The good mood he had when he first entered the door quickly turned into a tinge of sadness. With a gloomy face, he walked to one side.
Qin Qiao'er keenly noticed that Zhao Youting seemed to be in a rather bad mood. She quickly told the two kids to go and play on one side, then walked up to Zhao Youting and asked him what on earth had happened.
Qin Qiao'er thought that something might have happened to Zhao Youting outside. She told him that if there was anything she could help with, he should just tell her.
Seeing Qin Qiao'er being so considerate to him, Zhao Youting couldn't help but imagine in his mind whether she and Lin Wenyi had also gotten along like this before.
Would they have been like this when they were together? When Lin Wenyi was unhappy, would Qin Qiao'er have also comforted him so tenderly?
The more Zhao Youting thought about it, the unhappier he became. So he just sat there silently, not saying a word.
Qin Qiao'er had no idea what had happened. She just silently sat beside Zhao Youting, waiting for him to speak.
After calming himself down a bit, Zhao Youting finally opened his mouth and said to Qin Qiao'er, "Have you checked today's hot searches?"
Qin Qiao'er was taken aback. "Not yet. I've been playing with the two kids all day and haven't had the time to check Weibo."
As she said this, Qin Qiao'er picked up her phone and began to curiously check what had happened today.
Then she saw her and Lin Wenyi's names prominently on the hot - search list. She looked at her phone and then at Zhao Youting beside her, feeling a bit embarrassed.
She clicked on the hot - search page and found that all the photos inside were screenshots from the show that were rather ambiguous, making it seem as if there was really something going on between the two of them.
After seeing this hot search, Qin Qiao'er roughly knew why Zhao Youting was angry. She couldn't help but find it a bit funny in her heart. She didn't expect Zhao Youting to be so easily jealous.
"It's all just for the show. It's the atmosphere created by the post - production. Why are you taking this variety show so seriously?" Qin Qiao'er thought it wasn't really a big deal.
"Moreover, Lin Wenyi and I have known each other for such a long time. If there was really something between us, it would have happened a long time ago. It definitely wouldn't have waited until now.
To me, he's just like an elder brother. He took good care of me when I was abroad, so now that he's back, I want to be nice to him too.
If there's a chance in the future, I'll definitely introduce the two of you. I believe the two of you will become good friends."
Qin Qiao'er was still being very naive at this moment. But after hearing what Qin Qiao'er said, Zhao Youting not only didn't calm down, but he felt even angrier.
Zhao Youting felt that Qin Qiao'er simply didn't care about him. Although she had explained so much, in essence, she was still excusing Lin Wenyi.
Although Zhao Youting was still very angry in his heart, he didn't show any of this anger. He thought he couldn't pass on such negative emotions to Qin Qiao'er.
Qin Qiao'er kept chattering beside him, telling Zhao Youting that there was really nothing going on between her and Lin Wenyi. Then Zhao Youting suddenly stood up and coldly said, "I'm tired. I'm going back to rest first."
Qin Qiao'er didn't expect Zhao Youting to be so cold. She still didn't quite understand why Zhao Youting was so angry. In her opinion, this wasn't something worth getting angry about at all.
Watching Zhao Youting's retreating back, Qin Qiao'er sat on the sofa and let out a heavy sigh.
Just then, Qin Qiao'er's phone suddenly rang. It was actually a call from Lin Wenyi.
"Hey, are you busy tonight? I'd like to invite you and the two kids out for a meal. I've been back for so long, and you haven't even invited me to dinner. So I have to invite you."
Hearing Lin Wenyi's cheerful voice on the other end, Qin Qiao'er didn't know what to say. She looked up in the direction where Zhao Youting had left just now and made up her mind to say to Lin Wenyi on the phone, "Sorry, tonight..."
Before Qin Qiao'er could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by the chattering voice beside her. "Mom, is it Brother Lin San?"
Qin Wanwan had always liked Lin Wenyi. When she was a kid, she often clung to him. When Lin Wenyi suddenly disappeared back then, Qin Wanwan was sad for quite a while.
Lin Wenyi on the other end of the phone also heard the voices here and said with a smile that he wanted to talk to the kids for a while.
So Qin Qiao'er had no choice but to hand the phone to Qin Wanwan. As soon as Qin Wanwan took the phone, she jumped up and ran away.
After a while, Qin Wanwan held the phone out to Qin Qiao'er. Just as Qin Qiao'er was about to continue what she hadn't finished saying, she heard Lin Wenyi on the other end say, "I've already made an appointment with Wanwan. See you at Yichuan Hotel at 7:30 tonight."
Qin Qiao'er looked at Qin Wanwan standing beside her with her big, blinking eyes full of expectation. She couldn't bring herself to say no.
After all, Lin Wenyi had made an appointment with the two kids. Qin Qiao'er couldn't really feel at ease letting the two kids go out alone. So she let out a sigh and agreed to Lin Wenyi.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Qiao'er fell into deep hesitation again. She didn't know whether she should tell Zhao Youting that she was going out with Lin Wenyi later.
She had just talked to Zhao Youting about this, and now she was going out with Lin Wenyi right away. Qin Qiao'er always felt that it wasn't quite appropriate to do this.
Finally, Qin Qiao'er thought about it and told Zhao Youting that she was going out with Tu Qinqin. This was the first time Qin Qiao'er had lied to Zhao Youting. She felt a bit uneasy in her heart, but Zhao Youting just said he knew and didn't say anything else.
During the meal, Qin Wanwan kept pestering Lin Wenyi, chattering away. Although Qin Qiao'er wasn't in a very high - spirited mood, the atmosphere at the dinner table still seemed very harmonious.
In fact, Qin Qiao'er had been thinking about Zhao Youting all the time. She thought she still had to tell Zhao Youting that she had gone out with Lin Wenyi tonight when she got back. Otherwise, she would feel too guilty.
Although she hadn't done anything wrong, seeing Zhao Youting so unhappy, she thought she should appropriately show some understanding to Zhao Youting.
Zhao Youting had done so many things for her, and she was also willing to make a little change for Zhao Youting.
Qin Qiao'er's mindset was slowly changing. She thought the two of them could give it a try to see if they were really suitable for each other.
After gradually seeing her own heart clearly, she started to make such plans and also thought that Zhao Youting was a person worthy of entrusting her whole life to.
She had been so hesitant before mainly because she didn't know who the kids' biological father was. But now it seemed that all of this was no longer important.