Su Xiaorui clearly didn't notice her brother's subtle expression, and nodded her little head understandingly.
"Mom's birthday is next month, are you also preparing a gift for Mom, brother?" she asked, blinking her big eyes.
"Mhm," Jin Xiaoxi didn't hesitate this time.
He remembered his mother's birthday and was indeed preparing a gift for her.
Now that there were many bad people targeting his mother, he, as a man, had to bear the responsibility of protecting her.
Those truths hidden in the darkness would slowly surface.
"Brother, do you watch live streams?" Su Xiaorui suddenly asked mysteriously.
Jin Xiaoxi was a bit clueless, "No, what live streams?"
Seeing Su Xiaorui's expression, he felt a sense of foreboding, "You wouldn't be..."
"Hehe," Su Xiaorui nodded affirmatively, "Brother, I have so many, many fans now."
"What?" Jin Xiaoxi was somewhat incredulous.
In his eyes, live streams were all done by uncles and aunties, how could children do them?
He opened his phone and searched for Su Xiaorui's account. There were several recorded videos of her singing with various beauty filters.
"You stream yourself singing?" Jin Xiaoxi asked. Did adults like watching children stream?
He specifically looked at the follower count, which was already in the millions, with very high engagement.
"Mhm, I also have video calls with my fans," Su Xiaorui said proudly.
"Talk about what?" Jin Xiaoxi really couldn't recall what topics Xiaorui discussed with online viewers.
"Parenting topics," Su Xiaorui said very seriously. "They'll ask me how to get along with babies at home? So I share my thoughts..."
Hearing this, Jin Xiaoxi's eyes held a hint of admiration.
He truly hadn't expected his sister to have such wisdom, but more likely, it was because everyone found Xiaorui cute.
Now Xiaorui's hair had grown a bit longer, perfect for tying into a little bun.
Her originally chubby little face had thinned out a bit, looking slightly different from before, making her appear more beautiful.
It was lunchtime when Su Ding called the two little ones down for a meal.
"Brother, Mom's sweet and sour fish is delicious, try it quickly," Su Xiaorui scooped some fish into Xiaoxi's bowl.
Su Ding and Jin Ye were both gratified.
This scene truly made them look like they had a pair of twins, as their appearances were extremely similar.
It would be wonderful if their family could live this harmoniously in the future.
Just then, the phone on the table suddenly lit up.
The phone was placed right by Jin Xiaoxi's hand. He was about to hand it to Su Ding when he accidentally saw the message on the screen.
"Su Ding, do you know Jin Ye slept with another woman? [Image]"
Jin Xiaoxi's little face instantly became serious.
Seeing him like this, Su Ding asked curiously, "What's wrong, Xiaoxi? What message is it?"
"It's nothing, just a spam message," Jin Xiaoxi casually lied and opened the message to delete it.
The message included an image, and he clicked to view it.
It was a side profile of a woman covering her face and crying. The room number behind her was 2411.
Based on the message content, it wasn't hard to guess the meaning of the picture: the sender intended to say that this woman had slept with his father, Jin Ye, in the room behind them.
Jin Xiaoxi found it absurd and laughable. His father had no women around him for so many years, how could this be possible?
But this photo was very telling.
The woman in the photo seemed unaware that someone was secretly taking her picture. She looked haggard, and her features seemed familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.
Jin Xiaoxi committed the woman's appearance to memory, then deleted the message.
Seeing Jin Xiaoxi's serious expression, Su Ding couldn't help but smile, "What are you thinking about with that stern face? If you don't eat now, it'll get cold."
"Mhm," Jin Xiaoxi silently started eating.
Su Ding didn't think much of it and continued to put food into the children's bowls, focusing on ensuring they ate their fill.
After the meal, the two little ones went back to their rooms for a nap.
Su Ding left the kitchen chores to the housekeeper and returned to her room to change. As she hung her coat on the rack, she unexpectedly saw a long strand of hair on Jin Ye's suit jacket.
Jin Ye had returned from the hotel that morning and moved into the new house wearing this same suit.
Su Ding frowned. She picked up the strand of hair and examined it closely, confirming it wasn't hers; the hair color and length were different.
This hair wasn't on the surface but was inside the clothes.
For some reason, she recalled the lipstick mark she had found on Jin Ye's suit a while ago...
What exactly was going on?
She even felt like she was a wife discovering her husband's infidelity, connecting many strange things from these subtle clues.
But Jin Ye didn't seem like the type of person to cheat.
Su Ding kept this matter to herself and didn't confront him, hoping it was just a misunderstanding.