Chen Youhan's return to GC has been put on the agenda. Although it has not been officially announced, he has been visibly busy. Although he has been on the board of directors for the past two years, it is actually a nominal position and he has basically not intervened in specific business. This time, the news was released, and the senior executives of the head group recalled his past tactics in the business group unpleasantly - ruthless, decisive, fast, and resolute, determined to transform GC from the inside out.
In the past, due to his identity as the president of a business group, Chen Youhan had many constraints when dealing with the cultural tourism, hotel and entertainment sectors. His return this time as a managing executive director truly symbolizes the power shift in GC. As a result, all parties have already heard the news and moved, some are making overtures, some are submitting letters of surrender, and some are throwing obstacles in the way - the situation is treacherous, but everyone is pursuing profit. Once a line of vested interests is drawn, it will be very clear who is on the side of the enemy.
He didn't hide anything from Ye Kai. He didn't have to avoid making phone calls, reading official documents, and having meetings with Gu Xiu and Chen Weiyu. After returning to China and listening to him for a few days, Ye Kai probably guessed his plan. Seeing him remain calm but fidgeting, he felt that he was even more terrifying. What was the difference between this and what he did in bed? He played with people so hard that they couldn't resist, but he was always calm and superior. Only when he begged him softly with tears in his voice did he invade him like a storm.
For example, now.
After a quarrel, no matter how hard he tried to coax her, he could only be thrown to the bed to reason with her. Halfway through the conversation, a phone call came in. It was Chen Feiyi. Ye Kai was a little overwhelmed when he heard Chen Youhan say "Dad" after the call was connected. But Chen Youhan didn't seem to be abnormal at all. He talked to him calmly about celebrating Ning Shu's birthday today, while his hands kept moving. Ye Kai's eyes were a little dazed, and he looked at the bulging blue veins and thin sweat on his strong arms with difficulty focusing. He didn't dare to say a word. Chen Youhan dealt with his father and leisurely reported the company's developments in the past few days. Occasionally, he glanced at him, saw that he was on the verge of a spasm, and jokingly pulled his hand back.
Ye Kai turned over, his body wrapped in the white sheets rising and falling slightly with his breathing. He pounded the bed with his fist and turned over to get off the ground.
Chen Youhan thought he would come over and sit down, but he went into the shower room. The sound of the shower stopped, and his eyes were deep. He calmly interrupted Chen Feiyi's analysis: "I have something to talk about later." Chen Feiyi was obviously startled on the other end of the receiver, and was hung up without any face before he could say anything. He pondered for a while and felt that his son's tone had a subtle displeasure and danger.
The shower head flushed cold water.
Ye Kai's face was pale. He curled his lips when he saw Chen Youhan coming in, his eyes provocative and mocking.
He later thought that Chen Youhan was probably willing to give in to him in everything except in bed.
The next day, I returned to Ye's house with my bones almost falling apart and my butt so painful that I couldn't sit still.
Qu Jia was originally extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Ye Kai had disappeared for the entire summer vacation, but when he saw Ye Kai's thin body and pale face, he had to soften his heart.
Ye Tong was on a business trip to Shanghai for a financial summit. He was old, so Ye Zheng accompanied him. In the evening, I saw Ye Tong accepting an interview with a reporter on the news. He was in good spirits and even joked with the media present. Ye Kai really hadn't figured out how to deal with this matter. Should he confront his grandfather or continue the show that both sides knew was true. This business trip lasted for a week, and Ye Kai was relieved.
The huge villa is very deserted.
The flowers were still blooming just as beautifully, and the servants were still the same, not one missing, and not one replaced. Ye Kai finished watching the news alone, and walked up the spiral staircase from the large living room on the first floor. When he passed the second floor, he found Qu Jia lost in thought at a painting in the corridor. Hearing footsteps, she looked back and saw that it was Ye Kai. Her eyes lit up, and seeing how he walked with difficulty and in a delicate posture, she said with concern and sternness: "Why are you taking the stairs when you are not feeling well? Is the elevator for your benefit?"
Ye Kai pursed his lips, and a little smile made Qu Jia see his former well-behaved appearance.
Yes, why didn’t he take the elevator directly to the third floor?
Ye Kai was silent for a moment, then he curved his lips and smiled lightly: "What are you looking at?"
Qu Jia was a little flattered: "Mom is looking at this painting, which was just bought last week, but it doesn't seem appropriate to hang it here."
A modernist abstract painting, with ambiguous light and shadow, without any figures, but with a hint of pheromone in the oppression. A painting should match the atmosphere and the people. This painting obviously does not match Qu Jia's aura.
Ye Kai took the initiative to ask: "I like it, where can I hang it?"
Qu Jia was stunned for a moment before saying "OK", then after coming to his senses, he added in a flattering and pleasant manner: "...Of course!"
Their relationship over the past few years has been lukewarm, not as distant as he and Ye Jin, but not as close as before. Qu Jia is a little timid about him, not daring to control him too much, not daring to cross the line in the topics he cares about, and occasionally showing a tendency to care about his emotional life and mental state, but he hides it carefully.
Ye Kai usually doesn't take the initiative to call her, and he no longer accompanies her and coaxes her as usual. Qu Jia is caught off guard and forced to accept the reality that her son has grown up overnight. When she calms down from her busy career, Qu Jia will also be confused. The first title of her identity on the encyclopedia is educator. She has been trying to find a balance between public and private elite education, and has changed the fate of countless children, but she has difficulty in handling the close relationship with her son.
Ye Kai deliberately ignored the light in Qu Jia's eyes and said lightly: "Mom, I heard that the senior high school teaching building will be demolished soon, right?"
Qu Jia didn't know why he suddenly asked this: "The year has come, it's time to rebuild."
Ye Kai thought for a moment and said, "I haven't been back to Tianyi for a long time."
Qu Jia was stunned, she couldn't believe it. Suppressing the huge surprise in her heart, she asked tentatively: "Then... Mom will accompany you to see it tomorrow?"
Ye Kai's hand was still on the handrail of the stairs, as if he was about to leave at any time. He asked reservedly, "Aren't you busy tomorrow?"
"Not busy!...No, I just need to go to Tianyi."
Ye Kai smiled, without trying to determine whether this statement was true or not: "Okay, I'll listen to you then."
When he walked back to the bedroom on the third floor, he was a little unsteady to stand, so he sat down against the wall in the corridor. The solid wood herringbone collage floor was polished to a spotless shine, and under the light, it reflected the long and lonely shadow of Ye Kai sitting on his knees. After smoking half a cigarette, he called Chen Youhan and said coldly, "My waist hurts."
Chen Youhan laughed mercilessly and said nonchalantly, "You will have plenty of time to recuperate in the future."
It didn't sound very sincere, and there was a hint of regret.
Ye Kai narrowed his eyes: "How often do you plan to come visit me after you go to Beijing?"
Chen Youhan was also smoking on the balcony. Hearing this, he took a sip, curled his lips slightly and said, "I'm always available."
Under the night sky was a bustling city that had cooled down after being exposed to the scorching sun. The roar of the city reached Ye Kai’s ears through the receiver. He then heard Chen Youhan puff out his cigarette and say in a low voice, “…I’m thinking about you right now.”
His heart inevitably trembled when he heard these words. Ye Kai's voice also became hoarse: "Call me."
"Baby."
"besides."
"baby."
"Scream again."
"baby."
"not enough."
"Baby, baby, baby..." When Chen Youhan's voice got lower, endless sexiness emerged from the grainy texture. He chuckled nicely: "Do you like this?"
"I like them all." The receiver made his earlobe hot and a little painful. Ye Kai changed the receiver to his left ear and continued chatting with Chen Youhan in an ambiguous and low voice.
There was a tapping sound on the stairs, it was slippers, lazy and light. Ye Kai answered the phone and glanced at the stairs indifferently. Ye Jin was wearing an avocado green silk nightgown, with big waves draped loosely. She didn't expect Ye Kai to be sitting in the corridor. Her steps paused slightly and she smiled nonchalantly: "Why are you sitting on the ground? Be careful not to catch a cold."
Ye Kai retracted his gaze and did not answer her. Instead, he leaned against the phone and said, "... There is no inflammation. ... How do you want to check it?"
He didn't deliberately avoid Ye Jin, and his tone left room for imagination.
Ye Jin's expression was very subtle, and the reddish-brown solid wood armrests made her exerted hands look pale and overly thin.
The hem of her skirt disappeared around the corner of the stairs, and Ye Jin quickly went downstairs. Qu Jia was wearing glasses and reading a foreign book on educational psychology. When he saw Ye Jin walk into the study, he took off his glasses and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The company has got some tickets. That European and American female star you like very much is coming to the road show. Do you want to go?"
It is very rare for European art films to be shown in mainland theaters. The Chinese distributor has a cooperative relationship with the agency invested by Ye Jin, so they gave away a few tickets. Qu Jia is a fan of the actress, but she herself is not interested in the movie, so she abuses her power for personal gain to make Qu Jia happy.
"There will be a meet-and-greet after the movie, and a dinner party in the evening. If you don't want to watch the movie, you can just go to the dinner party. Don't tell her it's my mom, or a bunch of people will come and pester you to death."
Qu Jia rubbed his brows and said, "No, I'm busy lately."
Ye Jin raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure? She doesn't come to China often."
Qu Jia refused without hesitation. Ye Jin took back the envelope and shrugged: "Forget it, my mommy is really hard to please."
Qu Jia listened to her coquettish behavior, smiled, and wanted to persuade her to get married again, but unexpectedly, Ye Kai's voice came: "Give it to me, I want to go."
Both of them turned back in surprise. Ye Kai stood in the shadows and took a step forward into the study, which was finally illuminated by the light. There was no big expression on his face. He only asked Ye Jin again: "Is it okay?"
Ye Jin glanced at the envelope in his hand and woke up as if from a dream: "Yes, of course."
"Can I just go to the meet-and-greet and not the dinner?"
Ye Jin nodded: "No problem, I'm still worried if you go, it will be troublesome if you are targeted by those agents and directors."
She made a subtle joke, but Ye Kai didn't give her face and took the black gold-stamped envelope from her hand indifferently: "Thank you."
Seeing him turn around and leave, Ye Jin asked hurriedly, "Wait! Who are you... with?" She thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Is it Lucas?"
Ye Kai half turned around, his eyes and tone were very indifferent: "What? Is there a problem?"
Ye Jin didn't answer, but Qu Jia said, "No problem! How could there be a problem? Lucas... ask him to come and play more often when he's free."
After hearing this, Ye Kai didn't know why he wanted to laugh. He curled his lips jokingly and meaningfully: "Okay, I'll tell him."
After returning to his room and taking a shower, he dug out his previously replaced phone and synced all the photos in the album because Chen Youhan had said she wanted to see his life over the past two years. There weren't many, only about a hundred photos, and many of them didn't feature him, just simple records of scenery and life. After doing all this, he sent a message to Chen Youhan to arrange a movie meet-and-greet. Chen Youhan had plans from 2 to 5 p.m. the day after tomorrow, but they weren't too important, so he cleared them out.
After doing all this, he went up to the fourth floor. The lights were off, so he went to the fifth floor. The empty dance studio was brightly lit, and the transparent mirrors on all sides reflected Ye Jin, who was wearing a black training suit. She was on her toes, dancing ballet. Ye Kai recognized it as the ballet "The Nutcracker". When she turned to the third circle, she caught a glimpse of Ye Kai's figure in the mirror and was shocked, but her figure did not stop. Only after completing the set of movements did she take off her wig and walk towards Ye Kai.
The long curly hair that was fluffy and light just now was now soaked with sweat. She smoothed her bangs, put her hair into a bun again, steadied her breathing, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ye Kai leaned against the door frame with his arms folded, and said half-seriously, "You disturbed me."
Ye Jin rolled his eyes at him and picked up a towel to wipe his sweat: "Are your ears dog-like?"
Ye Kai laughed nonchalantly: "You are almost 40 years old. Can you still do the Whip Swing Triple Turn? Aren't you afraid of spraining your waist?"
"Thirty-six, thank you. Women who don't have children don't age." Ye Jin unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip. "Lucas isn't young anymore. If you have time to 'care' about me here, why don't you go and care about him?"
Ye Kai heard the sarcasm in her words and retorted: "Why do you care about him? Want him to stay away from you?"
Ye Jin's face changed, and his tone suddenly lost its momentum. He said unnaturally: "You are fighting with the old man, right?"
Ye Kai raised his eyebrows: "Even Qu Jia didn't pick it, and you're still not satisfied?"
"Satisfied, of course I am satisfied," Ye Jin said with a complicated expression, "Since you really don't like girls, there's nothing wrong with Lucas."
"Compared with Chen Youhan?"
Ye Jin's chest rose and fell for a while, and her face turned pale after the intense exercise. Ye Kai did not let her go, staring at her closely and mockingly, with a dark and cold look in his eyes that was hard to understand.
Ye Jin turned around pretending to be calm and said coldly: "I don't know what you mean."
"How come you don't know? Let me ask you, between Lucas and Chen Youhan, who is better? Who suits you better? Who deserves me better?"
He lowered his arms. His height of over 1.8 meters was very oppressive in front of Ye Jin who had lost her high heels, not to mention his aggressive tone and cold and sinister aura. Ye Jin felt suffocated in the chest, closed his eyes, and compromised tiredly: "Chen Youhan is a thing of the past. No matter how good he is, he is not destined to be with you."
Ye Kai sneered in disbelief.
"No fate?" It was as if she had heard a huge joke. "Brother Youhan and I have no fate? He is only four years older than Lucas, why can Lucas do it but he can't? Lucas has exes everywhere, are there fewer people who have climbed into his bed than Chen Youhan? Why can he do it but Chen Youhan can't? Does Lucas love me? You don't even ask him to what extent he loves me, why do you think he can? What about Chen Youhan to me? Does he love me so much that he would even risk his own life and you just pretend you don't see it? Are you fucking blind?"
“——That’s enough!”
A cold rebuke plunged the empty room, which was almost echoing, into complete silence.
Ye Jin pursed her lips tightly, breathing heavily, then turned to face Ye Kai: "I know you hate me, but I don't want you to piss off grandpa to death. You only have your brother Youhan in your heart, but I'm different. I'm afraid that the Ye family is the most important thing in my life, Ye Jin. You can laugh at my cowardice, you can hate my meanness, I, Ye Jin, am guilty of you, but I won't gamble grandpa's life on your love! Would you be happy if grandpa was pissed off to death? Would your love be sublimated? Bullshit! You and Chen Youhan, no one can bear it, your love will die more thoroughly than today! You can't even come out! Bring Lucas home! Miss Chen Youhan! You and him will repent in guilt for the rest of your life!"
"You haven't regretted it until now," Ye Kai paused, "You are simply hopeless."
He turned around, and just as he was about to go downstairs, he heard Ye Jin's fragile voice: "...No, I regret it."
"...I regret it. I regret seeing you become like this. I regret that you still decided to spend your whole life with a man. If I had known this... if I had known this... I would rather you and Chen Youhan were fine."
After hearing her complete words in a sobbing and weak voice, Ye Kai did not turn around, but felt deeply ironic. He clenched his fists and said cruelly: "Your regret is worthless."
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