Ye Yuan watched as her younger sister shed tears. Her beautiful and dignified face, just like the gentle and composed older sister in her memory, was now stained with tears.
He suddenly remembered that year in high school, when he got up at night to get a drink of water and saw his older sister crying on the balcony.
His parents worked far from Beijing, so his older sister took care of him and his younger siblings like a mother.
From then on, every night, he would silently stay outside the door to keep his sister company.
"Alright, alright, I didn't say anything to you." Ye Yuan pushed up his glasses and said with a hint of helplessness.
After Ye Dong finished sobbing, she whispered, "Brother, can you not tell Grandpa, Dad, and Mom about this? Grandpa is recuperating at a sanatorium, and Dad and Mom are working at sea... I don't want them to worry."
Grandpa, Dad, and Mom are all gone. My eldest and youngest brothers are both in the military. The one who has the most say in the family is my second brother.
If my second brother doesn't say anything, nobody will know.
Ye Yuan looked at Ye Dong: "Is this considered being sensible or being insensible?"
"I think neither of you knows any better," Rong Zhaonan's cold voice rang out from the doorway.
When Ye Dong saw Rong Zhaonan, his eyes lit up, but then he slumped down and whispered, "Brother Zhaonan."
"Wake up, stop fussing for a hug? What should a girl this age do? If you don't know, I'll ask Uncle Ye and Aunt Ye how they raised her!"
Rong Zhaonan glanced at Ye Dong indifferently and placed the lunchbox in his hand on the table.
Ye Dong was scolded harshly by him, and her face instantly turned white and red.
Is this saying she doesn't know her place?
She lowered her head and clutched the blanket tightly: "I...I'm just scared of getting stitches, it hurts so much, my whole body aches, that's why I'm like this..."
Ye Yuan said helplessly, "Don't be mean to Dongdong. When she was little, her older sister carried her on her back, and you often held her too. No matter how old she is, in her heart you will always be the older brother who carried her and rode her on horseback."
Rong Zhaonan glanced at Ye Dong's leg, which was in a splint: "Does it still hurt?"
Tears welled up in Ye Dong's eyes, and she said pitifully, "Um, it hurts..."
Rong Zhaonan raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "Serves you right, you're lucky you didn't die from the fall!"
Ye Dong was stunned: "..."
Ye Yuan: "..."
After being stunned for a moment, Ye Dong burst into tears, feeling wronged: "Waaah... Brother Zhaonan, you scolded me!"
Ye Yuan said irritably, "Don't scold Dongdong. She's still young and injured. If you're angry, take it out on me!"
This person still talks like a dog!
Rong Zhaonan ignored Ye Yuan, looked at Ye Dong, and coldly scolded, "Shut up, don't cry!"
When he gets used to training soldiers, his face turns stern and his aura becomes intimidating.
Ye Dong was so frightened that he held back his tears and sobbed uncontrollably.
Rong Zhaonan stood coldly with his hands behind his back: "Your sister Zhou Heng joined the army with me when she was sixteen, a year younger than you. Before she left the army, she had already won a first-class merit. She was from the Wuhan University compound. Your delicate manner is not like that of a child from our Wuhan University compound! What kind of behavior is this!"
If you try to talk to her nicely, this little girl won't listen at all, so let's try a different approach to education!
This tone was exactly like the way his father and grandfather scolded him.
Ye Dong was so frightened that he held back his tears, his face turning red and white in an instant. He dared not utter a sound or speak.
Rong Zhaonan looked at Ye Yuan with a cold face: "Come out with me for a moment."
After saying that, he walked towards the door.
Ye Yuan patted Ye Dong's arm reassuringly: "Rest for a while, I'll be there soon."
We reached the end of the hospital corridor.
Rong Zhaonan glanced at Ye Yuan: "Junzi has already brought Dongdong's change of clothes. Where is your nanny? Why didn't she come with you?"
The elders of the Ye family are no longer here, and the secretaries and medical team that accompanied Old Master Ye have all gone to the sanatorium in Beidaihe.
They left a nanny at home to take care of Ye Dong and Ye Yuan's daily life.
Ye Yuan seemed somewhat helpless: "Auntie isn't feeling well and has taken leave for a while. I also have to work at my unit. Could you help me look after that girl? I'm really afraid that when she starts school, her injury won't be healed yet, and my grandfather will scold me to death."
Rong Zhaonan refused outright: "I'm back here on business, and I'll only be in the capital for a month at most."
Ye Yuan sighed: "It's only half a month in the hospital. We can switch shifts when Auntie comes back. The main thing is that this little girl is very willful. She fell down because she was chasing after you."
Rong Zhaonan looked at Ye Yuan and suddenly said coldly, "Ye Yuan, Dongdong is seventeen years old, not just seven. If you hadn't brought her to this dinner party today, this wouldn't have happened. She was smart and sensible when she was little, following Sister Ye Qiu. How did she become so willful with you?!"
He had been holding back for several days. If it weren't for what happened today, which made him feel that things couldn't go on like this, he wouldn't have said anything harsh to Dongdong and Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan pushed up his glasses: "You said Dongdong and I were impolite to Ning Yuan, and that it was my fault for making her apologize?"
A cold glint flashed in Rong Zhaonan's long, beautiful eyes: "Ye Yuan, don't treat people like idiots. If you weren't my childhood friend, you wouldn't be getting away with this beating today!"
After saying that, he turned and left!
Ye Yuan watched his retreating figure, his expression somewhat gloomy and complicated, before turning back to his room.
Ye Dong watched Ye Yuan enter, then raised her teary eyes and said, "Second Brother..."
Not seeing Rong Zhaonan, she immediately asked, "Where's Brother Zhaonan?"
“He went to be with that woman. I told you, don’t cry all the time. Your older sister never cries in front of others.” Ye Yuangang had just had a fight with Rong Zhaonan and was in a very bad mood.
Ye Dong lowered her eyes and said stubbornly, "I just don't like the woman next to Brother Zhaonan. How can she compare to my sister? Brother Zhaonan belongs to my sister!"
Ye Yuan said coldly, "You'd better not say such things. He's already married. Do you still care about your reputation?"
Ye Dong suddenly looked up at his second brother: "But you don't like that woman either, do you? Otherwise, why would you send me here to apologize today?"
Ye Yuan looked into his sister's eyes, remained silent for a moment, then walked to her side and lifted her chin: "Then you can't let yourself get hurt, especially this face."
This face, which most resembles the eldest sister's, shouldn't be hurt easily.
"I really didn't mean to. Look how disfigured I am. What am I going to do now?" Ye Dong pointed to the bandage on his head, looking very frustrated.
Ye Yuan looked at his younger sister and said calmly, "You got into trouble because of Zhao Nan, so of course he has to take care of you."
Ye Dong hesitated and felt wronged: "Really? But Brother Zhaonan has already left. He went to be with that woman?"
Ye Yuan looked at her and slightly curved the corners of his lips: "I will make him agree."
Ye Dong immediately threw herself into Ye Yuan's arms: "Second brother is the best."
Ye Yuan gently patted her back: "Dongdong, you should be good too. Your older sister is a steady person. You're too spoiled. Zhaonan won't like that."
Ye Dong obediently whispered, "I know, but if I don't do this, Brother Zhaonan won't talk to me. I will learn from my eldest sister. Even though my sister is gone, I will listen to my second brother."
Ye Yuan smiled with satisfaction and gentleness, his eyes warm: "Dongdong is the best and most obedient. Let's eat."
After breaking off her engagement with the eldest brother of the Xiang family, the eldest sister rarely smiled.
Only when the Zhaonan troops came back to visit her older sister would she manage a weak smile.
My older sister said that Zhaonan is family, and my grandfather, father and mother all like Zhaonan very much.
Grandpa once said that if my eldest sister really liked Zhaonan, then she should wait until Zhaonan was a little older.
Unfortunately, so many things happened afterward...
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