"Do you still remember what I said?" Ye Shaoting stared into Xingxing's eyes.
Xingxing nodded, "I remember."
Ever since Ye Ziyu began paying attention to Xingxing, Ye Shaoting had repeatedly warned him not to develop any close relationships with any of them. The affection he might develop later would become a sharp knife to hurt him.
Xingxing kept all these words in his heart and repeated them several times whenever he tried to control his emotions.
"Don't think I'm too strict with you, or that these demands are unreasonable. I'm afraid of you getting hurt!" Ye Shaoting appealed to Xingxing's emotions.
From the time he could speak and walk, Ye Shaoting had told him about his past, over and over again. He had even shown him a photo of Di Mingjue, just so he would remember that Di Mingjue was his enemy. When he was too young to understand hatred, he mistook Di Mingjue in the photo for a relative. Later, as he grew up and became sensible, he finally understood the meaning of an enemy.
The transition from mistaking an enemy for a relative was extremely painful for Xingxing.
Ye Shaoting sighed, "I know you are also in a lot of pain. Just hold on a little longer, and when the time is right, you can take revenge on your enemy."
The medicine he was picking up from the hospital was all for Gu Xiuyu. He didn't trust anyone else and wanted to handle this himself.
Xingxing obediently followed his instructions, appearing like a puppet in front of Ye Shaoting, devoid of his own thoughts, doing everything as instructed.
The elevator reached the first floor, and Ye Ziyu looked at the driver waiting outside.
"Rest well when you get home. Your condition hasn't been good lately; you need to adjust promptly."
"I will recover my state as soon as possible."
"Okay, go in. The driver will take you back."
Ye Shaoting gave the driver a few instructions and, without waiting for Xingxing to ask, hailed a passing taxi on the roadside.
Xingxing watched Ye Shaoting get into the car and leave, then murmured with his head down, "Does he still have to practice today?"
The driver chuckled and looked back at Xingxing, "Young Master Xingxing, what did you say?"
"Nothing, let's go back," Xingxing replied.
As the car started, Xingxing reluctantly watched the hospital receding into the distance. Home was cold and empty, and he was all alone.
...
The Ye family old mansion.
"Old Madam, Madam has arrived," a servant announced.
The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Shen Meixiu, who was waiting outside for permission to enter.
"What has happened at home now?"
"Mom, you have to be the judge for me."
Shen Meixiu entered crying, her exaggerated acting displeasing the old lady greatly.
No matter what happened, she was the mistress of the Ye family. To start crying before even stating the problem would surely make outsiders laugh!
The old lady placed her prayer beads on the table and, with a cold gesture, pointed her chin towards an empty chair beside her, "Take your time to think clearly before speaking."
Her tears, not yet shed, were suppressed by the old lady's stern demeanor.
Shen Meixiu dabbed at her eyes with a tissue, feigning tears, "The position of the mistress of the house will soon no longer be mine."
The old lady immediately understood the implied meaning of her words, "What has that girl done now?"
"She is at the hospital now, and Gan Zhi is staying at the hospital to personally look after her. I only said a few words, and Shaoting defended her. Mom, if this continues, she will win over everyone in the family." Shen Meixiu said.
Her hatred for Ye Ziyu had reached its core. Not only because she was the illegitimate daughter of Lu Yuman and Ye Qianzhi, but also because her appearance had driven away her two sons, and with her seductive charm, she had captured the hearts of the remaining two sons.
Especially Ye Chenhan, who truly considered her a sister and treated Ye Ziyu better than he treated her, his own mother.
After hearing this, the old lady retorted indifferently, "Is this why you've come to me?"