"Okay, Luoluo, hurry up, I support you!" Tangtang gripped Luo Ye’s little hand tightly: "Let me know if you need any help, if worse comes to worst, I can ask Grandpa for help."
"Thank you." Luo Ye hugged Tang Luo with emotion, her words carried considerable weight. Though the Tang Family is not one of the Six Great Families, its influence in the business world should not be underestimated.
From the usual affairs, it was evident how much Tang Luo was favored by her grandpa. For her to say this meant she really cared about her friend. This made Luo Ye feel even more that telling the other party about Grandpa’s matter was the right decision. She did not want to lose this friend over issues of trust, so she chose to tell the truth, and now it seems she made the right bet!
"Ye’er, Ye, welcome, welcome, please come in." Seeing Luo Ye and Ye Xuan at the door, Wang Liqing’s eyes clearly showed "confusion".
Luo Ye smiled and said: "Auntie, sorry to disturb you, but there’s something we need to talk about with Uncle and Auntie. By the way, is Uncle back?"
"He’s back, playing chess with Xingxing in the study." Wang Liqing began making tea and shouted towards the study: "Old Yang, Xingxing, Ye and Ye’er are here, hurry up."
The study door immediately opened, and Yang Songping came out with a big smile: "Ye, Ye’er, welcome."
"Sorry to disturb you, Uncle Yang." Luo Ye smiled in response, while Ye Xuan barely made a facial expression and just nodded, but the Yang Xing following behind Yang Songping had an even darker face: "Mr. Ye, can my father’s greetings not even elicit a response from you?"
"Mayor Yang, I believe you are very clear as to why I am here, right?" Ye Xuan’s lips curved up slightly as his long arm wrapped around Luo Ye: "Ye’er and my relationship were witnessed by all of you yesterday, so how could you continue with those petty actions? Isn’t this tarnishing your status?"
"Ye, what do you mean? I’m not quite clear." Yang Songping looked at Ye Xuan, seemingly genuinely confused.
Ye Xuan smiled lightly: "Then, how about we let Young Master Yang explain it to you himself, so that we are not accused of being unfair."
"Xingxing, what did you do?" Yang Songping’s gaze shifted to his son.
Yang Xing’s face turned red with anger, and his gaze towards Luo Ye was full of hurt. He couldn’t believe Luo Ye would expose him this way. Did she really dislike him that much? But what was the reason?
"Xingxing!" Yang Songping shouted angrily: "What have you done, spit it out!" His son’s expression told him that they were not wrongly accusing him.
"Lower your voice, can’t we talk this out nicely?" Wang Liqing sat beside her son with concern: "Xingxing, don’t panic, no matter what you’ve done, Mom supports you."
"Spare the rod and spoil the child!" Yang Songping was furious. He did want his son to compete for Luo Ye, but this situation where they’re confronted at their doorstep was utterly embarrassing.
"I didn’t do much, just asked Uncle Yuan to help me get seated next to Luo Ye." Yang Xing’s gaze shifted to Luo Ye: "Luo Ye, I want to know why you dislike me so much? I’ve felt this for a long time, but I always avoided thinking about it too deeply and even comforted myself thinking it might be a misunderstanding.
But today, your actions have made it clear that it’s true. Sitting next to you doesn’t really mean anything; you can ignore me if you don’t like me, rather than getting the teacher and your parents to keep me away from you. That level of disgust for someone isn’t normal behavior."
"It was my idea." Ye Xuan looked indifferently at Yang Xing: "Ever since she accepted the Ye Family’s ring, I’ve made it clear to Ye’er that she can no longer associate with boys who are interested in her. I admit I’m very chauvinistic, but Ye’er is too young, and I can’t be around to protect her every day, being strict with her is the safest option. I don’t want to see some kid tricking away my fiancée."
Yang Songping’s mouth twitched. Compared to that, he actually felt his son hadn’t gone too far. His son had a point—don’t like it, just ignore it—but this guy, he was practically one step away from banning Luo Ye from talking to any man. He felt like retorting, why not just send Luo Ye to an all-girls school? That would be the safest.
Yang Xing sighed heavily: "Luo Ye, are you really willing to be controlled by such a man?"
"He’s not controlling me. Besides, I don’t think his rules are that bad."
Ye Xuan’s lips curved up; the girl’s expression was a lot like Little Songqiu—so innocent-looking, one would think she’s extremely well-behaved if they didn’t know any better.