illicit relationship

Ye Xueyin instantly lowered her head and played with her fingers. "Your father is still alive."

"Where is he now?" Xiao Tian repeated his question.

"I don't know." Like before, Ye Xueyin was still lowering her head.

"Can you tell me what happened between the two of you in the past?" Xiao Tian wanted to know why they got divorced

"It's…" Ye Xueyin couldn't finish her words as if her words were stuck in her throat. She then grabbed his hands and looked at him in the eyes. "Tian, even though we have divorced, you should not hate your father. There is a reason why he never visits us."

"Can you tell me the reason why he never visits us?" Xiao Tian asked. "You know the reason, right?"

"One of the reasons why he never visits us is that he wants to protect us." Ye Xueyin gave an honest answer.

"Protect us? Wait! Don't tell me. I'm indeed from the famous Xiao family?! Is he the reason why I can't change my surname?" in the past, his predecessor had tried to change his surname but was always rejected.

"Yes." Ye Xueyin answered instantly. "He used his influence to forbid you to change your surname. Even though we have divorced, but he wants you to keep using his family name, so that you will always remember that you have a father."

"Isn't he selfish? He never visits me, but he also doesn't allow me to change my family name. What kind of father is that?" he felt sorry for his predecessor. That was why he was furious.

"Tian, don't hate him!" Ye Xueyin raised her voice. "It was his last wish before we divorced. He is a good person and has never hurt me. If you want to blame someone, blame his family!"

"What is this? Why are you defending him like this? Do you still have feelings for him?" her actions much surprised him. He didn't expect his mother to behave like that when he was speaking ill of his father.

"No." Ye Xueyin answered instantly. "I no longer have feelings for him. But I don't want you to hate him because he is a good person. You don't know what he did to protect us in the past. In order to protect us, he sacrificed everything. He also desires to meet you, but he can't meet you because if his family knows about it, we will be in danger again."

Xiao Tian wanted to know even more after hearing her words. "What did h-"

However, before Xiao Tian had finished his words, Ye Xueyin laid down on the bed and spoke, "Tian, mother is sleepy. Mother wants to sleep now."

"Can you answer my questions first?" of course, Xiao Tian still wanted to know the answer.

"Tian, stop it!" Ye Qingyu spoke abruptly.

Xiao Tian could only sigh. Even though he really wanted to know about it, he decided not to ask anymore because he didn't want to make his mother sad.

Xiao Tian then laid down too. After that, he pulled his mother towards him and embraced her. "I'm sorry, mother."

"Un." Ye Xueyin replied.

'It should be me who apologizes to you, Tian.'

Ye Xueyin added in her mind.

That night, Xiao Tian forgot to take a shower or eat, because he fell asleep while embracing his mother.

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The following morning, Xiao Tian was the first to wake up. After kissing the foreheads of his mother and aunt, Xiao Tian got out of the bed carefully and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

Because yesterday he didn't take a bath, he took a shower longer than usual. When he was in his room, his mother and aunt were cooking breakfast in the kitchen.

After wearing clothes, Xiao Tian headed to the kitchen. When he saw his mother and aunt, he walked closer towards them with a smile on his face.

"Good morning, mother." Xiao Tian spoke after kissing his mother's cheeks.

"Morning." Ye Xueyin really loved it when he kissed her in the morning.

Her expression returned to normal as if nothing had happened last night.

Then Xiao Tian walked towards his aunt who was washing vegetables. At first, he also wanted to kiss her cheeks, but he suddenly changed his mind. Without giving a warning, Xiao Tian grabbed her face and kissed her lips. 

Ye Qingyu, who was startled, stopped washing the vegetables. Of course, she let him do whatever he wanted.

After Xiao Tian stopped the kiss, Xiao immediately spoke, "Good morning, aunt."

At this moment, Ye Xueyin, who saw what he was doing, only giggled.

Ye Qingyu immediately replied, "Good morn-"

However, before she had finished her words, Xiao Tian kissed her lips again. His actions much surprised her.

Usually, Xiao Tian only kissed their cheeks in the morning. Of course, she immediately welcomed the kiss because having a passionate kiss in the morning was not a bad idea too.

After having a deep kiss with her for several seconds, Xiao Tian stopped the kiss and walked out of the kitchen. "I will wait in the living room."

Ye Qingyu only smiled when she saw him walking out of the kitchen.

He always did whatever he wanted. She thought to herself.

Thirty minutes later, they finished cooking breakfast. They wasted no time and immediately had breakfast together.

After Xiao Tian finished eating, he gave the good news to his mother and aunt. "Mother, aunt, I have finished my work. Let's go somewhere later."

"Really?" Ye Xueyin was pleased after hearing his words.

"Yes." Xiao Tian answered as he nodded his head.

Ye Xueyin turned her head towards her younger sister and spoke, "Qingyu, what time will you be home today?"

"I will be home at 05:00 pm later." Ye Qingyu answered instantly.

"Great!" Ye Xueyin spoke cheerfully. "Let's go somewhere after Qingyu arrives home."

"All right." Xiao Tian and Ye Qingyu answered in unison.

After eating, Xiao Tian went straight to Star Clothes company. He wasted no time and immediately worked.

He worked for about two hours before finally, he took a rest. When his gaze fell on the newspaper on his desk, he immediately took it.

When he read the news on the front page, his lips curled into a grin. Without waiting for another second, Xiao Tian rose to his feet and traveled to Blue Ice Lotus gang headquarters.

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"Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, boss."

One by one, his underlings greeted him when they saw Xiao Tian. Some of them were surprised when they saw him because they thought Xiao Tian was still in Beijing.

"Do you need anything, boss?" one of his underlings asked.

"No." Xiao Tian answered instantly. "I only want to see the Hong family members."

When Xiao Tian walked to the underground jail, some of his underlings followed him. Even though they were curious why Xiao Tian suddenly wanted to see the Hong family members, but none of them asked questions.

When Xiao Tian was in front of the prison where the Hong family members were being held, he spoke cheerfully as if he was their friend. "Yo, the Hong family. I'm back."

The expression of deep fear blossomed on Yi Yi's face when she saw Xiao Tian. She still remembered the time when he asked one of his underlings to whip her until she fainted.

When Xiao Tian saw her expression, he immediately spoke, "Don't be afraid. I won't torture you today. I came because I have good news for you."

After saying that, Xiao Tian threw the newspaper to them. The expression of deep shock emerged on their faces when he read the headlines on the front page.