Ten minutes later, Yi An sat on the steps downstairs, sighing as she watched the two little ones next to her happily eating ice cream.

His mournful gaze turned to the ungrateful Su Xiaoyu, and his expression immediately changed, revealing hidden anger.

He retorted irritably, "Su Xiaoyu, how did you refuse me when I asked you for help back then! And now you're happily eating my ice cream! You little ingrate!"

Su Xiaoyu completely ignored his words, happily eating her ice cream while glancing at her watch every now and then, and adding insult to injury for Yi An: "Dad, you only have five minutes left to pamper us, so hurry up!"

Upon hearing this, Yi'an nearly vomited blood.

He forced himself to stay upright despite his frail health and gritted his teeth as he said to Su Xiaoyu, "I haven't even gotten your mother's forgiveness yet, and I'm already going to be driven crazy by you!"

Yi Kangle: "Hahaha."

With a glance from his father, Yi Kangle quietly explained, "Dad, do you believe me if I say I'm happy because I ate ice cream?"

Su Yan stood at the window on the balcony, and from her direction, she could see the father and his two sons.

"How can you give your child ice cream on such a cold day? Aren't you afraid of them getting diarrhea?!"

She disliked him, but she couldn't go downstairs to yell at him.

Su Yan decided to ignore it and walk back to the living room when her phone rang.

Su Yan walked over, looked at the number that had been ringing incessantly for the past two minutes, hesitated for a moment, and then answered it anyway.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Yan Yan".

The shout froze Su Yan in place, her hand holding the phone trembling as if it could barely support its weight.

Why are you calling me?

Hearing the cold voice on the other end of the phone, Ye Mei hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.

"Yan Yan, can I see you just once? Just once," she pleaded.

Su Yan instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she suddenly remembered Meng Jie's four words—"protective of her daughter."

After struggling to think for a while, Su Yan finally relented: "Send me the address, and I'll come over right away."

She got the address, grabbed a coat at random, put it on, and went downstairs.

Yi An was about to send the two little Pixiu that only ate and never vomited back when she turned around and saw Su Yan hurrying down.

Where are you going?

Su Yan didn't even glance at him. As she walked past him, she said, "Don't you want the baby? You can take care of the baby tonight," and headed straight for her car.

She opened the car door and got in. Just as she was about to step on the gas and get out, the back door was opened.

Su Yan turned her head and saw Yi An bringing the two children up.

What are you going to do now?

Yi An turned around and got into the passenger seat. While fastening her seatbelt, she said, "I suddenly realized that what children need more than a father's love is complete parental love. So, wherever you go today, we'll go with you."

In the back seat, Yi Kangle, who had just finished a whole ice cream, nodded in agreement, clearly very satisfied.

"Yes, we need complete parental love."

This means someone had taught you beforehand.

Su Yan's temples throbbed with pain. She turned her head and asked with a gentle smile, "Does Xiao Bao still need a complete childhood?"

Yi Kangle looked at Yi An in horror, his face saying, "Dad, you didn't say anything about having a childhood!"

Finally, unable to drive away the shameless Yi An, Su Yan had no choice but to lead the three of them to Ye Mei's place.

As soon as Ye Mei opened the door and saw Su Yan, she was about to smile when she caught sight of Yi An's face behind her, and her expression changed instantly.

Yi'an bowed politely and greeted her, "Mom."

Ye Mei's expression changed. She wanted to say something, but didn't. She stepped aside to make way for Ye Mei.

After Su Yan and the others sat down, and Yu Wende brought over some fruit, Ye Mei glanced at Yi An a couple more times before speaking seriously.

"Auntie still wants to ask, what exactly happened at the wedding? Was there some misunderstanding between the two of you? Or did you do something to Su Yan?"

Yi An looked at her expression and her heart skipped a beat. She immediately withdrew her hand that was about to reach for the water glass, sat up straight, and prepared to answer.

"Mom, the truth is..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Yan interrupted him coldly.

"What does this have to do with you?"

Hearing her unusually cold words, Ye Mei was taken aback and said with some grievance, "I wanted to stand up for you."

Su Yan reacted as if she had heard a funny joke.

"Stand up for me? Why didn't you do that earlier?"

She paused deliberately, then looked up at her meaningfully, "And what right do you have to criticize him?"

Ye Mei looked at the mocking smile on her face, her pupils contracted, and she was stunned, not knowing what to say.

Yi An and Yu Wende realized that something was wrong and turned to persuade their wives.

But Su Yan ignored what Yi An was saying and bluntly asked, "You'd better hurry up and tell me why you called me here."

Faced with her repeated attempts to distance herself, Ye Mei clearly couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a trembling voice, "Does that mean I can't see you unless I have something to say?"

Su Yan looked at her like this, but was not moved at all. All she could think about was the image of her heartlessly leaving.

"You haven't seen me all these years, whether there's something to do or not, so don't try to play the emotional card with me anymore. You don't deserve it."

The words "You don't deserve it" pierced Ye Mei's heart, and tears welled up in her eyes. She immediately turned her head away, saying, "You can go now. I was just being nosy and wasting your time. I won't do it again."

Su Yan's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.

"You should have said so earlier, otherwise I would have made a wasted trip."

She gritted her teeth and got up.

Yi An could clearly see that she was being stubborn, so she immediately grabbed her hand and said, "Can't you talk to your aunt properly?"

Su Yan shook off his hand, "What do you know that you're meddling in other people's business? Get out of here."

She had just reached the door and was about to change her shoes when Su Xuan, who had been hiding inside, could no longer hide and ran out.

"Sister, don't go. Mom called you here because she cares about you and just wanted to see you. Don't be angry."

She had barely finished speaking when Ye Mei cried out, "Su Xuan!"

After hesitating for a long time, Su Xuan decided to just get to the bottom of it.

“Since the wedding day, Mom has been very worried about you. She can’t eat or sleep well, and she doesn’t know what happened, so she wanted to call you over.”

After she finished explaining, she noticed that Su Yan's gaze was fixed on her right cheek.

Su Xuan only remembered a beat late, immediately turned her head to avoid Su Yan's gaze, and covered her face with her hands.

Su Yan stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and asked sternly, "What happened to your face? Who hit you?"