Night fell. After dinner, Mo Jingchun casually grabbed a napkin and wiped his mouth as he said, "Honey, I'm going to the study to look over some documents. Sorry for the trouble, but could you wash the dishes?"
"Go ahead," Li Xuanyu replied without a second thought.
As soon as her brother stepped into the elevator, Candy turned back and blinked at her sister-in-law in confusion when the elevator doors began to close.
"Sis-in-law, don't you think what my brother said was strange?"
At that, Li Xuanyu paused. What was strange about it? It seemed like a perfectly ordinary thing to say.
Seeing the bewildered look in her sister-in-law's eyes, Candy let out a helpless sigh and said, "Sis-in-law, my brother hardly ever washes the dishes anyway. What's the point of saying 'sorry for the trouble'? It's so unnecessary. He makes it sound like he's usually the one washing them."
After hearing Candy's words, Li Xuanyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
This child—who could ever get the better of her?
She was far too clever for her own good.
"Careful, your brother might hear you."
Li Xuanyu rolled her eyes at Candy, but her heart felt warm.
All these years of doting on her hadn't been for nothing. She was already taking her side.
"Guess why I waited until my brother got in the elevator to say it.
"Hehe, I know my brother likes to eavesdrop and then use what I say against me. I'm not stupid."
At that moment, Mo Jingchun wasn't in the mood to tease Candy at all.
Mo Jingchun was actually curious about what conditions the higher-ups had set for his application to conduct controlled nuclear fusion experiments. They hadn't had Qin Yuzhu relay them in person; instead, they'd sent them in a document.