Ke Teng had barely finished speaking when Jiang Nan Fang's phone buzzed with another message.
It was a voice memo.
She turned on the speaker, and the children's clamor filled the air.
"Mommy, you're finally back! We're all waiting for you to come back and sleep!"
"How much longer until you get here? Should we come down and pick you up? We miss you so much, Mommy, do you miss us?"
Everyone in the car heard the voice memo loud and clear.
Ke Teng's expression was priceless.
"Who was that? Why were there kids' voices? Who's 'Mommy'? You? You already have children?"
Jiang Nan Fang closed her phone with satisfaction.
"Yes, not only do I have them, I have four. How about that? Shocked you?"
Ke Teng looked her up and down, a look of disbelief on his face.
"I don't believe you. With your petite frame, you've already had four! Why don't you say you're already a grandmother with grandchildren?"
Don't believe me?
Why can't I have four?
Jiang Nan Fang picked up her phone again, dialed Zhan Bei Jue's WeChat, and made a video call.
A moment later, it connected.
The children's beautiful little faces crowded the screen, calling "Mommy, Mommy!"
Jiang Nan Fang showed the phone to Ke Teng, who was dumbfounded.
She actually had four children, and they were identical quadruplets, boys and girls.
This woman was incredible, you couldn't tell at all!
Jiang Nan Fang told the children she would be home soon and hung up the video. She thought Ke Teng would finally shut up.
However, after a two-second pause, he started grinning playfully again.
"What a coincidence. I happen to really like kids too. Are you a single mother? Does the child have no father? How about I be their stepfather."
I say, as a big male star, why can't you show anything better, but you have to act like an imbecile.
Jiang Nan Fang had no mood to joke with him. She sneered, turned her face to the window, and ignored him.
Ke Teng continued to chatter in her ear.
"Really. I genuinely like children. I was an only child growing up, so it was incredibly boring. I just love families with many siblings."
"More people, more lively. Can I come to your place later and stay with them for a while? These children are too good-looking."
Amidst his incessant chatter, Jiang Nan Fang arrived at the entrance of her residential complex.
To her surprise, Zhan Bei Jue was waiting for her by the roadside.
Seeing Jiang Nan Fang's face, Zhan Bei Jue reached out to her from a distance.
Jiang Nan Fang got out of the car, took his arm, and turned back to say goodbye to Ke Teng.
"Thank you for driving me back. This is the father of my children. Goodbye, be careful on the road."
Ke Teng met Zhan Bei Jue's gaze.
Even though the man in the car looked like a very young man at first glance, Zhan Bei Jue still felt a pang of jealousy.
He could clearly see the undisguised admiration and possessiveness in the man's eyes for Jiang Nan Fang.
Zhan Bei Jue thought: Knowing she's my woman, and you still dare to have designs on her? Kid, you've got some nerve.
They walked back hand in hand.
Along the way, Zhan Bei Jue asked who had driven her back.
Jiang Nan Fang said frankly, "Ke Teng, Xu Yan Chuan's cousin. I mentioned him to you before, he's the male lead in our movie."
Surname Ke?
Zhan Bei Jue committed the name to memory.
He'd have Ah Zhong investigate this guy's background properly later.
He looked like he wasn't just an ordinary minor celebrity.
So flamboyant and full of confidence.
Perhaps he was some young master playing in the entertainment industry with his family's money.
Upon returning home, after playing with the children for a while and tucking them into bed, they washed up and returned to their room together.
Zhan Bei Jue was still a bit jealous about what happened earlier.
"Does that little puppy have feelings for you?"
"What little puppy?"
Jiang Nan Fang didn't immediately grasp what he was talking about.
Zhan Bei Jue said, "Isn't that what people call them now? Men younger than you are called 'little puppies,' and women like that."
"You mean Ke Teng. He's a little puppy? That day, I was almost bitten to death by his Tibetan Mastiff. He's more like a mad dog."
She accidentally let slip a bit too much.
Zhan Bei Jue's eyebrows furrowed.
"You said you were bitten by a dog that day, and it was his dog? What exactly happened?"
Since she had already let it slip, there was no other way. Jiang Nan Fang could only explain what happened that day to him.
Zhan Bei Jue's suspicion was immediately confirmed.
Does the Ke family have a prominent presence in Nan Cheng?
In his memory, there was only one family in Shang Cheng.
Could this guy really be related to that person?
Even though Jiang Nan Fang had done nothing wrong, Zhan Bei Jue was still consumed by jealousy and felt like punishing her.
Unable to fall asleep, he held Jiang Nan Fang tightly in his arms.
"I've already arranged the children's summer camp. Don't forget the trip you promised me."
"Starting tomorrow, you're not allowed to ride in that mad dog's car anymore. I'll arrange for someone to pick you up."
Jiang Nan Fang was exhausted from a busy day of acting and scriptwriting.
Drowsily, she agreed, "Okay. I'll listen to whatever you say, arrange it however you want."
Unexpectedly, Ah Zhong got into trouble that very night, and couldn't be found half the next day.
The investigation into Ke Teng had to be put on hold.
Zhou Jin Bei, bored, insisted on going to the company with Ah Zhong.
"I haven't seen my second brother in a long time. I'll go see him. Don't worry, I won't disturb your work."
They went to Zhan Bei Jue's office together.
Seeing him with Zhou Jin Bei, and that the call was made from her phone, Zhan Bei Jue asked what was going on.
Ah Zhong explained the whole story.
Zhan Bei Jue immediately called Ah Cheng.
Go find Tang Xue Ying at the address Ah Zhong remembered.
Perhaps this woman, hearing any slight disturbance, had already escaped again.
She was audacious enough to toy with me, Zhan Bei Jue, time and time again.
Once I catch her, I'll make her life worse than death!
It was almost time to get off work, and there was nothing urgent to do. Ah Zhong had personal matters to attend to, so Zhan Bei Jue let him leave early.
Ah Zhong drove Zhou Jin Bei's car to the telecommunications office to replace his SIM card and buy a new phone.
Then he drove to his girlfriend's company.
It happened to be dismissal time.
Ah Zhong had specifically bought a bouquet of flowers and waited downstairs.
Soon, his girlfriend came out.
Seeing Ah Zhong from afar, she acted as if she didn't see him, striding past him and leaving.
Ah Zhong quickly went up to explain and ask for her forgiveness.
Who knew that his girlfriend's attitude this time was firmer than any other time before.
"Zhong Jia Ming, I've been with you for so many years. Ask yourself, how much time have you truly spent with me?"
"Every day, besides working overtime, it's always for last-minute emergencies. Why are you always so busy?"
"Everyone has someone to accompany them during holidays, but I don't. Whenever I need you, you're never there. I don't even know if you're genuinely that busy or if you're lying to me!"
"I don't want to continue this anymore. Since you don't have time for a relationship, then let's not have one. We're breaking up!"