Ridiculous rumors descending from heaven

  The first night after Gu Bei Chen left passed quietly, and a new day arrived as scheduled.

  On such a sunny and beautiful autumn morning, Ye Shanshan did something very embarrassing.

  "Mommy, Daddy is no longer at home, why are you still serving three bowls of porridge?"

  Ye Shanshan's face turned red with embarrassment, and she scratched her head awkwardly, "I... forgot."

  "I got used to it later." Although there was a smile on her face, it wasn't hard to see that Xiao Yatou's smile hid more bitterness and helplessness. After all, she had a father who was a military officer.

  She saw the helpless bitter smile on his face, and all she could do was try to find a topic to shift her attention. "Tomorrow morning, get up half an hour earlier, I'll teach you a new set of punches, and by the way, let's go have some salty soy milk, okay?"

  "Good." This trick really worked, and the worries on Xiaoxiao's face disappeared quickly.

  It turns out that this move wasn't thought of by Ye Shanshan herself, last night she took some time to look at the small notebook left for her by Gu Beichen, which had many clever moves written on it to deal with Xiao Xiao, and practicing qigong was one of them.

  The weather on the second day was far from good as yesterday, no sun and some strong wind. However, this gloomy weather did not stop Yesan and Xiao's enthusiasm for practicing their skills.

  The mother and daughter jogged to warm up, practiced breathing exercises, and then did a set of basic punches, practicing with great relish.

  Just as they were concentrating on their practice, someone behind them was whispering and gossiping, and the content of the gossip seemed to be related to the two of them.

  "That's right, it's these two people. The child is five or six years old, and the adult looks like eighteen or nineteen years old. This young mother, she looks even younger than in the photo."

  "Oh no, how can she become a mother at such a young age."

  "In a big family, you never know what's going on, if they have money, even young people can find it."

  ……

  After listening to the gossip of these two people, Ye Shanshan and Xiao Xiao reacted at the same time: "Are they talking about us?"

  When they saw the young mother and daughter turn around, the two gossiping sisters finally stopped talking, exchanged glances with each other, and prepared to slip away quietly.

  Ye Shanshan hastily caught up with them and called out, "Ladies, please wait a moment." As she drew closer, her attention was quickly drawn to the newspaper in one of the older sisters' hands. "May I borrow your newspaper for a look?"

  The older sister hastily folded up the newspaper and said, "There's nothing good to read."

  The more you cover up, the more problematic it is. Even Xiao Xiao knows this: "Mommy, they're reading the morning paper, and there should be a newsstand at the front."

  Ye Shanshan nodded and took Xiaoxiao's hand, walking towards the newspaper stand.

  The boss of the newsstand must have also read the morning paper, seeing the mother and daughter appear, couldn't help but take a few more glances, she must have had the same doubts and emotions as those two gossiping sisters: to give birth to an illegitimate child for a wealthy family at such a young age, it's really sinful.

  After buying the morning paper, Ye Shanshan specially took Xiao Xiao to a relatively quiet corner to flip through it. Soon, they saw their own photos on the headline of the financial section, with the title "Heiress raises underage girl, suspected of having an illegitimate daughter"!

  My goodness, what's going on here! The media is really good at catching wind and shadows!

  "Mommy, what's written up there?" Xiaoxiao can only recognize a few characters and for the time being couldn't figure out what was going on.

  "Don't worry, the newspaper is just sensationalizing things. Let's go have breakfast first." This matter was really too absurd, and Ye Shanshan didn't know how to explain it to Xiaoxiao either, so she could only change the subject for now.

  "But... there's Uncle Ning's photo here too." The little girl was thinking a lot, it wasn't easy to fool her.

  "He's the young master of a wealthy family, and must have been spotted by paparazzi at the airport yesterday. We were there too, and accidentally got caught in their camera lens." The photo is real, with the background being an airport hall, it's not hard to guess that much.

  "That uncle is really a jinx, he got himself targeted and now we're implicated too." Xiaoxiao was already very dissatisfied with Laidao Shushu, and now that this had happened, she disliked him even more.

  "Don't say that, he's also a victim. Anyway, what the newspaper wrote isn't true, we don't have anything to worry about. Let's go, at this time Shunji should be less crowded." Although she had some small worries in her heart, Ye Shanshan was still quite open-minded, it's all about not doing bad things, why fear idle talk. False rumors, no matter how others spread them, won't become true.

  Ye Shanshan had just brought Xiaoxiao to find a seat at Shunji, when her mother-in-law's phone call came. The two old men of the Gu family have always gotten up early and reading the morning paper is also a habit of many years. They couldn't miss this news. "Shanshan, did you see today's morning paper?"

  "I've seen it." Ye Shanshan honestly admitted, "Mom, Dad, don't worry, I believe Subin's brother will handle it well."

  The Ning family is a well-respected and prominent clan in City G. Such an irresponsible news report must be investigated to the end.

  "I've seen that kid from the Ning family, and I've heard some rumors about his background. But... how did you and Xiao Xiao end up with him?" Although she knew the newspaper was just sensationalizing, Mrs. Guo was still a bit anxious, as it had only been two days since Bei Chen left, and now this incident happened, which made her worry even more.

  "The day before yesterday, I went to see Xiao...” Ye Shanshan's mouth slipped for a moment, and she almost said "Xiao's dad" again. Luckily, she reacted quickly and corrected herself in time. “I happened to run into Beichen at the airport when sending him off, we just chatted casually for two sentences, didn't expect to be stared at.”

  But this time, when she said "Bei Chen" out loud, it didn't sound quite right. She was more used to calling him "Dad" or "Director".

  "This matter is being handled by your father, it shouldn't be a big deal. However, the Ning family is too prominent and attracts attention, so it's better to keep a distance from them in the future." Just as Old Lady Gu had started to have a slightly improved opinion of her daughter-in-law, something like this happened, showing that she and Shanshan still didn't have enough affinity between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

  "I understand." After such an incident, Ye Shanshan would naturally learn a lesson from it.

  "Your dad has already let Feng Qing take over, and from now on he'll be the one to pick you and Xiao Xiao up." It's all been reported in the news, so it's inevitable that passersby will pay attention. Old Lady Gu made this decision also in hopes of avoiding unnecessary disturbances.

  Still can't escape, the day before yesterday she tried her best to persuade the leader to give up the idea of letting Feng Qing come and pick her up every day, who would have thought that something like this would happen.

  Her parents-in-law were also thinking of her and Xiaoxiao's safety, so Ye Shanshan could only agree obediently, waiting for the storm to pass before doing anything else.

  A driver has been sent over specifically to pick you up, but the old lady is still worried. "You don't have classes for the next two days, why not come over and stay here with Xiaoxiao tonight?"

  "Laugh and go to the hobby class tonight, I'll take her there early tomorrow morning instead." This matter has been blown up a bit, my mother-in-law must be worried, at this time going back to the house will inevitably lead to being scolded. Ye Shanshan can only find an excuse to delay for one night. Of course, Laugh's hobby class is also true, she can't lie about it to avoid being scolded.

  "Be careful then." This matter wasn't entirely Shanshan's fault. Although Old Lady Gu was not very pleased, she still didn't think it was right or wrong. However, with a big kid bringing along a little kid to live outside, she really couldn't feel at ease.

  "I'm sorry, I made you and dad worry." Although her mother-in-law's tone wasn't very kind, this sentence of concern sounded especially warm to Ye Shanshan. This was also the benefit of being married - even if he wasn't by her side, she wasn't alone.

  Digression

  I wonder what kind of reaction this will get? ( ^ - ^ ) / ~