As soon as she got home, Bi Xiaoyuan pounced on her. Bi Xia smiled as she picked up Bi Xiaoyuan, giving his little butt a small bounce. Listening to his giggles, her previously gloomy mood lightened significantly.
"You’re back?" Xia Shi came out from the kitchen, smiling at Bi Xia. "Go upstairs and freshen up, dinner will be ready soon."
"Why are you back so early?" Bi Xia asked curiously.
Bi Xiaoyuan covered his mouth, snickering. "Mom heard you were coming home, so she rushed back to make you something delicious."
"Oh?" Bi Xia blinked her eyes. Suddenly, she noticed Xia Shi’s evasive gaze and asked, "Mom, what are you looking for?"
Seeing that Bi Xia had caught on, Xia Shi made no further effort to hide. Still holding the vegetables she had been chopping, she circled Bi Xia and went to the door, looking around like a radar, leaving Bi Xia puzzled.
Finally, Xia Shi returned to Bi Xia’s side, narrowed her eyes seriously, and said, "Where’s my dear son-in-law?"
"Huh?"
"My son-in-law!" Xia Shi glared at her. "Weren’t you in Beijing looking for him? Where is he? Didn’t he come back with you?"
Bi Xia: ... Since when is the news so well-informed...
"How did you know?" Bi Xia scratched her head.
Xia Shi mimicked Bi Xiaoyuan’s earlier move, covering her mouth and snickering. "Mr. Qin called me. He said you just got back from Beijing and asked if you were home yet. He said he couldn’t reach you on the phone."
Bi Xia paused. Phone not reachable?
She quickly pulled out her phone from her pocket, only to find the screen completely black. No matter how she pressed, it wouldn’t turn on. She clicked her tongue lightly, "Out of battery."
She waved the phone at Xia Shi, "I’ll go charge it and message your son-in-law back."
"Wait!" Xia Shi gave Bi Xia a sidelong glance, suddenly pushed Bi Xiaoyuan away, who had been clinging onto Bi Xia, "Go, go, play on your own."
Bi Xiaoyuan: (⊙o⊙)... Since when did I fall out of favor...
Watching the unwilling Bi Xiaoyuan head upstairs, Xia Shi’s previously serious face turned into a suggestive one. She smiled mischievously, "Did you two..."
"What?" Bi Xia tilted her head.
"Oh my!" Xia Shi embarrassedly slapped Bi Xia, "You know... clapping."
"Clapping?" Bi Xia frowned, "What the hell?"
"Bi Xiaoxia!" Xia Shi looked at Bi Xia seriously, suddenly with an embarrassed expression, clapped her hands together, and started clapping.
Clap clap clap...
Clap clap clap...
...
Bi Xia: ...
Understanding at once, Bi Xia glared at Xia Shi, "Mom! How could you! You’re corrupting the kids!"
Xia Shi ’hmph’ed, "How am I corrupting the kids? I’m teaching you early biology! And also, you’re still young, you can’t let that Qin Zhan kid take advantage of you, got it?"
"If he tries anything..." Xia Shi waved the vegetable knife in her hand, a wicked grin on her face.
Bi Xia: ...
Seeing Xia Shi saying such serious things with such a malicious expression, Bi Xia felt utterly defeated. She chuckled dryly, "Good thing you know I’m still young."
"And don’t worry," remembering what happened in Beijing, Bi Xia ruffled her bangs in frustration, "Even if we wanted something to happen, it couldn’t. I got my period as soon as I got there."
Xia Shi: ... Speechless...
Watching her daughter head upstairs with her backpack, Xia Shi swallowed and looked at the vegetable knife in her hand, then suddenly laughed gloatingly, "Oh no, I suddenly feel sorry for our Mr. Qin."
Xia Xia is so young, if he wants to eat meat, he’ll have to wait at least two more years. Oh ho ho ho~~~~
At the doorway of her room, hearing Xia Shi’s laughter, Bi Xia couldn’t help but shiver. She looked expressionlessly at the top of the stairs, then down at Bi Xiaoyuan waiting at her door, and asked, "Did our mom get possessed?"
Bi Xiaoyuan also looked up expressionlessly, calmly responding, "Nope, she just has a fit every three days, you’ll get used to it."
Bi Xia: "... Oh."