Yan Sijue was silent for a long time before speaking, "Could you ask Master Chen to come once more? I have questions for him."
Qiao Yebai's face changed slightly.
"What, is it inconvenient?" Yan Sijue lifted his eyes.
Qiao Yebai gritted his teeth, "Convenient, why wouldn't it be!"
But again, he would have to ask Lian Xiaoxiao...wondering what request that woman would make this time.
"But you have to tell me first, what did you discover?" Qiao Yebai pressed on.
"I'm going upstairs to see Yiliang first." Yan Sijue evaded the question and turned to leave the dining room.
Qiao Yebai was furious, turning to Xiaoze, "Do you know?"
Xiaoze, who had played all afternoon and was hungry, was gnawing on a chicken leg and looked bewildered at Qiao Yebai's question, "Know what? Daddy and mommy were quite okay this afternoon."
Qiao Yebai threw down his napkin in frustration and got up to make a call.
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