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Chapter 1758 Exposed

Chapter 1758 Exposed

The dismissal times for elementary, middle, and high school students are different, so she can take turns picking them up at her own pace.

When Lin Xiuqing drove her car to the vicinity of the school gate, the bodyguards were already waiting there. She greeted them and told them to go back first.

However, they declined, saying they would just follow behind them; they had originally hired them as bodyguards anyway.

After waiting for about 5 minutes, the school bell rang, and soon a bunch of children wearing the same school uniforms poured out.

After waiting another five or six minutes, Lin Xiuqing finally saw the two children running excitedly towards her.

If they hadn't been speeding towards her car, she wouldn't have recognized them; from a distance, they all looked exactly the same.

"Mommy~ Mommy~ You're back~"

Ye Xiaoxi excitedly pounced over.

"Aunt..."

Lin Xiuqing bent down, hugging one of them in each arm, her face beaming. "Aren't you surprised? I made a special trip to pick you up."

"What a surprise! I knew you'd be back today!"

"Really? You even figured that out for me."

"Of course, Mom, I miss you so much! You've been gone for nine days, and I've missed you for nine days too!"

"I miss you too. Get in the car quickly, we still need to pick up your second brother, and after that, we need to pick up your eldest brother."

Lin Xiuqing took their schoolbags and told them to get on the bus and sit in the back seat first, then put their schoolbags at their feet.

A group of students around were watching them curiously. After all, cars are quite rare, a luxury among luxury items, especially a car parked at the school gate, with two students from their school standing next to it.

Everyone watched in astonishment as Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu got into the car, and then the woman who had just been called "mother" got into the driver's seat with a big smile on her face.

Lin Xiuqing usually drives her own car to and from get off work, and her children are picked up by bodyguards. She rarely drives her own car to school; in fact, she probably doesn't even count as many as five people in total, so many people have never seen her drive to school.

But once you've seen it, you'll remember it vividly. These days, it's rare to see women driving cars, let alone privately owned cars.

Ye Xiaoxi was already a celebrity in their grade, after all, the whole class knew that she had a mother who drove a car, and the news had spread throughout the grade.

Pei Yu also became famous as a result.

"Mom, what time did you get home? Did you bring any gifts? Is Guangzhou fun? What's there to see in Guangzhou? What's fun to do and delicious to eat?"

As soon as Ye Xiaoxi got in the car, she started chattering away with a string of questions.

"You're asking so many questions at once, which one am I supposed to answer?"

"Then answer them one by one."

Lin Xiuqing sat in the car with a smile, not starting the car immediately. After all, there were still many students in the group, so she answered their questions one by one first.

After she finished answering, Ye Xiaoxi also climbed to the front.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to sit here, I want to be closer to you, let the older brothers sit in the back, I got on the bus first, I want to reserve a seat first."

She leaned closer and took her arm, saying, "Mom, you have to take me with you next time. You have to take me with you wherever you go!"

"Alright, sit tight. I'm going to drive to pick up your second brother, or we'll be late. Buckle up."

"Mom, is Dad back too? Where is he? Why didn't he come to pick me up?"

"So you finally remembered to ask your dad?"

"Hehe, since he wasn't here, of course I kept asking you questions."

“Your dad is very busy. He just got back and has a lot of things to do. He went back to the factory first, and he will come to visit you after he finishes in three days.”

“We can go see him too… I miss him so much, I’m going to call him when I get back…” Ye Xiaoxi kept talking.

After picking up Ye Chengyang, it was his turn to keep talking to her.

Once on the bus, his eyes widened in surprise. "Why are you sitting in the front? Why are you sitting in the front? I want to sit in the front..."

Ye Xiaoxi said smugly, "First come, first served. I got on the bus first, so I can only sit in the front. You can only sit in the back."

“You’re so small, and you’re sitting in the front.”

"I want to sit in the front. I've fastened my seatbelt. Mom, don't mind him. Let's hurry and pick up my older brother."

"Ah."

Ye Chengyang stared at the passenger seat with resentment. Usually, they all sat in the back. Ye Chenghu was the eldest and taller, so whenever his father wasn't around, his older brother would sit in the front, and the rest of them would sit in the back.

Today, they've taken over someone else's place!

He never even considered taking over someone else's place, but someone else beat him to it.

Ye Xiaoxi shook her head happily and even sang a song, "I want to be closer to my mother, I want to sleep with my mother at night, none of you can, you are all big kids, you are all boys, I can sleep with my mother, my mother is mine alone."

"Damn it, I came out first, you go to the back of the line."

Lin Xiuqing interrupted their bickering with a smile, "Stop being childish, you're both grown up."

"I'm still young, and he's all grown up..."

"I'm going to miss picking up your older brother. The roads are bad and there are too many people, so I'm driving too slowly."

Ye Chengyang: "My older brother is so grown up, we don't need to pick him up. He walked back by himself. It's better if we just go home."

“Then when I get home he’ll nag me, saying I picked you two up but didn’t pick him up.”

When Lin Xiuqing arrived at the high school gate, the school bell had already rung, and a large group of students were pouring out. She could only stop and wait on the roadside, far away from the school gate.

Ye Xiaoxi: "Wow, there are so many people! There are more people from my brother's school than from ours!"

"Look carefully, don't miss your brother."

Ye Chengyang: "It's okay if we miss him, he won't miss us. With such a big car parked on the side of the road, everyone who passes by will have to come over and take a look and touch it."

As fewer and fewer students left, Lin Xiuqing wondered why her eldest son hadn't come out yet.

"Is your brother on duty? Almost everyone's left..."

Pei Yu excitedly grabbed Ye Xiaoxi's clothes on the shoulder, "Look, look, it's my cousin and his girlfriend!"

Ye Xiaoxi stood up excitedly, "I saw it too, they were very close."

Lin Xiuqing's eyes widened as well. "Your older brother is dating someone?"

Ye Xiaoxi bit her lower lip. Oh no, her older brother has been exposed!

Pei Yu quickly covered her mouth. Oh no! That lousy mouth of hers!

Ye Xiaoxi muttered under her breath, "It has nothing to do with me, you saw it yourselves."

Ye Chenghu was completely unaware, his head tilted to the side as he talked to the female classmate next to him, making her lower her head and smile.

The female student had long, jet-black hair, casually tied into a ponytail, the ends of which swayed gently behind her head. Her fair face was full of shyness, and she had two cute little tiger teeth showing when she smiled.

"When did your brother find someone? Is this his girlfriend?"

Lin Xiuqing frowned, but no one answered her; they all kept their mouths shut.

“I saw it all, and you’re still trying to cover it up? Do you think I don’t know anything? You’ve been secretly writing love letters to me every day for the past few months.”

"Mom, my older brother said his studies have improved since he started dating! He wants to take the college entrance exam with my future sister-in-law!" Ye Chengyang, unusually showing brotherly affection, helped explain.

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes. "He says he can improve just like that? He'll have to show me his grades on the final exams next month, or he'll be a senior next semester."

Ye Xiaoxi chimed in softly, "Mom, my older brother will definitely pass the exam. He'll get two cars! He can't let this sure thing slip away."

"That idiot, such a big car was parked on the side, didn't he even look up?"

Ye Chengyang: "My brother was too busy talking to my sister-in-law."

Even as the two were almost at the car, Ye Chenghu hadn't turned his head to the side.

If he had simply turned his head and looked straight ahead, he would have spotted his car long ago.

The girl next to her was also shyly smiling with her head down, looking at the ground as she walked.

A large group of students had just walked by, and everyone had already been talking about the car. There were only a few people left around.

The two idiots were almost right in front of them, but they didn't notice. Ye Chenghu didn't just turn his head; he practically twisted his head off and put it in front of the female classmate next to him to see her shy expression.

Ye Xiaoxi eagerly rolled down the car window, "Big Brother!"

"Ah!" Ye Chenghu's body trembled, startled, and he looked forward, only to be even more frightened.

"mother……"

The girl next to him blushed and then turned pale. She glanced at him in surprise and lowered her head even further, not daring to look ahead any longer.

Ye Chenghu was so embarrassed he was practically scratching his toes. He hadn't noticed the car at all; it was right in front of him, and his mother must have seen everything.

Lin Xiuqing then smiled and opened the car door to get out.

"Hehe, Mother, when did you get back?"

"I just got home this morning. I haven't seen you guys for several days. Your aunt said you've been asking me every day when I'll be back and wanted me to pick you up. So here I am, picking you up after school tonight. Aren't you surprised?"

"Surprise! Surprise!" he said with a fake smile.

"It's a surprise for them, but judging from your expression, you seem more frightened."

"Where...where is there?"

"Is this a classmate of yours? Are you taking a female classmate home?"

"Ah, oh, she's our vice class monitor. We're on duty together, so she's a little late..."

Lin Xiuqing gave him a meaningful look, then smiled and said to the female classmate, "All the students have left now, it's not safe for a girl to be alone. Little girl, get on the bus, I'll take you home."

"Oh, no need, thank you Auntie, I can walk by myself, my home isn't far."

"It's okay, the children in the car can all fit."

Ye Xiaoxi had almost half her body sticking out of the car, and she shouted, "There's room, there's room, Sister Xiaoya, please get in the car quickly."

Pei Yu imitated her, leaning against the window and shouting, "Sister Xiaoya, hurry up and get in the car!"

Zheng Shuya's face was already flushed, and she was at a loss. If it weren't for the fact that it would be impolite to run away directly, she would have run away when Ye Chenghu called for his mother.

When she first heard someone call for her mother, she froze in fright, at a loss for what to do, her head bowed, her toes almost digging into the ground.

I never imagined that I would be caught by my parents like this.

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile, "Get in the car, Chenghu. Tell your classmate to get in, and I'll take her home."

"Okay..."

Seeing that the two of them seemed a little lost, Lin Xiuqing got into the car first.

Ye Xiaoxi, as usual, was still leaning against the window urging, "Big brother, Sister Xiaoya, hurry up and get in the car, don't dawdle, I'm so hungry, hurry up."

Ye Chenghu tugged at Zheng Shuya's school uniform sleeve, trying to get her to follow. Zheng Shuya turned her head and glared at him, then hid the sleeve behind her back.

The two of them, pulling and tugging at each other, walked awkwardly to the car and then sat in the back seat.

Lin Xiuqing kept smiling as she looked at the two of them in the rearview mirror.

"Where does Xiaoya live? Auntie will take you home."

"Does Auntie know Lingbao Village?"

"I don't know. Can you give me directions? Which way should I drive?"

"Okay, thank you, Auntie..."

Everyone on the bus stared at Zheng Shuya, whose face was flushed and whose eyes could only look down at the ground.

Ye Xiaoxi, who was sitting in the front row, leaned against the back of her chair and turned to talk to her.

"Sister Xiaoya, my mother is very gentle and kind. You don't need to be afraid of her. She won't scold you; she'll only scold us."

Zheng Shuya's face flushed red to the back of her ears, and she didn't know what to say.

Ye Chenghu glared at her fiercely, "You better sit still and fasten your seatbelt, or I'll brake suddenly and throw you out."

Lin Xiuqing also said, "Ye Xiaoxi, you sit down properly."

"Oh."

Even when I sat properly and fastened my seatbelt, she started to get restless and turned her head to talk to the person in the back.

"Sister Xiaoya, my mom just got back. She went to Guangzhou with my dad and they were gone for many days. She just got back today and specially picked us up from school."

Zheng Shuya nodded with a smile.

"You saw my mother today. My father will be here in a couple of days. I'll show you my father then. He's so handsome. He's taller and more handsome than my older brother."

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Chenghu pushed her head back.

"What did you say? You sit still and don't turn around to talk."

"Ah, I'm serious. Mom said Dad will come over after he's done with these few days of work."

Ye Chenghu changed the subject, not daring to continue talking to her.

"Mom, are you having fun in Guangzhou? Is Guangzhou better than Shanghai? Is it very lively? Are there a lot of people at the Canton Fair?"

Lin Xiuqing had already told the two children twice, and now she had to answer them a third time. However, in front of the female classmate, she patiently told them once more.

Ye Chenghu listened with great envy, "Isn't there another Canton Fair in the second half of the year? Can I go with you guys? My dad always says that boys should travel more and broaden their horizons..."

"It won't make a difference if you finish your studies first. You can attend the Canton Fair every year after that. I'll take you there sooner or later. There's no rush."

"That might be different in two years. You said it yourself, the policy has been relaxed this year, so only those who are eligible to participate are eligible."

“Your dad said that we will always be eligible to participate, so don’t worry.”

"Is Dad free to come over? The fishing ban is coming next month, right? And the Canton Fair just ended, he must be very busy."

"He'll make arrangements whether he's busy or not. He said he'll come over in a couple of days if he's free. You can call him when you get home. I haven't called him yet to ask if he's arrived."

"Oh, so you guys don't even bother to call back when you go out. You only called once. And you didn't say you were coming back. We were wondering this morning whether you were coming back today or tomorrow?"

"It's inconvenient to be outside."