After my triumphs and defeats, I created multiple aliases across countless worlds.

How can someone your age write something like "Intimate Paradise"?

My parents probably don't know about this book, right?

As Hiratsuka Shizuka pondered, she cautiously turned to look at her parents. They seemed to exchange a glance, and after a brief exchange of looks, their expressions calmed down.

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Ahem, that doesn't sound very serious!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka's mother coughed lightly. She had been dragged to watch the show these past few days and even tried out some of the techniques shown in it.

So this is what my son-in-law wrote?

What about the two of them?!

Hiratsuka Shizuka's mother glanced at the two of them.

Suddenly I realized how truly fortunate my daughter is.

"Xiaojing, have you read this book?"

"Huh?! No!"

Did my facial expressions betray me?

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly realized that her expression just now seemed too obvious.

Anyone with eyes could see that they seemed to have read this book.

Of course, I cannot admit this.

"Mom, you haven't read this book either, have you?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka originally wanted to explain, but then she suddenly thought of something strange and asked directly.

It seems my mom knows about this book.

Wouldn't that be...?

Hiratsuka Shizuka felt she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Ahem, let's eat first."

An awkward silence fell over the dinner table; no one wanted to speak.

Hiratsuka Shizuka's mother was also very anxious at this moment, as she had many questions she wanted to ask.

However, judging from the current situation...

She actually felt some regret.

I shouldn't have asked that question before.

Now that I've asked this question, I feel a bit embarrassed myself.

I hesitated for a moment.

She knew it, Hiratsuka Shizuka knew it, Byakuya knew it; everyone knew it perfectly well.

In order to know the exact details.

She had made up her mind; she absolutely had to know.

What exactly happened?

She decided to go all out.

"Logically speaking, your book sales are already booming, so you shouldn't be short of money now, right?! Why aren't you considering having children or getting married? We don't really care whether you have money or not. You can have your own career, or you can choose not to work. What are you planning to do by dragging this out?"

"By the way, I heard it from my friend. This book is very popular recently."

Ping's mother added a sentence, though it sounded like she was explaining something.

But once the words were spoken, it seemed to make the others even more confused.

If you hadn't said anything and had remained open and honest, no one would have thought anything of it. But you insisted on explaining it behind my back.

That would be really too much! After the explanation, there's nothing more to say!

"Yeah, this book is really popular lately. Actually, the reason we haven't considered marriage is... because... because what?!"

As Hiratsuka Shizuka was speaking, she turned her head and looked directly at Byakuya.

In the past, she would have definitely made up excuses like her job was unstable.

But now that reason doesn't seem to work at all.

After all, Bai Ye's work is incredibly popular.

If you say this job is unstable, it doesn't seem that bad.

Therefore, the reason he used last time obviously cannot be used this time either.

But if we can't use this reason, what other reason can we use?

"Yes, you two kids aren't little anymore. By the way, Bai Ye, how old are you...?"

Suddenly, Ping's mother realized a problem.

It seems I've never asked Byakuya's exact age; I only know that Hiratsuka Shizuka is a bit older than Byakuya.

This was something Hiratsuka Shizuka had said before, so she didn't pay any attention to it.

But now that the time has come, she wants to know exactly how much of a difference there is between them.

"I'm eighteen years old this year..."

Bai Ye gave Hiratsuka Shizuka a strange look. She had thought Hiratsuka Shizuka had told her mother, but now she wondered how she had managed to fool her before.

"You're only eighteen? There's no rush at all! Wait a minute!!! You're only eighteen years old!?"

Ping's mother waved her hand dismissively, not really caring at first.

In her opinion, the age difference between the two was not that great.

But as she talked, she suddenly realized that this was not what she had expected.

She originally thought that Hiratsuka Shizuka was at most three years older than Byakuya.

It can't be much bigger, though.

But I never expected that Hiratsuka Shizuka's so-called "older" age difference between you two is actually nine years! You're twenty-seven and you've found an eighteen-year-old boy?!

Hira's mother looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka strangely, and suddenly wanted to call the police to have Hiratsuka Shizuka arrested.

These two people definitely didn't meet in the last two years, which means...

Chapter 241 - Let's have children sooner!

In other words, when Bai Ye was still young, his daughter might have already been planning it.

No wonder she didn't seem to care much about the blind dates I introduced her to before.

Even when she came back, it seemed like she would complain about how unreliable her introduction was and how much she disliked it.

In the past, the elderly mother would have definitely thought it was Hiratsuka Shizuka's own problem.

But now she has begun to reflect on herself.

Is it because she herself is attracted to younger men, and therefore her previous introductions were incorrect?

And these are all younger than him.

So you're into dating younger men!

"Ahem, you're nine years apart?"

Ping's father pushed up his glasses, suddenly realizing something, and then asked, "Do you think you're too old, so you don't want to marry Xiaojing?"

He also considered another possibility.

Could it be that Byakuya thinks Hiratsuka Shizuka is too old?

After all, according to this calculation, there is roughly a ten-year age gap between the two.

Thinking about it this way, it's not impossible that Bai Ye might not want to get married and just keep putting it off.

Besides, he's only eighteen years old; it would be a miracle if he were thinking about getting married.

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly feel that Hiratsuka Shizuka's love won't last long.

The old father was also extremely worried about Hiratsuka Shizuka.

After hearing him say that.

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was originally thinking about how to fool her parents, suddenly became nervous.

In fact, if others don't know, does that mean she doesn't know either?

Isn't that just saying that he and Bai Ye aren't actually a real couple?

So she really wanted to know too.

Does Bai Ye really feel that he is too old?