“We are about to play outside now. Daddy said this is our home. What a big place! We have horses and cows in our ranch. There are also many little animals that I have never seen before. Well, I want to go to the amus.e.m.e.nt park with mommy after lunch.” Unlike Wuyou, Nianci always had a lot to say. She squatted on Xia Nuan's legs happily.

Xia Nuan held Nianci's hand, “OK. I'll be with you later.”

But she felt so complicated inside.

She must leave no matter what happened after the surgery.

At noon, a sumptuous lunch was served on the dining table. Xia Nuan led Wuyou and Nianci to the dining room. Ye Sichen wore a casual clothes and sat on the sofa to listen to Ken's report, frowning. Then his appearance was a little bit serious.

Xia Nuan realized something as she saw that.

“Master Wuyou, Miss Nianci, it's the time for you to have lunch. Let me take you two to wash your hands.” A maid walked over and was about to hold them.

“My mommy has already helped us with our hands!” Nianci refused.

Nianci said so loudly that it could be heard in the s.p.a.cious hall. Ken frowned and glanced at Ye Sichen discreetly after hearing that.

“No. There are dirty things on your hands, so you have to wash them. Besides, she's not your mommy. You are not allowed to call her mommy in the future.” The maid was also scared to hear what Nianci said. She forced Nianci to wash her hands.

Xia Nuan could feel that the servants in the house despised her, and didn't like Wuyou and Nianci getting close to her.

Nianci wanted to say something. But she saw her father walked towards her with a serious face, so she bowed her head subconsciously. “I have washed my hands and I don't want to wash them again.”

“But your hands are dirty, Nianci should be a hygienic child. Right?” The maid continued to persuade Wuyou and Nianci.

Xia Nuan tried to convince them after seeing that, “She is right. You should wash your hands. Go ahead!”

Wuyou and Nianci did listen to Xia Nuan and followed the maid to the bathroom quickly. However, they began to enlighten the maid in a tone of an adult after they got there.

“Auntie, we are coming here not because our hands are dirty, but we don't want to embarra.s.s you in the drawing room.” Wuyou said seriously.

Nianci echoed his brother, “Yes, auntie. My father said that we should be polite to all of you, but you have to be polite to my mommy in the future. Although she didn't give birth to my brother and me, she is our mother in our eyes because she raised us since our birth.”

The maid was shocked and nervous to hear that. She found no words to refute them.

They were quite clever to act like this…

Wuyou and Nianci went to the dining room, leaving the maid standing there blankly.

Ye Sichen invited Ken, Uncle Xiang and Lawyer Xiao Jieming to have lunch together and discuss about the children's custody.

Xiao Jieming deemed that one of the kids would definitely be raised by Luo Dai'er, but Ye Sichen refuted his idea instantly.

“I wish my kids would be with me for good.” Ye Sichen showed his att.i.tude, “Luo Dai'er can't take good care of the kids.”

Xia Nuan just lowered her head and distributed food for Wuyou and Nianci silently. She used an unused spoon deliberately when she distributed the food, because she knew that some servants disliked her.

“But sir, she has the right to get the children's custody as she is Wuyou and Nianci's mother.” Xiao Jieming said awkwardly.

“I can handle this. And I'll tell you when I find out the truth, Xiao.” Ye Sichen ended the topic after seeing the two kids coming over.

He didn't want to mention it in front of them.

Xiao Jieming and Ken glanced at each other. And then they stopped talking about it and had lunch tactically.

After lunch, Xiao Jieming and Ken left. Uncle Xiang also left to deal with other things. Wuyou and Nianci pestered Xia Nuan and Ye Sichen and said that they wanted to go to the amus.e.m.e.nt park. Xia Nuan thought that Ye Sichen would be busy in dealing with Luo Dai'er's lawsuit. But she didn't expect that Ye Sichen agreed with their proposal out of blue.

Xia Nuan tried to keep her distance with Ye Sichen on the way to the amus.e.m.e.nt park, but Wuyou and Nianci always managed to get them together.

“Daddy, I want to ride the horse. I like the one in front of us!” Wuyou held Ye Sichen's hand with one hand and pointed to the ranch with the other.

“But you are too young to ride the horse.” Ye Sichen dissuaded Wuyou.

Wuyou was curious and adventurous. Therefore, he stood there blankly for a while and insisted, “I want to learn to ride a horse.”

Ye Sichen felt sorry to see his face, “Naughty boy, let's go. I will hold you to ride the horse.”

“Daddy, you can ride the horse with mommy to walk around, and my brother will learn from you.” Nianci suggested.

Xia Nuan didn't expect that Nianci would push her out, so she corrected in a hurry, “Your daddy alone would be fine.”

“No, Mommy. I want to see you ride the horse with daddy.” Nianci's round eyes were bright, and she looked at Xia Nuan with expectation.

Ye Sichen forced a smile helplessly and looked at Xia Nuan, “Come on. Let's go.”

Xia Nuan had to ride the horse with Ye Sichen.

She never rid a horse before. She didn't even know how to step on the stirrup if Ye Sichen didn't help her.

Nianci sat on a chair near the fence and couldn't help but applause to Ye Sichen, while Wuyou looked at him adoringly.

Xia Nuan was a little nervous to sit in the saddle and couldn't even put her hands in the right position. Suddenly, Ye Sichen circled her waist, and the cold mint flavor of Ye Sichen surrounded her whole body, which made her dazzling.

“Mr. Ye, when do you want to operate the skin grafting?” Xia Nuan forced herself to be distracted.

Ye Sichen said in a low voice, “Till I finish my work.”

“I will leave the manor as quickly as possible. And you can call me after you finish your work.” Xia Nuan said.

Ye Sichen kept silent for a few seconds, then he said, “It would be inconvenient because they would check your body at any time. So, you'd better stay here temporarily.”

Xia Nuan nibbled her lips and found nothing to refute him.

Shw s.h.i.+fted the topic in a while, “Lin Meng called and said she wanted to see you.”

“Hum. I will see her. Don't worry about that.” Ye Sichen said briefly and unpleasantly.

Ye Sichen whipped the horse to speed up. Xia Nuan was nervous and clutched his arms tightly.

She could hear the breeze on her face, which made her feel relaxed. The hand which circled her waist tightly made her impulsive.

Ye Sichen was in her deep heart. But she was clear that she didn't deserve him.

Although he was very close to her, their hearts were separated far away…

Ye Sichen and Xia Nuan went back to their original place after a round of riding. And then Wuyou and Nianci clamored again to ride the horse, Ye Sichen had to take Wuyou first for the first round, and then Nianci for the second. Ye Sichen was patient for the children's demands all the time.

There was no doubt that he was a good father. However, the public who were against their will described him as a weird vampire in order to attract people's attention. Xia Nuan was somewhat indignant about it and felt guilty for her previous misunderstanding to him.

Why did she believe the media? Why did she believe in Ye Enchen's words unilaterally? How could she regard him as a distorted and gloomy person?

Not just her body, even her heart was dirty!

At this time, Ye Ranni suddenly drove her sports car to the manor by herself. And she saw Xia Nuan the moment she got off the car. Then she snorted angrily and went behind Xia Nuan.

“Xia Nuan, the contradiction between Sichen and Enchen is caused by you! Aren't you ashamed to stay here? Are you shameless or something?” Ye Ranni's annoyed words interrupted Xia Nuan.

Xia Nuan was shocked. She turned around and saw Ye Ranni.

“Miss Ranni, Ye Enchen hatched a sinister plot to me…”

“Shut up! Don't pretend to be innocent!” Ye Ranni interrupted Xia Nuan again. Her beautiful eyes revealed her extreme jealousy, “You are a b.i.t.c.h! You said that you were my uncle's daughter before the media, and since then you do think that you are a family member of mine. I never admit your ident.i.ty. My family know the truth, but we haven't exposed it yet. Therefore, you'd better get out of here and disappear. Don't show up in front of Sichen!”

“You can rest a.s.sured that I will leave here.” She would have left if Ye Sichen had completed his skin grafting.

“If so, go away now. You are just saying instead of leaving! Who do you think you are?” Ye Ranni scolded Xia Nuan with the most vicious words. However, Xia Nuan held her temper and said nothing for the sake of Ye Sichen.

Xia Nuan turned around and was about to leave the ranch.

Seeing that Ye Sichen was riding the horse with the two kids toward her, Ye Ranni suddenly grabbed Xia Nuan's hand and slapped on her face. Before Xia Nuan realized the situation, Ye Ranni cried sharply, “Why do you hit me? Did I say anything wrong? You approach Sichen to spread your influence through the media!”

Xia Nuan wanted to pull back her hand, but Ye Ranni held the other hand of Xia Nuan to tear her hair.

Xia Nuan shook off Ye Ranni's hand angrily. Ye Ranni fell on the ground exaggeratedly and kept crying with a stuff in her hand, “Sichen, you must uphold justice for me.”

Ye Sichen was unhappy to see that. He dismounted from the horse with the two kids, then he ordered the safeguards to bring the kids back to the house in advance. Then he walked over to help Ye Ranni up. Ye Ranni fell into Ye Sichen's arms and cried hard immediately.

Xia Nuan wanted to explain, but she gave up the idea in a blink.

“Sichen, this woman gets close to you for bad intentions. She took photos of you and the two babies secretly so that she could hand them to the media to become popular!” Ye Ranni found out the photos that she took in advance and handed them to Ye Sichen, “This is her phone. I took it when I saw her taking the candid photos of you, but I couldn't expect that she slapped me on my face and pushed me down!”

Ye Ranni said that like it was real, and what she took in her hand was Xia Nuan's phone indeed!

Xia Nuan didn't know when Ye Ranni took her phone away and took the photos!

“I didn't take it. It was she who took my phone while I wasn't paying attention to it.” Xia Nuan explained.

Ye Sichen stared at the phone in Ye Ranni's hand, and deleted the photos one by one. Finally, he loosened Ye Ranni, “It's over.”

Ye Ranni was angry and held her fists. She stared at Ye Sichen, “You should throw her away and give me a reasonable explanation!”

“Ranni, Xia Nuan wouldn't do such a thing. I trust her. So, stop it.”

Ye Sichen was annoyed. He frowned and said seriously.

“Sichen, she hatched a sinister plot! Are you blind or something? Everything she did is right, but I am wrong for thinking for you! All right, if you're not gonna take care of this, I will call the police.” Ye Ranni stamped her feet with anger and yelled at Ye Sichen!

Xia Nuan didn't want the mess to be extended, so she stepped forward, “Miss Ranni, I am sorry.”

“But you took one of my stuff. Don't you think you should give it back to me?” Xia Nuan said slightly.