Chapter 58
Originally, Ye Bai thought that today was just an ordinary day. He would just attend a banquet, chat with friends, and get scolded by everyone because of Woden.
Then he had a normal quarrel with them, took credit in front of Worden, and was heartbroken by Worden's affairs. Everything was so normal, just like what he did at every banquet.
But now…
Ye Wangxing’s incident was like a turning point in World War II, which instantly knocked Ye Bai from his daily tasks to a melodramatic theater.
Elina was also in a trance. When she came here today, her mother specifically told her to dress up beautifully and see if she could talk to Admiral Otas.
After all, this admiral is young and capable, not to mention he has an extremely strong and beautiful body and a handsome face.
——Then she heard that this person had just gotten together with the eldest son of the Chancellor of Finance.
The others were also shocked in their own ways. Although they didn't actually have much feeling for these people, they were more or less told by their families to strike up a conversation with them.
——Then I found out that all these big shots were dating the eldest son of the Ye family.
However, after the shock, their inner desire for gossip was also burning. Most of them were playboys at home, so they did not think of more questions for a while, and just wanted to know what happened at that time.
Elina spoke first, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she pulled back time to an hour ago.
——At that time, Elina was on her way to look for Ye Bai with her friends.
She had been a little irritable in the box before, but they were friends after all, and even if it was just a superficial relationship, she had to at least pretend to be friends.
So while Elena and the others were searching, they turned on the thermal imaging on the computer to determine where Ye Bai was. However, what they didn't expect was that they didn't find Ye Bai, but they did find a couple.
Elena felt a little embarrassed at the time. She turned off the thermal imaging positioning on the computer and planned to leave.
But the voice made Elina stop involuntarily. After listening for a while, she realized that the male voice that was explaining in a low voice was actually Ye Bai's brother!
Elena was immediately a little surprised. Why did Ye Wangxing appear here? Shouldn't he be promoting his small company at the banquet?
In fact, that country bumpkin was quite popular in the aristocratic circle. After all, the finance minister's family had an older son, and this fact really made them a little confused.
When the emperor in the palace asked them, the answer he got was that the young master stayed in the countryside because the old woman was lonely, so he planned to let the child accompany the old woman, which was why the child was delayed.
However, other noble families unanimously believed that the reason could not be so simple.
The Chancellor's family didn't offer any explanation for the incident; they simply provided financial compensation to the child they had abandoned in the countryside. They seemed to genuinely want to take the child back.
It seemed that they felt they owed this child who was abandoned in the countryside by them when he was born, so they tried their best to help him make connections during this period, and as a result, his small company gradually opened up the market in the capital.
——However, the nobles in the metropolitan area felt that the Finance Minister's actions were to leave himself a way out.
After all, Ye Bai, whom the Minister of Finance and others had tried their best to train, seemed to have gone crazy for His Royal Highness Crown Prince Woden.
This young master Ye is almost like a slave to Woden - although it's almost the same now.
Seeing that there was no hope for his youngest son, it was understandable that the Chancellor of Finance brought his eldest son back from the countryside.
We have to leave a normal person at home, right?
Even Ye Bai's friends could understand this. If Ye Bai were a little more reliable, they would all go to the Ye family's banquet and help Ye Bai regain his power. But now...
Even Ye Bai's friends felt that if the Ye family was really handed over to Ye Bai, he would turn around and sell out the Ye family and live with Woden.
Of course, whether Worden is happy about it is another matter.
So even if they were Ye Bai's friends, they didn't have the face to ask the Minister of Finance to hand over his property just to let Ye Bai have a relationship.
This is why, although they mocked Ye Wangxing in private and thought that he would never inherit the family property, they were actually urging Ye Bai to quickly let his parents decide on the inheritance rights.
Unfortunately, Ye Bai's love brain is so pure that he just let this matter go. Instead, he went to see Woden every day and even took credit for it from Woden.
The friend who advised him to ask for more benefits from his parents was so angry that he didn't even come to the party.
But why is this person here now?
Elina and her friends immediately forgot about Ye Bai and instead looked to see who was arguing with them.
Yes, quarrel.
In addition to Ye Wangxing's voice, there was also a magnetic male voice on the scene.
Moreover, the male voice sounded quite familiar, which made Elina and her friends quite curious. They wondered who had such a strange taste that he would fall for that bumpkin who just came back from the countryside.
However, a quick look...
"hiss--!"
They gasped and immediately covered their mouths to prevent themselves from screaming.
Their eyes were fixed on the tall young man standing opposite Ye Wangxing.
The man was tall, and although he looked thin, that was only compared to his height.
——At least he stood in front of Ye Wangxing and was able to completely cover him.
Elina felt that the world might have gone crazy.
He is the marshal's only son. Although he is not very outstanding in combat, he is an extremely outstanding mechanical designer!
And this guy is also very good-looking, with a pair of beautiful cat eyes and a very handsome appearance. Although he is only 1.9 meters tall, he looks like a beautiful big cat.
However, if you want to approach him with such an idea, you are totally wrong. He just looks like a cat, but his temper is that of a young master from a marshal's family.
If they disagree, he will really resort to violence.
This boy doesn't have the awkward emotions that other children have when facing the glory of their fathers. He uses his father's help whenever necessary and never acts pretentiously.
But now, this Lord Samos, who always kept everyone at a distance and would only roll his eyes at them, was actually alone with that little bumpkin?
He even started to mock that little country bumpkin???
This is really rare, as rare as one sausage costs three yuan, but two sausages cost six yuan!
- At least for Elina and her friends, in so many social gatherings every year, they have never seen this person show any emotions towards other people.
Forget sarcasm, he would just roll his eyes when someone mocked him.
Not to mention the intense irony like today's.
However, what surprised them even more was what happened below.
"...So this is why you didn't even tell me you were coming to Capital Star after you broke up with me? Ye Wangxing, you're very good."
The man narrowed his cat-like eyes. His voice was soft but full of oppression. At least the little bumpkin opposite him looked a little pale.
Although he was called a small bumpkin, the young man opposite him was actually not ugly. On the contrary, his eyes looked like those of a small animal.
Although he doesn't look as pitiful as Ye Bai, he always makes people feel like a scared puppy trembling.
But unfortunately, the cat-eyed man opposite didn't seem to buy it. He just narrowed his eyes and turned to leave.
Although Elina was still a little shocked when she saw this scene, that Ye Wangxing actually knew Lord Semos, but after seeing the subsequent scene, Elina sighed and shook her head in her heart.
Ye Wangxing really doesn't know how to seize the opportunity.
But the next second...
Elina watched as the young man, who had just been like a frightened animal, took a deep breath, as if mustering up his courage, and stepped forward to shake Lord Semos's hand.
"Is Ye Wangxing seeking death? Lord Semos is not such a good-tempered person!" Elina screamed in her heart.
——Then Elina looked at Lord Semos and the corners of his mouth curled up for a moment.
Before Ye Wangxing looked up, he forced the corners of his mouth down and turned to speak.
"Why, you know you're wrong—"
The man was speaking calmly when he was suddenly interrupted by the young man.
"...Sorry, I just thought you didn't want to see me after we broke up. After all, everyone says that ex-boyfriends should be as good as dead."
The young man said in a low voice.
"I... don't want you to hate me. Sorry."
As the young man apologized, he slowly raised his head and revealed his wet eyes.
This made the man standing in front of him stand there in a daze with his cat eyes open.
He opened and closed his mouth as if he was about to spit out some harsh words, but in the end he just spoke softly.
"...I won't hate you even if you contact me. We broke up only for practical reasons, not because I have no feelings for you anymore."
He spoke in a low voice, and if it weren't for the silence around them, Elina wouldn't have been able to hear him.
"Really?"
The voice of the young people sounded with joy.
But the man had already turned his head away and didn't dare to look at the young man in front of him.
The situation between the two of them came to a standstill again, which made Elina anxious for some reason. She looked at the scene in front of her and wished she could go forward and give the two of them a push.
——Until the young man lifted the man’s hand and placed a small furry thing in it.
The man turned around in confusion and saw a furry, red object in his hand - a persimmon?
Elina was immediately captivated by the furry persimmon.
The persimmon was made very delicately. The texture of the fuzz and the extent to which it collapsed when touched proved how good it felt.
Even the green leaves above the red fruit are not too saturated in color, and look just right.
"I made this myself, using the fur of chinchillas, which is only found on Nebra. They can grow nearly 500 hairs from a single follicle. While millions of furs might not seem like a big deal to you, this is the best material I could find."
The young man looked up with some relief, looked directly into the eyes of the man opposite him and said with a smile.
"...This is the gift I prepared for you when I came to the Capital Planet. I originally thought I would never be able to give it to you."
"Fortunately, it was delivered to you."
Elina: ...
Wait a minute, this little bumpkin seems to be quite good at flirting?
Alina really didn't expect that the little bumpkin was like this in private.
She watched as Lord Semos looked at the little bumpkin with a sarcastic expression just now, and after a few words, his eyes began to look dizzy when he looked at the little bumpkin.
——He even gave the little bumpkin the names of a few suppliers within his sphere of influence.
The little bumpkin was not embarrassed at all. He accepted it generously and gave Lord Semos a hug.
"We'll still be friends from now on, right?"
The little bumpkin asked hopefully.
——Mr. Semos immediately nodded like a cuckoo in an antique clock.
However, this time, Elina rarely slandered the little bumpkin. After all...
She and her friends were a little overwhelmed.
"Although our statuses don't quite match, since that little bumpkin is quite sincere, if the Marshal makes a scene before His Majesty, I wouldn't mind speaking up for him."
Elina thought a little awkwardly.
However, when she looked up again, she saw a man in military uniform standing next to Lord Semos.
Elina recognized him. He was the assistant assigned by the Marshal to Semos, specifically to prevent the Marshal's son from being cheated.
As expected, they soon began to analyze what Ye Wangxing's purpose was in coming here this time, and that the gift he gave to Lord Semos was to arouse his emotions, so as to achieve the goal of getting those suppliers from Semos.
And Lord Semos's expression also became gloomy.
This made Elena feel worried about the little bumpkin.
She felt that the little bumpkin's feelings might be true. After all, Elena believed that no matter how great the benefits were, she would not spend millions to buy a piece of fur for a man.
"...Okay, I get it, Cliff."
However, Lord Semos did not seem to want to talk more about this topic. He just spoke coldly to the subordinates in front of him.
But the subordinate said more to Lord Semos very excitedly. The irritating words made Lord Semos quite impatient. He frowned, waved his hand and said.
"I know Ye Wangxing is after my money and my connections, but I also know he has other motives. I will find out all his intentions. I have my own pace, so don't interfere."
Lord Semos' words seemed to appease his subordinates, and they stopped talking. However, Elena was a little worried about Ye Wangxing.
If this little bumpkin knew his sincerity was misunderstood like this...
Elina still felt a little reluctant.
——Then she saw Lord Semos asking his subordinates to find a hard, transparent box.
In front of his subordinates, he carefully put the persimmon in.
Elina: ...
Is this your rhythm too, sir?
After Elina finished her story, most people in the box were stunned for a long time, as if they were shocked by the so-called "rhythm" of Lord Semos.
In the end, Ye Bai spoke first, he said in shock.
"No, Lord Semos was coaxed into submission so quickly?"
"Who knows? But I sincerely decided to help this couple before. Now I've become a clown."
Elina was immediately furious when she thought about how one of the people in the beautiful scene she had just seen turned around and looked for someone else.
—Then she lost her temper.
He turned around and started asking other people what they saw.
"I saw Prince Janus on the balcony, but they had turned on the sound shield, so I couldn't hear anything. I could only see that Prince Janus had a stern face at first, but after Ye Wangxing said a few words, he took out a thick blanket from somewhere and put it in Prince Janus' arms, and then he smiled."
The boy who said this had a weak voice, and it was obvious that he had experienced the same house collapse as Elena.
He just couldn't understand it. Prince Janus was His Majesty's brother! How could this man dare to be fickle with others while he was holding this prince hostage?
And isn’t Prince Janus a little too gullible?
"It's the same with Count Uno. I saw it on the terrace of the Sky Garden. Originally, this rich man was quite at ease. He almost took Ye Wangxing to bed, but he put a box of fruit in his hand, so he just hugged me."
The girl who said this also sounded listless. It was obvious that she couldn't understand that even though Count Uno didn't have a brother like Prince Janus, His Majesty, he was still the richest man in the empire!
How could this person be so gullible?
The more Ye Bai listened, the more familiar this process sounded to him. "It seems the same thing happened when Ye Wangxing was interacting with Admiral Otas. Admiral Otas was initially quite angry, but after Ye Wangxing put a ring on his finger, he temporarily calmed down."
Ye Bai then added, "But Admiral Otas is better. At least he got the kiss."
Ye Bai immediately received angry glares from everyone.
But at this moment, a weak voice sounded.
"Now doesn't seem like the time to gossip, everyone. There's something I've wanted to talk about for a long time."
Everyone looked in that direction, and the lady who spoke swallowed and spoke in a trembling voice.
"You said that if we discovered the secrets of these four people, and those four people knew about it, and we knew it, then those four people would deal with Ye Wangxing..."
——Will they take care of us as well?
The young masters and young ladies present turned pale in an instant.
They realized something instantly.
Are they worthy of eating such a big melon?
Any one of these four people would be a big shot who could influence policies in the entire empire.
What if any of them accidentally let the cat out of the bag, causing those people to become angry and embarrassed when dealing with Ye Wangxing, and deal with them together? Then they might really be exiled to an alien planet because of their power!
It is even possible that he would be exiled to the rural planet where that country bumpkin came from.
However, this problem cannot be solved by just avoiding it. They have to go through it from beginning to end and decide on their next plans after confirming the situation.
...It's not because these people are about to die and plan to eat a full melon before dying bravely.
"So, how did Ye Wangxing hook up with those four people?"
Ye Bai said puzzledly.
He didn't even have time to think about Warden, nor did he have time to mourn his twisted love. He just wanted to know how Ye Wangxing got involved with those four people.
"—they didn't even speak at the party!"
The young man with a delicate face said in disbelief.
The other young masters and young ladies also nodded and recalled what happened at the banquet.
Today's banquet is the regular opening banquet of the social season, so most of the people who come are young people, even Prince Woden is here.
As the young master of the Finance Minister's family, Ye Bai was naturally also among the invited guests.
However, as soon as Ye Bai arrived, he moved closer to Woden like a dog, and the Minister of Finance and his wife sighed as if they were accustomed to it, and then began to chat with other officials.
As for the eldest young master of the Ye family who came with them, he was also a country bumpkin who was ridiculed by other nobles and celebrities. They just let him move around freely and make friends with others.
"But now it seems that I have made friends, but I can't say what kind of friends they are." Elina thought to herself, and the scene in her mind finally recalled the meeting.
"Wait, I think I saw Ye Wangxing talking to Prince Janus."
Elina said, still a little shocked.
"But Prince Janus just glanced at Ye Wangxing, rolled his eyes subtly, and left. He didn't even talk to Ye Wangxing!"
At this time, the others finally recalled the scenes they occasionally saw at the banquet. It was just the same as before, the people were always changing, and the only one who remained unchanged was Ye Wangxing.
"I thought he was promoting his small, shabby company again, which is why those big shots didn't talk to him much when they saw him. Now it seems..."
The young masters and young ladies present all felt that there was a red nose looming on their faces.
They thought he was selling something, but it turned out that he was having a private date with the four people who had not even looked at him at the party.
"But that's unlikely. After all, I was only out for an hour. You should have seen me when I was out looking for me. It wouldn't have been too long. He couldn't have dated four people in just one hour, right?!"
Ye Bai still said with some disbelief.
Elina said with an indescribable expression.
"Actually, it's possible if you're on a tight schedule."
After all, that's how her mother dated her lovers.
But...how tight is the time?
Ye Bai walked out of the box in a daze, his mind still on what had just happened in the box. This also caused his brain to be in a daze. He didn't even notice when Warden was standing in front of him on the right, and walked straight past him.
This made Warden feel a little unbelievable. He frowned and looked at Ye Bai who was walking away from him and asked his friends around him.
"What game is Ye Bai planning to play this time? Playing hard to get?"
As an old friend of Prince Woden, he naturally had a different level of information from the people who were in the pavilion before, so he just shrugged at Ye Bai, then turned around numbly and said.
"Who knows, but he pretended pretty well this time."
Prince Woden's old friend shrugged and said.
It’s not that he has no sympathy for Ye Bai, but Ye Bai has done so many crazy things, and he has also tried to attract Warden’s attention by committing suicide.
Although he became much more obedient and never used this trick again after the Chancellor of the Exchequer really used family rules to beat him up and even called in the Federal Anti-Domestic Violence Association, he evolved a lot after a month or two and started playing hard to get with Warden.
Specifically, she tried to pretend not to care about Worden, and then waited for Worden to coax her.
However, apart from his poor acting skills when playing this trick, he would be able to comfort himself in just a week or two, so this trick never worked in Woden.
After hearing what his old friend said, Warden suppressed his doubts, but he still sent Ye Bai a message, inviting him to a party a week later.
"...After all, he's my fiancé, so I should give him the respect he deserves. I hope he'll be more understanding when the time comes."
Warden thought, but he turned around and put aside the little panic in his heart and started flirting with a boy at the scene.
Ye Bai didn't pay attention to what Warden was thinking. He had already arrived at the door of the lounge and happened to see Ye Wangxing using the light computer to process something.
Ye Bai walked over and sat down next to Ye Wangxing, without noticing that the products on the display picture that Ye Wangxing sent to his subordinates on the opposite side looked quite familiar.
He just looked at Ye Wangxing carefully, as if he had just met him for the first time.
"How dare he chase four men at once in the space of an hour?"
Ye Bai thought in shock.
"——They haven't even discovered it yet!"
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