You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 41 Part 2

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 41 Part 2

Ruan Yu was pan-frying eggs inside the kitchen. She turned her head and was surprised to see Xu Huaisong: “You’re up? Weren’t you going to sleep……”

Xu Huaisong immediately interrupted her with a gesture and raised the cell phone in his hand to show her. He mouthed: Your dad.

Ruan Yu widened her eyes in shock and also mouthed back: Why did you answer it?

Xu Huaisong: By mistake.

Ruan Yu hurriedly turned off the burner and rushed over to get the phone off his hand: “Hello, dad.”

The rustling sound on the other end stopped abruptly. Ruan Chengru cleared his throat and spoke as if nothing had ever happened: “Oh, Yuyu, where are you at?”

Ruan Yu looked up at the ceiling and replied honestly: “At home……”

“Your own place?”

“Right……”

Ruan Chengru pensively replied with an “oh.”

It became awkwardly silent.

Ruan Yu poked Xu Huaisong’s shoulder with an index finger. Then she heard her mother’s voice on the other end: “Yuyu, your dad called you to ask about what’s going to happen to Zhou Jun now?”

“He’s being detained here in Hang City. I’m not too clear about the details either.” Ruan Yu took a look at Xu Huaisong and figured that her parents must have guessed that the two of them had spent the night together. She decided to give up on hiding since the cat was out of the bag: “I’ll let Huaisong talk to you about it.”

“Hum, alright.”

Ruan Yu handed the cell phone to Xu Huaisong with a puckered mouth.

Xu Huaisong cleared his throat and answered Qu Lan: “Ms. Qu, a lawyer in my law firm has already taken over the case. He made a request to meet Zhou Jun the day before yesterday. At the very least, he should be able to see Zhou Jun today before noon to discuss the case.”

“So he won’t be released?”

“Right. The police are still investigating. Even if there’s no further discovery, in his case, it’s impossible for him to get released on bail. He’s going to be held till the end of the court proceedings and then we’ll see what the result will be.”

“Then, how soon will the court take his case?”

“It’s hard to say. In the best scenario, it’ll probably be in four to five months.”

A sigh came from the other side of the phone: “Poor kid; I just don’t think he’s capable of doing such a thing……”

Xu Huaisong continued: “Don't worry too much about it. I’ll keep an eye on the case. Later, my colleagues from the law firm may come to visit you and Mr. Ruan as part of their investigation to understand what happened a few days ago.”

After finishing the call, as Xu Huaisong was about to return the phone to Ruan Yu, the phone began vibrating again.

Xu Huaisong looked down and discovered that this time the caller id was: Li Shican.

Xu Huaisong gritted his teeth.

It would have been perfect if these two phone calls had come in reverse order.

Ruan Yu was also surprised to see that it was Li Shican calling: “He usually won’t call me unless there’s something going on.” She tried to reach for her phone from Xu Huaisong’s hand.

Xu Huaisong grasped the phone tightly and silently resisted with an indifferent look in his eyes.

Ruan Yu was speechless: “What are you doing? I’ll use the speaker phone, alright!”

Xu Huaisong let go of the phone.

Ruan Yu answered the phone and Li Shican’s voice came through the speaker: “Xuejie, there’s an urgent thing that I have to tell you.”

“What happened?”

“I probably got photographed.” Li Shican sounded like he was apologetic: “On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, after you left with the police, I took Lawyer Xu’s sister back to the hotel.”

Both Ruan Yu and Xu Huaisong gasped.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.