Ye Siyuan buried her head, eating the goose barnacles Si Mingjing had shared with her, psyching herself up. It’s okay, liking him is my business! Even if it’s destined to be an unrequited love that fizzles out, I have loved, and I don’t regret it.
"Mingjing, will you co with to pick a beverage?"
"Sure, I want a beverage too."
Once the two girls had left, Ye Qinghan said with a gloomy face, "What’s the deal with Bai Jiusi, who blatantly divorced her husband?"
The matter of Bai Jiusi divorcing her husband had caused a stir in the Undersea World, but there was no whisper about it on land. Ye Qinghan didn’t pay much attention to the ocean world, so he hadn’t received the news. Seeing Bai Jiusi today, Ye Qinghan was utterly shocked.
"Fake. Just a pawn competing with for custody of the child," Mo Yinhe explained casually.
"I knew it. If it were the real her, she wouldn’t be tearing you apart like this. She’s just a counterfeit," Ye Qinghan said and looked toward Si Mingjing. "But the past is the past, and you truly should move on from that old romance. Si Mingjing carries a bit of her essence. I’m not surprised you’re taken with her." This Si Mingjing, smart, wise... Such a woman is very appealing. Mo Yinhe must have seen sothing of Jiusi in her, right?
Mo Yinhe chose not to explain for the mont.
The brothers chatted idly for a while.
Ye Qinghan said, "All right, there seems to be nothing more for here. I need to get back to A Country."
Ye Qinghan’s wife was about to give birth, and unless it was for sothing special, he wasn’t willing to leave A Country. Giving birth is like passing through Ghost Gate Pass; he worried and had to be by her side to feel at ease.
"Yes, take Yang Wanling with you. Si Yuan and Mingjing will stay with . After the Four-Country Summit, we will return to the Imperial Capital together," Mo Yinhe instructed.
Si Mingjing stood in front of the beverage machine, her eyes flitting over the many buttons with a touch of indecision.
"Si Yuan, which drink tastes good?"
Ye Siyuan’s gaze wandered off in the distance toward Si Lisao, who was talking with soone. She zoned out, the ripples of longing in her beautiful, watery eyes impossible to hide.
Si Mingjing leaned in close to her ear and teased, "Si Yuan, what does liking soone feel like?"
"It’s bitter, like coffee. You can’t taste any sweetness, but so many people like to drink coffee," Ye Siyuan replied thoughtfully, then ca to her senses and lightly patted Si Mingjing’s shoulder. "You’re so an, teasing . If you do it again, I’ll tease you about my brother. Do you like my brother?"
Indeed, Si Mingjing was flustered.
The retaliation ca swiftly and fiercely.
Ye Siyuan pointed to the orange juice and said, "This one suits you."
Then, she chose a cup of coffee for herself.
Ye Siyuan took a sip and said, "Mingjing, so love is very sweet, while other love is bitter. Whoever falls first loses; you didn’t fall, and I really envy you.
"You know, when you like soone, all your past pride and confidence might shatter. Don’t fall in love easily; at least, don’t be the first to fall."
At that mont, Ye Siyuan didn’t feel like playing the matchmaker at all! Because loving soone is painful. She would rather let n experience that suffering. Having tasted it herself and finding it agonizing, she certainly didn’t want Mingjing to go through it.
Ye Siyuan said, "Because from the mont you fall in love, you’ll find that you’ve cheapened yourself."
This cheapening is too deaning.
Her brother said, "Girls should be noble, refined. You can love, but you can’t dean yourself; otherwise, that relationship isn’t right for you."
So even if she likes soone in her heart, she won’t dean herself anymore. In the future, she will date a man who loves her, just like her brother loves his wife.
「...」
After lunch, the four of them left the self-service restaurant together.
Ye Qinghan was ready to take Yang Wanling away.
Arranged by Fengjue, Yang Wanling was staying in a suite at the sa hotel where Mo Yinhe was lodged. Seated on the sofa in the suite’s living room, she cried non-stop, her eyes swollen from weeping.
Fengjue wanted her to publicly confess her cris on Weibo.
Once she did that, Yang Wanling’s image would be ruined! From a victim, she’d beco a pariah everyone scorned. A little singing diva, Yang Wanling’s path to stardom would also co to an abrupt end, which is why she was unwilling.
Ye Siyuan marched over furiously, glaring at Yang Wanling who could do nothing but cry, "Yang Wanling, do you think you still have a choice? If you don’t agree today, the mont you walk out of this suite, your ruthless brother, Qu Gaoyang, will have you killed. Do you believe ?"
Yang Wanling believed, so she was at her wit’s end. Other than weeping, she couldn’t think of any other way to save herself.
Ye Siyuan said, "If you don’t publicly confess your cris on Weibo, we will absolutely not protect you. Think about it yourself: what’s more important, your reputation or your life?"
But to Yang Wanling, her reputation was as important as her life.
Once her reputation was ruined, she’d be finished! The products she endorsed, the teams that produced songs for her, the TV series she starred in... every backer would terminate their contracts with her and demand huge penalties for breach of contract. She would be mired in debt, a consequence she dared not even contemplate. She’d rather seclude herself forever. At least in the eyes of the citizens of A Country, she would still maintain a perfect image, even an image of a victim.
So no matter how Ye Siyuan threatened, she remained unmoved.
Si Mingjing said, "Let try to persuade her."
Mo Yinhe nodded in agreent.
Si Mingjing took Yang Wanling into another room alone.
Five minutes later, Si Mingjing ca out and said, "She has agreed to clear Ye Shen’s na."
Ye Siyuan was surprised, "Mingjing, how did you manage that?"
Si Mingjing replied, "I gave her a way out."
The netizens of A Country couldn’t peek into the fascinating Four-Country Summit of the Undersea World. They were still on Weibo, rallying in support of Yang Wanling. They had no idea about the complex insider story behind this incident. All they knew was that a female star had committed suicide after being violated. This was a tragedy for won! They wanted to seek justice for the late Yang Wanling!
However, at that mont, Yang Wanling’s Weibo account unexpectedly updated.
Many people followed Yang Wanling’s Weibo account, so when she posted new content, the ssage was pushed to her followers.
At first, so people thought that her PR team had updated her Weibo. When they opened it, they found a short video.
Out of curiosity, they clicked on the video, never expecting Yang Wanling herself would appear in it.
Now the netizens were baffled! Yang Wanling, weren’t you already dead? Can the dead record videos? Could it be an old video?
But Yang Wanling’s first sentence was, "To the company that cares about , my friends, fans, and the public: Ye Shen never forced , and I didn’t commit suicide by cutting my wrists. This was murder, a conspiracy by Ling Changfeng!"
She said indignantly, "Fortunately, Si Mingjing’s dical skills are superb, and she saved from the Ghost Gate Pass. Otherwise, I would be a tornted spirit today, unable to rest in peace, and I would even have implicated Ye Shen, the national treasure and heartthrob I adore!"
The netizens: "......."
The netizens: "??????"
What’s going on? Wasn’t Ye Shen the murderer?? The twist was too sudden, and the netizens couldn’t keep up.
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