Chapter 54: Woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, you're going on a date with me, but you're not coming either? ...

Jiang Hao was secretly looking at the boy next to him.

"You are not the same as before."

The three people in the car were silent, which made him feel awkward, so he had to find a topic to talk about. After he started talking, he found that the topic was not that relevant.

Xiao Wu thoughtfully replied, "What's the difference?"

Jiang Hao: "He used to talk a lot. He was very talkative."

In the past, when Ye Man was at his house, he didn't need to find topics to talk about. As long as Ye Man was there, there would never be a dull moment.

Xiao Wu wasn't that deeply touched, he just smiled and said "Really?"

In his opinion, his young master is quite lively. If he doesn't speak now, it means he is not in the mood to talk and doesn't want to pay attention to people. What else could that mean?

There are some other differences that Jiang Hao did not mention.

He stole another glance at the other man.

He knew Ye Man was good-looking. His mother had taken him in at that time and asked him to help take orders and collect money when she was busy. When he and a few friends came back from playing ball, Ye Man sat behind the cashier. He was very clean and white. He couldn't come up with a specific adjective, but he knew that if she looked up at him, he would stand there for a long time.

His best friend secretly asked him: "Where did you steal this from, rich young master?"

This was of course a joke.

Ye Man is two years older than Jiang Hao, but he is thin and frail, younger than he looks. When his friends come to eat with him, they like to give him some snacks such as chocolate and cookies, and Ye Man always smiles sweetly at them.

His buddies all liked Ye Man very much, and Ye Man was really a nice person, so Jiang Hao himself couldn't understand why he disliked him so much at that time.

Half an hour later, the car drove into a street that Jiang Hao was familiar with.

The small shop of only about ten square meters appeared in front of us. A middle-aged woman was standing at the door. She was wearing a light-colored sweater dress, had thick eyebrows, big eyes, high cheekbones, and a tall and strong body. She looked ferocious at first glance.

Seeing the dazzlingly shiny car driving into this old street, he came forward with shining eyes and a loud voice: "My Jiang Hao said that Xiaoman has become rich, and I thought he was stupid because of the exam, but it turns out to be true!"

"Xiaoman, come quickly——"

The car door opened and the first thing that appeared was the blind stick.

Next came the blind boy with a dignified and calm temperament.

"Auntie Wang, long time no see." He smiled quietly.

......

"Oh my God, it's terrible--" The trash can was half filled with tissues. Wang Ling held a newly opened pack of tissues in her hand, picked up the kettle and filled it with water, then hugged her head with Ye Man and cried bitterly: "It's so pitiful, Xiao Man, your father is really not a human being!"

Ye Man tearfully took a tissue from Wang Ling's tissue drawer. He had just mentioned that his eyes were damaged, and hadn't said anything further, although there wasn't much else to say.

Arriving at a familiar environment and seeing a familiar scene, Jiang Hao relaxed a lot and skillfully added water for the two people.

Xiao Wu was stunned watching from the side.

The system was so shocked that it was speechless. It didn't expect to see this scene when it arrived at Jiang's house.

Father Jiang was the chef of the Jiang family. When he received a call from his son and heard that Ye Man was coming, he began to work in the kitchen. Hearing the thunderous cry, he looked over and angrily knocked the iron pot with his spoon: "Oh! How could it be so miserable!"

Jiang Hao rolled his eyes and felt that these three looked like a family.

Maybe this is why he didn't like Ye Man before. He always felt that when Ye Man came, he was excluded from this family.

"Mom, that's enough. I'll take Ye Man to his room to have a look."

Wang Ling blew her nose hard, "Yes, I almost forgot. Xiaoman, you left without saying a word last time, and you didn't take anything with you. Jiang Hao said your family came to pick you up, and you didn't want these things anymore, but I thought that in case there was something important in them, I didn't let you throw them away, and I packed them all up for you. We are not moving away, but I wanted you to come and see if there is anything you want to keep among these things, so that you don't throw away anything important."

Jiang Hao turned his head slightly and glanced at Ye Man awkwardly. Ye Man did not express any surprise, which made him feel relieved but also a little lonely.

"Thank you, Aunt Wang. Jiang Hao and I will go to the back to take a look."

Ye Man stood up with his cane. Jiang Hao nervously tried to pull his hand: "I'll help you."

Ye Man hid for a moment, "No need, just go on your way."

The inn has a front-storey and back-living space. The back is not very spacious, and only three rooms can be separated out. Two of them are bedrooms, and one was originally a storage room, which was later cleaned up and given to Ye Many to live in.

After Ye Man left, this place turned back into a storage room. He put his pile of things in a corner and packed them in a bag.

Ye Man didn't have much stuff, just a few pieces of clothes and some miscellaneous daily necessities. He didn't have anything important, so in order not to disappoint Wang Ling, he came over to take a look.

He squatted on the ground, picked and chose from the pile of things, and took out a paper box full of chocolate wrappers.

Jiang Hao stood at the door looking at him cautiously, wanting to help, but was rejected by Ye Man.

Xiao Wu stayed outside at the moment, and Ye Man didn't let him come over.

"Ye Man, I'm sorry about what happened before." Jiang Hao said.

The reason why Jiang Hao didn't dare to look for Ye Man was because he had done something very bad to her before.

In addition, the other party's status and position are different now. If Ye Man is not doing well, he can still send some money to help him out, but the other party has nothing to lack now.

"I didn't really want to chase you away that day, I was just thinking..."

"I think since I have nowhere to go anyway, I will have to come back in shame the next day, right?" Ye Man continued calmly.

His eyes were clearly blind, but Jiang Hao didn't dare look directly into his eyes.

Ye Man stood up and walked slowly, carefully, but steadily.

He came in front of Jiang Hao, tilted his head, and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth.

His smile was always sweet and harmless, but this time it was a smile full of malice.

"You hate me, I know," he whispered.

Jiang Hao's eyes widened and he shouted in panic, "I didn't!"

"Do you know why I know this?" Ye Man ignored him and said to himself, "Because I did it on purpose. Haven't you noticed that you've been scolded more often since I came to your house?"

Jiang Hao always wanted to expose Ye Man's trick of pretending to be good, and wanted to tell his parents that this man was a little liar and that his words could not be believed. But his parents always just patted him on the back of the head twice, told him to read a book when he was free, and refused to believe him and drive this man away.

Ye Man: "I saw it all. Every time Aunt Wang hugged me and cried and praised me, you were standing by and glaring at me angrily. But you couldn't do anything about it. I am more obedient and sensible than you. If I don't make mistakes, your parents will like me more."

Jiang Hao opened his mouth in shock.

Every time Ye Man and Jiang Hao had a conflict, the Jiang couple would always protect Ye Man and teach Jiang Hao a lesson, which made Jiang Hao dislike Ye Man even more.

The last conflict was when Jiang's parents discussed using the money for Jiang Hao's basketball interest class to give to Ye Man to go to school.

Wang Ling gave Ye Man a new pencil case and encouraged him to study hard in the future.

After Jiang Hao found out about this, he rushed to find Ye Man, snatched the pencil case away, threw it into the trash can, and said some very unpleasant words.

He was just too angry at the time, thinking that Ye Man had nowhere else to go anyway...

Ye Man ran away that day.

He actually won't go to school, he has no time, he has debts to pay. But Jiang Hao doesn't know.

Ye Man thought that Jiang Hao would be very angry after he told him the truth, but for some reason, he just said sorry to him.

After the system heard what he had said, it went berserk in his mind. Ye Man didn't quite understand why it was so angry.

"Jiang Hao is a fool. I always secretly instigate him to make mistakes. He is the one who is often beaten at home."

System: "If that's the case, then why did you run away from here?"

Since he was the winner, he could just run back and cry about Jiang Hao bullying him and losing his pencil case. Then the Jiang couple would definitely give Jiang Hao a good scolding, and maybe even deduct a week's pocket money from him and ban him from watching cartoons for a month.

When the system asked this question, Ye Man, who was full of fighting spirit, instantly became depressed.

“Because I realized something at that time.”

"What's going on?" the system asked.

"Jiang Hao made so many mistakes that every time Uncle Jiang and Aunt Wang got so angry that they beat him on the butt with a broomstick..."

Ye Man snapped his fingers.

"But they never thought of giving up on him."

"I don't think there will be any in the future."

Even though Ye Man acted like a perfect child with no flaws, it didn't help.

No one really cares whether he does a good job or not.

He woke up after being blown by the cold wind.

The moment he figured it out, his mood calmed down, and he felt a little bored and frustrated.

So Ye Man left.

It's not all because of Jiang Hao.

He never bothered with idiots, some children's tricks were over. He had not used Jiang Hao's tricks since he was five years old.

......

On the way back, Wang Ling was still holding Xiao Wu and crying, saying how difficult it was for Ye Man to be such a child.

The version she told completely stupefied Xiao Wu.

I thought to myself that the story I heard about the young master wasn't this version.

A scumbag father who abandoned his wife and children, a seriously ill grandmother, a foolish sister...what the hell are these?

When Ye Man heard Aunt Wang talking to Xiao Wu about this, her face immediately turned red. She walked over and called out "Aunt Wang" embarrassedly, interrupting their conversation.

Aunt Wang finally stopped crying at the top of her lungs, but she could only hear a series of "woo-wah, woo-wah, woo-wah" sounds from a whistle in her head.

Ye Man: “…”

The system choked up: "Don't bother me, I'll keep my voice down so as not to disturb you, woo woo woo woo woo——"

All right.

At the dinner table, the Jiang family of three sat with Ye Man for the first time in a long time, eating and chatting.

Halfway through the meal, Aunt Wang talked about the version of the story that Ye Man had made up before. Ye Man finally couldn't help but whispered to Wang Ling: "Aunt Wang, actually that was all fake. I lied to you..."

"Well, haha, I guess so... Hey, don't just eat vegetables, daddy should give him some meat!"

Ye Man raised his head blankly.

Wang Ling picked up some food for him and told him to stop standing there and eat. "I had just finished watching that drama a week before you came to my restaurant. Half of what you said was the same as in the drama, and the other half was also seen by me a month later."

Ye Man was dumbfounded. He had always thought he acted well.

Wang Ling poked his head and rolled her eyes: "Who do you think is a fool?"

It was such a cold day, and a child appeared at the doorstep and said he wanted to work for them. Well, there was no need for so many words.

This stupid kid didn't get here by trickery.

"I'm such a grown-up, how could I be fooled by a kid like you?" Wang Ling puffed out her chest proudly.

Uncle Jiang: "If it weren't for the fact that our family only has a small shop and rents a house, we really don't have much spare money. Otherwise, well... I won't say more, it's fate that we met!"

It wasn't that Ye Man was playing tricks on people, he just met a kind-hearted person.

The burden on my heart seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind.

Ye Man pursed his lips and inexplicably felt like crying.

I held back again.

It was rare that he couldn't say anything to liven up the atmosphere, so he just lowered his head sullenly and ate his rice with his bowl in hand.

In the blink of an eye, tears fell into the bowl.

"Brother Tong..." he sobbed and called out at a loss.

“Wow, wow, wow, wow—”

Ye Man held back her tears.

Why hasn’t it finished sounding the alarm yet?

Xiao Wu: “Wow wow wow wow wow——”

Ye Man: "Xiao Wu, you......?"

Why is he so quiet?

Ye Man didn't like to talk anymore. No one from the Jiang family was surprised or asked any questions. They just ate and chatted, occasionally talking to Ye Man. Ye Man was not enthusiastic and just responded with "hmm" and "ah". No one said anything.

"Now that you have a place to stay, Auntie Wang is relieved. Otherwise, if you left without saying anything, I would be worried about you. I can't let you starve in our store. If you go somewhere else, what if you are not treated well? You can leave if you say you want to. Just say it. I don't have much money. Auntie will put a few thousand yuan in your pocket. You can use it to get by!"

Jiang Hao buried his head lower and lower.

It was around five o'clock.

The Jiang family's train was at ten o'clock. They had a lot of stuff with them, and it took them half the city to get to the train station. It was also the evening rush hour and there were a lot of activities going on in the shopping malls in the Christmas trade center, so the traffic was extremely congested. So the Jiang family decided to leave early.

It’s time for Ye Man to leave as he has an appointment.

He suddenly wanted to see his living ancestor more than ever, for no reason at all.

Father Jiang took out his cell phone and shouted, "My order has been cancelled. The driver said he can't come!"

They ordered a small loaf of bread in advance to pull things out.

Jiang Hao quickly took out his cell phone to call a taxi again, but no result was forthcoming.

Xiao Wu: "Today is Christmas, and the cars are probably all going to the commercial center. There are a lot of people there, but there may be cars here. Seeing that you are going to pass a particularly congested road, I am afraid that if you get in, you will not be able to get out for several hours. I don't want to accept your order."

There were few cars nearby, and the few that were there were unwilling to pick them up.

Father Jiang was a little anxious: "What should we do? We won't be able to catch the bus!"

Xiao Wu: "We can help you arrange a car here. If you can't catch up, we can change the ticket or buy a new one... Master Xiaoman, what do you think?"

Ye Man nodded and comforted them not to worry.

He could afford several tickets now, but the Jiang couple insisted that he not buy any.

Wang Ling: "You are a little kid, don't spend your money recklessly, save it for yourself to buy something delicious. Look how thin you are!"

Ye Man has gained a lot of weight compared to before, but in Wang Ling's eyes he is still pitifully thin. She only knows that Ye Man is rich, but it is difficult for her to understand to what extent.

"Not thinner anymore, I've gained a lot of weight." Ye Manyi said with a smile.

There is a solution. At worst, it won't be a big deal to change the visa. At worst, I can't leave today and have to leave tomorrow. It will cost a few dollars, and Ye Man is willing to pay for it.

The Jiang couple were still extremely anxious, as if the sky would fall if they couldn't catch this train.

The system didn't understand and thought things were very simple. There was no point in them getting anxious, but Ye Man could understand the feeling of the sky falling and people feeling like they couldn't survive because of a small thing.

Xiao Wu made a few phone calls and asked for a car to come over, but the road was so congested that no car could grow wings and fly over.

Time passes by.

"Current time: 18:32"

It was a full half hour late for the meeting time that Ye Man and Huo Zuzong had agreed to meet.

It takes about an hour to get to Red Maple Mountain from here.

Ye Man took out her cell phone and sent a message to her living ancestor. She hugged her red scarf and said to Xiao Wu, "You take Uncle Jiang and the others to the train station. I'll wait for the train here."

Xiao Wu: "Master Xiaoman, can you handle this alone?"

Ye Man: "I'm not going anywhere. I'll just sit at the door. It's okay. Besides, I was blind before I went back to Chi's house. I went to the hospital alone, got a disability certificate, and did a lot of things. It's really nothing."

Since he said so, Xiao Wu could only listen to his boss.

The Jiang family tried to push Ye Man away, but in the end they were no match for Ye Man, who always had a way of convincing people and making them do what he wanted.

Xiao Wu called the Chi family's driver and told him about the situation. Fortunately, Ye Man's car had plenty of space, and the three members of the Jiang family squeezed in with their bags and parcels. There were still some things that could not be taken away, so Ye Man said he would send them the parcels later.

Wang Ling came over and hugged him: "Come to Xucheng when you have time in the future. Auntie Wang will treat you to a meal. Don't be shy. It's like coming home anytime."

Uncle Jiang also came over and hugged him, and everything was said without words.

Ye Man stood by and waited for them to move their luggage.

A call popped up on his cell phone, and the number the voice read out was one he was very familiar with.

He didn't dare to answer it. After hesitating for a long time, he finally picked up the phone.

"What do you mean when you say you can't come?" The man's voice was a little cold.

Ye Man rubbed the ground with his toes: "Something happened here, and I can't make it in time. I asked my brother what time he was going out. When I got to Red Maple Mountain, they were gone, so there was no need to go."

It's already past seven o'clock, almost half past midnight. He will reach Red Maple Mountain at the earliest by eight o'clock, and considering the journey up the mountain...it's already too late.

He stood by and made a phone call. Jiang Hao finished moving the luggage and looked at Ye Man.

She walked over and took out a pencil case from her bag: "Ye Man, I'm really sorry... This is your pencil case, I picked it up later."

"Jiang Hao! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"I'll be right there! Just one last sentence!" Jiang Hao responded and turned to look at the young man in front of him. His chest was shaking, making him a little dizzy.

His restless heartbeat urged him to take a step forward and hold his hand: "Ye Man, it took me a long time to figure it out. In fact, I don't hate you. I had feelings for you at the beginning-"

A hand reached out from nowhere and grabbed him.

The hand exerted great force. Jiang Hao's face was twisted in pain, his arm was nearly broken, and he couldn't even speak.

He looked behind Ye Man angrily: "Who?"

Ye Man's hands hanging at his sides were only a short distance away from him, but no matter how hard Jiang Hao struggled, he could not move forward an inch.

A familiar voice sounded from Ye Man's receiver and behind him at the same time:

“It has nothing to do with other people.”

He shook off Jiang Hao's hand and used some skill to force Jiang Hao to take several steps back.

The cold eyes looked at Jiang Hao with scrutiny.

The person held up a cell phone, and the voice came close to Ye Man's ears.

"It has nothing to do with your brother and Meng Yao." He calmed down his breath, "You're not going to come on a date with me?"

Ye Man turned his head blankly, his heart pounding.

"Living ancestor?"

"Ricardo."

"Ricardo..."

"Want to go out with me?"

The posture of those two people is too intimate.

Jiang Hao raised his voice and called out to Ye Man.

Ye Man turned his head to the other side.

He had a lot to say.

He leaned back, his back pressed against his chest, his hanging hands grasping a piece of clothing, gripping it tighter and tighter, his mind in a state of confusion, and he didn't have time to think carefully.

But he remembered promising that he couldn't lie.

"Yes." He answered in a low voice.