"But Daddy is turning 30 next month and Mom is younger than him...?"
A puzzled voice of Xu Mei was suddenly heard helping to break the rigid atmosphere.
Xu Ming wordlessly shifted his line of sight to the little girl, and righteously replied, "My mental age is older than him."
Xu Mei: "..."
Xu Qin: "..."
At this moment, Xu Qin started to question his decision to let his daughter meet this person.
He did not discriminate against Xu Ming. Frankly speaking, he intended to treat her as a normal person.
He really wanted to...
Yet, after witnessing how unpredictable she was, Xu Qin couldn't help but be worried about his daughter's safety.
Just as he had this thought of backing away, the voice of his child promptly woke him up.
"Daddy, put me down!"
Xu Mei's expression was no longer ugly she was excited even. Even though Xu Qin did not want to admit it, Xu Ming's nonsense method indeed worked like wonder.
The woman before him looked kind of silly with that mask on but it was undeniable that she looked more approachable and...
It was commendable for her to go this far for his child despite her cold temperament.
Realizing that he unconsciously viewed her badly due to her being 'Su Ming', he guiltily discarded his previous thought of separating them and let his daughter trot over to her mother.
"Mom, did you prepare this for me?!"
Xu Ming simply responded with a light 'En' but the little girl was overjoyed as if she received a big present.
After all, she had no memories of having a nice chat with her Mom for as long as she could remember.
"Want to try it on?"
Seeing that she seemed to like it so much, Xu Ming took off the mask and slightly bent down.
Xu Mei was momentarily stunned at her gesture. A few moments later, she vigorously nodded her head.
Unfortunately, since the mask was customized for an adult, this one was too big for Xu Mei.
Xu Ming seemed to find this a bit of a problem so he paused for a few seconds before ultimately letting the mask loosely hang on her small face.
As a result, the eye holes of the mask settled on her cheeks instead of her eyes while the mask looked as if it would fall off anytime soon...
Xu Mei whose vision went completely dark hesitatingly spoke up, "Mom... I can't see."
Taking off the mask, Xu Ming slightly knitted his brows together, "This cannot be worn might as well throw it away."
Hearing his words, Xu Mei hurriedly secured the mask in her hands, "No, I'll keep it!"
Watching the little girl guard it as if it were some amazing treasure, Xu Ming arched an eyebrow, "To let it gather dust?"
Xu Mei shook her small head in response before quickly pointing her index finger in her Daddy's direction.
"I can't wear it but Daddy can!"
Xu Qin: "..." No, Daddy doesn't want to.
On the other hand, Xu Ming was briefly stunned by her words. He didn't expect the little girl to be so active in digging a hole for her father to jump in.
Ignoring Xu Qin who was menacingly staring at him from the sideline with a big 'No' written on his handsome face, Xu Ming looked at the little girl before him in a more favorable light.
Strictly speaking, he didn't buy this to make fun of Xu Qin. However, now that he was allowed to do so, he might as well utilize it.
As a result, Xu Qin suddenly saw Xu Ming turn her head in his direction with meaningful eyes.
Witnessing this, he suddenly felt an ominous foreboding.
Sure enough, the other side pretended not to see his dark complexion and fanned the flame, "You are right. Your father will look much cooler than us."
Xu Mei's smile widened upon hearing her Mom praise her Daddy's looks. She eagerly turned to look in her Daddy's direction, not knowing that her action caused the latter's heart to drop.
Xu Qin wanted to give a final struggle, "... Daddy-" Won't look good in it.
"Of course, Daddy is the most handsome!"
Xu Qin immediately shut his mouth and quickly swallowed his words back into his stomach.
Didn't want to let his daughter down, he took a big deep breath and gave one last resentful look toward the instigator.
Even when Xu Qin was his daughter's age, he never wore this kind of childish thing. To think that he got to wear the mask of Hello Kitty at the age of 30, he had no more face to see others!
Xu Qin could only comfort himself that other than his daughter and ex-wife, no one was here to witness this embarrassing moment which was a huge relief to him-
"Eldest Young Master!"
At this familiar voice, Xu Qin subconsciously turned to look at the Old Butler who did not know when exactly did he arrive.
The moment the two gazes met, they both were horrified to see each other.
Xu Qin wished there was a crack in the ground to bury himself. Meanwhile, the Old Butler almost got a heart attack from seeing a tall and masculine Hello Kitty whose identity was as clear as day to him.
The mask was not for Mrs. Xu but actually for the Eldest Young Master?! Did he get possessed by something to agree to do this?!
Witnessing this spectacular scene, the old man was too stunned to speak. He opened and then closed his mouth but not a single word was spoken.
Only when a frighteningly deep voice came out from the Hello Kitty did he snap back to his senses.
"Is there anything?"
Knowing the Eldest Young Master was not in a great mood, the Old Butler quickly composed himself, "The breakfast is ready."
Xu Qin gave him a nod and calmly turned to look at Xu Ming, "How about you join us for breakfast?"
Xu Ming did not answer right away. Since the man's face was covered by the mask he couldn't see his expression.
Was it a polite gesture or something else?
"Mom, you are coming, right?"
Xu Ming wordlessly glanced at the little girl's expectant but nervous face.
To be honest, he did not want to be involved with the Xu family so he intended to eat separately during his stay.
Meeting with this child was done out of sympathy. No matter how much he thought of her as a stranger, it was irrefutable that he was inside her mother's body.
In this child's eyes, he is her mother.
Just as Xu Qin thought the other party would refuse, the latter unexpectedly agreed.
"Okay."
Xu Qin gave that expressionless face one more glance before turning to the Old Butler, "Please set a table for 5 people."
The Old Butler obeyed and quickly went back to the main house.
While walking back he couldn't help but mutter, "I thought their relationship would be over but it turned out even better than before?"
Back to the trio's side, Xu Qin calmly took off the Hello Kitty mask as if he was unfazed being seen by another person.
He proceeded to pick up his daughter and turned to walk away without saying anything to Xu Ming.
Xu Mei was about to make a fuss wanting to walk back together with her Mom but Xu Qin anticipated this and quickly cut in, "Your Mom will be there with us for breakfast, she won't go anywhere."
The little girl pouted in disatisfaction, "Why leave Mom behind?"
Xu Qin said without batting an eye, "Daddy needs to use the bathroom."
In the meantime, Xu Ming watched as the man walked away at a fast pace.
Albeit unable to see his face, Xu Ming keenly caught that the man's ears were red as he fled away with his daughter in his hands.
It finally hit Xu Ming that the man simply pretended to be calm on the surface while the old man was previously present.
Surprisingly, Xu Qin has such a thin face. This was what Xu Ming concluded from this incident.
It never hit him that it was not Xu Qin who had a thin face but it was just that his own face was much thicker than a city's wall.
After taking a shower, Xu Ming sat down at the same table as Father and Mother Xu alongside Xu Qin and Xu Mei.
Usually, Xu Mei sat either beside her Daddy or her Grandma but this time, Mother Xu looked in disbelief at the happy child who was sitting between her parents.
The fact that her granddaughter was scared of her mother was not a secret. Therefore, this harmonious scene of this mother and daughter pair has never been seen before in this house.
Mother Xu couldn't wrap her head around how this situation came to be.
It has been merely one day since her change and their relationship recovered this much? What's that woman's intention for suddenly doing this?
As a result, Mother Xu absentmindedly stirred her spoon in the soup as she closely observed her ex-daughter-in-law.
Her ex-daughter-in-law did not put on excessive makeup or seductive outfits but her exquisite face was still outstanding despite being bared face.
She wore a simple knitted sweater that did not tightly hug her figure but due to her slender frame, it looked particularly nice on her.
Coupled with her elegant way of eating, Mother Xu found that just looking at her eating was incredibly pleasing to the eye.
No. Since when were her table manners so sophisticated?
"Dear, eat your food."
Mother Xu subconsciously turned to look at her husband. Only then did she realize that she was too absorbed in looking at Xu Ming and forgot to eat her food.
Giving a light cough, Mother Xu hurriedly found an excuse, "Ah... I was thinking that the food was a bit bland. Can you pass me the salt?"
Her words fell and the atmosphere strangely turned silent. Just as Mother Xu was wondering what went wrong, she suddenly saw her ex-daughter-in-law pass her the salt without any change of expression.
Even though she did not want to talk to her, she still gave a small sound of acknowledgment as thanks.
Mother Xu composedly added the salt into the soup when all of a sudden, she abruptly halted her actions.
In the morning she didn't like to eat much so she asked for a light meal.
Her breakfast was soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks.
The taste was supposed to be sweet.
That being said... Her ex-daughter-in-law passed her the salt despite knowing what she was eating.
Mother Xu: "..." What's this? Add salt to injury?