Chapter 556 - Pei Ge unknowingly becomes more beautiful.
He frowned at the voice coming through the receiver and instantly figured out the reason for that woman’s queer behavior.
“You came to look for her last night?’ he coldly questioned.
“Huh? N-No, no! I certainly did not!” Mu Heng hastily denied, stuttering out a few noes in the process, and ended up giving him away to his best friend.
“What did you tell her?” The man squinted coldly as he pressured his Casanova friend.
“Ziming, I really didn’t tell her anything!” Knowing that he was already caught, he truthfully recounted his actions.
“I didn’t say much. I merely joked about you most likely not returning home due to a woman…”
The man’s frown deepened at his explanation.
Noting that her daughter did not seem to be lying, Zhang Manhua finally felt at ease.
“Are you staying together with your colleague?”
Her next question made Pei Ge freeze.
“Er…”
A little taken aback, she was at a loss on how to answer her mother’s question.
“What’s wrong?” Confusion flashed past her mother’s eyes at her stunned look.
“Ah, nothing. I just thought of my roommate.” She covered up her blunder with a smile.
“Hm? Aren’t you getting along with your roommate?” Zhang Manhua asked, concerned.
“It’s not that we don’t get along well; rather, I don’t really like my ‘roommate’.” She had a serious look.
“Why? Is it because your roommate doesn’t clean after their mess?” Her mother probed in concern.
“It’s not that, too. My roommate is a pretty clean person, except…” She blinked as images of the past few days she had spent with the man flashed across her mind.
“This roommate is nitpicky and too lazy! Plus, a little petty!”