Ye Yifan had genuinely wanted to ease tensions with Xiao He, but later discovered that Xiao He was Fang Lanlan's weapon. Ye Yifan was also utterly disappointed in his mother, so he eventually developed a certain pattern: he was unyielding to both soft and hard approaches, and he would just agree to whatever she said.

Over time, Fang Lanlan became more at ease with Ye Yifan, so she stopped causing him trouble. Xiao He, on the other hand, was disappointed in her son and stopped visiting Ye Yifan as often.

Looking at Ye Yifan's expression, Hua Kai understood him somewhat. In her past life, she had also experienced the distrust of her closest relatives. Her biological father and stepmother were on the same side, and that feeling of distrust was too heartbreaking.

She held Ye Yifan's hand: "I'll go with you." She wanted to stand with Ye Yifan and face what he didn't want to face.

After saying that, she turned to Ye Jianxiao and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, I'll stay with Yifan and won't let him suffer any injustice."

Ye Jianxiao's eyes suddenly reddened: "This, our Xiao Fan has finally overcome all hardships. With Kai Kai here, I can close my eyes in peace." As he spoke, he wiped away a tear.

This made Ye Yifan feel heartbroken. She went over and helped her grandfather sit down, saying, "Grandpa, don't worry about me. I'm really not like I was when I was a child. I have my own pursuits and my own happiness. I'm not a child anymore. And you can see how well Kaikai is doing. You can rest assured and take care of your health. Live a long and healthy life and stay with us, okay?"

Ye Jianxiao nodded: "Alright, alright. I want to live a few more years so I can see you get married. If I'm lucky, I'd also like to see my great-grandchildren."

This made Hua Kai blush; she had never been in a relationship in her past life, and now this had suddenly escalated to the topic of children.

Ye Yifan smiled as he looked at Hua Kai, whose face was flushed, but he didn't know what to say, so he just smiled foolishly.

Hua Kai's face turned even redder: "I'll go get dressed..."

Looking at the two children, Ye Jianxiao's mood improved again: "How wonderful, I'm happy just to see you two. You should get dressed too, and take good care of Kaikai when you get home."

Ye Yifan replied, "I understand, Grandpa. Don't worry."

Hua Kai and Ye Yifan got dressed and drove to Ye Yifan's parents' house.

It's not far from home, just a ten-minute drive away. It's also a two-story building, but the yard isn't very big.

Stopping the car, Ye Yifan said to Hua Kai, "You don't need to compromise yourself for my sake. Just do what you need to do."

Hua Kai smiled and said, "I know, you don't know me. I won't let myself be taken advantage of, and I won't let you be taken advantage of either. Let's go, I bet Chang Tingting is here today too, let's both be careful."

The two entered the courtyard together, and then went into the house.

There were only two people in the living room, Xiao He and Chang Tingting.

I don't know if there are any other people in the house, but for now, I only saw the two of them.

Xiao He hadn't expected the flowers to bloom, so when she saw them, her expression turned grim: "Why are you here?"

Ye Yifan said, "Kaikai and I are going to the store, so I brought her along. Mom, what's up? Tell me quickly, I have to get to the store."

Xiao He looked at Ye Yifan with a hint of reproach: "Didn't I tell you to come by yourself? I have something to say to you privately."

Ye Yifan said, "Then let's talk in the study."

At this moment, Chang Tingting said from the side, "Brother Xiao Fan, Aunt Xiao wants to have more contact with you and your mother. Does she really need to have something important to say if you come home? But it's inconvenient for you to bring outsiders with you, isn't it?"

Ye Yifan looked at Chang Tingting and sneered, "Then why are you here, an outsider?"

Chang Tingting said awkwardly, "Brother Xiao Fan, our two families are old friends. I used to often stay at your house when I was a child. We're practically family."

Ye Yifan said, "I don't remember. I didn't stay at home for more than a few days before I went to Grandpa's place, so we basically didn't have any contact. Don't make it sound like we're very familiar with each other."

Seeing that saying that was useless, Chang Tingting got straight to the point: "Brother Xiao Fan, Aunt Xiao said that you used to be very obedient, but after you met Hua Kai, your personality changed. Hua Kai is pretty and may be smart, but she is not as good as you think. She is too black-hearted and very cruel. A few days ago, Aunt Xiao and I went to talk to her, and she hit me without saying a word. Look at my face, it is still swollen."

Hua Kai thought to herself, "It's been five or six days since this slap in the face happened, it shouldn't still be this red, right? And this redness is a bit strange, isn't it? In my past life, I was a martial artist, I've been through a lot of fighting and getting injured, how could I not tell if an injury is real or fake? Chang Tingting's redness seems too deliberate, doesn't it?"

She reached out and touched Chang Tingting's face, her hand covered in blush. Hua Kai then held out her hand to Ye Yifan: "The blush is fake."

Chang Tingting never expected that Hua Kai would see through her immediately. The main reason was that Hua Kai had indeed hit her before, but she didn't want Ye Yifan to see her ugly side. Now, things had backfired.

She said anxiously to Ye Yifan, "Brother Yifan, Huakai really hit me. But you just came back today, and the swelling on my face has gone down. I did this to show you how I was injured back then, so you won't be fooled."

Ye Yifan didn't care at all whether Chang Tingting's injuries were real or fake, because she deserved to be beaten: "Kai Kai hit you because you deserved it. If you hadn't disgusted her and provoked her, why would she have hit you? Why not someone else? Wasn't it because you were the one who caused trouble?"

Chang Tingting looked at Ye Yifan with a bit of confusion, and after a while she said, "Brother Xiaofan, you've been blinded by Hua Kai. She's not as good as you think. Her appearance is all an act. She can fight, and she doesn't respect Auntie."

Ye Yifan listened and laughed: "I know Hua Kai's skills. I really like capable girls like her. She doesn't respect my mother? Come to think of it, if Kai Kai's mother just brought some random nobody to me and said she wanted some random person to manage our business, I wouldn't agree either."

Hua Kai couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this; this guy's words were really awful.

Chang Tingting's self-esteem had collapsed. She looked at Xiao He through tears and said, "Aunt Xiao, look how Brother Xiao Fan is talking to me like this. I'm only doing this for your own good."

Xiao He felt her face burning with embarrassment, after all, Ye Yifan was right, but she also had her own reasons.

She said to Ye Yifan, "Xiaofan, I'm doing this for your own good. Uncle Chang has been in business for many years, and Tingting studied accounting. Wouldn't they be better at helping you than outsiders? I'm not the kind of person from the countryside who doesn't know anything and would do something improper just because a relative was shoved into the family."

Hua Kai couldn't stand it anymore: "Auntie, what you said is hurtful. What's wrong with the countryside? When Yi Fan and I were doing business, we made it clear that we wouldn't use relatives. We were just afraid of nepotism. Although my family is in the countryside, my parents are very respectable people. Of course, they love me too, so they won't cause me any trouble or make things difficult for me."