Jiang Meilin called Chen Qingqing, and she still didn't pick up.

All Jiang Meilin could do was call Chen Hansong instead.

Chen Hansong had been meaning to tell her about it, and her call came in at exactly the right moment. He answered immediately.

"Meilin, listen to this. That little bastard Xu Ye—"

Chen Hansong described what he had seen outside the mall. While Jiang Meilin listened, she could also hear her daughter crying. Her slender brows knit hard, and when he had finished she asked, "You both saw it. Why didn't you get out of the car and ask? What if it's a misunderstanding?"

"A misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could there be? I saw the two of them at the entrance laughing and talking together."

Chen Qingqing had been crying the whole time, and Chen Hansong was hardly going to take Xu Ye's side at a moment like this.

Jiang Meilin sighed. "Let me call and ask."

She hung up and called Xu Ye again.

The voice call connected.

Jiang Meilin got straight to it. "Xiao Xu, where are you right now?"

"Over at the Wanda mall."

"On your own?"

"No. My cousins are with me."

"Your cousins?"

Xu Ye heard the doubt in her voice and switched the voice call straight to video, then flipped the camera around. "There. Those three."

Jiang Meilin looked at the three of them sitting in the back seat. One really was about the same age as Xu Ye.

She frowned. "I've met Yuxin. The other one is your cousin too?"

"Oh, she's my Second Aunt's daughter. They came over from Suzhou yesterday to visit my grandmother, and my aunt asked me to take them around Jiangzhou."

"I see."

Jiang Meilin's brows gradually smoothed out, and a slightly helpless smile appeared on her face. She began to explain. "Your Uncle Chen just took Qingqing out for lunch, and they happened to see you. Qingqing has probably gotten the wrong idea about you. She's still in the car crying."

"What?!"

"Don't panic," Jiang Meilin said quickly. "Let me call them first and make it clear.…