As soon as Julia finished speaking, Terence's phone rang. He checked who was calling and chuckled. "People can't talk about someone behind his back. Guess who is calling?"

"Mr. Xiao?" Julia was genuinely surprised.

"Bingo!" Terence nodded and answered the phone. "Uncle Barton, what's up?

My father's doing well. Two days ago, he told me that he wants to have a meal with you and talk about the good old days.

Really? Congratulations!

Tomorrow? Okay."

Terence hung up the phone and recalled their conversation to Julia. "Uncle Barton found his daughter. He asked me and my family out for dinner tomorrow, and said that he wants to introduce his daughter to everyone. By the way, he asked me to take you with me."

Stunned, Julia remarked, "Me? There must be a mistake. Mr. Xiao and I are not well-acquainted with each other."

"But Uncle Barton specifically asked me to take you o

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"Dad, do you think..." Jean was still oblivious that something went wrong. When she was about to say something, she turned around and saw Barton's pale face. Only then did she realize that something was off about her statement.

She looked awkwardly at Barton and asked, "Dad, are you okay? Is there something wrong?"

Barton turned off the TV and asked coldly, "Are you sure that's your birthday? I'm sure I broke up with Vivian two years before your birth date. Do you want to explain this to me?"

"Dad, I..." Panicked, Jean looked at Barton and didn't know what to do.

Mandy felt something was wrong when it suddenly got quiet in the living room. She walked out of the kitchen in a hurry and asked the two, "What's wrong? What happened?"

No one answered her question. Mandy had no choice but to ask her daughter, "Jean, what's going on? Say something. Don't make me anxious."