“What exactly is wrong with you? Did I do something to offend you?”
“Do you really not remember anything at all?”
Yu An looked completely resigned, as though he would let her do whatever she wanted. Then, naturally, he rested his head on her shoulder.
His breath brushed against her neck.
Jin Qiao could feel her heartbeat instantly spiraling out of control.
What a dirty tactic.
A honey trap!
Impossible to defend against!
She froze in place, allowing him to pull her into his arms.
Wait.
What had he just said?
Memory?
Were her memories incomplete?
Impossible.
He must be talking about the original owner.
After all, she’d lied and told him she’d lost some memories.
And technically, she really didn’t have the original owner’s memories.
“Wait, wait, wait! Stop right there!”
The moment she regained her senses, she shoved Yu An away.
Unfortunately, she shoved a little too hard.
His head smacked directly into the door.
Seeing him clutch his head while looking at her like she’d betrayed him, Jin Qiao fled.
Immediately.
Whoosh.
She practically teleported into Yu Siyi’s room.
Little SiSi had already finished bathing and was sitting on his bed reading.
The moment he saw his mother, his eyes lit up.
Why was Mommy here at this hour?
“Um… how about Mommy sleeps with you tonight?”
Jin Qiao was already preparing herself for rejection and considering whether she should just book a hotel room somewhere.
Instead—
Yu Siyi immediately scooted farther into the bed and enthusiastically patted the empty space beside him.
The invitation couldn’t have been clearer.
Jin Qiao was deeply moved.
“Mommy will take a shower first and then come back.”
Yu Siyi nodded vigorously.
Back in the master bedroom, Jin Qiao cautiously cracked open the door and peeked inside.
No Yu An.
Only the sound of running water.
Relieved, she tiptoed inside, grabbed a change of clothes, and escaped back to Yu Siyi’s room.
“Come on, sweetheart! Mommy will tell you a bedtime story!”
Jin Qiao climbed onto the bed, holding a book and brimming with enthusiasm.
Then she opened it.
…
…
…
The pages were packed with dense text.
She had randomly grabbed a book without looking.
It turned out to be a collection of essays.
The moment she saw that many words, she felt sleepy.
There was absolutely no way she could read this aloud.
“Sweetheart… do you normally read books like this? You can actually understand all these words?”
Yu Siyi pointed toward a small device beside his bed.
It was a high-tech reading assistant.
You simply scanned a page, waited for it to load, and it would read the contents aloud.
Jin Qiao stared at the machine.
Apparently she’d overcomplicated things.
Then she looked at the book.
Then at Yu Siyi’s hopeful expression.
Finally she cleared her throat.
“Sweetheart… I think bedtime stories are something you should read to Mommy in the future.”
She simply couldn’t do it.
The sight of that wall of text already gave her a headache.
“Alright! Time to sleep.”
“Sleep early, wake early, grow tall!”
She switched off the light, climbed into bed, and wrapped her arms around Yu Siyi.
Nestled safely in his mother’s embrace, Yu Siyi wasn’t sleepy at all.
He kept thinking about what she’d just said.
Read bedtime stories to Mommy.
But he…
Then again—
If he practiced hard enough, he would eventually be able to talk.
Right?
Today Mommy was sleeping with him.
He was so happy.
If only Mommy could sleep with him every day.
With those thoughts, he gradually drifted off to sleep.
After leaving the shower, Yu An went directly to his study.
Lately he’d been leaving work on time and coming home for dinner.
As a result, he could only handle company matters at night.
Besides, he wanted to give Jin Qiao some time to calm down.
Unfortunately—
When he finally returned to the bedroom, her side of the bed was completely empty.
At that moment, he made a solemn promise.
He would never again allow her to “calm down by herself.”
Click.
He opened the door to the children’s room.
There they were.
Mother and son.
Sleeping soundly.
Both sprawled across the bed in remarkably similar positions.
Twisted.
Crooked.
Chaotic.
If anyone doubted they were family, this sight would settle it.
Yu An sighed.
Then quietly walked over.
The blanket had somehow ended up on the floor.
He picked it up and carefully covered both of them.
Only then did he leave.
Back in the master bedroom, Yu An lay on the bed and unlocked his phone.
The first thing he saw was a photograph.
One adult.
One child.
Both smiling brightly in colorful outfits.
The photo had come from Grandpa’s social media post.
He’d shamelessly stolen it from the old man’s nine-photo collage.
At first, he’d only believed that Jin Qiao had abandoned him.
Then, during a business banquet, he’d encountered her again.
She didn’t recognize him.
But after learning who he was, she’d used every method imaginable to get close to him.
That was when he’d realized something.
She wasn’t the same person anymore.
But he couldn’t tolerate the thought of someone else occupying her body while standing beside another man.
Since she was so determined to marry him, he’d given her exactly what she wanted.
The title of Mrs. Yu.
A place by his side.
These past few days, she’d always been nearby.
Tonight, however, she wasn’t.
And suddenly he couldn’t sleep.
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.
So he got out of bed.
Walked into the children’s room.
And carried his wife back.
When Jin Qiao unconsciously curled into his arms and wrapped herself around him, Yu An finally felt at ease.
The next morning.
Yu Siyi woke up and immediately noticed that Mommy was gone.
Surprised, he sat up.
Mommy never woke up this early.
He hurried out of bed and ran to the master bedroom.
After knocking twice, the door opened.
Daddy.
Yu Siyi immediately clung to Yu An’s pant leg and peeked inside.
Mommy was still asleep.
Which meant—
Daddy had stolen her!
Instantly, his cheeks puffed up in outrage.
He glared at Yu An.
How could you do this, Daddy?!
Yu An coughed awkwardly and lowered his voice.
“Well, she’s my wife. Of course she sleeps with me.”
“If you want someone to sleep with, hurry up and find your own wife.”
Yu Siyi exploded.
His fists and feet started attacking at once.
Unfortunately, it felt more like a massage than an assault.
Yu An glanced back at the sleeping Jin Qiao.
Then he simply grabbed his son by the collar.
And carried him downstairs.
Bad Daddy!
The worst Daddy!
I’m never talking to you again!
After being set down, Yu Siyi immediately turned his back on him and crossed his arms.
The two spent breakfast locked in mutual silence.
A perfect father-son cold war.
When Jin Qiao finally woke up, she was thoroughly confused.
The familiar surroundings left her questioning her own memory.
Hadn’t she gone to sleep in Yu Siyi’s room?
Had she sleepwalked back?
That seemed plausible.
People couldn’t control sleepwalking.
Seeing signs that someone else had slept on the other side of the bed, she smacked her forehead.
Oh no.
Did I accidentally take advantage of him again?
After quickly getting ready, she headed downstairs.
Immediately, she spotted father and son sitting at opposite ends of the sofa.
As far apart as physically possible.
Wait.
Why wasn’t Yu An at work today?
Had the workaholic finally retired?
What she didn’t know was that the entire company was currently celebrating.
Today was a company-wide day off.
The employees were ecstatic.
The moment she appeared, both father and son looked at her.
Especially Yu Siyi.
The resentment in his eyes made her inexplicably guilty.
His lips were even pouting.
The pout was so dramatic he could’ve hung an oil bottle from it.
Yu An, meanwhile, appeared perfectly calm.
He glanced at her once before returning to his documents.
Though if someone looked carefully enough, they would notice the faint upward curve of his lips.
“What happened?”
Unable to hold it in any longer, Yu Siyi ran over and wrapped himself around her leg.
Then he pointed accusingly at Yu An.
“What’s wrong with your dad?”
Jin Qiao dragged the leg-clinging child over to the dining table and grabbed a piece of toast.
Yu Siyi continued hanging on.
“Where’s your notebook?”
The moment she mentioned it, realization dawned on him.
He released her leg and raced upstairs.
Moments later—
Thump thump thump.
He came running back down carrying the notebook.
“Slow down! Don’t fall!”
He eagerly held the notebook up to her.
Jin Qiao looked at what he’d written.
And nearly choked.