A guest came to the Ye family. He was a distant relative, a family descended from the cousins ​​of Ye Zhiwei's grandfather's generation, who were separated by several degrees of kinship.

Because the Ye Group had developed well under Ye Zhiwei's grandfather, and later when the old master Ye fell seriously ill, the company was soon in Ye Qingcheng's hands. Ye Qingcheng's Ye family connections were already quite good. Ye Zhiwei's uncle was Ji Shuli's father and had married into the Ji family. The uncle liked the Ji family's only daughter very much, and agreed to all the requests made by the old master Ji, including the fact that Ji Shuli took her mother's surname.

Ye Qingcheng's uncle has his own businesses, and the Ji family helps the Ye family. The intricate relationships have shaped the current structure of the Ye Group, while other distant relatives are far less capable than Ye Qingcheng.

Although it was good that the Ye family was suited for development from the very beginning, only Ye Qingcheng's lineage truly inherited the wealth. The distant relatives who took the assets quickly squandered them. The guest who came here is surnamed Fang.

Her husband was a distant relative of the Ye family. Years ago, he had asked Ye Qingcheng for help with work-related matters, specifically for company recommendations. Ye Qingcheng, considering them to be relatives, turned a blind eye to this distant relative using his influence to bully others. However, the relative was incompetent, and the company eventually went bankrupt. He soon succumbed to the pressure and became seriously ill. One day, when his wife was not around, he abandoned his wife and children, pulled out his oxygen tank, and died.

Logically speaking, this relationship should be breaking down soon.

But unexpectedly, the wife of this distant relative, surnamed Fang, came to visit.

People from the Ye family often come to claim kinship. Anyone with even a slight connection wants to make a visit. Ye Qingcheng doesn't care much about these people. Besides, they just want to maintain the relationship and let others know that they know Ye Qingcheng. They don't ask Ye Qingcheng for anything else. Although they are relatives, they still have some sense of propriety and know that the relationship isn't very close.

When Ye Qingcheng saw Fang's message that she had seen online that Ye Qingcheng was sick, she remembered how much Ye Qingcheng had helped her when her husband was alive, so she came to see Ye Qingcheng.

She not only came alone, but also brought her young child. In fact, the child of her deceased husband, who was a distant relative of the Ye family, had long been taken away by her husband's other relatives. She remarried on her own, saying that there was a kinship relationship. In fact, this relationship had long since ended by the time she remarried. But she insisted on coming here with her child, and even claimed to be Ye Zhiwei's cousin-in-law.

Ye Zhiwei usually treats these distant relatives with politeness and distance. She generally understands what they mean, but she doesn't expect to have any real relationship with them.

Fang's first act was to say she was visiting Ye Qingcheng, and then she started trying to establish a connection with Ye Zhiwei, trying to speak to her with a kind and gentle expression: "Um..."

After thinking for a long time without remembering Ye Zhiwei's name, Ye Qingcheng came to the rescue, saying, "Zhiwei."

"Oh, right, Zhiwei, look at my memory, I'm getting old and useless." The woman smiled and then said to herself, "Zhiwei, do you still remember your aunt? I held you when you were little."

Ye Zhiwei smiled politely and remained silent.

The woman then pulled her son along, pointed at Ye Zhiwei, and said, "Call her 'sister'."

The boy was probably a child born late in life to his mother, and he was quite young and spoiled. He not only didn't greet Ye Zhiwei, but also touched things on the table at will. He grabbed all the delicate pastries that the kitchen had prepared for Ye Zhiwei. When the woman saw this, she got angry and pretended to hit the child a few times. As soon as the child cried, Ye Qingcheng waved his hand and said, "There's no need for that. He's just a child. Let the kitchen prepare more pastries for him."

The boy immediately stopped crying and started eating, not being annoying at all.

Fang said awkwardly, "Yes, yes, he's still a child. I spoil him a bit, so he's become quite disrespectful. Please excuse me. He's just shy. He's not as well-behaved as Zhiwei. I remember Zhiwei used to be very obedient and well-behaved. Good girl, you should help your aunt teach your little brother in the future."

She's both a cousin's wife and a younger brother, she insists on adding several elder relatives to the equation, she really goes to great lengths to establish a connection.

Ye Zhiwei nodded politely without saying anything. Fang Shi then tried to get information out of him. She looked around and, not seeing the heir of Ye Qingcheng that she had seen online, couldn't help but ask, "I saw online that you recently found an heir, Qingcheng, but I haven't seen him."

Ye Qingcheng nodded slightly and said, "He's busy at the company."

The woman nodded, glanced at Song Min, and then asked, "That child was brought by your new wife, right? Is he your son?"

Song Min didn't know the woman's identity, but seeing that Ye Qingcheng was being polite, she replied, "She's the child of one of my friends."

The woman felt a pang of bitterness when she realized that he wasn't even related to Ye Qingcheng's new wife. When she saw the news, her husband had asked her if she knew this person, since they used to be related. She had guessed that Ye Qingcheng's new wife had him so infatuated that he wanted to give the company to his new wife's son. But it turned out that he was just the son of Song Min's friend.

Fang felt a pang of sadness, but she knew that she and Ye Qingcheng had no real connection now, so she could only feel envious. However, her husband seemed very interested in the topic. He was in the pharmaceutical business and owned a private hospital, which was doing well. Recently, he was looking to expand his business. One of his clients seemed very interested in a specific aspect of Ye Qingcheng's family situation, and he hoped that Fang could communicate with Ye Qingcheng again to find out some information so that he could use this inside information to build a relationship with the client.

It seemed the other party was very interested in Jiang Jianian's situation, but Fang couldn't continue the conversation after that point. Instead, she became very interested in Ye Zhiwei, and her topic shifted from Jiang Jianian to Ye Zhiwei, "Is Zhiwei working now?"

"Still in school."

The woman immediately replied, "With your looks, you must have a lot of suitors at school."

Ye Zhiwei remained silent.

The woman continued, "Zhiwei, let me tell you, boys these days are very calculating. Someone as pretty as you, from a family like yours, is easily fooled. It's best to have an elder introduce you to a boyfriend you know well. I have some very good connections; he took the college entrance exam last year and got into a good university—"

Ye Qingcheng interrupted the woman, saying, "Zhiwei has a boyfriend."

The woman stood up awkwardly, and after a while asked, "That's a real pity. What's the situation with your boyfriend? You're so young, it's easy for you to run into bad people. It wouldn't be good if you encountered bad people in any situation. You have to be more careful."

Upon hearing this, Song Min laughed and said, "No, Zhiwei's boyfriend is the boy I brought. Although he's usually quiet, he's very kind to Zhiwei—"

“Auntie.” Ye Zhiwei interrupted Song Min directly. Her first impression was that this woman seemed to have come prepared, suddenly appearing as some kind of relative and saying some strange things. Secondly, she really didn’t like having her love life discussed like this, especially since this woman’s attitude when she asked about Jiang Jianian’s situation just now made her dislike it. However, in order to save face for Song Min, Ye Zhiwei still said tactfully, “These are my private matters, so please don’t bring them up. I’ll be embarrassed.”

Song Min immediately smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, I won't say."

Ye Zhiwei didn't want to continue the conversation, so she made an excuse that she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go back to her room to rest. After returning to her room, she vaguely felt that Fang was a bit strange, so she had someone investigate her a little. Recently, the Ye Group was in a rather sensitive period. Although she came as a distant relative, some of her behavior was a bit strange. Could it be that someone with ulterior motives sent her here?