Romance
The next day was the weekend, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a hint of spring in the air.
Aunt Long got up very early and was busy sweeping, washing, and preparing food.
Ye Yuanyin walked out of the room and saw that the weather outside was good, so he didn't rush downstairs. He put his hands on the railing, tilted his head back, closed his eyes and felt the wind for a while.
Chen Dian was a man of vigor and energy, and he opened the door and came out just in time to see her.
She greeted him with a smile, her face soft and clear, "Good morning."
He just raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at her. He didn't sleep well the whole night because of the troubles he had last night. He looked very tired, and the bright and carefree person in front of him was even more annoying.
"It seems you slept well." Yan Chen said this and walked down the stairs without stopping.
Ye Yuanyin was left stunned, wondering what happened to him?
During breakfast, Aunt Long suddenly told Ye Yuanyin, "Your uncle actually sent someone to bring back news."
It took Ye Yuanyin a while to realize who she was talking about. Besides his eldest uncle, Long Yan, his mother had a younger brother who had left this mountain village at a very young age to make his living. There had been no news of him in forty years. He had never seen him, and his family rarely spoke of him, probably assuming he had met with an accident long ago. Who would have thought that he would still hear from him in his lifetime?
"How do you know? Where?"
"I heard from your eldest uncle that it was A-Lin from the good old lady's family at the village who brought back this information. Hasn't A-Lin been working in Pingcheng? We got in touch by chance, and I heard your youngest uncle's business has become very successful." Aunt Long shook her head and sighed, "Who would have thought that I would hear from him again in this lifetime?"
After hearing this, Ye Yuanyin said innocently, "Maybe grandpa and grandma want you to be reunited. Mom, do you know that the flowers in front of the Tao Temple are blooming? The incense has been very popular recently."
"It's time to go and pay your respects."
Chen Yan listened in silence. Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Aunt Long thought that he was under a lot of pressure, so she picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to him, saying gently, "Eat more. We will buy you a peace amulet when we go."
Ye Yuanyin tilted her head, her eyes frankly searching his. Just then, he raised his gaze, and their gazes inevitably met. Gazing at her eyes, open and unfettered like spring water, Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh, thinking, "What else can I expect from someone so slow-witted?" Then, he felt deeply dissatisfied with his own emotional response.
After dinner, the two of them headed out to the village committee's specially designated office for KZ's R&D team. It was a bare concrete structure, devoid of any decoration. Four two-meter-long tables were joined together, and the addition of some modern equipment and fixtures only slightly mitigated the office's spartan nature.
Chen Dian held a small meeting with people from the technical department, R&D department, and design department. The head of the design department was Zhang Chang, and because he was a Buddhist, everyone called him Zhang Moha.
Maha is a person who speaks in a very Zen way. He and Ye Yuanyin happened to be graduates of the Anhui University Academy of Fine Arts, so they seemed to get along particularly well.
Ji Quan couldn't stand it. When overly emotional people got together, they would always indulge in wild fantasies. Dian Di'an's instructions were very clear. They didn't need works of art. What they needed were scientific products that could accurately analyze user habits and provide help.
"Can you guys talk about something serious?"
"Don't mind her." Maha, unaware of Ye Yuanyin's married status, whispered to her, "She acts like the boss lady every day. Is this seat hers?"
Ye Yuanyin thought, it’s not his anyway.
*
After finishing her work in the morning, she wanted to go see Xiao Ruan again. As soon as she came out of the office, she ran into Shen Meiyue.
She took You Jing's arm and pulled him out of the guesthouse. The man's brows were cold and impatient. When he saw Ye Yuanyin, his eyes lit up as if by habit.
You Jing took the initiative to greet her, "Where are you going?"
The isolated countryside couldn't tolerate too many discordant voices. The waiters at the guesthouse, the village clerks, and the people sitting there basking in the sun and chatting, all kept their eyes and ears open, waiting for some rumors to spread. She suddenly turned and walked towards Xi'an with a clear goal.
At that time, they all came out. In addition to Ji Quan, there were four or five people including Zhang Mohe around him. It was unclear what they were arranging, and they all looked very cautious.
Ye Yuanyin didn't care about anything else. He walked straight over, pushed Zhang Moha away with his shoulder, and grabbed the man's hand.
Her sudden warm touch gave him goosebumps. He looked up and saw You Jing. He sneered. If she hadn't been in trouble, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to show her affection.
Ye Yuanyin shook his hand and asked, "Should we go home for lunch?"
Just as he was about to give her the cold shoulder for two days, he smiled calmly and said indifferently, "Don't go back and cause trouble for your mother."
He moved his hands, trying to break free from her grip, but Ye Yuanyin held on tighter, "Then can you accompany me to see Xiao Ruan?"
Chen Yan smiled slightly, remaining silent. Another hand reached out, but brushed her hand away.
Ye Yuanyin looked at his empty palms and watched him walk away with his group of people. He felt a sense of loss in his heart.
Meiyue came over and asked in confusion, "Hey, big brother, why are you so rude today? Did you have a fight?"
You Jing watched from the side, smiling knowingly, "Don't you know there's an idiom called 'rogues'? Fakes are fakes."
"What are you talking about?" Shen Meiyue grumbled. This girl was carefree and wouldn't take anything seriously even if she was suspicious. How far could she go with You Jing? She was just looking for a pleasant man to relieve her boredom and amuse herself. If she could sleep with him, she would sleep with him. If she couldn't, there was no regret.
"Xiao Ye, let's go to Z City this afternoon. It's so boring here."
"I still have work to do."
"Come on, forget about having a workaholic in your family. Are you really that desperate for his approval?"
This remark touched her reverse scale. Shen Meiyue wrapped her arms around her like a soft snake and said, "Life is short, enjoy it while you can."
They went to a secluded private room in City Z, hidden away in the bustling city. It was a large room, resplendent with gold and jade. It had everything you need for food, drink, and entertainment, and the waiters who served were each more charming than the last. This place was an invisible den of debauchery, a visible palace of bliss.
A lot of friends were called over, including Shen Meiyue’s friends and You Jing’s friends.
A crowd gathered together, the sounds and colors were chaotic, and men and women were in a daze.
Shen Meiyue hugged Ye Yuanyin's neck and complained to her, "I've been under a lot of pressure lately, you know? Am I a hard-working person? Obviously not, but he forced me to achieve results, so I had to run to this barren place. Grandpa is really unkind."
Ye Yuan knew that she was outspoken, so he suppressed his offended feelings, put himself in her shoes, and said honestly, "I really wronged you."
"Besides, not everyone is as ambitious as your husband. Just to fight for the surname 'Chen', he even set up his own faction and prepared for war. What good does it bring to go against Grandpa? It makes us all nervous."
In the past, Ye Yuanyin would not have understood what she meant. Later, when he found out, he thought that someone as proud as him might not be interested in becoming a descendant of the Shen family.
"Also, you and You Jing knew each other before? I heard that you have a deep connection?"
"Yes, I do." Because he was her 'boyfriend', Ye Yuanyin spoke very carefully. "His mother taught me before."
Shen Meiyue had drunk a lot of wine, her lips curled up, and there was a drowsy and obscure look in her eyes. "I don't care. Do you want to try three people together? Don't worry, I won't tell big brother."
Ye Yuanyin was drinking water and almost choked himself. He was disgusted from the bottom of his heart: "You are drunk."
"People from the mountains are so old-fashioned." Shen Meiyue laughed. She had a pair of slanted eyes. When she looked at people straight in the eyes, people felt that she was innocent. But when she looked at people with the sidelong glance, she looked at people with a bit of contempt and cynicism.
"Xiao Ye, your goal is so unclear. It's either the person or the money, at least the same thing. The stupidest thing is to juggle between two men and play pure love games with them."
"Please remember, your only remaining asset is this above-average body. You should do something with it. Either capture my eldest brother or You Jing. You have to choose one."
Ye Yuanyin was suddenly startled. She had met Shen Meiyue several times. Since they were of similar age, she felt that this girl had a straightforward personality, spoke sincerely, and got along very well with her. Therefore, she always treated her with 70% sincerity and 30% distance.
But after today's conversation, she realized that she had overstepped her bounds. As a young lady who grew up in a wealthy family, the first thing she needed to do was to assess the situation and weigh the pros and cons. In her eyes, everything was an object for consumption, and she was committed to maximizing the value of the individual.
Aunt Shen Lianxing had said something similar shortly after their marriage: "Don't let someone sleep with you for nothing and not get a dime." The Shen family seemed to have been indoctrinated from birth into the performance-based logic of capitalism. They were narcissistic, self-respecting, and arrogant, and their criteria for choosing a partner had nothing to do with love, only with compatibility.
Ye Yuanyin thought that from now on, there should only be 50% sincerity left between her and Shen Meiyue.
Why did Shen Huafeng want her to marry Dian Dian'an? He'd probably already figured it out from the moment he started supporting her—he was just an outsider in the Shen family, incapable of inheriting the Shen family's legacy. Therefore, he simply needed to find a woman with decent education and looks to marry Dian Dian'an. By then, poverty wouldn't be a weakness, but a powerful tool to demonstrate her loyalty to Shen Wentian.
If one day by chance you get property, the cost of divorce will be insignificant, killing two birds with one stone.
Such speculation made her feel even more bitter. This year, her life had changed dramatically. She had fallen headfirst into Shen Ji'an's kindness, and developed many unrealistic feelings for him. But after all, her husband and marriage were fake. The reality of her situation forced her to shed her former innocence and become someone who had to consider and calculate.
Later, Shen Meiyue drank too much and no one knew where she went. You Jing came over and sat next to her again.
He had a pair of alluring peach blossom eyes, a look that looked down upon everyone, a picky personality, and aloofness. Among the many waiters in the private room, no matter how pretty or gentle they were, none of them caught the eye like him.
You Jing stared at Ye Yuanyin closely, as if he wanted to see through her.
"Have you been drinking?"
"Just a little."
"Why are you staring at me like that?"
Perhaps it was because the two of them always quarreled when they met, and she was oppressed from time to time, so she always thought that he was a vicious and evil monster and a murderous ghost, and never noticed that he had a good appearance.
"We've known each other for six years, and it seems like I've never really understood you."
You Jing snorted coldly, wondering if he really understood her. For six years, he'd been so devoted to her that he'd practically opened his heart to her. Besides being rejected, dodged, given the cold shoulder, and pushed away, what had he gotten? She'd even resorted to sham marriages. To show her favor, he didn't mind becoming a lapdog, but the gifts he'd given with such sincerity were being returned. What dignity did he have left to worry about? And what self-respect could he save?
You Jing pinched her chin with one hand, his eyes scrutinizing her as if he was looking at a piece of fine jade.
"Listen, Ayin. I have no patience, I don't know how to coax people, and I'm too lazy to pretend anymore. I don't care whether you really have feelings for Shen Ji'an or you're just going through the motions, but don't you think about your own worth? Can Shen Ji'an really like you? Even if he does, who dares to steal my things?"
There was a hint of evil in his bewildered expression, and he mercilessly hit her sore spot. "It was just a little charity given by someone casually, why did you take it so seriously?"
Ye Yuanyin thought, yes, why is she so stubborn? Even if he is not Shen Wentian's grandson, it does not hinder the huge gap between the two.
Thinking of this, the phone rang. It was Chendi An calling.
You Jing stepped forward, but before he could take any action, Ye Yuanyin hung up the call.
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