Xiao Yan arrived at the front door and looked outside through the peephole. His expression froze, and the hand resting on the doorknob stiffened in place.
When the person outside saw that no one was opening the door, she impatiently began pounding on it. Her shrill voice carried into the room. "Zhang Yan, I know you're in there. Well, well! You actually dared to run away from home? Did all those years of studying go to the dogs?"
Hearing the commotion, Liuli turned her head curiously.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath. In the end, he still turned the handle and pushed open the door.
The woman outside quickly entered the apartment. The moment she saw Xiao Yan, she raised her hand to slap him.
Xiao Yan's face darkened. He grabbed her wrist directly, then flung it aside and said coldly, "Try hitting me again."
He did not have the slightest fondness for this mother of his.
The woman was clearly furious, her voice rising. "What kind of attitude is that? You disappeared without a word for months. What's wrong with me, your mother, slapping you once? If I had a stick in my hand, I'd break your legs!"
As she spoke, her gaze fell upon the open bedroom. Seeing the women's clothes scattered across the bed, she immediately flew into a furious panic. "Well, well! So this is what you've been doing instead of going to school for the past few months—getting into puppy love outside! Let me see which little vixen dared to seduce my son!"
With that, she sidestepped around Xiao Yan and stormed into the living room.
Xiao Yue Ming had already stood up, her delicate brows slightly furrowed as she watched the middle-aged woman opposite her.
Xiao Yan hurried forward and grabbed the woman's arm,