"Alright! Alright! I saw you were in a bad mood and wanted to tease you a bit! Why are you getting more and more sentimental!"
Night Cat glanced at Ye Linyan, who looked listless, and decided not to argue with him anymore.
"Let's leave today. Uncle Lin has already made arrangements, and someone will meet us!"
Just as the night owl was about to get up, something occurred to her, and she pulled a folded piece of paper from her pocket:
"Hey! Your love letter!"
Ye Linyan stared at the paper for a moment before taking it.
Unfolding it revealed the words he had written to Xu Nuo, the most frequently repeated phrase being those two words:
'wait for me!'
Upon seeing the letter again, Ye Linyan found it amusing.
"What's with that expression? It's a fake smile! Xu Nuo, let me return this to you for him. I brought it!"
Night Owl couldn't understand why Xu Nuo, who clearly treasured this piece of paper so much, wanting to take it out and look at it dozens of times a day, would entrust it to him on the night before he left.
If you haven't received news of my death, please return this to my brother and tell him that I asked you to return it to him!
If I die, burn this letter for me!
These were the words Xu Nuo had said to him. Ye Mao didn't understand the meaning behind Xu Nuo's actions, but he still handed the letter to Ye Linyan as instructed.
"The hibiscus of yesteryear is now a withered weed!"
Ye Linyan looked at his notes on the paper and read a sentence aloud softly.
"What do you mean? Can you say something I can understand? Are you trying to show off your education?"
Night Owl scratched his head. What he hated most was when people talked to him like that. He knew what each word meant, but when put together, he couldn't understand it at all!
"You educated people, always spouting this useless stuff! Just say what you want to say! Why do we have to guess?"
Ye Linyan chuckled self-deprecatingly, then pulled the paper apart slightly with his hands.
Hiss............Hiss....................
The paper was slowly torn apart, becoming two pieces... four pieces... eight pieces...
When there were no more scraps to tear, Ye Linyan waved his hand, scattering all the pieces of paper in his hand.
"You, how could you tear it........."
Night Cat was a little angry for Xu Nuo. Such a precious thing of Xu Nuo's had been torn up so easily by Ye Linyan. Her tone changed.
"I used to think that Xu Nuo was extremely dependent on me, that she couldn't do without me..."
Ye Linyan looked at the scraps of paper scattered on the ground and said to himself:
“He would grab my sleeve and cry. Before, he would always say to me, ‘Brother, don’t abandon me!’ I always told him that he was a burden!”
"Hold!"
Hearing this, Night Owl scoffed dismissively:
"He's a burden! Lin Yan, get this straight, open your eyes and look carefully. Without Xu Nuo, would you be where you are today? Without all that he's done for you, you'd be nothing!"
Night Owl's words did not stir any emotion in Ye Linyan; he simply replied calmly:
You're right.
Ye Linyan's calmness surprised Night Cat.
"He said, 'I gave him all my bad temper, and he gave me all his good temper!' Only today do I understand what he meant!"
Ye Linyan simply sat there quietly, staring at the scraps of paper scattered on the ground, calmly narrating.
"I always thought I was more capable than him, and that he couldn't do anything right without me! Turns out, all those thoughts were just wishful thinking on my part!"
Ye Linyan gave a self-deprecating laugh: "I don't even have the most basic ability to protect him!"
Night Cat originally wanted to have a serious talk with Ye Linyan about how much he had sacrificed for him over the years, but after hearing what he said, there was no need. Ye Linyan already knew all too well!
Suddenly, Ye Linyan turned to the night cat and asked:
Am I ridiculous?
"It's alright~"
Night Owl touched his nose, puzzled as to why Ye Linyan suddenly asked that question.
"My company was shut down because of him! I thought about it for two days and figured out why he did it!" Ye Linyan turned around, lowered his eyes, and chuckled softly.
"I even thought I was pretty smart!"
"I've figured out the truth behind the car accident! I want to take him away from this place of trouble! I naively thought that he didn't want to go abroad to study because he didn't want to leave my side!"
Ye Linyan paused for a moment, sighed softly, and then continued:
“I thought about it for a long time before I made this decision! I will go with him. I came here to find him, take him abroad, keep him by my side, and protect him!”
Looking at Ye Linyan's forlorn figure, Night Cat suddenly felt less annoyed with him.
"It's ridiculous! Even now when I think about it, I find it laughable!"
"Actually, he shot you to save you!" Night Cat originally didn't want to tell him about the plan he and Xu Nuo had discussed, but seeing Ye Linyan's expression, she felt that he would find out sooner or later anyway, so she might as well just tell him directly!
"I'm not stupid, I know!"
Ye Linyan gave a bitter smile:
"His claim of wanting to kill me was false! Everything else was true! He said it himself!"
"What's true? He never tells the truth, and you still believe him!"
Night Owl picked up the cigarette next to Ye Linyan. Although he didn't like smoking it, there was really nothing else around.
He likes to speak directly and dislikes the way Ye Linyan speaks the most.
"It's true, he's cooperating with Nan Qing'an to bring down the Ye family!"
When I was in Yuncheng, I thought his purpose in doing this was to drag Yezhen into the mess, shift the blame onto him, and clear the way for me!
But I was wrong! It wasn't for me; he stopped needing me a long time ago!
He's no longer the boy who would just grab my sleeve and cry...
He never thought about coming with me, nor did he ever think about being with me! It was all just my own wishful thinking…
"I used to think he was living under my protection, but now I realize that's not true! His abilities far surpass mine! I was so foolish, so stupid! I even thought I could control him! Actually, I... am nothing..."
"He planned all of this from the beginning, and then watched me being completely fooled by him..."
"What did he do to you? Come on! Tell me!"
Night Owl leaned against the door, wondering why Ye Linyan had thought of this place again, and felt a little resentful.
"My surname is also Ye!"
Ye Linyan stood up and looked at Ye Mao: "The car accident was orchestrated by the Ye family. He found out long ago! He didn't tell you, did he?"
"The Ye family has a blood feud with him for killing his father, and he has long been plotting how to take revenge!"
"I was so stupid to come looking for him, wanting to run away with him! Isn't that ridiculous?"
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