The three Zhao family men sat in the living room. Zhao Father held a cigarette in his hand, hesitating whether to smoke it or not.

He felt annoyed, but with his wife like this, smoking at home was definitely not appropriate. Not to mention, after hearing what Xiao Yebai said through Zhao Zirong, Zhao Father felt immensely embarrassed.

"Dad, Yebai considers himself part of this family, that’s why he’s so straightforward," Zhao Zirong admitted.

However, Zhao Family’s second son, Zhao Zixin, didn’t agree. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "He really considers himself part of the family, doesn’t he? He’s not a Zhao, he’s a Xiao."

Indeed, what right does someone with the last name Xiao have to interfere in the Zhao family’s affairs, even imagining himself as having more authority than Zhao Father, issuing orders to the Zhao family members?

Zhao Zirong couldn’t agree with his brother’s perspective and said, "You can’t say that about Yebai. If he wasn’t concerned, why would he get involved in our family’s matters? Look at his usual personality, so naive, indifferent about everything. If he didn’t have a good relationship with our family, knowing these words might cause displeasure, he still insists on saying them, playing the bad guy."

"He’s playing the bad guy?" Zhao Zixin laughed heartily at his brother’s words, "Look at him, does he look like he’s acting like a bad guy? He’s treating himself like Superman, isn’t he? He’s so naive that at his age, he still takes his son to read Superman comics."

"You, how do you know this?" Zhao Zirong and Zhao Father were both taken aback by his words, had the second son investigated Yebai?

Zhao Zixin, seeing their gaze directed at him, lightly cleared his throat and said, "I just happened to pass by a bookstore the other day and saw him asking the owner about Superman comics."

"What’s wrong with someone reading comics with his son?" Zhao Father said, "It shows he has a good relationship with his son."

"Dad. Don’t you find it odd? What kind of father reads Superman comics with his son? Besides, ordinary families might not know better, not stressing the child’s upbringing. But him, coming from a wealthy family, and yet he seemingly has nothing to do, just staying home to play with his son. If it weren’t for his capable wife, he would’ve—" Zhao Zixin nonetheless showed disdain.

Xiao Yebai’s unusual behavior, even Zhao Zixin, and occasionally Zhao Father and Zhao Zirong, found inappropriate. However, they ultimately trusted Xiao Yebai’s character. For that reason, Zhao Father and Zhao Zirong couldn’t help but ponder over Xiao Yebai’s advice.

This made Zhao Zixin somewhat restless, unwilling for his father and elder brother to follow Xiao Yebai’s words, because his greatest concern was that if his father and brother acted on it, their second house would suffer the most loss. Why was that? Because the second house was previously responsible for taking care of Zhao Madam’s daily needs.

Imagine if their second house put in so much effort, yet Zhao Madam was to be sent away, wouldn’t outsiders suspect them? They might think that the second house secretly did something to Zhao Madam. This would be an enormous injustice to their second house.

Zhao Zixin, therefore, by no means wanted to end up in this situation. As for how their mother’s illness would unfold, it became secondary. After all, Zhao Madam’s illness seemed like that. According to the doctor, it wasn’t life-threatening, not a terminal illness, just troublesome.

Zhao Father wasn’t unaware of his second son’s concerns. To be honest, this illness of his wife had brought no small trouble to the family since the diagnosis.

Not only did their family have to face a Zhao Madam who could become strange and unfamiliar, even somewhat crazy at any moment, but when others visited the Zhao family, they couldn’t just lock Zhao Madam away; otherwise, people would start wondering. However, exposing Zhao Madam’s oddity to the guests made the Zhao family feel embarrassed.