Ye Dong's words instantly made Ye Yuan's face turn even paler, and he subconsciously looked towards the door.
Dongdong has gone mad?! How could she say something like that? If word gets out... they'll be completely in the wrong! Has she gone insane?!
But when he turned his head, he realized that the people at the door had already been evacuated, and several plainclothes men were standing nearby, not allowing anyone to come over.
Although he didn't know who it was, the person exuded a cold and aloof aura, making it seem as if Ye Yuan was setting up a temporary restricted area for investigating a case or carrying out a special mission.
Ye Yuan turned back and looked at Rong Zhaonan with some nervousness.
Why did he suddenly bring people here?
"You like me?" Rong Zhaonan looked at Ye Dong, raising his eyebrows slightly.
His gaze turned cold, but his voice remained gentle: "How do you like it?"
Ye Dong suddenly tilted her head and stared straight at him, but instead of answering, she asked a question in return—
"Does Brother Zhaonan not like me? When we were little, you said you liked Dongdong the most. Second Brother also said he liked me, but he, like everyone else, also liked Big Sister more. What about you? Do you like Big Sister more too?"
As she finished asking the question, her gaze became somewhat fixed, as if she were expecting a different answer.
"Ye Dong! Stop acting crazy and talking nonsense. Get down here right now!" Ye Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said suggestively.
Fortunately, her words sounded ambiguous, and could be interpreted in any way; otherwise, if word got out, it would be disastrous.
Ye Yuan's silence only made things worse; once he spoke, Ye Dong suddenly exploded with excitement, yelling at Ye Yuan—
"Shut up! Second brother, shut up! Don't say another word! I don't want to hear you anymore! You only like eldest sister, you don't like me! I don't want to wear sister's clothes anymore! I don't want to wear her shoes! I don't want to wear her favorite braids or her favorite bows! No! No! No!!!"
Her slender body trembled like a leaf on the windowsill, and she even had one hand free to tear at her two braids!
It looked like she could fall over at any moment.
"Dongdong!" Ye Yuan's face turned deathly pale with fright.
"Ye Dong, calm down, hold on to the window frame, don't let go!" Rong Zhaonan's face instantly turned cold as he immediately said.
Ye Yuan clenched his fists, looking at Ye Dong sitting on the windowsill, nervously tearing at his braids, his heart churning with turmoil.
Ye Dong pulled her braids into a mess, and while listening to Rong Zhaonan's words, she barely managed to steady herself.
She raised her eyes, completely ignoring Ye Yuan, and stared longingly at Rong Zhaonan with reddened eyes—
"Everyone likes Big Sister... But, Brother Zhaonan, you like me, right? I remember it very clearly. That day during the New Year, our whole family made candied hawthorns together. Everyone said that Big Sister's candied hawthorns were the most beautiful and delicious. Everyone went to eat Big Sister's candied hawthorns, but only you, only you ate the candied hawthorns I made."
She went on and on about every detail from her childhood many years ago, as if afraid that Rong Zhaonan wouldn't remember.
"The aunt next door asked you if you liked your older sister more or me more. You picked me up and put me on your lap, and said with a smile that you liked Dongdong's candied hawthorn the most. Your older sister is very good, but you like Dongdong the most."
As Ye Dong spoke, he suddenly laughed, laughing so hard that tears streamed down his face.
"Dongdong is so happy! From childhood to adulthood, apart from Grandpa and my eldest sister saying that I am the most loved... Finally, someone said that they love Dongdong the most! Grandpa is often sick and is not around all year round. My eldest sister died. I thought, it's good that Brother Zhaonan still loves me. I should love Brother Zhaonan the most too!"
Ye Dong's tangled hair was blown even more erratically by the wind, just like her current mental state.
Ye Yuan looked at the girl on the windowsill, his eyes slowly reddening. He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Rong Zhaonan stared intently at Ye Dong, a complex emotion flashing in his long, cold eyes, but he remained silent, showing no pity, and seemingly remembering nothing.
Ye Dong stared intently at Rong Zhaonan and pleaded.
"Brother Zhaonan, you've always been my favorite person, so please continue to love me like you did when we were kids, okay?"
"Don't be with other women, otherwise no one will like Dongdong. Will you be with me?"
"My aunt said that woman is a bad woman. She's slept with many men. She only wants your status. But she's willing to sleep with you and have your child. As long as I'm the same as her..."
"Dongdong!" Ye Yuan suddenly shouted, interrupting her, the veins on his neck bulging.
Ye Dong was startled and instinctively flinched, almost falling out of the window. Luckily, she grabbed the window frame and barely managed to stay upright.
Ye Yuan's heart nearly jumped out of his throat, but he didn't dare to rush over. He watched as she finally regained her balance.
He looked at Ye Dong with a pained and dejected expression, his eyes reddening: "Dongdong, don't be like this... Second brother begs you, second brother shouldn't have said those things to you before, please come down!"
"No...no...Brother Zhaonan, promise me first that you won't be with that bad woman, otherwise I won't come down!" Ye Dong's thin hands gripped the window frame, shaking his head repeatedly.
"What if I say no?" Rong Zhaonan looked at Ye Dong and suddenly said calmly.
"Huh?" Ye Dong's eyes widened, as if he couldn't quite understand Rong Zhaonan's words.
She froze for a moment, then swayed unsteadily as she propped herself up from the windowsill, exclaiming, "Why, why!"
"Dongdong, don't move! Don't move!!" Ye Yuan was terrified.
He frantically grabbed Rong Zhaonan's arm and pleaded in a low voice, "Please, Zhaonan, try to calm her down, please, Zhaonan, calm her down first..."
Rong Zhaonan gave him a cold look, his expression filled with barely concealed hostility and disgust: "Shut up!"
Ye Yuan froze. They had grown up together, like brothers, but Rong Zhaonan had never looked at him like that before, as if he were an enemy.
Rong Zhaonan looked into Ye Dong's eyes and said calmly, "Because no one can make me leave my lover."
Ye Dong was stunned, muttering to himself, "Brother Zhaonan... why... why don't you like me anymore? Nobody likes me... Is it because, like Second Brother said, I'm not like Eldest Sister anymore... so nobody likes me... then I have no value..."
She looked out the window in a daze, as if she were about to fall headfirst.
"Why are you begging others to like you?" A puzzled female voice suddenly rang out behind Rong Zhaonan and Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan and Ye Dong looked in the direction of the sound and saw a petite figure walk in from outside the door.
"You..." Ye Dong looked over with a somewhat dazed gaze.
Ning Yuan walked up to Rong Zhaonan, crossed her arms, and raised an eyebrow: "What? Didn't you call me here? What, do you want me to hear Rong Zhaonan say he likes you or your sister, but not me?"
She sneered, mocking him without any politeness: "Disappointed, aren't you? What exactly do you like about your Zhaonan brother? After knowing him for so many years, you didn't even know he was such a stubborn and unyielding dog?!"
Rong Zhaonan: "..."
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