Snowflakes began to fall in Haicheng, a city that hadn't seen snow for many years.

Huo Beixiao was only wearing a thin shirt, and even his lips were blue from the cold, but he seemed not to feel it at all, standing like a statue in front of Yang Qiaoqiao's house.

When Yang Qiaoqiao came out of the bathroom and drew the curtains, she saw through the glass window the figure standing in the snow outside the door, dressed in thin clothes.

But she drew the curtains almost without hesitation.

In the early hours of the morning, Yang Qiaoqiao heard the sound of an ambulance outside her door.

When she got up in the morning, she heard Lin Xiaohui complaining unhappily about Huo Beixiao, "Qiaoqiao, what kind of person is this? He stood at our door in the snow wearing so little and even fainted from the cold."

If it weren't for the sanitation workers who got up early to clean and found him, would he still be planning to die in front of our house?

With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, this is really bringing us bad luck!

As Lin Xiaohui continued her rant, she seemed to suddenly realize something. "Wait, Qiaoqiao, this isn't right. Isn't Huo Beixiao trying to ruin your reputation?"

He's the one who wronged you and the child. Now that he's pulled this stunt, people might say you're heartless for breaking up a perfectly good family!

As Lin Xiaohui finished speaking, she realized her analysis made perfect sense and couldn't help but slap her thigh. "Yes, that's definitely it. That bastard is really cunning!"

"No, I can't let him ruin your reputation like this. I have to go out and explain things to people!" Lin Xiaohui said, getting up to walk outside.

Yang Qiaoqiao was both amused and exasperated, and quickly pulled her back, "Mom, where are you going to explain things to someone?"

"Are you going to go door-to-door explaining this to every single neighbor?"

Lin Xiaohui smiled mysteriously, "How could that be? Qiaoqiao, don't worry, your mother has lived here for more than half a year, so I know how to spread the news."

Whether you're from the city or the countryside, the Chinese people's love of gossip will never change.

When Lin Xiaohui was in the countryside, although she didn't participate much in the gossip groups of the village women, as a native of the countryside, she knew how to infiltrate the intelligence center of a small area and spread the news.

Hearing Lin Xiaohui say this, Yang Qiaoqiao didn't think it mattered much whether she made things clear to others or whether her reputation was bad.

I just felt that if I didn't let Lin Xiaohui go out today to clear her name, Lin Xiaohui would probably be bored to death at home.

Therefore, she couldn't stop Lin Xiaohui, but could only tell her to wear warm clothes when going out so she wouldn't catch a cold.

Lin Xiaohui put on her coat and hurried to the door.

Suddenly remembering her two grandsons, she quickly turned back, fully geared up the two little ones, An'an and Lele, and prepared to take them both out together.

Yang Qiaoqiao originally wanted to stop it.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, the two little ones looked at her like little adults and said seriously, "Mom, my brother and I want to go out with Grandma."

An'an, who is one and a half years old, can already speak very fluently.

When Lele heard her sister say such a long sentence again, she looked at her sister with admiration.

Then, imitating her older sister, she said, word by word, in a deliberate and measured manner, "Lele, sister, grandma, go out."

Although he didn't speak as fluently as his sister, he still managed to express his meaning clearly.

Looking into the two children's bright, sparkling eyes, Yang Qiaoqiao knew that both children were intelligent.

There are some things that she simply cannot hide from them, no matter how hard she tries.

She couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alright, you can go out with Grandma. Once you're out, just listen to Grandma talking to the other grandpas and grandmas, and try not to talk yourself, okay?"

The two little ones nodded emphatically in perfect unison and said in unison, "Okay."

Yang Qiaoqiao went to the factory as usual, and after arranging the factory's production, she went to find Qiao Haifan.

They were looking for Qiao Haifan because of the Spring Festival Gala sponsorship issue.

After Qiao Haifan secured the title sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala through his connections with the Gala director, Yang Qiaoqiao's side needed to liaise with the Gala's advertising management center.

Today is the day the Spring Festival Gala Advertising Management Center confirmed the signing of the final cooperation agreement with Yang Qiaoqiao.

After signing the contract, Yang Qiaoqiao didn't go to the factory again. She returned home much earlier than she had before.

Unexpectedly, Su Pan came to visit the two children at home today.

In fact, Su Pan came over every day or two, but Yang Qiaoqiao was too busy with work to meet with Su Pan.

While playing with An'an and Lele with Su Pan, Yang Qiaoqiao chatted with Su Pan.

Several times, she saw Su Pan hesitate to speak.

Finally, she spoke up, "Auntie, is there something you want to tell me?"

Su Pan visibly breathed a sigh of relief when Yang Qiaoqiao asked that question.

She finally spoke up: "Qiaoqiao, last night Huo Beixiao..."

Yang Qiaoqiao knew that Su Pan wanted to know what happened between her and Huo Beixiao last night, so she told Su Pan the things she could tell her.

Of course, she wouldn't utter any supernatural or absurd claims like Jiang Yiran killing her or her being reborn.

She only said that Huo Beixiao regretted it, but she had no intention of forgiving him.

She said this because she was worried that if Su Pan saw that Huo Beixiao regretted it and felt sorry for her nephew, she might help Huo Beixiao persuade her, which would make her feel awkward.

It would be better for her to take advantage of the present moment and make things clear to Su Pan, thus avoiding any potential embarrassment or difficulty later.

Su Pan actually came directly from the hospital to Yang Qiaoqiao's house today.

Huo Beixiao was, after all, her nephew.

Today, Huo Beixiao was found by sanitation workers and 120 was called. While the hospital was treating him, they also had to contact the patient's relatives.

Huo Beixiao had no other relatives in Haicheng, so the hospital eventually contacted Su Pan.

Although Huo Beixiao seemed like a different person after his trip to Hong Kong, and the things he did were disappointing.

But for Su Pan, Huo Beixiao was, after all, her sister's only child and her only nephew, and she couldn't possibly abandon him.

When she arrived at the hospital, Huo Beixiao was still hypothermic and had not yet woken up.

When Huo Beixiao woke up, his first words were to apologize to her and ask her to help take care of Yang Qiaoqiao and the two children.

Although Huo Beixiao didn't say much else, Su Pan sensed that something was wrong.

She looked at Yang Qiaoqiao, considered for a moment, and said, "Qiaoqiao, you've spent more time with Beixiao than I have as his aunt. Do you really think Beixiao is the kind of person who's so unreasonable that he would abandon his own wife and children for a woman for no reason?"

“Moreover…” Su Pan paused for a moment before saying, “You should also be able to see that Bei Xiao doesn’t actually have romantic feelings for Jiang Yiran.”