Ye Linchen's words put Ye Linnan and Ye Linbei at ease.
The two stopped trying to persuade Ye Linchen and headed home with the chicken soup.
On the way back, the two brothers were still discussing what Ye Linchen had just said.
“Sister is right.” Ye Linbei sighed. “That’s just how Mom is. She gives you a sweet treat, and then she’ll follow it with a big stick. If we give in this time, it will never end. Who knows what she’ll ask for next? If we don’t agree, she’ll make even more of a fuss.”
Ye Linnan hummed in agreement.
He's rather honest and straightforward; he genuinely hoped his sister could have a taste of the chicken soup.
But his sister's words suddenly woke him up.
Yes, home is a quagmire for my sister.
She finally managed to climb out, how could they pull her back?
When the two opened the door, Meng Xueyun was sitting at the dining table, listening intently to the sounds outside.
As her two sons entered, her gaze fell directly on the thermos in Ye Linbei's hand.
She originally thought that sending her two sons would definitely get the chicken soup out.
No matter how cold-blooded and ruthless Ye Linchen is, he should accept this bucket of chicken soup for his younger brother's sake.
When she saw the thermos in Ye Linbei's hand, she was stunned for a moment.
Is this confiscation?
However, she immediately realized that Ye Linchen must have left the soup behind and brought the bucket back.
That's good, it'll be more convenient to bring the soup over next time.
She immediately smiled and asked, "Did your sister drink the soup and then ask you to bring the bucket back?"
These self-deceiving words wore away Ye Linbei's last bit of patience.
He slammed the thermos onto the table.
"Soup? Mom, what are you thinking? My sister didn't even let us in the door! She was standing there, and when she saw us with the bucket, she said no."
"She also said that if we ever send her anything again, she'll pretend she doesn't know me!"
In order to completely extinguish Meng Xueyun's hopes, Ye Linbei deliberately exaggerated Ye Linchen's words.
He no longer wanted to be his mother's mouthpiece and tool, and he didn't want to see his sister in such a difficult situation anymore.
"What?" Meng Xueyun jumped to her feet. "That girl really said that? She doesn't even recognize you anymore?"
"Yes! That's what we said!"
"She's gone too far! She's really defied the heavens!" Meng Xueyun was trembling with anger.
My good intentions were completely wasted on that brat!
She felt both wronged and angry.
Even if she made mistakes in the past, she hasn't truly corrected them now, so why can't Ye Linchen give her a chance?
After Meng Zihan and Meng Xuejun ran off with all her money to Gangcheng, she was genuinely scared and began to reflect on her actions.
In the dead of night, she lay in bed with Ye Zhenghua, who was snoring incessantly and half-dead after suffering a stroke, next to her. She tossed and turned, wondering what she had gained in her life.
She gave all her love to her niece from her maternal family, only to raise a treacherous and ungrateful child.
She treated her own daughter like a beast of burden, like trash that could be sacrificed at any time, and as a result, she destroyed the only blood tie she had left.
She regretted it.
When she saw Ye Linchen again at the police station, an idea suddenly came to her mind.
That girl was her biological daughter, the closest person to her in this world besides her two sons.
They should be like mothers and daughters everywhere, living in harmony and happiness, with loving mothers and filial children.
This pot of chicken soup was made by her own hands, after she had put aside decades of prejudice and harshness.
She admitted she had been a terrible person in the past, and she was trying to make amends with some inspirational quotes. Ye Linchen was sure he would understand her good intentions.
But reality gave her a resounding slap in the face.
Her attempt to make amends was swiftly and decisively rejected.
"Alright, alright!" she waved her hand impatiently at her two sons. "I know! You've all grown up and think you're all independent! Go back to your rooms and study. Just looking at you two annoys me!"
Ye Linnan and Ye Linbei felt as if they had been granted a pardon. They exchanged a glance and quickly slipped into their room, closing the door tightly behind them.
Only Meng Xueyun and Ye Zhenghua remained in the living room.
Meng Xueyun plopped back into her chair, picked up the thermos on the table, and wanted to throw it on the ground, but she couldn't bear to part with the chicken soup inside and the decent-quality thermos.
If it really breaks, you'll have to spend money to buy a replacement.
She unscrewed the lid of the bucket, and a rich aroma wafted out.
The fragrance did not improve her mood; instead, it seemed to mock her wishful thinking, making her even more irritable.
She picked up a rag and wiped the table haphazardly, making the tabletop creak.
Ye Zhenghua, who had been slumped in his chair without making a sound, was annoyed by her commotion.
He has difficulty speaking now, uttering each word slowly and unclearly.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked with difficulty. "Can't you just calm down?"
Meng Xueyun had nowhere to vent her anger, and hearing these words was like finding an outlet.
She slammed the rag she was holding onto the table, turned around, and yelled at Ye Zhenghua, "I'm going crazy? Can't I go crazy? Ye Zhenghua, tell me, how could that brat be so heartless?"
"We are her biological parents after all! What parents in this world are perfect? We were wrong, but don't we want to make up with her now?"
"And she's doing this to me! Saying that she'll transfer all the money we spent on her back to us, and then we'll be even! What kind of daughter is that?"
The more she spoke, the angrier and more aggrieved she became, her eyes even reddening. "Today I sent Lin Nan and Lin Bei over, just to give her a way out, and also to give myself a way out! And what happened? She doesn't even want to acknowledge her younger brother anymore! She's cutting all ties with our Ye family!"
Ye Zhenghua rolled his eyes, his gaze full of sarcasm.
He ignored Meng Xueyun's complaints and, with all his might, asked the question that had been nagging at him, word by word:
"Tell me honestly, why did you suddenly want to find that girl again?"
Meng Xueyun paused for a moment, avoiding Ye Zhenghua's direct gaze, and stubbornly explained, "Why would I? It's just that I feel sorry for her, a girl all alone out there, it's not easy for her! No matter what, being all alone, how can it be more comfortable than being at home?"
Ye Zhenghua let out a cold laugh, his face clearly saying "I don't believe it."
His expression completely enraged Meng Xueyun.
"Why are you looking at me like that!" she shouted. "I'm telling the truth! What happened with Meng Zihan made me see things for who they really are! My dear niece is an ungrateful wretch! I treat her like my own daughter, and she's just playing me for a fool!"
"Looking back now, how many things were stirred up by her whispering in my ear?"
"Take Xiaochen's college entrance exam for example. If she hadn't been telling me every day that the family couldn't afford to support two college students, and that Xiaochen's grades weren't good enough to pass the exam, and that there was no need to spend money on her, would I have been so blinded by greed as to do such a stupid thing?"
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