Tong Qiu stood there laughing awkwardly. He wasn’t even convinced by his own explanation.
Mother Huo had obviously cried, her eyes were red, and she saw through the sin in Tong Qiu’s heart. He put down his bag, hurried over, and hugged Mother Huo’s shoulder and said, “Mom, really, we are fine now, as you can see from what happened last night.”
Tong Qiu really wanted to coax her – to the point that he threw away his own face and talked about the embarrassing thing that happened last night.
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“Don’t lie to me,” Mother Huo said and began to cry. “I just didn’t expect it. It was so sudden.”
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Mother Huo obviously didn’t believe what he said, and waved her hand: “It’s okay, you don’t need to comfort me. Mom knows that you are all good kids and were afraid that we will worry to death hence why you never told us.”
Tong Qui thought, certainly, this was the exact scene he didn’t want to happen.
He glanced at the spinach-colored divorce certificate on the table and felt he was getting way over his head.
He picked it up, turned it over and found that this should be Huo Zhixing’s book.
“Mom, where did you find it?” Tong Qiu asked, “Neither of us took it seriously so we just casually hid it somewhere.”
He tried to pass it off as flippantly as he could, like it was no big deal, but honestly he was curious.
“In the kitchen drawer.” Mother Huo wiped her tears, “I thought it was about time for you to return from work and decided to cook something. While I was looking for the whisk, as soon as I opened the drawer I saw it.”
Tong Qiu sat there helplessly and rolled his eyes, scolding Huo Zhixing, who liked to throw things anywhere, from head to toe.
“Tong Qiu, I apologize to you”
Tong Qiu was shocked by the sudden apology: “Mom, what are you talking about?”
“In the beginning, our family pushed for the marriage, but it ended like this.”
Tong Qiu hurriedly shook her hand and explained, “Mom, you really misunderstood. When I got married, I was willing to do it. I like Zhixing and married him. The divorce between us is a farce, really. If you don’t believe me, we will exchange the certificate back tomorrow morning.”
“All right, child.” Mother Huo firmly believed the other was only putting on a play for her. “We’ll talk about it later. After all, no matter what happens in the future you will still be a part of the family.”
Tong Qiu smiled helplessly: “Mom, nothing would happen – we are still a family! Look at my ring – I’ve been wearing it all this time!”
Tong Qiu stretched out his hand and showed her the ring.
But in fact, he knew in his heart that these words were quite unconvincing. The divorce certificate was there. There was a mountain of hard evidence. Anything he said would be useless.
The divorce certificate was the legendary hammer that was like the Thunder God Thor’s, and it buzzed in his brain.
He felt anxious and lost.
He scratched his hair and said, “Mom, why don’t we have dinner first, and when Zhixing comes back from work in the evening, the three of us can talk and he can explain to you. What do you think?”
Mother Huo was angry. Which parent wouldn’t get angry when they found out their children had divorced?
She didn’t have any appetite, but didn’t want Tong Qiu to worry or feel embarrassed, so she wiped her tears and nodded.
Tong Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and went to the kitchen.
“I’ll do it,” Mother Huo stood and grabbed him, “Is Zhixing coming soon? It’s fine, I’ll do it.”
Tong Qiu watched her enter the kitchen before he hurriedly ran back to the bedroom and secretly called Huo Zhixing.
“What’s the matter?” Huo Zhixing laughed when he answered, “Did you miss me?”
“I missed you, your face!” Tong Qiu scolded, “Mom found our divorce certificate.”
“… What happened?” Huo Zhixing immediately became frightened.
Tong Qiu continued scolding angrily: “This is all your fault! You clearly placed it somewhere anyone can just find!”
“Where did I put it?” Huo Zhixing couldn’t remember.
When he and Tong Qiu got the divorce certificate, whenever he looked at that ugly green thing it always felt like there were needles stuck in his eyes and it annoyed him to death. He hurriedly hid it somewhere and forgot about it.
“Where did she find it?” Huo Zhixing became curious.
“In the drawer of the kitchen cabinet.” Tong Qiu replied, “My friend, did you plan to eat it with some friend rice?”
Huo Zhixing self-depreciatingly smiled: “Fate truly liked to play with people.”
“When are you coming back? I can’t handle Mom on my own – she was crying when I arrived, scaring me to death!”
Tong Qiu was really afraid. If this was his own mother, he could just talk nonsense and fool her into thinking it wasn’t anything serious but this was Huo Zhixing’s mother. He has to be careful and can’t blurt things as casually.
“Soon,” Huo Zhixing glanced at the time. “Try to endure for another half hour and I’ll talk to her when I get there.”
Tong Qiu was comforted by his words.
“Then come back quickly. I don’t know what to do.”
Huo Zhixing smiled and teased, “You know how to look for me when something like this happens, but why don’t you call me when you miss me?”
“I know where to find you when I’m looking for affection.” These days, Tong Qiu’s face has become thicker. “If you manage to return early and handle this well, I’ll give you a reward.”
The thought of a reward excited Huo Zhixing.
“You said it,” Huo Zhixing warned, “Baby, wait for me. Ready your reward because I will claim it tonight.”
Although Huo Zhixing uttered such bold words to Tong Qiu, when he arrived home, it took him quite awhile to mull things over as he stood outside the door, making no motion to enter.
As a Pisces, his mother was emotional and had an overactive imagination.
Show her a divorce certificate and she can conjure countless different tragic scenarios, and seldom listened to anyone’s explanation. Tong Qiu aside, not even he or his father could handle her.
However, one still has to return home.
His mother and lover were waiting for him to arrive so that they could talk sincerely.
Huo Zhixing opened the door, and Tong Qiu ran to him as he was changing out his shoes on the hallway.
He mutely mouthed: “Where’s my mother?”
Tong Qiu pointed to the direction of the kitchen and whispered, “Cooking in the kitchen.”
Huo Zhixing made an “OK” gesture, changed his shoes, and patted Tong Qiu on the shoulder: “It’s all right, leave it to me.”
When they went into the living room, Huo Zhixing saw the green and shiny divorce certificate on the coffee table.
When Tong Qiu saw that thing, he felt upset. He rolled his eyes and threatened Huo Zhixing with a throat-slit.
Huo Zhixing smiled and gave him a kiss: “I’m going to the kitchen.”
In the kitchen, Mother Huo was cooking dejectedly. The kitchen was her stage, and she usually liked cooking the best, but she was currently in a very bad mood that not even cooking could cheer her up.
“What’s wrong with the madam?” Huo Zhixing went over, took a glass of water for himself, and stood beside her, “In a bad mood?”
Mother Huo glared fiercely at him.
“Oh, don’t be like that, what have I done to upset you? Tell me and I’ll try to rectify it as soon as possible.”
Mother Huo glanced outside the kitchen and signaled Huo Zhixing to close the door.
Huo Zhixing held back a smile and thought, so you have something to whisper to me?
As soon as the kitchen door was closed, Mother Huo started: “What’s wrong with the both of you? How did you get divorced? Who’s the problem? Did either of you cheat? If not, then this wouldn’t be necessary! Did you have some misunderstandings? Why did you have to get a divorce?”
Huo Zhixing hadn’t even swallowed his saliva and his mother was already spitting out several angst-ridden scenarios.
He smiled helplessly and said, “Mom, if you ask me so many questions, which one should I answer first?”
Mother Huo seriously thought about it before deciding: “Tell me the truth, did you get divorced because someone cheated?”
Nell’s Corner:
I really like Mother Huo. She’s seriously cute.
Hahaha they fell victims to their busy schedules. If they went to deal with this divorce certificate earlier, there wouldn’t be this problem now. Boys just get re-married quickly, otherwise mother Huo will hount you for a long time.😅😂😏
Thank you for the chapter!!!
mom they’re to busy to cheat 😂😂
I think you really need to remarry as soon as possible to clear the misunderstanding. Mother Huo is so adorable. She just wanted the best for the both of them.
I truly felt for Tong laoshi.
Tysm for the chapter….I will be eagerly waiting for the next chapter
Thank you for the chapter 💖
This is getting interesting 😂
Thanks for your hard work!
“You’re more like a piranha about to eat me whole.” – this just totally made me think of that scene with girl in Finding Nemo, that was the dentist’s niece, who liked piranhas. 😂
NAWT the pisces slander 💀 not all of us is like that, trust me 😂😂
I knew it, whenever they would push back the renewal of certificates due to them being busy or what not it’ll just feel so very wrong. After all it’d be too good to be true if they divorced and remarry without their parents knowing, right???😅😅😅
Hey, I’m Pisces. 😅 But this woman sounds more like my mother-in-law who was born in October.
Mother Huo us sooo cute! I love her very much (=^w^=)
Thank You for the chapter (ฅ’ω’ฅ)♥