Ye Linlang smiled and declined politely, "Master, no matter how busy I am, I have to be with the children. I don't want to miss out on their growth. Don't worry, if I'm too busy, I'll trouble you."

At this moment, Ye Linlang's phone rang.

The person who called Ye Linlang was Qiao Xiang.

"Qiao Xiang."

Qiao Xiang asked on the phone, "Linlang, I heard from my mom that Taozi and Xia Zhao are getting married."

"Yes, the wedding date has been set. Are you going back to the imperial capital?" Ye Linlang asked.

Qiao Xiang said as a matter of course, "Of course I have to go back. My brother is getting married, and if I, as his older sister, don't show up, won't people gossip about me?"

"You won't be an annoying sister-in-law, will you?" Ye Linlang asked jokingly.

Qiao Xiang, in turn, teased, "Linlang, don't ask me. Ask yourself, if Taozi and Xia Zhao had a fight, whose side would you be on?"

"I'm on the side of truth."

Ruan Tao is the master's granddaughter.

Xia Zhao is my uncle's son.

Both sides are equivalent to Ye Linlang's relatives, so Ye Linlang will not favor one over the other.

She will definitely stand on the side of reason.

"Oh, by the way, Linlang, I'll bring you a surprise when I come back."

Ye Linlang was surprised and asked, "What surprise?"

Qiao Xiang thought that she and her husband were both going back to China, and she couldn't hide the fact that she had adopted a child. She hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Qing Bai and I are going to adopt a child."

"Is it a boy or a girl? Have you adopted one?" Ye Linlang asked.

Qiao Xiang hesitated for a moment, then said with some regret, "If I hadn't been so naive when I was young, I wouldn't have resorted to adopting a child. I have Xingchen, but Qingbai doesn't have any children, so I thought of adopting a child for him, giving him the surname Qingsong. Then, a hundred years from now, someone would come to visit us during the Qingming Festival."

Seeing that everyone around her had children, Qiao Xiang also wanted to have a child of her own.

But... this idea can only be wishful thinking.

She will never be able to conceive a child of her own.

"Actually, as long as you and your spouse have agreed to adopt a child, we definitely won't stop you. However, I personally think it's best for you to first learn about the child's biological parents before adopting them. Even though the child is innocent, do you understand what I mean?"

Qiao Xiang softly responded, "I know. The child hasn't been born yet, maybe in the next day or two! Linlang, what do you think? If I adopt the child, would it be okay to claim it's mine? I don't want the child to know he's adopted from a young age. I also don't want him to only think about his biological parents in the future."

"It's fine if you have this idea. Just tell your family and we can keep the same story."

Qiao Xiang's hands unconsciously entangled the red telephone cord. She took a deep breath and said firmly, "I hope my child won't have any trauma growing up. Linlang, you don't know that Xingchen still has nightmares occasionally. The memory of her being abducted will be forever deeply engraved in her memory, a scar that can never be erased. I also hope that this child I adopt will think he is our own from the moment he is born."