The Young Matriarch

Chapter 310: Chapter 310: The Jinx
 

The half-filled cola spilled all over the floor, only a few fries left, and the chicken wings were down to merely bones!

The ketchup packets had been torn open, splattering everywhere like blood.

What a mess!

Bai Chuwei, standing at the top of the stairs, darkened in complexion—Xue Qiu!

Before Bai Chuwei could deal with Xue Qiu, the hamster pig, she suddenly saw Auntie Chen covering her mouth and starting to retch.

Auntie Chen couldn’t help but start dry heaving the moment she smelled the fried food.

Disgusting.

Bai Chuwei’s laugh carried a drawn-out, meaningful tone. Tsk—interesting.

As for the takeout?

Bai Chuwei looked at the mess on the floor and felt there was no need to go downstairs—Xue Qiu had already enjoyed it for her.

Liu Man sat on the couch, her eyes filled with suspicion as she watched Auntie Chen, who was continually retching, rush toward the bathroom.

Liu Man had believed she kept a tight leash on her husband, Bai Hongguang. Right after she was discharged from the hospital, she first checked Bai Hongguang’s phone, looking to see if there were any hotel check-in records in his Alipay or WeChat.

There were none.

But Auntie Chen seemed a bit odd now, wasn’t dry heaving a symptom of pregnancy?

This woman was a widow and had been living in their house as a nanny; without a husband, how could she possibly be pregnant?

Liu Man’s womanly instincts led to growing suspicion; she immediately leaned on the handrail and climbed up to the second floor, knocking on Bai Yinyin’s room door.

Bai Yinyin was feeling blue, annoyed that the school teacher had wanted them to watch some ridiculous live stream, but the video app had crashed, so what was even the point?

“Mom? Why are you here? Isn’t your leg hurting?” Bai Yinyin, upon seeing Liu Man enter, put down her pen and asked with some guilt.

Liu Man saw her daughter Bai Yinyin and smiled, gently stroking her head: “Nothing much, just came up to check on your studies.”

Liu Man paused, then lowered her voice, “Yinyin, during the time Mom was in the hospital, did you see anything special between your dad and Auntie Chen? Any flirtation?”

Bai Yinyin nearly fell off her chair. Seeing the uncertainty in Liu Man’s eyes, she hastily said, “I… I’ve been busy studying every day, how could I pay attention to those things?”

Liu Man continued to probe, “Then have you noticed anything unusual between them, or maybe they’ve been spending more time together than before?”

Bai Yinyin hesitated, should she just come out with her dad and Auntie Chen’s shameful acts?

Ding!

Her phone suddenly vibrated, and a message popped up on the lock screen—her dad had transferred money to her again.

This…

Maybe she should wait until after college entrance exams, wait until her mom’s leg was better to talk about it. Otherwise, with her mom’s leg like that, she undoubtedly couldn’t beat the mistress, Auntie Chen, right…?

Liu Man just so happened to see this message too, expressing surprise, “Your dad transferred money to you? Yinyin, is your allowance not enough?”

Bai Yinyin felt a bit awkward: “It, it’s okay.”

Liu Man gently rubbed Bai Yinyin’s head, “If it’s not enough, Mom will transfer some more to you. It’s going to be the college entrance exams soon, you shouldn’t short yourself.”

Bai Yinyin didn’t mention that she hadn’t felt deprived at all lately; the money that her biological father had transferred to her these past days was almost equivalent to her allowance for the past one or two years.

Liu Man limped out of Bai Yinyin’s room and saw Bai Chuwei in white, standing at the top of the stairs between the second and third floors, holding a small watering can and watering a plant.

Bai Chuwei gripped a green leaf, her voice ethereal, “This plant is growing awfully well, the leaves are so green.”

Seeing Bai Chuwei’s position, Liu Man was reminded of the place where she fell before and spat disdainfully, “Jinx.”