Tie Dan was panting heavily, his head covered in sweat. It was almost noon, the hottest time of the day.

Why aren't you wearing a hat? Why are you running so fast?

Ye Qingqing glared at Lu Mo reproachfully, her face flushed from the sun. Tie Dan was the same; they were such idiots!

Even if you're in a hurry, there's no rush to put on a hat for a moment!

"nothing!"

Lu Mo laughed dismissively. This little sunburn was nothing. He wasn't as delicate as Ye Qingqing, who couldn't withstand the sun. He and Tie Dan were both grown men, and they would be fine even if they were exposed to the sun all day.

Little Li was very clever. Before the old lady could give any instructions, he brought over two bowls of iced mung bean soup and handed them to Lu Mo and Tie Dan.

"Thanks!"

Lu Mo took the bowl and drank slowly, but Tie Dan tilted his head back and chugged it all down. He then handed the bowl to Xiao Li with a silly grin, and Xiao Li chuckled, "Want some more?"

"Okay!" Tie Dan scratched the back of his head sheepishly. One bowl wasn't enough to satisfy his craving, and the Sang family's bowls were small, only enough for one bite.

Xiao Li simply brought over a large pot of mung bean soup, with half a pot left over. She placed it on the table, and Tie Dan drank a bowl while she scooped out a bowl.

At first, the old lady and Sun Qiuyun were just watching the fun, but when they saw Tiedan drinking bowl after bowl, they couldn't help but advise, "You can't drink anymore, your stomach will hurt if you drink any more. Xiao Li, quickly put it away."

Ye Qingqing said happily, "Grandma, don't worry, even if Tiedan eats the eternal ice of Antarctica, he won't get an upset stomach. His stomach is stronger than an ox's."

Tie Dan smiled sheepishly at the old lady and continued drinking the mung bean soup. Before long, most of the soup was gone. Xiao Li was overjoyed and poured the last bit to Tie Dan, saying, "Eat it all. Who can afford to support someone like you? You're as good as three people!"

"The army made sure I was well-fed, I could eat as much as I wanted, and the battalion commander even bought me a big pork knuckle."

Tie Dan grinned and finished all the mung bean soup, leaving not a single drop.

The old lady and Sun Qiuyun were overjoyed. They had never seen anyone eat more than Tiedan. Ordinary families really couldn't afford to raise this child. No wonder he joined the army.

After finishing his mung bean soup, Lu Mo took out a small stack of documents from his briefcase and placed them on the coffee table. "These are documents from back then that I asked my comrades to find out. Some of them you should already know."

Ye Qingqing nodded. "My mom and my dad, Ye Mingcheng, are a legally married couple. It's just that my dad got into trouble later and his whereabouts are unknown."

Lu Mo took out a few pages from the documents he brought, "These are Ye Mingcheng's records from back then."

One of his comrades worked at the Public Security Bureau. By some miracle, Ye Mingcheng's case file from eighteen years ago was still there, with very detailed records, but the matter became increasingly complicated.

Moreover, Lu Mo became even more certain of Ye Zhiguo and Shen Yanhong's wolfish ambitions.

Ye Qingqing took the document, and was startled after just one glance at the title. The title read—

Regarding Ye Mingcheng's crimes of rape and his flight from justice...

"Rape? Fleeing to avoid punishment? How could that be... My dad is definitely not that kind of person!" Ye Qingqing refused to believe it and threw the documents on the coffee table. She didn't want to look at these fabricated documents.

That's disgusting!

She believed in her mother. If Ye Mingcheng were a disgusting rapist, her mother would never have fallen in love with him, much less have had a child with her father, and would never have been so worried and depressed.

The old lady and Sun Qiuyun were also startled. Their reaction after picking up the documents was the same as Ye Qingqing's: they only glanced at the title before throwing the documents away.

"Impossible! Mingcheng would never do such a thing. It must be a setup!"