Personal Secret Agent

Qiao Mei called Qian'e to come over and asked her, "What's up with my mother? What happened? Why do I feel that there's something wrong with her today?"

"I think she seems quite alright. There's nothing particularly strange about her," Qian'e said.

"I wonder if she's feeling sad because I haven't had time for her recently," Qiao Mei probed.

"Did you spend a lot of time with her in the past? Sometime back, she was so focused on making money that she did not even have time to sleep. She had never asked you to spend more time with her. You're thinking too much," Qian'e explained.

Could it be that Li Gui really just had a sudden impulse to cook a nice meal for them? Qiao Mei thought about it carefully. It was not anyone's birthday, nor a special anniversary, nor the festive season. Perhaps it was just as Li Gui had said, she did it purely because she felt happier than usual today.

"How's the issue with the Zhao family?" Qiao Mei asked.