My uncle is better than my aunt in every way, there's no comparison between them.

  "I have something to tell you," Jian Yi said, glancing at the house again. They were too close to the floor-to-ceiling window inside, and it would be easy for someone inside to see them. "It's very important!"

  Without saying a word, he pulled Song Yu towards the corner of the courtyard under the tree, and this time no matter how hard Song Yu struggled, he didn't let go.

  "Jian Yi, don't be too excessive! Let go!" Song Yu angrily said, still keeping her voice down, "You'd better let go now, I don't want to end up shouting loudly and attracting everyone's attention to our unpleasant entanglement! I'm fine, Cheng Xi trusts me, but Qi Chengyue doesn't trust you."

  Compared with her, Jian Yi was even less willing to be misunderstood.

  But unexpectedly, Jian Yi was not afraid of being discovered this time and actually pulled her under the tree.

  Song Yu was almost stuck to the tree trunk, Jian Yi didn't get too close to her, but also trapped her between him and the tree trunk.

  Song Yu tried to shake off his hand and leave, but Jian Yi hastily grasped her shoulders. "Song Yu, I have something important to tell you! It'll only take a minute, can't you just give me that?"

  Song Yu didn't speak, furrowing his brow, waiting for him to continue speaking, otherwise he wouldn't let her go.

  She impatiently looked at Jian Yi, her eyes glanced at the hand he was holding on her shoulder, and she felt uncomfortable being touched by him.

  "Let go of me and I'll give you one minute." Song Yu said coldly, without hiding his disgust.

  He slightly pursed his lips, looked at his hand, and reluctantly gave her shoulder a light squeeze. Seeing Song Yu immediately furrow her brow, he had no choice but to let go of his hand.

  "You dislike me touching you that much?" His eyes were filled with bitterness, "In the past when I helped you tidy your hair, you would only stand obediently in front of me, blushing and letting me do it."

  "What's wrong with you?" she asked impatiently.

  "Are you and Qi Chengzhi ready to get married?" He asked again, the parents have met, although the Qi family is not particularly supportive, they have compromised. With what he saw today, it should be not far from getting married.

  Song Yu's eyes narrowed in displeasure, "If you just wanted to tell me this, then get out of the way."

  Afraid that she would leave, Jian Yi tightly grasped her arm again, "This matter is very important, Song Yu, don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying I want you to wait for me, don't marry him, I really want to know when you'll get married with him, but this time it's because of another reason."

  Song Yu's lips were tightly pursed, saying nothing.

  Jian Yi's stomach felt uncomfortable with knots, before Song Yu would never use this expression to look at him.

  He really misses her gentle and smiling eyes, and when she talks to him, her cheeks will flush with a faint red glow.

  But now, it's all gone.

  Jian Yi took a deep breath and said, "Song Yu, promise me not to marry Qi Chengzhi so soon. He's hiding something from you, and it's definitely related to you. It's a very serious matter. I don't want you to get married and then regret it after finding out the truth, living in pain for the rest of your life."

  "What do you mean?" Song Yu's face turned even colder, and she forcefully shook off Jian Yi's hand. "I don't want to hear your ambiguous words here. You and I are not related now, and even if I marry Qi Chengzhi in the future, we can only barely be considered relatives. So, please don't speak ill of Chengzhi in front of me, it will make you look very unrefined. And whatever you say about him, I won't believe a single word."

  "Since you've never spoken ill of him in front of me, I'd appreciate it if you had some decency and didn't badmouth him behind his back." Song Yu said coldly.

  "You don't understand him at all! You've only been together for so long, do you dare say you know everything about him? Have you ever thought that he might not be the way he appears in front of you?" Jian Yi's tone was somewhat urgent.

  "Even if you knew him when you were young, how old were you back then? You didn't understand anything." Jian Yi looked around cautiously and lowered his voice, "Song Yu, I'm certain that Qi Chengzhi did something to wrong you, and it hurt you deeply."

  Song Yu's mouth corner coldly hooked up, and he sneered: "Since you insist on saying that, then tell me, what exactly did he do to wrong me? Trouble you, bring out the evidence."

  Jian Yi pursed her lips, her lips slightly sucked in, "There is no evidence yet, but I will definitely find out. So you promise me, before I find out, don't marry him. I don't want to see you regret and suffer later."

  Song Yu couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, the mocking sound in his voice was palpable. "Let's not even talk about whether this is your delaying tactic or not, let's just assume what you said is true for now. So when will you finish investigating? Am I supposed to wait as long as it takes? If it takes one year, I'll wait one year; if it takes ten years, I'll wait ten years? Who knows, maybe you'll spend your whole life and still not be able to investigate anything?"

  "Whether or not to get married is between me and Cheng. You're right, I've known him since we were kids, but back then I was too young to understand anything. As I grew older, the distance between us also grew further apart. It's only now that I'm really getting to know him. We've only been together for a short while, and I won't claim to fully understand him yet. But one thing I can say for sure is that he will never do anything to wrong me."

  "So, you don't have to waste your energy investigating either. Save your strength and think about how to make Qi Chengyue trust you instead. Don't fantasize about having anything with me again."

  "You don't believe me." Jian Yi's expression sank when he saw the mocking look on her face.

  "You actually figured it out." Song Yu said with a light sneer.

  "Song Yu, being with him is not good for you, really." Jian Yi also got angry, looking at her now even mocking people, and some subtle movements were surprisingly similar to Qi Chengzhi.

  He couldn't help but think that they must have been very intimate and spent a lot of time together to have such a huge impact on each other.

  "Are you done talking?" Song Yu looked at him with disgust. "If you're done, then please move aside."

  Jian Yi didn't wait, now the weather is warm, and he's wearing fewer clothes. Jian Yi estimated that he hastily came out to answer the phone, not even wearing a jacket, only seeing his thin sweater bulging with muscles underneath, almost becoming a tight-fitting garment.

  He grabbed her arm and wouldn't let her go, exerting a slight force. Song Yu's foot tripped, and her back bumped into the tree trunk behind her. Then Jian Yi leaned in close to her.

  "Why won't you believe me? I'm doing this for your own good, are you that eager to marry Qi Chengzhi? Even if he did something wrong to you, even if he did something outrageous, can you forgive him? Song Yu, listen to me, I just don't want you to rush into marrying him. I'm not intentionally delaying things, I'll definitely investigate as soon as possible!"

  "No matter how much you hate me or dislike me, I'm really doing this for your own good. I don't want to see you suffer." Jian Yi's grip on her wrist tightened. "I deceived you about Qi Cheng Yue, I admit it and I'm very sorry for hurting you and deceiving you, but it wasn't intentional. Song Yu, I truly like you. Even if I marry Qi Cheng Yue, my heart will still be with you, forever!"

  "But I won't deny that my actions hurt you, it's right for you to hate me, but don't doubt my good intentions towards you, I will never do anything to hurt you." He said, his hand slowly moving up her arm until his fingertips touched the base of her neck, and still wanting to continue upwards.

  Song Yu's eyes widened in horror, her fingertips touching a place that made her tremble with disgust, not passion, but nausea.

  "How dare you! Let me go!" Song Yu struggled to shake off his hand, but the other hand quickly grasped her waist again, pulling her closer to him.

  "Song——" Jian Yi lowered his head and leaned in close to her, she could even smell his breath, which was not the familiar and likable scent of Qi Chengzhi.

  But before he could utter a word, a childish voice rang out from behind him: "Auntie, Uncle, what are you doing here?"

  Song Yu feared that Qi You Xuan would misunderstand something, so he glanced over Jian Yi's shoulder and saw Qi You Xuan walking towards them with a yellow plastic toy shovel in one hand and a small red plastic bucket in the other, his chubby little legs moving as he walked.

  "Let me go!" Song Yu said, grasping his wrist and trying to pull his hand away from her waist.

  Jian Yi's grip on her waist tightened, and she lowered her voice to say, "I don't have any evidence that you can see yet, but I'm telling you, my suspicions and accusations against Qi Chengzhi are not unfounded."

  "Do you still remember the time when you took Qi Chengzhi to visit your home?" Jian Yi said the exact date of that day, "On that day, Old Lady and Xia Wennan also went."

  Song Yu lowered his eyes, trying to cover up his surprise, but somehow still leaked out a bit, not completely hidden.

  From Jian Yi's accurate date to saying out loud everyone present, she couldn't help but believe a little.

  "That day, wasn't it that the old lady and Xiawenna were not at your house for a period of time, and the two of them went out together?" Seeing Song Yu not speaking, Jian Yi let out a confident light laugh, his hot breath spraying onto her cheek.

  "At that time, I was supposed to go on a honeymoon with Qi Chengyue the next day, so I wanted to come see you, but unexpectedly overheard the conversation between Old Lady and Xia Wennuan. They didn't say anything specific at the time, but from Xia Wennuan's tone and reaction, it seemed like something very important, and once you knew about it, you wouldn't be with Qi Chengyue anymore."

  "They were both very nervous, and Qi Chengzhi also used this matter to threaten Xiaowenna into agreeing that you two be together, because he had done something wrong to you, and Xiaowenna wanted to make amends. But at the same time, she was worried that if you found out, the Qi family would become chaotic again, so she was very conflicted. However, the old lady was different, she obviously supported you two. Originally, Xiaowenna's phone still had evidence, but the old lady also forced Xiaowenna to delete it, so I had to start investigating from somewhere else."

  Jian Yi stood up straight, as if chatting with Song Yu, a joyful smile playing on his lips, but his voice was low and only audible to Song Yu, saying: "What I said, you should believe, right?"

  "Song Yu, I'm not asking you to wait for me. I know you dislike me now, but I also can't bear to see you being deceived by Qi Chengzhi. I only hope that if Qi Chengzhi is going to marry you soon, you can slow down a bit and don't be in such a hurry." Finally, his hand grasped her wrist, exerting a slight force.

  Until Ziyu Xuan walked over, Jian Yi finally let go of Song Yu's hand.

  Qī Yòu's big black eyes rolled around, on his face that was slightly rounded but still very good-looking, looked especially quick-witted.

  "Great Aunt, Uncle, what are you doing here?" Qi Youxuan asked with a puzzled face.

  "It's time for lunch, I came out to find you." Song Yu said softly, her heart still affected by Jian Yi's words, trying hard to get rid of them.

  "I was making a phone call here, and just now your aunt tripped, I was helping her up, and you came over." Jian Yi smiled slightly, not wanting to let Qi You Xuan say anything in front of the Qi family members that would ruin his impression in their hearts.

  "Oh." Qi Youxuan nodded his small head and threw the small shovel into the bucket, it's unknown whether he believed it or not.

  "Let's go." Song Yu stretched out his hand to Qi Youxuan.

  Zi Yu Xuan directly put his small dirty hand, covered in dust and dirt, into Song Yu's palm. Jian Yi hid her disgust at Zi Yu Xuan's filthy state, but Song Yu didn't seem to care at all.

  "What are you doing in the yard? Grandma has been looking for you for a long time." Song Yu pulled him by his little hand, walking towards the house.

  As they walked to the door, Qi Youxuan suddenly stopped and looked around the room cautiously, his small head darting back and forth, making sure no one was listening. Only then did he wave at Song Yu and signal her to crouch down.

  Song Yu bowed his head and leaned forward, approaching Qi Youxuan's face. Only then did Qi Youxuan say in an especially serious tone: "I plan to dig a secret passageway."

  Song Yu was taken aback and never thought he would get such an answer, but thinking about it, if Qi Youxuan played with a shovel in the mud like ordinary children...

  Song Yu thought about it and felt that it didn't match up, it's better to dig a tunnel instead, at least the blueprint is grand.

  Then, Qi Youxuan stretched out his dusty yellow small hand with his thumb up and said, "Auntie, you have to keep a secret for me."

  After getting Song Yu's guarantee, Qi Youxuan was willing to enter the house.

  The house was in a flurry, and when Qi Youxuan came in, Liu Auntie hurriedly started bringing out the dishes. Song Yu volunteered to help, and everyone else was busy with other things. Taking advantage of no one's attention, Qi Youxuan snuck up beside Qi Chenglin and poked him with his elbow.

  "Dad, take me to the bathroom to wash my hands!"

  Qī Chéng Lín lowered his head and took a glance at him, Qī Yòu Xuān's height was still not enough to reach the sink, but there was a small stool specially prepared for him in the bathroom, which he could step on to wash.

  And Qi Youxuan also considered himself a little man, so he never bothered to ask for help with such things, which is why he prepared a small stool for him.

  At this time, however, he took the initiative to take him to wash his hands. Qi Chenglin narrowed his eyes and saw the cunning in his son's eyes. He nodded and directly picked him up, holding Qi Youxuan under his armpit, and carried him into the bathroom.

  Ji Yu Xuan was held by Ji Cheng Lin at the sink, first twisting his small body to turn on the faucet, washing off the sand from his hands. He then took a small towel with a cartoon character printed on it that Ji Cheng Lin handed over and wiped his hands clean.

  Then, twisting his buttocks, he rubbed against the washbasin a little restlessly and said mysteriously: "Dad, can you go out and call Uncle over?"

  Qī Chéng Lín raised an eyebrow, "What's going on?"

  "You go call him over first, and then I'll talk to you all together." Qi Youxuan's round little face was particularly serious at this moment.

  Qī Chéng Lín raised an eyebrow and snorted before exiting the bathroom.

  The bathroom door closed again. Ji Youxuan jumped down from the washbasin very quickly, stretched out his arm and locked the door.

  A moment later, the door handle was twisted from outside and he shouted at the door: "I'm taking a dump!"

  "...The silence outside the door lasted for a moment before Qi Chenglin's tense voice responded, "It's me."

  Zi Yu Xuan finally opened the door and pondered whether he could set a secret signal later, such as three longs and two shorts.

  "What's up, speak," Qi Chenglin said from behind, closing and locking the bathroom door with caution.

  When Qi You Xuan was about to speak, he found that his height with his father and uncle was really too different, which made him feel that his position seemed very unimportant. So he insisted on letting Qi Cheng Lin hold him up to the sink and stand up, which was roughly level with the two men's line of sight.

  "It was like this, just now I was playing in the backyard," said Qi Chenglin. "I saw my uncle blocking my aunt and not letting her leave, so I originally wanted to go save my aunt, but when I got closer, I heard what my uncle said, so I hid."

  Zi Yu Xuan repeated what Jian Yi said word for word without missing a single character, but the meaning remained unchanged.

  Zi Chengzhi immediately knew that Jian Yi's words were about the conversation between Xia Wennan and the old lady, which was about the Song family going bankrupt.

  Zi Chengzhi digested this matter for a while and said: "What was your aunt's reaction?"

  "No way, Auntie has never believed Uncle's words, she thinks he is deceiving her." Qi Youxuan said.

  Qī Chéngzhī nodded slightly, his face expressionless, but surprisingly patted Qī Yùxuān's little head as a sign of praise, "Well done."

  Qī Yòu exclaimed in extreme fright and threw herself into her father's arms, "Daddy, Big Uncle is so scary."

  "......" Qi Chenglin felt that his son might have some masochistic tendencies in this regard.

  Qicheng Zhi turned around and walked out, Qicheng Lin opened his mouth, wanting to know what Qicheng Zhi had done, but also knowing it wasn't the right time, so he barely held back.

  Jian Qi Cheng left, and Qi You Xuan quickly said what he wanted to say and went to have lunch. Today's menu included his favorite roasted chicken and crab.

  "Let's go out later." Qi Chenglin said. If the three of them went out at the same time, they might arouse suspicion, and at least, Jian Yi's suspicion.

  Zi Cheng wouldn't want Jian Yi to know that he knew about this matter.

  "Dad, what if someone snatches away the chicken leg?" Ji Youxuan said anxiously.

  "Your great-grandmother will leave one for you." Qi Chenglin's eyes twitched, and every time he mentioned eating, Qi Youxuan's expression was as if his family was very poor and couldn't afford to buy him meat.

  Zi Cheng returned to the dining hall, where everyone else was already seated. He silently took a seat beside Song Yu.

  After a while, Qi Chenglin brought out Qi Youxuan and put him on the chair.

  Jian Yi looked at Qi You Xuan and Qi Cheng Lin with some suspicion, although Qi You Xuan had appeared from a distance earlier, he was still being cautious.

  "How come it's been so long?" asked Qi Zhongxun.

  "He was just playing with mud outside, I took him to the bathroom to clean up a bit." Qi Chenglin explained calmly.

  Jian Yi lowered his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

  Qī Chéng Yuè sat beside Jiàn Yì with a gloomy face, staring at Sòng Yuè with an unpleasant expression. Sòng Yuè simply focused on the food, ignoring her.

  The old lady urged a sentence "eat eat", the voice fell down not long after, everyone just picked up their chopsticks, Qi Chengzhi's mobile phone rang.

  He pulled out his phone from his pocket, looked at it for a while before answering, slowly got up and said, "What's up?"

  Chi Cheng's slow and deliberate movements drew everyone's attention to his phone case, causing their gazes to become strange.

  Song Yu's face turned red, if he had known earlier, he wouldn't have let him bring it, now he realized that bringing this shell was a bit embarrassing.

  He has been wearing it like this for several days now, and I'm sure many people in the company have seen him, as well as clients. I wonder if they will laugh at him.

  All I heard was Qi Chengzhi making a few "uh-huh" noises into his phone before finally saying, "Got it."

  Then he hung up the phone and sat back beside Song Yu, putting his mobile phone on the table as if nothing had happened, seemingly oblivious to the shocked expressions of the people around him.

  "Big brother, when did you start using a phone case? Are you still using this...this type of..." Qi Chengji asked with blinking eyes.

  Zi Cheng's slender fingers picked up the phone, and what was originally a fairly large screen seemed normal-sized in his hand, being easily manipulated by him.

  "Song Yu sent it." He lowered his eyes and flipped the phone over, revealing the feather pattern on the back. His originally cold face softened, with a warm look in the corners of his eyes. "This feather pattern matches her name perfectly. We used to have couple's phones, hers had my name on it."

  Everyone's eyes were almost shocked as they stared at Qi Chengzhi, who was using such a feminine phone case with no pressure.

  Jian Yi's face darkened a few shades, his eyes gazing at Qi Cheng's phone with some gloom.

  "What nonsense! Let your subordinates and clients see that, what will they think?" Qi Zhongliang said displeased, frowning and disapprovingly glancing at Song Yu.

  "Why should I care what others think? Subordinates are not qualified to question my actions, as for customers..." Qi Chengzhi snorted, "They don't dare ask, and if they do, I'll tell them the truth, there's nothing to hide."

  After finishing, Qi Chengzhi's thumb gently stroked the feather pattern on the back of the phone case, his eyes soft and seemingly very satisfied with this phone case, as if he had brought Song Yu by his side.

  "You too! How could you think of giving him this kind of phone case? Aren't you afraid people will laugh at him?" Not listening to Qi Chengzhi, Qi Zhongliang turned around and went to scold Song Yu instead.

  Song Yu didn't dare to retort, but the old lady was unhappy, "This shows that they have a good relationship, it's just a phone case, do you need to make such a big deal out of it? Eating, eating, even eating is made unpleasant by you."

  Zi Zhongliang suddenly didn't dare make another sound, and the atmosphere of this meal was somewhat oppressive.

  Jian Yi's phone suddenly rang when he was halfway through his meal.

  Jian Yi looked at Old Man and Old Lady with some embarrassment, apologized, and got up to answer the phone.

  Before he went into the courtyard, he was heard calling out "Mom".

  The old lady didn't mind and turned to Qi Chengzhi: "How's that play you mentioned last time, the one invested by Little Han?"

  "I've already told him, he'll call you at home next week to arrange a time, and then bring the director over to discuss it with you in detail. If it's okay, we can sign the contract." Qi Chengzhi said with a faint smile.

  "Haha, this kid Xiao Han is really efficient and reliable." The old lady's eyes were curved with joy, "I'll prepare myself, and when the time comes, I'll perform a few acts for the director, let them know that I'm acting, and they won't be at a loss."

  It wasn't until after a while that Jian Yi came back.

  "What's wrong?" asked Qi Chengyue.

  "There's nothing, just mom asked us to go home for dinner tonight," Jianyi said.

  "It's right, it's right." The old lady nodded. "You've just come back and came here first without going home to see your parents, aren't they unhappy?"

  "No, there are still grandparents here on this side, they should come first, and they understand." Jian Yi smiled.

  Just after dinner, Aunt Liu had just brought up the fruit plate when the doorbell rang.

  Mrs. Liu hurriedly went to open the door, and they heard Mrs. Liu's surprised voice coming from the doorway: "Auntie!"

  Then I heard Zhou Mingyan's "heh heh" laughter, and Liu Aunt took out slippers to let her change into them before coming in.

  Everyone in the living room eating fruit looked at the door in surprise. Jian Yi's face sank, and his lips were tightly pursed.

  Zhou Mingyan came in, and except for the old man and the old lady, everyone else stood up.

  Zhou Mingyan didn't expect Song Yu to be here too, standing next to Qi Chengzhi. Has she already gained the approval of the Qi family and become one of them?

  She snorted coldly in her heart.

  "How did Auntie come?" Gu Liya felt strange and thought that Zhou Mingyan's behavior was impolite, but she still politely asked, "At this time, have you had lunch?"

  "Hehehe, really haven't eaten." Zhou Mingyan laughed and said.

  Guan Liya didn't expect to hear such an answer, and she was stunned for a moment before quickly recovering. "Come sit down, it's better if you came earlier, we just finished lunch, and if you came earlier, you could have eaten with us. Now there are some leftovers, but how can we serve them to our guest?"

  "Hehe, originally we had prepared a big table of dishes at home. Today isn't Jianyi and Chengyue coming back? I thought they could come back for dinner, so I was busy all morning, but it's already past mealtime and still no one is here." Zhou Mingyan said with a fake smile.

  Everyone in the house is not a fool, they immediately understood Zhou Mingyan's meaning, this is clearly coming to ask for trouble.

  The old lady has always been easy-going and never quarreled with her juniors, and over the years she has become even more gentle and lovable, but that doesn't mean she's completely lost her temper.

  At this time, he pulled down his face and said coldly: "Jian Yi, you come here to eat, how about not calling home?"

  Jian Yi could only stiffly say: "I was busy and forgot for a moment."

  "How can you be so careless?" The old lady scolded and then called out to Liu, "Quickly stir-fry a few dishes for your aunt."

  "No need to rush, I just came over to take a look." Zhou Mingyan said, "If I had known you were coming over for dinner, I wouldn't have prepared such a big table of dishes either."

  Qī Zhōng Xūn and Guān Lì Yǎ's faces didn't look too good either, so the old lady said: "Chéng Yuè, go upstairs and tidy up, hurry back to your mother-in-law's house with Jiǎn Yì, don't let your aunt wait for too long. Aunt, while the child is tidying up upstairs, you might as well eat something here, it's not good to starve. This Jiǎn Yì is really something, how could he let you wait at home without even a phone call?"

  "No need, no need." Zhou Mingyan waved her hand and stood up. "It's also my fault for coming suddenly. Let the two children stay here if they're happy to do so. It's only right that a son should pamper his wife. I'll head back now. I just came to take a look at my son and daughter-in-law, and now that I've seen them, I have no more worries."

  Zhou Mingyan's words made everyone in the Qi family feel uncomfortable. Since they all said so, Guan Liya urged Qi Chengyue to pack up his things.

  Qī Chéng Yuè pulled a face and reluctantly stood up, saying to Jiǎn Yì: "Jiǎn Yì, come with me!"

  Jian Yi glanced at her and said nothing as he followed her upstairs.

  "Her family background, Qi Xiang Yue has been spoiled since she was a child at home and actually hasn't had much contact with people outside. Although she joined Qi Lin after graduation, because of our Qi family relationship, no matter what, others always give in to her and are especially polite and lenient towards her. So in terms of human relationships and worldly affairs, she actually doesn't understand anything, a complete blank slate, still like a child. Maybe sometimes she's a bit willful, but put another way, it's just that she's simple-minded. If she does something wrong, don't be too hard on her, teach her more instead, but don't get angry with her, okay? If there's anything, I'll trouble you to take care of it." Gu Li Ya said after Qi Xiang Yue was gone.

  "Ah, no need to be polite, I'm an elder after all, of course I wouldn't have the same understanding as you young ones." Zhou Mingyan smiled and took a sip of tea, smacking her lips, revealing a surprised expression. "Wow, this tea is really good!"

  "My old man loves drinking tea, this is Ali Mountain's Dongding Oolong, not much of this grade is produced in a year, if you like it, take some back with you." said the old lady.

  "Oh dear, this is great." Zhou Mingyan smiled and didn't decline, so the old lady smiled and asked Liu Aunt to bring out a jar for Zhou Mingyan to take away.

  Zhou Mingyan took over the tea and said: "How embarrassing is this, coming empty-handed, but instead bringing something back."

  Saying so with his mouth, he quickly stuffed the tea leaves into his bag.

  "Song Yu, I didn't expect you to be here too." Zhou Mingyan said with a fake smile, "I haven't visited your parents for a while, are they both doing well?"

  "They're fine." Song Yu said calmly.

  "Hehe, I really didn't expect that you would be with Cheng Zhi together." Zhou Mingyan felt that since she had become a relative of the Qi family, there was no need to address him as politely as an outsider would, so she simply called out "Cheng".

  "I always thought you liked Jian Yi, but now it's interesting to say that Jian Yi is married to Cheng Yue, and you are..." Zhou Mingyan suddenly covered her mouth, her eyes frantically scanning the reactions of the Qi family members, and then gently patted her own mouth a few times.

  "I didn't mean to say you're lazy -" Zhou Mingyan slapped her own mouth again, "Look at this mouth of mine, it's really useless, always saying things that don't match what I'm thinking, causing misunderstandings. Just pretend you didn't hear anything!"

  Qī Chéngzhī's faint smile suddenly turned to Qī Yùxuān, who was gnawing on a watermelon: "Yùxuān, do you think Uncle Ji is more impressive or Big Brother Ji?"

  "Of course it's Uncle!" Qi Youxuan spat out the watermelon seeds with a "pu pu pu" sound, wiped his mouth, and said very succinctly, "Uncle is more handsome than Father, Uncle has more money than Father, Uncle is taller than Father, Uncle's position is higher than Father's, Uncle is more steady than Father, Uncle's family is better than Father's, in every way Uncle is better than Father, Father can't compare to Uncle."

  "Then you think, was Big Auntie deliberately getting close to Big Uncle for the sake of Uncle?" Qi Chengzhi asked again.

  Song Yu saw his bony and good-looking hand covering his own, gently rubbing it, and he also held onto him, with five fingers passing through the gaps between his fingers, entwining all ten fingers together.

  "How is this possible? Eldest Aunt isn't stupid!" Qi Youxuan's face showed a "are you crazy" expression as he looked at Qi Chengzhi.

  Zi Cheng's satisfied smile, fell silent.

  Ke Qiyou suddenly scolded Zhou Mingyan with a string of "big uncle", but it hit her hard, making her face more and more ugly, even the stiff smile disappeared.

  Qī Chénglín rubbed Qī Yòuxuān's soft short hair, smiling and teasing Zhōu Míngyàn: "Children speak without reserve, don't mind me, Jiǎn Yì is excellent, but compared to my older brother, he's indeed a bit..."

  "Hehe." Qi Chenglin chuckled twice, "Moreover, even a four-year-old child in my family doesn't believe it, so naturally none of us adults do either. You don't have to feel pressured."

  Qī Yòu Xuan nodded heavily, "A man as handsome and rich as my dad, yet younger than Uncle with a better temper, even Aunt wouldn't want him, how could she not want to be my stepmom, but instead only gets along with Uncle, let alone liking my uncle."

  After finishing, Qi Youxuan's little friend started shaking his head and muttering to himself: "In this regard, Auntie is a bit silly. Uncle has such a strange temper and a belly full of evil water, what does Auntie see in him? He's not as good as my dad."

  Apart from Zhou Mingyan, everyone else was left stunned and confused. Qi Chenglin forced a couple of laughs, but upon seeing Qi Chengzhi's dark face, he quickly stuffed another piece of watermelon into Qi Youxuan's mouth to prevent him from saying anything that might provoke Qi Chengzhi further.

  Zhou Mingyan originally saw that the Qi family had accepted Song Yu, and wanted to drive a wedge between their relationship, making the Qi family start to suspect Song Yu's motives and oppose her marrying into the Qi family.

  She just can't bear the thought of Song Yu being better than Jian Yi, it's okay if Jian Yi dumps Song Yu or if Song Yu marries someone else, but she absolutely cannot be more excellent than Jian Yi or live a better life.

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  Today's update is 10,000 words.

  There's something I've been forgetting to mention, and now that I think of it, I'll write it down. I don't know if everyone noticed the activity about the red sleeve, but readers who sent gift packages to authors in the top ten rankings on the site can participate in the Red Sleeve Author Annual Meeting for free. It seems like the statistics are until December, but I've also forgotten the specifics. If anyone is interested, they can ask each other, and maybe someone will remember~