Ye Liu buoyantly walked to Liu Duo's side and sat down, leaning against her. Ye Ling went to help Ye Mo wash the last bed sheet, not resting.

"Ling, you can take a break. I can handle this. Don't tire yourself!" Ye Mo took back the bed sheet in his hands, not letting him help.

"Ling, come here, your head's sweaty," Ye Liu waved at him.

Liu Duo waved at him too, calling him to come. Ye Ling had no choice but to go. Ye Mo worked hard, sweat lining his forehead. The day seemed to have gotten hotter.

Liu Duo used her own sleeve to wipe away the sweat appearing on Ye Ling's fair and clear forehead. "Ling, don't get angry like that next time. It makes me worry."

"Alright, I'll listen to you," he nodded obediently.

It was a spur of the moment reaction. He was prompted because others were saying nasty things about Liu Duo!

Seeing that Liu Duo was done with Ye Ling, Ye Liu approached her and pretended to plead for his turn, "Little Duo, my turn. See that? I'm sweating too."

Liu Duo rolled her eyes at his dreams of grandeur. She nipped her sleeve and, with extra force, used it to wipe his forehead too. "Of course I'll do it for you. Otherwise, I'd be playing favorites, right?"

"Ow, please be gentle, Little Duo. My fine skin cannot withstand your destructive power," Ye Liu cried out softly beside her ear.

When all was done, Liu Duo pushed him away. She glared at him. There he was, acting like the submissive one in their relationship again!

This time, as they enjoyed themselves, no one came to rain down on their parade. People merely threw unfriendly looks their way. Nevertheless, there were some girls who kept peeping at Ye Liu due to his dashing smile.

After the bed sheets were washed, Ye Liu helped to wring them dry and put them back into the wooden bucket, and the four of them set off for home.

Liu Duo and Ye Ling, both empty-handed, walked together. They left Ye Liu and Ye Mo to do the muscle work. They would arrive home just in time to make lunch. Their morning had passed, just like that.

When they stepped into the house, they found one man and one woman sitting under the roof, with Ye Yang beside them. The couple seemed nervous and awkward, while Ye Yang remained stoic and expressionless as he looked at them, waiting for them to speak.

Ye Liu and Ye Ling had not seen the couple before, so they were unfamiliar. Ye Liu raised his brows and felt that the woman looked a tad like Liu Duo, but he didn't say anything. Ye Ling wondered why there were guests at home. He went in with Ye Liu and smiled at the two, before drying their laundry on the rope.

Ye Mo and Liu Duo stood by the yard entrance, blankly staring at the guests!

The two visitors happened to be her parents, Liu Quanfu and Liu Liushi.

Ye Mo furrowed his brows. Back when they had bought Liu Duo, the family said themselves that they would cut off contact, so what was happening now?

Liu Duo furrowed her brows too, staring at the pair! Her so-called parents!

Actually it wasn't too hard to spot the similarities. Liu Duo looked like her mother, but Liu Duo had more outstanding features. She seemed to have inherited her skin colour from her father.

Knowing they had returned, Ye Yang and the two guests looked towards Liu Duo.

Liu Duo had been staring at them for three minutes, before she walked towards them. "Yang, who are they? Why are they here?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Quanfu fell into desperation and sadness, as well as self-reproach. Yet Liu Duo couldn't care less!

They hadsold their own daughter, and they had the gall to come back to see her? Moreover, she wasn't even the real Liu Duo!