That day, Ye Wanwan received a message from Ye Shiying about an incident where Ye Mingrui stopped her car in the middle of the night to ask for money.
Ye Wanwan was speechless. What did this have to do with Ye Shiying? Why did someone who was totally irrelevant need to come and apologize?
However, remembering her granduncle’s family’s attitude of valuing males over females, Ye Wanwan found nothing surprising about it.
That Saturday evening, the Lin Family was hosting a dinner party to fundraise for their children’s charity foundation, and Ye Wanwan, as Mrs. Shen, also received an invitation.
So that Saturday evening, Lin Xu took Ye Wanwan with her to attend the Lin Family’s charity dinner party.
The Lin Family hosting the charity dinner wasn’t Lin Xu’s immediate family, but they were still relatives and had a fairly good relationship.
So after Ye Wanwan went with Lin Xu, she behaved herself, calling people as she should, until finally the elders pulled her into their conversation.
Ye Wanwan wasn’t particularly adept at chatting with these ladies, but she managed to handle it with composure and ease.
Concerned that Ye Wanwan wouldn’t be able to cope, Lin Xu occasionally got distracted from her conversation to check on her. Seeing that Ye Wanwan was quite composed, Lin Xu felt somewhat relieved.
At one point during the event, Ye Wanwan saw Ye Shiying and her mother, Bai Xiuzhu, in the crowd.
They also saw Ye Wanwan. Bai Xiuzhu didn’t bother to hide her contempt as she rolled her eyes, not even deigning to greet Ye Wanwan.
On the other hand, Ye Shiying gave Ye Wanwan a smile filled with an apology.
Ye Wanwan merely nodded slightly in acknowledgment, a form of greeting, then no longer paid any attention to them.
It wasn’t until the charity dinner was about to begin that Ye Wanwan wanted to visit the restroom, so she excused herself from Lin Xu and headed that way.
No sooner had Ye Wanwan turned the corner when she saw Ye Shiying coming out of the restroom. The two exchanged glances, and Ye Shiying quickly lowered her head and dodged aside.
Despite being some distance apart, Ye Wanwan hadn’t noticed anything amiss about Ye Shiying. Rather, it was her sudden evasion that seemed odd.
But Ye Wanwan didn’t intend to pry into things. If Ye Shiying did not initiate a greeting, Ye Wanwan certainly wasn’t going to start a conversation.
Ye Wanwan stepped forward and continued directly toward the restroom, until she passed by Ye Shiying.
Initially not intending to greet her, because Ye Shiying knew that Ye Wanwan disliked her, she couldn’t help but call out to Ye Wanwan after she walked past.
Ye Wanwan stopped and turned to look at Ye Shiying, only then noticing that Ye Shiying’s eyes were red as if she had just been crying.
"Cousin, is there something you need?" Ye Wanwan pretended not to see Ye Shiying’s red eyes and asked indifferently.
Ye Shiying sniffled, a crying tone still in her voice, "The day Ye Mingrui went to ask you for money, it was because he owed a huge sum of money out there."
"He initially asked me for it, but I couldn’t come up with that much. I guess he didn’t get it from Mom either, so he went to find you."
Ye Wanwan frowned slightly, "Cousin, why are you telling me this?"
No matter what Ye Mingrui had done, that was their family’s business. Why was she being told about it?
Ignorning the question, Ye Shiying continued, "Ye Mingrui has racked up a lot of debt from usurers. All together, it amounts to as much as fifty million!"
"The company’s performance has been poor these past few years, pretty much always in a state of loss. The high-interest loan that was repaid for Ye Mingrui the other day has already put the family in a difficult position."