Cinco anos como substituta, afinal a paixão secreta do CEO era eu
Qiao Ye, no dia do seu casamento, foi cruelmente abandonada pelo noivo, que fugiu e desapareceu, tornando-se alvo de zombaria de todos. Após cinco anos de casamento, Qiao Ye finalmente começava a ter
“Don’t come into my house, you wicked woman!”
When Qiao Ye returned to the villa, a four-year-old brat suddenly rushed out and pointed at her nose, shouting insults.
She curled her lips in amusement. “Your house?”
The child stood with hands on his hips, not very tall but full of bravado. “Yes, this is my house! So hurry up and get out!”
Qiao Ye instinctively assumed this must be the child of one of the servants; after all, such things had happened before.
But she had no interest in wasting time with a little rascal.
“Little one, manners are the most basic virtue. Too bad, you’re still lacking.”
She chuckled and slipped one hand into her pocket, preparing to go upstairs.
“Stop right there! You can’t go up!”
Unexpectedly, the child shouted and barreled toward her.
“My mommy and daddy are upstairs! You can’t go bother them!”
Qiao Ye was pushed back a few steps, her expression darkening. “Whose child is this, brought into the house?”
“Don’t, sister!”
Suddenly a woman’s startled voice rang out, and the next moment, a woman in silk pajamas hurried down the stairs.
“Yuanbao!”
Chu Yun’er rushed down, shielding the child in her arms. “Are you alright? Did you get hurt?”
Then, with reddened eyes, she looked at Qiao Ye, biting her lip as if she’d been terribly wronged.
“Sister, do you truly not welcome us? Yuanbao is still young. If you have any grievances, take them out on me. Why hurt him?”
Qiao Ye’s eyes narrowed sharply. Before she could respond, her gaze shifted—and une