Xu Ye decided to head back to Shanghai on August 28th.

That way he'd have two days to settle in before school started.

Before he settled on the date, Xu Ye made a point of asking Jiang Meilin. Only after his mother-in-law gave her approval did he tell Qin Zhiwei. It turned out Qin Zhiwei was going to Suzhou on the 25th, then on to Shanghai with Shen Xinyi. Xu Ye hung up on him the second he heard. Honestly, that suited him fine. It meant one less third wheel in the car.

Early on the morning of the 26th, Xu Ye went out to the countryside with Old Zhang and Old Xu. They spent the day at his grandma's and didn't get home until after seven that night.

After lunch the next day, Xu Ye went over to Red Leaf Estate. It happened to be a Saturday, so Chen Hansong was home too.

"Xiao Xu's here."

"Mm." Xu Ye changed his shoes, came in and plopped down right between Chen Qingqing and Chen Hansong. He fanned himself with his hand. "It's so hot today."

Chen Qingqing pursed her lips in disgust. "Then why are you sitting so close to me?"

Xu Ye brazenly rested his head on her shoulder. "Don't you want me to?"

"Nope. Go away."

"No."

"Go away~" Chen Qingqing pushed at him.

"Not happening."

Every hair on Chen Hansong's body stood on end.

Folks, can anybody relate?

This bastard is hitting on my daughter right in front of me.

If Chen Qingqing had looked even a little unhappy, Chen Hansong would have hauled Xu Ye off her on the spot. But her protests were all talk. She was smiling ear to ear. Chen Hansong sighed inwardly and pretended to be deaf.

"Xiao Xu, are you two coming back to Jiangzhou before winter break? If not, you should take your winter clothes to school this time."

"We'll be back."

Xu Ye added, "Youwei's launching a sub-brand in October. There'll be a show for that too."

"Your Auntie Yang Lin tells me the runway show you did this…