Chapter 99. Didn’t Order Takeout!
At the Ye family mansion estate, dozens of miles away from Lin Zihan’s neighborhood.
At this moment, a celebration banquet was also being held!
“Cheers!!”
“Really hope the young ladies did well on the exam!”
“No need to hope, the young ladies are blessed by heaven, the exam was a piece of cake for them!”
The sound of clinking glasses constantly echoed.
Cheers rose one after another.
But cheers —— definitely not with alcohol.
Last time, the eldest young lady Ye Zhibai’s alcohol tolerance had become well-known to all.
She absolutely cannot touch a drop of alcohol!
Therefore, at this banquet. There were only various fruit juices and sodas, no alcoholic beverages at all.
The maids and bodyguards and other Ye family staff were all in the banquet hall at this time. Enjoying a meal to celebrate the young ladies’ successful college entrance exam!
But the persons concerned were not present.
In the enclosed room at the far end of the banquet hall.
This was the Ye family’s own dinner time.
In this very quiet area with excellent soundproofing, Ye Qinghe raised a teacup full of tea, offering an old father’s blessings to his two daughters sitting opposite him at the dinner table!
“Zhibai, Yun’er! You’ve all grown up, in the blink of an eye, you’ve finished the college entrance exam! In my memory, you were just little ones learning to talk. When your mother took you to the zoo back then, she said you were only a bit bigger than the monkeys in the zoo! In the blink of an eye… you’ve all grown up! Time really flies, time really flies!”
After saying this, he raised his teacup and drained it in one gulp!
Then he poured himself another cup.
Seeing this, Ye Zhibai’s right hand holding orange juice trembled.
Goodness.
Dad can drink tea with the effect of drinking alcohol!
Impressive!
Ye Zhiyun leaned close to her ear, whispering a reminder.
“He’s thinking about Mom again… Sister doesn’t need to mind, it’ll pass, he’s like this every holiday.”
Oh oh, if you didn’t mention Mom, I wouldn’t have noticed the details in Dad’s words just now.
Our Mom was quite something too.
Comparing her own daughters to monkeys in the zoo! That’s indeed quite unique!
Speaking of… Ye Zhibai had always been quite curious about one thing.
Now with nothing else to do, she could ask about it.
“Yun’er, I was wondering… why do we have so many maids at home?”
“Eh… because our place is big? There are many things that need to be taken care of, so there are many employees.”
“I know there are many employees, I mean, why do all the female employees have to wear maid uniforms?”
“……”
This question made Yun’er pause.
She was clearly lost in thought too.
Right! I’m saying, this is quite strange!
Such a big family, all female employees have to wear maid uniforms, and there’s even a medical maid team?
Ye Zhibai thought, there shouldn’t be such a peculiar corporate culture, right!
Look at our dad, he’s the chairman, such a proper businessman, even if he cries at the drop of a hat, he surely couldn’t have come up with such a great… ahem, such a strange employee uniform!
Yun’er’s silence earlier was her trying hard to recall the origins of their family’s maid team.
Remembering the cause and effect.
She smiled bitterly and answered.
“Ha… Sister, now that you ask, I almost couldn’t remember, we’ve been saying maid, maid for so long, we’ve gotten used to it. Our family’s maid team, at the beginning there really wasn’t this concept, nor were there maid uniforms.”
“So, when did it start?”
“We were still little then, I don’t remember very clearly, in my impression, the requirement for all female employees at home to change into maid uniforms for work was proposed by Mom.”
“……”
Alright.
Ye Zhibai had a bold guess.
It’s possible that our Mom was also a noble otaku!
Strange speculations increased.
When Ye Zhiyun turned to confirm this point with Ye Qinghe.
He answered like this.
“Maid uniforms? Yes… that was Xiao Qing’s request, she said she liked that style, she said, if there were maids walking around everywhere in the house, it would feel like being in heaven. Wu… my Xiao Qing, she might really be in heaven now! Damn it!”
Ignoring the fact that the old father might start crying again soon, Ye Zhiyun turned to summarize to Ye Zhibai.
“Mm, that’s basically how it is. After Mom disappeared, Dad still continued her wish from back then, so the maid team thing was kept, it’s actually just Ye family employees, just with a different name.”
“I see.”
Maids walking around everywhere in the house?
Mom whom I’ve never met.
I have to say.
You really get it!
The banquet continued, with all kinds of delicacies on the table, and even a large cake with “Academic Success” written in cream.
Ah… the sudden abundance of material life, although Ye Zhibai felt quite grateful.
But all at once, she really wasn’t used to it.
She wasn’t used to it, but Guang Yu was super used to it!
She had flatbread and wasabi under the table every meal!
Following Ye Zhibai to eat and drink well, living the good life!
While Ye Zhibai was internally complaining about Guang Yu’s appetite of eating three flatbreads, she also took out her phone to reply to a message.
This action once again aroused the strong attention of “Yun’er’s detection radar”!
“Sister? What messages have you been replying to since earlier? Ah, I’m definitely not inquiring about Sister’s privacy! Definitely not! I’m just curious, just asking casually, mm, really just asking casually?”
Asking casually —— meaning premeditated for a long time.
Since returning from the exam venue, Ye Zhiyun had been in a state of full alert.
Thinking that Sister had Lin Zihan and that Chi Yuliang from before as friends on her phone
Yun’er would fall into one of the common problems of contemporary young people from time to time.
—— Persecution complex.
Although they didn’t show that intention, it felt like they just wanted to be ordinary friends with Sister.
Perhaps, it really is like that now.
But it can’t withstand Sister’s angelic charm!
Nothing today, nothing the day after tomorrow.
But what about the day after that!
Maybe one day Yun’er wakes up happily and sees.
Hey, the house is gone. (Sister is gone.)
Just thinking about it is scary!
So, Yun’er felt it was very reasonable for her to ask Sister what messages she was sending!
Seeing Yun’er’s sparkling eyes, which also seemed to be hoarding old vinegar
Ye Zhibai shifted her body towards Guang Yu. There was nothing that couldn’t be said about this
But Yun’er’s state was scarily strange!
“Chatting with Lin Zihan.”
“It’s her after all!”
“Normal chatting.”
“Phew… that’s right, Sister taught me to stay calm. I just made a mistake at the exam venue, I’ll change. Phew… then Sister, tell me, you’re chatting normally, what messages did she send you?”
Yun’er kept taking deep breaths to keep herself calm.
“Uh… she sent a selfie of herself, I thought it looked pretty good, I mean, the baby’s breath behind her…”
Bang!!
“Yun’er!!”
Ye Qinghe was startled, the tea in his hand instantly lost its appeal!
Ye Zhiyun actually directly slammed her forehead onto the table!
Guang Yu clicked her tongue in wonder: “Good head, Ye Zhibai, you knock one too, did your sister do too well on the college entrance exam, is she worshipping gods? I suggest worshipping me.”
“I suggest you eat your flatbread and don’t get that big illness.”
Ye Zhibai carefully poked Yun’er’s back of the head with her finger, summoning her back.
Sentence breaks, indeed not a good habit.
Pressing against the table, Yun’er tilted her head.
Her eyes looking at Ye Zhibai were teary!
“Wu… Sister actually said she looks good? She… she’s seducing you! No, give me the phone, I have to scold her! Sending photos to someone else’s sister! This Shinkou!”
“I meant… the baby’s breath looks good.”
The sentence break saved it.
Of course, Lin Zihan herself is quite good-looking too.
This is undeniable.
But Ye Zhibai’s instinct told her not to say this.
If she said it, the banquet would end right there.
Ye Zhiyun took the phone to look.
The photo Lin Zihan sent really didn’t have any big problems.
Ye Zhiyun was born in the Ye family, growing up seeing many business people’s intrigues with her parents.
Naturally, she could discern some subtle dissonance under expressions.
Regarding Lin Zihan’s “smiling” selfie, Yun’er frowned slightly.
She only had one comment.
“This girl, her smile is really fake.”
“Mm, I think so too.”
“Sister, you can tell too?”
“No… just feel that Yun’er’s smile is more comfortable.”
“Wuwu! Sister, hug!!”
“Mm…”
Suddenly hugged!
Ye Zhiyun celebrated with a fist pump in her heart!
For this inexplicable sense of competition in her heart, she scored one point!
See, Lin Zihan, first of all, your smile doesn’t pass!
Well… actually this is normal, in Lin Zihan’s current situation, if she could smile genuinely from her heart, that would be really strange.
After Yun’er released her.
Ye Zhibai decisively forwarded a short video to Lin Zihan.
This video was one she had come across while lying on the bed resting before coming to the banquet hall.
—— A video recording of ducks lining up to jump into a ditch.
Ye Zhibai didn’t feel much after watching it, just thought it was weird.
But Guang Yu was laughing her head off on the bed at the time! She had practically laughed herself into a dead fox!
Heard Lin Zihan’s smile was fake?
Then she’s probably in a bad mood.
Forwarding this video to you.
Hope you’ll like it.
After locking her phone screen, Ye Zhibai heard Ye Qinghe had started talking about serious matters.
“Yun’er, have you decided which university you want to apply to now?”
“Originally I was thinking of applying to Capital University… now, it depends on the situation.”
Goodness, just finished the exam, results not out yet, and already so confident!
Thinking of Yun’er drawing in the exam room, it shows she really was at ease.
Uh… but what does “depends on the situation” mean?
Ye Zhiyun took a small sip of tea, smiling at Ye Zhibai as she said.
“I’ll wait for Sister’s results to come out, whichever university Sister applies to, I’ll apply there too.”
“……”
Don’t put so much pressure on me!
Potential top student of Capital University, why are you following me?!
Dad, quick, talk her out of it.
Your daughter is ruining her future!
After thinking for a moment.
Ye Qinghe nodded in approval.
“Mm, it’s fine, this way it’s convenient for you to take care of Zhibai, that’s good.”
—— 《That’s good》.
What’s good about it?!
Alright, now all the pressure has come to Ye Zhibai’s side.
Good thing I copied quite well in the exam room! Otherwise I’d really be letting Yun’er down!
Guang Yu ate and drank her fill.
And when Ye Zhibai wasn’t paying attention, she sneaked a bottle of wasabi sauce into her loose pocket.
Restocking supplies!
Just as the meal was almost finished and Ye Qinghe was about to announce the end of the banquet.
Suddenly a maid knocked on the door, and with Ye Qinghe’s gesture of approval, entered.
The maid respectfully clasped her hands in front of her, bowing her head towards Ye Zhibai as she reported.
“Young Miss, there’s takeout for you outside, we wanted to bring it in for you, but the delivery person said you had noted to pick it up yourself, so do you plan to…”
“?”
Takeout?
Ye Zhibai was confused.
I didn’t order anything!
She racked her brains, instinctively locking onto Guang Yu as the possibility!
The maid was still waiting.
So Ye Zhibai tried to confirm the situation with Guang Yu through mental transmission as quickly as possible.
“Guang Yu, did you secretly use my phone to order drinks, and note for me to pick them up myself? Tell me, are you trying to get me to go add wasabi for you alone?”
“Huh?” Guang Yu took out the wasabi sauce from her pocket and shook it, “I’m not a poor fox, oh no! What fox, I mean, I’m a wealthy deity now! Don’t lack that bit of wasabi.”
“Quickly summarize.”
“I didn’t order takeout!”
“!”
