Chapter 502: Chapter 502

"They say once you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. Chen Ke must have been starved for love in his teenage years, so he must have..."

"What exactly am I supposed to have done?" Suddenly, a chilly voice emerged from behind Mai Qiqi, startling her.

Why did Chen Ke’s voice suddenly appear?!

Mai Qiqi instantly realized she had been caught red-handed. How could she be so unlucky! She widened her eyes to confirm with Wan Chu’er, who shrugged slightly, making Mai Qiqi’s expression turn somewhat comical.

By then, Chen Ke had moved closer and stood right in front of Mai Qiqi with a poker face.

Mai Qiqi squeezed out an awkward smile and waved her hand, "Hi, what a coincidence." Then she noticed Chen Ke was holding a five-or-six-year-old boy who was also staring intensely at her.

"Aw, what an adorable child," Mai Qiqi thought she found a perfect way to break the awkwardness and immediately greeted the boy cheerily, "Hello, little guy!"

But to her surprise, the boy pointed at her and said, "Hmph, you were just talking bad about my uncle. I heard everything, and I’m going to tell my grandparents."

What kind of a tattletale kid pops up out of nowhere!

Wan Chu’er almost laughed her stomach out; this was indeed the nemesis of gossiper Qiqi. This text is hosted at novelFɪre.net

Chen Ke glanced at his nephew, did not help Mai Qiqi out, and turned to greet Wan Chu’er: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Wan Chu’er just waved her hand, afraid to speak and accidentally burst out laughing.

Mai Qiqi glared at Chen Ke. What did she mean, respectfully greeting Wan Chu’er and showing her nothing but a poker face, not to mention sending this little guy to confront her?

After a while, Wan Chu’er managed to suppress her laughter and asked the little boy, "Hello, what’s your name? Would you like to come and play here? There are little brothers, little sisters, and big brothers inside."

The little boy smiled broadly at Wan Chu’er and obediently said, "Hello, Auntie, my name is Chen Haoyan, you can call me Yanyan." This auntie is pretty and has a nice voice.

Typical of the Chen family! The same differential treatment only made Mai Qiqi more depressed.

Wan Chu’er patted Chen Haoyan’s head, "Good boy." Then she called out to Little Lizzi and the others.

"Mom, let’s have fun," Little Zhuanqi first nodded to Wan Chu’er.

"Mom’s introducing a new friend to you, his name is Yanyan," Wan Chu’er said, holding Chen Haoyan’s hand and telling Zhuanqi, then introduced Little Lizzi, Erya, and Hunter to Chen Haoyan.

Seeing the doll-like Zhuanqi, Chen Haoyan’s eyes immediately lit up. He casually greeted Little Lizzi and the others, then said to Zhuanqi:

"Sister Zhuanqi, your name is so pretty, and you are beautiful. Can I play with you often?"

The adults, upon hearing this, were caught between laughter and tears. Chen Ke darkened his face and sternly said, "Chen Haoyan, mind your manners!" It would be terrible if Jiang Kechu found out his nephew was eyeing Little Zhuanqi.

Chen Haoyan was unfazed and instead pleaded with Chen Ke, "Uncle, uncle, I want to go in and play with sister."

"Let Yanyan play for a bit," Wan Chu’er spoke up, prompting Chen Ke to allow Chen Haoyan to go inside.

This diversion lightened the awkwardness of Mai Qiqi being caught gossiping by Chen Ke; Chen Ke stood aside watching inside, while Mai Qiqi sneakily stuck her tongue out at Wan Chu’er, and the two no longer dared to speak of Chen Ke’s household, instead shifting to other idle chitchat.

In the play area, Chen Haoyan closely followed Zhuanqi, doing whatever she did; having someone to play with made Zhuanqi even happier.

Another ten minutes passed when Chen Ke suddenly said, "Sister-in-law, your phone is ringing."

Huh? Wan Chu’er and Mai Qiqi were startled. Chen Ke pointed at Wan Chu’er’s bag on the ground. With the loud music of the amusement park and the clamor of playing children, plus the bag being placed at their feet, it was very easy to miss an incoming call.

Wan Chu’er realized and opened her bag to check, indeed there was a missed call, and just as she was about to press the receive button, the call was disconnected.

He opened his phone to check, and wow, there were over twenty missed calls, from Jiang Kechu, Jiang Xiaoxiao, and Mrs. Jiang.

Could it be that Jiang Kechu is back?

A thought struck Wan Chu’er and her face lit up instantly, she immediately called Jiang Kechu back.

"Where are you and the kids?"

"Jiang Kechu, where are you?"

Both spoke at the same time, and upon hearing Jiang Kechu’s voice, Wan Chu’er immediately broke into a smile.

On the other end, Jiang Kechu paused, then said, "I’m at our large courtyard house, where are you? I’ll come to pick you up."

"No need, no need, I’m driving, and will bring Little Zhuanqi and Hunter back very soon." Wan Chu’er quickly responded, not wanting to wait any longer.

Seemingly sensing Wan Chu’er’s urgency, Jiang Kechu chuckled softly, "Alright, I’ll wait at home for you, take it slow on the road."

After hanging up, Wan Chu’er immediately told Mai Qiqi and Chen Ke, "I will take the kids back first..."

"Got it, got it, hurry back," Mai Qiqi immediately interrupted her, knowing from the way Wan Chu’er was on the phone that Jiang Kechu must have returned.

Wan Chu’er smiled and said to Chen Ke, "Could you please take Mai Qiqi and little Lizzi siblings back later?"

Mai Qiqi was taken aback and immediately waved her hand: "I can take them back myself." She did not want Chen Ke to send them; the last time he did, her mom had reacted strongly, and now her mom is just waiting for Chen Ke to visit.

But Chen Ke ignored her and nodded to Wan Chu’er, "Okay."

Mai Qiqi was frustrated.

Wan Chu’er smiled, quickly called Little Zhuanqi and Hunter, and when Chen Haoyan heard Little Zhuanqi was going home, he became unhappy, clinging to Little Zhuanqi’s little hand and refusing to let go.

"Uncle, we are going home with sister."

"I don’t want sister to go home, I still want to play with her."

Mai Qiqi took the chance and said, "Right, right, right, Chen Ke, you should take Yanyan and send them off with Chu’er."

Chen Ke frowned, leaned down to whisper something to Chen Haoyan, who then showed a resigned expression and relunctantly let go of Little Zhuanqi’s hand, returning to the bubble pool to play with the little Lizzi siblings.

Little Zhuanqi and Hunter obediently said goodbye to Mai Qiqi and Chen Ke, and left holding their mother’s hand.

As soon as Wan Chu’er and her children had left, Mai Qiqi glanced at Chen Ke and said, "No need for you to send us."

But Chen Ke didn’t even look at her and didn’t speak, giving off a vibe that whatever she said didn’t matter, which made Mai Qiqi grit her teeth in anger and turn her head away, ignoring him.

After Wan Chu’er secured Little Zhuanqi and Hunter in their car seats, she sped toward the large courtyard.

As she entered the courtyard, she saw Jiang Kechu standing outside, Wan Chu’er slowly pressed the accelerator to decelerate, happily turned her head to the backseat and said to her children, "Daddy is waiting for us."

As she turned her head, the smile on her face froze, only to see a woman in a long red dress with long hair, stepping out from the door and saying something to Jiang Kechu.

And that woman was none other than Wei Feng, whom she had just met yesterday!