Rebirth: Pampered by My Children and Husband Chapter 137

Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Aquarium

Seeing that familiar figure, Ji Tingyang's heart stirred, and he put down the champagne in his hand and walked toward the crowd.

There were too many guests at the banquet hall, and despite looking around for a long time, he couldn't find that familiar figure again.

Could it have been an illusion?

He stood in place, his thin lips pressed tightly together.

Suddenly, that familiar figure once again burst into his line of sight.

Ji Tingyang's pupils shuddered, and he had just taken a step forward when a piercing, noisy microphone sound echoed through the venue, piercing people's eardrums.

“Welcome everyone to tonight's charity event. Everyone has waited so long, and you must all be looking forward to tonight's highlight. So, without further ado, let's start tonight's charity auction now.”

“All the money raised tonight will be donated to the charity foundation…”

Afterward, waiters in the venue came forward to guide everyone to their designated seats.

The crowd surged, and one person after another swept past Ji Tingyang, blocking his view.

In the blink of an eye, that figure had disappeared again.

The repeated missed opportunities caused Ji Tingyang's brow to furrow slightly, a wave of irritation rising from within, and his frustration expelled with his breath as he turned and followed a waiter to his seat.

Sometimes, when you deliberately search for something, it always seems elusive, but then it often appears unexpectedly when you look back.

Like now.

After Ji Tingyang had taken his seat, he spotted her figure four or five tables directly in front.

The venue's lights were all focused on the auction stage, making it dim below and blurring the woman's face so that he couldn't see her features clearly.

But the man beside her…

Ji Tingyang's eyes suddenly turned sharp.

It was Xie Changyan!

So she was Xie Changyan's female companion?

Ji Tingyang's heart tightened, thinking of a possibility, his expression slightly darkened as he took out his phone and sent a message.

JTY: [Mother, where are you now?]

Willow Wadding: [I'm at home, what's up?]

The message also included a photo of legs entering the bedroom, lying on the bed resting.

It was indeed their home's bedroom.

JTY: [Are you feeling better? I should come back and be with you.]

Willow Wadding: [Sure, but could you bring me some snacks on your way back? I didn't eat much for dinner and am so hungry.]

Ji Tingyang initially thought she would persuade him not to come back, but seeing her response, his tight brows gradually relaxed.

If the woman next to Xie Changyan truly was his mother, she definitely wouldn't have let him come back.

He then confirmed with the housekeeper again and, after receiving the answer that Lin Xu was indeed at home, his suspended heart was settled.

It seems he was being paranoid, thinking too much.

Ji Tingyang put away his phone and refocused his attention on the auction in front of him.

Meanwhile, Lin Xu, having received Ji Tingyang's message that he couldn't return home early, felt a sigh of relief.

Luckily, she had prepared well today, having taken a picture of the bedroom in advance and sneaking out behind the housekeeper's back.

The housekeeper probably still thought she was resting in the bedroom.

With the crisis averted, she patted her chest.

Only when her tense nerves had relaxed did Lin Xu realize that a gaze had been fixed on her side all along.

She looked up and met Xie Changyan's narrow eyes.

His fingertips casually tapped on the tabletop, looking at her leisurely as he slightly raised his eyebrows, “Not interested in the auction?”

“It's, it's okay…” Lin Xu lightly bit her lower lip, her grip on her phone tightening, wanting to say that she wasn't playing with her phone just because she was bored.

She wanted to speak but stopped, feeling embarrassed to explain.

Explaining that she had sneaked over here behind Ji Tingyang's back would be too embarrassing.

“Want to change the place?” Xie Changyan's lips carried a relaxed smile.

Lin Xu paused for a moment. “Change to where?”

Could it be that besides this charity auction, there were other events at the venue?

As she puzzled over this, Xie Changyan stood up, casually circling her waist, and brazenly led her away from the venue.

Xie Changyan's departure again caused quite a stir, with many people whispering to each other.

Only Ji Tingyang sat in his place, unmoved.

He was extremely uninterested in matters concerning Xie Changyan.

Lin Xu followed Xie Changyan out of the venue and noticed a black Bentley parked at the door as if waiting for them.

Not until they had driven a distance did Lin Xu react and asked him, “Where are we going?”

Xie Changyan leaned back in the seat, his narrow eyes slightly raised, a lazy smile on his lips. “Why ask now?”

His implication seemed to be that she had willingly followed him without knowing anything, and wasn't afraid of being sold.

Lin Xu hummed and turned her head away. “Then I won't ask.”

A light laugh spilled from his throat, particularly clear in the confined space of the car, reaching her ears and bringing a tingling sensation.

Lin Xu stared unblinkingly out of the car window, her cheeks already deeply flushed.

After about ten minutes, the car stopped in front of an aquarium.

Xie Changyan's relaxed voice sounded, “We've arrived.”

Lin Xu got out of the car, looked at the aquarium entrance, then turned to Xie Changyan. “Is this what you meant by changing the place?”

Xie Changyan smiled without a word, and led Lin Xu inside.

“It's so late; shouldn't it be closed? Can we still go in?” Lin Xu muttered as she followed alongside him.

However, to her surprise, there was a small passageway left beside the tightly closed door, and Xie Changyan led her through without any obstruction.

Inside, lights were on everywhere, but there were no other visitors in sight.

Could he have rented out the place?

Lin Xu felt a slight stirring in her chest.

Xie Changyan led her into a glass corridor, where various amazing marine creatures swam in the water, creating the impression of a dazzling world.

Twenty years later, the aquarium design had become even more exquisitely breathtaking, with marine creatures swimming so realistically before her eyes that Lin Xu could barely keep up.

Lin Xu, excited, took out her phone and took many photos.

“Ah Yan, look…”

She turned excitedly, but stopped abruptly upon seeing Xie Changyan.

She had always called Ji Yanli “Ah Yan,” and now had habitually blurted it out, forgetting that the person before her was Xie Changyan.

Lin Xu quickly corrected herself, pointing at a fish in the distance, she said to him, “Xie Changyan, look at that fish striped in red and white, it's so cute.”

Xie Changyan walked up to her with his hands in his pockets, his tone carrying his usual indifferent laziness, “You can call me whatever you like, no need to correct yourself.”

Was he saying she could call him Ah Yan?

Lin Xu hesitated for a moment, met his deep eyes, and her lips parted slightly, “Ah Yan?”

Her soft voice entered his ears, tapping gently at Xie Changyan's heart, like a buoy lightly bouncing on the surface of a lake.

He paused, then handed Lin Xu a small gift box.

“What's this?” Lin Xu took it, memories of Ji Yanli always giving her gifts flashing through her mind, her heart seemingly understanding a bit.

Indeed, she heard Xie Changyan's casual voice.

“It's for you.”

Chapter end