While washing her hair, Ye Ling initially kept her eyes open, but looking up, she saw Shen Bin eting her gaze directly without evasion. His eyes were cold, but Ye Ling sensed peace within them.
The water at the perfect temperature slowly made her hair wet, the shampoo was gently rubbed on her head, turning into foam. Her scalp was massaged lightly, neither too strong nor too weak, just enough to stop the itchiness, until the rinse water washed away, over and over, finally making Ye Ling feel her scalp could breathe. Then, a towel gently wiped her hair.
"I won’t say much about the incident, I think Zhao Guodong has told you everything, and I’ve inford the Shen Family. If sothing like this happens again, I won’t intervene." Shen Bin’s cold and hard voice wasn’t loud, but it resonated clearly in the quiet room.
Ye Ling said nothing.
Shen Bin had realized all day that his wife intended to have a long-lasting cold war with him, and he didn’t expect his words would make her interact with him, even reconcile with him. So he continued talking to himself, "I want to find a companion for Shen Chun after I finish transferring work over there and co back. This way, when Shen Chun has her own family, soone will help resolve any issues."
"I’ve put off the matter of living expenses for your mom, telling her to ask you for it instead."
"I’ve t with the Liu Family, they’re quite good to Ye Qian. The anger seems to have subsided, coincidentally Liu Zhiyuan had an incident in the army, distracting them from Ye Qian’s miscarriage."
"Zhao Guodong’s attitude suddenly changed, making your mom very dissatisfied. She said you must be pulling strings behind his back, advising you not to extend your reach too far."
Chattering away, Shen Bin recounted the events of the past few days.
Ye Ling had heard about Liu Zhiyuan’s situation at the dining table, so she could understand what Shen Bin was talking about now. But Shen Bin kept talking, and until her hair was half dry and no longer dripping, Ye Ling lay back on the bed without responding to him.
Shen Bin was also aware, so after lying down for the night, he didn’t dare to touch Ye Ling. Only when he thought she was asleep did he gently pull her into his arms. Having taken a nap after lunch, Ye Ling couldn’t sleep, so when Shen Bin held her, she didn’t move, just pretended to be asleep.
Even in her drowsiness before truly sleeping, she vaguely heard a sigh next to her ear.
The next day, Shen Bin intended to stay ho with Ye Ling, but a call from the unit required him to go to work, leaving Ye Ling ho alone with her mother-in-law. Not long after, the phone rang; it was her mother-in-law’s fellow card player, calling her for a ga.
Ye Zhenfen wanted to decline, but Ye Ling stopped her, so she agreed to go. After hanging up the phone, she was worried about leaving Ye Ling alone at ho, but Ye Ling said she wanted to go out for a walk, just around the compound, which reassured Ye Zhenfen enough to leave.
Though it was winter, Ye Ling dressed up and left the house. There weren’t many people in the compound, so she simply went out to the street. The baby was five months along, and she hadn’t prepared items like quilts yet. There was nowhere to shop around in the hills. Thinking of this, Ye Ling felt energized. Just as she left the compound, not having waited for a bus, a small jeep stopped in front of her.
The car window rolled down, and the driver was Liu Zhiyuan. "Where are you going? Get in, I’ll take you."
Ye Ling didn’t stand on ceremony and got into the car directly. Once the car was moving, Ye Ling smiled and said, "What a coincidence."
"Not really, I’ve been waiting for you here," Liu Zhiyuan said, not turning his head to look at Ye Ling, instead focusing on the road, "I heard you ca back, and today I thought you might go out, so I drove around the compound several tis. I was quite lucky to actually catch you when you ca out."
Ye Ling could hear the self-mockery in his tone, turned her head to examine him, and said, "You could have co to the house if you wanted to find ."
At this mont, Ye Ling wasn’t sure if Liu Zhiyuan discovered Ye Qian’s intentions, but seeing Liu Zhiyuan co to find her like this, Ye Ling felt that apart from Ye Qian’s sordid mind being discovered, there was no other reason for him to co looking for her.
"Xiao Rui called ," Liu Zhiyuan changed the topic without letting Ye Ling ask, speaking directly, "She cried very sadly on the phone, saying Xiang Weilai never touched her, but since moving over there, he’s been too busy entertaining frequently and rarely cos ho. At first, Xiao Rui thought he genuinely had so many engagents, but then discovered lipstick marks on his shirt collar once and realized Xiang Weilai was fooling around with won outside."
Ye Ling was quite surprised to hear such news, thinking this wasn’t sothing Xiang Weilai would do. But Liu Zhiyuan wasn’t a liar; if he had no evidence, he wouldn’t co to her with this.
Suppressing her shock, Ye Ling asked Liu Zhiyuan, "Is this why you’re telling ? What does it have to do with ?"
"I know Xiang Weilai listens to you, and I hope you could persuade him," Liu Zhiyuan’s eyes fixed ahead, brows furrowed, and his hands clutched the steering wheel tighter, "My marriage is already like this, but I don’t want Xiao Rui to be unhappy either. Back then, our Liu Family used influence to pressure the Xiang Family, but we genuinely liked Xiang Weilai. My sister even married into their family humbly. Regardless of any wrongs our Liu Family did in the past, Xiang Weilai’s resentnt should be directed at us, not hurting Xiao Rui."
Breaking apart others’ relationships, making others thankful, Ye Ling felt a sense of mockery inwardly, but outwardly she just listened to Liu Zhiyuan without speaking. Yet knowing what Xiang Weilai had done made her uncomfortable; Xiang Weilai wasn’t that kind of person, but he went ahead and did such things anyway, showing how upset and discontented he really was inside. Thinking of this made Ye Ling sympathize with him.
"Though Xiao Rui said this with a smile on the phone, I could tell how painful it is for her now; otherwise, she wouldn’t tell . Before, she always reported good news and not the bad ones, she must have reached her limit, only then did she tell ." Liu Zhiyuan suddenly stopped the car, startling Ye Ling, who looked up at him and t Liu Zhiyuan’s deep gaze, "Ye Ling, after all these years, although we aren’t close and have had disagreents, we can be considered friends, right? I never thought I would ask sothing from you, or anyone for that matter. This is my first ti begging soone in my life. You can refuse outright, but I hope you give Xiang Weilai a call and talk to him. If he truly doesn’t love Xiao Rui, then he shouldn’t tornt her, but let her go."
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