When they left the classroom, the two of them walked secretly, not daring to be discovered.

  When she climbed over the wall and went out, Qiao Jiusheng’s legs were weak and she could not climb up the wall. Qiao Jiusheng touched her nose and called Fang Yusheng to her side. “Yusheng, come here.”


  Qiao Jiusheng smiled maliciously. It was obvious that she was planning to do something bad.

  At this moment, the importance of having a husband was revealed.

  Fang Yusheng walked over expressionlessly.

  Qiao Jiusheng pointed at the wall and said, “I can’t climb out.”


  “Yes.” Fang Yusheng refused to squat.

  Qiao Jiusheng could only say it clearly. “Squat down. I’ll step on your back…”


  Fang Yusheng did not speak and only looked at her silently.

  Qiao Jiusheng felt guilty under his gaze.

  Her scalp turned numb before Fang Yusheng said, “Come on.” He squatted down by the corner of the wall. Qiao Jiusheng said, “Sorry.” With that said, she stepped on Fang Yusheng’s shoulder and said, “You can get up.”


  Fang Yusheng stood up slowly.

  It was not an easy task to carry more than fifty kilograms of weight. However, although Fang Yusheng looked thin, his internal strength was not small. He dragged Qiao Jiusheng up. Qiao Jiusheng held onto the wall and climbed up.

  Fang Yusheng heard her fall to the ground and took two steps back before flipping out easily.

  After he landed, he realized that Qiao Jiusheng was sitting on the grass not far away and rubbing her feet.

  “What’s wrong?” Fang Yusheng frowned and walked towards Qiao Jiusheng. Qiao Jiusheng looked up at him when she heard this and did not speak. Fang Yusheng squatted down beside her. He pressed her ankle and Qiao Jiusheng immediately wailed.

  “I sprained my ankle.”


  Fang Yusheng could only carry Qiao Jiusheng to the parking lot.

  Qiao Jiusheng hid in his arms and said, “It’s easy to get pregnant these few days.”


  Fang Yusheng stopped in his tracks and said, “I didn’t know we were going to…” He didn’t bring contraceptives today.

  Qiao Jiusheng suggested, “Why don’t we just have another child if I get pregnant?”


  Fang Yusheng thought of the scene when Qiao Jiusheng gave birth to Iron Egg Fang and Quiet Fang. He shook his head and rejected firmly. “No.”


  Qiao Jiusheng did not say anything else.

  Fang Yusheng stuffed Qiao Jiusheng into the car and drove. When he passed by a 24-hour pharmacy, Qiao Jiusheng said, “Stop the car and buy the medicine.”


  After a moment of silence, Fang Yusheng said, “I’ll go.”


  “…Okay.”


  Fang Yusheng got out of the car and returned very quickly. He handed Qiao Jiusheng a cup of water and a bottle of medicine. Qiao Jiusheng ate it, and Fang Yusheng snatched the medicine and threw it into the bin. On the way home, Fang Yusheng glanced at her from time to time.

  Qiao Jiusheng asked him what he was looking at.

  Fang Yusheng asked, “Do you feel dizzy or nauseous?”


  Qiao Jiusheng was speechless. She pinched Fang Yusheng’s hand and said, “Yusheng, I only took the medicine once. It’s not that bad.” Fang Yusheng felt her temperature.

  Fang Yusheng gradually calmed down.

  The car stopped in the Qiao family’s parking lot. Fang Yusheng got out of the car and saw that Qiao Jiusheng had also gotten out of the car and was about to walk home. His expression darkened as he scolded Qiao Jiusheng, “Your feet don’t hurt anymore, right?” Tonight, Fang Yusheng seemed to have eaten a firecracker and spoke rashly.

  Qiao Jiusheng stuck out her tongue at him and said, “My feet hurt.” She opened her arms and whined to him, “Then hug me?”


  Fang Yusheng was always helpless against Qiao Jiusheng.

  At such a time, if Qiao Jiusheng threw a tantrum at him, he could still argue with her, but her attitude softened and she even acted coquettishly.

  Fang Yusheng thought awkwardly, “Coquettish women indeed lead the best life.” He strode over and hugged Qiao Jiusheng.

  In the middle of the night, almost everyone in the house was asleep.

  There was no one in the hall, but the light was on. It was for the two of them. Fang Yusheng carried Qiao Jiusheng into the corridor. The switch in the corridor could turn off the lights in the living room. They turned off the lights before going upstairs. The two of them bumped into Qiao Sen at the corner of the second floor.

  Qiao Sen was wearing thick pajamas and slippers with a coffee cup in his hand. He happened to come out of the study.

  Seeing the two of them go home in this position, Qiao Sen raised his eyebrows and thought that they were playing a loving couple game. He said, “You two have a good relationship.”


  Fang Yusheng explained, “Ah Sheng sprained her ankle.”


  Qiao Sen stopped smiling and looked at Qiao Jiusheng’s feet. He asked, “What happened?”


  The two of them naturally could not tell the truth. Fang Yusheng said, “She fell.”


  “Oh.”


  Qiao Sen noticed that there were two red marks under Fang Yusheng’s earlobes. Even the turtleneck sweater could not cover them. One could imagine that there were definitely more marks where the sweater covered them.

  Qiao Sen was also an adult. He had played with Ji Qing before. He reminded the two of them meaningfully, “Be careful when you play. Don’t be caught by the reporters.”


  Qiao Jiusheng and Fang Yusheng froze at the same time.

  They bade Qiao Sen goodnight awkwardly before walking upstairs. As they walked, Fang Yusheng asked Qiao Jiusheng, “How did your brother discover it?”


  “Oh, you have something on your neck.”


  Fang Yusheng instantly wanted to throw Qiao Jiusheng off his body.

  When Qiao Sen heard his sister and brother-in-law’s conversation, he smiled and shook his head as he walked towards his room. He even said, “It’s good to be young.”


  Ji Qing was in a daze. When she heard Qiao Sen’s words, she covered her blanket and asked, “What?”


  “When we’re free, shall we go on a trip too?”


  Ji Qing did not hear him clearly and replied casually, “Sure.”


  Upon hearing this, Qiao Sen smiled like a cat that had stolen a fish.

  …


  Qiao Jiusheng and the rest had to return to Binjiang City the next day. Fang Zicheng and Fang Zikai were going to attend kindergarten class, so they had to bring the children to register in advance. On the night before they left, the two of them arranged to meet Ji Yinbing and Yan Nuo at a bar.

  Ji Yinbing looked like she was in a good mood.

  She was wearing a black dress cinched at the waist and had her long black hair tied up. When Qiao Jiusheng and Yan Nuo arrived, Ji Yinbing was drinking with Yan Nuo.

  “This way.”


  Ji Yinbing waved at them.

  The two of them walked over and sat down.

  Qiao Jiusheng ordered a glass of whiskey and ordered a glass of orange juice for Fang Yusheng under the waiter’s surprised gaze.

  “Are you sure you want orange juice?” The waiter thought that he had heard wrongly.

  Qiao Jiusheng nodded. She pointed at Fang Yusheng’s chest and said to the waiter, “My lover has a weak stomach and can’t drink.”


  The waiter nodded. “You’re so considerate.”


  After the waiter left, Qiao Jiusheng patted Fang Yusheng’s shoulder and said, “Did you hear that? Everyone knows that Qiao Jiusheng treats Fang Yusheng well.”


  Fang Yusheng nodded. “You’re the best to me.”


  Yan Nuo rubbed his arms and said coldly, “Stop being mushy.”


  Since Yan Nuo had spoken, Qiao Jiusheng did not have the guts to continue arguing.

  Ji Yinbing took a sip of cocktail and chatted with Qiao Jiusheng for a while. Qiao Jiusheng asked her what she planned to do next and said, “When the matter of my mother’s disappearance is investigated, I will marry Yan Nuo.”


  “Where are you getting married?”


  Yan Nuo said, “It might be in America.”


  “When?”


  “In June, I think.”


  “That’s good.” After agreeing to attend their wedding the next time, Qiao Jiusheng invited Ji Yinbing to dance. Ji Yinbing recalled the scene of Xiao Li teasing her on the dance floor and quickly shook her head. “No, I don’t know how to dance.”


  “Come on, dance all you want.”


  Yan Nuo also liked to see Ji Yinbing at a loss, so he instigated her, “Go ahead, don’t be afraid.”