Ye Shu's expression was serious, Lu Jingyan and Shen Shiqing both stopped smiling, and Shen Shiqing's facial expression was unusually stiff.
"Miss Ye, Jingyan and I were just joking."
Ye Shu smiled faintly, her bright eyes and white teeth shining, slightly tilting her head, looking somewhat adorable, with none of the seriousness in her expression from moments before.
"Miss Shen, look how scared you've gotten, I was just joking as well. After all, if we're not family, we won't enter the same household. Both Shenting and I are workaholics; doesn't that indirectly mean we're well matched?"
Shen Shiqing pursed her lips, a complex look in her eyes as she glanced at Huo Shenting, her smile noticeably reduced.
She waited there as the woman in front of her, smiling sweetly and serene in happiness, clenched her hand ever so slightly, her face betraying uncontrollable resentment.
"Shenting, I..."
