Ye Kong rubbed his fingertips on the quilt twice and laughed.

"I think you may have a misunderstanding of me." She said, "I am not the coffee shop owner who is very popular in the second-generation circle as you think I am now - I am about to become a debt-ridden pauper."

Le Yue frowned slightly: "What do you mean? How can you be a pauper?"

He didn't know how rich Ye Kong was, but she couldn't be a pauper anyway.

Looking around, Le Yue realized something was wrong: "Where's Qu Wu?"

The store manager who also looked very unusual seemed to have disappeared since yesterday.

"It's broken."

He turned around in surprise and saw the girl shrugged nonchalantly: "As you can see, this coffee shop has always been operating at a loss. Originally, the profits were mine and the losses were Qu Wu's. Unfortunately, she has quit now, so even if I close the shop and sell it immediately, I will still owe a large sum of money."

Le Yue: ...

"Also, I seem to be living a good life, but in fact, I am basically supported by Wen Can and Tu Wan. Qu Wu takes care of my food, clothing, housing and transportation, and Tu Wan and others take care of my extravagant entertainment." Ye Kong made up a story without any guilt. "But now, as you can see, Qu Wu has ignored me, and Tu Wan and others are officially taking over the family business. They probably won't come to see me often in the future - so, I will soon become a pauper."

Le Yue: ...

I always felt that she was just enjoying herself, but suddenly I remembered that I had seen a lot of news recently about Tu Wan and others speeding through the streets of Yuzhou.

Obviously, it was the daily activity of a group of real upper-class gentlemen and ladies.

And Ye Kong really seemed to be excluded. Every time she came recently, she was alone in this store which was becoming more and more deserted and no one even cleaned it.

Le Yue couldn't find anything to say for a moment, and could only stare at her, choking in awkward silence.

The girl didn't seem surprised by his reaction. A faint laugh escaped from her throat and she turned around to drink the last bit of sugar water.

"Okay, go ahead. I'm going to close the shop and go to bed."

"It's not good for your health to sleep right after eating." Le Yue said subconsciously.

"You can't control me."

The girl walked to the bar with an empty cup, rinsed the cup and put it aside.

Le Yue saw her drooping eyelashes, densely blocking the faint light from the sky.

The half-exposed black pupils appeared foggy gray in the dim light and shadow.

The girl's lips curled up slightly, and when her wet fingertips left the transparent glass, the water on the rim of the cup immediately slid down, condensing into a thin stream, winding its way onto the black marble countertop.

Her cold and distant shadow was reflected on the table. When she turned around, she was still as relaxed as before, not taking anyone seriously... and lonely.

"I……"

His mouth couldn't help but say, "I want to be with you."

The girl who had just walked out of the bar stopped and turned around after a moment.

Staring at those beautiful black eyes, Le Yue murmured, "I have money, I have a lot of money, I can help you continue to run this coffee shop, and I can also buy you a house to live in... I want to be with you."

Even though there is no longer a dazzling crowd surrounding her, Ke Leyue felt that she suddenly understood why she was attracted to this person.

It is a kind of self that remains solid and firm, whether in a crowd or alone, and will not be changed by anything.

He also grew up in an orphanage, without a father or mother, and was surrounded by wild children who knew from a young age that they had to fight for resources and attention for themselves.

People like them have known since childhood that they need to read other people's faces and transform themselves into a person that others like in order to obtain more and better survival resources.

But he couldn't see any trace of this on Ye Kong.

But she is not like the non-competitive water that goes with the flow. She is more like a kind of ore that will not change for millions of years and is more indestructible than steel.

It was hard for a vulgar person like him not to be moved by such a brilliant soul.

But those black eyes that contained a bright soul looked straight at him, sizing him up, and after a moment just smiled and shook her head.

"Do not."

She turned and walked up the stairs: "I don't like you."

Le Yue looked at the back figure with a sense of loss, but did not intend to give up immediately.

If you want to get something precious, you have to pay a price.

He plans to come back tomorrow.

·

The next day arrived quickly.

The custom-made skirt was hung on the head of the bed, and Ye Kong didn't even look at it when he got up.

I was just planning to leisurely eat my meal and take a shower when I suddenly heard a knock on the door downstairs.

The frequency was very slow, with some strange hesitation.

She went to the computer and turned on the surveillance camera, and found two elderly people with frosted faces standing at the door.

Ye Kong recalled and was sure that he didn't know them, but the elderly couple looked trembling, especially the old man, who made people worry that he would fall down in front of the door and commit fraud in the next second. Ye Kong could only speed up and went downstairs to open the door in two minutes.

As the warm air leaked out, cold air also rushed in.

Ye Kong glanced at the gloomy sky outside, made way for them and asked them to come in: "Want some coffee?"

She asked knowingly.

The two old men supported each other, and they didn't even dare to come in. They just looked at her timidly: "You, are you the owner of this coffee shop?"

Ye Kong: ...

She scratched her long hair irritably and turned inside: "Come in and talk, or I'll close the door."

The old man had no choice but to walk in slowly, repeatedly looking down at his feet, as if he was afraid of dirtying the ground.

Ye Kong became even more annoyed.

She didn't like dealing with such vulnerable people.

The glass door closed automatically, blocking out the cold air.

She habitually made herself a cup of hot honey behind the bar. She looked up and saw the two old men still standing there awkwardly. She paused and raised her chin to signal them to sit in the booth. She turned around and poured two cups of hot water, placed them in front of them, and took her own sweet water. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and sit down.

"Tell me, who are you and what do you want from me?"

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other uneasily, and after a long while they began to explain their purpose in a messy manner: "We are Le Yue's parents."

Ye Kong: ...

The hand holding the cup paused.

Ye Kong slowly raised his head and looked over. His eyes scanned the two old men carefully like an x-ray, and he especially stayed on the old man for a while longer.

"If I remember correctly, Le Yue's father seems to be seriously ill in bed?"

She put down the cup, and the bottom of the glass made a crisp sound on the table: "You came out from the hospital specially to find me to make trouble for you?"

As soon as the crisp sound came, the two elderly people who had just sat down for less than two minutes stood up again and looked at her tremblingly: "No, no, no, no..."

Ye Kong: ...

Grass.

she thought.

Am I that terrible?

Looking at these two people huddled together like old quails, Ye Kong felt that his cold, which had just recovered, seemed to be getting worse again.

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