It was already late at night, and Maple Residence was shrouded in the dark sky full of lonely stars. After dinner, Xi Xiaye bathed Mu Zirui carefully. She also helped him to change into his clean pajamas before taking him back to his room. Mu Yuchen went through all his homework with him tacitly and tucked him to bed only after he had finished his homework.

“Daddy, I don’t actually need to take a break from school. I hurt my arm, not my brain, so there’s no need to stay at home from school,” Mu Zirui pulled the blanket to cover his body and insisted to Mu Yuchen, who was also drawing his blanket over him by the bedside.

“Your professionalism is about to catch up with your mother’s already. Okay, don’t overexert yourself. Taking a few days off won’t do you any harm anyway. You see, Daddy can’t even rest even when I want to. Don’t other kids think about how can they loaf on their studies now and then?” As Mu Yuchen said so, he reached out and rubbed Mu Zirui’s little head.

“Did you often play truant and skip class when you were young, Daddy?” Mu Zirui blinked his eyes and stared at Mu Yuchen.

“Of course not. Your father used to be a great student. I could get the ‘Triple-A Student’ award every semester, and scholarships were just the cherries on the top. Back then, studying wasn’t as easy as it is now. When it comes to studying, you should always strive to reach the top. Whenever you’re studying, you must devote all your efforts to it so that you won’t waste any time. Do you remember that quote from Theodore Roosevelt?” Mu Yuchen said in his deep voice.

Mu Zirui nodded his head swiftly. “Of course I do. ‘When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all!’ Mum told me about his stories last month. He’s quite a legend.”

“Your mother told you about him? Since when did she become so knowledgeable? But that studies slacker can only show off in front of you.” A hint of amusement was sensed in Mu Yuchen’s deep tone while he then patted Mu Zirui’s little head.

“Daddy, are you saying that Mommy is a studies slacker?” Mu Zirui was so sharp that he caught the keywords in Mu Yuchen’s statement.

“How’s that possible? Daddy was the studies slacker. Mommy was a study scholar, a super study scholar! Alright, now go to sleep and get up earlier tomorrow. We’ll go pay Great-grandpa and the others a visit. Have you been missing your little brother?”

“Yes! I can carry him on my back already. I’ve grown two centimeters taller, Daddy…”

“You’ll be able to carry him when you grow another five centimeters. Now, be a good boy and sleep earlier, okay?”

“Okay, good night, Daddy!”

“Good night, son!” Mu Yuchen said softly as he pulled the corner of the blanket over the boy, and turned off the bedside lamp. Only the lights in the corridor were left on. He then left the room.

When he got back to the room, Xi Xiaye had already bathed and was sitting on the sofa in the side hall, talking with Zhuang Shurong over the phone. She was naturally asking about Mu Xiaocheng’s situation. The little guy had just uttered his first “Daddy” and “Mommy” under the persuasion of Xi Xiaye and Zhuang Shurong, thus Xi Xiaye’s heart was as soft as a ball of cotton at the moment. They chatted for a long time, and she did not even care when Mu Yuchen passed her. She hung up the phone only after he finished his shower.

“You see each other once in a few days. What’s there to talk about? You can still talk on the phone for more than half an hour. Did you help me charge my cell phone?” Xi Xiaye fetched herself a glass of water and turned on the television while the man sat down next to her and asked.

Xi Xiaye turned her head and squinted at him. “I have things that I want to say. Yeah, it’s already fully charged and it’s by the bedside.”

He stretched his arms over and wrapped it around her shoulders. Then, he turned his head and took a gulp of water from her glass before taking the remote control from the side. He started changing the channel.

“Hey, Mr. Mu, Qi Feng didn’t seem to have taken a hard hit from your last maneuver when I met him today. Do you think that he still has some tricks up his sleeve? I originally thought that he might at least rush over to look for Qi Lei,” Xi Xiaye asked while she reached out and patted his thigh.

Mu Yuchen’s eyes did not move away from the screen in front of him, but he replied, “Only you would think of doing this. Do you want Qi Feng to rush directly to Qi Lei and stab him twice?”

“What then?”

“The Qi Kai Group is just not in Qi Feng’s possession for the time being. Do you think that a person like him will do things himself when he’s not in despair? Now, things are rather smooth and nothing has happened to him, so everything else is relatively safe.”

“I know that this is still the case! We can’t even bring him down this time. Later on, he…”

“Soon, don’t worry. Didn’t you notice that you didn’t see his assistant Morrison when we rushed over there today? Su Chen just called to say that Morrison’s passport had just been used to travel to Los Angeles. They don’t even bother to hide their actions now. How anxious do you think they were?” Mu Yuchen’s pregnant tone made Xi Xiaye understand a small part of the big picture. Her pupils constricted slightly as she waited for his explanation.

“Don’t look at me like that. It’s boring to spoil it now. All you need to do is just wait for the show.”

“Shameless!” Xi Xiaye glanced at him disdainfully,. “However, I really didn’t expect Qi Qiming to have made such a will. Did he change his perspective towards Qi Lei? Or was his intention always the same?”

“I got news from Li Si saying that Qi Qiming actually sent someone to investigate Qi Feng. He knew the details behind the abduction of Qi Lei. So, I presume that on one hand, he felt sorry for Qi Lei, but on the other hand, he was afraid that Qi Feng would be disappointed. That’s why he made such a decision.”

“Yeah, I’m afraid that’s not the only reason. I heard Qi Lei mention something about Qi Qiming and Wang Qin. To be honest, I believe Qi Qiming may still have some feelings for Wang Qin, just like how my mother treated my father in the end. It’s a pity that he didn’t realize it, and now he can only…reminisce…” Xi Xiaye sighed lightly. “However, even so, Qi Lei probably still won’t forgive him.”

“That depends on Qi Lei. His disposition and temperament have changed a lot over the past few years.” Mu Yuchen paused for a second, then turned his head and gazed at her. “Which means you’ve accomplished what Wang Qin entrusted you with, didn’t you?”

Listening to that, Xi Xiaye nodded faintly. “Yeah, well, thanks to you, I didn’t do much.”

“If you know that it’s my credit, why didn’t you thank me? It’s about time to reward me already, isn’t it?” He smirked, and a faint light could be seen glistening in his eyes.

“This is something that you should do for your wife, so why should I reward you? That sounded so distant! And unreasonable!” She caught him in a rare logic gap and rejected him with his previous words.

Having heard that, he chuckled while he reached out and pinched her fair and pretty cheek casually. “Wow, it seems that somebody has grown a temper. Even a savage girlfriend won’t be able to catch up to you. You have to at least pretend!”

“A savage girlfriend? Mr. Mu, I’m Mrs. Mu, not your so-called girlfriend. You should also be more self-aware!”

Mu Yuchen was left speechless.