rily. She was doing it all for him! His wounds hadn't fully healed yet, and if he went back now and his injuries worsened, what would they do Nan Lichuan and An Xiaonuan were helpless against Ye Mingj...“You find it strange because you weren't in our house. The two of them had some things happen before, so Uncle is a bit stricter with them. This time, walking with you seems to be harmless, but in his mind, no one is safe in this environment. Ziyue and Zirui first lied, then followed someone else, both are big deals in our eyes.”

Ru Qingchen watched Ye Mingjue lead the two children upstairs, a strange feeling welling up in her eyes, perhaps envy.

Then, he heard An Xiaonuan say in a tiny voice: "It's because I love too much and am too afraid of losing it, so I have to be so guarded."

Ye Mingjue left the two children to contemplate in their room and walked into the living room, where he saw Ruan Qingchen staring at him with an expression of wanting to speak but holding back.

"Is something the matter" he asked Ruan Qingchen, his eyes fixed on him.

Ruan Qingchen hesitated for a few seconds, and finally asked the question that had been troubling her: "Do you know where Liu Jing is now"

Since that phone call, he has never sent any quiet messages again.

She vanished from his world without a word, as if she had never been there at all.

"No, we didn't get anything useful from her before. She was rescued as soon as we turned around." Ye Mingjue stated truthfully.

This answer completely shattered the glimmer of hope that had just begun to rise in Ruan Qingchen's heart.

At this time, Jinxuan walked out of the kitchen and said, "You guys clean up first, dinner will be ready soon."

An Xiaonuan was reminded and felt a little hungry. She hurriedly got up and said, "Okay, I'll be right there."

After a few minutes, An Xiaonuan sat at the dining table and praised these dishes endlessly.

"Goodness, this chicken soup is so flavorful! You should have a bowl too." An Xiaonuan finished the spoonful of chicken soup and picked up the bowl to ladle a bowl for Ye Mingjue.

"Good." Ye Mingjue said as he ate the dishes An Xiaonuan had picked for him.

"How did the chef here make the dishes so delicious Does L Country even have this cuisine" An Xiaonuan looked at Ruan Qingchen and asked.

Ruan Qingchen didn't know what she was thinking, but a happy smile appeared on her face as she said, "When I first came here, I couldn't get used to the local food. I was originally going to hire a chef from Longcheng, but then I met Jingjing. This chef was recommended to me by her."

After he was done speaking, he looked at the table full of dishes and found them rather tasteless.

He really misses eating meals with Jingjing.

"I'm sorry, Qingchen, I didn't know..." An Xiaonuan looked at Ruan Qingchen's sad face and said guiltily.

"It's alright, I just tend to overthink things." Ruan Qingchen shook her head and said comfortingly.

An Xiaonuan nodded, unsure if she believed his words. The atmosphere at the table suddenly became strange, and no one spoke again after that.

Ruan Qingchen forced down two mouthfuls of rice before putting down her chopsticks and saying, "I'm full. You guys eat more. I'm going upstairs to deal with some things."

An Xiaonuan watched Ruan Qingchen's hurried figure, her mouth opened as if to persuade him to relax, but she found that she didn't have the qualifications to say those words, and couldn't bring herself to say them.

She thought, if the old man suddenly disappeared, she might be more depressed than Qingchen ge.

"He's still somewhat normal now, you guys haven't seen what he was like before. He spent his days in bars, drinking until he got a stomach ulcer and ended up in the hospital. When he woke up, the first thing he did was look for alcohol. Qingwei scolded him countless times, cried countless times... Ah..." Jinxuan sighed, looking at Ruan Qingchen's back.

An Xiaonuan had no appetite for dinner. She was worried about Ziyān and her mother's safety.

Ye Ziyu, Ye Ziru, and Mo Ziyao, the three children, saw that all the adults had solemn expressions and stopped eating. They also put down their chopsticks one after another and asked, "What happened Why aren't you eating"

An Xiaonuan patted Ye Ziyu's head who was sitting beside her and said, "You guys will be very dangerous here, are you afraid"

“We’re not afraid, aren’t we protected by Dad” Ye Zi Rui said, sitting beside Ye Ming Jue.

Ye Ziyu and Ye Ziru had always been well-behaved children. Because they were so well-behaved, they had never directly expressed their reliance on their parents. But this sentence made An Xiaonuan see their admiration for their father.

In their hearts, fathers are the ones who will bravely come to their rescue when they are in danger.

"Mommy will protect you guys too," An Xiaonuan said to Ye Ziru, who looked displeased.

Why would you only praise Uncle and not her, that's upsetting!

"But Mom and my sister are the people we have to protect!" Ye Ziru said to An Xiaonuan.

After finishing, he still looked up at Ye Mingjue and asked, “Right, Daddy”

"Yes." Ye Mingjue nodded, looking into An Xiaonuan's eyes, full of pampering.

An Xiaonuan was embarrassed by what the three of them had said and hurriedly changed the subject, saying: "The food is going to get cold, let's eat quickly."

Mo Ziyao looked at Auntie An's happy expression and turned to his mother beside him, saying: "Mom, I will protect you too."

“You should protect yourself first. What makes you think you can protect me Your rainbow farts” Jinxuan ruthlessly pierced through Mozizhao’s fantasy of a gentle mother.

Of course, good mothers are always others' !

The atmosphere at the table was livened again by this topic, and several people picked up their chopsticks once more.

And Ruan Qingchen was leaning against the door right now, faintly hearing the laughter and cheers coming from afar, a bitter feeling in his heart.

Quiet, where are you I really miss you so much...

After dinner, Ye Mingjue followed the three children into their room, apparently to discuss some important matter. While An Xiaonuan chatted with Jinxuan in the living room.

"How could you agree to bring Ziyáo here" An Xiaonuan felt that Jinyu wasn't like someone who would be so impulsive.

"Ruan Qingchen said that it's not safe there anymore, and I think so too, so I came here. Besides, Mo Qianqiu isn't home because he's busy with the training base, and I'm pretty bored staying at home by myself. So I came to play with you guys."

"You really are..." An Xiaonuan was both exasperated and amused by this fearless friend. She knew that despite what Jinxuan said, most of the reason she came back was because she was worried about their safety.

Her friends are all so great!

As the two were chatting, Ye Mingjue walked out of the three children's room with a grave expression on his face, still holding his phone in his hand.

"What's wrong Have you run into something you can't crack" An Xiaonuan thought they were in the room discussing how to find Ziyan's address., and on the way out, he made several calls to Yu Feifei. 。At this time, Yu Feifei should be off work at home. She is a very homebody and doesn't often go out at night. 。But when I called, no one answ...