Chapter 556 The Days When I Don’t See You


    Natalia was, in fact, a nice person. It was just that she had a sharp tongue.


    She sounded harsh over the phone, but she was only calling ir to tell her that she was going to wire


    her some money.


    After Natalia had scolded ir for five minutes, her throat dried up. She drank some water and


    continued, "I''m too tired to say anything more. Just hang up. You didn''t even spend the night here on


    your cousin''s birthday. Do you ever think about me? What will your grandpa think of me? He might


    think that I mistreat you or something."


    Even though she had asked ir to hang up, she didn''t stop talking. ir didn''t dare hang up while she


    was still scolding her. "Aunt, Grandpa knows how nice you are to me. He will only think that I am the


    luckiest girl in the world to have an amazing, caring aunt like you."


    Natalia''s gloomy face broke into a smile. To conceal her happiness, she feigned an annoyed tone and


    said, "Whatever. Bye."


    After ending the phone call, Natalia saw her younger son, Wacian Ji,e down the stairs in a neat


    suit. "Now I know why your father likes ir so much. Girls are indeed more lovable. Neither you nor


    your brother brings me any form offort. You both worry me all the time. Hartwell is in his thirties,


    unmarried, and you are 29 years old, without even a girlfriend. When am I going to have a grandchild?


    In my nies? Maybe it''s my fault. I should have given birth to two girls."


    Wacian Ji felt wronged. He hadn''t even said a word since that morning. He wondered how he had


    gotten on his mother''s nerves.


    Natalia walked past him and urged, "Don''t spend all your time and energy on work. Go on a blind date


    or something. I will go with you and select my daughter-inw."


    Wacian Ji tucked his hands into his pockets, looking at his mom, stone-faced. "Hartwell brought his


    girlfriend homest time. Since you are so anxious to see him get married, why haven''t you paid her


    family a visit yet?"


    "I don''t need you to remind me of that. I''ll visit Joslyn''s parents as soon as she graduates."


    To get his mom off his back, Wacian Ji brought up ir''s secret. "I heard that ir has a crush on


    someone. Don''t you want to know who it is?" His mom was always so strange. Usually, people showed


    their concern face to face to let the other person know that they cared about them. His mom, however,


    did the exact opposite. She had never expressed her care for ir in person.


    "What? " Natalia looked at her son in surprise. "ir likes someone? What''s he like? Why hasn''t


    anybody said anything to me about this? What does he do? Does he really care about her?"


    Wacian Ji felt his head throb as his mom bombarded him with so many questions at once. Sometimes,


    he felt that it was a shame that his mom wasn''t an official matchmaker. "I only know that she has a


    crush on someone. You can ask Dad if you want to know more."


    That was a sessful distraction. Soon, Adalson got a call from Natalia.


    Less than an hour after her phone call with Natalia, ir received a notification from the bank informing


    her that a sum of money had been credited to her ount. Natalia had wired $100, 000 to her. Now,


    ir had $101, 502 in her bank ount.


    After that, her grandpa, Hartwell and Wacian Ji called her one after the other, offering to transfer money


    to her. ir thanked them all and told them that she was good because Natalia had already wired


    some to her.


    Some boys left gantments on her WeChat Moments, asking if she was hard up. Some of her


    former ssmates sent her private messages and told her that if she needed anything, they were only


    a phone call away.


    Thements and messages made ir very happy. She wasn''t in need of money. She had only


    made that post to mock herself. It surprised her that so many people were concerned about her. It was


    touching.


    Three dayster, Talbot made ament on the post. "ir, I don''t spend much in the army. I can lend


    you some money."


    ir smiled and replied, "Thank you. My aunt has already helped me out."


    Talbot didn''t respond until the next day. "That was very sweet of your aunt."


    Knowing that they were all very busy, ir didn''t say anything else. After reading his reply, she put her


    phone aside.


    Just as she had anticipated, it was very hard to meet Wesley after he had returned back to his normal


    duties, now that the military training in the university was over.


    It had been three months since she hadst seen him.


    Three more dayster, she saw Wesley walking out of his apartment as she stepped out of the


    elevator.


    ir was surprised when their eyes met. Wesley nodded to her and strode towards the elevator.


    "Wesley," she called in a hurry.


    He turned to her without speaking.


    "Are you leaving?" she asked hastily.


    "Hmm," he responded. He had onlye home to get something.


    ir took a deep breath, her heart aching. "Will you have a few days off anytime soon?" She barely


    saw him anymore.


    "I''m not sure." He was too busy. He couldn''t even remember thest time he had a break.


    However, ir thought that he didn''t want her to know. Her eyes reddened. ''Maybe he really doesn''t


    want to see me.''


    She waved goodbye to him absent-mindedly. The second the doors of the elevator closed, she forced a


    smile.


    ''Goodbye, Wesley.'' She didn''t go back to her apartment until the elevator started descending.


    She had thought that she would have more chances to win his heart if she moved into his building and


    became his neighbor. But reality was so disappointing. Home was like a hotel room to him, and he


    seldom came back. He spent most of his time working.


    After leaving his apartment building, Wesley went back to his office. He sat in his chair with his eyes


    closed and sank into deep thoughts. After a while, he walked into his superior''s office.


    "I need a few days off," he said.


    His superior agreed without lifting his head. "Granted. You have been working for three months in a


    row. You do need to get some rest. Just remember to submit the note for leave."


    "Yes, sir."


    ir counted the days as they passed by without Wesley''s presence. Five days after their brief meeting


    in the hallway, she once again saw him. When she was waiting for the elevator to go to her apartment,


    Wesley walked over with a few bags of food in his hands.


    The elevator arrived and he went straight in. Looking at his figure, ir lost her nerve to walk into the


    elevator. For some reason, she was afraid to be near him.


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    Wesley turned around in the elevator and pressed the button. The doors closed.


    But soon after, the doors opened again. He looked at her.


    She blinked in bewilderment.


    Seeing that she wasn''t moving, he asked with a frown, "Are youing?"


    ''He is talking to me.'' It was a ray of hope. ir was happy. She scampered into the elevator.


    The doors closed again. Confined in the little space, neither of them made an attempt to start a


    conversation.


    It was normal for Wesley to remain quiet, but ir had to tell herself to shut up.


    She was afraid that he didn''t want to hear her speak. If that was the case, she would only push him


    away by talking too much.


    The elevator arrived at the sixteenth floor, and ir walked out first. She was about to say goodbye to


    him when a girl in a zer standing in front of the door to his apartment caught her eye.