His Affections 9

Si Jin had already started digging into the porridge when Qi Qingyao brought Jiang Yeqian back. Xiaobao widened his eyes in surprise. He looked at Jiang Yeqian, expression stunned, and asked, "Are you letting him stay again?"

As Qi Qingyao sat down and picked up her bowl, she spoke while eating, "I still don't trust him. But he said some reasonable things. I might come face to face with some problems and I just need someone who can deal with them for me. I have to take care of my safety as well as my children's and I can't do that on my own. Things will be easier with one more person around."

"What if he…" Xiaobao looked at Jiang Yeqian with some wariness. 

Not shying away, Qi Qingyao sat beside Jiang Yeqian and said calmly with complete ease, "At most, he's currently using me as a shield and that's okay with me! We're all just using each other for our own benefit."

Jiang Yeqian, "..."