At the company, everything was moving forward in good order.

Xu Ye settled into a regular nine-to-five life, and before he knew it the weekend came around again. He slept in that morning, and after lunch he headed for Red Leaf Estate.

He had barely come into the yard when he saw Jiang Meilin out there hanging duvet covers to dry. She only got home once in a long while, and there was no housekeeper, so she had to do all the cleaning and washing and drying herself.

Seeing it, Xu Ye went over quickly to help.

"Xiao Xu, I go back to Jinling on Monday. I probably won't be back until the end of August."

Xu Ye picked it up. "Should I drive you to the station when the time comes?"

Jiang Meilin shook her head, smiling. "No need. Your uncle has time."

"Oh. Even better."

Jiang Meilin went on. "Qingqing hasn't had much of an appetite lately. It might be that she's trying to lose weight. I've said something to her and she doesn't listen. You'll have to find a way to get her to eat more."

Xu Ye nodded and smiled. "All right."

While they were talking Chen Hansong came out too. He had arrived a good deal earlier than Xu Ye today.

Seeing him come out, Xu Ye went into the living room, and Chen Hansong took his place helping Jiang Meilin hang the laundry…

"Meilin, has our daughter lost more weight?"

"Mm."

"Is she not eating right?"

"Mm."

"And you're not going to do anything about it?"

"Me? What am I supposed to do? You've got a mouth. Why don't you say something to your daughter?"

Chen Hansong laughed, awkward. "Because nothing I say works, that's why."

"Nothing I say works either. I've already spoken to Xiao Xu about it."

"What good is telling him going to do?" Chen Hansong said it bitterly. "For all you know your daughter isn't eating because of him."

Jiang Meilin gave him a look and couldn't be bothered answering.

Since Jiang Meilin came back, Chen Qingqing had stayed at…