After keeping watch all night, Shen Bin brought breakfast over in the morning. Ye’s father went out to wash up, leaving no outsiders in the room. Noticing Shen Bin staring at her, Ye Ling knew he was about to bring up that topic again, so she cut him off before he could speak.
"That thing won’t work." She directly refused.
"I’ll talk to your dad about it," Shen Bin didn’t say much, but that single sentence was enough to make Ye Ling jump up.
"Shen Bin, don’t go too far. Yesterday my dad even said I should properly thank Uncle Shen, yet today you want to talk to my dad about how you have your eyes on his daughter. What do you think my dad will do?"
Shen Bin remained unaffected, calmly and coolly responding, "Your father will understand my difficulties."
"Understand, but he won’t sell his daughter," Ye Ling said, even as she got angrier seeing that the man in front of her still looked as if nothing had happened.
"It’s a temporary asure. Besides, if it gets out at the company that you’re with , then those bad rumors won’t be taken seriously. I’m also helping myself here, killing two birds with one stone. You might want to think about it properly. That Fu Lei is just a student now — don’t you think it’s shaful?" Shen Bin continued to bait her, "Can’t even handle sothing fake? Do you still have a thing for Fu Lei? Why rember a person as despicable as that?"
This ti, there was a trace of mockery in his cold tone.
Ye Ling knew he was provoking her, yet she couldn’t help but retort, "Don’t underestimate , and don’t put on a pedestal either. Even though I was fooled once, I can at least still see clearly. Fu Lei tripped up, and I’ll rember it for life. I’m not afraid to avenge myself when the opportunity arises; I’m soone who holds grudges. As for thinking about him, I’m not inflating myself—if he hadn’t repeatedly shown goodwill back then, I wouldn’t have responded to him."
"Zhao Guodong and the others treat you well too," Shen Bin said with certainty. "I treat you well too."
"That’s different. I see Zhao Guodong as a friend, and from the beginning, I treated him as such. Moreover, Uncle Shen wouldn’t think too much either," Ye Ling said, emphasizing the word ’uncle’ clearly.
Shen Bin looked at her with cool indifference, "Calling uncle doesn’t work on . If anything, it seems to bother you each ti."
Shen Bin was rely stating an observation, yet it infuriated Ye Ling to the point of pain in her sides. This man had a venomous tongue — his words seed innocuous but could drive you to the brink of rage.
"Since discussing this with you is going nowhere, I’ll talk to your dad later." Shen Bin cut Ye Ling off before she could open her mouth again. "Should I also have a word with Zhao Guodong and the others?"
"No need." Ye Ling wasn’t trying to compromise; she just knew that Shen Bin would deliver on his words, so she didn’t dare to take chances.
Shen Bin was satisfied with Ye Ling’s quick response. As soon as he looked up, Ye He Ping returned. Turning around, he saw Ye Ling on the bed looking tense, but after a while and realizing Shen Bin didn’t say anything about their conversation when Zhao Guodong and the others arrived, she finally relaxed.
However, as she watched Shen Bin and her father leave, Ye Ling beca sowhat distracted. When Zhao Guodong and the others spoke, Ye Ling always only caught the beginning, missing the rest. This made her unable to follow up on their questions, causing Zhao Guodong to frown, suppressing his inner displeasure. It was only when Ye Ling saw her father return without any different expression on his face that she truly felt at ease.
Today at noon, Yang Hui had her family send over lunch. The dishes were more plentiful than those from Sui Gang’s family. Sui Gang teased that they should have als sent from Yang Hui’s ho every day. Yang Hui readily agreed, not taking it seriously. With a cook at ho, she didn’t need to cook herself, plus her family’s conditions allowed for it, making the food negligible.
Ye Ling noticed that both Sui Gang and Yang Hui ca from well-to-do families, leaving her and Zhao Guodong as the ones from common household backgrounds. Ye Ling only received injections in the hospital now. After eating, Yang Hui and the others accompanied her outside. The pleasant sumr weather made Ye Ling take a deep breath under the shade of a tree, slowly exhaling as if reborn.
"Ye Ling, actually when I was in high school, I also liked a boy. His parents were just ordinary workers. My dad didn’t like him when I brought him ho, saying he was only after my money. I didn’t believe it, but then my dad set up a cousin of mine whom he had never seen to seduce him, and he broke up with . I was in my first year of high school then, but I’d known him since middle school. That incident motivated , and I studied hard to get into this school. Honestly, I thought anyone who made it into a military academy would have a good character, but your case showed how naive I was," Yang Hui spoke as if telling soone else’s story. Talking about her father, she couldn’t muster a smile, "Because of what my dad did, I never spoke to him again. Yesterday, when I got a call from Sui Gang saying you were in an accident, I rushed over here. Later, when I went ho, I thought a lot about it. My dad only did what he did because he loves so much and doesn’t want to get hurt. That’s why today, when I asked him to send food to the hospital, he was so excited his jaw almost dropped."
Ye Ling was both pained and amused by the story, "So the reason we got to enjoy a hearty al today was because you spoke to your dad? I’m really grateful. If your relationship with your dad were better, we wouldn’t have had such a feast."
Yang Hui smiled proudly, "Exactly, so you should count your blessings."
Though their voices were low, Zhao Guodong and Sui Gang, who were smoking not far away, heard it clearly. Sui Gang winked at Zhao Guodong, "So Miss Yang has also been a romantic."
His words, not deliberately quiet, caught Yang Hui’s icy stare, "Does the school know you two are smoking? I love reporting things."
Sui Gang flicked his head arrogantly, but with his flat hair, it lacked the flair of long hair, "We are in a hospital, not at school."
Yang Hui glared at him fiercely, "You better not let catch you in school next ti."
Sui Gang didn’t take her threat to heart, and Zhao Guodong joined in with a wicked smile. The two were certainly partners in cri.
"Ignore them, they’re just being immature, trying to act grown-up by smoking, which is actually childish," one sentence from Ye Ling made both Sui Gang and Zhao Guodong’s mirth fade.
This ti, it was Yang Hui’s turn to laugh heartily with satisfaction, "Ye Ling, you’re absolutely right, you hit the nail on the head."
Sui Gang pursed his lips, unconcerned, while Zhao Guodong found that he couldn’t enjoy his cigarette anymore. Yet putting it down felt embarrassing, so he let it burn down between his fingers without taking another drag. (To be continued. If you liked the work, please co to Qidian to vote for recomndations, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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