Heavy head, Heavy heart
"Zichen, what is this? Why did you leave Wangli alone?" his mother questions on the phone. As soon as she got to know that Wangli has been crying since she came from the date and the fact that Zichen left her is something she didn't expect.
"Mother...I didn't exactly leave her. I told her to go home. I had other things to take care of that are more important than her" he says calmly yet the hurricane swirling in his mind is making his head hurt.
"But what happened?" she asks.
He sighs, frustrated, "Nothing to get worried about. And please, don't set anyone without my permission."
He does not want to talk to her. The fact that she forced him to go to dinner with him, makes him annoying. He does not want to snap at her because of his sour mood.
His mother does not force him as she knows he will not be negotiating on this topic. "As you say" replies she, and as if noticing the crankiness in his voice she asks, "Son, are you well? "