"No, this..."
Liu Meilan didn't expect that the first thing Ye Xue would talk about when she got home was this matter. She had done this very discreetly, and had Ye Xue hide in the house when she was doing it.
How could Ye Xue know?
The most important thing right now is to keep Ye Jian'an in the dark about this.
Otherwise, Ye Jian'an would beat her to death.
Thinking of this, Liu Meilan smiled sheepishly: "Xiaoxue, what nonsense are you talking about? Our family isn't rich or powerful, so why would anyone give us money?"
"No?"
Ye Xue looked incredulous, her face scrunched up as she stared intently at Liu Meilan.
Liu Meilan felt uneasy under her gaze and quickly stepped forward to tug at her sleeve, whispering, "Xiaoxue, don't be confused. If there's anything you want to know, you can just tell your mother. You don't need to try to trick me like this. It's impossible for your mother to take money and marry you off without your knowledge!"
As she spoke, she secretly tried to wink at Ye Xue behind Ye Jian'an's back.
The implication was that Ye Xue was referring to her marriage.
Ye Xue finally understood.
She guessed that something was not simple and must be related to Ye Yun. Feeling anxious, she grabbed Liu Meilan's hand and led her into the inner room.
"Okay, Mother, I happen to have some questions for you about daughters."
Liu Meilan quickly agreed.
The two walked into the inner room one after the other. When they passed Ye Jian'an, Liu Meilan pretended to be calm and smiled, explaining, "Look, our daughter is all grown up now. She has questions about girlish things to ask me. Don't eavesdrop, husband."
Ye Jian'an remained silent, his face grim.
Liu Meilan was left feeling awkward, but Ye Xue was very anxious and pulled her into the inner room.
Suddenly, Ye Jian'an spoke up from behind.
"Wait a minute."
The gloomy voice and displeased tone caused Ye Xue and Liu Meilan to unconsciously pause in their steps.
"Is there anything I, as your father, can't hear? Say it right here!"
Ye Jian'an wasn't stupid. Realizing something was wrong, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared sternly at Liu Meilan and Ye Xue.
His eyes looked very fierce.
The once arrogant Liu Meilan and willful Ye Xue, under his gaze, suddenly seemed like quails that had made a mistake, slowly lowering their heads as he stared at them.
The two were at a loss, holding hands and looking at each other, searching for a solution.
Ye Jian'an walked to the door of the main room, straightened his sleeves, closed the door with a creak, and bolted it shut.
Upon seeing this, Ye Xue's face trembled: "Father, you can say whatever you want, but why are you locking the door?"
Once the door was closed, the view inside the room became dim.
In the dim light, feelings of guilt were amplified many times over, and fear followed suit.
Liu Meilan shielded Ye Xue, and despite her anxiety, she mustered her courage to defend her, saying, "What are you doing? I was just having a girl's talk with my daughter, why did you close the door? Are you going to attack us?"
"Why are you taking action? Didn't you say that Xiaoxue was just talking about girly things?"
Ye Jian'an shifted his gaze to Ye Xue and pressed her for an answer, "Xiao Xue, tell me, when did you see your mother accept a hundred yuan from someone?"
Ye Xue wasn't stupid; she guessed that the hundred yuan was definitely being kept from Ye Jian'an.
Moreover, Ye Jian'an must not find out.
So she blurted out, "I must have misread it. Who would be so generous as to give someone a hundred yuan right away? I must have misread it!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Meilan followed up with a smile: "Others might have given me a dollar or two. Before, I was knitting sweaters for people and selling eggs. Maybe Xiaoxue saw it when I was selling eggs and mistook a one-cent note for a ten-yuan note."
"Shut up!"
Ye Jian'an was no longer a patient person and easily saw through the mother and son's pretense. He was so angry that he slammed his hand heavily on the table.
Bang!
The table trembled from being slammed, the loud noise startling the two of them.
Liu Meilan was most afraid of this.
Ever since Ye Jian'an slapped her, she has been traumatized and feels terrified whenever she sees Ye Jian'an angry.
Ye Xue was also brought back to her senses, and looked at Ye Jian'an's slap on the table with trepidation.
If that force had landed on her face, it would have definitely left her with a bruised and swollen face, a bleeding nose, and even knocked out two teeth.
"Xiaoxue, tell me honestly, when did you see your mother accept a hundred yuan from someone else?" Ye Jian'an took two steps forward and stared intently at Ye Xue.
Ye Xue bit her lip hard and subconsciously glanced at Liu Meilan beside her.
"Don't you dare look at your mother!"
Ye Jian'an shouted again, startling Ye Xue so much that her eyelids twitched violently, and she quickly withdrew her pleading gaze.
Now that things have come to this, in order to protect herself, she has no choice but to expose Liu Meilan.
But Liu Meilan gripped her hand tightly, her fingers trembling slightly, revealing just how terrified she was.
Ye Xue gritted her teeth and said without hesitation, "Last year, in April!"
What?
Liu Meilan's eyes widened.
Ye Xue continued, "Back then, a new primary school had just been built next to the school, and there was a shortage of teachers. People from the county came to the school to select outstanding students. If you were selected, you could go directly to the primary school as a teacher after training. It was a secure job after graduation!"
What? !
This time, Ye Jian'an's eyes widened in surprise.
Liu Meilan looked at Ye Xue in disbelief, and said tremblingly, "Xiao Xue, don't talk nonsense..."
She panicked, grabbing at Ye Xue and frantically slapping Ye Xue's arm: "Xiao Xue! Mother has never harmed you, you can't say things that could harm Mother!"
She used a bit too much force.
Ye Xue got annoyed by Liu Meilan's patting and was afraid that Ye Jian'an would get angry and take it out on her, so she pushed Liu Meilan away with one arm.
"Aren't you annoying?!"
Liu Meilan was pushed and stumbled, only regaining her balance after hitting the wall next to her.
She turned her head and looked at Ye Xue in disbelief, but Ye Xue still stared at her stubbornly with resentment and unwillingness in her eyes, which chilled Liu Meilan to the bone.
Looking at Ye Xue again, all that remained in her eyes was deep disappointment.
"Xiaoxue, I really didn't expect this..."
Snap!
Before she could finish speaking, she received a hard slap across the face.
"You!" Ye Jian'an was furious, his chest heaving. He pointed at her, his fingers trembling uncontrollably with rage, and gritted his teeth: "I had no idea that you had taken a hundred yuan from someone to harm Yun! Tell me! What exactly did you do to Yun!"
Liu Meilan stopped pretending this time.
She laughed, her face streaked with tears, and said, "I sold her student status! So what!"
Student registration? Sold?
When these two words were put together, Ye Jian'an was momentarily stunned and couldn't quite understand their meaning.
After a long while, everything suddenly went black before his eyes, and he fell backward violently!
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