Under the gaze of Zhan Qipei, Qiao Jing inexplicably felt a mont of panic.
But in an instant, she regained her composure and slowly offered an impromptu reason.
"I just got caught in the rain and felt like sneezing, maybe I caught a cold, and it wouldn’t be good if I passed it to you, so I used a towel to cover up."
That seed reasonable, and Zhan Qipei didn’t have much suspicion.
Just then the red light turned green, he turned back and stepped on the accelerator again.
The rest of the journey was silent inside the car, neither of them spoke again.
At this mont, inside the small villa, Zhan Qiaomo was standing at the floor-to-ceiling window of the second-floor room, anxiously looking outside.
It was raining and thundering outside, why hasn’t Aunt Jing co back yet?
After a while, the little guy couldn’t hold back anymore, so he turned and ran downstairs to wait at the door.
As soon as he stepped out of the villa, he saw a black Maybach driving through the rain.
Zhan Qiaomo had sharp eyes and imdiately recognized it as his daddy’s car.
Without thinking much, he quickly hid behind a nearby column.
The car stopped at the villa’s entrance, Zhan Qipei braked to a halt, and his gaze went through the windshield toward the column.
Strange, he thought he just saw his son...
A second later, Zhan Qipei shook his head, thinking he must have been mistaken.
After all, how could his son possibly be here?
Perhaps it was the heavy rain and dark surroundings that caused his eyes to play tricks!
"I’ll take my leave then, thank you for bringing back."
After thanking him, Qiao Jing opened the car door and got out, heading straight toward the column where Zhan Qiaomo was hiding.
She had spotted the little guy earlier.
As she got closer, Qiao Jing bent down slightly, looking at the crouched Zhan Qiaomo behind the column, and softly asked, "Why did you co out here by yourself?"
Zhan Qiaomo didn’t answer imdiately but peeked out to see that his daddy had already driven away, then sighed in relief.
With the tension gone, a smile appeared on his small face, and he grabbed Qiao Jing’s hand, cheerfully saying, "Because I was waiting for you."
Hearing the little guy’s words, Qiao Jing’s heart instantly ward.
She understood that the little guy was worried because she hadn’t returned late and it was raining heavily outside.
Then, Zhan Qiaomo tilted his head, staring at Qiao Jing’s face and asked curiously, "Aunt Jing, why are you wrapped in a towel?"
Qiao Jing instinctively touched the towel on her face and repeated the reason from earlier, "Aunt Jing got caught in the rain and felt like sneezing, so she used a towel to cover up."
Children have a strong sense of curiosity; if the little guy knew she was disguising herself, he would definitely ask why, which would be quite troubleso and complicated to explain.
So, it’s best to leave it at that for now...
"Co on, let’s go back inside."
After saying this, Qiao Jing took the little guy’s hand and entered the villa.
Once inside, Qiao Jing changed her clothes and then headed to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
While she was busy, Zhan Qiaomo ran to his room to video call his two brothers.
As soon as the video connected, Zhan Qiaomo patted his chest in front of the watch screen, whispering, "That was close, I almost got caught by daddy just now!!"
On the other side of the screen, Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaoze listened to their brother’s words, their small faces showing astonishnt.
After the shock, both of them asked in unison, "What happened? Why were you almost discovered by daddy?"
"Don’t worry, listen to slowly."
Zhan Qiaomo’s little face grew more serious as he recounted, "Here’s what happened, Aunt Jing went shopping at the supermarket, and I waited for a long ti without seeing her co back. It was raining outside, so I was worried and went to the door to wait for her."
"As a result, just as I stepped out, I saw daddy’s car coming up. Luckily, I quickly hid behind the column, otherwise, I would have been caught on the spot!"
After hearing his brother’s account, Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaoze exchanged a look, both catching onto another key point.
Zhan Qiaoyu imdiately asked, "So you’re saying daddy was the one who brought Aunt Jing ho?"
"Yeah." Zhan Qiaomo nodded his small head.
Zhan Qiaoze furrowed his little brows and also asked, "So daddy just brought Aunt Jing back, without any other reaction?"
Zhan Qiaomo quickly caught on, understanding what his two brothers ant.
If Aunt Jing was their mommy, daddy would surely recognize her when he saw her.
On the other hand, if daddy didn’t react upon seeing Aunt Jing, it would an that Aunt Jing wasn’t their mommy.
Of course, there’s also the possibility that Aunt Jing might have had costic surgery or sothing similar.
For the ti being, there was no way to arrive at a conclusion about these theories.
Zhan Qiaomo suddenly rembered sothing and said to his two brothers, "Earlier, Aunt Jing got caught in the rain. She said she felt like sneezing, so she covered her face with a towel. So... I think daddy didn’t see what Aunt Jing looked like."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaoze both breathed a sigh of relief.
If that’s the case, then there’s still a chance Aunt Jing could be their mommy!
With the "crisis" averted, the three little ones exchanged their own little pieces of intelligence.
Before ending the call, Zhan Qiaoze’s eyes rolled, and he suggested, "By the way, our little aunt is taking us to the mall to buy clothes the day after tomorrow. Mo Bao, you should ask Aunt Jing to take you too, so we can et up."
The thought of wearing clothes personally chosen by Aunt Jing made Zhan Qiaomo imdiately agree without hesitation.
At dinner, he brought up the topic at the table.
Although Qiao Jing was curious as to why the little guy suddenly wanted to go shopping for clothes, she didn’t ask much and readily agreed.
...
One day later.
When Qiao Jing was about to take Zhan Qiaomo out, Zhan Qiaomo wore a mask, covering his handso little face tightly, leaving only a pair of large, round eyes visible.
Seeing him like this, Qiao Jing asked with so suspicion, "Why are you wearing a mask?"
Zhan Qiaomo blinked his eyes and replied earnestly, "Because it looks cooler!"
With that, he struck a very cool pose.
Qiao Jing was amused by the little guy’s antics, so she didn’t think much of it and cooperated with a smile, "It does look pretty cool."
Zhan Qiaomo smiled brightly, secretly thinking that he didn’t really care about looking cool.
In reality, the mask was sothing he had discussed with his two brothers.
If they didn’t cover their faces, the mont the three of them t, Aunt Jing and their little aunt might easily notice sothing was up!
Soon, Qiao Jing took Zhan Qiaomo to the largest shopping mall in the city center.
The two of them strolled around for a while before entering a children’s clothing store.
Holding the little guy’s hand, guiding him to pick out clothes, the scene gave Qiao Jing a very warm feeling.
"This hoodie set looks nice. What do you think? Want to try it on?"
As she spoke, Qiao Jing took down the clothes, held them against the little guy, and imagined what he would look like wearing them.
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