Ye Zhiqiu laughed and rolled on the bed, coaxed Jiyou for a while, then put down the phone and walked out of the bedroom with his slippers on.

I don't know when it started, the silent and suffocating atmosphere of the Ye family dissipated a lot.It seems that even the air and the evergreen trees around the villa are dotted with liveliness, adding a different kind of melody to life.

Ye Zhiqiu walked out of the room, intending to ask her mother what she was going to have for lunch today.But following this thought, what she remembered was the scene she saw some time ago when she returned home from self-study and school.

Her own mother, Mrs. Ye, who was carefree and noble after marriage, and Miss Cheng, who never touched the sun before she got married, actually sat on the sofa and studied recipes with a tablet.Looking at the posture, it doesn't seem like she is flipping through it casually. She still looks into the kitchen from time to time, feeling the urge to rush in and roll up her sleeves to do experiments.

She didn't know what other people thought when they saw this "warm" scene, but Ye Zhiqiu turned his head and wanted to run to the room at that moment.

Researching recipes is fine, but don't treat her like a guinea pig.

She hasn't arrived yet, she is still a college entrance examination candidate, and there is still a great time waiting for her!Although he often worries about his life experience, Ye Zhiqiu has no plans to die.

With his feet on the stairs, Ye Zhiqiu suddenly hesitated, wondering if he should ask what he had for lunch.

But before she could move, a few low-pitched quarrels suddenly came from the master bedroom on the first floor.Ye Zhiqiu froze for a moment, then listened for a while with his ears open, and then realized that it was her father who had come home.

In fact, Mrs. Ye and Ye Shenglin seldom quarreled, because the scenes were too ugly, and their upbringing prevented such behavior between them.But this couple is obviously not close. Many times, they look at each other with indifferent expressions, which always makes Ye Zhiqiu feel cold and violent.

After hesitating for a while, Ye Zhiqiu couldn't hold back even though he silently said "None of her business" and "It's normal for couples to quarrel" in his heart, and walked downstairs with a light footstep.

The villa is well insulated from sound.The reason why Ye Zhiqiu could hear it for a while was not because the two people inside were too loud, but because they were negligent and the door was not closed tightly.

Ye Zhiqiu leaned against the door, and through the narrow gap, he could see some scenes in the bedroom.

The scene was not ugly. Her mother was sitting by the bed, covering her forehead with one hand. Although she couldn't see her expression clearly, she could feel a strong sense of powerlessness.Ye Shenglin seemed to have just returned home not long ago. He only took off the jacket of his suit, and he didn't unbutton a single button of his vest.

Ye Zhiqiu glanced at it and wanted to leave, but Madam Ye suddenly said something in the room:

"Does it have to be that early? Zhiqiu is still young, so it should be decided now?"

Ye Zhiqiu's footsteps stopped, and then her father said helplessly and eagerly: "It is only at a young age that we can cultivate relationships. This kind of inevitable thing, rather than letting her hide and struggle, it's better to get used to it early. and accept."

Hearing the conversation between the two people in the room clearly, Ye Zhiqiu heard a buzz in his head, and all the voices were pulled away instantly.She knew what these two people were arguing about. Just now she was thinking that her brother was still young, still a baby.But now she has to face a problem that is difficult to avoid - the marriage between the family.

Because he intervened in the company's affairs early on, Ye Zhiqiu knew it very well.The development conditions of enterprises are different from those many years ago, and they are no longer attached to the family.At the same time as various powerful companies are beheading their heads, although their aristocratic families still seem to have a halo, they are actually facing great challenges.

As early as a few years ago, Ye Zhiqiu vaguely understood that the Ye family, the Cheng family, and another aristocratic family, the Duan family, wanted to unite together to form the largest chaebol in Huaguo.

This matter is simple to say, but to achieve the ultimate goal, it often requires the joint efforts of several generations.The basis of cooperation is kinship.

Ye Zhiqiu's mind went blank.The two people in the room seemed to be talking again, but she didn't continue to listen, but walked back to her room mechanically.

In her bedroom, the screen of the mobile phone on the bed was still flashing the information of her friends, but Ye Zhiqiu was not interested in chatting a few words.

Ye Zhiqiu has worked very hard ever since he became sensible and realized what he had to face with his identity.She has good grades in school, and she learned financial professional knowledge early, and followed up various projects of the company.

Others saw her hard work and thought she cared about her status as the heir.But in fact, Ye Zhiqiu has been thinking about what kind of capital she needs to leave the Ye family.

With the successful example of Ji Yao in front of her, Ye Zhiqiu thought that as long as she worked hard enough and gave her time, she would definitely succeed.

But she didn't expect that it was so early, she was not yet an adult, and she hadn't even finished high school, and she would be drawn into the vortex of marriage.

At this moment, Ye Zhiqiu even began to doubt himself.She didn't know, if it turned out that she couldn't hide, it must be like this, so what's the point of her previous efforts?

A few days later, it was the day when Ye Qiyuan came to Ye's house for dinner.

Before, Mrs. Ye was afraid that he would not eat well in the crew, so she insisted on asking him to go home once a week to make up for it.Ye Qiyuan couldn't push it away, so he could only agree.

But when he came here this time, he obviously felt a subtle difference in the atmosphere.Ye Zhiqiu was still sitting on the sofa waiting for him as usual, but the little girl was clearly preoccupied and she was still in a daze.She sat there with a pillow in her arms, and didn't even notice Ye Qiyuan came in.

Ye Qiyuan first stood aside and watched for a while, then couldn't help but walked in front of her, bent down and snapped his fingers in front of her dull eyes.

Waking up with a start, Ye Zhiqiu didn't need to raise his head to see a tall and long-legged young man squatting in front of her, looking up at her.

Ye Qiyuan is very familiar with her now, and the operation of coaxing girls is online again, teasing her with a smile: "Little princess, what are you thinking? Who is making you unhappy, I will blow his head off."

The young man said some violent words in a gentle tone, which was obviously so contrary to harmony, but Ye Zhiqiu felt a little sour in his eyes for a moment.

After knowing the news of the marriage, Ye Zhiqiu didn't go to beg Ye Shenglin, didn't go to find his grandfather, and didn't even show any grievances to Mrs. Ye.But now, Mingming has only really known this brother for a short time, and he is obviously just a half-brother.But his words made Ye Zhiqiu feel as if she had met the closest person, and her grievances spewed out instantly, making her eye sockets swell and ache.

She quickly reached out to rub her eyes, and then she still wanted to laugh, and wanted to say something jokingly, but it's a pity that you can't beat this person.

She can't let her brother rush over and blow her father's head off, can he?

Ye Zhiqiu didn't want to pass on his troubles to Ye Qiyuan, so he stretched out his hand to push him: "It's nothing but a little hungry, it's all over, let's go to the restaurant and wait for dinner.

Then Mrs. Ye, who was helping to arrange the dishes, poked her head out of the restaurant.

Although Mrs. Ye hid it well, Ye Qiyuan also keenly sensed that she had something on her mind.However, Ye Qiyuan was very good at adjusting the atmosphere, and he picked out some interesting things in the crew to talk about, and the atmosphere soon became relaxed.

Ye Qiyuan's ability to adjust the atmosphere is indeed excellent, but unfortunately, the atmosphere he worked so hard to adjust was suddenly beaten back to its original state after Ye Shenglin opened the door of the study and came out.

No, after careful calculation, the air temperature has dropped a few degrees.

Seeing Ye Shenglin standing at the door of the study, Ye Zhiqiu's face was paralyzed instantly, and the smile on Mrs. Ye's mouth gradually disappeared.They only remembered that Ye Qiyuan was coming today, and they didn't remember that the head of the family who was away all the year round was also staying at home today.

Ye Qiyuan couldn't adjust the atmosphere anymore.Because to be honest, even though he was staying in Ye's house now, seeing Ye Shenglin's face suddenly made him feel unhappy.

Because in this warm atmosphere of a barely small family, Ye Shenglin, the patriarch who has no family in his heart but only a family, is like a sharp knife, which is out of place and has an unparalleled ability to hurt.

Ye Qiyuan didn't speak, no one made a sound for a while, and the atmosphere fell into absolute silence.

In fact, Ye Shenglin was the most confused.

He felt that the scene in front of him was very mysterious.He and his ex-wife's son are sitting with his current wife and the current wife's daughter, chatting happily.

There is nothing wrong with saying that I am happy.Because Ye Shenglin couldn't imagine that his wife and daughter would show such expressions.

And his son, who was always smiling, but who was essentially indifferent and alienated, actually told jokes to deceive people sincerely.

Ye Shenglin was immersed in shock, completely unaware that he was actually the unwelcome person.He wanted to go over to see if it was a hallucination, but when a phone call came, he hurried back to the study.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Zhiqiu reacted, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.Mrs. Ye said to Ye Qiyuan, who had a fake smile on her face, "I forgot to tell you, your dad just came back two days ago."

Ye Qiyuan let out an "um", and then fell silent for a while.

Ye Zhiqiu also felt that the current scene was a bit fucked up, because she and her mother had coincidentally ignored Ye Shenglin subconsciously on the happy matter of "Ye Qiyuan came home for dinner".

To be honest, his father's ability to forcibly live himself as an outsider is indescribable.

There was silence for a while.

Because of Ye Shenglin's existence, the table of dishes that people were looking forward to had become unattractive.The three of them sat on the sofa in the living room, feeling a sense of urgency to leave the current environment immediately.

Suddenly, Mrs. Ye and Ye Zhiqiu spoke at the same time, and the content was similar.

Madam Ye's words were very tactful: "There is a restaurant nearby that I think has good reviews."

Ye Zhiqiu was much simpler and rude: "Let's go out to eat!"

Ye Qiyuan couldn't help laughing after hearing these two sentences.

By the time Ye Shenglin came out after making the phone call, the originally bustling living room had become empty.Ye Shenglin was a little puzzled. He first wondered if he was dreaming just now, and then couldn't help but walked to the restaurant to take a look.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Ye Shenglin was puzzled again.

The Ye family has a lot of people, and festival gatherings are also necessary, but every gathering will be in the Ye family's old house, which has nothing to do with his current residence.

So since Ye Shenglin moved in, he has never seen the round table in the restaurant so full.

Not only is it full, every dish on this table is also carefully prepared.There are a few dishes that Ye Shenglin is very familiar with. When he was eating out, he chatted with the people at the dinner table, and he knew that these dishes could not be prepared in a day, and some even needed three or four days from the cooking of the ingredients to the later seasoning. time.

Not to mention, there is a carved phoenix solemnly placed in the middle of the round table.

Looking at the phoenix whose feathers were clearly visible, Ye Shenglin was in a daze for a moment, and began to wonder if he had missed some important event.

After being shocked by the dishes on the table, Ye Shenglin took a careful look at the chairs beside the table.He counted three of them.

But this number can't solve Ye Shenglin's doubts just now, he thought, there are three in total, so Ye Qiyuan shouldn't be in it?

After a busy morning, Ye Shenglin happened to be a little hungry.He directly stepped forward and pulled out a chair to sit down, completely ignoring the possibility that "there are only three chairs because he is not with him".

He thought about it for a while, and felt that the biggest possibility was that he was dazzled just now, and now the table in front of him was prepared for himself.

This guess put Ye Shenglin in a good mood. In fact, he also felt good about the "dazzled" scene just now, thinking that he could call his son later to see if the family relationship can develop in this direction.

He sat at the dining table, although he was a little hungry, but he thought that his wife had prepared such a table of dishes for him, so he had to wait for everyone to arrive before moving his chopsticks.

But after waiting for a while, and waiting for a while, there was still no one in the restaurant.

Not only that, but the outside is also very quiet.

Ye Shenglin was a little restless, and couldn't help but glance around the restaurant, and then saw the chef standing aside with a slumped face.

In fact, in the past, chefs did not have the habit of standing aside while the host was eating, and this habit was only recently cultivated.Because every week when Ye Qiyuan came over, he could always show off his culinary skills, and the diners were very supportive, which made the chef want to stand aside and listen to their evaluation of each dish.

And the three people who happened to eat didn't care, so this habit was formed.

Ye Shenglin looked at it for a while, and couldn't help talking to the chef: "Old Zhu, what are you doing standing here?"

The chef's surname is Zhu, and he has worked in Ye's family for more than ten years, so he doesn't have that kind of deliberate respect when talking to Ye Shenglin.After hearing Ye Shenglin's question, he even looked at the table of dishes sadly, as if he was looking at his child who was abandoned by a heartless man.

Then the chef sighed and replied like a wandering spirit: "Yeah, what am I doing standing here..."

Ye Shenglin: "..."

He turned his head silently, realizing for the first time that he hadn't been home for too long.The chef has become such a sad style, and even his wife and daughter are likely to ease the relationship with his ex-wife's son.

Only then did Ye Shenglin faintly notice something was wrong.

He couldn't help calling the servants outside, and said, "Why haven't Madam and Miss come over yet? You go and ask them to come over for dinner."

Hearing his words, the servant hesitated to speak.

Then Ye Shenglin heard the chef standing in the corner say again: "Stop shouting, madam, miss and young master went out to eat together."

Ye Shenglin: "???"

He sat at the table and stayed for two seconds.

It turned out that it was not an illusion just now, Ye Qiyuan really came to Ye's house.He was shocked at the chef's familiar address to Ye Qiyuan, and then he couldn't help turning his head and asking, "Why did you go out to eat? Isn't this a table of dishes?"

The chef didn't answer, but just looked at him accusingly.

The chef's gaze was very directional. Ye Shenglin just didn't know much about the situation at home, but it didn't mean he was stupid.Soon he connected the scene he just saw in the living room with the empty dining room to piece together a complete logical chain.

He looked at the table full of delicious dishes in front of him, and his stomach, which was clamoring for hunger, returned to calm as if it suddenly lost all consciousness.

Ye Shenglin felt a little uncomfortable. For the first time, he realized that he might be the most unpopular person in his family.

Ye Qiyuan and the others had a pretty good experience of dining outside, and the outside environment successfully made people temporarily put down some worries.Mrs. Ye couldn't even restrain her feminine nature, and swept around the commercial street.If it wasn't for the fear of delaying Ye Qiyuan's time, Mrs. Ye could even go shopping until the afternoon.

Although Ye Zhiqiu didn't have much interest in shopping, when he got home, he had a faint smile on his face.

They didn't call the driver when they left, so Ye Qiyuan sent them back.

When the car drove into the villa area, Ye Shenglin was standing on the balcony on the third floor looking around.To be honest, he didn't happen to see it, but scratched his head and squatted on the third floor for a while.

At any time, it's not very good to feel that you are being excluded.

Ye Shenglin stayed there for a while, and then facing a table of dishes alone, he couldn't help calling Lao Zhu to sit down and have a drink with him with complicated emotions.

Middle-aged men talked the most at the wine table, and after a few glasses of wine, although Ye Shenglin had no intention of cliche, Lao Zhu also explained the matter of Ye Qiyuan's coming to eat at home during this period of time.

Therefore, Ye Shenglin's mood became more and more complicated, and he also understood the reason why Ye Qiyuan asked that sentence when he called Ye Qiyuan before.

In fact, what Ye Qiyuan wanted to ask was: "What's wrong with them, why should I be careful about them?"

Ye Shenglin was standing on the balcony, just when Ye Zhiqiu got off the car, Ye Qiyuan in the driver's seat took out a gift box as if by magic, and teased Ye Zhiqiu again before handing the gift box to her.

Then, his daughter, who had been unsmiling since she was a child, jumped around holding the box like an ordinary little girl.

Ye Shenglin felt that his three views were a bit broken.

Knowing that Ye Shenglin was at home, Ye Qiyuan probably didn't want to stay in Ye's house any longer, so Mrs. Ye didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, and just stood at the door of the villa and watched Ye Qiyuan leave.

After returning home, Ye Zhiqiu didn't stay in the living room at all, and climbed the stairs back to his bedroom with the gift box in both hands.Mrs. Ye walked behind, carrying several shopping bags in her hand, and the butler behind her also carried a few in her hand, obviously gaining a lot.

All of a sudden, no one thought of saying hello to Ye Shenglin, an older left-behind child.

They are used to the days when Ye Shenglin is not around, even if they come back occasionally, they may only stay for a morning, and then run away again in the afternoon.

Shutting himself in the room, Ye Zhiqiu weighed the gift box in his hands twice, and began to guess what teaching materials it was.But the concern is not serious, she thinks it is not a handbook of ancient Chinese poetry, or the 3500 words in English for the college entrance examination?

Opening the gift box with a strange mood, Ye Zhiqiu was still stunned this time despite having experienced the baptism of the May [-]rd set last time.

The bottom of the gift box is covered with a layer of black flannel, and then a ball of white fluffy feathers.Inside the feather package lay a gift that Ye Zhiqiu had wanted for several years.

It is the only record released by Gu Yao.

Ye Zhiqiu froze for a while, then carefully brushed off the feathers, and took out the brand new unopened record box.She was a little dazed, because she wanted it for so long that the feeling of wanting had become a habit, so now that her wish was fulfilled, Ye Zhiqiu was full of unreality.

She is not a fan of Gu Yao's movies, nor does she want this record because she likes his singing.Ye Zhiqiu, who has read many interviews, knows that Ji Yao is not good at singing, and the previous company forced him to release this record.

Such a simple record seems to condense all the ups and downs of Ji Yao's early days when he left the Ji family.

But now, instead of being excited about getting this gift, Ye Zhiqiu was more surprised that someone actually saw what she wanted through the lemon in her circle of friends.

And, gave it to her.

From childhood to adulthood, everyone pays attention to what she should do and what she should have.But no one ever cared what she wanted.

At this moment, Ye Zhiqiu's fingertips felt a little numb. Instead of paying attention to the record, she clicked on Ye Qiyuan's profile picture first.At first she was a little embarrassed, but couldn't help typing a long paragraph.

Later, she deleted the words she just typed one by one, and only wrote a sentence very seriously and even a little solemnly: "Brother, thank you."

Holding the record box, Ye Zhiqiu didn't open it, nor put it into the record player to play.But just like that, she suddenly had a lot of courage, because the self-doubt caused by the ambiguous marriage news also dissipated.

Ye Zhiqiu thought, she can deal with the marriage, and she can fight for time.

She has no reason to give up, because there are still people in this world who really care about her.

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