Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 152 Happy to be a father

In the awkward silence, the little girl, still perched on Du Anrao's other leg, suddenly called out in a clear voice, "Sister~"

Du Anrao's attention was instantly drawn: "Wrong, wrong, you're of the wrong generation. You should call me aunt, not sister."

The little girl blinked her big, round eyes, seemingly not understanding why such a young older sister would call her "aunt."
However, despite her doubts, she eventually changed how she addressed him.

"Auntie, you are so beautiful, just as beautiful as Yiheng's mother from the next class."

Du Anrao was stunned, and the other adults in the room were also taken aback.

After a moment of stunned silence, a burst of lively laughter suddenly erupted in the living room.

"Looks like our little princess is quite the looks-obsessed person! She knows who's pretty and who's not at such a young age. But who is this Yiheng? Is his mother really that beautiful?"

When Du's mother asked, the second sister-in-law also showed a helpless expression: "It's a little boy in the middle class next door, named Li Yiheng. He's handsome, fair-skinned, and very good-looking. This little lecher was captivated by him on his first day of school. He follows him around calling him 'brother, brother' all day long, making me, his mother, feel a little ashamed to face anyone."

The second cousin was very nervous and jealous about his own little cabbage running into someone else's pigsty before it had even grown up: "Is Dad more handsome or is your brother Yiheng more handsome?"

"Dad is handsome."

My second cousin's lips curled up slightly.

"Brother Yiheng is even more handsome."

The second cousin's smile froze, and he was completely petrified.

Seeing this, his second sister-in-law gave him a disdainful look: "Why are you arguing with a child? You're a grown man, aren't you ashamed?"

My second cousin still looked utterly dejected, as if the sky were falling, which showed how devastating his daughter's words had been for him.

However, what no one noticed was that after hearing his second sister-in-law's explanation, Du Anrao froze completely, and the apple he had just taken a bite of fell to the ground with a thud and rolled to his mother's feet.

“An’an, you…”

[It can't be such a coincidence!]

All eyes immediately turned to Du Anrao. Startled, Du Anrao assumed everyone was paying attention to her because of the rolling apple, and gave an embarrassed smile: "Sorry, my hand slipped."

"It's okay, it's okay, you can still eat it after washing it."

Du's mother asked someone to wash the apples, and Du Anrao calmed down for the moment, tentatively asking, "Xiuxiu, is the little boy in the class next door named Li Yiheng?"

"Yes, the 'yi' in 'wholeheartedly' and the 'heng' in 'perseverance'."

"Have you met his/her mother, sister-in-law?"

"I have seen her before. She pointed her out to me when I picked up Xiuxiu. She has a baby face, is wearing a yellow delivery uniform, and has two braids. She looks like a high school student. If Xiuxiu hadn't repeatedly confirmed with me that she was the child's biological mother, I would have thought she was his sister."

After finishing her sentence, the second sister-in-law tentatively asked, "An'an, do you know her?"

"……do not know."

[Although we don't recognize him, we're pretty sure it's him. The 'Brother Yiheng' the little princess mentioned must be the child of our fourth sister's eldest cousin and her first love, the one she cherishes most.] Everyone: "???"

Wait a minute, let's sort this out, there's a lot of information here!
[According to my second cousin's description, Bai Yueguang had to work as a delivery driver while picking up the child. How many jobs did he have to do? Looking at it this way, my fourth cousin and eldest cousin are such scumbags! They actually made Bai Yueguang deliver food to support their child! Although he probably doesn't even know the child exists.]

The group exchanged glances: Oh no...

Du Anrao was undoubtedly hesitant about whether or not to tell Li Zhaoyang about it.

Because she was also unsure about Li Zhaoyang's feelings for her first love, she didn't know if he still had feelings for her or if he was willing to let the child recognize him as his father.

However, the reason why the two broke up was purely a misunderstanding orchestrated by someone with ulterior motives. Both of them were victims. Ms. Lü, who raised the child alone, must have suffered a lot of criticism and hardship. There is no reason to let Li Zhaoyang, such a negligent father, go unpunished.

Thinking of how the Li family respected Du Yuxi's wishes after finding her, Du Anrao now only hopes that they can extend that respect to the mother and son.

After hesitating for a moment, Du Anrao gritted his teeth and stood up again: "Sorry, I have something to take care of, I'll be leaving for a while, you guys chat first. Xiuxiu, Auntie will come and play with you later."

Although the little guy was a bit disappointed, he was very well-behaved and didn't pester the other child.

The people inside knew that Du Anrao was probably leaving to contact Du Yuxi to talk about the child. They wanted to follow her to watch the drama unfold, but were worried about arousing her suspicion, so they could only stare at her back and secretly regret their decision.

Du Anrao did call Du Yuxi as soon as he went upstairs. Before that, Du Yuxi had been to J City several times and met her deceased parents and relatives. However, the property left to Du Yuxi by her biological parents was complicated and numerous. In recent weeks, Du Yuxi had to go to J City whenever she had a holiday.

When Du Anrao called Du Yuxi, she was having afternoon tea with Uncle Li and Aunt Li in the living room, talking about an art gallery left behind by Su Yingrong.

"This gallery was acquired by your mother before she was pregnant with you. It's located in the western suburbs, where foot traffic isn't particularly high, and the income and expenses have basically broken even over the years. However, the western suburbs were developed recently, and the land prices there have skyrocketed. The value of this gallery's land has also increased tenfold. After you take over, you can continue to run the gallery or convert it into other types of shops. Your older brother has a ready-made renovation team, so you can just contact him."

"Wouldn't that be too much trouble for my cousin?"

"No, no, it's just something he does on the spur of the moment. He usually takes care of these things. Helping others is helping others, and helping family is helping family too. Don't worry about bothering him; it's only right for an older brother to help his younger sister with these things."

Du Yuxi smiled slightly and nodded, saying, "Okay, then can we make a decision after my brother and I have gone to see it?"

"Of course you can. These are all things your parents left you. You can do whatever you want with them."

Du Yuxi smiled but remained silent. Just as she was about to say something else, her phone rang.

Glancing at the caller ID, Du Yuxi immediately changed the subject: "Excuse me, I need to take this call."

The Li couple waved their hands, not paying much attention.

Unexpectedly, Du Yuxi exclaimed in surprise after only hearing the beginning: "What did you say?"

The two were instantly drawn to the phone and looked over with concern, but considering that Du Yuxi had not yet hung up, they could only wait patiently.

After she finished her call, she finally asked, "What happened?"

"Um... Uncle and Aunt, can you accept my cousin... becoming a father unexpectedly?"

"Oh, I thought it was something serious, it's just... *pfft*..." Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her teacup and took a sip, then seemed to understand something, spitting out a mouthful of tea and widening her eyes in surprise, "What did you say?!"

(End of this chapter)