What has been done cannot be undone. How can one regain clarity?
Ye Jiaxu listened attentively to Ye Shaoting's reminder, but felt uneasy.
Whether the night's events would escalate further remained uncertain, and was beyond their control.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Ye Shaoting addressed Ye Jiaxu, asking him to stay.
Ye Yubin, hearing that he should leave, immediately asked impatiently, "Big Brother, is there something that Second Brother can hear but I cannot?"
"Go upstairs!" Ye Jiaxu urged.
He had caused a great disaster but had not yet realized its severity. The incident happening was also partly his fault; he should never have listened to his persuasion.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Ye Yubin shut his mouth and reluctantly left the sofa. He kept looking back, too curious about what they were going to discuss.
Upon reaching the second floor, his gaze fell upon a pillar. The pillar's thickness was comparable to his body. Ye Yubin tiptoed over.
As soon as he hid, Ye Jiaxu's voice drifted down.
"Go back to your room and rest. There's nothing good for you to hear about things that don't concern you."
Resting his head against the cold pillar, Ye Yubin still wanted to pretend to hide. But there was no sound from downstairs for a long time.
After an agonizing wait, he honestly came out. He glanced downstairs and met Ye Shaoting's sharp eyes.
His heart leaped in fear, Ye Yubin awkwardly put on a smile, and guiltily turned to leave.
Confirming he had indeed returned to his room, Ye Shaoting turned to Ye Jiaxu and said, "Tell me, did you cause trouble tonight?"
Ye Ziyu had left with them but returned with Di Mingjue.
They were siblings from the same mother and had grown up together. Whether something had happened could be discerned from Ye Jiaxu's expression.
To tell or not to tell?
The decision became difficult.
The less people knew, the better, as they could then play dumb and pretend ignorance.
After some thought, Ye Jiaxu replied blankly, "I don't understand what Big Brother is referring to. Something did happen tonight. Yu Bin and I had to go out temporarily. Who knew that Mr. Huang couldn't resist his wicked desires and touched Ziyu. Fortunately, Di Mingjue appeared in time, and Mr. Huang didn't do anything too outrageous."
"Go out temporarily?" Ye Shaoting specifically picked up on this point.
Could it all be such a coincidence?
Ye Jiaxu clenched his fists and nodded seriously, "Actually, Yu Bin and I argued before going to the hotel about whether to sign the contract with the Huang Corporation. We had a disagreement. We went out to discuss it. We never expected Huang Cheng to be so audacious as to dare to touch Ye Ziyu."
As the parties involved, they knew the truth of the matter best.
Sensing his intention to conceal, Ye Shaoting did not press further.
"I understand. It's getting late, go to bed early."
"Big Brother, you should rest early too."
Back in his room, Ye Jiaxu pondered over and over, feeling something was amiss. He looked at his reflection in the glass window.
He drew the curtains and took out his phone.
Ye Yubin had just come out of the bathroom, wiping his wet hair. He heard the phone ring and dropped the towel to look for his phone.
He took out the incessantly ringing phone from a pile of clothes and looked at the caller ID on the screen with confusion.
"Second Brother, did you call by mistake? Or did you call me specifically?"
Their rooms were separated by a wall; did he need to make a special call?
"Don't say anything. Just listen quietly to what I have to say."
Listening to the words coming from the earpiece, Ye Jiaxu wanted to ask questions but swallowed them back.
"Big Brother just asked about tonight's events. I didn't tell him that the whole thing was designed by us. When Huang Cheng touched Ye Ziyu, Yu Bin and I had a disagreement about the cooperation with the Huang Corporation and went out to discuss it. Remember this clearly and don't slip up."