***
Yes, treating each other's families with kindness was part of the contract.
Perhaps everything he did was simply to fulfill that contract.
Seeing that Mai Xiaomai had stopped talking, Qiao Chutian concentrated on driving.
They arrived back at the Qiao Family's home before sunset.
It was a flurry of warm greetings and lively interaction at the Qiao Family; everyone got along very well.
After having dinner at the family home, the two of them continued back to the seaside vacation house.
"I have a date at nine tonight, so take a bath early, and then I'll head out,"
Qiao Chutian, remembering his arrangement with Lin Na, told Mai Xiaomai, who was lazily sitting on the sofa.
"Okay."
Mai Xiaomai didn't ask whom he was meeting, assuming he had business to talk about.
Qiao Chutian carried her upstairs, brought the clothes she needed to change into the bathroom, wrapped her injured foot with cling film, and then let her go in to take a shower.
