Chapter 115 Meow meow meow meow
Looking at the lively scene in front of the roast duck stall, Huo Ye, Huo Ran, Old Madam Huo, and Mu Mingqiu and his group were all speechless.
They were obviously very close to the snack stand, so close that the heat and flames from the oven seemed within reach, yet so far away that they could not buy a roast duck or taste the warmth.
Because... they stood in the shadows between the street lamps.
"The little match girl must have thought the same thing before she died." Mu Mingqiu's lips trembled as he said in despair, "It's such a cold street, and the roast duck is so close to us, but we can't even have a bite."
The people in front of the snack stalls look so happy.
And the happiness seems to be brought by more than just delicious roast duck.
Under that happiness, there seemed to be some other reasons...
Surrounded by all the happiness is Boss Xiao Lan, who is busy and sweaty, but always has a satisfied and enthusiastic smile on his face. He is very short and has to stand on tiptoe on a bench to pass the packaged roast duck to everyone, but his brilliance will never be overshadowed by the crowd.
Among the four people, Huo Ye was the most devastated and desperate one.
In the past twenty years of his life, Huo Ye had always been frequenting various high-end restaurants, sitting at tables that others had to spend a fortune to reserve, eating carelessly and wasting expensive food. He never imagined that at a certain moment in his life, he would be so jealous of those ordinary people.
Those ordinary people who can gather around Boss Xiaolan’s stall with their family and friends to eat roast duck.
Before starting this competition, Madam Huo, Huo Ran, and Mu Mingqiu all had a premonition that they would not be the ultimate winners. After all, in the novels about running with the ball, these supporting characters have never won.
But Huo Ye is different.
He is Lanlan’s biological father!
Even if Ye Qingquan doesn't love him anymore, she will probably return to him in order to give Lan Lan a complete home. Huo Ye still thinks so.
Looking at the bright fire, the busy little boy, and the thin young man who was looking at the boy tenderly in the queue, Huo Ye felt a little dizzy.
Even he himself didn't know what he was feeling.
As if possessed by a ghost, he walked through the crowd and staggered to Ye Qingquan.
"You don't look at the road when you walk--" It seemed that he bumped into a passerby, who started cursing, but the moment he saw Huo Ye's expression, he instantly stopped cursing.
...So pitiful. I feel like I'm not mentally normal anymore.
The person who was hit muttered.
So Huo Ye walked to Ye Qingquan unhindered.
The moment he saw the person in front of him clearly, Ye Qingquan almost couldn't recognize him:
"You are...Huo Ye?"
——Huo Ye has always been a handsome, elegant, at ease, impeccable nobleman and an upper-class elite in society. When they first met six or seven years ago, Huo Ye was the one in a high position sitting in the seat of honor with a glass of red wine, while Ye Qingquan was just a college student who worked part-time and wore a patched shirt.
But this time, the situation seems to have reversed.
Ye Qingquan, wearing a well-fitting shirt, stood in the queue, paying attention to the safety of the children while waiting for the roast duck, his whole body wrapped in the warm lights;
But Huo Ye was wearing a wrinkled suit, his hair was soaked, and he looked extremely disheveled. He stood in front of him like a wandering ghost.
Huo Ye opened his dark eyes, stared at Ye Qingquan dejectedly, and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Qingquan, you really won't give me a chance to repent?"
Ye Qingquan looked at him quietly.
"Huo Ye, we're over," Ye Qingquan said calmly, each word was very logical, but it sounded cold for some reason, "We were completely over three years ago. Lan Lan is my child and has nothing to do with you."
"How can it not be related?!" Huo Ye became excited.
He looked at the cute little face not far away that looked so similar to his own, and couldn't help but say, "Lanlan is my child, he has my blood flowing in his veins, I am his father, I can give you a complete family—"
Ye Qingquan interrupted him.
"Huo Ye," he asked softly, "if you really care about me and Lan Lan, then where have you been in the past three years?"
If it were the Ye Qingquan of the past, after seeing Huo Ye in such a miserable and decadent state, and hearing what Huo Ye said, Ye Qingquan might really be shaken. Even if she doesn't agree directly, she might struggle deep down in her heart, and even can't help but pay attention to Huo Ye's every move again.
But now it's different.
Looking at Lan Lan not far away, for some reason, Ye Qingquan's mind became very clear, even terrifyingly calm.
He knew clearly what Huo Ye and his group were planning. As Lan Lan's father, he must protect Lan Lan.
As for love? Love is the most unreliable thing in the world.
Although he couldn't remember it clearly, Ye Qingquan always felt that deep in his mind, there seemed to be a little fox holding a teaching stick chattering about something at the blackboard, and it was that childish fox voice that made him understand that it is better to rely on oneself than on others, and that love is worthless.
In short, Ye Qingquan is different now.
He has passed the love test!
...Huo Ye is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. If he could see even a hint of hesitation in Ye Qingquan's eyes at this moment, he would seize the opportunity and use his usual means to win Ye Qingquan's sympathy in order to ultimately achieve his goal.
But the Ye Qingquan in front of him did not have a single flaw.
Huo Ye's momentum weakened again.
He opened his mouth and couldn't help but argue: "It's only been three years. We still have a long future..."
Although in the past three years, he had indeed not met Lan Lan once, nor had he inquired about their whereabouts. But, isn’t it just three years? In the novel, isn’t three years just three words mentioned briefly? He always thought that he still had plenty of time to make up for it.
As he was speaking, under the gaze of Ye Qingquan's gentle amber eyes, Huo Ye could no longer speak.
Just three years.
'only'……
But these were not just any three years.
During these more than a thousand days and nights, Ye Qingquan welcomed a new life alone in a foreign country. The first time I hugged that small and soft existence, the first time I heard that fragile but endless heartbeat, the first time I held that little hand, the first time I heard that tender voice calling "Daddy", the first time I told the baby a fairy tale, the first time I accompanied the baby to sell roast duck...
The father and son, one big and one small, stumbled and supported each other. Every step was difficult, but they never stopped.
These three years are by no means just a line of words scrawled in a novel, and are by no means just ‘just’.
The dust under the street lights was flying quietly.
Looking at the beams of light projected from the street lamps, Huo Ye's throat seemed to be choked by something and he couldn't utter a word.
Huo Ye's eyes turned red.
He didn't even dare to look at Ye Qingquan's eyes.
Ye Qingquan's eyes were completely indifferent.
…Neither of them spoke loudly, but because of their outstanding looks, they stood out in the crowd.
The people around could hardly suppress their gossiping mood:
"What the hell, what are you doing?"
"Have you noticed that Boss Xiaolan looks similar to them..."
"Isn't that the famous young master of the Huo family, a big boss in the Beijing circle?"
“…”
And it was during this awkward silence that Mrs. Huo and others arrived at the scene.
"Qingquan," Huo Ran said softly, even with a hint of flattery, "I also know that my brother is a worthless person. He is born with a bad heart. Maybe this has something to do with his upbringing."
“…I am different.”
Huo Ye: “?”
Mrs. Huo: “???”
Huo Ran looks gentle and indifferent at ordinary times, but he turned out to be so vicious at the critical moment, turning against the Huo family and severing ties with them!
Good job of backstabbing.
Huo Ye and Old Madam Huo were almost out of breath because of the ridicule.
Clean up the house, we will start cleaning up the house right away!
Mu Mingqiu stroked his chin and thought: "That makes sense."
"The Huo family's education is indeed not very good, which is why I recommended that you choose me as Lanlan's stepfather." Mu Mingqiu said with a smile.
Ye Qingquan felt embarrassed for others: "Uh..."
"Qingquan," Huo Ran took a few steps forward again, holding Ye Qingquan's hand, and said softly, "I really care about you, and I really care about Lanlan. I can understand that you hate my brother for not caring about you for the past three years, but you can't deny everyone because of this."
"Give me a chance and let me take good care of you and Lan Lan, okay?"
During the past twenty years when he had hidden his edge and endured humiliation, Huo Ran had been practicing this skill of bewitching people.
The voice, the expression, the eyes... he was very familiar with how to make people let down their guard.
The same is true now.
He looked at Ye Qingquan with eyes that were so sincere that even the most stubborn person would be shaken by that look. This trick has been tried and tested.
But Ye Qingquan didn't.
Ye Qingquan's eyes swept across everyone calmly.
Huo Ye, Huo Ran, Old Madam Huo, Mu Mingqiu...
Seeing that look, I couldn't help but feel a little timid.
"Do you know why Lanlan came out to set up a stall?" Ye Qingquan asked.
There was silence for a moment.
"Because he likes to make roast duck, wants to become a famous roast duck chef, and own his own roast duck restaurant in the future?" Mu Mingqiu answered tentatively.
"Is this his social practice class in kindergarten?" Huo Ye asked timidly.
"Because he has a kind heart..." Old Madam Huo's eyes were loving and appreciative.
Huo Ran realized that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make, so he just continued to look at Ye Qingquan with gentle eyes.
Ye Qingquan: “…”
“It’s all wrong!”
Ye Qingquan couldn't bear it any longer. Looking at the group of people in front of him, for some reason, all the anger and blood in his body rushed to his head.
Beep——
Ye Qingquan only felt that the fuse in his brain exploded.
The words in my stomach suddenly came to my mouth:
"You all say that you care about Lan Lan, but you only care about yourselves! You just want to eat roast duck because you are greedy. You don't really want to grow up with Lan Lan. You are a bunch of greedy gluttons who are unscrupulous!!!"
As soon as these words came out.
Madam Huo, Huo Ye, Huo Ran, and Mu Mingqiu's mouths all grew into an 'O' shape.
All around...it was completely quiet.
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