Ye Cheng listened to her words and understood everything. In his wife’s heart, the baby would always come first, and as for himself, he still didn’t know whether he even had a place in her heart.
"You," Ye Cheng said, biting gently on Xiaofeng’s nose tip, "can’t you say something nice for me to hear, even if it’s just lip service?"
She always had to draw such clear lines between them.
Xiaofeng looked up, and their lips met in a response.
After a while, Xiaofeng softly answered, "So, what’s your decision?"
"I am a married man, of course, I can’t marry again," Ye Cheng said, his breathing a bit heavy. "You might be right about one thing, old man Xu is not tender-hearted."
"I think he must know about my existence, otherwise you wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to bring me over."
"I have no evidence to prove he knows about you, but he knows I used to live with grandfather in Xijiang County. If he wanted to check, he could find out about you." His last sickness was also due to an assassination sent by old man Xu, which nearly succeeded.
That, along with the great fire during Xiaofeng’s childbirth, made one have to be cautious.
"You haven’t fought back up to now, allowing the Xu Family to direct the development of the situation, also because of me, right?" Xiaofeng’s face held a hidden seductiveness as she looked at Ye Cheng, who felt his soul nearly being captured with one glance.
"If I said yes, would you be moved?"
"Don’t try to brew me a love potion, we’re not children, we both have our own responsibilities and beliefs. In this matter, you might consider my feelings, but what you probably care about most is the interests of the Gu Family." If women are easily blinded by love, men’s minds are definitely clearer.
Men always know clearly what they want.
"Wild guess," Ye Cheng said, his smile somewhat bitter.
When the two of them came downstairs, it was already an hour later. Of course, the adults wouldn’t be curious about what the couple was doing upstairs, but Xiaonian, the curious baby, was a different story.
"Sis, you finally came down from upstairs, so, did my brother Ye explain his affair with that woman to you?"
"I believe he will handle it properly." Xiaofeng’s face was still slightly red, luckily Xiaonian was oblivious in this regard and didn’t notice.
"Look at these two children, don’t they look just like Acheng?" Yan Junmei held the older twin with love, while Chu Qing held the younger one; the two sat together, looking back and forth, delighted beyond words.
"I’ll tell you, I was the first one to hold them," Chu Qing said, still proud of this fact.
"That’s just luck," Yan Junmei replied.
"Indeed, it’s good luck, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to pick up a daughter for free."
"Just show off, are you bullying me because I don’t have a daughter?" Yan Junmei and Chu Qing had a good relationship.
"You didn’t have a daughter in the first place."
"I have a daughter-in-law, and my daughter-in-law is your daughter."
"Alright, you’re the best, you are the boss," Chu Qing said cheerfully.
Old man Xu naturally heard something about the Quan Family adopting a foster daughter.
"Men Chao, the Quan Family has taken in a new foster daughter. Have you found out the background of this woman?"
Since the Quan Family was close to the Gu Family, he, of course, couldn’t overlook their movements.
Men Chao stood emotionless behind old man Xu: "Legally speaking, the Quan Family’s foster daughter is the wife of Young Master Gu."
Old man Xu was shocked and turned around in disbelief to look at Men Chao: "Say that again."
"I have already sent someone to investigate, the woman comes from Xijiang County, she has boy and girl twins, and she registered for marriage with Young Master Gu in Xijiang County."
"Ridiculous," old man Xu suddenly erupted, "how could such an important matter come to my knowledge only now?" The other party and Yecheng even have children together, this must have been going on for a long time.
With Men Chao’s abilities, it certainly wouldn’t have taken until now to find out.
Men Chao’s expression didn’t change, his tone as usual: "I just found out about it as well."
"Gu Yecheng marrying a country girl, this is interesting," old man Xu’s face darkened at the thought, "Are those children definitely Yecheng’s?"
"It’s not clear at the moment, I am still investigating."
"You must find out for sure," old man Xu laughed heartily at the thought: "Initially, I thought Yecheng was someone who acted with integrity, now it seems he’s just another one swayed by wine and women. With his status, marrying such a woman, what other use could it have but to lower his standing."
"The Gu Family has not taken a stance regarding the young miss incident, indicating that they are still concerned about Young Master Gu’s health issues."