Yan Xiu walked outside while scrolling through his phone.
Most of the messages were from his mother. Ever since he'd been brought back to the capital, she'd been trying to contact him. She must have known he wasn't allowed to communicate with the outside world, but that hadn't stopped her from sending all those messages to express her anger—at his father.
From beginning to end, she'd only shown concern for him twice. The rest of her messages had been accusations about his father's incompetence.
The rest were greetings from friends and relatives, mixed in with Liu Mumu's many emoji packs.
They were messages from a few days ago. She'd heard about the Liu family from somewhere and had specifically asked him about it. When he didn't reply, she stopped messaging him.
Yan Xiu hesitated slightly as he left the chat. Before, whether he responded or not, she'd send him a pile of emoji packs every day or two. This time, she'd acted completely out of character. Had something happened?
As he walked out the front door, he looked up and saw his father, Yan Baiwen, chatting with someone at the entrance. He vaguely recalled that the man was also an examiner, though he hadn't been the one in charge of Yan Xiu's examination.
The man glanced at Yan Xiu, smiled at him, then turned and left.
Yan Baiwen walked over to his son. He looked him up and down before smiling. "Looks like you didn't suffer too much. At least I can give your mother an explanation now."
"First, you'll have to get inside the house." Yan Xiu put his phone back in his pocket and walked alongside his father.
His son's blunt remark made Yan Baiwen laugh. Then he said, "The Wang Family's Youngest Son got into trouble on