Chapter 743 - 773: Are You Two Dating?

Qin Xiaolan later followed the advice her older sister, Qin Jiao, had given her and told Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan wasn’t angry after hearing it and just told her to get some rest.

Qin Xiaolan let out a sigh of relief.

She recalled what she had said about Momo: "If you’re going back, what about Momo? Why don’t I look after her for a few days?"

"No, that’s alright. The elders miss her too, so I’ll take her with me."

Qin Xiaolan found this strange. Gao Yuan’s parents currently lived in North City. She had met them before, and they seemed like a very honest, down-to-earth couple.

’Does that mean his whole family is going back?’

Since it was for an important elder in their hometown, she figured Gao Yuan’s parents would have to go back as well, so Qin Xiaolan didn’t give it much more thought.

However, two days later, when she assumed Gao Yuan was still in his hometown, she ended up seeing his mother at the market.

Furthermore, Gao Yuan’s mother was with a young woman. The two of them looked very close as they walked into a mall together.

Qin Xiaolan was certain that she didn’t know the young woman, and she’d never heard Gao Yuan mention having a relative that age in North City.

How to put it... even without the previous business with Gao Yuan’s ex-wife, any woman who saw her boyfriend’s mother acting so intimately with another young woman would start to overthink things.

So, she couldn’t help but follow them into the mall.

"Cousin, what are you doing here?"

Qin Xiaolan was so focused on the pair ahead of her that she jumped when she heard her younger cousin Xiao Shi’s voice.

She looked up and saw Xiao Shi holding a few books. Standing beside her was Gu Xu, the man who worked at the Public Security Bureau.

Realizing it was someone she knew, Qin Xiaolan shushed her. She looked up and saw the pair enter a women’s clothing store, then pulled Xiao Shi and Gu Xu around a nearby corner.

Qin Xiaolan wondered how she was going to explain this, since Xiao Shi probably didn’t know she was dating someone.

’Oh, and there’s a stranger here too.’

The "stranger," Gu Xu, glanced in that direction and spoke up. "Are you watching those two?"

’His professional instincts are sharp.’

Qin Xiaolan nodded. "It’s a private matter, and it’s very important. I just want to know what their relationship is, but I can’t get too close. The older one knows me."

"That’s easy. I’ll go over and take a look. If I listen to their conversation, I’ll figure out their relationship. You two wait for me here," Gu Xu said, and then he left.

Qin Xiaolan didn’t even have time to thank him. She said to Xiao Shi, "Is it really okay to trouble him like this?"

Xiao Shi said, "It’s fine. He’s pursuing me."

"Huh?" Qin Xiaolan was completely stunned.

Staring at her perpetually calm and composed younger cousin, she reached out, touched her own forehead, and then touched her cousin’s.

Xiao Shi resignedly pulled her hand away. "Cousin, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Are you two dating?"

"No. I haven’t said yes yet."

Qin Xiaolan fell silent.

She always felt that her younger cousin was too calm and composed; nothing ever seemed to fluster her.

’Sigh... In any case, she has her act together way more than I do.’

She thought for a moment, then said, "Xiao Shi, please ask Gu Xu to keep today’s events a secret for me, too. Don’t tell anyone except for our eldest sister—not even my parents."

"Okay," Qin Shi agreed without hesitation.

About fifteen minutes later, Gu Xu returned. Peeking from around the corner, Qin Xiaolan saw that the two women had left the boutique. The younger one was carrying something, and they were talking and laughing as they headed toward a store that sold clothes for seniors.

Qin Xiaolan asked eagerly, "What’s their relationship?"

Gu Xu said, "They’re mother and daughter."

Qin Xiaolan instantly grew agitated. "Impossible! Gao Yuan doesn’t have a sister!"