Upon hearing Ye Xinning say that Xia He had a younger sister, Ye Rouxin's eyes showed obvious surprise. "What did you say? Xia He has a younger sister?"
“Yes.” Ye Xinning said slowly, “I only found out that day when Chen Lin told me.”
“I didn’t know. I only found out about Xia He’s identity after this incident. I never imagined that her parents were the ones who had an accident on that project more than 20 years ago. I never expected that she came to my side for revenge from the very beginning.”
“Xia He is extreme in her actions. I’m also surprised that she has been able to hide by your side for so many years. It’s impossible for Xia He to do these things on her own.”
"You mean, Xia He has someone backing her?"
"My intuition tells me it is, but I didn't get any information from Xia He about who it is. I only know that it's someone from France."
Ye Rouxin's expression turned solemn. Who exactly were those people from France?
"I will have someone investigate this matter. No matter who it is, I will feel at ease once I have found out the truth."
"Um."
...
Ye Rouxin left Ming Mansion after dinner. After she left, Ye Xinning received a call from Xiao Chen, who asked her if she was feeling better and when she could go back to work.
Ye Xinning briefly explained the situation to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen had a tricky case on his hands recently and needed to discuss it with Ye Xinning, so the phone call lasted a long time.
When Shen Lin came to the living room for the third time, he saw Ye Xinning holding her phone and talking to Xiao Chen about work.
He couldn't resist walking over and sitting down next to Ye Xinning. He reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Ye Xinning was talking to Xiao Chen very seriously when he was stunned for a second by Xiao Chen's actions.
"It's this detail that I don't quite understand. Can you tell me your thoughts?" While Ye Xinning was still in a daze, Xiao Chen's voice came through the phone again.
Ye Xinning quickly pulled herself together and began to discuss the matter seriously with Xiao Chen.
Shen Lin was restless beside her, playing with her fingers one moment and drawing circles on her waist the next. Ye Xinning couldn't ignore his little actions and signaled to him with her eyes to stop messing around.
But Shen Lin didn't stop there. Instead, he took the phone from her hand and, in the next second, his deep, resonant voice rang out, "Mr. Xiao, your employee is injured and recuperating at home. Do you still need to answer his questions?"
Ye Xinning, "..."
This person.
Xiao Chen didn't speak on the other end of the phone. Ye Xinning hurriedly took her phone back from Shen Lin's hand, "I'm sorry."
She had just finished speaking when Xiao Chen's voice came from inside, seemingly trying to suppress a laugh, "Excuse me, Director Ye really should get some rest. I won't disturb you any longer, goodbye."
Xiao Chen hung up the phone. Ye Xinning sat on the bed, still not quite understanding why the call had ended like this.
Shen Lin's hand was still on her waist when Ye Xinning reached out with her uninjured hand and slapped it away. "Why did you take my call and say those things to Xiao Chen?"
"I don't want him to exploit you."
Ye Xinning: "...That was a normal discussion about work, and I haven't been to the law firm for so long, so many things have been on his shoulders, and I feel very guilty."
Upon hearing Ye Xinning express remorse, Shen Lin's eyes darkened, and he immediately pulled her close, saying, "What did you say? Remorse towards Xiao Chen? No way."
Ye Xinning, "..."
“You are my wife, how can you feel guilty towards other men? No, Ningning.”
Ye Xinning, "..."
What on earth is this person thinking?
She shook her head. "Put me down."
She felt that her current position was a bit strange; she was sitting on his lap, with his deep eyes in front of her.
Shen Lin remained silent, his deep gaze fixed on her. After a long while, he did not put her down, but instead tilted his head back and kissed her lips.
Shen Lin's kiss came too suddenly, and since it was on the bed in the bedroom, Ye Xinning couldn't help but think that he wanted to have sex.
But as the kiss ended, amidst her erratic breathing, she heard Chen Lin's voice, "Do you really enjoy being a lawyer?"
Ye Xinning didn't know why he suddenly asked that, but she thought about it seriously before replying, "I really like it."
"You are the only legal heir of the Ye family. Your maternal grandfather also raised you as his heir. Later, you chose to become a lawyer. Have you ever regretted it?"
Ye Xinning leaned against Shen Lin's chest, thinking of her strict yet kind grandfather, and sighed, "At first, I actually wanted to follow my grandfather's arrangements, study management and economics, and then take over the Ye Group. Later, my grandfather passed away, my parents' marriage broke down, and Huo Qijun came to my mother's side. I couldn't accept it, which now seems like a rebellion. So I chose law. At the time, it was because I was angry with my mother, but now it seems that choosing to become a lawyer was the right thing to do. The business world is indeed not suitable for me."
"You were very sad when your grandfather passed away, weren't you?"
Shen Lin gazed into her eyes, his eyes filled with deep affection and heartache.
Ye Xinning recalled that period when her mother was in a bad mood, easily angered, and they would often argue. Her grandfather had also passed away.
She couldn't believe it. She saw Kenneth Fok at the funeral. It was one of the darkest days of her life. She watched as Kenneth Fok appeared grief-stricken, but was actually gloating in the shadows. At that moment, she had a morbid thought: how wonderful it would be if Kenneth Fok were dead too.
At that time, she really did want Huo Qijun to die, but fortunately, she managed to control her crazy actions in the end.
Now that Shen Lin brought it up again, Ye Xinning froze. "No matter how difficult it was, we got through it."
Finally, all the complex emotions were reduced to this simple sentence.
Shen Lin could sense all her emotional changes and knew that this was a very sad thing for her.
He held her tightly, his thin lips pressed against hers, kissing her gently and intermittently. "Mmm, it's all in the past."
Ye Xinning let Shen Lin kiss her lips. At first, Shen Lin only wanted to stop Ye Xinning from thinking about those unhappy things, but the person in his arms was his beloved, the person he had lost and regained after going through everything.
And so, the kiss slowly took a turn for the worse.
Shen Lin's hand landed on Ye Xinning's waist, lifting the hem of her clothes...
Ye Xinning felt a cold wind enter from the hem of her dress, and she quickly grabbed Shen Lin's hand, "Shen Lin."
In addition to deep affection, there was another color in Shen Lin's eyes, a color that Ye Xinning was no stranger to.
"It's getting late, time to go to sleep."
With a smile in his eyes, Shen Lin reached in again with both hands. "Yes, it is indeed getting late."
Seeing this, Ye Xinning could barely maintain her smile; this man was simply insane when he got going.
Shen Lin kissed her again, and this time his advances were more aggressive than the last time, causing Ye Xinning's breathing to become erratic.
But then he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Ningning, is it okay?"
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