Hearing Auntie Qian's voice, Ruan Shiyu instinctively shuddered and hurriedly replied in a nervous rush, "No, no need..."
"Mom, she just came over to pick something up and is heading right back." Realizing that this was hardly an opportune moment to come clean, Xu Xiangqian decisively cut short Auntie Qian's notion of having Ruan Shiyu stay. Doing so would only needlessly rattle Ruan Shiyu, and besides, his mother hardly looked like she had the leisure to discuss the matter.
Hearing Xu Xiangqian put it that way, Auntie Qian felt a twinge of disappointment, though she nodded nonetheless. She simply fonded the girl, but under the present circumstances, she clearly lacked the time to look after her.
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