On getting home, Zhang Liling received a congratulatory message from Butler Gu on finishing her last class.
The Michelin star chef was not left behind.
Zhang Liling smiled from ear to ear while thanking them before going to her bedroom.
In the evening, Song Jujing phoned her to know how she was doing.
"...what kind of daughter did I give birth to?"
"What have I done this time around?" Zhang Liling asked with sleepy eyes.
She was just waking up from sleep and trying to sit up when her mother's call came in. Had it been she was still sleeping when her phone rang, she would have been annoyed.
She and Tungmei decided not to do anything for the day. They won't open their books until the next day. The remaining hours of the day, was a time to rest.
"Why am I the only one always checking up on you? Can't you do the same?" Song Jujing chided her disapprovingly.
Before Zhang Liling could finish rubbing her eyes to reply, Song Jujing added, "Don't you dare tell me that you have been studying. If you have been studying, I have been busy with work."
Zhang Liling didn't bother trying to please her or say anything to defend herself. She has already rejected the response she had wanted to give, so there was no need trying.
Waking up from a nap, made her feel so tired and hungry. She didn't have the energy to argue, so she chose to remain quiet.
Song Jujing waited patiently for a few moments to hear her response, but she was only able to hear her evened breathing.
"Are you tired?" Her tone automatically changed from disappointment to concern.
Zhang Liling released a sigh and ran her fingers through her soft hair. "I thought you were calling to congratulate me on my last lecture today. But here you are scolding me."
"I was waiting to congratulate you after you final exam. How was it today? Which class did you have today?" Song Jujing asked.
"A course for our department. The class was fun because it was the last time we would ever see that professor in that kind of setting." Zhang Liling released another sigh.
She was already missing seeing Mr. Fang in class. There was a different vibe from the times she had seen him at different places.
It felt like he had so many professions.
"Who is the professor?" Song Jujing asked with interest.
She wanted to know who this person was that got her daughter interested because she could tell it from her tone.
"Well, he is not a professor. He was a visiting lecturer."
"How is that possible?" Song Jujing asked with confusion.
Zhang Liling put her phone on hands-free mode before getting off her bed. Now she could try to stretch her body without having to hold her phone.
"Well, he is Mr. Fang. Fang Bingwen from the Fang family. So you see now that he is not a professor."
Song Jujing heard the 'Fang' family being mentioned and said it out in surprise. "Did you say he is from the Fang family?"
Zhang Liling noticed something from her tone and acknowledged what she said. "Yes. Mum, do you know the Fang family, the one dominating S city?"
"Yes, I know them. Have they moved to S city now?" Song Jujing asked with deep interest.
Just like her ex, Zhang Renshu, she has known the Fang family for a long time. But her perspective of them, was different from the one Zhang Renshu had.
"You mean their entire family? I don't know about that. I have only met Fang Bingwen because he taught my graduate class."
Zhang Liling wasn't sure about the Fang family and where they resided. But for Mr. Fang to have his own place in S city, that could mean that his family stayed in a different city.
Song Jujing sighed. "It's alright. Don't forget to eat properly and rest. You can't neglect your health even if this is your finals."
"Mum, how do you know the Fang family?"
Zhang Liling was no longer interested in any other thing apart from how her mother came to know about the Fang family.
If her mother was close to the Fang family, would she have to struggle this much to win Mr. Fang over, and his family as well?
Relationship and long ties, would make her aim faster.
"I have known them for a long time, especially the first son of the current head and his wife. Why are you interested in the Fang family?" Song Jujing explained and asked.
"For...forget it... I was only surprised that you knew them," Zhang Liling stammered.
There was no way she would confess her intentions, no way...
When the call got disconnected, Zhang Liling released a deep sigh. She was relieved that her mother believed her and didn't go on to ask more questions.
Now, she was thinking, if her mother knew the Fang family from long ago, then it was possible that her father knew about them as well.
Her mother has been in Paris for how old she was. She would be right if she said that she knew them before going to reside in Paris.
If her mother has a good relationship with the Fang family, she would thank the heavens and exploit the opportunity.
An hour later, she got a call telling her to come and pick up a parcel at the head office of the courier service.
Zhang Liling was elated as the gift she ordered for Mr. Fang had arrived. She was even expecting the good to be shipped 2 days earlier.
Nevertheless, the gift was here now, so she had to go and pick it up.
After picking the box up, she bought some items to wrap the gift up before going back to the villa.
In her bedroom, she unboxed the gift and took out the small brown wood box inside, before opening it.
There were already several layers before she was able to see the beauty inside. She quickly stole a glance at it before shutting the box and going on to wrap it up.
When she was done, she put the box on top of her desk and cleaned up her bedroom.
For the rest of her day, Zhang Liling went about doing her duties diligently.
During dinner, she ate her food and cleared the plates before going to her bedroom to take out the wrapped gift.
Now, it was time to gift Mr. Fang.
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