Praise You
Yaya and Jixia came back from their vacation in the UK, feeling completely refreshed.
She mentioned the unique experience of taking off and landing, the magnificent city view, and the countryside with a unique British flavor. Many new and interesting things came out of her young mouth, and it always made her heart surge with emotion.
Before leaving, Ye Yuanyin gave her an old phone of his to keep her in touch. As she listened to Yaya's fragmented thoughts and looked at the photos she had taken in her phone's album, she felt the girl's originally clear voice gradually become choked with sobs. Turning back, she saw tears already streaming down her face.
Ye Yuanyin asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Wang Yaya shook her head, tears wetting her eyelashes and trickling down the corners of her eyes, which she immediately wiped away with the back of her hand. "I don't know, I just really want to cry. Cry for grandma, and cry for my brother."
The sudden expanse of her living environment struck hard at her fragile soul, as if piercing her old values and yet giving birth to new flesh and blood from deep within. Ye Yuanyin recalled her arrival in Ancheng from Jiutao Village. Everywhere she looked, she saw magnificent poetry written in grand language, leaving her feeling insignificant and inferior.
"Do you want to go see Zhizhi tomorrow?"
"Okay, that's great."
Three years ago, Ye Yuanyin applied for Wang Zhizhi to be admitted to the Z City Welfare Home. Later, Chen Di'an took him to the Ancheng City Welfare Home, where the professional conditions were better.
When she and Yaya arrived, the life teacher was instructing the children to make latte art.
The boy, who was about ten years old, grew up like a willow tree. He was thin and tall, and looked a few inches taller than his sister.
The little boy looked pleased with himself.
It happened that the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles was holding a charity event, and Chu Jinxi was also invited, and the two met again.
After exchanging pleasantries, they talked about the current situation of the Shen family. Chu Jinxi asked her, "I heard that You Manshan has been active recently, trying to get her share of the family property."
Ye Yuanyin couldn't understand why she cared so much about the Shen family. "He doesn't talk much about work, and I don't really understand."
Chu Jinxi smiled knowingly at her, "Little fox, you're still lying to me. You want to imitate Xue Baochai and shake your head and say you don't know when asked, but you have to understand whether I am Wang Xifeng or not."
She still smiled good-temperedly, but did not express her opinion.
Chu Jinxi lost her temper and sneered, "Who is You Manshan? Let's not talk about whether she is qualified to inherit Shen Huafeng's inheritance. Does she have the ability to get even the slightest benefit from Shen Yan'an?"
Ye Yuanyin didn't dare to judge whether You Manshan would benefit, but she knew that Chen Yan'an would definitely not ignore Chen Yanxia. "Indeed. It's hard to say."
"Xiao Ye, relax. I'm not from the Shen family. There's no need to be so cautious when talking to me." Chu Jinxi looked into the distance with melancholy and said, "After all, you and I were both funded by Shen Huafeng's foundation. We should be considered to be from the same school."
Ye Yuanyin suddenly realized what role Chu Jinxi was playing in the Shen family's power struggle. She clearly didn't love Shen Yuheng, yet she went to great lengths to marry him. Once the Shen family's funding chain was cut off, she quickly divorced him. Such calm and precise action made it hard not to speculate.
She said they were one of her own, but what exactly are one of her own?
"Just wait and see." The sunset's beauty shone on her rosy lips. "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Perhaps with the advancement of technology, even the settlement in Yama's Hall will be faster, allowing us to see our retribution in this life."
*
Ye Yuanyin and Shen Ji'an went to the Civil Affairs Bureau again to get their marriage certificate.
He originally wanted to hold a ceremony, but Ye Yuanyin was a person who didn't care much about formalities. In the final analysis, he still felt that his natal family was humble, and the people in his husband's family really didn't like him, which was always embarrassing.
Chen Di'an said, "If you don't want to make it public, then go back to Jiutao Village and do it."
"But didn't we visit the ancestral hall in Jiutao Village?"
"How can it be the same?" he thought, of course it's different, his performance at that time was not good at all.
Ye Yuanyin was sitting at the desk sorting out his painting supplies. Upon hearing this, he suddenly looked at him with a half-smile, nodded, and said, "Oh, yes, it is indeed different."
The subtle sarcasm in his words was truly embarrassing, but one couldn't predict the future. He truly didn't feel up to the task at the time, so he could only accept defeat. He was a very pragmatic man, and hated people who fled at the last minute. He figured there would always be a chance to prove themselves later. So, he smiled at her and said, "Can we have another one?"
"You don't care. I grew up there, so why would I worry about people making things up behind my back?"
She stood up and was about to leave.
Sediment An quickly stood up and followed him, pacing slowly behind him. "Where are you going?"
"What do you care where I'm going?" she choked him.
He quickly caught up with her from behind, put his arm around her waist, and was about to bend down to kiss her, but Ye Yuanyin turned his head, grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open. He saw Aunt Yang standing outside, raising her hand and about to knock on the door.
Shen Yan didn't mind, he took his hand away from her, straightened up pretending to be calm, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Aunt Yang looked at the expressions between the two, not sure whether they were really arguing or just having fun in the bedroom, so she was undecided.
It was Ye Yuanyin who spoke first and asked, "Auntie, what can I do for you?"
"This..." Aunt Yang stared at Chen Yan'an, looking very embarrassed.
He rested his hand on the side doorframe, thinking that this look could easily be misunderstood, since he clearly had nothing to hide. He quickly glanced at Xiao Ye, and it sounded like he was expressing his loyalty: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Aunt Yang thought, "You told me to say this, so it's not my fault." "Miss Zou is here," she paused, then added, "She's waiting in the living room. Do you want to see her or not? I have to go and answer her."
"Yes," Ye Yuanyin answered for him first. "How can I not? Weren't we almost getting married?"
After saying that, she glanced at him, her curved eyebrows framing the curved corners of her mouth, and she nodded and walked away as if she was watching a good show.
Yan Di smiled bitterly, but felt a little itchy in his heart because of her gaze. He had no choice but to watch her leave and followed Aunt Yang into the elevator.
When she came up after the conversation, she saw Chen Yixia chatting with her in the room where they used to live.
The little girl had bought a bunch of cultural and creative souvenirs from the British Museum. She was holding a canvas bag with a Van Gogh sunflower print on it and asked her, "Do you like the gift I bought you?"
"I like it."
"So tell me, am I better to you, or is Wang Yaya better to you?"
Ye Yuanyin smiled and said, "Hello."
Seeing her answer without hesitation, Chen Yanxia felt dissatisfied and said angrily, "You answered without even thinking about it. How frivolous! It's as if the money I spent is worth less than feeding the dog."
"Don't take it, don't take it." Ye Yuanyin grabbed a corner of the canvas bag and struggled with her, saying, "Then I am the puppy."
"Ouch." Chen Yanxia frowned, "You are really becoming more and more shameless, just like my brother."
"Impossible." Ye Yuanyin said righteously, "I have much more dignity than him."
"Hmph." The little girl suddenly laughed, but a melancholy expression reappeared on her face. She looked sad beyond her age. "Will my mother and I be kicked out?"
"How could that be?" Ye Yuanyin answered firmly, "No matter how shameless your brother is, he would never do such a thing."
Chen Yanxia pouted and said, "You always try to coax me. Last time in that shabby house you rented, you were so heartless that I should have stopped paying attention to you a long time ago. If I didn't think you still had some value, I wouldn't be playing with you now."
"I don't want to play with you either." Ye Yuanyin imitated her words, "Is it so great that you can play the violin? Is it so great that you go to an international private school? Is it so great that your family is rich? You were never nice to me before."
"Then just leave! Why do you insist on staying here after all the harsh words I say to you?"
"We will leave. Yaya, we will leave when school starts."
Ye Yuanyin leaned forward slightly to protect the gift Jixia had given him. He smiled sincerely and said, "If you want to live with us, just come over. I'll come back if you need me to. Is that okay?"
Chen Yanxia wanted to say a few more angry words, but remembering her previous warning, she finally learned to express her inner thoughts properly. "Okay. You'd better come back more often. I don't want to live in that shabby house anymore."
After his sister left, Yan Di'an came in. Ye Yuanyin was tidying up the things on the bed, and he didn't say anything, just leaning against the cabinet and watching her busy.
She tidied silently for a long time, then turned around as if she had just seen him and said in surprise, "Hey, when did you come? Are you done talking?"
"Well," the man said, a playful smile in his voice, "I'm such a big guy, you can't see me."
She nodded and said, "I have a lot of things to do too. Who has the time to stare at you all the time?"
Chen Yan came over and grabbed a corner of the quilt, forcing her to stop. "Why don't you ask what she talked to me about?"
"What's there to ask?" She suddenly raised her left hand. The diamond in the plain ring on her ring finger sparkled with light as she moved. "Facts speak louder than words."
Sediment was pleased.
It was obvious that in his poor imagination, love never had any beautiful qualities.
Friends always complained about him being out of place and too idealistic about relationships. The truth was, he'd been accustomed to loneliness since childhood and couldn't imagine living comfortably with another independent individual. Especially since he'd have to let down his guard and be completely honest with the other person about all his weaknesses and shortcomings. Just think about it, it was terrifying and incredibly embarrassing.
Unlike now, he got a kind of pleasure and comfort from the same girl and in the same relationship that he could never have imagined before.
"By the way, I bought a house, let's move out."
Ye Yuan looked at him warily, feeling that he was a spendthrift. "Where did you get the money?"
“Sell stocks.”
"What stocks, and why are you selling them?"
"Shen's retail business has many of my grandfather's old employees. My aunt wants to position the store more youthful, but there are too many objections. She doesn't own the majority of the shares, and the decision-making power is not in her hands. I had no intention of doing this, but since she wants it, I might as well sell it."
Ye Yuanyin analyzed that while the split might seem to have yielded the least profit for Shen Ji'an, his second uncle lacked management talent and was the quickest to defect. While his aunt's business scope was vast, she was hampered by complex financing channels. His fourth uncle controlled the Shen family's most powerful business, but since the blow he suffered three years ago, it had been shattered and could barely maintain operations.
Although Chen Jing'an's share of the business was the least experienced, the weakest foundation, and the least capable, he was fortunate to have the final say. Furthermore, his company, KZ Technology, had just launched a groundbreaking healing software program, which was gaining considerable attention. This seemed like a stalling tactic employed by Shen Wentian, perhaps hoping that even if Chen Jing'an couldn't bring everyone together, he could at least preserve a portion of the Shen family's assets.
He glanced over from the corner of his eye, with a gentle ripple like spring water in it, "It's very late, why don't you rest?"
"I still have a lot of things to pack." Ye Yuanyin didn't respond. Without even looking up, he took out a few folded clothes from the closet and put them into the suitcase. "Yaya will start school soon. I want to move in as soon as possible so she can get used to it."
He blocked her move again, his presence too strong to stop her movement.
"Didn't I just say I wanted to buy a house?"
"Yeah, so what?"
Chen Yan also raised his left hand, on which he wore a ring similar to hers. "We just got married, and you want to separate?"
Ye Yuanyin looked at him and smiled, "Then I didn't meet with my ambiguous partner alone right after getting married."
He coaxed her, "Let me tell you what Miss Zou said?"
"Who wants to listen?"
He blocked her path again and asked, "Just now, who did you tell Xia Xia to be shameless?"
"When? Who said that?" She turned around and went back to work.
"Oh, yes," Chen Yan stared at her slender waist, then suddenly strode over, picked her up sideways, kicked the door open and walked out. "I'm shameless."
When he went out and saw Aunt Yang there again, Chen Yan said, "What's wrong? She wouldn't show up even if the king of heaven came."
Ye Yuanyin felt embarrassed and quickly covered his face with his hands.
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