"Regret it?"
"Mhm."
Di Mingjue sat up in bed and looked at Ye Ziyu seriously. "Aren't the children going to school today?"
Counting the time, Ye Ziyu suddenly realized, "It's Saturday today!"
"You're not going to the company today either. Stay home and spend more time with the children. I'll take you all out to eat after I'm done with my work." Di Mingjue arranged her day.
Ye Ziyu thought about it and felt it was a good plan, so she nodded in agreement. She hadn't spent much time with the children lately.
Di Mingjue lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then turned to the closet to change.
"You're not eating breakfast at home?" Ye Ziyu asked curiously as she watched his movements.
Taking advantage of the recent events, Di Mingjue naturally replied, "Mhm, I'm going to apologize to Shen Lin."
Ye Ziyu nodded, "You should apologize."
Di Mingjue looked at her earnestly agreeing and smiled helplessly.
He wondered what her reaction would be if she saw the online discussions.
As he walked out of the room, Di Mingjue worried that Ye Ziyu might see news about herself. Concerned, he turned back.
As the door opened, Ye Ziyu looked surprised. "Why are you back?"
She was standing by the bed, holding clothes, seemingly about to go to the bathroom.
Di Mingjue withdrew his gaze and looked at the phone on the nightstand. "I'm getting something. You go wash up quickly; the children will be awake soon."
"Mhm, come back early after you're done," Ye Ziyu said and walked into the bathroom.
Hearing the sound of the faucet, Di Mingjue picked up Ye Ziyu's phone with a purpose.
While observing the bathroom, he blocked the trending topics about her online. As long as her family didn't tell her, she was unlikely to see them before the matter was resolved.
After setting it up, he left before Ye Ziyu came out.
...
Gu Xiuyu reread the hotly debated articles online again and again. He saw this article within an hour of it being posted.
He had his assistant investigate and found out that Su Mingkang was behind the publication. Including the photo of him and Ye Ziyu embracing the day before, it was all his doing.
These public opinions were not detrimental to him; instead, they created a connection between him and Ye Ziyu.
Di Mingjue deliberately concealed information about the article's publisher and even hired a large number of paid trolls to forward and discuss it. By the time people woke up and checked their phones, the trend had become so high that it couldn't be removed immediately.
He called Ye Ziyu, timing it perfectly.
"It's switched off?" Gu Xiuyu asked, puzzled. "Has she not woken up yet?"
Ye Ziyu was having breakfast with the children, her phone on the nightstand.
Di Mingjue had not only blocked trending topics related to Ye Ziyu but had also turned off her phone. As long as Ye Ziyu didn't look at her phone, it wouldn't give her any notifications.
Gu Xiuyu tried every half hour. Unable to get through, he began to suspect that Ye Ziyu had blocked him.
They still had to cooperate; surely she wouldn't!
Doubting and then refuting himself repeatedly, Gu Xiuyu spent the entire morning restless, preoccupied with this matter.
...
"Mommy, here!" Qianqian shouted, indicating the spot.
Xiao Ran, standing beside her, was not to be outdone and was already prepared.
After breakfast, Ye Ziyu accompanied the children to play ball in the back garden. She looked at the children, who were occupying three different spots, and made fake passing gestures, causing the children to complain.
"Mommy, you can't do that!"
"I'm already ready."
Ye Ziyu smiled and said, "Catch this, this time it's real."
With that, she threw the ball towards Yu Ze.
Xiao Ran, a master at playing ball, immediately leaped to grab the ball as soon as it was thrown.