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Ye Bai was speechless: "You guys might as well come and play with me. My place is much more lively than your simple entertainment."

“That won’t do,” Zhong Bai thought about it, but then he remembered that Ye Bai was in Shanghai, so he refused. “If I go to find you, and you’re in Shanghai, what’s the difference between that and going back to school early?”

"By the way, do you have Bi Shisan's contact information? Lu Qiaochuan and his bunch of idiots don't have Shisan's phone number."

"Nobody has one, because Thirteen doesn't have a cell phone." Ye Bai's reply ended the call.

After that, Ye Bai would spend his days drinking Weiwei (a type of herbal tea), playing games and bickering with Qian Ling, just waiting for school to start. Little did he know that she had let something big slip up.

Her mother's chronic gastrointestinal problems have flared up recently, and she wants to come to a hospital in Shanghai for a checkup. She has booked an appointment with a specialist for Monday morning, so she will be staying at Yue Qianling's house for one night on Sunday.

I also wanted to check on my little one and see why they had to go back to school so early.

When Yue Qianling received the call in the afternoon, she and Ye Bai were playing VR online games together. She had no choice but to go to the entrance of the community to pick up Ju Yunzhen.

Although I came here for medical treatment, I will only stay for two days and one night.

But Ju Yunzhen still got off the car carrying large and small bags.

Seeing that she was sweating profusely, Yue Qianling quickly went up to help her with her bag.

"Why did you bring so much stuff with you on this trip?"

"I brought you all this food."

As Ju Yunzhen walked, she took in the surroundings of the neighborhood.

"The greenery here is alright, and there aren't many cars on the ground, unlike our old neighborhood... Oh, the security here is alright, I see the security guards at the gate are all old men."

She appeared to be asking about the environment, but her mind was actually more on suspiciously watching her daughter's flushed face and sweaty face.

This girl... no way?

Yue Qianling choked for a moment, then mumbled, "It's alright."

Ju Yunzhen nodded: "That's good. I'm not worried about anything else, just your safety, since you're a girl working alone in another city."

The two arrived home together. Yue Qianling put down her things and hurriedly went to pour water for Ju Yunzhen.

The first thing Ju Yunzhen said when she entered the house was, "Look how dirty your house is! I can't stand it anymore. I'll go mop the floor twice."

Yue Qianling looked down.

Isn't this clean enough?

Ju Yunzhen, of course, didn't care about any of that. She picked up a mop and started cleaning, not letting Yue Qianling interfere, as she thought Yue Qianling was in the way.

Yue Qianling had no choice but to organize the things she had brought by herself.

A short while later, she suddenly heard Ju Yunzhen calling her loudly from inside the room.

"Yue Qianling!"

"what happened?"

Yue Qianling quickly ran over and saw Ju Yunzhen pointing at the two VR devices on her dressing table that were still warm, looking at her in surprise: "Who were you playing with just now? Were you dating someone?"

Yue Qianling: "..."

"That's my roommate, she's a girl."

"How many girls are like you, spending all their time at home playing video games?"

Bei Weiwei!

Yue Qianling's first thought was that it was another gaming partner.

Ju Yunzhen looked at Yue Qianling with some doubt: "Actually, there's nothing wrong with dating. You're so old, there's no need to hide it from me."

"No, Mom! If I were to date, I'd definitely tell you first, okay?"

Seeing that Yue Qianling was practically swearing an oath to the heavens, Ju Yunzhen didn't ask any more questions and turned to go to the kitchen.

But she still had doubts.

Her three roommates had mentioned it before: one was a university professor, one was a minor actress, and one was a high-end cosmetics beauty consultant.

Of these three people, which one is likely to love playing video games as much as she does?

Maybe it's another male neighbor.

Despite my doubts, I still feel sorry for my daughter.

She knew Yue Qianling usually ate takeout, so she specially bought groceries this time to cook her dinner.

Yue Qianling waited in the living room. With nothing to do, she checked her phone and found that Ye Bai had sent her a message ten minutes earlier.

[Ye Bai: The game is paused. Let's play again after Auntie leaves.]

Chapter 869 ┤Mother Yue: Taking Qianling for a Walk

Yue Qianling subconsciously looked towards the kitchen and met Ju Yunzhen's gaze.

Feeling inexplicably guilty, she turned her face away.

"What are you doing standing there? Go wash all those dirty clothes you took off."

"okay."

So Yue Qianling hurriedly replied "OK" and went into the bathroom with the dirty laundry basket.

Yue Qianling was too lazy to do anything during the Chinese New Year period, and with all the eating and drinking during the holiday, there was a lot of oil and grease, so she ended up with a lot of clothes piled up.

Even with Ju Yunzhen here, she wouldn't dare throw it directly into the washing machine.

I had no choice but to hand-rub each piece, feeling as if I had been demoted to the laundry department.

More than half an hour later, Yue Qianling came out carrying the basin.

Upon entering the living room, they found Ye Bai standing by the kitchen.

She suddenly stopped in her tracks and stared at him blankly.

What are you doing here?

Ye Bai turned his head, merely raised an eyebrow, and said nothing.

Immediately afterwards, Ju Yunzhen came out carrying a plate of dishes.

"I just took out the trash and stopped by my neighbor's place. I happened to see Xiao Ye about to start cooking, so I called her over to eat with me."

“It’s not safe for you girls to live together without a man. This young man is a college student, and he’s your junior. It’s good for you to get to know each other so you can take care of each other.”

As she spoke, Ye Bai took the dishes from Ju Yunzhen's hands and placed them on the table.

Yue Qianling was still a little confused about the current situation until Ye Bai walked to her side and whispered, "Did you show my picture to Auntie? I feel like Auntie seems to recognize me."

Upon hearing this, Yue Qianling remembered that when she first moved to Love Apartment, she had posted a group photo on her WeChat Moments, and at that time, her mother seemed to like Ye Bai the most.

She talked about what happened on WeChat Moments, and then asked...

"Where are those four guys next door? Why doesn't my mom call them over too?"

Ye Bai glanced at her but didn't say anything.

For some reason, Yue Qianling felt as if he was looking at an idiot.

After setting the dishes out, Ye Bai leaned against the wall, bent one leg, and said slowly, "Aren't you kidding me? Is your mom inviting people over to build neighborly relations and have everyone take care of each other?"

"Having that WeChat Moments post means there are no problems with the neighborhood. Now you've called me over separately. Can you guess what that means? I think it's really hard to guess."

Forced marriage, officially arranged match?

Pshaw! Guess? Guess my foot!

Yue Qianling guessed her mother's behavior, and her face turned red without her realizing it.

Ju Yunzhen was walking towards them when Yue Qianling happened to turn her attention back to her guess.

"Come and eat."

Even after the three of them sat down, Yue Qianling still couldn't understand how Ye Bai had so naturally ended up eating her mother's cooking.

Of course, Ju Yunzhen's invitation to Ye Bai to come over for dinner wasn't simply a way to force a marriage between them.

I was also thinking of doing some preliminary research to see what my daughter's taste was like.

When she saw the photos on her WeChat Moments, she became suspicious of why Qianling had moved out and returned early.

Now we see the real person, who is far better than the photos.

They think Ye Bai's personality is bad and his circumstances are not good, but it's not really that bad.

Just looking at that face, the thought of her future little grandchildren, as round as glutinous rice balls, calling her "Grandma" melts her heart.

She placed a piece of food on Ye Bai's plate and said with a smile:

"Xiao Ye, since you live across the hall, we'll have to trouble you to take care of Qianling, who's just a girl."

"mom--"

As soon as Yue Qianling opened her mouth, Ye Bai said, "No problem. Senior Sister Qianling has taken good care of me too. We've taken care of each other."

She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, pursed her lips, and didn't say the rest of her sentence.

Ju Yunzhen added, "I don't think your security guards are very good. I just saw that delivery people can come in without registering."

"So if you hear any noises at night, please pay close attention."

Ye Bai nodded and hummed in agreement.

"Mom—" Yue Qianling called out, "I'm home all day, what danger could there be?"

"Hmm?" Seeing her daughter about to rebel, Comrade Ju Yunzhen asked rapidly, "Didn't you say you were coming back early for your internship? Where is the internship company? Is it far away? Does it get off work late? Is it safe?"

Oh no, after staying home for over ten days, I've completely forgotten my excuse for coming back!

Yue Qianling quickly gave Ye Bai a meaningful look, asking him for help...

Ye Bai picked up his drink and took a sip.

Only after Yue Qianling gave him repeated meaningful glances did he gently put it down and say slowly:

"Auntie, don't worry. My senior is currently interning at Taiyin Cosmetics Company, which is not far from the school. The company does not allow overtime, so she goes home early."

"Huh?" Ju Yunzhen's chopsticks suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Oh no, he described things in too much detail and too clearly; he doesn't seem like an ordinary neighbor!