Inside the villa, Chu Mengyao and her sister are having breakfast with Ye Fan.
After a night’s rest, Mengyao’s ankle is better, no longer hurts, and the swelling has gone down, looking just like it never got injured.
None of the three mentioned the incident in the bathroom last night.
However, Mengyao recalled Ye Fan’s intense gaze at her, feeling both pleased and shy, with a touch of teasing.
"I heard that yesterday someone almost got sponsored by a rich housewife while shopping with Ye Juanjuan at the mall. Someone really has a lot of charm, walking in the mall and having a housewife approach with the idea of sponsorship." Chu Biyao sipped her milk, smacking her lips, as she glanced back and forth at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan had already reported everything to the two sisters. They were going to tease Ye Fan about it last night, but then Mengyao hurt her foot, so the incident was held back until now, bringing it up again at the breakfast table.
"Cough cough!" Mengyao choked, coughing violently, and burst into laughter at the thought of Ye Fan’s possibly frustrated expression from that scenario, which made her choke.
"Sis, if you want to laugh, just laugh and enjoy it, careful not to choke yourself sick." Chu Biyao teased energetically from the side.
Mengyao drank some water, patted her chest a few times, and rubbed her throat, feeling a lot better.
Ye Fan’s face was covered in black lines, thinking, "That someone is clearly me," he muttered softly, "This sister, why does she tell you everything? Can’t she help keep such embarrassing things under wraps?"
"Keep it a secret? Why hide it?" Chu Biyao retorted naturally, clicking her tongue in wonder, "This proves my dear Fanfan’s charm is so great that even just wandering around attracts housewives who can’t resist their loneliness, drawn to you. Be more restrained when going out in the future, don’t throw flirting glances at random women, I don’t believe it; if you hadn’t seduced that housewife, would she actively come to sponsor you?"
"Flirting glances? Can you filter your words through your brain before speaking, am I really that unbearable?" Ye Fan felt quite wronged.
What are they painting him out to be? He’s the one being wrongly accused, clearly the most undeservedly hurt person here, yet somehow still blamed.
"Sis, do you believe his nonsense?" Chu Biyao winked at her sister, wanting to team up to embarrass Ye Fan.
"Sister, don’t use such matters to trouble Ye Fan in the future; you know what kind of person he is." Mengyao chuckled.
"Oh my dear sister, can’t you cooperate a little and let Fanfan be embarrassed for last night’s revenge of seeing everything?" Chu Biyao said, veering the topic back to last night.
"Don’t bring it up again." Mengyao warned.
"Exactly." Ye Fan echoed in agreement.
"You two are like wearing the same pants. How am I supposed to feel, this isn’t fun at all." Chu Biyao commented sourly, "Seeing everything doesn’t bother you, Sis, you’re truly generous."
Mengyao ignored her sister, leaving her unmotivated to continue teasing, so she directed her interest back to Ye Fan, "I really want to see what your expression was like when being tangled with by the housewife."
"I want to see too, but no need to imagine, it must have been especially entertaining." Chu Biyao chuckled, "When things settle down, I’ll inform Zhang Lu; we could absolutely get the mall’s surveillance footage and study it carefully. Ye Juanjuan said that Fanfan was furious at the time, kicking the housewife so hard her period came early."
"Even if you fabricate it, don’t exaggerate so much, okay?" Ye Fan glanced at Biyao with frustration, then looked at Mengyao helplessly, "You don’t want to see my magnificent image, just my embarrassing one?"
"Your tall and mighty demeanor is nothing new. Compared to a glorious image, I’d very much like to see you in a state of embarrassment." Mengyao gazed at Ye Fan, speaking earnestly.
"I’m defeated by you." Ye Fan sighed.
Chu Biyao timely chimed in, "Fanfan, I wasn’t exaggerating at all. Ye Juanjuan mentioned you kicked the housewife’s physiological cycle into chaos, leading to her period arriving prematurely."
She was making it up, bringing Ye Juanjuan into the story, persistently claiming she was innocent.
"I really suspect your mind is filled with who knows what, constantly thinking of absurd things. Is it interesting for you?" Ye Fan said, feeling frustrated.
"Fanfan, you’re bad. I already said, I heard it from Juanjuan, yet you refuse to believe me and doubt my intentions. You’re indirectly talking about Juanjuan, be careful about her ignoring you as a bad brother after I tell her." Chu Biyao cried out with innocent wide eyes.
"..." Ye Fan covered his face, feeling a headache, "Girl, can we still have a happy breakfast together?"
"Yes, why not?" Chu Biyao responded eagerly, content with Ye Fan’s concession.
Mengyao whispered, "I heard from Juanjuan that at a class reunion, many unpleasant things happened, which is good for Juanjuan, making her recognize some true faces, benefiting her growth."
"True, Ye Juanjuan got transferred to the company headquarters; those people who aren’t closely related and don’t frequently connect would rush to reminisce upon seeing Juanjuan doing well, also bearing ill intentions. It’s definitely not bad for Juanjuan to become aware of those unreliable classmates’ thoughts early on." Ye Fan entirely agreed with Mengyao’s words.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Xu Qianqian rang the doorbell; her arrival wasn’t blocked by anyone.
Regarding the sisters’ relatives, Han Bihong’s ten women have all the information, and Xu Hu’s situation needs no further mention.
Xu Qianqian is the daughter of their mother Xu Li’s brother.
"Who is it, disturbing our breakfast in the early morning, have they no morals?" Chu Biyao grumbled as she went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Xu Qianqian had a face ready for crying, looking very distressed, "Boohoo, second cousin, I was bullied, nearly got involved with a group of thugs, second cousin, I feel hurt."
Saying that, Xu Qianqian opened her arms, heading to hug Chu Biyao.
Despite acting brave before Qiu Wen, deep down she was still very scared, nearly getting bullied by thugs was an event with dire unforeseen consequences if it happened. Fortunately, she narrowly escaped the bad situation.
At the moment, upon seeing family, Xu Qianqian couldn’t keep her strength, genuinely prepared to have a cathartic cry.
"Isn’t this my dear Qianqian? Who dares to bully you, second cousin will back you up, don’t cry, be good, don’t cry." Chu Biyao comforted lovingly, feeling distressed.