"Wanwan! You're finally here! Do you know how worried I was that something might have happened to you!"

Ye Ningwan was suddenly hugged by Tang Ruanruan, who rushed over, and almost couldn't catch her breath.

She smiled, gently patted Tang Ruanruan's back, and said reassuringly.

"I'm fine. What can those paper tigers do to me?"

As Ye Ningwan spoke, she nudged Tang Ruanruan.

"Let me come in first, then we can talk."

Tang Ruanruan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, sniffed, and immediately moved aside a little.

After the two entered the room, Tang Ruanruan spoke.

"Yu Yu and Xiao Xing Xing are both very well-behaved and are asleep now. Would you like to go and check on them?"

Ye Ningwan walked into the bedroom, where the two little ones were sleeping like two little pigs, their sprawled-out sleeping positions were quite unsightly.

When Ye Ningwan saw the two little ones, her eyes softened. She went to the bedside and tucked them in, then bent down and kissed each of them on the cheek before leaving the bedroom with Tang Ruanruan.

The two sat in the living room. Tang Ruanruan cut two portions of mango mille-feuille mousse and put the rest in the refrigerator to wait for the two little ones to eat when they woke up tomorrow.

The two sat facing each other, and it was the first time in years that they were able to sit down and chat quietly.

It has been almost a month since Ye Ningwan returned to Jiangcheng.

Tang Ruanruan's eyes flushed slightly, and she sniffed.

"Wanwan, I didn't know that after what happened back then, you would actually... and have two children..."

Tang Ruanruan sighed, tears welling in her slightly red eyes, and said softly.

"You've suffered all these years, but I haven't been able to help you in any way."

Ye Ningwan knew that Tang Ruanruan truly cared about her.

But Tang Ruanruan was just one of millions of ordinary people. Back then, she was struggling to take care of herself, so how could she help Ye Ningwan? She could only worry about her helplessly, wanting to help but not knowing how.

Ye Ningwan smiled gently and shook her head, then squeezed Tang Ruanruan's hand and whispered.

"Your willingness to help me take care of my two children is already a huge help!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Ruanruan immediately spoke to Ye Ningwan.

"Don't even mention just helping you take care of them for a day, I'd be happy to take care of them all the time! Yu Yu and Xiao Xing Xing are so well-behaved and adorable, I've never seen such easy-to-care-for children!"

Ye Ningwan actually wanted to find someone to help her take care of her two children, but she was currently all alone in Jiangcheng and didn't know how to settle the two little ones. The kindergarten was on holiday recently, and she couldn't keep the children locked in the hotel forever, otherwise the same thing would definitely happen again.

It's extremely dangerous for two children to be running around outside alone!

She pondered for a moment, then spoke to Tang Ruanruan.

"Ruan Ruan, I do need your help with something, but I don't know if you'd be willing?"

Tang Ruanruan nodded vigorously without hesitation and said to Ye Ningwan.

"I do!"

She gripped Ye Ningwan's hands tightly, her eyes sparkling with starlight, and said firmly to Ye Ningwan.

"I'll do whatever you say!"

Seeing Tang Ruanruan looking like she was about to die, Ye Ningwan couldn't help but chuckle and patted Tang Ruanruan's head.

She's just so adorable!

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to die for me, nor do you have to go through fire and water. I'm just thinking that since you left the Ye family, you're temporarily unemployed. I was wondering if you would be willing to help me take care of Yu Yu and Xiao Xing Xing. But don't worry, they're very well-behaved and don't require much attention. Besides, I've already enrolled them in kindergarten, so you only need to pick them up and drop them off. You can arrange their kindergarten time as you see fit."

Ye Ningwan thought about it again. Although she considered Tang Ruanruan a friend, even friends had to give each other a price.

"You're working for me, so I'll pay you 20,000 a month."

A look of surprise flashed across Tang Ruanruan's eyes, and she immediately waved her hand and said.

"No, you don't need to give me money. I'm just doing you a favor! You..."

Ye Ningwan placed a finger on Tang Ruanruan's lips, gently shushed her, and whispered.

"Don't say that. Your sister is in poor health, and all these years of hard work in the Ye family have been for her sake. How can I let you help me for free?"

Tang Ruanruan shook her head.

"But that's too much. I only make a little over six thousand a month doing all sorts of jobs at the Ye family. You've tripled that amount all at once, I..."

Ye Ningwan looked at Tang Ruanruan seriously and said, word by word.

“I’m only giving you the normal market price. It’s hard to find someone who is both reliable and caring these days, especially someone who takes care of two children at once. Besides, this is your salary, there’s also a fee for your hard work, and I need to buy a house in your name.”

Tang Ruanruan was even more shocked, and didn't even bother to mention the salary again.

"Why……"

Ye Ningwan sighed.

“Now that I’m married to Pei Fengzhi, my account is under someone else’s supervision. Moreover, all the assets I set up during the marriage need to be split equally with Pei Fengzhi. Although the Pei family doesn’t need my meager assets, it will be difficult to handle in the future if we get divorced.”

"Moreover, even if I'm not preparing for a future divorce, if the Pei family finds out that I bought a house outside, they will definitely investigate and it will be easy for them to find out about Yu Yu and Xiao Xing Xing."

Now that things had come to this, Tang Ruanruan finally realized a problem and suddenly covered her mouth.

"You married Master Pei, but nobody knows about these two children?!"

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