Almost Died

Mom had come...

Without any warning, without a single concern, she had just appeared...

Qin Ze: "..."

There wouldn't be any lasting effects, would there?

The thought flashed through his mind. There was no time to think about that now—Mom was here.

If she saw them... He didn't dare imagine it. He didn't dare. The consequences would definitely be more pain than life could bear.

No matter how healthy she was, she might get a sudden heart attack or cerebral hemorrhage from anger.

"Why is Mom here?" His sister looked utterly distraught, without a trace of her former seductiveness. Her eyes were full of panic.

His sister gripped his hand so tightly that her knuckles whitened, trembling slightly.

"She must have heard you were sick when she called at noon and came to check on you." Qin Ze's face turned pale. "Why didn't she call before coming? Sis, we need to take the key back later. We can't let Mom keep it."

Qin Baobao was practically crying. "Is this really the time to talk about that? Get out, hurry..."

Before she finished speaking, their mother called from outside, "Bao Bao? A Ze?"

Qin Baobao jolted all over. "Run, run..."

"Run where?" Qin Ze's face darkened. "Mom's outside. Wouldn't running out be suicide?"

"Then what do we do?" His sister frowned her delicate brows in panic.

"Tell her you're taking a bath. Stall her first." Qin Ze nervously glanced toward the bathroom door.

"Okay," his sister answered, trying desperately to suppress the tremor in her voice. "Mom, I'm taking a bath. You... you... why did you come?"

Are you trying to force me to death?

Hearing her voice, Qin's Mom came over and asked from the doorway, "Taking a bath? Where's A Ze?"

Qin Baobao was about to say he was