Chapter 1: Pretending to Be a Stranger to Talk to My Mother

“Sister, are you in a bad mood recently?”

Chu Jiangchen knew that his mother would not add strangers to WeChat casually, nor would she pay much attention to whether there was one more person in the friend list.

Half a year ago, he quietly added another WeChat account using his mother’s mobile phone. At first, he was not in a hurry to send messages to chat with his mother. On the one hand, he was worried that his mother would ask how to add her WeChat account, and he would not be able to answer; on the other hand, he did not know how to start. After all, saying “Hello” or “Hi, nice to meet you” at the beginning seemed meaningless.

Therefore, Chu Jiangchen had been patient until today when he finally decided to send a message.

For more than half a year, Chu Jiangchen thought over and over again, and conceived hundreds of opening remarks in his mind, but he always felt that they were not appropriate.

Until one day, he saw an article about mood recently posted in his mother’s circle of friends, and decided to use this as a starting point and opening remarks.

Everyone knows that everything is difficult at the beginning. If you want to get close to your mother, you must first get familiar with her face.

After sending the message, Chu Jiangchen was so nervous that he kept staring at his phone, fearing that his mother would not reply.

More than an hour later, Lin Feifei finished washing and was ready to go to bed. Inadvertently, she saw an unread WeChat message.

She clicked on the message and was going to delete it directly, but suddenly remembered that she had a conflict with her husband these days and was in a bad mood. After hesitating for a while, she decided to reply casually: “Who are you?”

Chu Jiangchen had been suffering for a long time on the other end, and finally waited for his mother’s reply, and the big stone in his heart finally fell. He breathed a sigh of relief and thought: I’m not afraid of you replying, I’m afraid you won’t reply.

“I’m a fortune teller. I’ve been observing the sky night and night these days and found that you seem to have some troubles recently. I’m here to help you solve your worries and difficulties, and I don’t charge any fees.”

Chu Jiangchen avoided answering the question directly and started joking with his mother. He hoped to get closer to each other in this way.

After seeing the message, Lin Feifei was stunned and thought to herself: This person is really talking nonsense.

She replied: “What nonsense are you talking about? There are so many people, how do you know it’s me? Who are you? I don’t remember adding you on WeChat. If you don’t explain clearly, I will delete your WeChat.”

“Wait a minute, be merciful! Among hundreds of millions of people, it is also a kind of fate that we can meet. I tell fortunes every day. Today’s fortune has been finished, but I made an exception to tell you a fortune. This is the best fortune I have ever seen.”

Chu Jiangchen knew that when chatting with people, in order to avoid the topic being awkward, every sentence must be suspenseful, and the other party must not be allowed to answer with simple replies such as “yes”, “um”, “oh” or “no”, otherwise the conversation will fall into an awkward deadlock.

“What fortune? I have heard of the best fortune, but why have I never heard of such a thing as the best fortune?”

It didn’t take long before Lin Feifei’s reply came.

“Haha, this is actually a truth, but it’s too profound, I’m afraid you won’t understand it. Huh, huh, I told you a fortune about marriage. The fortune says: You will have a happy life, and you will have a very good and obedient daughter. How about it, am I right?”

Chu Jiangchen deliberately said the wrong thing, mentioning that his mother would have a daughter, in order to quietly lead the topic to family issues. He thought that as long as his mother was willing to talk to him about family matters, he would be able to slowly open her heart.

It must be said that Chu Jiangchen knew his mother very well. If he mentioned that Lin Feifei would have a son, it might arouse her suspicion. After all, she was not someone who was easily fooled.

“Liar.”

Lin Feifei saw that the other party did not answer her question, so she stopped asking questions. She never liked to ask questions.

“You are not accurate. I don’t have a daughter. Do you often use such an opening to find topics?”

Lin Feifei’s words shocked Chu Jiangchen’s heart. It was indeed his mother. This statement hit the point directly. If he didn’t answer well, he would probably be blacklisted soon.

“No, I’m telling the truth. Actually, I’m not a fortune teller. I just happened to see the article you posted and felt that you seemed to be in a bad mood, and then I thought of myself. I’ve encountered some troubles recently, so I wanted to find someone to talk to.” Chu Jiangchen knew that his mother was not so easy to fool, so he could only take his time and try to establish real communication. After waiting for a while, Chu Jiangchen still didn’t receive a reply from his mother, so he sent another message: “My name is Chen Mingjiang, nice to meet you. What’s your name?” He made up a pseudonym for himself. After sending the message, Chu Jiangchen stared at his phone. Time passed by minute by minute. He felt uneasy in his heart. He didn’t know whether his mother had fallen asleep or deliberately didn’t reply to the message. “Lin Feifei.” The long wait is always tormenting. Chu Jiangchen saw the screen suddenly light up and quickly picked up the phone to check. Seeing that his mother’s reply was so short, it seemed that she didn’t intend to continue the chat and might stop responding at any time. He could only rack his brains to find topics and try to continue the conversation. “Hey, my girlfriend broke up with me suddenly, saying that she fell in love with a rich second-generation guy.

Just after finishing study last night, that guy deliberately drove a luxury car around downstairs of our dormitory. My roommates said he was showing off to me.