"Director Ye, I didn't understand what you meant. What do you mean?"

Xun Xiangbin looked bewildered, seemingly not understanding Ye Yun's words. He was speechless and looked at Ye Yun with a hint of trepidation.

He felt inferior when talking to someone of Ye Yun's social class, and couldn't help but feel nervous.

Gu Yingying didn't understand what Ye Yun was saying either.

He looked blankly at the man, then at Ye Yun, and felt that Ye Yun's gaze towards him suddenly turned icy cold.

"Ye Yun, what's going on?"

She quietly tugged at Ye Yun's sleeve, her voice soft, her eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.

Ye Yun shook her head slightly.

"fine."

She withdrew the coldness from her eyes, looked at Xun Xiangbin, and said calmly, "Send Old Cat to my factory tonight, and I won't see him."

"What?"

Xun Xiangbin seemed genuinely confused by Ye Yun's words, his expression one of astonishment. Ye Yun, however, had already turned around with Gu Yingying and prepared to leave.

Suddenly Ye Yun stopped walking again.

Xun Xiangbin looked puzzled and quickly asked, "Director Ye, is there anything else important you need to tell me?"

There is something I don't understand.

"Please speak freely," Xun Xiangbin said sincerely. "I will tell you everything I know."

Ye Yun slightly curved her lips and calmly asked, "Mr. Xun, when you were young, did you ever go to the countryside or work in the countryside?"

Xun Xiangbin was stunned. "This..."

Seemingly surprised that Ye Yun would ask about his youth, he opened his mouth, but finally admitted the truth: "Yes."

"Where is it?"

“This…” Xun Xiangbin frowned and thought for two seconds, seemingly somewhat resistant, then shook his head and said, “Director Ye, why ask these questions?”

Unwilling to talk about it?

Ye Yun felt a wave of irony.

For him, Luo Xiujuan gave birth to a child out of wedlock and was kicked out of her home. In order to find him, she had no choice but to beg for food with her child, crossing countless mountains and enduring countless hardships.

But he wouldn't even mention it.

"Mr. Xun, think carefully about who you owed something to when you went to the countryside."

After saying that, Ye Yun tugged at Gu Yingying, who was still in a daze, and turned around and left the filthy, stinking ditch.

Xun Xiangbin remained where he was.

Looking in the direction Ye Yun left, his face paled slightly, as if he had recalled some long-forgotten events.

A very, very long time passed.

He suddenly seemed to realize something, and his body staggered, almost falling into the stinking ditch next to him.

...

"Ye Yun, what were you saying to that man just now? Why did he react so strongly?"

After walking quite a distance, Gu Yingying looked back and saw Xun Xiangbin stagger two steps, almost losing his balance.

Ye Yun scoffed.

How would I know?

"You clearly know!" Gu Yingying wasn't fooled by her acting. She pouted and started questioning, "Didn't you say you didn't know that person? Why do you two sound like you're having a secret? You better explain yourself clearly, are you hooking up with a man behind my brother Qin Zheng's back!"

"..."

Ye Yun couldn't help but rub her temples, feeling annoyed, and glanced at Gu Yingying with a helpless look.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yingying interpreted her behavior as a sign of guilt. Gu Yingying exclaimed and abruptly pushed her away, saying angrily, "No way! No way! That really is the wild man you found!"

Ye Yun: "..."

"Get your brain working properly."

She poked the little girl's cheek, rolled her eyes at her, and walked away, not even bothering to give her another glance.

Seeing this, Gu Yingying quickly followed her.

"Ye Yun, wait for me!"

...

The two bought some things and came to the pastry shop. Chen Zhenxing had already brought Xiao Hai and Dong Dong to the shop and was doing his homework at the table.

Seeing Xiao Hai, Ye Yun felt an extremely complex mix of emotions, as if a bottle of mixed feelings had been spilled.