Qiao Man narrowed her eyes, feeling that of the five people present, everyone except her was speaking in riddles.
Fine. She would settle accounts afterward.
Qiao Man looked at Ye Xunzhi again and smiled. "Zhizhi, did you notice anything else?"
[Does your brother getting cheated on count?]
"No."
"Come on, you're about to pick a hole in your hem."
Ye Xunzhi: "..."
She did not answer the question directly at first. Instead, she asked Qiao Liang, "Uncle, um, how old is your baby?"
Qiao Liang had been about to change the subject, but at the mention of his baby, that goofy expectant-father smile returned to his face.
"One month along already. It's my fault for being so busy this past month, always away on business trips. She probably conceived before I left."
His relationship with Lili was actually rather complicated. She always said they were just satisfying each other's needs, just bed partners. As long as they each had their own fun without interfering with the other, that was fine.
Most of the time, he only went over when Lili said she wanted to see him.
But Qiao Liang felt that since she was already pregnant, he ought to cut ties with all that messy business from before and take proper responsibility.
"..."
Ye Xunzhi no longer knew what to say. She left him with, "Wait for me."
Then she rushed downstairs without looking back.
"Hey!" Seeing her run out, Qiao Man slapped her son's arm.
"What are you standing around for? Follow her! What if a trafficker carries her off?"
"Don't worry, Mom," Ye Yunhuai said. "If she really runs into a trafficker, the trafficker will definitely be the one who dies."
Qiao Man: ?
About twenty minutes later.
Under everyone's gaze, Ye Xunzhi made a dazzling entrance in