CHAPTER 12 GOING HOME?
Ye Zhibai’s gaze was listless as she donned a new, pristine white dress. She lay on the soft hospital bed, unable to articulate her current feelings. Occasionally, she would turn over. Ah… life is indeed a complex mix of flavors, full of intrigue…
Just now, she had made a concerted effort to explain to Zhiyun that her condition wasn’t that bad, and she felt much better after relieving herself. That earlier incident… was just an accident! It definitely wouldn’t happen again! Plus, she now deeply understood and had learned how girls use the bathroom. With a demonstration, how could she not learn?!
Both theory and practice were covered; if she still couldn’t learn, she’d be a complete fool!
Hmm… Ye Zhibai thought about the demonstration she had just witnessed. Her usually expressionless face unexpectedly flushed with embarrassment. It couldn’t be said to be a loss, honestly, it was a gain. Despite the gain, it still felt so strange!
Reality wouldn’t allow her to keep rolling around in bed, complaining.
Ye Zhiyun had just stepped out to check the situation from the window outside the room and was now coming back. With her hands clasped naturally in front of her, she tilted her head towards Ye Zhibai and smiled gently.
“Sister, father has come to pick you up. We’re being discharged, going home.”
“Going home…?” Ye Zhibai suddenly stopped her slow rolling movements.
“Mhm.” Ye Zhiyun took a couple of steps forward and slowly extended her hand towards Ye Zhibai. “Back to our home.”
Home…
That truly was a warm word.
Hearing this, Ye Zhibai’s first instinct was to think of her old, dilapidated apartment. A place where the roof leaked in summer and the wind howled through in winter, where a trip to the supermarket required a long trek. She wasn’t going back there…
Could it be a place closer to a supermarket now?
More importantly.
Perhaps I will have a family now.
The words “mom” and “dad” alone were enchanting to think about…
Seeing Ye Zhibai hesitating, Ye Zhiyun gently lifted her black hair with one hand, bent down, and took Ye Zhibai’s trembling hand with the other. Once more, she spoke with a voice like music to the ears.
“Sister, let’s go, let’s go home.”
The late summer wind, unlike the oppressive atmosphere of the hospital, was humid yet felt naturally flowing. It gently tousled Ye Zhibai’s silver hair and fluttered the hem of her pure white dress to the side. The sensation outside the hospital doors was surprisingly refreshing.
It had only been a few hours since her rebirth, yet Ye Zhibai felt as if much longer had passed.
—Now, I am free.
Walking hand in hand with Ye Zhiyun, side by side, Ye Zhibai felt considerable pressure. Having almost never held a girl’s hand in her previous life, it was a bit embarrassing to admit, but she had to acknowledge her nervousness due to inexperience.
She wondered… do all girls like to draw circles in the palm of someone else’s hand when they hold hands?!
Uncertain, but Ye Zhiyun seemed to do it from time to time, making Ye Zhibai’s palm ticklish.
As they stepped out of the hospital, and Ye Zhibai truly looked around…
She couldn’t help but widen her eyes in surprise!
Along the spacious street outside the city center hospital, two full rows of the same model of high-end black sedans were parked.
The vehicles left a pathway clear for pedestrians heading to the hospital, arranged in an orderly fashion.
In front of each luxury sedan stood either a maid in a maid’s outfit or a bodyguard in a crisp suit wearing sunglasses.
They stood at attention on both sides, hands behind their backs, imposing and solemn.
Looking from the high steps of the hospital entrance… it was indeed a spectacular sight.
Ye Zhibai puzzled internally, wondering if they were welcoming some important figure.
Such a display was rarely even seen in movies.
However…
These bodyguards and maids, in a unified motion, suddenly turned towards her!
“““Congratulations, Miss, on your discharge!!”””
The sound was thunderous!
Ah?!!
Ye Zhibai glanced around in alarm, left and right, until she caught sight of Zhiyun’s doting gaze beside her. Only then did Ye Zhibai confirm… the congratulations were indeed for her!
I really wish they wouldn’t!
Passersby on the nearby road were all looking over now!
Social death is like the wind, always by my side.
Ye Zhibai, just discharged from the hospital, once again felt that familiar warmth known as social death.
Thank you, my dream family.
Your meticulous arrangements have warmed all seasons.
Ye Zhibai just wanted to quickly escape this hellish scene.
She whispered, barely audible,
“Zhiyun… where are… mom and dad?”
“Sister, follow me.”
“Okay…”
Alright, alright, anything is fine, just let’s hurry up and get out of here!
Ye Zhiyun deliberately slowed her pace to match Ye Zhibai’s.
Ye Zhibai felt like she was walking strenuously, but her body was still weak, and her steps were slow.
So this feeling of not being able to outpace a girl was quite uncomfortable!
Hm?
As they walked, Ye Zhibai’s gaze drifted towards a man at the far end of their path.
He was a middle-aged man dressed differently from the others.
The man seemed to be about 185 cm tall, with a robust and erect stature, dressed in a black suit that was not the same model as those worn by the bodyguards.
His attire was more solemn and sharper, carrying an air typical of those long accustomed to authority.
His sharply defined face was slightly wrinkled, showing the wear and tear of a middle-aged man, and a short beard on his chin added to his gravitas.
His neatly styled black hair, fixed with gel to one side, was the hairstyle of a successful individual.
Perhaps due to overwork, his hair was still thick, but his hairline was somewhat receding.
The only thing that might have made him appear less authoritative was the tears he was struggling to hold back in his black eyes, his fists clenched as he intently watched his daughters approach.
Zhiyun explained, “He is our father, Ye Qinghe, the current chairman of the Ye Corporation. Sister, do you remember him?”
“I’ve… heard of him…”
“You remember?!”
“No… never mind, pretend I didn’t say that…”
Cough, I just meant I’ve heard of him!
Ye Corporation is the largest enterprise in Qi Hai City, and its chairman often appears on TV. As a local university student in her previous life, Ye Zhibai had definitely heard of him.
Ye Qinghe, the chairman of Ye Corporation and the father of Ye Zhibai and Ye Zhiyun, stood there with tears in his eyes. A reunion with his daughters was undoubtedly emotional. Ye Zhibai speculated that as a man of authority, he would maintain a composed exterior in front of his subordinates, holding back his tears even if he felt like crying. That would be true restraint, a true bearing of responsibility.
However, Ye Zhibai had overestimated him.
When they were only about ten steps away from him…
Ye Qinghe’s tears started rolling down his cheeks!
Overcome with emotion, he choked up and called out.
“My dear girls!! Zhibai! Daddy believed… Daddy always believed you would wake up!!”
He hadn’t held back at all!
Ye Zhibai clearly saw the legendary business magnate, tears streaming down, hastily wiping them away with the back of his hand.
However, Ye Zhiyun’s expression suddenly darkened. She stopped walking with Ye Zhibai and cautioned.
“Father… please be quiet, you might frighten sister. If I remember correctly… I told you over the phone not to make such a big fuss and not to bring so many people. Didn’t you hear me?”
“Uh…! Zhiyun, your father… your father just wanted Zhibai to feel the utmost care when she was discharged!”
“Care is not about the formality, and also, I told you… sister doesn’t remember the past, she doesn’t know who you are, so don’t be so loud. It only makes sister feel confused, understand?”
Ye Qinghe’s expression froze for a moment.
“Indeed, memories are… ah, never mind! As long as Zhibai has woken up… nothing else matters!”
Ye Zhibai noticed something quite astonishing. Ye Qinghe, their father, seemed especially wary of Zhiyun. It was no surprise, considering the formidable aura Zhiyun exuded when outside, starkly different from her gentle demeanor when alone with Ye Zhibai. It wasn’t just Ye Qinghe; even the maids and bodyguards lining the road seemed to avoid Zhiyun’s frosty, chilling gaze.
Ah, could it be… the strongest presence here is actually my sister?!
What Ye Zhibai didn’t realize was that although Zhiyun was cold, she herself was even colder. The aloof aura that Ye Zhibai unconsciously emitted when standing next to Zhiyun created an indescribable sense of inaccessibility, as if they were the only two people in the world. Both sacred and inscrutable.
Ye Qinghe wiped his tears and the sweat from his forehead. He looked at his beloved daughter’s familiar face, which hadn’t opened its eyes in a long time, and smiled with relief. Zhibai was still as expressionless as ever… but still, the fact that she was awake was better than anything else.
Ye Qinghe turned and gestured to a bodyguard behind him. The bodyguard was a bit puzzled: “Uh… Mr. Ye? What is this about?”
“Give me the car keys. You don’t need to be the driver today.”
“As a father, I will personally take my daughter home.”
