Chapter 47 What to do if you accidentally flirt with a young man?! ...
The night market was still bustling, with the aroma of food mingling with the noise of people, creating a vibrant and lively atmosphere.
However, an awkward silence fell between Yun Qingqing and Gu Xubai.
Looking into her eyes, which were filled with astonishment, Gu Xubai, who was usually calm and composed, felt a rare sense of uncertainty.
His Adam's apple bobbed slightly: "You don't know you like me?"
Yun felt her throat was a little dry, and she nodded with difficulty and a very small gesture.
"You don't like me," Gu Xubai asked matter-of-factly, "so why did you make up an excuse to add me on WeChat in the first place? And why did you send me messages at the same time every day?"
Yun Qingqing: "..."
Making excuses to add someone on WeChat—isn't that just a way to forward legal education articles and subtly influence them?
I didn't expect that this behavior would cause a misunderstanding.
Yun Qingqing nervously twisted the hem of her skirt. Before she could think of an explanation, Gu Xubai's questions followed one after another: "If you don't like me, why did you give me an umbrella? Why did you give me 'Morality and the Rule of Law,' 'Lectures on Criminal Law,' and 'Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis'?"
Yun Qing was speechless, unable to refute him for a moment.
Because judging from her behavior... her gestures of goodwill seem, perhaps, maybe... a little too easy to overthink?
Seeing her shocked and speechless expression, Gu Xubai presented the final piece of evidence: "You disregarded your own safety and shielded me from that raging goat."
As each question was raised, Yun Qingqing felt like a thousand alpacas were stampeding through her mind.
Holy crap, this is a huge misunderstanding.
She became a heartbreaker.
In her panic, she frantically cried out to the system in her mind: "System, what should I do! The villain seems to have completely misunderstood!"
The incompetent system, thoroughly enjoying the gossip, commented: "Host, you're the one who started this mess, so figure out how to handle it yourself."
Yun scoffed under her breath, thinking, "This damn system is really unreliable!"
She took a deep breath and looked up at Gu Xubai.
The other person's face appeared somewhat blurry in the dim light of the night market, but a pair of dark eyes remained fixed on her face, waiting for her answer.
"Um, Xu Bai..." Yun said, forcing a smile, "Have you noticed that the messages I send and the things I give are all related to morality and such?"
Gu Xubai remained silent, gesturing for her to continue.
"Believe it or not, I actually had a very strange dream. In the dream, you become a particularly extreme and insane villain..." She briefly explained the plot of the original book through the lens of a dream, and then said, "So I was thinking, is there anything I can do, even just a subtle reminder, to avoid such a tragic situation in the dream?"
After she finished speaking, she anxiously observed Gu Xubai's reaction: "When I say this... do you understand what I mean?"
Gu Xubai pursed his thin lips into a straight line, gritted his teeth, and concluded: "So, you did all this, went through all this trouble, just to educate me about the law?"
Yun slightly shrank her neck: "Almost, that's the gist of it."
Looking at her expression that said, "I know this is absurd, but that's the truth," Gu Xubai felt a rush of heat to his head, and his ears belatedly began to burn.
He gritted his teeth and seized on the last loophole: "Then how do you explain helping me block the goat?"
Surely this can't be done to influence him through personal example?
Yun felt a pang of conscience and hastily tried to beautify her words: "Well, because you are Mingyan's important family member, I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Oh, for Gu Mingyan," Gu Xubai said expressionlessly.
Yun shrank her neck and dared not utter another sound.
Gu Xubai pressed the tip of his tongue against his cheek, forcing a cold smile.
Okay, very good.
I really want to thank his wonderful assistant.
She made solemn promises and misled him, causing him to have been harboring romantic feelings for so long for nothing.
As it turns out, Yun Qingqing only treated him like a younger brother!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, the president's special assistant suddenly sneezed loudly without warning, and a chill ran down his spine.
He rubbed his nose and looked up at the air conditioner with a puzzled expression.
That's strange, the temperature isn't set very low either.
*
The online trending topics about Ye Jinyan and Meng Xian are getting more and more intense, with almost every related post filled with criticism of their shameless entanglement.
Ye Jinyan originally wanted to stay away for a couple more days to avoid trouble, and then go back to pretend to be well-behaved and appease his grandfather after his anger subsided.
However, the old man sent a strongly worded text message the next day: "Get back to the old house by 10 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, you'll never come back."
Ye Jinyan's heart skipped a beat, realizing that this matter might be more troublesome than he had imagined.
He dared not delay any longer and reluctantly returned to the Ye family's old residence.
As soon as Ye Jinyan got home, he sensed that something was wrong.
The servants they encountered along the way all walked by with their heads down, barely managing to utter a clear "Young Master," their eyes darting away.
The eerie atmosphere made Ye Jinyan's eyelids twitch.
Before even reaching the main hall, a muffled, suppressed sobbing sound, belonging to a woman, could be faintly heard.
Ye Jinyan quickened his pace and rushed into the brightly lit living room. The scene before him made his pupils shrink—
His mother, Huang Yumei, sat disheveled on the carpet, her hair sparse and her face bearing a clear, red, swollen handprint.
Old Master Ye stood before her, his face ashen, filled with unprecedented rage and disgust.
"Dad! What are you doing?" Ye Jinyan glanced at Huang Yumei on the ground and wanted to reach out to help her up.
When Huang Yumei saw her son, she cried even harder, as if she had grasped a lifeline, but she could only shake her head and could not utter a complete sentence.
Hearing the voice, Old Master Ye turned around and saw it was him. His anger intensified: "Why don't you ask your good mother what she's been up to behind my back!"
Ye Jinyan was taken aback by the unprecedented ruthlessness in his father's eyes, and subconsciously looked at his mother: "Mom? What's going on?"
Huang Yumei covered her face and cried, never daring to look her son in the eye, let alone utter a single word.
"Speak!" Old Master Ye shouted, startling Huang Yumei, who trembled again.
Seeing his mother like this, and his father still furious, Ye Jinyan had no choice but to bite the bullet and try to mediate: "Dad, no matter what Mom did wrong, please calm down and let's talk things out as a family..."
Old Master Ye interrupted him abruptly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "Who said we're family?! You're just a bastard from who-knows-where, what right do you have to plead for this wretched woman?!"
Ye Jinyan was still somewhat confused, but the ominous premonition grew stronger: "Dad... what are you saying! What bastard? I'm your son! Are you out of your mind?!"
"Me, confused? I think you and your son have been playing me for a fool for over twenty years!"
Old Master Ye suddenly grabbed a stack of documents scattered on the coffee table and threw them at Ye Jinyan, yelling, "Look at this for yourself! Take a good look at the despicable things your good mother has done! See what kind of person you really are!"
The papers fluttered down, a few brushing against Ye Jinyan's cheek, causing a slight sting.
He stiffly bent down and picked up the top document.
When he saw the striking title and conclusion, he was struck dumb, frozen in place.
DNA Parentage Test Report.
Client: Ye Jiahe.
Subjects of the investigation: Ye Zhenguo and Ye Jinyan.
Expert opinion: Based on the DNA test results, Ye Zhenguo is ruled out as Ye Jinyan's biological father.
Below are several more copies of what appear to be earlier archives, as well as some investigation records, in which words such as "sample replacement," "bribery," and "false report" can be vaguely seen.
Ye Jinyan's mind went blank with a "buzz".
"No...it's impossible..." he muttered to himself, "There must be some mistake. How could I not be of the Ye family bloodline?"
He looked up abruptly, as if grasping at a straw, "It must be Ye Jiahe's doing! She forged the test results to frame me and Mom! Dad, you can't believe her!"
"Even now, you still dare to implicate Jiahe?" Old Master Ye laughed angrily. "I personally had people investigate these pieces of evidence. Your audacious mother, back then, in order to enter the Ye family, she slept with some wild man and got pregnant with you, then bribed the doctor to switch the test samples! For so many years, she's been playing me and the entire Ye family like fools! Supporting you two shameless mother and son!"
"No, Dad, let me explain..." Ye Jinyan felt a wave of fear.
His status as the heir to the Ye family, which he had always been so proud of, and the powerful backer he relied on for survival, were all fake.
He's a fraud, a bastard.
"Save your nonsense for the judge!" Old Master Ye completely lost his patience and pressed the call button.
Soon, the butler entered with two tall bodyguards, who stood at attention with their hands at their sides.
Old Master Ye didn't even look at Huang Yumei on the ground and Ye Jinyan, whose face was ashen, and turned his back: "Get these two out of here."
"Dad! You can't do this! I'm your son!" Ye Jinyan shouted in terror, trying to rush over, but was firmly held back by the bodyguards.
Huang Yumei also let out a heart-wrenching cry: "Master! I was wrong! Please forgive us for all the years I've served you!"
Old Master Ye did not react at all.
With a loud bang, the iron gate slammed shut behind them, completely severing them from their past, which represented wealth, status, and identity.
Ye Jinyan slumped onto the cold, rough ground, his expensive suit covered in dust, his face blank.
*
Yun Qingqing avoided Gu Xubai for two whole months.
During these two months, no matter how much Gu Mingyan pleaded and begged her to come to the Gu residence to keep her company, Yun Qingqing resolutely refused to step into the Gu residence, for fear of running into Gu Xubai.
However, fate played a cruel trick on the unlucky girl. On the day of registration for new students at Yuncheng University, Yun Qingqing still bumped into the person she least wanted to see.
September is the season of change in Yuncheng. Yun Qingqing unfortunately caught a cold and had a fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius. When she woke up in the morning, she felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if she were walking on cotton.
Upon learning this, Gu Mingyan immediately suspended her dance practice for the day, insisting on personally taking her to the registration office.
"What if you faint on the way?" Gu Mingyan said without room for argument.
Yun Qingqing couldn't refuse her, and was driven to Yun University by the flamboyant red supercar.
Then, a directionally challenged young lady who couldn't understand navigation, dragging along a patient who was dizzy and disoriented from the aftereffects of a high fever, embarked on an epic journey of getting lost in the vast campus of Yuncheng University.
"Why do all the buildings look so similar..." Gu Mingyan frowned at her phone's navigation. "It says to turn left, but there's a lawn on the left!"
A cloud gently leaned against a tree, making me feel dizzy.
If she keeps spinning like this, she might really faint on the first day of school.
"I'd better go ask for directions," Yun said weakly.
Gu Mingyan quickly helped her up: "Wait here, I'll go ask!"
"No, I'll go instead," Yun gently shook her head and refused.
Given Gu Mingyan's social skills, she was genuinely afraid that this young lady would simply grab someone and demand directions.
Yun glanced around and saw a group of tall boys walking by, chatting and laughing.
She quickly stepped forward: "Hello, students, may I ask—"
She had barely begun to speak when the group of boys all turned around at once.
Yun Qingqing's words got stuck in her throat.
Surrounded by the crowd at the front was Gu Xubai, whom she had been hiding for two months.
Two months had passed, and he seemed to have lost some weight, with a more defined jawline. When his dark eyes looked over, Yun Qingqing felt her heart skip a beat.
Their eyes met briefly in mid-air.
Yun hurriedly shifted her gaze to the boy standing at the back of the line, and forced herself to finish speaking:
"...Hello, could you tell me where the registration office for the School of Physics is located?"
The boy who was asked for directions was taken aback for a moment. When he saw that the girl who asked for directions was pale but pretty, he immediately became enthusiastic: "The School of Physics, just walk straight for two hundred meters, turn right and you'll see the welcome point with the banner. It's easy to find."
He explained it in great detail, even using hand gestures.
Yun felt a gaze constantly fixed on her face, making her feel uneasy and uncomfortable.
She could only pretend not to notice, thank the boy, and then turn around and try to slip away.
They had only taken a few steps—
"Stop." A cold male voice came from behind.
Yun paused lightly.
The group of boys who were about to leave also stopped in their tracks out of curiosity, turning around and glancing curiously between Gu Xubai and Yun Qingqing.
They couldn't understand why this school heartthrob, who was usually indifferent to everything else, would suddenly call out to a strange female classmate who was asking for directions.
Ignoring his companions' probing gazes, Gu Xubai uttered two words: "Wait."
He then turned around and strode off in the opposite direction from the Physics Department's welcome point.
Yun Qingqing had no idea what Gu Xubai wanted to do. She didn't know whether to leave or stay. Under the subtle curious gazes around her, she could only pretend to be looking down at her phone.
Fortunately, Gu Xubai returned not long after.
He walked straight up to Yun Qingqing, shoved a bag into her arms, and then turned indifferently to the crowd, saying, "I'm leaving."
Although the group of boys were full of questions, they had no choice but to hurry and follow. But as they left, they couldn't help but turn back and glance at Yun a few more times.
Someone mustered up the courage to ask, "Gu Shen, who is that girl?"
Gu Xubai didn't even turn his head: "...An older sister."
Only after the group of people disappeared around the corner did Yun Qingqing look down at her arms—
The plastic bag was packed full.
On top are two boxes of cold medicine granules from different brands, and below them are fever-reducing patches and anti-inflammatory drugs, all neatly categorized.
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