After she finished speaking, she didn't even give Shen Lin a chance to speak again and hung up the phone directly.

"Mom." The phone had just been hung up when Ye Zhimu's voice rang out beside her. Her little hand tugged at her clothes, looking at her with a pitiful, coquettish expression and big eyes.

Ye Xinning glanced down and said, "Let go."

"Mommy, Mommy, my dear mother, please don't be angry, okay?"

Ye Xinning spoke, her voice calm, "Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely. Tell me, when did you find out?"

"What?"

"Don't play dumb with me. If you didn't know something, why would you be so eager to get in touch with him?"

Since Shen Lin first appeared, there have only been a few times, but Ye Zhimu has always spoken to Shen Lin warmly every time, which is quite rare.

Her daughter is so smart and quick-witted, she probably already guessed it.

"Okay." Seeing that she had already guessed, Ye Zhimu stopped hiding it. "He came to see me, and considering Mom's attitude and other factors, I guessed that he was Dad, right?"

"You've already made up your mind, so what are you telling me?"

Ye Xinning was still a little angry, but not at Ye Zhimu; she was angry at herself.

Why didn't she realize sooner that Ye Zhimu already knew?

Was she too slow to realize it?

"Mom." Ye Zhimu became increasingly flustered as Ye Xinning remained silent. "I didn't mean anything by it. In my heart, you are the most important. I think what you think. I didn't say anything to him on the phone. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Ye Xinning lowered her head, and Ye Zhimu's grip on her clothes tightened, probably because she was flustered.

Ye Xinning finally softened. She lowered her head, hugged Ye Zhimu, and spoke in a gentler voice than before.

"I'm not angry with you, I'm just wondering why you didn't tell me when you already knew.

I'm afraid you'll be angry.

"So you think I won't be angry if I find out now?"

"..."

Ye Zhimu knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and remained silent.

Ye Xinning pulled the person in front of her and said, "Okay, then tell me, how did you feel after you found out he was your father?"

"Didn't Mom say that Dad died?" Ye Zhimu asked, tilting her head slightly.

Ye Xinning: "...There's a saying that a good ex is like someone who's dead. In my mind, your father is just like that."

"So when I first found out he was my father, my first reaction was that my father had come back to life."

Ye Xinning, "..."

She sighed, genuinely curious about how such a young child could always say such surprising things.

"Mom, tell me, how did you and Dad separate?"

"It's very complicated."

"Alright, then stop talking." Little Ye Zhimu shook her head. "So, do you have any plans to get back together with my dad?"

"No."

"All right."

"And you? After finding out he's your father, what are your thoughts?"

"My dad seems really rich. If I go with him, will you be sad?"

"Won't."

"I suspect you're saying one thing but meaning another?"

"No."

"Fine, I know you don't want to admit that you can't live without me, so in order not to hurt you, I'll stay by your side."

"You don't need to put yourself in such a difficult position."

"What can I do? You're my mother, after all."

Ye Xinning, "..."

Is this really how all three- or four-year-olds are? So dramatic? What's going on in her head?

...

Now that Ye Zhimu knows the true relationship between Shen Lin and Ye Xinning, Ye Xinning no longer hides anything from her.

She never spoiled Ye Zhimu; she hoped her daughter would be strong and independent.

After all, most things in this world don't go the way we want them to; life is full of disappointments. Therefore, it's essential to improve our resilience.

After having breakfast at home, Ye Xinning took Ye Zhimu to the hospital to visit Ye Rouxin.

Ye Rouxin's health was much better than yesterday, and Ye Xinning was also there when the doctor went to check on her.

Upon hearing that she was Ye Rouxin's daughter, the doctor smiled and said, "It's true that people are in high spirits when they have good news. Since you are her daughter, you should stay with her. Judging from her condition, she should be able to be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

Ye Xinning politely thanked the doctor.

In the hospital room, Ye Zhimu was sharing her funny stories from kindergarten with Ye Rouxin, while Ye Xinning sat watching from the side. So, blood ties are a very magical thing; her daughter has the ability to heal her mother.

The phone rang; it was Qin Yuchu.

Ye Xinning stood up with the phone in her hand. "Mom, you talk to Mumu about this. I'm going to take this call."

With her granddaughter by her side, Ye Rouxin didn't ask her any more questions. "Okay, go ahead."

After Ye Xinning left the ward, Qin Yuchu called to discuss the case that Cheng Yuhuai had mentioned the day before.

The conversation lasted for nearly half an hour. Ye Xinning leaned against the wall in the corridor and inadvertently looked up, only to be drawn to a scene not far away.

At the end of the corridor, a tall, slender man was accompanied by a small figure. Ye Xinning recognized the man as Shen Lin just by looking at his profile.

The man was Shen Lin, and that small figure following beside him...

Is it a silent scene?

Ye Xinning gripped her phone tightly, no longer bothering to talk to Qin Yuchu.

"Attorney Qin, I have some things to take care of here. I'll call you back tonight."

"Okay, Attorney Ye, you can go ahead and get back to work."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Xinning looked up again, but the two figures, one tall and one short, had already disappeared at the end of the corridor. She quickly followed after them.

On the other side.

Silent Jing walked obediently beside Shen Lin, occasionally glancing up at him with a cautious yet joyful look in her eyes.

This morning, he felt a little unwell in his stomach, and his grandmother called his father to tell him about it.

He had only intended to tell his father, but an hour later, his father returned home and personally brought him to the hospital.

This was the first time Jing had spent alone with her father. She wanted to reach out and hold her father's hand many times, but she was afraid that such a gesture would upset him.

With this uneasy feeling, Mo Jing followed Shen Lin all the way to the doctor's office.

Shen Lin waited by as the doctor examined him.

"Mr. Shen, the young master is fine. It's probably just a minor issue with his diet last night. I'll prescribe some medicine for him to take home and he'll be fine," the doctor said respectfully.

Hearing the doctor say that everything was fine, Shen Lin nodded, then lowered his head and asked Chen Mojing, "What did you eat last night?"

"It's a normal diet, Dad."

"How could this happen so suddenly?"

"Maybe? I ate too much?" Silent Jing said this with a hint of guilt.