Yu Jingchen spoke aggressively and domineeringly to Ye Qingcheng, but he miraculously stopped asking questions when Yu Shishu interrupted him. He seemed a little confused. He felt that he was doing it for Yu Shishu's own good, to help Yu Shishu pursue Ye Zhiwei, but in the end he angered Yu Shishu.
Yu Shishu said directly, "If you keep doing this, I won't go home anymore."
Yu Jingchen had to stop questioning Ye Qingcheng and turned to comfort Yu Shishu, "Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore."
Ye Qingcheng smiled and shook his head as he watched the way the two brothers got along: Although Yu Jingchen has a bad temper, he is really good to Yu Shishu.
With Yu Shishu present, Yu Jingchen became much quieter during dinner and did not continue to do anything to amuse Yu Shishu. Yu Shishu also remained quiet.
The lunch was mostly spent chatting between Yu's father and Ye Qingcheng. Ye Qingcheng had a glass or two of wine, but declined Yu's father's invitation to drink, citing recent health issues. After finishing his wine, he brewed some tea, gave Yu Jingchen a few pointers in a professional manner, and then politely said "we'll have the opportunity to cooperate" before leaving.
The driver parked the car outside the Yu family's gate. Yu Guochang and his two brothers personally saw Ye Qingcheng off. As if remembering something, Ye Qingcheng patted Yu Jingchen on the shoulder before leaving and said with a smile, "Jingchen, sometimes matters of the heart don't have to be as utilitarian as you think. It doesn't have to be about matching social status and mutual benefit. You should go and have a relationship based on mutual affection."
Yu Jingchen scoffed inwardly, seemingly dismissing Ye Qingcheng's claim of mutual affection. But even though their conversation had ended rather unpleasantly, Yu Jingchen still politely replied to Ye Qingcheng, "I will."
He maintained proper etiquette on the surface, then glanced back at Yu Shishu, who insisted on coming out to see Ye Qingcheng off, and sighed heavily.
Ye Qingcheng got into the car.
He hadn't drunk alcohol in a long time, and had just had two drinks with Yu Guochang. Unexpectedly, he found himself unable to hold his liquor. He chuckled self-deprecatingly: "It's been a long time since I've drunk alcohol, and I'm definitely getting worse. I don't know if it's because I can't hold my liquor or because my body is weak."
A love affair where both parties are mutually attracted.
Ye Qingcheng thought of his deceased wife, He Yingqing.
He Yingqing's family situation was not good, but she herself was very inspiring. She should be considered one of the few girls Ye Qingcheng saw who broke into the big city from a small town and stood out from a group of female students with good resources and good families.
She knew her circumstances weren't great, but she worked harder than anyone else to pursue everything she wanted. Ye Qingcheng thought it was He Yingqing's indomitable spirit that won him over.
He Yingqing is very beautiful, famously so. During their student days, Ye Qingcheng had a separate circle with some boys from wealthy and powerful families. Besides talking about entrepreneurship and the future, they would sometimes talk about women. After discussing the rich and beautiful girls in their circle, they would start talking about the pretty girls from average families in school.
Whenever this type of girl is mentioned, some of them sigh: "What a pity, if my family were better off, I would have pursued her."
Ye Qingcheng usually just smokes silently at this time.
But he still pursued He Yingqing later.
Everyone felt that He Yingqing was not good enough for Ye Qingcheng, but only Ye Qingcheng felt that he was not good enough for He Yingqing. His late wife was bold, courageous, and insightful. She knew that Ye Qingcheng's family owned a technology company and had always admired him. At that time, China's chip technology was not advanced enough, and many products were imported. She also had her own ambition: to devote herself to chip research.
He Yingqing's ideas are sometimes very idealistic. They are not simply limited to what kind of person she wants to marry or what kind of life she wants to live. She always wants to do something of value.
The Ye family was in a period of transformation at the time. They originally planned to simply invest in the mobile phone manufacturing industry. It was she who kept persuading Ye Qingcheng to refine and perfect the chip technology. If they had such technology in their hands and were at the forefront, then when they developed the mobile phone manufacturing industry, they would not have to worry about other industries not being able to develop.
After Ye Qingcheng and He Yingqing got married, many of the group's development suggestions came from He Yingqing.
This allowed the Ye family, which had been on a downward spiral, to escape death and return to the peak of their business.
He Yingqing couldn't provide Ye Qingcheng with material resources such as funds and connections, but she provided him with a lot of intellectual support. Ye Qingcheng doted on his deceased wife, and He Yingqing had a great temperament. She didn't need to make much effort to help people get rid of her narrow-minded views about her humble background and quickly entered the social circle. She was generous, proper, and knew how to conduct herself appropriately.
Unfortunately, beauty is often envied by fate.
He Yingqing's health wasn't very good, especially after the unplanned pregnancy. Ye Qingcheng was initially worried that the child would make He Yingqing's health worse and suggested that she have an abortion. However, the doctor told Ye Qingcheng that having an abortion would cause even greater harm to He Yingqing's body.
Ye Qingcheng could only take good care of his wife, but He Yingqing still passed away not long after the child was born.
Initially, Ye Qingcheng had mixed feelings about the child. He felt that the child's birth had caused his wife's health to deteriorate and eventually lead to her death. However, on the other hand, he loved the child very much because it was the crystallization of his and his wife's love.
He couldn't let go of the grief for a long time. To prevent himself from doing anything extreme, he devoted a lot of energy to the Ye family business. He knew that his late wife always wanted to make the company the best it could be. He single-handedly made the Ye Group a leader in the industry. He became busier and busier, and he grew more and more distant from his daughter. Although his love and concern for his child deepened over time, the father and daughter still drifted apart. Ye Qingcheng no longer knew how to communicate with his child.
As life took an increasingly worse turn, Ye Qingcheng met Song Min.
Song Min seemed to become a substitute for He Yingqing, comforting Ye Qingcheng.
Ye Qingcheng didn't marry Song Min because he fell in love with her, but because she resembled He Yingqing from certain angles. He Yingqing was very beautiful, and Song Min was also very beautiful. And beautiful women always have some similarities. Sometimes Ye Qingcheng would stare at Song Min in a daze.
Song Min's circumstances were terrible, and Ye Qingcheng thought of He Yingqing's less-than-ideal upbringing.
Finally, Ye Qingcheng spent more and more time looking at Song Min, and he eventually married her. However, he told Song Min everything, including his reasons for marrying her, and that even if he married her, he would only ensure she had enough to eat and wear, and that everything in the Ye family would be left to Ye Zhiwei.
Song Min was weak-willed and easy to control. She agreed to all his requests. This woman just wanted to find someone to rely on and escape her misery. Moreover, even though Ye Qingcheng was not young, he was still handsome and steady, which was much better than many of the men who pursued Song Min.
The two reached an agreement: he would marry Song Min to fill the void in his heart, and Song Min would marry him without expecting anything that didn't belong to her.
However, after making the decision on his own and telling Ye Zhiwei about it, Ye Qingcheng noticed Ye Zhiwei's distant and somewhat gloomy gaze. Only then did he realize that he had neglected to discipline his daughter, and the gap between him and his daughter was widening.
He always wanted to make amends.
He has finally let go of the past and only hopes for his daughter's happiness.
Ye Qingcheng smiled as he thought of the happy and sweet way his daughter and Jiang Jianian looked together, and then picked up his phone to call Jiang Jianian.
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