The Twisted Pair

Ye Shuang didn't stay overnight. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but rather that Chen's Mother didn't allow him to share a room with Chen Qin.

The reason was quite simple.

"I trust you, Shuangzai, but I don't trust my own daughter," Chen's Mother said. "You two can't sleep in the same room until the baby is born."

Ignoring her daughter's wails, Chen's Mother finally forced Chen Qin to stay at home.

It seemed that it would be difficult to leave the estate.

"Mom, even if we don't sleep in the same room, there are plenty of rooms next door," Chen Qin retorted.

"Who knows if you'll run over there in the middle of the night."

"I..." Chen Qin seemed to lack confidence. In fact, she thought that even if they didn't have sex, she could do other things for Ye. However, her mother's decision put an end to her thoughts.

Seeing Chen Qin looking so aggrieved, Ye Shuang found it a bit funny.

She had been so eager to have a child before.

Now she looked like she was in prison.

However, since Chen's Mother had said so, Ye Shuang naturally wouldn't force himself to stay. Moreover, the company was quite far from here. Although it didn't matter whether Ye Shuang was late or not, he didn't like the feeling of being unpunctual, especially as a leader.

Before leaving, Chen's Mother stuffed a bucket of peanut oil into his hands, saying that it was pressed in the countryside and definitely very fragrant.

In Guangdong, such a gift was much better than some fancy-looking things.

Driving the car, Ye Shuang held the steering wheel and used the car lights to push aside the night like a tide as he headed straight home.

...

Around nine o'clock, Ye Shuang returned home. After sending a message to Chen Qin to let her know he was safe, he was just changing his shoes in the entrance when he noticed that there seemed to be a guest in the house - a pair of slightly unfamiliar high heels were placed on the shoe rack in the entrance.

Ye Shuang glanced inside and, as expected, saw a figure. He greeted,

"Aunt Xian."

"Shuangzai, you're back?" The person sitting inside was, of course, Aunt Xian. It seemed that she was talking to Bai Yuyou about something. When she saw Ye Shuang coming back, Yuyou got up and trotted over.

"Ye Shuang."

Like a soft doll crashing into his arms, Bai Yuyou directly hugged Ye Shuang and tightly wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Um..." Ye Shuang gently stroked the back of Bai Yuyou's head. When he noticed Aunt Xian's gaze, he awkwardly coughed lightly and then pulled Yuyou away. He asked Aunt Xian,

"Aunt Xian, are you taking a break? I remember you're always flying around for concerts."

"I have to come and see my daughter anyway," Aunt Xian said and then asked,

"Did you go to Uncle Chen's place?"

"Yes." At this time, Ye Shuang had also come to the living room. Bai Yuyou behind him was like a shadow, following closely beside him.

First, he looked around and then asked, "Where are Yezi and Keke?"

"They're taking a bath upstairs," Bai Yuyou replied.

"It's so late and they still haven't taken a bath." However, Ye Shuang didn't ask further. Instead, he noticed that Aunt Xian had been looking at him, so he sat down on the sofa and said,

"Aunt Xian, did you just get off the plane?"

"No, I came here around six o'clock," Aunt Xian said and then looked at Ye Shuang. She seemed to want to ask something but finally asked indirectly,

"Is your Uncle Chen... did he go there?"

The so - called "there" naturally referred to the Zhou family. Aunt Xian probably hadn't been back there for a long time. After all, they were once husband and wife, and Aunt Xian might also want to know the situation there.

"Yes, Aunt Xian, you should know about Madam Jinsha, right?"

A simple sentence made Aunt Xian's expression change subtly.

Ye Shuang noticed Bai Yuyou beside him. After thinking for a while, he finally continued, "I suspect that Madam Jinsha is the mastermind behind Yuyou's abduction..."

"..." Aunt Xian took a deep breath and then let out a sigh.

"Actually, I've also had such a suspicion, but there's no evidence."

Their conversation also caught Bai Yuyou's attention. Perhaps hearing about the abduction, Bai Yuyou's eyes flickered slightly at this moment, as if she was recalling some bad memories.

But the next second, Ye Shuang's warm palm covered the back of her hand. The warmth seemed to dispel the shadow in the young girl's heart.

"Yuyou is grown up now. There's no need to hide these things," Ye Shuang gently squeezed Bai Yuyou's little hand and shook his head with a smile.

Hearing this, Bai Yuyou moved closer to Ye Shuang.

"The situation is more complicated than we thought. At least, we can't find the person," Ye Shuang continued. If the person was abroad, they couldn't arrest her at all, and without direct evidence, they couldn't carry out a cross - border pursuit for the crime of abduction.

"Sigh."

At this time, Aunt Xian also let out a sigh. "Look forward. At least... everything seems okay."

"..." Ye Shuang paused and was silent for a moment. After a while, he spoke up, "Aunt Xian, there's something about Alice. I don't know if you're aware of it."

The matter of Alice was undoubtedly a sensitive one. Aunt Xian regarded her as her own daughter and had almost given all the love she owed to Bai Yuyou to Alice.

But precisely because of this, when she finally learned that Alice was Uncle Zhou's daughter, the backlash was so strong that Aunt Xian couldn't even forgive herself, let alone face Alice.

"Alice was born through surrogacy. We don't even know if she's Madam Jinsha's biological child, and Uncle Zhou never had that kind of relationship with her," Ye Shuang said.

Ye Shuang's words left Aunt Xian a bit stunned. Perhaps the huge amount of information was too much for her to digest in a short time.

After her expression changed for a while, she looked at him suspiciously.

"Where did you get this information?"

"Uncle Zhou told me," Ye Shuang replied. In response, he received Aunt Xian's cold smile and a disdainful snort.

Ye Shuang knew that Aunt Xian didn't believe him, so he brought up Uncle Chen.

"Uncle Chen asked about it. Aunt Xian, you can rest assured. Uncle Zhou was in trouble at that time, and it's almost impossible for him to lie to Uncle Chen."

Aunt Xian stopped smiling coldly and gradually calmed down.

Perhaps she was thinking about what had happened. At this time, Aunt Xian remained silent.

"After all, Alice is just a child. She's not at fault," Ye Shuang said softly. "She also cares about you very much..."

Ye Shuang always wanted to mend the relationship between Alice and Aunt Xian. Clearly, they both cared about each other, but they seemed to be separated by an invisible wall.

If Aunt Xian was willing to take the initiative to speak up, then Alice's stubborn nature could actually be quickly alleviated.

Even though they didn't have a blood relationship, they had truly lived as mother and daughter for many years.

"Do you want me to forgive him?" Aunt Xian asked.

"No, Uncle Zhou definitely did something wrong, and it's up to you to decide whether to forgive him or not. But as for Alice..." Ye Shuang didn't finish his sentence.

He hoped that what he had just said could lessen Aunt Xian's resistance.

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