Romance
In the evening, everyone gathered at Aunt Long's house, and Ye Yuanyin and his mother were busy for a long time.
After that meal, Shen Meiyue clamored to go back to City Z to check in.
"Brother, please send a driver to take me."
Chen Yan glanced at the man sitting next to her and said slowly, "Don't you have a boyfriend? Why wait until such a time as this?"
You Jing leaned sideways, his eyes fixed on Ye Yuanyin. He saw her sleeves rolled up, revealing a fair and well-proportioned little arm, as she helped her mother put the washed dishes into the cupboard.
At that time, the moon had just passed the treetops, and a breeze blew through the yard, just brushing against his heart. His heart was softer than the spring breeze.
"I was just saying that. He insisted on living here." Shen Meiyue pouted and called out to him twice before he came back to his senses. Her face was unhappy. "What are you looking at?"
"No," You Jingzheng turned around and said with a smile, "I have astigmatism. It's dangerous to drive at night. Let your brother take it."
The ball was thrown back, and Chen Yan sneered, "It looks like pink eye. Better go to the hospital to get it checked out. If you delay, the condition will be bad."
"Don't bother, I have medicine." You Jing simply stopped trying to hide it and stood up and walked towards Ye Yuanyin. "They seem to have prepared some fruit. I'll go get it."
After he left, Chen Yan'an suppressed his anger and asked Shen Meiyue, "When did you get a boyfriend? Does your family know about it? Also, don't you know who he is?"
"I know, he's my great uncle's brother-in-law." Shen Meiyue said nonchalantly, "If you don't even acknowledge this stepmother, she's not really a relative. Besides, my parents don't care."
Sediment An sneered, "Your parents have never cared about anything."
"That's too much, Shen Yan'an." Shen Meiyue called him by his full name and retorted, "What's wrong with my parents? Don't they just like to travel, take pictures, and enjoy life without caring about other people's affairs? You should be happy. They will never come to compete with you for the inheritance of the Shen family."
"I'm a rarity."
"Hmph! Don't meddle in my affairs." Shen Meiyue said as a matter of course: "I just want to find a handsome guy to play with before the marriage. Is there anything wrong with that? Why are you so nervous? It's so annoying!"
"This handsome guy you found is just a bunch of cloaks in disguise. I can't even tell if he's a human or a ghost. How dare you play with him? Besides, is he interested in you?"
Shen Di'an has always been a very elegant man. Although he has many principles, he is generally quite gentle as long as you don't provoke him. Shen Meiyue felt that his attitude tonight could be described as rude. Because it was not common, although she was angry, she couldn't help but ask with concern, "Brother, are you in a bad mood? Who provoked you?"
"No." Chen Yan pulled himself back from his composure, glanced towards the kitchen, and said with a sullen face, "Contact Secretary Ma about the driver and let him make the arrangements."
"I love you the most." Shen Meiyue accepted the reward in a tactful manner: "I'll contact Secretary Ma right away! But we have to make it clear that this person has to serve me full-time."
Chen Yan thought, at about the same age, some people are struggling to survive, while others are doing whatever they want for pleasure. There is no reason to talk about in this world.
He looked up and saw You Jing still circling around Ye Yuanyin. He couldn't help asking, "Xiao Ye, is Zhizhi calling you?"
"Oh, I'll be right there."
She originally brought a plate of fruit, and You Jing always wanted to show her his courtesy. With three people crammed into the small kitchen, it was stretched thin everywhere.
Aunt Long likes quietness, and she was so anxious that sweat was almost dripping down her forehead. "Ayin, please take the guests out first."
"I understand."
The fruit plate was being pulled back and forth, and Ye Yuanyin gave up struggling and simply let him carry it.
"Here you go."
After saying that, he turned around and went upstairs to find Zhizhi.
You Jing stared at her figure, feeling as if he could never see enough of her. He wanted to follow her, but Chen Di'an stood up and stood at the stairs, artificially blocking his way.
"What?" You Jing frowned, looking impatient.
Chen Yan looked at the fruit plate in his hand, tilted his head towards the yard, and said slowly: "I'll tell you where the table is."
You Jing smiled contemptuously and said, "I'll find my own table."
He also chuckled, "That's someone else's dining table."
"Fake!"
"It's better than you who can't even make it to the table."
Shit. You Jing cursed in his heart.
Shen Meiyue didn't understand what the two were saying in secret. She patted the stone table under her and shouted, "The table is here, come here quickly!"
*
You Jing slept in the guesthouse for the night. It was shabby, cold, and without hot water—a truly spartan experience for someone who had lived in the city for so long. The sheets beneath him were off-white, made of polyester, and felt so hard and rough. He barely slept the entire night, and the next morning, he went to the Long family's house to look for someone.
It was Ye Yuanyin who opened the door. Her body language was very clear after seeing him. She half-opened the door and asked defensively, "What's going on?"
"I'll come for breakfast."
"My home is not a guesthouse."
"I don't care. You're the only one I know here. If you don't care about me, I'll starve to death."
Ye Yuanyin just wanted to drive him away, "This is the countryside, the conditions must be bad, you should go back to Ancheng."
Seeing that she didn't try to persuade him to stay, You Jing couldn't help but feel aggrieved again. "That night when I came back from buying daily necessities, you suddenly disappeared. I was so scared. Why didn't you leave without saying goodbye?" He handed her the phone and said pitifully, "You should use the phone he bought you. At least I can contact you this way."
Ye Yuanyin didn't know what tricks he was playing. The man who used to look down on everyone suddenly became humble. But since you can't hit someone who smiles at you, she had no choice but to lower her voice and talk to him, "Don't ask for trouble anymore. Go back."
"I want to live in your house, too." You Jing said, feeling angry. "Why can he live in your house, but I can't?"
She didn't want to argue with him anymore, so she pushed the door hard with both hands to close it.
You Jing quickly reached out to block it, "Why are you so heartless?"
Ye Yuanyin felt that he was annoying when he was difficult to deal with, so he kindly reminded him: "You already have a girlfriend, so stop making trouble."
You Jing sneered, "How come I get the same girlfriend as you do with your husband? Don't you have any idea?"
She simply didn't want to pretend anymore, and after a while she said, "I'm different from you. Don't hurt others casually."
You Jing wanted to say something to her, but Aunt Long had already walked over from the yard. She looked at Ye Yuanyin's back and asked curiously, "Who are you talking to so early in the morning?"
You Jing pushed the door open with all his might, and a tall, burly man squeezed in, pushing her aside. Eager to show off, his eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, he politely asked, "Auntie, could I have a meal before I leave? I really couldn't get used to staying at the guesthouse yesterday."
Aunt Long looked at Ye Yuanyin and then at You Jing. She felt suspicious but didn't dare to ask.
“…Please come in.”
You Jing thanked him and turned to make a face at Ye Yuanyin.
*
The morning sunlight looks gray and bright, and it becomes dazzling if you stare at it for a while, but there are always people who are more dazzling than the light.
When Chen Dian frowned and looked at the uninvited man for the third time, even Yaya felt that the uncle's face looked uglier than the clay used to make pottery.
Ye Yuanyin was thinking about Xiao Ruan, so he asked Yaya if she had gone to school. Yaya replied that she had not seen her for a long time.
"Sister, do you know? Aunt Lin's daughter Yiduo was beaten deaf by her uncle."
She was talking about Hua Mei's six-year-old daughter. Ye Yuanyin was startled and exclaimed, "What's going on?"
"I don't know. I heard it from Teacher Hu. Aunt Lin thought it was Teacher Hu who beat her, and she even went to school to make a scene yesterday. But who knew it wasn't her uncle who beat her at all."
Ye Yuanyin thought that he would have to visit Huamei's house later.
Seeing that she ignored him, You Jing hooked the bamboo stool she was sitting on with his long legs. Ye Yuanyin didn't mind and was dragged to his side along with the stool.
She asked with a pale face, "What for?"
You Jing handed over the bowl as a matter of course and said, "Please help me with the rice."
Shen Yan'an turned his dark eyes and looked at her expressionlessly.
When Yaya saw that he had finished eating, she looked up and said expectantly, "Uncle, please take me to school today."
His voice was like the sound of a bell from far away, ringing once and resonating far away.
The petals of the crabapple tree fell to the ground, and it seemed as if a breeze blew up in the little girl's heart, and pink waves surged in patches.
"Oh, that's great."
Ye Yuanyin stared at Yaya holding his hand and thought that he wanted it too.
Seeing her stunned and not knowing what she was thinking, You Jing simply urged, "Ayin, dinner."
Thinking of those hands, she stood up dejectedly.
Chen Yan'an's eyes darkened, and he turned to look at her and asked lightly, "Are you very idle? There's too little work, isn't it?"
Ye Yuanyin snapped back to his senses and quickly denied it, "How could that be? I was just about to go see Xiao Ruan."
His eyes were still so cold, "Then what are you waiting for?"
Seeing Aunt Long approaching, Ye Yuanyin quickly stuffed the bowl into her hands and said, "Mom, I'll be going to Huamei's place after seeing Xiao Ruan, so I won't be back for lunch."
After saying that, she untied the apron around her waist and ran up the stairs to the second floor to change clothes.
Here, Chen Di'an also took Yaya out.
You Jing looked at the two people who were originally going in opposite directions and wondered if it was an illusion. Why did it feel like they would eventually end up in the same place?
It's like two points starting from a starting point: one has clearly traveled a long way, while the other has stumbled and fallen behind, but after an arc, they will return to the point of reunion. This strange yet harmonious sense of contradiction makes it seem as if no matter how early Chendi An arrives, he will stop and wait for her.
The smile on You Jing's face fell, and he always felt that something bad was happening somewhere he couldn't see.
Why did they get married? Lately, he'd often begun to wonder about the reason behind it. Perhaps the relationship between these two wasn't just a ridiculous farce, a casual affair, as he'd simply assumed.
His face suddenly turned cold and bloodless.
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