"Auntie Yang Lin just told us not to tell my mom about this."

Chen Qingqing muttered it the moment she saw Xu Ye hang up.

Xu Ye set the navigation for the hotel, put his phone in the mount and answered with a smile. "Going into the hospital for a procedure is a serious thing. How can she have nobody there with her? You watch — Auntie Yang Lin is only being stubborn about it. If your mom shows up she'll be delighted."

"Yes, yes, yes. You're the smart one."

Elsewhere.

Jiang Meilin put her phone down. Chen Hansong was curious. "What did he say to you? Suddenly you're going to Shanghai?"

Jiang Meilin still had Yang Lin on her mind, and answered without thinking. "She still wants a child. I need to go to the hospital with her."

Clack.

Chen Hansong's chopsticks dropped straight onto the table. He stared at Jiang Meilin, disbelief all over his face. "Qingqing… she… she's pregnant?"

Jiang Meilin shot him a look and snapped, thoroughly exasperated. "Is there something wrong with you? I said Yang Lin. What does any of this have to do with Qingqing?"

This was the very thing Chen Hansong was afraid of, so the instant the subject came up his mind went there on its own.

He let out a long breath and picked his chopsticks back up. "You know, Yang Lin really is something. She didn't find herself somebody when she was young, and now at her age she wants to put herself through all that. She's only making herself suffer."

"What do you know about it? If you don't know, keep your mouth shut."

Chen Hansong hurriedly took a bite of something. Seeing that Jiang Meilin was still turning it over, he said weakly, "Do you want me to drive you there when the time comes?"

Jiang Meilin didn't answer him. Her question, when it came, was mild. "Do you know what Xiao Xu has over you?"

Chen Hansong looked at her blankly.

"Just now, when I said I was going to Shanghai, he didn't ask whether I…