"Alright, since you say so, let’s consider the matter of the past settled. From now on, you owe me nothing, and I owe you nothing. We have no further entanglements!"
After saying this, he turned around and left.
Zhan Bo watched from behind, quite astonished...
What’s going on? Does he know this woman?
"Chengzhi! Ji Chengzhi, wait for me!"
The woman left in the detention room watched his retreating figure and suddenly laughed on her strangely thin face—dry and cold, resembling the desolate scenery outside...
After all, they never had any ties, did they?
In the end, Ou Mucen still took Ye Ning and the child to his apartment to live, not letting them return to Blue Mountain Villa, not for any other reason but to protect her from Bai Tingfang’s bullying and to ensure she wouldn’t suffer the slightest grievance in that villa.
After returning to the apartment, perhaps due to something Lin Yebai had given her, Ye Ning became very sleepy. Sometimes she would sleep for most of the day, and when she did wake up, she wouldn’t stay awake for long—about two hours at most—before she would start falling into a deep sleep again.
Initially worried about this, Ou Mucen later realized that after such heavy sleep, when he took out and cleaned the thin things inside her eyes, the strong green color wasn’t as intense. He understood then.
This was probably her way of recovering. If she had woken up early, now she seemed to be using something like hibernation to heal.
So he stopped worrying, and after hiring someone full-time to take care of her, he started going to the office for work.
But the old master, upon hearing that this family of three wasn’t staying at Blue Mountain Villa but had gone to his apartment instead, became somewhat displeased. So, three days after they returned, he drove over by himself to check on them.
"Dad, why have you come?"
Ou Mucen had come back early because he’d received prior notice of the visit.
Standing at the door, the old man saw that his stubborn son didn’t seem to have any remorse but was instead asking him why he had come. He became angry and tapped his cane, "What? Am I not welcome?"
"No, no, that’s not it. I was just worried because of your age," Ou Mucen quickly explained, helping him into the house.
It was then that the old man’s temper somewhat cooled...
Once inside and seeing that neither the child nor the woman was in the living room and only an aunt busy in the kitchen, the silence felt stark as not a soul was in sight; he became puzzled, "Where are they?"
"You mean Xiaobao and Ningning?"
"Ying Hao has gone to pick up Xiaobao, they should be back soon, and Ningning is sleeping."
The old man had heard some about his daughter-in-law’s state since her return, so when he heard she was still sleeping at this time, he walked over and sat down on the couch, "Is she alright? I’ve heard that ever since she came back, her health hasn’t been great, always wanting to sleep."
Ou Mucen responded indifferently, "Hmm, there’s no need to worry. She’ll be alright after some recuperation. This time it’s because of the side effects of the injection. Chengzhi said it’s fine as long as she slowly recovers through medication."
He didn’t tell him the truth, and incidentally, he dragged Ji Chengzhi into it.
Relieved by his words, the old man heaved a sigh of relief!
As long as nothing was amiss, it was all good...
After sitting in the living room for a while, it wasn’t long before the sound of a child with short little legs running outside could be heard, and the old man looked up from the sofa just in time to see a chubby Little Baozi appearing, "Grandpa, you’re here!"