Chapter 102: Finding the Fruit of Time
At the same time, Xie Fei on the other side kept an eye on Ye Shimian's movements. Seeing that he rolled down the window as if he had lost his mind due to his stimulation, he quickly took several photos of him while they were hugging each other. After the two of them finished their date and returned to school, he handed his phone to Ye Jing before leaving: "Jingjing, look at this photo. Do you know this person? He has been following us today."
Ye Jing stared at the photo with eyes wide open, and said in disbelief: "Isn't this my stepfather... His expression is so scary, isn't he working in the company, why is he following us?"
"He's your stepfather?" Xie Fei frowned, pretending to be ignorant. "I thought he was your suitor. The way he looked at you was clearly that of a cheating wife and a lover. How could it be like a father looking at his daughter? Besides, if a father sees his daughter in a premature relationship, he should hate me. But the way he looks, it's obvious that he is jealous of you as well..."
Xie Fei kept talking, watching Ye Jing's expression change as she flipped through the photos. He paused, then asked in a low voice tentatively, "Jingjing, are you and your stepfather not on good terms?"
Ye Jing frowned slightly, and shook her head gently after hearing this. After a moment, she looked up at Xie Fei with a very unhappy face, pursed her lips and said, "He treats me very well, better than my biological mother. In the past ten years, he has been like my biological father. He has never treated me harshly in terms of food, clothing and daily expenses. When I was a child, he often took time to play with me, and he never stopped giving me holiday gifts... He is obviously not like this, he shouldn't be like this, he is a very good, very good person, he is very gentle and kind, he is really not like this, I, I don't know why he has become like this..."
At the end, Ye Jing's voice became as soft as a mosquito's hum. A gleam of brilliance flashed across Xie Fei's eyes. He bent his slender fingers slightly and tapped the screen of his mobile phone. He said hesitantly, "Maybe that was just his disguise. It's very likely that this is his true face."
"No, that's impossible." Ye Jing retorted, shaking her head.
Xie Fei smiled and asked back: "Why not?"
Ye Jing was speechless for a moment, biting her lower lip as she thought. After a long while, she finally said in a low voice, "What is his purpose in doing this? There is nothing about me and my mother that is worth his plotting against. Besides, how could a normal person disguise himself for decades and disguise himself so perfectly? It's impossible."
"Whether there is anything on you that is worth his coveting is not up to you or your mother, only he knows." Xie Fei raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Jing seriously, "Besides, as a man and your boyfriend, I feel that he is coveting you, and there is no doubt about it. Look at the crazy possessiveness in his eyes and the crazy jealousy on his face, this is definitely not the state a normal person should be in."
He sneered and snorted, "For an abnormal person, disguise is just a small matter for him, because he has already sunk into it."
Ye Jing looked at Xie Fei in horror and asked in disbelief: "You said he was plotting against me? How is that possible!"
"Isn't it obvious from this photo?" Xie Fei's eyes darkened, and a faint sneer appeared on the corners of his mouth. He said lightly, "If you don't believe me, then I'll ask you a few questions."
"You ask." Ye Jing hesitated and nodded.
"Over the past ten years, has he spent more time with you or your mother? Has he received more gifts from you or your mother? Has he paid more attention to you or..."
Xie Fei spoke a long string of words in a rapid succession. The more Ye Jing listened, the more she became speechless. She opened her mouth but seemed to be mute.
His words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, bringing out details that Ye Jing had never noticed before. She began to doubt Ye Shimian little by little.
"He's clearly plotting something bad towards you." Xie Fei saw the look of shock and suspicion on her face, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched out his hand and pinched her face, saying, "Silly girl, he has long regarded you as his own property. He has become mentally abnormal. Don't be fooled by his appearance anymore. Be more careful with him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Jing suddenly fell on him, trembling all over. Xie Fei was startled, and quickly hugged her. She closed her eyes tightly, unconscious, her face turned pale and blue, and dense sweat oozed from her forehead, and soon rolled down her cheeks. She was trembling all over, and her whole body was cold. Her originally pink lips were now a little pale.
Xie Fei's dark pupils shrank suddenly, and he held her tightly in his arms. While rubbing his hands back and forth on her arms and back to generate heat, he called her in a low voice: "Ye Jing, what's wrong with you? Did what I said just now scare you? It's all my fault. Don't be afraid, I will protect you, and no one can hurt you. Wait a minute, I'll take you to the hospital..."
As he was about to bend over and pick her up, Ye Jing quickly stopped him and said weakly, "I, I... I'm fine. There's no need to go to the hospital."
Hearing this, Xie Fei's dark eyes stared at her steadily, and after a long time he slowly asked: "Do you really not need to go to the hospital? Then what happened to you just now?"
Ye Jing was still feeling a little uncomfortable. She leaned weakly in his arms and shook her head, saying, "I don't know either. At that moment, I felt a surge of anger and deep hatred rising from the bottom of my heart. I was so angry that I was shaking. My mind was blank. I only vaguely felt that someone was mumbling something in my ear like hypnosis, which made me want to vent uncontrollably. But I knew something was wrong with me, and then I lost consciousness... It was only when I heard your voice that I gradually came back to my senses."
Xie Fei's eyes flashed, and he asked calmly: "What are you mumbling about?"
"I didn't hear it clearly, I just knew it was a female voice, hoarse and full of hatred."
Could it be Ye Jing’s resentment that is at work?
Xie Fei thought to himself and stayed with Ye Jing for a long while. When she gradually calmed down, he helped her to the dormitory door and solemnly told her before leaving: "If you have nothing to do in the future, you'd better not go back. If you encounter an emergency, no matter what time it is, call me first. Remember?"
Ye Jing still looked a little tired and dazed. Today's incident had dealt her too much of a blow. She needed to calm down and think carefully by herself.
Hearing Xie Fei's concern, she nodded and forced a smile: "Got it."
"Have a good rest, I'll take care of everything." Xie Fei reached out and rubbed her hair, then lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead.
Ye Jing's eyes were a little red. She sniffed and responded, then hugged Xie Fei for a while before turning around and going back to the dormitory.
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Ye Jing has been a little absent-minded these past few days. One reason is that Ye Shimian called her and said a lot of strange things. Another reason is that she has been thinking about it morning and night recently, recalling many details. Then she found more and more doubts, and even felt that there was something wrong with her mother's attitude towards her.
It’s not to say that there were no signs, but the change was too fast, as if it happened in just one or two days.
Although my mother had never liked me very much, she had not been dissatisfied with me in every way before. But later... it seemed that there was nothing but sarcasm between the mother and daughter, and the way she looked at me was filled with an indescribable complex feeling.
At first she thought it was just hatred, but now when she thinks about it carefully, it seems to contain complicated emotions such as jealousy and unwillingness.
The more Ye Jing thought about it, the weirder it seemed. In the end, she couldn't help it. After the morning exercises that day, she ran to her homeroom teacher to ask for leave, and went home with her cell phone and other things.
It was almost eleven o'clock when Ye Jing got home. The house was quiet and no one was there. Ye Shimian was at work at the company, and Qiu Min should be on her way back from buying groceries.
The first place Ye Jing went to was Ye Shimian's study. Over the years, he had always taken care of the study. She still remembered that when she was a child, she climbed up the ladder to touch the paintings on the bookshelf and was scolded by him.
She remembered that it was the first time Ye Shimian was so mean to her, and Ye Jing was terrified.
Although Ye Shimian later felt that his attitude was bad, Ye Jing, who was afraid of being despised and abandoned by him, remembered his words firmly - the things in the study were very valuable and should not be touched casually.
From then on, she never touched anything in the study.
Ye Jing first quickly searched the desk, drawers and other places, but found nothing except various work materials. Then she moved her target to the tall bookshelf behind the desk.
She flipped through the books row by row, checking every book and every thing carefully. Before she knew it, she had searched one-third of the books, but found nothing wrong. She couldn't help but wonder if she was wrong.
At this moment, a photo album sandwiched between the books caught her attention, because the patterned paint on its side had faded a little. Compared with the brand new covers of other books, it was instantly clear that Ye Shimian must have touched and checked it from time to time.
Ye Jing took out the photo album and opened it. She was immediately stunned. She blinked in disbelief, and then quickly flipped through the pages.
All of them, all of them are her photos.
The first few pages were photos of her shortly after she arrived at the Ye family.
Except for the first few photos which were of herself alone, the rest were all photos of her and Ye Shimian.
For example, she was held in Ye Shimian's arms while drawing; or she and Ye Shimian sat on the carpet and played with toys; or she was holding a certificate while Ye Shimian gently kissed her face...
Gradually, the following photos turned into solo photos of her, but her eyes suddenly widened and she was so angry that she couldn't help shaking.
Because the dozens of pages of photos at the back were all taken secretly!
There are photos of her sitting on the sofa alone with a book in her arms; there are photos of her just coming out of the shower, wiping her wet hair with a towel; there are photos of her wearing pajamas and looking sleepy; there are even photos of her sleeping at night...
Then, there were the words and confessions behind the photos that seemed affectionate and touching but made her feel extremely disgusted.
Ye Jing stood blankly in front of the bookshelf, the fear in her heart surging like a raging wave.
These photos were placed in front of her, and she couldn't help but think of the scene when Ye Shimian touched them, as if she was completely naked in front of him, which made her feel extremely angry and indescribable disgust.
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