"Are you hungry?"
The moment Li Mao entered the house, he saw Zhu Ying standing in the entryway with Er-Er in her arms. Because of their unpleasant conversation that morning, Zhu Ying's voice was somewhat timid.
She was terrified of saying something wrong again and upsetting the man in front of her.
Li Mao clearly had not expected Zhu Ying to ask such a question.
It was his first time seeing someone who owed money making small talk with the person collecting the debt.
The question had sounded far too natural.
So natural that he thought he was attending a Xu Zhihua cosplay show.
Thinking of that, Li Mao felt that bastard really did not know how good he had it.
He did not even dare imagine how sunny and cheerful a stutterer he would be if, after getting off work at an office building every day, he opened his door to find a wife, child, and warm bed waiting for him.
Back in reality, Li Mao still turned around and looked behind him.
Only after confirming that Xu Zhihua's ghost was not lurking behind him, and that Zhu Ying really was speaking to him, did he close the door and tease, "Oh? Miss Zhu has quite the appetite. I've chased you all the way to your home, and you still have the mind to wonder whether I'm hungry? How much money have you raised?"
Zhu Ying felt a little embarrassed as well.
She had always been very reserved. After getting married and becoming pregnant, she had rarely spoken with strangers, much less a man like Li Mao.
She had merely heard movement at the door from inside the bedroom and come out to check, worried.
When she saw that Li Mao was gone, she had planned to find something