Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 62

Lian Jue came back early today but he hadn’t finished his work, so he went to the study after dinner.
Kang Tong takes one-on-one English online classes with foreign teachers every night. Shen Tingwei warmed a glass of milk for him, cut some fruit and sent it to the room. In fact, he prepared a double serving but he was too embarrassed to knock on the door when he passed by Lian Jue’s study, so he had to take it back downstairs intact.
Summer vacation was about to end and Shen Tingwei did not see the online saying that September in Yi City was like a watershed from summer to autumn. Every year when the school started, the weather would suddenly cool down.
Shen Tingwei turned on the TV. He casually found a lively TV program. His voice was kept low while knitting a scarf for Kang Tong. He looked up from time to time. The kitten jumped off the cat climbing frame and stretched out its claws to grab the wool in his hand. Shen Ting wei was afraid that it would scratch the thread, so he reluctantly tapped its head with a needle and forked a piece of cantaloupe from the plate to feed it.
After the cat had finished eating the melon, he was restless to catch the rope shaking in Shen Tingwei’s hand. Shen Tingwei had no choice but to get up and go upstairs with the wool in his arms.
Shen Tingwei returned to the room to continue knitting the scarf. He was not proficient in the diamond pattern weaving that he learned in the short video app in the afternoon. After knitting two rows, he always felt that the shape was a bit strange. He planned to give up this trick and find an easier one tomorrow.
He sat on the sofa for a while and suddenly thought that Chang Xing hadn’t shared cats photos with him for a long time, so he took out his mobile phone and sent Chang Xing a few pictures of Mimi.
Chang Xing replied quickly, saying: ‘Aww, how cute.’ and then asked him how he got a cat.
Shen Tingwei thought for a while and typed: It’s my partner’s cat.
Chang Xing happily posted a cute emoticon with unknown meaning and asked: Has your husband’s affairs been resolved?
When Shen Tingwei saw the word ‘husband’, his ears warmed and he didn’t know how to reply. Chang Xingxing retracted the message again, probably realizing that he would be embarrassed, and edited a new one: Your partner’s affairs have been solve it? I was afraid that you are upset recently, so I didn’t dare to disturb you.
Shen Tingwei told her that it was resolved, and asked her about her cat again.
Chang Kai sent a photo of a cat lying in front of the window sill: He is mourning for his lost eggs.

Shen Tingwei couldn’t help laughing when he saw the photo and asked Chang Xing few questions about cat sterilization. It was troublesome to send explanations on WeChat, so Chang Kai gave him a voice call.
The two were chatting and talking about the kitten’s living habits. Shen Tingwei suddenly remembered that the plate of fruit was still on the table downstairs and Mimi seemed to like it very much. Chang Xing told him that the sugar content of cantaloupe was too high for cats to eat in large quantities, so he quickly got up and prepared to go downstairs to put away the fruit.
Chang Xing seemed to be eating potato chips and there was a crunching sound in her voice. She asked vaguely, “What have you been doing recently? I haven’t seen you post on your moments.”
Shen Tingwei came out of the room with his slippers on and chatted with her: “I have nothing to do, the child at home is on summer vacation, so I accompany him all the time.”
“Is that the kid with big eyes who came to play at the park before? He’s so good-looking.” Chang Kai asked casually, “A relative’s kid? I remember. He seems to call Miss Chen…”
Chang Kai’s voice suddenly stopped before he realized: “—wait a minute, he called Miss Chen, auntie?”
Shen Tingwei snorted and said, “He is my partner’s child.”
The stall on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds, Shen Tingwei heard a very soft knock on the door. The study door a few steps away was pulled open from the inside, Lian Jue came out with a water glass, not noticing Shen Tingwei behind him. Shin Tingwei was walking towards the stairs, seems to be going to pour water.
On the other end of the phone, Chang Xing’s voice suddenly rose a few degrees: “What?”
Shen Tingwei was startled by her and quickly said to her, “Wait a minute…”
Chang Xing’s loud words have already shouted out to himself: “He has such an old son?! Yet, he is had a second marriage?!”
Shen Tingwei didn’t turn on the speakerphone but it was too quiet in the corridor and Chang Xingxing’s shocked uncontrollable volume still made Lian Jue, who was about to reach the entrance of the stairs stop in place.
Shen Tingwei quickly suppressed his voice and whispered to her, “I’ll hang up first”, then hung up the phone in a hurry. When he raised his head again, he happened to meet Shang Lianjue’s gaze.
Shen Tingwei put away his mobile phone in a panic under his unkind gaze, and explained to him, “What my friend said was nonsense. Don’t worry about it.”
Lian Jue’s face darkened and he left a cold sentence, “I have never been married,” He turned around and went downstairs.