Chapter 74. Ruthless Enough!
After complaining about the different weather around the world, Ye Qinghe finally ended this topic.
He clenched his fist in grief and anger, slamming the table again!
There were really tears in his eyes!
“Xiao Qing… she’s been missing since then, she never came back, but to this day, I’m still unwilling to believe she’s really gone. Zhibai, do you believe it? You don’t believe it either, right!”
Don’t ask me?!
How would I know!
If her last message had been something like “goodbye” or “farewell”, it would probably have become Ye Qinghe’s golden memory, an eternal remembrance.
But her last words were actually “Don’t forget to bring in the clothes” sent during a storm!
Who could stand that!
The old father was weeping, Ye Zhibai put tissues on the table, swish swish swish turning them to him on the glass turntable.
Feeling his daughter’s concern, the old father cried even harder.
Regarding this matter, Ye Zhibai couldn’t give any other comment.
There was too much information, she probably only had one thing she could say.
“Dad, please restrain your grief, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in heaven’s hands. I know my mother’s experience was… very legendary.”
“Right!”
Yes, even more legendary than a giraffe walking across the Sahara Desert.
Oh, there’s no such miraculous giraffe, this was just a miracle Ye Zhibai thought up on the spot.
Ye Qinghe pulled out a tissue to wipe away his tears.
This strong man originally didn’t want to cry in front of his daughters, but he had said too much today, his emotions were too intense!
Ye Zhiyun hugged Ye Zhibai’s arm, also blinking her big blue eyes, reminiscing about the past.
“Sigh… who wouldn’t hope mom was still alive, but analyzing it rationally, mom is most likely gone. So, let’s not hold onto any hope, we still need to look forward in life.”
Zhiyun, I understand your rationality.
But when you say this, Dad’s just-dried tears are clearly about to fall again!
You should rein in your powers a bit!
After Ye Qinghe stopped his tears, he turned his grief into appetite, suddenly eating a bite of baked flatbread.
And made a promise to his daughters!
“I won’t say anything else, children, what I can promise you is that I will wait for your mother to come home for the rest of my life, if she can’t come back, I will never remarry! Xiao Qing is the only light in my life!”
Wuu wuu wuu, so touching!
This time, Dad didn’t blush when using poetic expressions!
Indeed, grief gives people strength, constantly surpassing themselves!
But to be fair, Dad is truly a real man!
Think about the company presidents in TV dramas, which one isn’t fickle, worthy of being called an eight-winged archangel.
But look at our Dad, single-minded, can fly straight to the clouds with just one wing!
Ye Zhibai expressed admiration in her heart!
This topic ended.
Ye Zhiyun got up to take the teapot, refilling Ye Zhibai’s empty teacup.
Taking this opportunity, Ye Zhibai looked down and admonished the useless Guang Yu.
“Guang Yu, did you hear? Dad is great, you should appreciate the true, the good, and the beautiful in the human world, you can’t just think about eating and lewd things all the time, you’ll become a useless fox like that.”
“Nonsense, wasabi is very kind, chili oil is evil, we can tell the difference.”
“…”
Is there nothing in your brain except eating condiments?!
At least gnaw on a chicken leg!
Ye Zhiyun steadily placed the teacup full of hot tea in a safe position where Ye Zhibai wouldn’t touch it.
Then she hugged her sister again, seeing that Dad had more or less recovered from his grief, she planned to bring up something more in line with the dinner atmosphere, to chat about family matters.
Zhiyun also misses mom.
But today is a family reunion dinner with sister, these sad things, it’s enough for sister to know, there’s no need to keep crying.
So Ye Zhiyun decisively changed the subject.
“Dad, I saw Lin Zihan at school today.”
“Wuu… Xiao Qing… you really are… Hm? Zhiyun? What did you just say?”
“I said, I met Lin Zihan at school today, that stinky girl from the Lin family before.”
“Ah, I remember, remember, it’s that naughty kid from the Lin family before, I have an impression. Sigh… I wonder when Xiao Qing will come back…”
Poor old dad.
He hadn’t recovered from his sadness yet, and was forcibly pulled into a new topic.
This is called dual-core processing, worthy of being the chairman of the Ye family, such high intelligence!
Ye Qinghe let out a long sigh, adjusting his state.
Then he entered a new sigh.
“Sigh… the Lin family, it’s all a tragedy, Old Lin played a good hand so badly, when he was losing money, he originally had a chance to make a comeback, but was pushed down by all the big families when the wall fell. I remember he even abandoned his family, directly left with nothing and ran away from Qihai City… Eh Zhibai! I have to make this clear to you, when the Lin family fell, our Ye family didn’t participate, not only did we not kick them when they were down, we even faced the headwind to give some humanitarian financial aid to the Lin family mother and daughter, don’t misunderstand, our family is still quite upright!”
“Mm, Zhiyun told me.”
Look how anxious Dad got.
Returning to the previous topic, Ye Qinghe asked.
“Right, you saw Lin Zihan yesterday, is that child’s eye better? Thinking about it, she really is a pitiful child, be nice to her, it’s already hard enough for her.”
Ye Zhiyun took a sip of hot tea.
She made no comment.
Only Ye Zhibai knew, whether they were nice to Lin Zihan or not — anyway, when Zhiyun met her, she beat her up first.
— “Our family is still quite upright”.
Indeed, our family is not only upright, but also quite capable in fighting.
Ye Zhiyun put down her teacup, looking dignified.
Heh, she only looks dignified on the surface.
Ye Zhibai clearly felt that under the table, at an angle Dad couldn’t see at all, Zhiyun was crossing her legs, entangling Ye Zhibai’s legs!
Don’t get clingy while eating! How can you think about lewd things when you’re hungry!
Ye Zhiyun propped her arms on the table, very seriously, bringing up a matter like this.
“Dad, I know Lin Zihan’s experience is quite pitiful, I understand this, after all we’ve met a few times as children. But I want to say, this person, we must be wary of.”
“Oh?” Ye Qinghe became somewhat interested, “Zhiyun, you’ve always been quite good at judging people, why don’t you analyze, why do you say this?”
“I’m not sure… but I always feel that Lin Zihan’s personality is like wearing a disguised mask, on the surface she seems to avoid conflict with the world, very optimistic, she should be very sympathetic. But for some reason…”
“Mm?”
“For some reason, she just looks very punchable.”
Ye Zhibai was startled by this.
Zhiyun, you really shouldn’t!
Listen to me, next time we meet, don’t hit her!
It doesn’t matter whether she wears a mask or not, even if she was a fully armed Kamen Rider, you’d still beat her down!
Ye Qinghe pondered for a moment.
Nodding a bit, then shaking his head, it wasn’t clear what he was thinking.
Ye Zhibai thought, the wise old dad pondering like this, must have his own ideas.
After a while, Ye Qinghe looked up, suddenly muttering while looking at the ceiling.
“Sigh… Xiao Qing, she didn’t come back today either…”
Pffft!!
Your train of thought hasn’t completely returned yet, right!!
The topic has diverged so far, and you’re still on about Xiao Qing!
Just then, the maid knocked and came in again.
She was carrying a glass of what was clearly expensive red wine.
This was what Ye Qinghe had asked for earlier.
He just felt that a dinner party without some wine isn’t complete!
The maid poured a glass for each of the three.
Drinking should be moderate, just one glass each, then the maid left with the wine bottle.
This was also one of the Ye family’s good cultural practices.
Drinking, never to excess.
Ye Qinghe picked up his wine glass, drinking more than half in one go.
“Phew! Refreshing! Zhiyun, about what you said earlier, with some reservations, you’re right, we can’t judge people just by their appearance. But even if Lin Zihan has other thoughts, it’s none of our business, we have no grudges with the Lin family.”
“Mm, no grudges now, but if Lin Zihan continues to use that frivolous way of addressing sister… then we might slowly develop a grudge, of this, I’m very certain.”
“!”
Ye Zhibai prayed for Lin Zihan in her heart.
Miss Lin, please avoid Zhiyun next time you see her.
She still has a lot of resentment towards you!
Also, please don’t talk back when you’re being beaten.
It’s hard enough just being alive.
This was Ye Zhibai’s personal experience, speaking from experience.
Zhiyun just took a small sip of red wine, then pushed the glass aside, not drinking anymore.
She couldn’t handle alcohol, couldn’t really accept the taste.
By the way, she also suggested to Ye Zhibai.
“Sister, you shouldn’t drink this either. Drinking hurts the body, drink some more water, we should go home and rest.”
“Okay… then… no, I’ll still have a sip, just one sip.”
“I think you shouldn’t… Sigh, alright, one sip shouldn’t be a problem. But don’t force yourself… Sister has never drunk alcohol before, is this the first time?”
More or less.
In her past life, Ye Zhibai hadn’t even really drunk beer, only having a little beer when she had to attend some gatherings in university.
She didn’t find it tasty, but she didn’t get drunk either.
As for why Ye Zhibai wanted to drink red wine now?
— Purely to try something new!
A simple and easy to understand reason, a wine she hadn’t tried in two lifetimes, already brought to her, how could she not even take a sip!
That’s not the attitude towards life!
And this wine looks quite expensive… wonder how many packets of wasabi it could buy.
Ah pah! What wasabi packets!
Guang Yu has led me astray!
Ye Qinghe also didn’t really want Ye Zhibai to drink.
But common sense told him it shouldn’t be a problem.
“It’s fine, it’s fine! If Zhibai wants to drink, just have a sip, just taste it, at your age, it’s a curious time, very normal! When I was your age, I even drank chili oil! Almost sent me to the hospital! Hahaha!”
Damn! Let’s not laugh about this situation!
Also, Guang Yu, you see, there’s always someone tougher, there’s always a higher sky beyond the sky!
All tough guys!
Guang Yu’s voice sounded in her mind: “Ye Zhibai, the color of this chili oil doesn’t look quite right, not authentic.”
Don’t joke, one glass of this could probably buy a hundred boxes of your chili oil.
Do you know your stuff?
Under Ye Zhiyun’s worried gaze.
Ye Zhibai brought her lips close to the wine glass
Tilting her head slightly back, the smooth red wine slid down her throat, bitter taste, with a slight sweetness.
Just one sip, and Ye Zhibai felt warmth in her stomach.
Hm? Feels not bad?
Is this the temperature of money!
Little Zhibai got greedy.
She felt she could handle it!
Anyway it’s just this one glass, does it make much difference whether you drink it fast or slow?
She tilted her head back, drinking the whole glass in one go.
“Sister?!”
Ye Zhiyun was scared, she hurriedly tried to stop her!
But no matter how fast her voice was, it couldn’t be faster than the speed of tilting back and drinking the red wine.
Ye Qinghe was embarrassed.
Unexpected… Zhibai is quite impressive?
Guang Yu was even more shocked.
Oh my.
What a Ye Zhibai!
Not showing off, when it comes to really drinking chili oil, and it’s a new variety of chili oil, she downs a big glass in one go!
Ruthless enough!
