Hey! The CEO who just scolded me met someone on a blind date.

After spending the whole night together, both of them were exhausted. Suddenly, Su Zimu turned over and sat up.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Huaizhou also sat up.

"It seems like Nic is crying." Su Zimu said as he was about to get out of bed in his pajamas, but was stopped by a hand.

"I'll go take a look, you lie down." Jiang Huaizhou got out of bed, looked at the clothes scattered on the ground, picked them up with disgust and shook them, and put them on randomly despite the discomfort. It seems that I should prepare a few sets of spare clothes here.

When I opened the door, I saw Nic sitting in front of the door crying.

Jiang Huaizhou picked him up and said, "You're fine, why are you crying? What's wrong?"

Nic wiped away her tears, "Uncle Jiang, why are you here? Where's my mother?"

Jiang Huaizhou: "Mom is sleeping."

"I want to go stay with my mother."

The little guy was about to get in the door, Jiang Huaizhou reached out to stop him, and closed the door with his other hand. Nic looked at him in confusion.

"Mom is tired, don't disturb her."

Nic: "Did mom do something hard? I won't disturb her. I'll sleep with her."

"You don't understand yet." Jiang Huaizhou picked up Nic and said, "Tell me, why were you crying just now?"

Nic looked aggrieved, "Mom locked the door. She said she wouldn't lock the door. Nic can knock on the door and come in anytime if he needs help from his mom."

Jiang Huaizhou remembered that he seemed to have locked the door last night. Fortunately, it was locked, otherwise how would he explain it if this little brat saw it?

"Are you hungry? I'll take you to eat something delicious."

Nic nodded and put his arms around his neck.

Su Zimu lay on the bed, listening to their conversation. He heard their footsteps slowly disappearing, and sleepiness instantly came over him.

When she opened her eyes again, it was already one in the afternoon. The surroundings were too quiet. She got up and washed her face. She looked in the mirror at her eyes, which were swollen from crying last night. They were only a slit, so ugly. She looked down and saw the red marks of various sizes on her slender white neck and chest. It was so embarrassing.

Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler now. She took out a silk scarf from the closet and tied it on before going downstairs.

In the living room downstairs, Jiang Huaizhou was doing a puzzle with Nic. When he saw Su Zimu coming down, Nic quickly threw away the puzzle in his hand, ran towards her, and stretched out his hand for a hug.

"What's wrong?" Su Zimu reached out and picked up Nic, looking at Jiang Huaizhou who was slumped on the sofa.

Jiang Huaizhou didn't move at all, "He doesn't want to play with me."

Nic was in Su Zimu's arms. He turned his head and glanced at Jiang Huaizhou, and complained, "He didn't let me come to you, and insisted on dragging me to do the puzzle together."

Jiang Huaizhou took over the conversation, "You are almost four years old, can you understand something? Can't you let mom rest for a while?"

Nic snorted and kissed Su Zimu on the cheek, "Mom, let's ignore him. I just want to wake you up to eat. You must be hungry. We left some food for you."

Su Zimu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Weren't they both getting along fine yesterday? Why are they not getting along today?

Jiang Huaizhou came over and hugged Nic, who was trying to take credit, and raised his chin to Su Zimu, "Look at the food on the table. Is it edible? It's cold. I'll heat it up."

Su Zimu raised her beautiful eyes slightly and held back her laughter, "Can you heat up food?"

Jiang Huaizhou frowned, "It shouldn't be difficult."

Su Zimu walked to the dining table and saw seven or eight dishes on the table with no signs of being touched. He wondered, "Where did you eat?"

"Next door." Nic blurted out.

"Next door?" Su Zimu glanced at Jiang Huaizhou. She remembered that there was a fast food restaurant not far from the next door. "Did you take Nic there to eat fast food?"

"Ah?" Jiang Huaizhou felt inexplicably guilty.

"I didn't eat hamburgers and fries. He and I ate at our neighbor's house next door." Nic denied it quickly. He knew his mother didn't allow him to eat junk food.

"Next door...neighbor?" Su Zimu was not sure what Nic wanted to express. He looked at Jiang Huaizhou who was avoiding his gaze. Only then did he realize that he had changed his clothes again.

She clearly remembered that he was wearing a windbreaker last night, so why was he wearing casual sportswear now?

"Your clothes?"

Jiang Huaizhou's expression was a little unnatural, "I changed it."

Su Zimu said, "You're pretty quick."

The food was not cold yet, the temperature was just right, Su Zimu picked up the food and suddenly asked, "Who made this dish? It's delicious."

"The grandpa next door." Nic answered first.

Jiang Huaizhou glared at Nic and said, "Well, I asked someone to do it."

Su Zimu nodded, it was indeed authentic and delicious.

"Mom." Nic suddenly ran to Su Zimu and said, "I want to tell you a secret." He stared at Jiang Huaizhou while speaking.

"What secret?" Su Zimu leaned over.

Jiang Huaizhou's temples twitched, and he had a bad feeling. He was about to step forward to stop it, but he saw Nic whispering in Su Zimu's ear, and Su Zimu's eyes were fixed on him.

"You... live next door?" Su Zimu blinked and looked at him, "Are you the new neighbor?"

Su Zimu's eyes were dark and unclear, and his tone was indistinguishable. Jiang Huaizhou secretly regretted that he was too careless. How could he believe that a three-year-old child could keep a secret? He couldn't believe it even if it was his own son.

Originally, he planned to live quietly around them, protecting them and their child, and not disturbing their lives. But after yesterday, he already had some hope of returning and being accepted. Now that he did this, would Su Zimu think that he did it on purpose and rejected him?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you." Based on the principle of leniency to the confessor, he took the lead in explaining: "I don't have any extravagant hopes of joining your lives, I just want to protect you silently..."

"Then, who is that old man?" It was obvious that Su Zimu was concerned about different things from him.

Jiang Huaizhou replied, "You mean Uncle Tai? He's from the Leng family."

Su Zimu suddenly realized, "Fortunately."

Jiang Huaizhou asked: "What's the good news?"

Su Zimu smiled and said, "Nothing." She couldn't possibly say that she had always suspected that there might be a perverted and dangerous person living next door.

"Not angry?" Jiang Huaizhou couldn't believe it and tested cautiously.

Su Zimu said: "I'm not angry."

The stone in his chest fell gently, and Jiang Huaizhou was secretly glad that she didn't get angry and hate him because of this, but he couldn't easily forgive the informer.

As soon as the informer met Jiang Huaizhou's eyes, he quickly hid behind Su Zimu, occasionally poking his head out to look at him.

At night, Nic was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, but he forced himself not to fall asleep.

"Why don't you go back?" Nic asked Jiang Huaizhou and yawned.

"What's it to you?" Jiang Huaizhou said bluntly.

Nic stretched out his hands and hung on Su Zimu, "Mom, sleep with me at night. I'm scared."

Su Zimu was confused, "Why are you so scared?"

Nic glared at Jiang Huaizhou opposite him and said, "Can you please let him go home?" He didn't want him to sleep with his mother.