Chapter 235: Ye Family’s third child Chapter 235: Ye Family’s third child “Did Third Brother have a past issue with her?” Ye Jiu asked.
“Of course…” Ye Gaoyun stopped himself in time before adding, “I’ll take care of sending that old woman back to the Wang Family. I came here in the ox cart.”
Conveniently, it would also give him a chance to exact some revenge.
As it turned out, Ye Gaoyun had actually been the least favored child in the family when he was younger.
He Shi purely used him as a tool to wear down Old Lady Ye’s health. At that time, Old Lady Ye’s health wasn’t good, and she no longer had the energy to care for him, and Ye Cheng, busy all day with farming and mediating the conflicts between He Shi and Old Lady Ye, didn’t have much time to look after him either.
He couldn’t command the attention that the eldest and second brothers did in the family, nor was he born at an auspicious time like Ye Gaosheng and Ye Jiu, who were born when He Shi had already taken charge of the household.
However, He Shi did make up for it later, and considering the circumstances, he couldn’t blame her for being selfish and ruthless.
After all, He Shi had had the hardest time back then.
So, from a young age, Ye Gaoyun knew his place. His parents didn’t care for him, his grandmother despised him, and he had an evil stepmother watching him like a hawk.
He still remembered how, back then, Ye Daya, supported by Li Shi, had bullied him a lot, while his own birth mother had only been able to help him in secret, pressed into submission.
From that moment, Ye Gaoyun had resolved that he would one day have his revenge.
Fortunately, because of this matter, both Old Man Ye and He Shi felt guilty toward him, and he had indeed used that to his advantage later on.
After Old Lady Ye’s death, Li Shi’s influence gradually waned, and the eldest and second brothers also began to distance themselves from her. Finally, he was able to return to his mother’s side.
Later, when the family’s situation improved slightly, he wanted to study, hoping to distinguish himself. He Shi, feeling guilty, convinced Old Man Ye to agree.
Sadly, it is truly not easy for a common peasant family to provide for a scholar; their efforts lasted only two years before the family could no longer afford it.
But all that was in the past…
Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west; their circumstances now truly reflected this saying.
Ye Jiu watched as Ye Gaoyun went into the firewood shed and dragged Ye Daya out, with Ye Erya looking on in terror from behind, not daring to intervene. Old Man Ye wanted to stop him, considering she was his own daughter after all, but to no avail, as Ye Gaoyun wouldn’t listen to him.
The rough manner in which he did so made Ye Jiu understand the depth of Ye Gaoyun’s hatred for Ye Daya, wondering what she must have done to him in the past!
After Ye Gaoyun left, Zhao Shi licked her dry lips and called after Ye Jiu, “Xiaojiu, your second sister-in-law has realized her mistake these past days. Can you help me beg our mother for mercy and let me come back?”
“Mother already said, now that the families are split, she doesn’t plan to meddle in the affairs of the first or second branches. Second sister-in-law is asking the wrong person,” Ye Jiu said without a shred of softness this time.
Returning to the room, Ye Jiu asked He Shi, “Third Brother seems to really despise Ye Daya.”
He Shi pressed her lips together, and that was the first time Ye Jiu saw her with a somewhat silent and somber expression.
“Your Third Brother had the toughest time among your brothers,” He Shi said.
Following this, Ye Wenyu and Ye Wenxuan entered from the doorway and silently knelt down in the main hall without a word.
He Shi let out an ironic chuckle, pushing Ye Jiu, “Xiaojiu, go outside and let your father, that old coot, catch a chicken. Wenqing can do it as well. It’s rare for your Third Brother to come back…”
He Shi cut herself off, suddenly remembering that the old man had just had a disagreement with his daughter; she certainly wouldn’t want her daughter to depend on the old man’s whims.
Then, He Shi sighed, inevitably feeling that she owed it to her third son, that she had wronged him!