Chapter 226: Large Swaths of Blackness

Everyone says that a daughter is her mother's little cotton-padded jacket.

As soon as Ye Li entered the door, she keenly noticed something was off with Li Xueqing's emotions.

Her face was smiling, but beneath her eyes seemed to clasp a layer of dense, unresolvable sadness that was heartbreaking just to look at.

The exhaustion from running around all afternoon vanished in an instant, Ye Li stepped forward, taking Li Xueqing's arm with concern and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"It's your father again."

In a tone of complaint, yet filled with longing and concern, Li Xueqing said softly, "He said he misses home-cooked meals, can't eat well abroad, and has lost several pounds."

"So Mom misses Dad..."

Ye Lixiao leaned affectionately on her mother's shoulder and said with a smile, "I think Dad is doing it on purpose, just to make you worry about him, so you don't get too free and happy at home and forget about him. Mom, you mustn't fall for it!"

"Nonsense!"