Chapter 78: Face Mask

  "What? Didn't Shang Liang tell you where he went?" Ning Qing was taken aback for a moment, then said, "He should be out singing K with Fang Pin He and the others now!"

  "Give him a call!"

  "Rang, didn't pick up!" Li Mingna said with a hint of probing, "Qingmian, do you think Shangliang will fall in love with someone else or have two boats at the same time?"

  "You're Shang Liang's girlfriend, you should understand him better than I do." Ning Qing heard the implication in Li Mingna's words and calmly said: "Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

  "Guo Shangliang didn't take me, his girlfriend, to heart at all. He's always busy with his own things. For a little bit of money, he dives headfirst into the computer. And then he says you're doing business and making money on your own, he wants to learn from you, taking advantage of the summer break to earn back his tuition fees." Li Mingna dodged Ning Qingmian's questioning and complained about Guo Shangliang not accompanying her.

  Guo Shangliang is a computer science major and has become an elite figure in society after graduation. During his school days, he helped some small companies with software design. Recently, he took on another client's project and had no time to accompany Li Mingna, who whispered that doing this could earn him a lot of money, and they got into a fight. Guo Shangliang originally wanted to make amends with Li Mingna, so he called her today to invite her over to meet his good friend Fang Pinfeng, but Li Mingna was being stubborn and deliberately said she wouldn't go, then hung up the phone. By evening, when she saw that Guo Shangliang hadn't called again, she panicked and automatically dialed Guo Shangliang's cell phone, but he didn't answer.

  After listening to Li Mingna's lengthy speech, Ning Min felt a bit depressed. A person can't spend 24 hours talking about romance and not doing anything else. It seems that rich girls just can't understand the struggles of poor boys.

  "Shang Liang mentioned Fang Pinming to me, it's been so long since they last met. Tonight, he might stay at your place and have a night talk with Fang Pinming." Li Mingna circled around and finally said: "Qing Min, I heard from Shang Liang the other day that you had laser eye surgery, now you look even more beautiful. By the way, how do you feel after the surgery?"

  "It's okay, recovery is going well!" Ning Qing said simply about the situation after the surgery.

  A few days ago, Guo Shangliang hastily came to see Fang Pinming and took a look at her. He joked: "Qingmian, you don't wear glasses, you look even more beautiful! Mingna is almost no match for you!" Did this joke reach Li Mingna's ears? Ning Qingmian smiled wryly. As time passed and her horizons broadened, the deep attachment she had to Guo Shangliang had actually gradually faded. Li Mingna didn't need to worry at all.

  Consoled Li Mingna for a few words. Ning Qingmian got up from the line. Ning's mother knocked on the door outside and said, "Xiao Min, are you asleep?"

  "Not sleeping yet!" Ning Qing saw her mother bring in a bowl of soup and say: "I just had braised tortoise shell from my grandmother. I couldn't eat anything else now!"

  "Don't worry, it's not edible. I just applied a face mask made of yogurt, honey and lemon juice to your grandma and aunt. Would you like some too?" Ning's mom said with a smile.

  "Okay!" Ning Qing lay back on the bed. "Mom helped me apply it already!"

  "She was originally a person from the beauty department of TV station. Also lives in this neighborhood. That day, I saw her on the bus and greeted her. Now everyone is familiar with each other. She taught me many small beauty methods!" Ning's mother smiled and said: "This mask can remove yellow and black air from your face and fade freckles. Your face still has a bit of yellow, try it out and see the effect."

  "How long will it take to see results?"

  "It'll take more than a month!" Ning's mother told Ning Qingming to stay still, so that the application would be even.

  "Mom, your skin has improved a lot lately. If you do more face masks, you'll be even more beautiful!" Ning Qingmin closed her eyes and didn't move, pulling open the corner of the quilt to just touch her mother's hand, smiling as she said: "I remember when I used to touch your hand before, it was so rough, but now it's smooth too."

  "I used to do too much housework, so my hands became rough. Now I have less housework, and Xiaoyu and Ruirui help me after work, and clothes are washed by the washing machine, so my hands aren't that rough anymore." Ning's mom smiled and said: "Your grandma even said I look younger now!"

  "This is true!" Ning Qingming also laughed, "Mom now follows me out, maybe others will think you are my sister."

  "The TV station people joked that your grandma was my sister, now I've become your sister too, so the three generations have turned into three sisters?"

  As soon as Ning's mother spoke, Ning Qingming couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Mom, you really look much better since you appeared on that TV show!"

  "Don't laugh when you're having a facial mask!" Ning's mom said with a smile, but she didn't let Ning Qingmin laugh, saying that laughing while having a facial mask would cause wrinkles.

  The two of them applied face masks and stopped talking, quietly waiting for fifteen minutes before washing it off.

  "Time's up!" Ning Qingming reached for her phone to check the time, lifted the quilt and said: "Mom, I'll go wash my face first, you wait another two minutes."

  Ning Qingmin washed her face and came out, walking to the door of the house. She was thinking of going to the living room to pour herself a glass of water when she heard the phone ringing in the living room. Zhang Yu answered it and loudly said to Ning's mother, "Auntie, someone is looking for you!" Ning's mother hastily wiped her face with a tissue and went out to answer the call. As soon as she said "hello", her expression turned gloomy. "I've told you so many times already, Qingmin's eyes are fine now. Why do you keep calling?" She then hung up the phone with a "bang".

  "Is it Liu Zhen calling again?" Ning's grandmother came out after washing her face, frowned and said: "Since last time Zhixin told him you have a boyfriend, he seems unwilling to give up, and from time to time calls to ask about Qingmin's eyes, and then asks about your situation in a roundabout way. Who has the time to bother with him?"

  "I originally called the telecommunications bureau to change my phone number, and they said I had to suspend service first. I thought that since the monthly rental fee had already been deducted, I would just use it for the rest of the month before changing it. But then he kept calling me. It's not working out, so even if it means wasting half a month's worth of rental fees, I'll have to change it." Ning's mom said, running off to wash her face carefully before coming back and saying: "I really don't understand what he's thinking! Why is he asking about my business? It's really ridiculous!"

  "You don't understand!" Ning's aunt said with a smile: "I once heard a colleague say that she had a friend whose husband had an affair outside and came back to make a fuss about divorce. She was determined, didn't say a word and divorced him. The husband married the woman from outside for two years, suddenly missed his original wife and contacted her several times to ask if she would be willing to live with him again. The original wife asked how they would live together? Guess what that man said?"

  "What's going on?" Ning's mother asked curiously, "Are you going to divorce your current wife and remarry your ex-wife?"

  "Haha! You guessed wrong!" Ning's aunt slapped her thigh and said, "That man wants to have his cake and eat it too. He means to let the original wife be a concubine, give her some money, and visit her when he has time."

  "What a nerve he has!" Ning's mom cursed with a smile, but suddenly remembered Liu Zhen's actions and her expression changed. "Can't wait any longer, I'll call the telecommunications bureau right now!"

  "Haha, who's on duty at the post office in the middle of the night?" Aunt Ning covered her mouth and laughed, "Let's call again tomorrow!"

  Everyone laughed and scolded for a few sentences, and then heard the phone ringing again, shouting: "Guess who made this call?"