Chapter 73. Where to Start Criticizing!
Seeing the sudden change in the dinner atmosphere, turning into a situation of listening to past events.
Ye Zhibai put down the soy-sauce duck leg in her hand.
From the corner of her eye, she saw Guang Yu still gnawing on her flatbread with wasabi on the floor, pushing the chili oil far away.
The great deity had already distanced herself from chili oil.
Sigh… Ye Zhibai was really exasperated, about to hear about past events, and you only know how to eat.
Really don’t know what your heavenly deity colleagues would think if they knew.
Guang Yu: Listening to stories doesn’t interfere with eating, there’s no conflict.
You eat popcorn while watching movies too! It’s the same principle.
— Deities have long seen through all worldly matters (certain).
Ye Zhiyun changed seats, moving close to Ye Zhibai’s side, to listen to the stories of those years together.
Actually, what Ye Qinghe was about to say, she already knew, had heard long ago.
Moving closer was just to give sister some warmth.
Ye Qinghe had the maids move all the plates in front of him to the side.
After all the maids had withdrawn, Ye Qinghe raised both arms, propping his elbows on the table, supporting his chin with the back of his hands, a flash of light passing through his eyes.
Then, he began to recount those precious memories.
“Zhibai, please remember, your mother’s name is Fang Qing, she’s the one who brought you home, even without blood ties, she’s truly your mother. Although you don’t remember her now, you should remember this name.”
Ye Zhibai nodded decisively, indicating understanding.
Fang Qing… what a beautiful name.
Just reading it gives a feeling of the sky clearing, improving the mood greatly.
Ye Qinghe thought so too: “I’ve always liked your mother’s name… Fang Qing, doesn’t it sound like ‘sky clearing’ when you read it, making you feel like there’s a clear sky in your heart? She was the sun in my heart, she… uh… cough cough! Sorry…”
Ye Qinghe had only said half when his old face suddenly turned red!
Dad… if we’re thin-skinned and can’t be poetic in front of the children, then let’s not force it
Without these things, it’s not embarrassing, not shameful.
Ye Qinghe quickly adjusted his state, then continued speaking.
“Your mother and I met when we were your age, we were both in our third year of high school. She was a cheerful, lively girl who liked to help others. At that time, I was the student council president, she became the vice president, we quickly fell in love at first sight, admiring each other. Mm… Xiao Qing was quite admiring of me at that time, then…”
“Dad, pause for a moment.” Ye Zhiyun suddenly spoke, temporarily interrupting Ye Qinghe’s explanation.
There were some things she had to say.
“Dad, I’ve said before, sister has the right to know everything, please don’t embellish or alter the facts. At that time, it wasn’t you and mom mutually admiring each other, mom told me, it was you persistently pursuing her, and only then did it work out in the end.”
“…”
Daughter, although this is a family dinner and everyone can speak freely, it doesn’t matter.
But… wuu wuu! Please leave some face for your old father!
Respecting elders is everyone’s responsibility.
Ye Qinghe was an old hand in the business world after all.
No one knows better than him how to ignore unfavorable topics and continue extending the conversation.
“Your mother and I encountered many obstacles in getting together, the reason was nothing more than the difference in family backgrounds. At that time, I was the eldest son of the Ye Group, the young master of the Ye family, but your mother was from an ordinary background. Even now people talk about matching doors and houses, let alone at that time… At that time, the elders of your grandparents’ generation exerted pressure from all sides, thinking about it now, it was really hard to endure…”
“Fortunately, Xiao Qing and I persisted, and finally got together after graduating from university. Ah… right! Zhibai, do you want to hear how we struggled at that time! Those were passionate days! Sigh… but if you’re tired… then forget it, it’s not important if you don’t want to listen.”
“?”
Why are you so humble!
If you want to talk, just talk! No need to ask for my opinion!
After all, you’re the father!
It was obvious that Ye Qinghe really wanted to talk about that part of the past.
When he mentioned this, there was light in his eyes.
“Dad, go ahead and talk, I’m listening,” Ye Zhibai responded.
“Alright!”
Ye Qinghe got excited! He even gesticulated with both hands, using body language to assist in expressing his excitement and recollection of those passionate years!
“Roughly speaking, it was like this! Xiao Qing and I worked together from inside and outside, spent four years persuading the elders who disagreed with our marriage one by one. I won’t mention how difficult it was, anyway, it was much harder than when your grandfather started the business! Your mother was also clever as ice, quickly gaining the favor of the family elders. Xiao Qing just had a lot of personal charm!”
“She never cared how rich or poor the Ye family was, it was a kind of optimism that transcended family and was not bound by money! She could naturally influence those around her. If she was the sun, then I was the moon, we mutually… uh, sorry.”
Ye Qinghe’s old face turned red for the second time tonight.
But this time, Ye Zhibai’s focus wasn’t on his final poetic expression.
Rather, it was on Ye Qinghe’s passionate enthusiasm when talking about these past events.
Mm, except for him inadvertently belittling the poor grandfather he had never met just now, the rest was full of his love and longing for mom.
Certainly, the couple had spent a long time going through thick and thin together.
The happiness overflowing in Ye Qinghe’s words now proved this point.
“Later, I inherited the position of chairman of the Ye family, married Xiao Qing, and the company flourished. Then one day, Xiao Qing suddenly brought home a child, wrapped in a blanket, saying she found it on the riverbank. We investigated for a long time but couldn’t find any information about the child’s birth parents. I thought it was strange and asked Xiao Qing if we should send the child to an orphanage, but Xiao Qing insisted on keeping and raising the child. I… really couldn’t persuade her otherwise, so I agreed.”
“Zhibai, that child was you. I’m truly grateful for my decision at that time to let you become part of our family.”
“A year later, Xiao Qing gave birth to Zhiyun, so we had two daughters in our family. That time… was really incredibly happy, success in both family and career, it was truly the most satisfying time of my life…”
Don’t think Ye Zhibai’s expression remained unchanged at this moment.
But actually, she was quite gratified.
During those days in the orphanage when she had nothing, seeing other children being picked up by their parents after school, she was really envious.
She had once naively drawn with crayons on paper — a scene of parents holding their child’s hand at sunset, laughing and talking as they went home together.
Is this what a harmonious parental family feels like?
Just as Ye Zhibai was immersed in warmth, Ye Zhiyun’s kind reminder reached Ye Zhibai’s ears.
“Sister, be careful, Dad is about to act up, you can listen to what follows if you want to, or plug your ears if you don’t.”
“Hm?”
Ye Zhibai hadn’t figured out what Zhiyun meant.
Then she heard a loud bang!
This big noise wasn’t anything else.
It was the sound of Ye Qinghe suddenly covering his own forehead with his palm!
Are you Iron Man?! You startled me!
Even Guang Yu thought it was an earthquake, raising her cute little head above the table to look.
Oh, it was just someone being hard-headed.
She felt reassured and went back to eating her flatbread.
Very suddenly, Ye Qinghe’s originally joyful tone was instantly filled with sobbing.
He took a sharp breath, clenched his fist and slammed the table, full of regret!
“Why did I agree to let Xiao Qing go abroad for some business! I originally thought, let her go on a trip, relax a bit. When she left, she was still smiling, saying she’d bring back souvenirs for the children. Who knew she’d encounter a big typhoon on the way! Wuu wuu wuu! She’s gone, my wife is gone!!”
“What pains me the most is that her very last message to me was actually asking me to bring in the clothes drying on the balcony. Damn it!! Why did it have to be like this!”
Ye Zhibai frowned and asked: “Dad… do you feel that she didn’t say a proper goodbye to you at the end, is that it?”
“No, I mean, it wasn’t even raining in the country at that time!! What clothes was she talking about!”
“Eh… eh? Eh…”
Ye Zhibai didn’t understand.
How had her thoughts experienced several seasons within such a short sentence!
Where should I start criticizing this statement?!
I want to say some words of comfort, but how is it that I can’t even begin to speak!
Guang Yu: Life is seen through, the world is unpredictable, eating flatbread is the right way.
No wonder they say deities have long seen through all worldly affairs.
