Silently, Xiao Yunyun took out her phone, opened the safe in her photo album, and started browsing the photos she had taken with Kaito.
She looked, and Xiao Qi looked too.
When Kaito came to Ye Chen's hotel a week ago, Xiao Qi remembered the photos in Xiao Yunyun's phone and had already guessed something.
After all, Xiao Qi was a little prodigy; her mind worked very quickly.
Helpless, Xiao Yunyun had to take Xiao Qi away and slowly tell Xiao Qi about this matter.
Xiao Qi was both happy and sad about it.
Happy to have seen her father, sad because she couldn't live with her father, otherwise, it would implicate him.
Besides, it seemed father also had a new girlfriend now...
Yes, when Xiao Yunyun learned of this, she had already mentally prepared herself long ago, so she wasn't as sad as Xiao Qi.
After all, Kaito had been single all along, and with his handsome looks, as long as he had a bit of ambition in his future work and could earn some money, he would naturally not lack girlfriends.
Maybe... a rich woman had even set her sights on him!
"Mom, Dad now is much more handsome than the Dad in the photos."
"I know, 4 years have passed, and he has indeed become much more handsome."
Xiao Yunyun deeply felt this too.
When she saw Kaito that night last week, she was also shocked by his appearance.
"So... Mom, how about we just find Dad and have him take us to run away?"
"Grandma probably hasn't investigated Dad, right? And Mom hasn't looked for other men in these years, so she definitely won't connect it to Dad, only to Mom's other friends!"
"That way, can't we live together with Dad?"
Prodigy or not, some things are still not thought through very complicatedly.
This plan indeed seemed pretty good, thanks to Xiao Yunyun completely cutting off contact with Kaito over the past few years, and since they were never truly boyfriend and girlfriend, even if Xiao Tianjiao investigated their university days, so what?
At most, they were just club members with a good relationship!
And afterwards, contact was completely severed, with no interaction whatsoever. How could she possibly associate it with Kaito?
But!
They were ultimately two living, breathing people. They could hide for a while, but not forever!
Especially since Xiao Qi was still young. For the sake of her daughter's future life, could she really not let Xiao Qi go to school? Not let her learn? And not let her grow up healthily, just to hide with her?
Impossible.
It would be okay for a short time, but over time, Xiao Qi's personality would gradually change, including her own. She might even develop depression, or even personality split!
"My daughter, we can hide for a while, but we can't hide forever..."
"Besides... your father is still just an ordinary person. If he were discovered, what might happen would probably be beyond our control."
Furthermore, he already had a girlfriend!
"Wuwu... Mom, if that's the case, don't we have no hope? I don't want Mom to be with those men Grandma talks about!"
'What a good daughter, so young yet able to think about her mother.' Xiao Yunyun felt a bit happy inside at this moment.
"Never mind, let's go. Let's go back and see first. Mom will think of another way when the blind date comes."
Just directly mess up the other party during the blind date.
If she ruined the relationship, how could the blind date succeed?
If that still didn't work...
Then she would have to be ruthless and do something bad, like getting the guy some troubles.
For example, scissors!
…
"Stop talking, stop talking, I've arrived."
[Alright, quickly bring my daughter and granddaughter back. Don't let them run away this time!]
"Yes, yes, I know, I know."
[Yes... that's it then.]
Click...
The call ended.
Ye Chen, getting out of the commercial vehicle, couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
He never expected his daughter to play such a clever trick, deceiving them for a full 4 years!
Of course, as a father, he could understand.
No, it would be strange if he couldn't understand!
Did he, as the husband, not know what kind of person his wife was?
It's just...
Ultimately, he had married into the Xiao Family. Even if he wanted to be a good father, sheltering his daughter Xiao Yunyun from the wind and rain, he couldn't.
In fact, the reason he married into the Xiao Family wasn't because he fell in love with Xiao Tianjiao.
Even if Xiao Tianjiao was indeed very beautiful when she was young, did he lack women back then?
It's just...
He had a handle in someone else's hands, and his own father needed the Xiao Family's help to be saved. He had no choice but to agree to Xiao Tianjiao and marry into the Xiao Family.
He also handed over everything he had to the Xiao Family.
Now, his father was also lying on a hospital bed, needing a lot of money every day to prolong his life.
"Sigh..."
Thinking of this, Ye Chen sighed again. Taking a deep breath, he gritted his teeth, then stepped forward, ready to enter this three-Michelin-star BBQ restaurant to pick up Xiao Yunyun and Xiao Qi and bring them back.
After this, it would be impossible for Xiao Yunyun and Xiao Qi to go out casually again.
"No..."
Slap—!!
Having just taken a step, Ye Chen pulled back.
Damn it.
'Why did I have to listen to Xiao Tianjiao and take my daughter and granddaughter back?'
'Take them back, and then watch my daughter be pushed into the abyss by Xiao Tianjiao?'
'Forcing her to go on blind dates constantly, choosing so-called suitable matches for her?'
He couldn't rule out that some young masters might be decent, but he respected his daughter's own wishes even more.
Back then, when Xiao Yunyun ran away overnight and went abroad, it was also he who stopped Xiao Tianjiao from sending people to find her, saying that letting their daughter calm down would bring her back. Then she just couldn't be found.
Although he got severely scolded by Xiao Tianjiao, being able to help his daughter made him happy.
No matter what, he couldn't let his daughter follow the same path he did.
So...
Why did he have to take Xiao Yunyun back this time?
Couldn't he just let them run away!?
Thinking of this, Ye Chen slapped himself, cursing himself for almost doing something stupid. Then he directly returned to the car, rummaged around, and took out a backpack from under the seat.
Inside this bag were tens of thousands in cash and several anonymous bank cards!
There was also a not-too-rare anonymous phone and number, which could still use most functions normally like a regular person.
Not only could it make calls, but it could also be used for mobile payments.
'With this, my daughter could take my granddaughter and run for a while, right?'
'If she could just run for ten years, that would be a victory!'
As for how he would explain when he got back?
How else could he explain? Just directly say that when he arrived, the people were gone, and their phones were unreachable!
Coincidentally, the owner of this restaurant was actually a shop opened by an old brother of his back in the day, and their relationship was very strong!