Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw Jiang Kefan's expression as he begged for forgiveness, while Jiang Kefan remained there with a dark expression.
Just then, Gu Yiming returned home and heard hearty laughter coming from inside. He immediately pushed open the door and asked, "What's going on? Why are you laughing so happily? Tell me so I can have a laugh too."
Upon hearing Gu Yiming's words, Jiang Kefan's already dark face turned even uglier. He immediately ran to Gu Yiming to complain, "Dad, he suddenly started running around the house today. Not only did he run around, but he also scratched the sofa. I was trying to discipline him, but they kept protecting him. If they keep doing this, he'll be spoiled and become a bad dog!"
As he spoke, he seemed to let out a snort.
Gu Yiming saw that Jiang Kefan had been keeping his head down and now had a dark expression, and he understood why everyone had been laughing so happily before. So he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He said to Jiang Kefan, "You're a boy, you should be more magnanimous in your actions. Don't be so petty about these small things. Look, you already know you were wrong, so why can't you forgive him?"
Jiang Kefan lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed by Gu Yiming's words, and then said shyly, "I'm sorry, I understand. I shouldn't have been so petty and bothered by such trivial matters."
Gu Yiming nodded with satisfaction.
Gu Yiming glanced at the guzheng in the living room, then at the girl sitting next to it, and asked Jiang Kefan, "Is that girl your classmate?"
Jiang Kefan nodded and replied, "Her name is Ye Younan, and she's my classmate. My mother was a little sad when she saw Ye Younan, but Ye Younan played the guzheng and cheered her up."
Hearing this, Gu Yiming felt a pang of guilt. No matter what, he always felt that Jiang Hua's miscarriage was his fault.
Since Ye Younan helped cheer Jiang Hua up, we should thank him. Since Ye Qingqing and Hu Haoran are here, let's have a small gathering at home.
Gu Yiming walked up to Ye Younan and said with a smile, "Your name is Ye Younan, right?"
Ye Younan nodded.
"Today is your first day at my house, and you've done me a great favor. It's only right that I invite you to have a meal with me to express my gratitude."
Ye Younan hesitated for a moment. Although she really wanted to experience what it was like to have her mother around, her father was still waiting for her at home. So she declined, saying, "No need, Uncle. Thank you for your kindness. But my father is waiting for me to have dinner together at home. I'm afraid he'll be anxious if I go back late."
"This..." Seeing Ye Younan's decisive refusal, Gu Yiming didn't try to persuade her any further. Moreover, with Ye Qingqing around, he figured the child wouldn't be too relaxed, so he said, "Alright then, Uncle will have the driver take you. It's getting late, and it's definitely not safe for a girl like you to go home alone."
This time, Ye Younan did not refuse Gu Yiming, and nodded, saying, "Yes, thank you, Uncle."
"Go, see Ye Younan off," Gu Yiming instructed Jiang Kefan.
"Okay, okay, isn't that annoying?" Jiang Kefan reluctantly saw Ye Younan off, being urged on.
After saying goodbye to Ye Younan, Jiang Kefan immediately returned home. However, upon seeing everyone already seated at the dining table, Jiang Kefan couldn't help but wonder if he was really her biological son.
Before he could even speak, Ye Qingqing, who was sitting at the dining table, said, "Jiang Kefan, why are you back so early? I thought you would be gone for a long time to see your female classmate off. We didn't want to wait for you for so long so the food would get cold, so we ate first."
Jiang Kefan couldn't help but curse inwardly, "He comes to my house for meals almost every day. Does he really not consider himself an outsider? He even eats before I do. I'm so angry."
Although Jiang Kefan was internally cursing them, he didn't dare say it aloud, fearing Ye Qingqing would criticize him again. He could only obediently sit in his seat, slowly eating and watching them drink and chat.
At the dining table, Gu Yiming and Hu Haoran had unknowingly watched Jiang Hua and Ye Qingqing drink countless glasses of wine. Seeing Jiang Hua's flushed face, Gu Yiming began to feel that something was amiss. He said, "Stop drinking, you're already drunk."
"I didn't!" Jiang Hua stubbornly denied it. "Ye Qingqing hasn't fallen yet, so I certainly can't fall."
"I'm telling you, Jiang Hua, you definitely can't outdrink me, and you don't believe me! Hurry up and lie down, don't try to be a hero," Ye Qingqing said, taunting Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua, clutching the bottle of liquor, suddenly turned to Gu Yiming, hiccuping and drunkenly asking, "Do you think I have a good alcohol tolerance?"
"Okay, okay, let's go downstairs first, okay? You won't fall down." Gu Yiming coaxed Jiang Hualou away while giving Hu Haoran a wink, signaling him to take Ye Qingqing away.
Hu Haoran understood Gu Yiming's meaning, and he coaxed Ye Qingqing back to the car before driving home.
"I feel like throwing up," Ye Qingqing, sitting in the back seat, suddenly said, covering her mouth.
"You feel like throwing up? Then try to hold it in, otherwise how will you drive the car tomorrow if you throw up in it!" Huo Haoran said anxiously.
Hu Haoran realized that things were not going well. If he continued at this speed, Ye Qingqing might throw up in his car. So he sped up and hurried home.
At that time, Xu Xiaoxiao was still receiving treatment in the hospital. The medical staff outside were willing to look at him properly and tried their best to leave as soon as possible after finishing their work each day.
"How come he's still living here? He's shameless."
“Yes, yes,” the nurse beside her quickly echoed.
Xu Xiaoxiao's days are like this: lying in her hospital bed, listening to the nurses outside talking about her, but she can't do anything about it, and she has no way to teach them a lesson.
Suddenly, the voices outside the door stopped talking about him and an elderly man entered.
The old man came to Xu Xiaoxiao's bedside, placed a card on the bedside table, and said, "Hello, Miss Xu. I am a servant of the Li family. I came here specifically to deliver this card to you. I hope you will take the money and leave as soon as possible. Although it is not much, I hope you will be content. After all, you are not carrying Young Master Gu's child. We are already being more than kind by giving you money."
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