In her previous life, Ye Jiu had suffered immensely due to her parents’ preference for sons over daughters, which is why she genuinely detested those who couldn’t even treat their own children as human beings.
Ye Jiu offered many words of comfort, but although Ye Gaosheng verbally agreed, his pale face showed no sign of change.
Ye Jiu knew that Ye Gaosheng might appear carefree and indifferent, but he tended to take everything to heart, shouldering all the blame and letting it weigh him down until he could barely breathe.
If his family had been understanding, it would have been slightly better, but with Zhao’s recent outburst, it was clear that Ye Gaosheng, who already felt immensely guilty, now had an even heavier heart.
Even though she did not know exactly what Zhao had said, by looking at Ye Gaosheng’s current state, she could guess that Zhao definitely hadn’t said anything nice.
Originally, Ye Jiu had planned to share part of the compensation she received from Prince Jing with the first and second branches of the family as restitution, encouraging them to look for other ways forward. But now, Ye Jiu no longer wished to do so.
The things were hers from the start, giving them out was a favor, not giving was her right, but she was annoyed with people who clearly gained an advantage and ended up treating it as their due.
However, knowing her fourth brother’s state of mind, ignoring him entirely might just lead him to suppress himself to death.
Thus, she needed to come up with a way to keep him busy, so that he wouldn’t have the time to think about other superfluous matters.
Ye Jiu comforted Ye Gaosheng a few more times and just as she left, Ye Wenyu came over.
Looking at his uncle who had seemed fine just a moment ago, but now appeared exhausted, Ye Wenyu felt very guilty, "Fourth Uncle, I’m sorry, my parents..."
Ye Gaosheng gave a bitter smile, "Wenyu ah, you’re a good kid. Fourth Uncle is fine, don’t feel pressured, it’s getting late, hurry back and rest."
"Fourth Uncle, can I stay here and sleep with you?" Ye Wenyu asked.
"Sure, the house has rooms..." Ye Gaosheng initially wanted to say that there were plenty of rooms in the house, but he stopped mid-sentence and changed to, "If you don’t want to go back, then just put up with Fourth Uncle for the night, anyway, we used to sleep together before."
After experiencing so many things, Ye Gaosheng couldn’t possibly have failed to learn anything.
If it had been before, he would have said that there were more than enough rooms in the house for anyone to stay as long as they wanted. But now, he took a detour.
The house was big now, but he wasn’t the one in charge; if Wenyu stayed here, what about Wenqing and the other nephews? If all the nephews moved in, what about their parents?
The Ye Gaosheng of the past wouldn’t have thought so much, but today, the behavior of the couple from the second branch made him realize that they had separated and were no longer one family.
He, now along with his parents and younger sister, were the true family!
The only consolation was that all his nephews and nieces were good kids; it’s just a pity that they still couldn’t make up for their parents’ selfish nature.
Similarly, Ye Wenyu understood this as well.
He had no intention of imposing on his uncle for long; he just wanted to hide out for one night.
Because he knew in his heart what scene would await him if he returned to the second branch now!
His mother’s complaints and scolding, and his father’s silent acquiescence. Sometimes he thought he’d like to leave this family forever.
Feeling the dagger in his sleeve that Ye Jiu had given him and which he had secretly hidden away, Ye Wenyu suddenly formulated a plan.