There was no way he could reveal the reason, or everyone in the room would laugh at him. He couldn't say it.
Ye Chenhan averted his gaze and casually replied, "It's nothing, I was just startled by her."
"You really are easily frightened!" Ye Qianzhi sneered. He turned and saw Ye Ziyu standing on the stairs. "When did you guys get back?"
Ye Ziyu was still very weak, so Di Mingjue answered on her behalf, "Last night."
"Are you returning to the Imperial Capital?" Ye Qianzhi asked with concern.
He worried that Ye Ziyu and the others would leave Sijiu City and return to their lives in the Imperial Capital.
Ye Ziyu understood his thoughts and shook her head. "The matter has been temporarily resolved, and we shouldn't be returning for a while."
"Your voice?" Ye Qianzhi noticed something wrong with Ye Ziyu's voice. "Do you have a cold?"
"Yes, a little. I accidentally caught a chill when we came back," Ye Ziyu said as she came downstairs and walked towards the dining table.
Her actions prompted everyone else in the living room to take their seats.
Ye Shaoting stared at Di Mingjue, as if he could see through what the latter was thinking at that moment.
Ye Shaoting had been unaware of their return to the Imperial Capital until this morning. It seemed one of them had deliberately kept it from him.
Ye Ziyu looked at the people at the dining table and asked curiously, "Where is Xingxing?"
The child was never greedy for sleep, and his schedule was very regular. He wouldn't oversleep no matter how cold the weather was.
Faced with Ye Ziyu, who cared more about Xingxing than he did, Ye Shaoting put down his chopsticks and looked up at her across the dining table. "He was too tired last night, so I let him sleep in this morning. Let's eat, don't worry about him."
Sleeping in?
Ye Ziyu found it surprising and wanted to ask further, but she was interrupted by Di Mingjue's hand reaching out.
Ye Shaoting's attitude was clear enough: he didn't want anyone in the family to care about anything related to Xingxing. Di Mingjue could see it, and Ye Ziyu could also see it. She felt that it was precisely because of Ye Shaoting's attitude that Xingxing's personality had become so withdrawn.
"Enjoy your meal, everyone. I have some urgent matters at the company that require my attention." Ye Shaoting no longer gave Ye Ziyu any opportunity to ask questions. He found an excuse and left the dining table.
As soon as he left the Ye residence, Ye Ziyu also left the dining table.
Feigning discomfort, she went upstairs and, unable to rest her mind, went to Xingxing's room. Ye Ziyu raised her hand and knocked. The door opened a crack.
"Xingxing?" Trying to wake Xingxing, Ye Ziyu saw no response and pushed the door open completely.
As she stepped inside, a cough came from within.
Ye Ziyu saw the quilt on the bed move and quickly walked over. "Xingxing, are you feeling unwell?"
Pulling the quilt away from his face, Ye Ziyu looked at Xingxing's flushed face. She placed her hand on his forehead and exclaimed in shock, her legs giving way, "He's so hot!"
His forehead could practically boil an egg!
Ye Ziyu helped Xingxing up and, seeing that he was already disoriented, her heart aching, she picked him up from the bed. "Why didn't you say you were sick?"
Hearing the footsteps on the stairs, the people downstairs looked up towards the staircase.
Ye Ziyu, like a gust of wind, floated into everyone's view. "Xingxing has a fever. I'm taking him to the hospital now."
Di Mingjue was the first to react. As he walked towards Ye Ziyu, he instructed the children to wait at home.
The living room door opened and closed, the two doors swaying to signify their departure.
Shen Meixiu came back to her senses and muttered in disbelief, "If I'm not mistaken, he's taking Xingxing to the hospital?"
One by one, people left the dining table. Ye Qianzhi lost his appetite. He put down his chopsticks and said with dissatisfaction, "Shaoting is also... If you adopt a child, you should fulfill your responsibilities as a father. Xingxing gets sick every few days. What will outsiders think if they see this?"