20 Chapter 20
◎I'm afraid that I might lose control, get carried away, and make a big mistake with you.◎
In response to Yang Xueyi's questioning, Ms. Yang Meiying's answer was as despairing as a template for a collection of wrong questions.
"Yes, I gave it to him. Something happened at his family's house, and he can't live in the villa anymore. I was just about to tell you."
"Then let him stay in a hotel!"
"How can you stay in a hotel permanently? It's so cold and indifferent," Yang Meiying said matter-of-factly. "Besides, hotels are too expensive. Xiaoyun probably doesn't have that much money right now."
"Besides, I'm not letting him live there for free. I'm asking him for rent, but I can give him a slight discount."
Ms. Yang Meiying argued, "Rather than leaving our new house idle, we'd rather rent it to him. Xiaoyun knows him well and has good cleanliness habits. We don't have to worry about him dirtying or damaging the house. Besides, it's only a few minutes' walk from his hospital, so it's very convenient for him."
"Now his family has been in trouble, and he can't go back to the villa. He has to rent a place outside. He is all alone and helpless. I have taken care of him for more than ten years. He is like a half son to me. I can't bear it."
Yang Xueyi was so angry that she almost laughed at her own mother's theory of having both a son and a daughter.
Ms. Yang Meiying was adamant: "Besides, how does his living here bother you? Don't you live in the company dormitory? If you don't live there, I'll be working as a live-in nanny outside and won't live there. The house is vacant anyway."
Yang Meiying said cheerfully, "I was thinking of renting it to him. The rent can be used to subsidize you, so we won't have to worry about paying the mortgage so much, and you won't have to work so hard."
The plan sounds quite suitable, if Yang Xueyi didn't have nowhere to live...
But of course I couldn't let my mother know that I quit my job on impulse——
"Staff dormitories are now charging a fee! I want to move back to my new home!"
But Yang Xueyi didn't expect that even though she made up an excuse, Yang Meiying remained unmoved: "Isn't that better? You live in the master bedroom, and he lives in the guest bedroom."
"I'm worried about you living alone, so having him around is perfect. If anything happens, there's someone to look after you. It also saves you from living alone with a messy schedule and staying up late without anyone to look after you."
That’s even worse!
"I don't feel safe living with him!"
Yang Xueyi immediately launched into a barrage of insults, defaming Ying Yun's character: "I'm afraid he might do something bad to me! Mom, don't say anything. He definitely won't do that. You can't tell a person by their appearance. Can you guarantee that? What if he loses his mind one night?"
"Don't tell me anything. Just treat it like taking care of stray cats and dogs. Adopting stray cats and dogs requires sterilization. Can I confiscate Ying Yun's tools and have him sterilized?"
"He doesn't like me, but what if he covets my beauty? Men don't have that much self-control. I'm so beautiful and have a good figure. He's a normal man. Living with me every day, it's easy for him to succumb to my charm and be bewitched by me and lose his mind..."
In order to avoid living with Ying Yun, Yang Xueyi took advantage of Ying Yun being in the bathroom and spared no effort to distort the facts. She was so engrossed in the matter that she didn't notice that the sound of hair drying in the bathroom had stopped.
She was talking until her mouth was dry. When she looked up, she found that Ying Yun had walked out of the bathroom at some point. He was wearing home clothes and leaning against the wall. He looked at Yang Xueyi with deep eyes and expressionless face. She didn't know how long he had been listening.
"Yang Xueyi."
Now that the real owner had arrived, Yang Xueyi felt somewhat guilty. She desperately tried to shake off the horrific restricted scene she had just witnessed in the bathroom. She hung up the phone, not daring to look Ying Yun in the eye. She only shouted in a bluffing voice, "What are you doing?"
Although I didn't see Ying Yun, just by listening to his voice, I could imagine that this annoying guy must have a face full of sarcasm.
"Don't you think you should be the one to confiscate the tools used in the crime?"
This is simply unbelievable!
"What tools do I, a woman, have to commit a crime?"
The one who answered Yang Xueyi was Ying Yun's murderous voice: "Your eyes are your tools for committing crimes."
"What did you just see with those sinful eyes of yours, and you don't know it?"
Ying Yun sneered, "Your accusations against me are all groundless speculation, but my accusations against you are that you have succeeded. So who has ill intentions towards whom?"
"You were staring at my lower body, thinking I was blind and didn't see it?"
Ying Yun's voice was cold, but every word he said made Yang Xueyi want to beat him to death on the spot.
She stared at him down there?
What good thing is that? She wants to stare at it! She even wishes she was blind!
"Yang Xueyi, you stared at me when I was naked, and now that I'm dressed, you're still looking over there every now and then. Your criminal intent is completely obvious."
"Okay, okay, I'm a female pervert. I'm staring at you down there, so call the police!"
Yang Xueyi was furious: "Ying Yun! Do you understand the point? This is my home now! My house! What decent man would go to the home of a woman living alone to take a shower?"
Yang Xueyi's blood boiled, and her desire for revenge took over. "You should stop reading novels about female landlords falling for down-and-out male tenants. It'll spoil your brain! And they have bad intentions towards you? Can't you have a little self-awareness?"
After Yang Xueyi finished speaking, she actually regretted it.
Although this is a case of giving someone a taste of their own medicine, Ying Yun has just fallen into trouble after all, and saying this would be too much of a sore spot.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Ying Yun's face darkened: "I have a night shift today, so it's too late. I'll move out when I get back from get off work tomorrow."
"Aunt Yang told me that the house was empty, so I came here. If I had known you were here, I would never have come."
He obviously didn't want to chat with Yang Xueyi any more. After saying this, he picked up his things, slammed the door and left with a cold face.
**
Although they parted on bad terms, Yang Xueyi still felt relieved when she thought that Ying Yun would move out soon.
She looked at the time and remembered that Yang Meiying had just told her that she had forgotten a box of things in the nanny's room at Ying Yun's house, so she decided to go and move it out now.
After more than a month, Yang Xueyi entered the villa where she had lived for ten years again, feeling filled with emotion.
In just one month, the layout and decoration style of the villa have changed drastically.
Mrs. Ying originally liked the Nordic minimalist style, so the paintings hanging on the walls were all modern abstract paintings with a strong sense of design.
Now all the furniture in the house has been replaced with a gorgeous light French style, and the paintings on the walls have become colorful still life oil paintings.
Although Yang Xueyi never considered this place her home, she had lived here for ten years and had some feelings for it. She walked to the basement and found that the family photo wall hanging in the living room had also been replaced.
The photos of Ying Yun and his wife have been removed and turned into a background wall.
There was only a photo of Ying Yun and Mrs. Ying left on the coffee table in the study on the second floor, as if they had forgotten to clear it out.
The guilt that Yang Xueyi had just deliberately ignored came back.
At this moment, she realized very clearly that Ying Yun had no home.
Then I began to regret that I had just said something too harsh.
Just as Yang Xueyi was packing her mother's last suitcase in the nanny's room, she heard the sound of a car being locked in the underground garage. Then the basement door was opened and someone walked in.
"I don't know how she could be so shameless. She knew she wasn't giving birth to Ying Wenjun's child, yet she still shamelessly stayed by his side. Now she's finally stepped down and made way for someone more virtuous."
"That guy named Ying Yun? Does he even deserve the surname Ying? He's just a bastard of unknown origin. He was smart enough to leave on his own and not leave me in the way. Otherwise, what's wrong with him affecting my mood and harming my child? Can he afford to pay for it?"
"The roots of the Ying family are in my belly, so don't even think about getting a penny from that Ying Yun!"
…
The other party's tone could not hide the smugness of his villainy. He probably didn't expect that there was someone in the closed nanny's room. He spoke without restraint and chatted with the person on the other end of the phone for a few more words before taking the elevator upstairs.
It goes without saying who this person is.
Yang Xueyi waited for her to leave, thought for a while, secretly went upstairs, took the photo of Ying Yun and his mother from the study, then opened the door and left the Ying family villa with her mother's last box of luggage.
On the way home, looking at the photo of Ying Yun and Mrs. Ying, Yang Xueyi's regret reached its peak.
Hearing that Ying Yun is having a hard time and facing the reality of how difficult his situation is are two different things.
Although Yang Xueyi hated Ying Yun, she was not a cold-blooded person. She thought that the reason why this young master ran to live in her house was probably because he was kicked out of the villa and became homeless.
Mr. Ying was very proud of him in the past, but now he probably hates him just as much. After all, who can tolerate a product of betrayal reminding him of his failure all the time?
Ying Yun originally had a trust fund, but now I'm afraid Mr. Ying won't give him a penny...
but……
Although it was tragic, Ying Yun was a doctor, Yang Xueyi consoled herself, he also had a normal income, so he could always make ends meet despite the bumps and bruises, right?
Even if he doesn't live in his own house, he can definitely find a house to rent, at most it will be a little worse.
**
Yang Xueyi moved her mother's luggage back home and went to the nearby market to buy vegetables in a conflicted mood.
Then I unexpectedly met Ying Yun here again.
Could it be that after slamming the door and leaving his house, he had nowhere to go, so he kept wandering around the nearby vegetable market?
Although Ying Yun was wearing casual clothes and was no longer a favored child, he was still born with the temperament he had cultivated over the years. When he stood in the vegetable market, Ying Yun felt out of place, like a pearl covered in dust.
This vegetable market is a benchmark for new-era green vegetable markets in Rong City in recent years. It is rationally designed, clean and tidy, and the service provided by each vegetable shop is very considerate. In order to ensure the quality of vegetables, the owner will carefully select them every day, pick out the unfresh vegetables, and put them into the discounted vegetable box on the side.
Yang Xueyi sneaked closer and saw clearly what Ying Yun was buying.
He was actually buying vegetables from the discounted vegetable bin!
Most of these discounted vegetables are left over from the previous night or have suffered transportation damage. They are edible, but most of the leaves are shriveled and soft, and are on the verge of being rotten. Apart from filling the stomach, they have no taste at all. If they are left a day later, they will no longer be discounted and will have to be thrown away as kitchen waste.
Therefore, even if there is a discount, most people will give up after picking and choosing because of the quality of the dishes.
At this moment, Ying Yun didn't even bother to pick and choose. Yang Xueyi watched him as he directly grabbed all the stale vegetables in the discounted vegetable box and put them into his shopping bag!!!
He seemed to have found a treasure and accepted all the gifts that came his way!
In the past, Ying Yun would never eat unfresh vegetables. He would even only eat expensive organic vegetables that were available on the day of purchase...
How difficult was his life, that he had been reduced to buying stale discounted vegetables...
Is it because it is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal, and the doctor's salary has been squandered?
It has been more than a month since the incident in Ying Yun's family, but to be honest, judging from Ying Yun's appearance, he doesn't look that poor. He may be trying to save face and maintain a superficial appearance, but in fact he has been penniless for a long time.
Because of his outstanding appearance, many people in the market glanced at him. However, Ying Yun did all this with a very calm and composed expression. There was no shame or embarrassment on his face, nor was there any hiding from his downfall. He did everything naturally and smoothly, not afraid of other people's gazes at all...
If you put yourself in his shoes, even if it was Yang Xueyi, she might not be able to remain calm as Ying Yun in the same situation.
How long has he been buying discounted vegetables to develop his current composure?
Had he been living like this for the past month? So, practice makes perfect, and even buying discounted groceries has become so calm and unfazed by what others say...
Yang Xueyi was in a very complicated mood.
However, the night shift at Yingyun Hospital starts at 6 pm, and there is not much time left before the night shift starts. What can he do here by buying vegetables?
Instead, after a moment, Yang Xueyi understood why Ying Yun bought vegetables——
He carried a bag of vegetables and walked into a nearby hot pot restaurant.
This hotpot restaurant is quite famous and has made a name for itself in the hotpot world by allowing customers to bring their own vegetables.
The hot pot restaurant staff will help customers wash and arrange the vegetables they bring. Although there will be a service fee, the amount is not large. It is much more economical to bring your own vegetables than to order vegetables directly from the hot pot restaurant. The small hot pot base for one person is not that expensive, so even if you come alone, it is very economical and convenient.
Yang Xueyi watched Ying Yun calmly carry a large bag of discounted leftover vegetables into the hot pot restaurant, so Ying Yun...
Has it become so difficult?
I bought discounted vegetables that were about to rot, brought my own food, and went to eat a shabby hotpot for one person.
In order to maintain a good appearance, he spent all his salary and ended up cutting his own food rations to this extent?
But it's understandable. For a young master like Ying Yun, who had been rich for over twenty years, to suddenly show himself to be poor, it would definitely be difficult for him to accept it psychologically. So he had to grit his teeth to maintain his appearance, just like he would rather wear tattered socks and underwear full of patches and holes inside, and put on a brand-name jacket outside...
Through the glass window of the hot pot restaurant, Ying Yun's face was still handsome. From Yang Xueyi's perspective, she could see his straight nose and smooth jaw line. His slender white hands gently supported his forehead, and he still looked precious. Everything seemed unchanged, but in fact, everything had changed.
The waiter brought the menu, but he waved his hand to refuse.
Yang Xueyi understood. It seemed that he was only planning to eat his discounted dishes today and not even ordering meat! So he didn't even need to look at the menu or order anything!
Yang Xueyi had cursed Ying Yun for bad luck many times in the past, but she had never intended for him to be this unlucky. In fact, if he stepped in dog poop a few times, got splashed by a passing car on the road, or encountered a few weird patients who scolded him until he lost his mind, that would be enough...
Unexpectedly...
Ying Yun's life plummeted and fell apart, and it was in such a state!
Then, Yang Xueyi couldn't bear it anymore. She bit her lip, turned around and fled out of the hot pot restaurant.
She was in great torment.
It was really too much to drive away Ying Yun, who was struggling so hard now.
Although Ying Yun's murder weapon was a bit scary and couldn't really be confiscated, and living together and facing each other was a bit awkward, as long as I treated him as a mop...
Just bear with it.
Ying Yun has reached the darkest moment of his life.
You can't just stand by and watch someone die.
**
Ying Yun was sitting in the hot pot restaurant, looking at the incoming call on his mobile phone. This was the fifth call from Ying Wenjun today.
Ying Yun didn’t answer the first four.
After rubbing his eyebrows, Ying Yun still accepted this one.
Ying Wenjun's anxious and regretful voice immediately came from the other end of the phone -
"Xiao Yun! I just came back from France, and your mother refused to see me. I...I made a big mistake. I'm so sorry."
Ying Wenjun's voice was anxious: "I just got home and found that the house has changed. I don't know who let her in. I really didn't let her in. I didn't expect her to come in and change the layout of the house without permission. The whole photo wall is gone! She even fired Aunt Yang. I immediately asked someone to change the house back to normal and let her go. You can live back. You are the owner of this house."
"It was your mother who insisted on the divorce. I felt bad for her, so I had no choice but to go along. She can take whatever she wants, the money and the house. I understand that she's in a bad mood and wants to go to France to relax..."
Ying Yun pursed her lips and interrupted Ying Wenjun: "I was the one who let her in. Since she is pregnant with your biological child, it is normal for her to stay. I am the one who should move out."
"I didn't change the layout of the house, but I did take down the photo wall. Now that she's living here, it's not appropriate to have those photos there."
Ying Yun paused, without saying anything else. In fact, he had left a photo of him and his mother for Ying Wenjun in the study on the second floor as a souvenir.
"You don't have to pay me the trust money. I won't use it. I have a job."
Upon hearing this, Ying Wenjun's voice became even more anxious: "Did you hear the rumors outside? Don't care about these things. There is no such thing as your mother cheating on you during marriage."
"After your mother broke up with her first love, she discovered she was pregnant. Your mother loves children, so even though she had to raise you alone, she decided to keep you. But it was me who took advantage of the situation and pursued your mother. I promised to treat you as my own, and that's why your mother and I got together."
Ying Wenjun explained anxiously: "Because we didn't want you to feel bad, we never told you about this before, but no matter what happens, you are the child I raised since childhood, you are my son, Ying Wenjun..."
…
Ying Yun knew what Ying Wenjun was eagerly waiting for, but until he hung up the phone, he still couldn't say "Dad".
It is an indisputable fact that Ying Wenjun cheated on his wife and made mistakes, and Ying Yun should have hated it.
But for more than 20 years, he treated himself, who had no blood relationship with him, as his own son. This fatherly love that was not taken for granted made it impossible for Ying Yun to stand up straight and accuse him from the moral high ground.
But Ying Yun couldn't forgive him generously, after all, he couldn't make any decisions for his mother.
Ying Wenjun felt sorry for Ying Yun's mother. He was distracted and cheated on his wife, and he couldn't let go of the mistress who came to his house and got pregnant.
Ying Yun still can't forget the longing look in his eyes as he stared at the other woman's belly, hoping for a child of his own.
Although he said on the phone that Ying Yun was his son, things would always change when his biological child was born.
It was something that had baffled Ying Yun for ten years, a secret that had troubled him during his adolescence and left him feeling lost and unable to share it with anyone, a discovery that had felt like the sky had fallen upon him at eighteen. The truth had finally been revealed in this way, lightly, suddenly, with such ease...
Ying Yun's mood was complicated.
My first reaction was, this is so surprising.
Because he didn't know how to face Ying Wenjun in the current situation, Ying Yun chose to leave.
There are all kinds of rumors out there now, and he is too lazy to explain.
Ying Yun lived in the hotel for a month, and then, under Aunt Yang's persuasion, rented her house.
Now that he has to pay an extra rent, his expenses are a bit tight, but Ying Yun didn't have an overly strong desire for material things. It's not impossible for Ying Yun to move from a villa to an affordable house.
The only thing that couldn't adapt was his stomach.
Ying Yun has a delicate stomach and is very picky about taste. He changed countless housekeepers during his teenage years. It was not until Aunt Yang that his stomach finally felt comfortable.
Something happened at home recently, and Ying Yun happened to have several major operations in succession. When he came to his senses, he found out that Aunt Yang was fired after he moved out, and now she has found a new employer.
Ying Yun finally decided to rent Aunt Yang's house, simply because Aunt Yang had taken care of him like a son for so many years. He could not refuse Aunt Yang's enthusiasm, and he really needed to rent a house.
Aunt Yang's house is also close to the hospital. Compared to finding an unreliable tenant, he can indeed guarantee that he will maintain the house well and pay the rent on time. In the end it is a win-win situation.
But I didn't expect that Yang Xueyi also wanted to live there.
"I'm here, I'm here! Ying Yun, you're so polite. You haven't ordered anything yet because you've been waiting for me. Shouldn't I have told you to order first?"
Yu Shi's voice interrupted Ying Yun's thoughts. As soon as he entered the hot pot restaurant and sat down, he ordered three servings of the most expensive Wagyu beef. "Since you're treating me today, I won't be polite!"
"Where's the food? Did you buy it for me? If I don't eat it, my rabbit will starve to death!"
Ying Yun pointed to the big bag on the ground and said, "I've bought it. I'll go to the market and collect all the discounted vegetables for you. You can take them away later."
Yu Shi went back to medical school a while ago and happily brought home two experimental rabbits, intending to raise them and eat them. Unexpectedly, he developed feelings for the rabbits, which grew bigger and bigger and gave birth to a litter of baby rabbits.
He had several surgeries to perform today and was too busy to handle everything, so he begged Ying Yun to go to the nearby vegetable market to buy some discounted vegetable leaves and take them back to feed the rabbits.
"By the way, didn't you find a house? Why do you want to look at houses again?"
Ying Yun said succinctly: "The landlord is too difficult to deal with. It's troublesome."
"Okay." Yu Shi nodded, showing his understanding. "I asked my friend before, and he has a spare apartment close to the hospital. I'll ask him for detailed information and send it to you later."
Ying Yun was just about to speak when the phone rang.
He lowered his head and found that the caller was Yang Xueyi.
What's wrong with this hypocritical annoying guy?
He frowned slightly, said hello to Yu Shi, stood up and went to a quiet place to answer the call. Before he could say anything, Yang Xueyi spoke first -
"Ying Yun, I've thought about it. You can continue to live here. I won't chase you away. People should abide by the spirit of contract. Since my mother and you have agreed, I can only respect your cooperation and cannot unilaterally break the contract."
Oh.
Ying Yun said coldly, "No. I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, get carried away, and make a big mistake."
"There's no need to be like this. Don't worry, I've just placed an order for pepper spray. If you really can't control yourself, I have a way to calm you down..."
"..." Ying Yun was almost laughing out of anger. "Forget it. Don't take any risks. Men don't always stay calm when they're excited."
It would be normal for Yang Xueyi to drive him away, but asking him to stay? I don’t know what this woman is up to.
Sure enough, after Ying Yun said this, there was silence on the other end of the phone. Yang Xueyi probably couldn't find a reason even if she tried to make up a story.
But just as Ying Yun was about to hang up the phone, he heard Yang Xueyi's voice as if she was determined to do it -
“Actually, I’m afraid…”
"I just heard from the neighbors that there's a stalker in this neighborhood who specifically harasses single women. I'm scared to live alone, so can you live with me? Please, Ying Yun! Please!"
…
**
Yu Shi heard that something happened in Ying Yun's family and many people gathered in the hospital, talking excitedly, but as a friend, he did not ask any further questions and did not participate in any gossip.
Ying Yun's phone call was very short and he came back after a while. It didn't seem like anything big happened. However, Ying Yun's expression was very strange, and his eyes were slightly uncomfortable, which was obviously a little strange.
When Shi finished his second serving of Wagyu beef, Ying Yun finally spoke.
"You don't need to show me the detailed information about the apartment over there."
He lowered his eyes, his expression unclear in the thick mist of the hot pot, but his voice was calm: "I'm not changing rooms."
Yu Shi was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that the landlord was difficult to deal with?"
"It's not that bad." Ying Yun said calmly, "I have more experience in dealing with difficult people."
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