"What did they say?" Ye Yongxian asked curiously.
"They said," Liu Lingyu sighed, speaking unhappily, "that last year, our Xiao Zhi was in the capital, and everyone wanted to marry her. But this year, no one dares to marry her..."
"Why?" Ye Yongxian asked, stunned.
"Because Xiao Zhi is too capable. They think if someone marries Xiao Zhi, wouldn't their family have to change their surname to Ye in the future?"
Ye Yongxian laughed in anger. "Hah, these people really think their good-for-nothing sons are worthy of Xiao Zhi? They're being picky about her, but they don't even look at whether they can launch satellites or if they're qualified to pursue Xiao Zhi!"
"Of course, we don't need to take their words to heart," Liu Lingyu said, frowning. "I'm just a bit worried. Do you think Qi Xuan might think the same way?"
Ye Yongxian paused, then snorted coldly. "If he really thinks that, then he's not worthy of Xiao Zhi either!"
"This is just us talking privately. We don't know what he's thinking," Liu Lingyu said worriedly. "I'm just afraid that if he really thinks that, it would be a shame. It's rare for Xiao Zhi to care about him so much."
"Does Xiao Zhi care about him?" Ye Yongxian asked blankly.
"Yes, Xiao Zhi sends me photos of Zhao Cai, and many of them are taken at Qi Xuan's place. Sometimes, when Xiao Zhi takes photos of Zhao Cai at her own home, I can even see that child Qi Xuan," Liu Lingyu said. "The two of them are very close now because of Zhao Cai."
"You say..." Ye Yongxian seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Qi Xuan is getting so close to Xiao Zhi now, isn't it just for her cat?"
Liu Lingyu: ...
She suddenly understood why Ye Zhi was so clueless.
"Dad, Mom."
A familiar voice called out. Their expressions brightened, and they simultaneously walked out of the kitchen. "Xiao Zhi, you're back..."
They warmly welcomed Ye Zhi in, offering water and fruit. Ye Yuzhe, hearing the movement, also came downstairs.
"Oh, right. I saw some mail for you outside and brought it in."
Ye Zhi picked up the envelope in her hand and handed it over.
"Good, good, good." Ye Yongxian took it casually and set it aside, showing no intention of looking at it.
"Dad, I opened and looked at it for you earlier. You should check it first," Ye Zhi reminded him.
Ye Yongxian was stunned. He thought it was some unimportant statement of accounts, but hearing Ye Zhi's words, it seemed to be quite important?
Ye Yongxian opened it in confusion. Inside was a gilded invitation.
He opened the invitation and his face immediately darkened. The next moment, he threw the invitation directly into the trash can.
"Why did you throw it away?" Liu Lingyu asked in surprise.
Ye Yongxian said unhappily, "That's an invitation from the Cen family for Cen Ya's banquet!"
Liu Lingyu's face also darkened. "Why would the Cen family send us an invitation?"
"What else could it be?" Ye Yuzhe sneered. "Of course, it's to seize this opportunity to thoroughly humiliate our family! Look, the daughter expelled from the Ye family is actually a Duke's daughter!
In Ye... Cen Ya's eyes, even though my adoptive parents are 'millionaires,' my biological parents are 'billionaires'! Aren't you regretting it? By severing ties with her, you lost the chance to attach yourself to a 'billionaire'!"
Ye Zhi looked at Ye Yuzhe with amusement. Although he was speaking sarcastically, what he said was quite accurate.
Cen Ya had already fallen out with the Ye family, and the falling out was so unpleasant. Sending the invitation directly to the Ye family, her intentions were already clear.
"Xiao Zhi," Ye Yongxian suddenly thought of something and looked at Ye Zhi expectantly. "Do you think we should go?"
Ye Zhi: ...
She somehow felt that Ye Yongxian was asking if they should go and pick a fight. Go, go?
"No," Ye Zhi said crister.
"Why?" Ye Yuzhe was somewhat unhappy. "Can't we just ruin their banquet?"
"Yuzhe, your analogy just now was good, but you got one point wrong," Ye Zhi said with a smile, looking at him. "This is the capital. According to your analogy, even if Cen Ya's biological parents are very rich, in the capital, they would at most be 'millionaires.' The Ye family is the 'billionaire.'
You tell me, if a 'billionaire' goes to a 'millionaire's' banquet and specifically ruins the banquet, what do you think others will think? Most importantly, what will Ye Qinya think?"
Ye Yuzhe was stunned. A look of disgust appeared on his face. "Others will definitely think we are doing this deliberately to make trouble with them because we care about Cen Ya? Cen Ya will definitely think so too! She'll think both families are fighting over her?"
"Uh... she would probably think that she caused this dispute. The meaning is about the same..." Ye Zhi waved her hand. "So, the greatest contempt is to ignore. By ignoring her existence, it would be the greatest harm to her."
"Xiao Zhi is right," Ye Yongxian nodded. "Since she is now the Cen family's daughter, then her future life or death, her prosperity or downfall, will be like a stranger on the street. It will have nothing to do with our Ye family."
"Exactly, why are we talking about her?" Liu Lingyu turned to look at Ye Zhi, speaking with great distress. "Xiao Zhi, you have to keep your brother in check. He's gotten bad again. He sits in front of the computer all day, either playing games or watching TV..."
Ye Yuzhe was immediately speechless, and he said in exasperation, "Mom! How many times have I told you, sitting in front of the computer doesn't mean playing games! I browse knowledge-based websites. I'm taking online classes!"
"You're lying to me again," Liu Lingyu said displeasedly. "How can you take classes online?"
Ye Zhi was both amused and speechless. This generation gap was a bit serious!
Later, with Ye Zhi's help, the siblings managed to persuade Liu Lingyu for most of the day before she believed that knowledge could be learned online.
Knowing she had made a mistake, Liu Lingyu apologized to Ye Yuzhe awkwardly.
Ye Yuzhe tilted his head back in anger, refusing to accept the apology.
"You've gone far enough!" Ye Zhi patted his forehead. "Mom isn't from your era. She usually just uses her phone and watches TV. She doesn't understand computers, so it's normal for her to misunderstand."
"Yes, yes, yes. If I could watch videos and take classes on my phone, I wouldn't have misunderstood!" Liu Lingyu said.
"You will in the future," Ye Zhi said with a faint smile.
"If Xiao Zhi says so, it must be soon," Liu Lingyu nodded. "I'll wait to watch videos using your Taoxun software."
Ye Zhi: Oh, this...
She just casually mentioned future development, did Liu Lingyu have to trust her so much?