His father would tell him these stories almost every day when he was a child, and he could recite them all by heart in the end.

"I'm sorry, my dad isn't usually like this. He may have had a few drinks today and was emotionally disturbed, so he tended to recall the past.

He watched Meng Manxing give a brief explanation and sat back at the dinner table.

"It's okay, uncle is very cute."

Meng Manxing didn't mind too much, she could feel Ji's father's sincerity.

"Well, let's eat."

Seeing that she was not angry, Ji Jialin used a serving chopstick to scoop her a spoonful of chicken soup.

“My dad makes delicious soup.”

"...Thanks."

Meng Manxing looked at the hot soup that was scooped over and reached out to take it.

Without Ji's father's lively atmosphere, the two of them were very quiet during the meal.

Ji Jialin looked at Meng Manxing who was concentrating on drinking soup opposite him and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back when he thought of something.

After dinner, Ji Jialin drove Meng Manxing back to school.

"I'm leaving first."

"Well, be careful on the road."

"Yes, Manxing should rest early."

Ji Jialin looked at Meng Manxing, who was only wearing casual clothes, met her eyes and spoke before leaving.

Meng Manxing met that gaze, but before he could say anything, he could only stare at the taillights of the car for a long time before turning around and going back to school.

She inexplicably felt that after that meal, the atmosphere between her and Ji Jialin became a little strange, not as natural as at the beginning.

But...what's the point of thinking about these things?

If Ji Jialin knew her identity one day, he would be scared to death.

She smiled bitterly as she thought of her father's frightened expression when he was young.

She has a very good memory and can remember everything before she was one year old, but she didn't want her mother to worry, so she pretended not to know why they divorced.

Until now she can still clearly recall her father's frightened expression.

This made her afraid to open her heart.