Shen Qingli hugged her back, "Yibo, it's okay."

Pei Yi slightly let go of Shen Qingli, looked into her eyes, and nodded gently when he saw that she was indeed as she said.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and that smile contained a tacit understanding and trust that needed no words.

Chu Xiaoyu was very busy in the department today. She had been working non-stop all day and had not looked at her computer, so she had no idea about the shocking things that had been going on on the Internet.

She even came to the restaurant and waited for them to arrive, taking advantage of the break to casually flip through the books she had just read.

Chu Xiaoyu raised her head and rubbed her eyes, thinking that she was dizzy because she was too tired.

When she took a deep breath and looked back at the screen with great concentration, she had to believe that she was not dazzled and that all this was real.

Before she could recover from the shock, Shen Qingli and Pei Yi had already sat down opposite her.

Chu Xiaoyu turned off the phone screen in a panic, as if she had been caught doing something wrong.

She tried to restore her expression to a natural one, pulled a seemingly normal smile at the corner of her mouth, and poured a glass of water for each of them.

Shen Qingli gently picked up the water cup and took a sip of water.

She slowly put down the cup, her eyes moving back and forth between the two of them, "I wanted to tell you before, but I didn't know how to say it. Do you have any questions?"

Hearing this, Pei Yi and Chu Xiaoyu couldn't help but look at each other. After exchanging glances, Pei Yi took the lead and asked:

"Ali, are you really sure that Zhou Yanchen was married, or are you just telling rumors?"

Shen Qingli nodded gently and answered calmly: "Well, he got the marriage certificate for two years, but we didn't live together in those two years."

"He ended that relationship completely years ago."

Pei Yi blinked and then asked, "Then...did you and Zhou Yanchen divorce because of that woman named Su Xinyao?"

"You and he didn't live together for two years after getting married. Could it be that he was really abroad with Su Xinyao for those two years as the rumors on the Internet said?"

After these words came out, Shen Qingli's face turned pale, but soon returned to normal.

She was silent for a long time, as if she was struggling with how to answer this question.

She took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "I don't know the specific situation, but this matter cannot be entirely blamed on him alone."

"At first, his marriage was voluntary and forced."

"His current ending may be destined."

After saying this, Shen Qingli gently lowered her eyes, making it impossible for people to see her true thoughts at the moment.

Pei Yi secretly thought in his heart, A Li and Zhou Yanchen divorced a year ago, and Da Bao and Xiao Bao are years old this year, so will the two children love Zhou Yanchen?

Seeing Pei Yi's hesitation, Shen Qingli said, "Yi, do you want to ask Dabao and Xiaobao whether they have Zhou Yanchen's child?"

Pei Yi nodded, "Yeah, I really want to know."

Shen Qingli held the water cup tightly, "Yes, the child belongs to Zhou Yanchen."

Although Pei Yi and Chu Xiaoyu were mentally prepared, they were still very surprised to hear Shen Qingli say it herself.

Chu Xiaoyu's thoughts instantly flew back to the day when Shen Qingli gave birth years ago.

Outside the operating room, time seemed to freeze, and every second was infinitely stretched.

She paced anxiously, her eyes fixed on the closed door, beads of sweat on her forehead.

When the doctor came out with a serious look on his face and told her that the situation was critical, her heart suddenly tightened. The feeling as if she was being grasped by an invisible giant claw still makes her feel uneasy.

Just a little bit, and Shen Qingli would have stayed on that operating table forever.

Over the years, Shen Qingli has raised two children alone, and the hardships others have experienced are hard to imagine.

From the child's eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, getting sick and going to the doctor, from babbling to toddling, every moment of growth was accompanied silently by Shen Qingli alone.

Pei Yi thought about this, and the anger in her heart surged like a tide. She couldn't help but speak, with a bit of urgency in her tone: "A Li, since Zhou Yanchen is the father of the child, why don't you let him fulfill his responsibilities as a father?"

Shen Qingli sighed softly, with a hint of fatigue and helplessness in her voice: "He only found out about the pregnancy after his divorce."

She lowered her head slightly, her fingers tugging at the corner of her clothes unconsciously, "I don't want him to know about the existence of the two children."

"Besides, he's already divorced, so there's no point in saying this."

"Actually, I didn't plan to return to Beijing. It was just fate. Maybe this is God's arrangement!"

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the table became more solemn, as if the air was frozen.

Chu Xiaoyu frowned and asked worriedly, "Now that he knows about the children, what will he say? Will he take the children away?"

Before Shen Qingli could answer, Pei Yi shouted angrily, "What reason does that scumbag have to ask for a child? Has he ever raised a child for even a day?"

"He has done nothing this year. He wants to come to Ali to snatch the child. He will fight hard for the first one."

After that, she looked at Shen Qingli, her eyes full of concern, "Ali, Zhou Yanchen knows that the child is his, did he say anything?"

Shen Qingli took a deep breath, "He didn't say he wanted to take the children away. He just said he was afraid that Su Xinyao would harm the two children, so he wanted to take the children to his place."

Hearing Su Xinyao's name, Pei Yi's anger was ignited again: "So what about your relationship with Zhou Yanchen? Did Su Xinyao reveal it?"

Shen Qingli nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Except for her, few people know about her relationship with him."

Pei Yi frowned even more tightly after hearing this, and her voice was filled with worry: "What should we do now? Will Su Xinyao really do something to hurt Dabao and Xiaobao?"

Shen Qingli pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I'm going to find two private bodyguards online to protect them."

"I know Zhou Yanchen is capable, but I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore."