Ye Yifan felt a warmth in her heart. Over the years, apart from her grandfather, Hua Kai was the first person to help her in this matter.
Of course, once the two of them are together, Hua Kai will have to face her family. Although he will protect her and even prevent her from associating with those people, and he doesn't care about these things, Hua Kai's personality won't allow her to avoid them.
Now that she hasn't confessed or made things clear, the relationship between Hua Kai and Xiao He makes it easier for her to have her own stance.
He said to Gu Xiaoxue, "Xiaoxue, I won't disturb Huakai's class any longer. I'm going to talk to my mom tonight, and I'll come back to see you tomorrow at noon. Please tell Huakai for me."
Gu Xiaoxue nodded: "No problem, Brother Fan. Actually, I think Huakai is right. You don't owe any of them anything, so there's no need to wrong yourself. In fact, they are the ones who owe you."
Ye Yifan sighed: "Let's not talk about who owes whom. Xiaoxue, please take good care of Huakai at school."
"You don't need to tell me that. We're all friends. I was thinking at noon that Hua Kai is such a good girl. We should help her find a man in the future." Gu Xiaoxue said with a sincere expression.
Ye Yifan frowned at him and said, "You don't need to worry about this. Just take care of your own business. I'm going back to my unit. I still have a report to write." With that, she got up.
Gu Xiaoxue saw Ye Yifan off. She felt that Ye Yifan had been acting strangely lately. In fact, Hua Kai had also been acting strangely. She couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it anymore. Final exams were coming up, and he was getting busy.
That evening, Xiao He invited Ye Yifan out for dinner. She knew Ye Yifan's personality; he rarely spoke when they visited relatives, which made things awkward. Besides, she had a lot to say in private, so she naturally arranged to meet him outside.
Of course, Ye Yifan also wanted to have a private conversation with Xiao He. This birth mother wasn't close to him, but she wasn't a bad person. She was just too easily swayed by others, and to put it simply, she lacked her own opinions.
The only good thing is that her biological parents are public servants and don't have much wealth. Even if the Fang family wanted to cheat her, there wouldn't be much they could take away. Besides, she has a younger brother in his final year of high school. Apart from supporting her brother's education, the family has a limited amount of money left over for daily expenses.
That's why the Fang family has set their sights on me. That's good, at least I can deal with these people and prevent them from succeeding.
Ye Yifan picked up Xiao He and they went to a nearby teahouse.
After sitting down, Ye Yifan ordered a pot of Longjing tea.
Xiao He spoke first: "Xiao Fan, I didn't interfere much in your affairs before, and you didn't let me interfere either. But when you were in school and working, your grandfather arranged everything very well for you, so I didn't say anything. But now that you're in business, your grandfather is getting old and may not be able to take care of everything properly, so I have to ask more questions."
Ye Yifan looked at Xiao He with a bitter smile: "When I was in school, when I needed you, you didn't care. Now that I'm an adult and have my own life, I really don't need you to worry about me anymore."
"What are you saying? It's not that I didn't want to take care of you before, but you're so stubborn. Asking you to come home is like taking your life. You insist on living at Grandpa's house. What am I supposed to do?"
“I told you before that Fang Lanlan had to go back to the Fang family before I would go back, but you won’t let Fang Lanlan go back, so why should I go home?”
“You’re a boy, how can you be so petty? Lanlan has changed her name and is now an adopted daughter registered in our household. I’ve raised her since she was a baby. Is it so hard to accept a little girl?” Xiao He looked at Ye Yifan with eyes full of incomprehension.
Ye Yifan clenched his fists, trying his best to suppress his emotions and prevent himself from exploding immediately.
He stood up and said to Xiao He, "We can never reach an agreement on this. I really don't need you to worry about my affairs anymore, and you don't need to concern yourself with mine either." After saying that, he simply grabbed his cotton coat and left.
Watching Ye Yifan's retreating figure, Xiao He's hands trembled with anger. She just couldn't understand why her son was so heartless, so unlike herself.
Thinking of Ye Yifan and Fang Lanlan, Xiao He actually felt that Fang Lanlan was more like her—gentle, kind, and sensible.
But this is still my own son. I can blame him, but I can't stop loving him. Now that Ye Yifan is like this, I bear the greatest responsibility. So I have to care for him even more and not let him be deceived.
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath. No, she had to go back to the provincial capital tomorrow to tell her husband about this, otherwise she would really have harmed her son.
Ye Yifan didn't drive. His mind was in turmoil. He picked up his clothes and walked along the street for an unknown amount of time until he arrived at Hua Kai's building. He sat on the steps at the entrance of the building and reminisced about the things that happened when he went home years ago.
At that time, he finally found his biological parents and thought that he would finally have real maternal love. However, when he saw his mother holding his younger brother and pulling Fang Lanlan along, he felt really sad.
After returning home, there weren't enough rooms, so her father Ye Tingjun's study was converted into a bedroom. Fang Lanlan's room was decorated like a little princess's, while she herself felt like she was living under someone else's roof.
He made it very clear that he didn't want to see Fang Lanlan, but his mother told him to be tolerant and forgiving. He hated such words, because tolerance and forgiving were not used like that. But the more he said it, the more his mother thought he was being unreasonable. So he simply stopped saying it.
Fortunately, his grandfather shared the same idea, believing that the babies had been switched at birth and should be returned to their original families. He asked Xiao He to send Fang Lanlan away, but Xiao He refused.
In the end, Grandpa got angry and simply took me with him. Fortunately, Grandpa was always a very upright person and took Ye Yifan's education very seriously. He always told Ye Yifan to be independent and successful, and that if Grandpa were to leave in the future, no one else would be able to bully you.
Thinking of what his grandfather had said, and considering that his grandfather's health was deteriorating, Ye Yifan raised his head to stop his tears from falling. What he feared most was that his grandfather would be gone, leaving him all alone.
Huakai has been staying at a rented house after school recently. She has asked her teacher for leave so it will be easier for her to draw when she gets back.
It started snowing again after evening self-study this morning, and she ran back home.
When I got to the door, I saw a person sitting on the steps, head down, holding a cotton-padded coat without wearing it. It was dark and I couldn't see clearly at first. I thought it was a couple arguing and the man had come downstairs to sit for a while in a huff.
Taking two more steps forward, Hua Kai suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. "Ye Yifan?"
Hearing the sound of flowers blooming, Ye Yifan looked up and said, "Mmm." Her voice was filled with endless sorrow.
Hua Kai ran over and pulled Ye Yifan up: "What are you doing here? Why aren't you upstairs? Why aren't you dressed?"
Ye Yifan stood up, hugged Hua Kai, lowered his head, buried his face in Hua Kai's shoulder, and said nothing.
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