You shouldn't be running around at a time like this

Fu Yunxi looked at the phone propped on the table, his brows drawn tight.

"Turn off the livestream. Let's have a proper talk."

"Here we go again. You just have to make me see things your way, huh?"

"No matter what, she's my mother. She's your elder. How could you speak to her so disrespectfully?"

Xie Lin's smile vanished in an instant.

"Oh, so when your whole family gangs up on me, I'm supposed to just take it? If Fu Yingying loses her baby, will that be my fault too?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The baby's fine."

"Who knows?"

Xie Lin leaned back, looking languid.

"Maybe she'll lose it in a few days and pin that on me too. Passing the buck is an inborn talent for everyone in your Fu family."

Fu Yunxi opened his mouth, his face flushing crimson, then turned and left with a cold snort.

Xie Lin stretched, smiling innocently at the camera.

"That's all for now, folks. Young Master Fu cares too much about his image, so we didn't catch anything fun. See you next time!"

After ending the livestream, Xie Lin bundled himself up and headed out with his suitcase.

The phone in his pocket kept vibrating with related Weibo notifications.

#Xie Lin tears into the Fu family live#

#Fu's mother faints from anger#

#Incest in the Fu family#

The three trending hashtags shot up the rankings. Xie Lin's lips curled upward, and he grinned and chuckled.

He had just gotten into a taxi when a friend request arrived on WeChat-

Liang Xiaonan, Huikang Hospital.

Xie Lin froze for a moment.

Huikang Hospital-the one he had stayed in after being kidnapped!

When he was discharged, he had even run into Fu Yunxi accompanying Fu Yingying to a prenatal checkup.

He accepted, and a voice call popped up immediately.

"Xie Lin, I'm your fan! Oh my god, I actually added you! Aaaaaah!"

...That had been rash.

Xie Lin held the phone a mile away and pursed his lips helplessly.

"Right. I'm a little busy now, so how about later-"

"Ahem, sorry. I got too excited."

The caller forced down her excitement and lowered her voice.

"I'm actually an obstetrician at Huikang Hospital, and I also happen to be the doctor overseeing Fu Yingying's prenatal care..."

Xie Lin immediately sat up straight, his eyes lighting up.

"She lost the baby?"

"No, but... Could we meet? It's inconvenient to discuss this over the phone."

After hanging up, Liang Xiaonan sent him an address.

Xie Lin immediately told the driver to turn around and hurried over.

Liang Xiaonan sat in a corner of the café, looking anxiously out the window.

When Xie Lin pushed open the door and entered, she waved frantically.

"Sorry, I'll be keeping my hat and mask on."

"No problem, no problem. Oh my god, your eyes are so beautiful!"

Xie Lin's eyes curved in a smile.

"Thank you!"

Liang Xiaonan quickly took a deep breath and cleared her throat.

"As doctors, we're not supposed to disclose patients' private information, but the Fu family is just too disgusting..."

She leaned forward and lowered her voice further.

"There are problems with Fu Yingying's pregnancy. When it was first confirmed, I recommended terminating it, recovering her health, and then conceiving a healthy baby."

"But she refused no matter what. Not only did she ask me to keep it secret, she also asked me to prescribe high doses of medication to maintain the pregnancy..."

Xie Lin raised an eyebrow.

"The baby can't be saved?"

"Nothing can save it."

Liang Xiaonan shook her head.

"With these medications, she can keep the fetus for three months at the absolute most. They'll also do considerable damage to her body."

"I didn't think much of it at first. I just thought her maternal feelings were overwhelming and she couldn't bear to terminate it. But after watching your livestream today..."

"Although I shouldn't assume such ill intent of a patient, she's clearly planning something else. Be careful."

Xie Lin fell silent for a moment.

"Thank you!"

"Oh, don't mention it. I only decided to help because the Fu family is so awful."

Xie Lin's lips curved up slightly.

"Really, this information is extremely important to me."

After leaving the café and getting into the car, Xie Lin stared out the window in thought, uncertain what Fu Yingying was planning.

It was almost noon when he returned to Snow Hall.

Wearing his prosthetic limb, Wen Xubai was tending the flower beds.

Xie Yanqiu sat distractedly on the swing, looking at him one moment and staring toward the gate the next.

When he saw Xie Lin push open the gate and enter, his eyes lit up.

"Taotao's back!"

"Grandpa, I'm back. How are you feeling?"

"Much better. The doctor said I just need to rest."

Xie Lin ran over, feeling a little guilty.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry."

"Haha!"

Xie Yanqiu patted his shoulder firmly.

"I was worried before, but after seeing how you handled yourself on the variety show, your Elder Great-Grandfather and I were both reassured."

"That's right. Before you returned to the country, your grandpa hardly slept properly. These past two days, we haven't been able to wake him no matter what."

"Our Taotao finally stood up for himself. Crush that Fu bastard!"

Wen Xubai stretched out his long arms and gathered both Xie Yanqiu and Xie Lin into his embrace, then patted his partner's back soothingly.

"Don't get worked up. Have you forgotten what the doctor said?"

Uncle Nian, the butler, immediately stepped forward and wheeled the suitcase inside, his smile deepening the wrinkles on his face.

"You'll be able to stay a good while this time, won't you?"

"Yes. The second season goes live in two weeks."

Xie Yanqiu opened his mouth as if to say something, then closed it again.

"What is it, Grandpa? Just say whatever's on your mind!"

"What's going on between you and Lu Ye?"

Xie Lin smiled awkwardly.

He recounted how he had been kidnapped and then taken to the hospital by Lu Ye.

"Our pheromone compatibility is 93."

Wen Xubai's jaw dropped in shock.

"93? That high? Your grandpa and I are only 56, and we're already extremely compatible!"

"That's right. It's practically unheard of. No wonder he likes you so much!"

Xie Lin waved a hand.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him. Let's eat. I'm starving!"

"All right, all right, let's eat. Uncle Nian-"

"Everything's ready. We were just waiting for the young master to come home!"

The family of three headed to the dining room in warm harmony.

Xie Lin spent five happy days at Snow Hall.

On the sixth day, he woke up with a splitting headache.

Wen Xubai moved into the detached wooden cabin in a corner of Snow Hall.

Xie Yanqiu and Uncle Nian stayed to look after him.

Just then, his phone screen suddenly lit up.

"You'd better have a reason for calling!"

"Actually..."

Lu Ye struggled to get that one word out, but no matter what, he couldn't say the rest.

"Tsk!"

Xie Lin already felt awful, and during this period, his patience was utterly exhausted.

"Spit it out or I'm hanging up."

"Don't hang up! I mean, we could actually do what we did before..."

At the end, he cautiously added a few more words.

"What do you think?"

Xie Lin pinched the bridge of his nose and fell silent for several seconds.

Lu Ye swallowed, feeling as though those few seconds were as agonizing as a public execution.

"Well... all right!"

He let out a long sigh, his voice dejected.

"In that case, just pretend I never..."

Then he broke off, finally registering what Xie Lin had said.

His voice abruptly rose, and a clatter came through the phone, as though he had knocked something over.

"What? You agreed?"

Lu Ye had only made the suggestion tentatively and hadn't expected him to agree at all.

Now, he was so excited he could barely speak coherently.

"Then wait at home. I'll have someone... Oh, no, I'll come pick you up myself."

"Pick me up, my ass. Just come over!"

"Okay, okay, okay. Whatever you say! Whatever you say!"

Lu Ye sprang up and raised a trembling hand to point at Qin Zheng and Zhan Ying.

Both men instinctively straightened and snapped to attention, their expressions exceptionally solemn.

"Boss!" "Sir!"

"What are your orders?"

"Hurry!"

Lu Ye spun in place several times like a headless chicken.

"Take me to the Xie Family!"

Zhan Ying froze, then immediately erupted.

"What are you going to his place for? You shouldn't be running around at a time like this."

"Heh. What for?"

Lu Ye grinned smugly.

"You're single. You wouldn't understand even if I told you!"