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Ye Wenyu remained silent, but her heart was pounding. She never imagined that one day Uncle Cai would ask her for a favor—
She gently clenched her fists under the table and then released them, repeating this motion to ease her tension.
Cai Wenchuan's father sighed, his old face flushed red with embarrassment and nervousness, like a pig's liver. He stammered, "Uncle, I've never asked anyone for a favor in my entire life—"
Ye Wenyu could only force a smile and politely said to the old man, "Uncle, please feel free to say whatever you want. I will definitely agree to anything I can do."
Childhood memories flashed through her mind. After her biological father had an affair, he would be away from home for about half a month at a time. Later, he simply divorced her and disappeared without a trace. As a child, the only person she could associate with the title "father" was Uncle Cai. He was the one who let her ride on his shoulders and took her to the temple fair. He was the one who helped her complete the science and technology inventions assigned by her teacher. He was the one who ran out when she was bullied by the boys in the same alley, threatening to beat those naughty children half to death and scare them away.
Ye Wenyu's inner balance began to shift again. Her mother's persuasion, her own conscience's unease, Cai Wenchuan's desperate need to escape his misery, and now, her uncle Cai's painful yet sincere pleas, all struck her like resounding bells, leaving her conflicted and wavering. Her heart was once again tormented by inner turmoil.
Should she compromise? Should she take a step back and think of others? Love? Love! When you don't have it, then learn to love others?
Ye Wenyu was lost in thought, her nerves taut, waiting for Cai Wenchuan's father to make his request.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Uncle Cai mustered his courage and said to her, "Xiaoyu, I beg you to help Wenchuan forget that wicked woman, okay? I know now that he has come to his senses and repented, he just doesn't know how to forget her. He needs help, and only you can help him with this."
Ye Wenyu paused for a moment, looked at Uncle Cai, and said nothing.
The old man's hair was already gray, and there were many wrinkles around his eyes. He was usually reserved and didn't show his emotions. He was also unmoved in front of his family. But she knew that he actually loved Cai Wenchuan very much. He was his only son. How could he not love him? At this moment, Ye Wenyu was particularly envious of Cai Wenchuan. He had such loving parents.
Uncle Cai's eyes were pleading, and his voice trembled as he made his request to her, like a spider's web in the wind. He looked at her nervously, as if he was terrified that she would refuse.
A few minutes passed, and the tense old man mustered his courage again. He looked at Ye Wenyu silently and said sincerely, "Xiaoyu, don't worry. If Wenchuan ever dares to bully you or hurt your feelings, I'll be the first to get back at him! Many loves are cultivated after marriage. Your aunt and I were introduced by someone, and we had never met before our marriage, but our relationship is very good now. Besides, you and Wenchuan have known each other since childhood. He liked you a lot when you were little. If it weren't for our family moving and him meeting that brat from the Lin family—"
Ye Wenyu remained silent. The private room seemed to have shrunk, making her feel somewhat suffocated. The food on the table had long since gone cold. Ye Wenyu only felt thirsty, so she picked up a cup and took a sip of water.
He even spoke to her from his son's perspective, almost pleadingly, saying, "I know you young people don't like us old folks working as maids for other people's families. If you get married, his mother and I have discussed it and we'll quit our jobs at the Lin family's house. We'll move to a faraway place, buy a house, and live together as a family, okay?"
Hearing the old man say this, Ye Wenyu couldn't help but be moved. She said to him gratefully, "Uncle, thank you for thinking so highly of me. You were very good to me when I was a child, and I haven't forgotten any of those things. However, the matter you mentioned is a big one, and I need to think about it for a few days, okay?"
Hearing that Ye Wenyu didn't immediately refuse him, Cai Wenchuan's father smiled with relief. He breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded, and said to her, "Good child, Uncle believes in you."
A bitter smile appeared on Ye Wenyu's lips. She stood up, picked up her phone, and went to the front desk to pay. It was Uncle Cai's first time visiting her school, and as the younger generation, she should definitely take the initiative to treat him.
Just as she was about to scan the QR code at the front desk, Uncle Cai rushed out, smiling as he pushed her aside and said, "How could I let a junior like you pay?" He took out a large wad of cash, pushed it in front of the front desk, and said to her, "Check, check."
Ye Wenyu insisted on paying with her mobile phone and said to the receptionist, "It's my treat. That's my uncle, and it's his first time here."
"How can we let the younger generation treat us?" Uncle Cai insisted.
The receptionist smiled slightly and accepted Mr. Cai's money.
In the end, it was Uncle Cai who treated everyone to a meal.
However, he was very happy. Just now, he saw the girl's behavior. She was so generous, so knowledgeable and reasonable, so considerate and thoughtful, sensible and filial. She was studying at the best university in the country. Her family was so poor, yet she lived a clean and respectable life like other children. Cai Wenchuan's father knew that he had not made the wrong choice.
He smiled gently at Ye Wenyu and said, "Alright, Uncle has finished speaking, and it's about time. I'm leaving now."
Ye Wenyu nodded and insisted on escorting Cai Wenchuan's father to the school gate.
When they arrived near his car, Cai Wenchuan's father was just about to open the car door when he saw someone sitting in the driver's seat—it was Lin Tingfeng.
He was incredibly embarrassed, his drunkenness mostly sobering up. He immediately took a step back, bowed deeply, and said respectfully, "Young Master—"
Lin Tingfeng rolled down the car window, glanced at Cai Wenchuan's father with a dark expression, and then looked away, staring at Ye Wenyu instead.
Seeing the two of them walking together, he already knew most likely what had happened, and he was in a bad mood. Today, after treating someone to a meal at the restaurant, he didn't see Lao Cai or his car, so he figured Lao Cai might have gone somewhere. Since the restaurant was near Q University, he strolled into the Q University campus, thinking that maybe he could bump into that girl. Even if he didn't, it would be nice to walk around and sit on the campus where she was studying.
So he slowly walked over, and unexpectedly, he saw his car as soon as he arrived at the school gate. He was a little stunned, not expecting that Lao Cai would also come to the school. After a while, he thought that Lao Cai might be looking for his son, so he felt relieved. He walked around the school for a while, and when he got tired, he used his car key to open the car door and sat in the driver's seat to wait for Lao Cai so that the two of them could go back together.
Unexpectedly, Lao Cai and Ye Wenyu arrived together.
The moment Lin Tingfeng saw Ye Wenyu, his face darkened.
Old Cai was clearly very happy, and Ye Wenyu was very respectful, like a junior seeing off an elder.
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