Standard shy gesture—bathroom escape.
Opening the office door, she ran to the restroom, not forgetting to look around outside the door. Fortunately, it was lunchtime, and everyone was eating and taking a break, so no one passed by.
Clutching her chest, she gasped for breath and jogged to the restroom.
A woman coming down the corridor stopped where she turned into the restroom, merely watching her shadow.
Xun Meilin, on duty at noon, saw a visitor coming and went over to ask, "May I ask who you are—"
"I'm Yongzhuo's mom," said Hua Miaobing, holding a lunchbox in her hand, her gaze still directed toward the restroom.
Xun Meilin, hearing she was Feng Yongzhuo's mother, immediately welcomed her to the office and said, "Feng Yongzhuo should be resting in the duty room; I'll call him."
"No need," Hua Miaobing quickly said. Following the advice Feng Sihai had given, she came under the pretense of her son, and now, having glimpsed from the corridor, she felt satisfied.
