Chapter 24: The Sky Is Falling

“No, you need to go find Song Yan. If something happens to your brother, it’ll be a disaster.” Mrs. Bai kept urging her, “My heart is pounding with anxiety. Hurry up and go find Song Yan—”

Bai Siqi was reluctant, but her mother’s worry for her son was overwhelming, and she yanked off Bai Siqi’s blanket.

She knew there was no way she’d get any more sleep, so she got up.

When Song Yan saw Bai Siqi coming over so early in the morning, he was pleasantly surprised.

“Wife, what brings you here?”

Bai Siqi immediately shot him a glare and said, holding back her irritation, “Didn’t I tell you not to call me that? We’re divorced, at least on the surface.”

Song Yan pressed his lips together.

Bai Siqi hadn’t slept enough last night and was in a foul mood. She had no patience for sweet talk.

She got straight to the point: “By the way, my brother didn’t come home at all last night. My mom’s worried. Go look for him.”

Song Yan nodded right away. “Okay!”

He’d actually meant to look for that person last night, but the three kids had been crying non-stop.

One of them even had a fever.

His sister couldn’t calm them down, so he had to do it himself.

So he hadn’t been able to leave.

“I’ll leave this to you, then. I’m heading out.” Bai Siqi heard the kids crying inside and knew she couldn’t stay any longer.

Otherwise, Song Yan would definitely ask her to help with the kids.

That was exactly what Song Yan was thinking.

With the kids sick, he wanted Bai Siqi, their mother, to at least check on them.

But before he could say anything, Bai Siqi was already out the door.

When he got home, he was met by his sister, who was holding a child and looking resentful. “Brother, was Bai Siqi just here? Why didn’t she come in to see her kids? Is she deaf or something, not hearing how hard they’re crying?”

Song Anxiao was fuming.

It was all from taking care of the kids.

She hadn’t slept a wink last night, and Bai Siqi, their own mother, knew how badly the kids were crying but didn’t even come in to comfort them.

It was infuriating.

She’d never seen a mother like this.

Song Yan couldn’t stand to hear his sister badmouth Bai Siqi and immediately scowled. “She’s your sister-in-law.”

“Pfft, sister-in-law my foot. You two are divorced—what sister-in-law? And those are your kids. Even if you’re divorced, as their mother, she can’t just wash her hands of them.”

“Anyone who knows would say I’m just the aunt, but anyone who doesn’t would think I’m their mother!”

Song Anxiao was truly furious.

She was an unmarried girl! Why did she have to take care of their three kids?

And on top of that, besides the three kids, she also had to look after their paralyzed mother—she didn’t want to stay in this house any longer.

Song Yan couldn’t tell her that his divorce from Bai Siqi was just for show.

He definitely couldn’t reveal Bai Siqi’s real plans.

“You’ve worked hard lately. Here’s twenty yuan, take it.”

He took twenty yuan out of his pocket and handed it over.

Song Anxiao: …

She silently took the money.

Then went back to coaxing the kids.

Song Yan rubbed his forehead.

Then he turned and left.

It wasn’t until noon that he finally arrived at the Bai house, looking grim.

Mrs. Bai had been worrying about her son the whole time. As soon as she saw Song Yan, she asked directly, “Well? Any news?”

Song Yan pressed his lips together, then delivered the heavy news. “Chunsheng’s been arrested.”

“What? Arrested? Impossible! How could my Chunsheng be arrested?” Mrs. Bai was shocked and couldn’t accept it.

“I asked around. This is serious. Chunsheng was taken in last night. The worst part is, he confessed—he admitted he gave Wang Ergou twenty yuan and told him to push Fu Mingxue into the river.”

“Both of them confessed and implicated each other.”

When Mrs. Bai heard this, she nearly fainted on the spot.

Not far away, Bai Siqi’s face was also pale—would her big brother drag her down with him?"