Auntie Chen had always prepared relatively light als for Ye Yuning.
Having eaten grilled at, Ye Yuning needed such bland flavors to nurture her stomach.
"This porridge is really well made," Ye Yuning said.
Making porridge late at night was probably sothing only Ye Yuning would do. Auntie Chen had prepared a vegetable and shrimp porridge, Ye Yuning’s favorite, which was fresh and tasty.
Auntie Chen smiled. "I’m glad you like it. Try so of these side dishes too."
Auntie Chen figured that since Ye Yuning might have social engagents during the day, a simple and light al would be better for her in the evening. Ye Yuning really liked crisp side dishes.
"Thank you, Auntie Chen."
"Miss, you’re too kind."
Because she disliked being called ’Madam,’ Auntie Chen had taken note.
The address ’Miss,’ however, made Xiao Linye’s already somber face darken further as he sat in the living room.
Ye Yuning, unconcerned, began to drink the porridge before her.
It wasn’t until Xiao Linye, radiating a bone-chilling aura, arrived in the dining room that Auntie Chen, sensing sothing was amiss, quickly excused herself.
Once they were alone, Ye Yuning paid no mind to Xiao Linye’s oppressive presence and continued to eat. She hadn’t been very hungry to begin with, but Auntie Chen’s porridge was so delicious that she ended up having two bowls and so side dishes.
The mont she set down her bowl, she finally looked at Xiao Linye, who sat opposite her with a gloomy expression.
Xiao Linye’s eyes darkened. "Your appetite seems quite good."
"Of course," Ye Yuning replied. "My work is going smoothly, and I don’t have any worries."
If her appetite was poor under these circumstances, she wondered how those less fortunate managed, likely going days and nights without food.
"What about the child?" Xiao Linye asked.
"What do you an?" Ye Yuning countered.
"The child is gone, and you don’t seem to care much," he stated.
Ye Yuning fell silent. At his words, her face visibly darkened, and her hands on the table clenched into fists.
The child? Xiao Linye dared to bring up the child to her?
"Xiao Linye, you’re bringing up the child to ?" she finally asked, her voice tight.
She didn’t care? He actually said she didn’t care? How laughable...
"Do you care?" Xiao Linye pressed, his voice colder than before. A cold light flickered in the depths of his eyes.
"Right, I don’t care," Ye Yuning retorted. "It was perfect that you killed him; it saved the trouble!"
The room fell silent.
Xiao Linye looked at Ye Yuning, his already dark gaze sharpening.
eting his dangerous gaze, Ye Yuning challenged, "Isn’t that what you wanted to hear? Xiao Linye, who do you think you are, hassling over this? Don’t you have any idea how the child was lost?"
Xiao Linye remained silent.
"What do you expect to do?" Ye Yuning continued, her voice rising with agitation. "Am I not supposed to live anymore because your heartlessness cost our child’s life? Should I grieve day and night until I’m driven to a ntal hospital? Is that the normal reaction you were expecting from ?"
Doesn’t she care about the child? No, she does care. But what good does caring do now? The child was already gone... When she learned the child was in her womb, she had desperately wanted to share the good news with Xiao Lin. But what awaited her in the end? She had wanted so much to protect the child, to keep it. She had been so careful... But who would have thought that, in the end, the child would be lost because of its own father? And now Xiao Linye dared to ask her such a question?
Xiao Linye’s breathing grew heavy, his eyes flashing with an intense coldness as he simply watched Ye Yuning. He remained silent, dangerously so.
"You just want to accuse of indifference to human life, don’t you?" Ye Yuning said. "Xiao Linye, you have no right to say that to . Qi Mulan ans nothing to . And considering the grudge between us, if she really died, I would clap my hands in joy."
"You..." Xiao Linye began.
"This is who I am," Ye Yuning cut in. "Like it or not, whether you think I’m right or wrong, this is just how I am!"
At that mont, how Xiao Linye perceived her didn’t matter in the least to Ye Yuning. She had laid bare her coldest side before him.
The topic of the child was sothing Ye Yuning hadn’t anticipated tonight; she never expected Xiao Linye to co and question her about it.
Xiao Linye looked at her, his eyes darkening even more. He seed to want to say sothing, but he was clearly too enraged by Ye Yuning to speak.
He stood up and stord out, slamming the door behind him.
A loud BANG from the slamming door showed just how furious he was.
Ye Yuning was so angry she almost flipped the table.
But then she considered that flipping the table would only create more work for Auntie Chen, so she ultimately suppressed the rage in her heart.
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