Swallow the medicine.

Ye Yaoyao frowned, not rushing to reply as she casually tapped her fingers on the table.

"Then what is my name?"

"Boss, you used to be called Ye Yaoyao, but now your name has been changed to Ye Youyou."

Ye Yaoyao?

Yaoyao?

During the initial period after moving abroad, Ye Yaoyao had indeed heard those two words spoken by her eldest and second eldest brothers.

So it was true.

Ye Yaoyao nodded. "All right, I know."

With that, she pushed a tissue box across the table with a look of disgust. "Wipe away your tears and snot, it's gross."

"Okay, Boss."

Feng Yuqi didn't want to use a tissue, so he just wiped his face with his hand. Who knew he would accidentally smear his tears and snot together? Unable to bear it, Ye Yaoyao reached over to wipe his face for him.

This scene was witnessed by Shen Yan, who had just walked in.

Shen Yan: ?

Were the two of them always this intimate?

"Mommy!" Ye Tiantian called out.

Ye Tiantian was still closest to Ye Yaoyao. After not seeing her for a few hours, she immediately burrowed into her arms, and catching the familiar scent on her, she murmured softly, "Mommy, I missed you."

Ye Yaoyao's heart instantly melted. She pinched Ye Tiantian's cheek. "I'm right here."

The tender interaction between mother and daughter made the atmosphere warm. Upon seeing Shen Yan, Ye Yaoyao merely gave him a cold, indifferent glance.

Shen Yan turned his head to look at the man beside them, and when he finally saw that face clearly, his heart plummeted.

Turns out it was Feng Yuqi...

Wait, Feng Yuqi?

How could he be together with Ye Youyou?

Feng Yuqi knew about this, yet he was kept in the dark?

The anger Shen Yan had just managed to suppress flared up once more; he needed to get a clear explanation.

"Brother Yan..."

Feng Yuqi looked bewildered. He pointed from Shen Yan to Ye Yaoyao and Ye Tiantian. "So this child is..."

"This is my child and mine alone." Ye Yaoyao scooped up the child and walked toward the exit.

Since she had figured out most of what was going on, there was no need to stay here any longer.

"Boss..."

Feng Yuqi almost instinctively started to follow behind Ye Yaoyao, but was yanked back by the collar by Shen Yan. "You need to explain this clearly to me!"

"What's wrong, Brother Yan?" Feng Yuqi kept glancing in the direction where Ye Yaoyao had left.

He was so afraid this was all a dream, and that upon waking up, his boss would still not have returned.

"When did you meet her? Why didn't you tell me when you got the news?"

"Yesterday."

Feng Yuqi scratched his head and admitted honestly, "Boss seems to have changed her name to Ye Youyou."

"How are you so sure she is your boss?"

Listening to Feng Yuqi's certain tone, Shen Yan's heart trembled violently.

He hadn't even been sure himself...

So, was it really her?

That's wonderful, she's back.

"I crossed paths with her today; the moves and attack patterns she used were identical to the boss's, so I'm completely sure it's her."

Feng Yuqi said with conviction, "Who knows what happened with that appraisal report back then, but thank goodness it was a mistake. At least all those years of grief were for nothing!"

As he spoke, Feng Yuqi's eyes turned red uncontrollably once more.

He rubbed his eyes. "I have to go tell Wanqing the news; she'll definitely be so happy."

Feng Yuqi pulled out his phone, just about to send a message to Yu Wanqing, when he was stopped short by Shen Yan's next question.

"That child... do you know anything about her?"

That little toddler?

Hearing this, Feng Yuqi scratched his head, looking embarrassed as he replied, "Brother Yan, this is the boss's private business, so I didn't ask. That's why I don't know..."

"When the boss came back, I was just too happy to care about anything else. Could that child be the boss's baby with some other man abroad?"

As soon as he finished those words, Shen Yan shot a freezing, icy glare straight at him.

With another man?

Yet, besides this possibility, Shen Yan couldn't think of any other explanation.

Human beings truly are greedy. Previously, he only wanted to confirm whether Ye Yaoyao was dead or alive. Now, knowing she was alive, he greedily wished she belonged to him alone.

Ye Yaoyao carried Ye Tiantian back and gave her a bath.

"Mommy, I didn't like the uncle you were on a date with tonight. I think he looks really ugly when he cries; if I look at him a few more times, I'm going to have nightmares!"

Ye Tiantian sat in the bathtub playing with bubbles. "He's nothing compared to the one I picked out for you—he always pays attention to his image, so Mommy, you won't have to worry about losing face when you take him out."

"Do you like him that much?"

Ye Yaoyao's sudden question made Ye Tiantian think there was a chance, and she nodded vigorously. "Mm-hmm, yes, I like him a lot!"

"I can have him wait for you to grow up."

"Mommy!" Ye Tiantian pouted angrily.

"Bath's done, get out." Ye Yaoyao lifted Ye Tiantian out, dried her off, and dressed her in clean clothes.

Ye Yaoyao patted her little bottom. "Go lie down on the bed yourself while I take a shower."

"Can't I watch you?" Ye Tiantian asked earnestly.

"How long has it been since you got a spanking?"

The next second, Ye Tiantian scurried away at lightning speed.

When Ye Yaoyao came out after her shower and was drying her hair, the doorbell rang. She opened the door to find a woman with an unfamiliar face looking at her with tear-filled eyes.

"Who are you?"

"Yaoyao, it really is you..." At the very first word, tears began to stream down Yu Wanqing's face.

Ye Yaoyao: ?

"You've got the wrong person."

"It's you, it really is you! Other people might mistake you, but I could never."

Yu Wanqing's shoulders slumped, and she bowed her head, weeping. "It's all my fault, it's entirely my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten into that accident..."

For five whole years, Yu Wanqing had been tormented by nightmares every single night.

If she hadn't let Ye Yaoyao walk into that place that day, what did it matter even if her own face had been slashed? At least Yaoyao would still be alive.

That lunatic Yu Qingqing had actually wanted to drag everyone down to hell with her.

"You're the one who caused my accident?" Ye Yaoyao frowned sharply.

Yet here she was, shedding crocodile tears and putting on a false display of mercy?

"Yes, it was all my fault." Yu Wanqing nodded.

"Since that's the case, you should know that I don't want to see you. Get lost," Ye Yaoyao said coldly.

"Yaoyao, I..."

Yu Wanqing looked greedily at her face. "Yaoyao, I've missed you."

"Get lost right now, I'm going to sleep." Ye Yaoyao remained completely unmoved.

With a loud bang, she shut the door, retrieved her medication from the drawer, swallowed the pills, and picked up the hair dryer.

"Mommy, who was that auntie just now? What were you guys talking about at the door?" Ye Tiantian asked with curiosity.

"I don't know her. She was apologizing to me, but I'm not accepting it," Ye Yaoyao said with breezy nonchalance.

"Apologizing? That means she made Mommy angry!"

Infuriated on the spot, Ye Tiantian placed her hands on her hips. "Big baddie! I'm going to go teach her a lesson!"

"Go to sleep."

The huffing and puffing Ye Tiantian instantly changed her expression and obediently lay down the next second.

Ye Tiantian's tongue shifted around, brushing against the pill hidden in her mouth.

This was the medicine her eldest uncle had given her; she had to take one every single day because it was good for her brain.

Ye Yaoyao clearly remembered that ever since she took the first pill, the chaotic memories that used to dart around wildly in her mind had stopped appearing altogether.

She knew there was something wrong with the medicine, and right now she was torn over whether she should stop taking it.

Lost in thought, Ye Yaoyao ultimately swallowed the pill anyway. She would deal with it later.