The Big Scoop at the Cocktail Party

Mrs. Ji's vision went black. It really was her son's problem!

Mrs. Ji did not have the heart to scold Mo Xiang. In a daze, she returned home.

At the Chu Family home, Chu Xiyue listened to the system's factual report while chatting with Shao Suqiu.

Mother and daughter tacitly avoided mentioning why Chu Xiyue had run away from home. Shao Suqiu asked how she had been doing lately, and Chu Xiyue picked out a few amusing things that had happened recently to tell her.

Before long, their conversation naturally turned to the variety show Chu Xiyue was filming.

Lowering her voice, Shao Suqiu asked, "Sweetheart, after the livestream ended that day, did Chen Yi and Jiang Beinian get into a fight?"

Chu Xiyue glanced at Shao Suqiu. One look was all it took—they were both livestream-following gossip hounds.

"They didn't fight, but Chen Yi..." Excitedly, Chu Xiyue recounted everything that had happened that day to Shao Suqiu.

"Oh my God, I never thought he was that kind of person."

"The woman divorced him? What happened after that?" Shao Suqiu's expression shifted along with Chu Xiyue's narration. Even when Chu Lingyun returned from work that evening, mother and daughter were still not quite satisfied.

"What are you two whispering about?" When Father Chu came home, instead of receiving his wife's meticulous care, he was greeted by the cold backs of his wife's and daughter's heads.

Chu Xiyue turned around and winked at Chu Lingyun. "It's a secret between Mom and me. We're not telling you."

She looked behind Father Chu. "Where's Second Brother?"

Shao Suqiu had two sons and a daughter. Her eldest son, Chu Chengyun, and second son, Chu Chenghao, were fraternal twins. Chu Chengyun was currently working in Sea City, while Chu Chenghao worked at the family company.

"Little Sis!" Chu Chenghao's voice sounded from behind Father Chu. His voice arrived before he did. A moment later, a tall, upright young man with open features walked in from outside the courtyard.

Chu Lingyun and Shao Suqiu were both good-looking, and their two sons and daughter had surpassed them both. Compared with Eldest Brother's imposing appearance, Second Brother Chu Chenghao looked brighter and more cheerful. But that habitual smile at the corners of his mouth made him seem more like a qualified—unscrupulous businessman!

"Second Brother!" Chu Xiyue waved at him. Though she had not returned to the Chu Family home for the past half month, she was no stranger to Chu Chenghao. Both Chu brothers had a habit of transferring money at the slightest disagreement, and half the funds in Chu Xiyue's little treasury came from her second brother's gifts.

As long as you gave her money, you were the closest siblings in the world!

They caught up for a while, while Shao Suqiu went into the kitchen and personally made Chu Xiyue a table full of dishes.

Shao Suqiu's cooking really was beyond praise. It was so delicious that Chu Xiyue nearly cried!

Meanwhile, at the Ji Family home, Mrs. Ji returned in a daze. She stayed in her room for the entire afternoon and did not come out until dinner.

Ji Peng had already gotten off work and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. The servants brought dish after dish to the dining table.

Father Ji had social engagements and rarely came home for dinner. Mo Xiang was more like a transparent presence in the household, with little sense of existence.

The Ji Family's dinners were lavish every night, but Mrs. Ji could barely taste her food. She looked at Ji Peng several times, hesitating to speak, before finally asking, "Peng'er, has your physical examination report come out this year?"

Ji Peng paused as he picked up food, then calmly asked in return, "I don't know either. What is it, Mom?"

"It's nothing. I was just asking." Mrs. Ji took two bites of food, then thought for a moment and asked again, "When are you and Mo Xiang planning to have children?"

"Mom." Ji Peng put down his chopsticks and glanced at Mo Xiang. Mo Xiang lowered her head, avoiding his gaze. Ji Peng continued, "How many times have I told you? Mo Xiang and I are still young. There's no rush for children. Maybe we don't have any yet because the timing isn't right. Mo Xiang and I will keep trying."

"Oh, all right." Mrs. Ji had heard similar words hundreds of times. Before, she had never noticed anything and would simply turn around and urge Mo Xiang. But perhaps it was psychological today—she felt that Ji Peng's every word carried a hint of guilt.

She looked at Ji Peng. Sensing Mrs. Ji's gaze, Ji Peng used the serving chopsticks to place a piece of beef in her bowl. "Mom, eat up."

Mrs. Ji looked at the beef, and her heart went cold. Her son was only this attentive when he felt guilty.

It seemed the problem really was with her son!

No, she had to find an excuse to make Ji Peng get examined again, to see whether there was any hope of treatment.

That night, everyone else in the Ji Family had gone to sleep, but Ji Peng and Father Ji were still awake in the study.

"Dad," Ji Peng said nervously, "Mom asked me for my examination report tonight. Did she find out something?"

Ji Peng had inherited his biological mother's blood type, A. Father Ji was type O, while Mrs. Ji was type B.

Mrs. Ji had never cared about such things before. As long as everyone was healthy, that was enough, and she had never even looked at the reports. Yet tonight, for the first time ever, she had asked to see his examination report. Ji Peng could not help suspecting that Mrs. Ji had discovered something.

The Big Scoop at the Cocktail Party

The Ji Family and the Chu Family lived in the same hillside villa district, only five or six minutes apart. Chu Xiyue watched a drama while listening to the system's live report on the Ji Family.

[Ji Peng thinks Mrs. Ji has begun to suspect his parentage and is contacting a doctor to alter his blood type report.]

[Mrs. Ji suspects that Ji Peng is infertile. She is so worried that she cannot sleep and is searching online for related cases.]

As the saying went, diagnosing yourself online meant starting with cancer. The more Mrs. Ji searched, the less she could sleep.

[Mo Xiang carefully placed the flower you gave her in a vase and set it on her bedside table. Host, she treasures the flower you gave her so much—could it be...]

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