When An Su woke up again, the seat beside her was already empty. Ye Chenming was nowhere to be found. On the stage, another girl was now playing the cello.

Xia Xia seemed to be awakened by his movements and grabbed the corner of An Su's clothes. "Daddy, I need to go pee."

An Su, with the little one in her arms, left the concert hall without any intention of looking for Ye Chenming. She asked a waiter for the restroom's location, and her pace quickened slightly.

When she reached the entrance of the restroom, she heard a fierce argument going on inside. An Su stopped in her tracks; it was the voice of Ye Chenming.

"Why on earth?". A strange man's voice spoke up, it seems to be Bai Qingge.

"Three years of emotions, and as soon as you went abroad, it turned into five years."

"I am pursuing further education, and you know it!"

After a moment of silence, Ye Chenming's voice broke the quietness once again. "Leaving or returning to the country, it's all your own decision. You've never asked for my opinion."

"I love you..."

"In your heart, have I ever been as important as your musical dream?"

......

An Su held the little cub in her arms, deeply feeling the melodramatic atmosphere inside the toilet, just like how her mother used to feel every night at eight o'clock while watching tragic idol dramas, except this time, she replaced the female lead with Bai Qingge.

It's true, a live version of a scummy domineering top and a pitifully cheap bottom.

Just like in those white moonlight substitute stories: the white moonlight returns from abroad and seamlessly connects with the attacker... and then the substitute is heartbroken. The problem is, the white moonlight only went abroad, not flying out of the solar system. Since the attacker loves the white moonlight, why can't he buy a plane ticket to go after them? Why keep a substitute??????

It's not far, after all, we're all domineering CEOs, can't we afford to buy plane tickets?

An Su silently criticized in her heart, truly unable to comprehend the thought process of the two inside the restroom.

Just stay together if you like each other, why make so many fuss.

"Urinate..."

Xiaxia grabbed An Su's clothes, looking a bit anxious. "Dad has been standing outside the bathroom for a long time but won't go in. He's about to burst."

An Su finally realized what she had come to the restroom for.

"Okay, Dad will take you to other places."

Unable to use the restroom, she cautiously carried her son and quietly exited, taking a detour to the upstairs restroom.

When I returned to my seat in the concert hall, Ye Chenming had already returned, his gaze deep and cold as always, like an icy mountain. It was as if he wasn't the one who had just been arguing in the restroom.

"Where did you go?"

Ye Chenming squinted his eyes slightly, a hint of impatience revealed in his tone.

"Xia Xia needs to use the restroom," An Su said without looking at Ye Chenming's face, then walked straight to her seat and sat down.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't ask any further questions, as if nothing had happened, and continued to watch the musical performance on the stage.

......

By the time the music performance had ended, it was already close to around eight o'clock in the evening. The little one's stomach had long growled with hunger.

"I should go back and cook." An Su rubbed the little one's small, concave belly and spoke.

"No need, let's eat outside."

It seemed like Ye Chenming had already planned everything in advance. After getting into the car, he didn't even mention the destination to the driver. The driver, an older gentleman, directly drove us to the entrance of a chain hotel.

With a reserved seat in place, the waiter brought the menu. Ye Chenming didn't even bother looking and immediately ordered a series of dishes that sounded extremely expensive, seeming like a regular customer here.

There's still a while before the dishes are served, An Su poured some hot water into Xia Xia's cup.

The hungry little guy instinctively took a bite and immediately spat it out without moving, "Pfft... It's so hot, so hot..."

The little one stuck out his tongue, looking at An Su with a pitiful expression.

An Su was amused by him and chuckled, "Silly boy, you have to 'blow blow' it twice to not get burned."

Xia Xia blinked her eyes, half-believing, and blew on it a couple of times cautiously before taking a sip. There seemed to be little stars twinkling in her eyes; it really wasn't hot anymore!

"Good girl~"

An Su used to only think that children were noisy and troublesome, that they were difficult to raise. However, their Xia Xia was different. An Su didn't know if it was because of the strong family bond or not, but in their eyes, this little one was truly becoming more and more adorable with each passing day.

Of course, it would be even better if that annoying man sitting across would just disappear.

An Su ordered a strawberry-flavored ice cream from the waiter. Xia Xia ate it with satisfaction, instantly forgetting the grievances from her burned tongue. She kept sending mouthfuls into her mouth.

Ye Chenming glanced lightly, and his thin lips opened, "It's not good to eat too many cold things."

An Su pretended not to hear.

Ye Chenming remained silent.

After finishing dinner, it was already nine o'clock. The little one, as if possessed by a sleep bug, stuck to An Su's embrace and fell asleep.

His hand still tightly grasped Ansu's clothes, as if his father might still sneak away.

......

The car stopped outside the apartment building. An Su gently carried the sleeping little one out of the car and reached out to take the things from the bodyguard's hands. "Then I'll go upstairs. Goodbye."

Ye Chenming in the car also got out and said to the driver,

"You go back first and come pick me up tomorrow morning."

An Su held her son tightly in her arms, suddenly feeling a bit worried about her own backside...

Ye Chenming and Bai Yueguang are not happy. She won't take it out on him, right?

As it turned out, An Su's guess was correct. As soon as the two adults and one child stepped into the elevator, An Su immediately felt a noticeable drop in the surrounding air temperature.

"You heard what we were talking about."

Ye Chenming was referring to himself and Bai Qingge.

An Su was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized that Ye Chen had already noticed him early in the morning.

"You are just a substitute, there's no need to delude yourself into thinking you can replace the real protagonist," Ye Chenming continued, "You don't belong here, and you don't deserve to be part of this circle."

The chilling words sent a shiver down An Su's spine.

"I didn't intend to..." replace someone else.

Ye Chenming, however, seemed to see through him completely. "An Su, memories are something that can be restored. You can never erase the greed in your bones because you were once that kind of person."

The tone of Ye Chenming was light and ethereal, like a fleeting breeze that couldn't be grasped.

It's so heartless...

If An Su was still incredulous before, why she had become the kind of person she did in the past five years, regardless of being the biological mother and the person that those around her called nearly obsessed with Ye Chenming.

In that split second just now, it seemed as if he could understand.

After the death of my mother, it was only Yechen Ming who extended a helping hand to me. Even though this man had his own motives, it was still hard to define or explain the inexplicable infatuation he had for the other person.

Ye Chenming is like a flickering flame in the darkness, tempting him like a moth to a flame...

But the man's heart had long been occupied by another person, with no room left at all.

There is no doubt that this ray of light is not meant for you.

The sound of the elevator doors opening echoed, indicating that they had arrived at the desired floor.

An Su forced a bitter smile to his lips.

"I know, once the contract expires, he won't bother you anymore."

He is not the current Ansu.