At the hotel entrance, Ye's mother stood with her head tilted back, hands on her hips, coldly shouting at the people inside.
"Madam, you can't make a lot of noise in front of our hotel. This is a private event, and we don't accept outside guests."
The hotel manager was patiently explaining to Ye's mother at the door, but she wouldn't listen and kept shouting at the top of her lungs.
"Don't give me that, I won't listen. Let my son come out and see me! Why didn't he invite his mother to his granddaughter's birthday party? What kind of logic is that!"
Ye's mother, who hadn't been seen for over two months, had a rosy complexion and showed no signs of having relapsed into her old ailment. She was full of energy when she scolded people.
Ye Huailing supported her mother, her arrogance was extremely overbearing.
“My mom is right. My brother is heartless. We are family after all.”
Hearing the commotion outside, Ye Zhizhou and Ye Qian rushed out, and Ye Huaibin also came out immediately. When he saw it was his mother, his brows naturally furrowed.
"Didn't I make it very clear last time? Our mother-son relationship was completely severed long ago. We have no relation whatsoever."
He has forgiven them time and time again, so why won't they give up?
Ye Huailing wavered, but when she thought of what Shu Yin had said—that Ye Huaibin had broken off such a long-standing relationship with Shu Yin for Ye Zhizhou—she worried that one day her brother would take everything away for Ye Zhizhou as well.
It's better to take advantage of the remaining goodwill and ask him for more money.
The reason she chose today is because with so many people around, her brother is unlikely to really break off relations.
"Ye Huaibin, I didn't give birth to you and raise you to this age just so you could make me angry. Your wife has been gone for so many years, do you expect me, this old woman, to be buried with her?"
When Ye's mother spoke harshly, she didn't back down either.
Everyone present gasped in shock at her words; only Ye's mother would dare to speak to Ye Huaibin like that.
Doesn't she know that Dong Xinqi is Ye Huaibin's Achilles' heel? Any woman who tries to rise to power by belittling Dong Xinqi would have been driven away by Ye Huaibin long ago.
Ye Huaibin was about to speak when Ye Zhizhou stopped him, saying, "Dad, let me do it."
Ye Huaibin inexplicably felt that his daughter was braver than him. At least in the more than ten years since his wife passed away, although he had severed ties with his mother, he had never been able to bring himself to completely cut off contact with them.
It's not so much that he couldn't bring himself to be ruthless, but rather that Ye's mother and the others were like a leech, impossible to get rid of.
“Grandma, how can you say that about my dad? His deep affection for my mom is well-known. If you had been nicer to my mom back then, my dad wouldn’t have cut ties with you now. You reap what you sow.”
Ye Zhizhou calmly said these words. The guests who came today were all rich and powerful, and with the fan effect of her brother Ye Qian, if she were to curse Ye's mother, it would definitely become a trending topic, which would have a very bad impact on the Ye family and Ye Qian.
If it weren't for this, she would have taken action long ago.
Ye's mother didn't feel guilty about her words; instead, she became even more shameless. "Haven't I been good to your mother? Back then, your mother insisted on marrying my son. That was eloping. She was so shameless!"
Ye Qian couldn't hold back any longer. He rushed forward and angrily said, "Grandma, my mother comes from the Dong family of Shanghai. You're not allowed to talk about her like that!"
Ye's mother was taken aback. Seeing Ye Qian's anger towards her, she felt a little aggrieved. "Xiao Qian, your grandma was very good to you when you were little. How could you be so mean to your grandma?"
Ye Huailing whispered a few words in her mother's ear, and only then did her mother remember the purpose of her visit.
"Ye Huaibin, have you ever cared for me all these years? It's always Huailing who has taken care of me. Besides giving us a place to live, what else have you given us?"
As soon as she said that, Ye Huaibin immediately knew her intention. He felt a chill in his heart. He should have been more ruthless back then and not given them a single penny or a house.
"Isn't the money I gave you enough, Mom? Ask yourself honestly, how did you treat Xinqi back then? What right do you have to ask me for this?"
After he finished speaking, he gestured to the hotel security guards to ask them to kick Ye's mother and Ye Huailing out.
Ye Zhizhou noticed flashes of light not far away. It seemed that paparazzi were already lurking around. She couldn't bear to see her father and brother caught in a media storm.
"Dad, let them in. It's just a birthday."
Ye Huaibin was somewhat surprised. "Xiaozhou, are you really going to let them in? Dad doesn't want you to have a unhappy birthday."
Ye Zhizhou pursed his lips, "They are, after all, my grandmother and aunt. We can't let them stay outside forever."
Ye's mother and Ye Huailing exchanged a glance, wondering what Ye Zhizhou was up to, but since they could go inside to talk, who would want to stand outside?
Before Ye Huaibin could say anything, the two of them squeezed into the hotel, and Ye Zhizhou signaled to the hotel manager not to stop them.
The mother and daughter entered the hotel and felt a pang of jealousy seeing how much Ye Huaibin was willing to spend on Ye Zhizhou.
"Manager, please prepare a separate room for my grandmother and aunt."
Ye Zhizhou pulled the manager aside and gave him instructions.
The manager hurriedly went to prepare.
Everyone else returned to their seats, pretending nothing had happened. After all, it was common knowledge in their circle that Ye Huaibin had an unreasonable mother.
"Grandma, Auntie, I've prepared several sets of clothes for you. Would you like to go upstairs and change before coming back?"
After the manager replied, Ye Zhizhou immediately went to Ye Huailing and her daughter.
Ye Huailing looked at Ye Zhizhou suspiciously, "Why change your clothes? We're not here for a wedding, it's just your birthday, do you need to dress so formally?"
Her tone was extremely dismissive, as if attending Ye Zhizhou's birthday party was such a trivial matter.
Ye Zhizhou concealed his displeasure, "Auntie, your outfit is an old style from several years ago. The clothes I prepared are the latest custom-made styles. Are you sure you don't want to try them on?"
The best way to win a woman's heart is to use something that will attract her.
Sure enough, Ye Huailing's eyes lit up. She looked at her mother and said, "Mom, shall we go upstairs and take a look?"
Ye's mother didn't think much of it, "Alright, the clothes I'm wearing are indeed old."
Ye Zhizhou nodded and personally led them upstairs.
"We've arrived, this is the place."
After Ye Zhizhou swiped her room card, she opened the door to the room. She had asked the manager to open a luxury suite.
"Where are your clothes? Quickly bring them out so we can change and go down for dinner. Your grandma and I came here hungry."
As soon as Ye Huailing entered the room, she looked around but didn't find the clothes Ye Zhizhou had mentioned, and she became a little impatient.
Ye Zhizhou locked the hotel room door from the inside and smiled at the two of them.
"No clothes, but fists."
Ye Huailing looked at Ye Zhizhou in horror, her pupils dilating involuntarily. "Ye Zhizhou, what are you going to do? I'm your aunt!"
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