Yaya's call made Qiao Chudong, who was emotionally broken, stunned for a moment, until she saw with her own eyes that Yaya was safe and sound, lying in Yang Shuo's arms, she burst into tears of joy.

"Yaya——" She ran over and hugged Yaya tightly regardless of everything. Yaya's soft little hands wrapped around her neck.

"Mom, don't cry, Yaya Huhu..."

When He Xuyang saw that his daughter was rescued by Yang Shuo, he felt complicated for a moment. He felt relieved but at the same time he felt angry.

After the excitement of regaining her lost possession had subsided, Qiao Chudong looked at Yang Shuo and asked, "Why are you with Yaya?"

Yang Shuo then explained to everyone why he caught Yaya from the river.

It turned out that when he was driving out of the village and passing by the river, he wanted to clean the mud off the car.

So he drove his car to the river and started to wash the car. When he was halfway through washing the car, he saw a child rushing down from upstream. He immediately jumped in and picked up the child.

When Yaya was rescued, she had basically no problems except drinking a lot of water.

Yang Shuo had seen Yaya before when he went to the city to deliver vegetables to Qiao Chudong, so after making sure that she was not injured, he brought her back.

"Thank you, Yang Shuo. If it weren't for you... I really wouldn't be able to survive."

Qiao Chudong expressed her gratitude to Yang Shuo from the bottom of her heart and asked Yaya 껩 to say thank you quickly.

Yaya 껩 said in a very sweet and soft voice: "Thank you~ Uncle Yang."

Yang Shuo found that Yaya looked especially like Qiao Chudong, and he liked her very much. He raised his hand and scratched her little nose, saying lovingly:

"You're welcome. Yaya, don't go to the river to play anymore. It's very dangerous."

The loving interaction between the two seemed like a poisonous thorn in He Xuyang's eyes.

Before he could get angry, Yaya pouted and said aggrievedly, "My aunt brought me to the river to find my mother..."

Yaya's words immediately aroused Qiao Zhixia's suspicion. She raised her head and scanned, and sure enough, she caught a flash of guilt in Huang Xia's eyes.

"Yaya, which auntie is it? Can you point her out to me?"

“…Yes…” Yaya raised her little hand and began to carefully identify the people in the crowd one by one. However, after looking around twice, she still couldn’t point out the culprit.

Yaya felt a little depressed and at a loss.

Huang Xia heaved a sigh of relief. Qiao Zhixia finally understood why Yaya couldn't find anyone. It was because Huang Xia was slapped by her and her face was bruised and swollen. It would be strange if Yaya could recognize her.

Besides, even if Yaya identified Huang Xia on the spot, there would be no evidence if she was just a two-year-old.

But she didn't want to let her go like this, so she asked directly:

"Huang Xia, why don't you explain why Yaya and your son fell into the river together? And why are you and He Xuyang both here?"

Huang Xia hugged her son tightly, straightened her neck and said righteously: "How dare you ask? It was this devilish girl who brought my son here to play with bad intentions. She also pushed my son into the river. We asked others and found out that they were by the river, so we came here to find them."

"Really? Who did you ask? Who told you that the two children were by the river?" Qiao Zhixia pressed on.

Huang Xia's words were obviously full of loopholes. Not to mention that Yaya would never have such a harmful intention, who would leave two such young children alone by the flooded river?

So as expected, Huang Xia stuttered and couldn't point it out at all, and in the end she could only say that she couldn't remember it clearly.

"It's okay if you don't remember. The person who showed you the way must remember you. We can go door to door and ask."

If you really want to expose a lie, you will definitely find the flaw.

Qiao Zhixia's persistence naturally made Huang Xia, who was lying, sweat profusely. Fortunately, at this time, the son in her arms whimpered:

"Mom...it's so cold, let's go to sleep..."

"Xiao Deng is cold, Xuyang, please take us back." Huang Xia took advantage of her son's discomfort and almost fled in panic.

He Xuyang looked at Qiao Chudong and her daughter and said, "Yaya, can you come home with Dad? Mom is going to handle the funeral here, and you are too young to stay."

The mother and daughter avoided He Xuyang's touch without any prior agreement.

"I don't want Daddy, I want to be with Mommy."

"Yaya finally managed to save her life. I don't dare hand her over to you anymore. You'd better take them and run away!" Qiao Chudong's tone was colder than ever before.

Although He Xuyang was angry, he still felt guilty towards Yaya: "Then I will come to pick you up tomorrow."

Amid the pointing and talking of a group of villagers, the three got on their bicycles and left.

Before Qiao Zhixia took Yaya back to change clothes, she pointed at the wet Yang Shuo and signaled her sister to treat her savior well.

Qiao Chudong looked up at Yang Shuo, whose hair was still covered with water droplets, and her mood was indescribably complicated.

"Your clothes are wet. You'll catch a cold if you keep doing this. If you don't mind, come back with me. I'll find some of my dad's clothes for you to change into first."

"Yeah, okay." Yang Shuo agreed in a deep voice.

Qiao Chudong thought he would refuse, but unexpectedly he agreed so readily.

"Then...then come with me."

Qiao Chudong took him home, but as soon as she turned around, her feet suddenly trembled and she almost sprained her ankle. Fortunately, Yang Shuo held her arm steadily.

"……Thank you."

"It's okay. You were too nervous just now. Now that you relax, you feel weak. It's normal."

"I really don't know how to thank you. You saved Yaya and saved me."

"Then treat me to a meal at a hotel in the city next time!" Yang Shuo said easily.

Qiao Chudong smiled: "Okay, no problem..."

After this incident, her attitude towards Yang Shuo changed a lot and she was no longer opposed to contacting him.

When Yang Shuo followed her back and changed into Qiao Xinguo's clean clothes and came out, Yaya 껬 had just changed her clothes and came out.

"Uncle Yang~" Yaya shyly hid behind the door, revealing her little head and timidly called him.

Yang Shuo smiled at her, revealing a rare tenderness from his tough guy character.

Qiao Zhixia poked her sister with her arm and said, "Sister, I think Yaya seems to like Brother Yang Shuo very much, and Brother Yang Shuo is obviously more reliable than the guy named He."

Qiao Chudong knew her sister too well, so she interrupted her: "Stop talking nonsense, let's go eat..."

On the other side, He Xuyang and Huang Xia, who were in a state of panic, returned to the town with Xiao Deng.

He Xuyang sent the mother and son to the gate of the hospital and was about to leave when he was stopped by Huang Xia.

"Xuyang, can you come in and help me? My parents are going to the countryside for a drink today and won't be back until tomorrow. I'm scared to take care of Xiao Deng who's sick all by myself."

He Xuyang originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the woman with bruises all over her face made him feel guilty. After all, it was because of him that they and their son were hurt.

"Okay! I'll give you some medicine before we leave..."

Huang Xia took He Xuyang into the house and locked the door.

He Xuyang noticed that Xiao Deng's forehead was hot and he obviously had a high fever.

"Take off his wet clothes quickly and wipe his body."

The two of them hurriedly gave Xiao Deng a bath and changed his clothes. Then Huang Xia found the remaining antipyretic medicine at home and fed it to him.

After a busy day, an hour had passed.

Huang Xia locked her son, who had a high fever, in a room to sleep alone, and then immediately went out and said to He Xuyang:

"Xuyang, there is hot water at home. Your clothes are wet, go wash them!"

He Xuyang looked down at his clothes that were almost ironed dry by his body temperature. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he still refused.

"No, I'll go back to wash now. You take care of Xiao Deng first!" He was about to leave, but was stopped by Huang Xia again.

"You haven't applied the medicine to me yet..."