Duan Ye frowned and asked, "Didn't your mother call the police?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head, crying pitifully, "No, Mom said we can't call the police, otherwise she'll go to jail. I don't want Mom to go to jail, and I want my sister to come back..."
As soon as Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, his stomach growled twice.
Duan Ye sighed and asked him, "Have you eaten?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head.
Duan Ye could only extend his hand: "Let's go, brother will take you to eat."
Ye Xiaotian stood up, but did not move.
Duan Ye asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Ye Xiaotian said, "My sister said you've broken up with her, so I can't eat your food anymore, Brother Duan Ye. I just want to ask you to call my sister for me..."
Ye Xiaotian lowered his head: "My sister won't answer Mom's calls, but she'll definitely answer yours..."
Duan Ye felt sorry for them. The Ye family, whether it was Ye Nuan or her mother Chen Li, sometimes deserved what they got. Ye Xiaotian was young, but he was much more sensible than them.
Duan Ye reached out and patted Ye Xiaotian's head, bent down to take his hand, and led him forward, saying:
"Xiao Tian, your brother and sister are separated because it's not suitable for them to live separately, but your brother's feelings for you will never change."
Ye Xiaotian was confused and couldn't quite understand the feelings between adults.
All he knew was that his father and mother had separated, and his father had never come back to see him again.
He thought that Duan Ye's older brother was like that too.
"So Xiaotian, Brother Duan Ye invited you to dinner not because of your sister, but because he and Xiaotian are good friends."
Ye Xiaotian did not speak.
Duan Ye asked him, "Does that mean Xiao Tian won't play with his brother anymore now that his brother and sister are separated?"
Ye Xiaotian quickly said, "No, I really like my brother. When I grow up, I want to be like him!"
Duan Ye chuckled: "That's right. Let's go eat with your brother first. We'll have more energy after we eat so we can find your sister, right?"
Ye Xiaotian nodded heavily.
After appeasing Ye Xiaotian, Duan Ye took him into a noodle shop next to the company and ordered him a bowl of beef noodles.
Duan Ye took out his phone and fiddled with it for a long time, thinking it over and over, but in the end he still didn't call Ye Nuan.
Instead, she filmed Ye Xiaotian and sent the video to Luo Qingyuan.
Soon, Luo Qingyuan replied: What happened?
Duan Ye explained the whole story of why Ye Xiaotian came to him in the simplest terms.
Duan Ye prefers to report such matters in advance to avoid future misunderstandings and difficulties in defending himself.
Luo Qingyuan was still dealing with work at the moment. After seeing the message, she thought for a moment and replied: Wait for me for twenty minutes.
Duan Ye looked at Ye Xiaotian, sighed silently, and mentioned the matter in the group chat of the three brothers.
Lin Feng: The Ye family is a complete mess; whoever gets involved is doomed.
Liu Jie: The only ones who will suffer are the children.
Lin Feng: I'm speechless. What exactly is Ye Nuan trying to do? I'm a conspiracy theorist, and I always felt that you shouldn't get involved in the Ye family's affairs anymore.
Liu Jie: Agreed.
Duan Ye: What? I'm just going to abandon it?
Lin Feng: ...Let us handle this. Even if we don't help Ye Nuan, at least Ye Xiaotian needs to survive.
Liu Jie: Tsk, you were the one who was cursing the most just now.
Lin Feng: What do you think? I'm just telling the truth. Rather than letting the child live in fear, it's better to send him to an orphanage. Life at the Kyoto Orphanage is better than living at the Ye family's.
Duan Ye looked at Ye Xiaotian and thought about it carefully for a long time.
Amidst the city lights and neon signs, Duan Ye turned his head and saw a sea of people.
Everyone has their hardships and difficulties. If you can overcome them, you can become a person of high status. If you can't, sooner or later you won't even be able to stay in Kyoto.
Ye Nuan wasn't without options, but she was unwilling to take them.
"Brother, I'm done eating."
Hearing Ye Xiaotian's voice, Duan Ye snapped out of his daze.
"You've finished eating, right? Then I'll take you home."
Just as Duan Ye picked up his bag and was about to leave, he received a message from Luo Qingyuan: No. 396 Beijing Road.
Duan Ye was still wondering when several pictures appeared.
It's a picture of Ye Nuan dancing in a bar.
That was a Ye Nuan that Duan Ye had never seen before. When she was with him, Ye Nuan never wore makeup, but in these photos, you couldn't tell that it was Ye Nuan unless you looked closely.
Duan Ye remained silent for a long time.
Luo Qingyuan sent another message: "You should leave as soon as you take Ye Xiaotian home. Ye Nuan should be back soon."
Upon seeing the message, Duan Ye no longer hesitated, put his phone away, bent down, and picked up Ye Xiaotian.
"Brother will take you home."
"And what about my sister..."
"My sister will be back soon."
Ye Xiaotian's eyes lit up instantly: "Really?"
Duan Ye nodded: "Really!"
Although Duan Ye was unsure, he believed in Luo Qingyuan, inexplicably... completely trusted her.
At this moment, in the bar.
Ye Nuan had just finished her first dance and arrived backstage. Before she could even change her clothes, she overheard two women sitting in front of the dressing mirror discussing something.
"I heard something happened at the Warm Home community yesterday?"
"Really? What happened?"
"I heard it was a woman who owed money from gambling. The debt collectors came to her door, and there was only the woman and her child at home. The woman was beaten so badly she couldn't get up, and the little boy, who looked only eight or nine years old, was also beaten..."
"Wow, wouldn't you call this a serious incident? Is the little boy alright?"
"I don't know..."
"Bang—" A loud door slammed shut, startling the two women. But when they turned around, Ye Nuan was gone.
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