Yang Qingyue said, "Honey, it's not even daylight in China yet!"
"I'll send Mengyao a message first. She'll reply once she wakes up."
After saying that, Xu Guofeng sent Xu Mengyao a message.
"Dad, what is it?"
Over an hour later, Xu Mengyao replied. She had woken up fairly early.
Xu Guofeng called Xu Mengyao on video.
"Dad, what's going on?"
Xu Mengyao asked. She was still in bed; even after waking up, she needed to lie there for a while.
Xu Guofeng said irritably, "Mengyao, Lin Chen is such an amazing painter. Why didn't you tell us?"
Yang Qingyue glanced at her husband.
They still could not be certain that Lin Chen had painted it.
On the other end of the call, Xu Mengyao felt a little awkward. "Dad, wouldn't it be better to let Lin Chen tell you himself?"
Xu Guofeng said, "So the painting really was done by Lin Chen."
"Dad... you tricked me into admitting it."
Xu Mengyao pouted. "If you wanted to ask, you could have just asked. Why did you have to trick me? Was I hiding anything from you?"
Xu Guofeng said grumpily, "You have a record."
"You knew Lin Chen was Lin Yu, but you didn't tell us. You sent me the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection written by Lin Yu before. You already knew Lin Chen was Lin Yu then, didn't you?"
Xu Mengyao said, "..."
"Dad, that isn't important."
"I don't have anything going on with Lin Chen, so why would I tell you all that?"
Yang Qingyue leaned closer. "Mengyao, you don't have any feelings for Lin Chen? His calligraphy, painting, Fairy Tale Creation, and basketball are all exceptional. He's already incredibly outstanding."
"No."
Xu Mengyao spoke somewhat against her own heart.
Xu Guofeng said, "Good if you