After leaving her mother's room, Pei Ge kept feeling that something was off with the man as he appeared to have a lot in mind.
Thus, when they got home, she brought the children to sleep before heading straight to the study out of worry for the man.
Knock, knock, knock!
She knocked on the door and opened it, immediately spotting him ending a phone call with a ponderous look.
"Ziming, are you okay? Why do you appear to have a lot of things in mind after meeting my mom? Did she tell you something?"
She looked at him with worry. From her perspective, he had been acting strangely ever since they left her mother's place.
Hence, her conjecture was that it had something to do with her mother's words to him.
"If my mom did or say something nasty, don't take it to heart. She's just—"
The man suddenly hugged her tightly in his arms.