Mu Jinyue put down her chopsticks and hurriedly went over to help Xing Fei. "What's wrong, Fei Fei? Tell Auntie, what did you see this time?"

Xing Fei hugged Mu Jinyue tightly, her voice trembling as she said, "It's a cockroach! There are huge cockroaches in the room!"

So, Uncle Fu went upstairs to check again, and came down half an hour later. "Miss Xing, I have just checked carefully and didn't see any cockroaches. They may have crawled under the bed or somewhere else. I have already sprayed insecticide, so don't be afraid, they won't come out."

Xing Fei was still trembling in Mu Jinyue's arms.

Seeing how scared she was, Mu Jinyue gently patted her back and comforted her, "Feifei, don't be afraid. Uncle Fu will accompany you upstairs later."

Xing Fei followed Uncle Fu back into the room. As soon as she opened the door, she saw five cockroaches crawling on the floor. Uncle Fu was about to swat them when they quickly scurried under the bed.

Xing Fei saw Xiao Qiang fleeing at the door and immediately decided that she could no longer stay there.

Despite Mu Jinyue's attempts to persuade her, Xing Fei remained determined to leave, leaving Mu Jinyue with no choice but to agree. She then tried calling Chen Shihui to let her know, but no one answered after several attempts.

Ye Xinghe was surprised that Xing Fei was so afraid of insects, and chuckled to herself, "Sister Xing Fei, I'll take you home later."

Xing Fei avoided Ye Xinghe like the plague, repeatedly refusing her advances. After a brief farewell, she went out, took a taxi, and left the Ye family home.

Ye Xinghe raised the corners of her lips slightly and sent Ye Xingchen a message: "Go home, the madman is gone."

Ye Xingchen: "Impressive."

Xing Fei dragged her aching body home. As soon as she entered, she saw a pair of silver high heels—her mother's shoes. Next to them was a pair of men's leather shoes.

Xing Fei walked barefoot into the house. On the floor were a dress, a pair of suit pants, a white shirt, and a burgundy women's underwear... Then came the sounds of a man and woman making love.

Xing Fei looked at everything in front of her indifferently, as if she had already gotten used to it. She pressed the light switch with a cold face.

The entire room lit up instantly, followed by a woman's scream. The two people on the bed frantically searched for something to cover themselves. Xing Fei glanced at them contemptuously, then turned and walked into the living room.

A moment later, the man finished dressing and came out of the room. Xing Fei glanced at him; the man looked very young, only in his early twenties, about the same age as her.

The man glanced at her, buttoning his shirt as he winked at her, his expression frivolous. Seeing that Xing Fei was no longer looking at him, he put on his shoes and left.

Chen Shihui emerged, wrapped in a black silk robe. She lit a cigarette and said softly, "Why are you back?"

"This is my home, shouldn't I be back?" Xing Fei glared at her, her tone full of accusation. "But you, didn't you say you were on a business trip? You mean you were going on a business trip to fool around with some random guy?!"

"Smack!" A resounding slap landed on Xing Fei's face. "You think you're all grown up now! How dare you talk to me like that!"

Xing Fei covered her face, her gaze towards Chen Shihui revealing a cold indifference, devoid of any warmth.

Chen Shihui's emotions calmed down slightly. Realizing she had hit Xing Fei too hard, she went to hug her and said, "Feifei, I'm sorry, Mom shouldn't have hit you. But Mom did all this for your future!"

"How many times have you hit me since I was a child?" Xing Fei coldly pushed her away and sat down on the other side. "When have you ever not hit me at the slightest provocation? Sometimes I really wonder if you're my real mother!"

Enraged, Chen Shihui raised her hand to strike again. Xing Fei didn't flinch, her eyes fixed on her, cold and resolute.

This glance made Chen Shihui stop, and her eyes gradually softened. "Why did you come back from the Ye family? Didn't I tell you to stay there for a few more days?"

"Their house is haunted." Xing Fei recounted everything that happened last night and during the day.

"Haunted?" Chen Shihui looked suspicious, her eyes gleaming with shrewdness. "There are no ghosts in this world! I think it's just someone with ulterior motives playing tricks!"

Chen Shihui picked up her phone, wanting to get to the bottom of things, only to find that Mu Jinyue had called her many times. She decided to find out what was going on in person. She called back, saying she would be returning to Jiangyang the next day, and immediately arranged to have dinner at the Ye family's house this Saturday.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shihui pulled Xing Fei into her arms in a conciliatory manner, appearing every bit the doting mother. "Feifei, we're going to the Ye family's house this Saturday. Tomorrow, Mom will take you to buy some clothes so you can dress up nicely. Mom will definitely help you win over Ye Xingchen this time."

Ye Family Villa.

Ye Xingchen wandered around outside until 8:30 before returning home. He went to find Ye Xinghe as soon as he put his things down.

"Tell me, how did you get her away? Did you use violence?"

Ye Xinghe gave him a meaningful look. "You really want to know?"

Ye Xingchen frowned slightly, looking her up and down. "Why do you still need to keep this a secret from your second brother?"

"It's not a secret. You asked for this yourself." Ye Xinghe's expression was very serious, as if she was about to say something very important. "To avoid unnecessary losses, give me your phone first."

Ye Xinghe took her second brother's phone. Then she cleared everything off the coffee table, making sure there was nothing around Ye Xingchen, before slowly saying, "Ready? I'm about to begin."

Ye Xingchen sat upright on the sofa, his hands on his knees, and nodded solemnly.

Ye Xinghe slapped one hand on the coffee table and pressed the switch with the other.

A cockroach quickly crawled across the coffee table...

"Holy crap! What is this thing?!" Ye Xingchen cursed, then overturned the coffee table and jumped onto the back of the sofa in one smooth motion.

Ye Xinghe knew that her second brother had been afraid of insects since he was a child. Cockroaches, spiders, and caterpillars were practically Ye Xingchen's three nemesis! When he was a child, if he saw insects while playing outside, he would always ask Ye Xinghe to deal with them, and it was even more impossible for them to appear in the house.

She remembered when they lived in the old house when she was young, a cockroach appeared in Ye Xingchen's room and crawled under the bed. He insisted that the servants move everything out of the room, and he wouldn't be satisfied until he found the cockroach and killed it.

Ye Xingchen, curled up against the back of the sofa, angrily shouted, "Ye Xinghe! Do you want to die?!"

"Look at you, you insisted on asking." Ye Xinghe pressed the reassemble button, and the cockroach that had just crawled away returned to Ye Xinghe's hand. "This is fake! My electronic pet."

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