She smiled through narrowed eyes and asked him, “What time is it?”


  Fang Yusheng said, “It’s almost two o’clock.”


  His hand touched Qiao Jiusheng’s face gently. Qiao Jiusheng’s face was very smooth, and Fang Yusheng could not get enough of it.

  He pushed Qiao Jiusheng away from his arms and placed her head on the pillow. Fang Yusheng got out of bed gently and went to take a shower.

  When Fang Yusheng lay down, Qiao Jiusheng sensed it and rolled over to his side in a daze. Fang Yusheng hugged her. After a while, when Qiao Jiusheng was asleep, he sighed. “Why do you have to do this?”


  The person in his arms did not speak or move.

  Fang Yusheng suddenly turned around and leaned close to Qiao Jiusheng to be intimate with her.

  Qiao Jiusheng finally woke up. She was still tired, but she did not push Fang Yusheng away. When she spoke, her voice was filled with sleepiness. She asked Fang Yusheng, “What’s wrong?”


  Fang Yusheng said, “I’m not tired.”


  Qiao Jiusheng wanted to turn on the lights.

  Fang Yusheng said, “Don’t turn on the lights.”


  “Yes?”


  “It hurts my eyes.”


  Qiao Jiusheng was usually very mischievous, but tonight, she was lazily unwilling to move. Fang Yusheng actually liked it. Fang Yusheng was a little different tonight, but Qiao Jiusheng closed her eyes and did not notice.

  In the end, Qiao Jiusheng fell asleep soundly. She did not realize one thing.

  They had not taken proper precautions tonight.

  Qiao Jiusheng loved to turn over in her sleep, so Fang Yusheng could not do anything to her. The next morning, when Qiao Jiusheng woke up, she was not in Fang Yusheng’s arms at all. One of her legs was even outside the blanket.

  She retracted her leg and tilted her head to look at Fang Yusheng’s sleeping face. She was reminiscing about last night. Was last night a dream of hers, or had it really happened?

  Fang Yusheng was in a deep sleep. When Qiao Jiusheng woke up and went to take a shower, he was not woken up. Qiao Jiusheng put on her clothes and went to the dining room. When she saw the time, it was already nine o’clock. She then asked Auntie Jin, “Auntie Jin, where are Iron Egg and the rest?”


  “The two young masters went to Mansion Number 7.”


  Dongli Ao lived in Mansion Number 7.

  Ever since Dongli Shenghua died, Dongli Ao stopped coming to Mansion Number 9 often. Everyone around him pitied him. He had lost his father at a young age. What Dongli Shenghua had done would poke him in the back, but Dongli Ao was innocent, and no one would be prejudiced against a child.

  Dongli Ao lived very well alone. He had a butler to take care of him and his father’s inheritance from a serious business. There was nothing wrong with his life. What really worried people was the child’s future. There were people who discussed it in private, worried that Dongli Ao would become crooked. After all, he had a dishonest father.

  Fang Yusheng knew that the two children liked to go to his house, so he naturally would not allow the children to interact with dangerous people. For this, he specially asked Qi Bufan to find someone to monitor Dongli Ao for a period of time. What surprised Fang Yusheng was that the child actually had the intention to be a police officer, and specifically a narcotics police officer.

  At a young age, he had already started learning Taekwondo and martial arts.

  After confirming that Dongli Ao really did not have any anti-social thoughts, Fang Yusheng was relieved to let the children interact with him.

  Fang Yusheng should not be blamed for being cautious. The children were still young and could be easily misled. He had to know everything about the children’s friends before he could be at ease.

  When Qiao Jiusheng heard Aunt Jin’s words, she was not worried. Since Fang Yusheng did not stop the children from interacting with Dongli Ao, she chose to trust Fang Yusheng.

  After breakfast, Qiao Jiusheng did not really want to go to work. She wanted to go out for a walk. Qiao Jiusheng carried her bag and was about to leave when Aunt Jin stopped her. “Madam, wait.”


  “What’s wrong?” Qiao Jiusheng was quite surprised.

  An uncomfortable expression flashed across Aunt Jin’s chubby face.

  Qiao Jiusheng saw it and was puzzled. “Aunt Jin, what’s the matter?” she asked again.

  Auntie Jin then said, “Madam, please change before going out. Change into a turtleneck.”


  With that, Aunt Jin used her chubby hand to point at the back of her neck and told Qiao Jiusheng, “There are traces here, Madam.” Aunt Jin had been here before, so she naturally understood what it was.

  It was Qiao Jiusheng’s turn to blush.

  Qiao Jiusheng quickly ran back to her room to change. Fang Yusheng was really in a deep sleep. Qiao Jiusheng changed in the changing room and ran out of the room without waking him.

  When Fang Yusheng was awake, Qiao Jiusheng had already left. The two children had not returned yet, and the house was especially cold.

  Fang Yusheng sat at the table and ate breakfast. He suddenly thought of his previous life. At that time, he could not see. There was no Qiao Jiusheng or children around him. He was always alone when he ate breakfast.

  He was used to living in the dark and did not feel lonely.

  However, as he sat in the warm dining room, Fang Yusheng felt that the food in front of him tasted a little unpleasant.

  He missed Qiao Jiusheng and the children.

  They had been married for so long, but he still loved his wife so much. Fang Yusheng felt that it was especially rare.

  Last year, in order to figure out if he was allergic to egg yolks or egg white, Qiao Jiusheng specially did an experiment on him. In the end, she realized that Fang Yusheng was allergic to egg white.

  Occasionally, some egg yolks would appear on the dining table.

  This morning, Auntie Jin had steamed an egg soup for him with egg yolks and milk. Fang Yusheng finished the egg custard and put down the bowl before asking Auntie Jin, “Where’s Ah Sheng?”


  Auntie Jin had nothing to do now, so she sat on the sofa and watched television. Upon hearing this, she tilted her head and said to Fang Yusheng, “Madam went to Mr. Wei’s house.”


  Qiao Jiusheng seemed to be able to be good friends with everyone. Her relationship with Beauty Wu was also very good. Compared to interacting with the wealthy and beautiful socialites in Binjiang City, Qiao Jiusheng preferred to interact with people like Beauty Wu in private.

  On this point, Qiao Jiusheng and Qiao Jiuyin were very different. For example, Qiao Jiuyin would only be friends with people of similar social status who could benefit her.