Chapter 109: The Past
Translator: 549690339
The next day, the injured little guy could not go to school, and Ye Xingbei had to take care of him and did not go to the company.
She called Ye Xingli and asked him to come back quickly and stay at the Star Palace for a few days.
She didn’t dare to tell Ye Xingli about the child’s injury for fear he’d worry. She just said she had some matters to take care of and asked Ye Xingli to stay in the company for a few days.
Ye Xingli is capable, but he is too lazy and only likes to play, not to work. However, he is a perfectionist. Any task he takes on, he will do very nicely. So Ye Xingbei was not at all worried about leaving the company in his hands. With Ye Xingli taking up the grunt work at the company, she felt assured and stayed at home to take care of the little patient peacefully.
Gu Junzhu also did not go to the company.
After breakfast, he was busy in the study for more than an hour.
Around nine o’clock, he came out and the kiddo dragged him to the sofa to play video games.
Both the big and the small, hands gripping the game controllers, firing away at the television in a fierce battle.
One moment, the little guy was excitedly jumping around hollering, the next he was snuggling into Gu Junzhu’s arms, cheering “Daddy is the best, daddy is the greatest”. He looked so exuberant, not at all like a wounded soldier.
Ye Xingbei made soup for the big and the small, then sat on the couch next to them, peeling fruits.
She cut the fruit into pieces, skewered them with toothpicks, and brought them to her son’s mouth.
The little guy was busy with the game, his eyes reluctant to leave the screen, opened his mouth and said “ah”.
Ye Xingbei patted his little head with her finger, chuckled, and tenderly fed him the fruit.
Gu Junzhu glanced at her and coughed.
Ye Xingbei gave him a look. He had managed to make their son so happy, so she gave him a piece too.
Gu Junzhu swallowed the fruit, chewed a few times and, amidst all the bustling, gave her a thumbs up: “Sweet!”
Ye Xingbei rolled her eyes at him, ignored him, but her hands didn’t stop, feeding both big and small until the whole platter of fruit was finished. Observing the big and small huddled together, happily playing games, joyfully letting her feed them fruit, Ye Xingbei felt somewhat dazed by the potent feeling of them being a family of three.
If life could always be , it might be quite wonderful…
While she was lost in a daydream, the butler walked in, bowed to both, and announced: “Young Master and Young Madam, the CEO of Star Palace has arrived.”
Ye Xingbei was so surprised that the plate in her hand almost fell to the ground. She stood up abruptly, “My big brother is here?”
The butler respectfully nodded: “Yes.”
Ye Xingbei hastily put down her plate and ran out.
The little guy was taken aback by Ye Xingbei’s abrupt departure, abandoned his game controller, jumped off the sofa, “I’m coming too!”
With his short little legs, he scurried after Ye Xingbei.
Gu Junzhu put down his game controller, leisurely stood up, and strolled after them.
When he arrived at the yard, Ye Xingbei had already welcomed Ye Xinglan in. Ye Xingbei stood a step or two behind Ye Xinglan, looking slightly pale and staring at the ground, looking very nervous and seemingly not daring to breathe.
Gu Junzhu raised an eyebrow.
The information he had gathered was clear.
Ye Xingbei had a great relationship with Ye Xingli, like real siblings, but she was very afraid of Ye Xinglan.
It was said that Ye Xinglan was very strict with Ye Xingbei.
How strict, the information didn’t specify, but judging from the current interaction between the siblings, it seemed Ye Xinglan was extraordinarily strict with Ye Xingbei.
At this thought, Gu Junzhu felt uncomfortable.
How good is little Bei?
Not only pretty but also sweet-tempered, and gentle, nearly perfect in all respects.
Such a good girl should be pampered, right?
How did Ye Xinglan treat his wife in the past to make her look like a mouse seeing a cat when she saw him? She had a pale face and was tiptoeing around gingerly.
Fifth Lord of Gu looked at Ye Xinglan, his expression not good, quite distressed.
Seeing Gu Junzhu, Ye Xinglan halted in his tracks, “Fifth Master.”
Gu Junzhu slightly curled his lips into a smile, “Xiao Lan, how come you’re here?”
More like Xiao Green!
Nobody in his entire life has ever called him Xiao Lan!
Ye Xinglan said, “My name comes from the Song poem ‘The moon sets, the night is deep, and the stars fill the sky1. Fifth Master, it’s good enough to call me Xinglan.”
After all, he is Ye Xingbei’s elder brother for five years, Gu Junzhu knew when to stop: “Please come in.”
The group of people moved into the living room one after the other, taking their seats according to their relative standing.
Gu Junzhu noticed that Ye Xingbei was just sitting on the edge of a sofa, his body taut and his back straight, looking more nervous than a primary school student facing a test.
Gu Junzhu was bewildered.
Just how did Ye Xinglan take care of his wife before; to have her react as if she had seen a ghost when seeing him?
The little one was also very nervous.
All of his lively and active behavior when beside Gu Junzhu was gone, he nestled close to Ye Xingbei, tightly holding onto Ye Xingbei’s hand, his gaze towards Ye Xinglan was both longing and wary.
Seeing Ye Xingbei’s fearful expression toward him, Ye Xinglan felt extremely guilty and sad.
He is Ye Xingbei’s cousin.
His father, is Ye Xingbei’s second uncle.
Back then, Ye Xingbei was kicked out of the house, wandering the streets, and encountered by Ye Xingli.
Ye Xingli, knowing that she is the daughter of Jiang Zhengxing, their cousin, seeing her homeless and in a pitiful state, the child she was holding even falling ill, felt pity for her and brought her home.
That year, his father was harmed by Ye Zhengxing, was seriously injured, and was saved by his mother.
When his father woke up from the coma, he had lost his memory, forgetting all the things from the past.
Later, his father and his mother developed feelings, and the two married and had children, settling in his mother’s homeland.
His mother gave his father a name, called Ye Wuwei.
Only much later did their father gradually regain his memory, recalling past events.
But when their father regained his memory, their eldest uncle had already passed away in a car accident.
The three children from their eldest uncle’s family, the two boys changed their mother’s surname, and moved to the Xie Family of Beijing.
One daughter died early due to illness.
Not one of the three children from their eldest uncle’s family was left.
When their father knew about it, he cried his heart out, was in extreme sorrow, and fell ill from grief.
During their father’s illness time, they found out about a shocking secret of the Jiang Family.
Their father had fallen out with the Jiang Family, no longer wanted to be a member of the Jiang Family. He unilaterally cut off all contact with the Jiang Family, not wanting to be a part of the Jiang Family anymore.
Until Ye Xingbei called him, he didn’t know that his eldest uncle’s daughter was not dead.
Ye Xingbei is not their third uncle Jiang Zhengxing’s daughter, but their eldest uncle Jiang Zhengwei’s daughter!
Their father detested Jiang Zhengxing, and they also knew what a despicable person Jiang Zhengxing was.
Knowing that Jiang Zhengxing’s dirty blood was flowing in Ye Xingbei’s veins, he deeply disliked Ye Xingbei.
But, Ye Xingli and Ye Xingbei had a strong bond, he really liked Ye Xingbei, and stubbornly begged him, insisting that he must take in Ye Xingbei.
He loved his brother, so he agreed.
But deep down, he still disliked and rejected Ye Xingbei..