Ye Yunting met her gaze, his thin lips pressed tightly together.
His beloved daughter, who used to be so dependent on him when she was little, now seems so resistant to him, leaving him with mixed feelings.
"I……"
He didn't know how to explain. Should he just tell her, "I'm your father, and the person lying in bed is your mother. I'm worried about her, so I'm staying here, even though she can only see other people right now?"
But... those eyes that once only had him in their hearts and eyes can no longer see his presence at all.
All she could see was the man in front of her. He knew very well that he no longer held any place in her heart.
Some things, some people, once you turn away, are gone forever.
He silently clenched his arms, which were hanging down, and after a long while, he said softly, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"Go, go, hurry up and leave, don't get in my way..."
Ye Chuyue snorted coldly and impatiently told them to leave.
"Ye Chuyue".
Ye Sinian looked at her with a cold, deep voice, interrupting her from what she was about to say.
No matter what, he is their father, and she cannot be so rude to him, neither morally nor logically.
Ye Chuyue secretly rolled her eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed, holding Gu Baiwei's arm.
Ye Sinian glanced at them silently, then said to Ye Yunting, "I'll take you."
The two left one after the other, and soon only Gu Baiwei and the other two were left in the room, and the atmosphere became strangely quiet for a moment.
"Um... thank you for this."
Ye Chuyue sat on the edge of the bed, fidgeting for a while, before thanking Shen Yanqing.
If he hadn't appeared in time, she and Li Nanxing would probably still be locked in that dilapidated house, staring at each other blankly.
Soon, her face regained its usual arrogance, and she snorted coldly, saying, "Although I am very grateful to you for what happened this time, don't even think about making me acknowledge you as my uncle-in-law right now."
Upon hearing her words, Shen Yanqing's eyes flickered, but he remained silent.
Ye Sinian quickly returned after seeing the person off, and the silence in the room, which had been between the three people, turned into one between four.
Gu Baiwei couldn't stand the silence any longer and was itching to say something to liven things up.
Before she could speak, Ye Sinian spoke up first: "Auntie, can we talk alone?"
She looked up at Shen Yanqing and saw that he had already lifted his foot to leave, so she nodded slightly.
Soon only the three of them remained in the room. Ye Sinian looked at Ye Chuyue, who was sitting calmly on the edge of the bed, and frowned slightly: "You should go out too."
"No, is there anything you have that I can't hear?"
Ye Chuyue was surprised that the two of them were whispering to each other and she had to leave, which made her angry.
That woman surnamed Shen is an outsider, so it's only right that she goes out. They're family, so why should she go out?
Just as she was feeling quite justified, she suddenly met Ye Sinian's cold and stern eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
"So what if we go out? It's no big deal!"
She stood up, slammed the door shut, and left.
After she left, the room fell into a long, deathly silence.
Ye Sinian sat silently in the chair opposite Gu Baiwei, his hands on his thighs, his posture upright, his right fingertips tapping lightly on his suit trousers, seemingly unintentionally.
Gu Baiwei couldn't help but find it amusing to see him like this. He's such a grown-up, yet he still makes this silly gesture when he's nervous.
I remember when we were little, whenever he made a mistake, he would pretend not to care, but his fingers would unconsciously tap his thigh.
"Year after year".
She spoke first, breaking the silence in the room.
Ye Sinian paused slightly while tapping his fingers, and responded with a curt "Hmm."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Gu Baiwei didn't want to stare at him any longer, so she asked first.
Ye Sinian stopped what he was doing, and after a moment of silence, he slowly asked, "You... have decided to be with Mr. Shen?"
She hadn't expected him to ask that question. She looked up and met his eyes intently, nodding vigorously: "I can't guarantee what will happen in the future, but right now I really want to be with him."
She had seen everything Shen Yanqing had done for her during their time together, and if it were him, she would be willing to believe in love again.
Ye Sinian: "Okay, I support your decision. I'll take care of the rest."
She had thought he would be dissatisfied or object, but she never expected him to support her so firmly.
The words she had prepared in an instant were all useless; she could only stare at Ye Sinian with surprise and emotion in her eyes.
Stared at like that, Ye Sinian's ears turned slightly red, and he looked away uncomfortably: "I have to go first."
He stood up and went out, but stopped abruptly at the door. With his back to her, he said, word by word, "This time, you just need to live for yourself. I'll take care of the rest."
The door was pulled open, and Ye Chuyue, who had been sneaking around eavesdropping at the door, stumbled and almost fell flat on her face.
She looked up and met her brother's cold, deep eyes. She quickly stood up straight and said confidently, "I was just passing by. I didn't eavesdrop."
Before she could finish speaking, Ye Sinian had already walked past her and headed outside.
Ye Chuyue stared in astonishment at his ramrod straight back. When did her brother become so easy to talk to?
Thinking of the last sentence she had overheard, she leaned close to Gu Baiwei with a gossipy look on her face, blinking her big eyes and acting cute: "Auntie, what were you talking about just now?"
Gu Baiwei was amused by her exaggerated actions and pulled her arm to sit down on the bed: "We didn't talk about much, just your brother's wedding."
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