Xing Shiyao said calmly: “It’s been a long time.”
Yes, it had indeed been a long time, a full seven years. Xia Xinwei’s eyes moistened, and she said: “Come in and sit down?”
Xing Shiyao walked in and sat on the sofa, asking: “Hasn’t Qianchi returned yet?”
Xia Xinwei said: “At this time, she should be at school. The college entrance exam is coming up soon, and she often studies late. What tea would you like? Longjing?”
Xing Shiyao nodded: “Longjing.”
While brewing tea, Xia Xinwei asked: “Will you stay for dinner?”
“No need, I have a business meeting.”
“Oh.” Her disappointment was unmistakable.
“I came today to talk about Qianchi.”
Xia Xinwei asked: “What’s wrong with her?”
Xing Shiyao took out a stack of photos, his expression serious: “I don’t know how you’ve been raising your daughter all these years.”
Xia Xinwei looked at his suddenly changed expression, uncertainly picking up the photos. Her face instantly turned pale, staring in disbelief. That boy was probably Xing Tuo? Although they hadn’t met for many years, he looked remarkably similar to “her”, especially those deep and charming phoenix eyes. She wouldn’t mistake them. As she looked through the photos, her hand holding them began to tremble: “This… this can’t be true!”
Xing Shiyao’s cold voice rang in her ears: “I’ve already had these photos verified. They’re real, not computer-generated.”
“Impossible. I know my daughter, she would never do such a thing!” she murmured.
“Believe it or not. I’m here to tell you to persuade her. For a girl to do this in front of so many people at school, even if it’s not Xing Tuo but any other boy, it’s not something honorable! Moreover, Xing Tuo is her brother…”
Afterwards, Xing Shiyao seemed to say many more things, but she could no longer hear clearly. When he left, Xia Xinwei sat dazed, holding the photos, with only one thought: this absolutely cannot be true! She couldn’t just listen to his one-sided story. She wanted to hear what Qianchi had to say. Her Qianchi had always been well-behaved and could never do something so unfilial!
