Perfect Life [Rebirth]

Chapter 20

Seeing Ye Baoru crying so hard, Ye Guoli became more and more upset. He pressed his temple tiredly:

"Your second brother is fine... Don't go to school these two days. Those reporters might not be able to find your second brother and will block you... Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to apply to a foreign school? Otherwise, why don't you go over there first..."

It's not that he really wanted to send Ye Baoru abroad, but the family was in such a mess right now, and Ye Guoli decided to keep Ye Ze's drug addiction a secret from his eldest son as much as possible, except for himself and Qingqing who already knew about it.

After all, if the rest of the family knew about it, it would be useless except for worrying about it. If the news leaked out again...

Those reporters are omnipresent. Ye Guoli thinks that Ye Baoru is still too naive. She might get fooled. It would be better for her to go out and avoid the limelight.

Unexpectedly, when Ye Baoru heard these words, it was a greater blow...

Ye Baoru said a few days ago that she wanted to go abroad, but what she said at the time was "If Qingqing doesn't like me, I will go abroad to study"...

At that time, Ye Guoli comforted her and said, "It's impossible. How could Qingqing not like you?"

He also assured her that "they are all daughters of the Ye family, and no one will send another abroad just for the sake of happiness"...

Judging from Ye Guoli's tone at the time, he was obviously disgusted with Ye Qing.

The result changed so quickly...

Ye Ze in the room had already started to tremble all over, and even drool began to flow from the corners of his mouth...

After falling suddenly from a great height, there is no hope at all in life. If I initially just used cigarettes and alcohol to relieve my stress, I gradually became dependent on them.

But he was too proud and didn't want to be pitied by others, even if these "others" were his family. Ye Ze didn't want to expose his vulnerable side, not to mention that he was going to pay homage to his mother today.

Ye Ze wanted to be in the best mental state. From two days ago until now, he had been refraining from drinking a sip of alcohol or smoking a cigarette. Now, couldn't he bear it anymore?

This was the scene that Ye Guoli saw when he came in. He also thought that if Ye Qing had not discovered something wrong in time, wouldn’t Ye Ze’s current terrifying appearance have been completely seen by those reporters?

Not to mention experienced criminal investigators, even an ordinary person like me can tell that these are clearly the symptoms of drug addicts...

First he was disfigured, then he took drugs. If those reporters really reported it, wouldn't Ye Ze's life be completely ruined?

How could Ye Ze not have thought of such terrible consequences?

I felt a little hopeless for a moment...

It would be bad enough that he was disfigured and disabled, but now he has become the drug addict he hates the most. What is the meaning of living?

Ye Guoli's eyes were red as he stood in front of the bed...

His wife passed away early and Ye Ze was a boy, so the family focused on the younger Baoru and inevitably neglected the second son.

Fortunately, Ye Ze was very sensible. Not only did he not complain, he also consciously took on the responsibility of taking care of his sister.

When he grew up, he no longer relied on the Ye family and built his own career. Even though Ye Guoli never said anything, he was actually very proud of his second son in his heart.

Whenever he saw Ye Ze sitting or standing on street posters or billboards, with a noble and elegant face, Ye Guoli was very proud. How could he accept that Ye Ze would one day become like this, neither human nor ghost?

Whatever, the reputation of the Ye family is not as important as my son’s life.

Just now, he was worried that Ye Ze's scandal would affect the reputation of the Ye family, so he would let Ye Qing have a try. But now, he didn't care about anything else. He leaned over to hug Ye Ze and said through gritted teeth:

"I'll take you to the hospital..."

"Drug addiction is something you can't just endure at home..."

Ye Ze's eyes were red, and his lips were bleeding from biting too hard, but he grabbed the head of the bed and panted:

"Dad, I can't go to the hospital... I won't go, I won't go, please don't force me..."

Even though he was drowsy, Ye Ze could think of what Ye Guoli had thought of. However, he felt so weak at the moment that he couldn't find anything to commit suicide. He struggled desperately and refused to leave the room no matter what.

Ye Qing turned around and saw this scene, and frowned:

"You don't have to go to the hospital yet. I've asked someone to send over some moxibustion supplies..."

Ye Guoli paused, looking at Ye Qing with eyes full of suspicion:

"Can you do it?"

Even though he had witnessed the magic of Ye Qing's pulse diagnosis before, Ye Guoli still couldn't believe what Ye Qing said. After all, any normal person knows how harmful drug addiction is.

If it were that easy to control, there wouldn't be so many drug addicts doing things that destroy their families.

"My second brother's current situation is different from theirs," Ye Qing explained.

When Fan Yuxin did this, she was obviously very careful and did not dare to use too large a dose. In addition, due to Fan Yuxin's identity, she did not dare to come into contact with drugs such as heroin, opiate, and narcotics. Because the purity was not too high, the toxins accumulated in Ye Ze's body were not much. It was just that his body could not bear it when he stopped suddenly.

Although the situation is a bit tricky, Ye Qing is confident that he can control it for a day and hold out until tomorrow when the Chinese medicine he ordered is delivered.

Ye Guoli was still a little hesitant, but Ye Ze had already struggled and said:

"Dad... don't send me to the hospital... I believe Qingqing, please, don't send me to the hospital..."

From childhood to adulthood, Ye Ze had never begged like this before, and coupled with his still ugly face, Ye Guoli was extremely sad and his heart was broken.

"Please go outside and see if the moxa has been delivered."

Ye Qing said directly to Ye Guoli.

Ye Guoli finally came back to his senses. He couldn't bear to see his proud son become so pitiful. He wiped his face and staggered out of the room.

"Okay, I'll go and take a look... Let Qingqing try... Let Qingqing, try..."

At the end of his speech, his voice was choked with sobs.

After Ye Guoli left the room, Ye Qing took out another soft ball and tried to put it into Ye Ze's mouth, but Ye Ze grabbed his wrist tightly, staring straight at Ye Qing's face, trying hard to smile:

"I'm feeling a little uncomfortable, let's play a little game, it's good, it can distract me, okay?"

"I'll tell you a string of numbers and see if you can remember them..."

"6188..."

After finally finishing his words, beads of sweat the size of beans ran down Ye Ze's scarred face, which looked extremely weird.

Ye Ze took a deep breath and closed his eyes:

"It would be nice if I could see you sooner..."

"Qingqing, I feel much better now, but I'm a little tired. You should go out too, and let me sleep for a while... Remember the numbers I told you just now. When I wake up later, I will test you..."

There is nothing in this world worth lingering on.

His acting career was gone, even the people he trusted the most betrayed him, and he became addicted to drugs...

Even though Qingqing said she had a way, Ye Ze didn't believe a word of it.

Ye Ze could never endure such a broken life.

The only regret is this chubby and silly sister in front of me.

He was not on guard against others. But his father was extremely capable in the affairs of the Ye Group, but he was not good at understanding people's hearts, otherwise he would not have ignored Qingqing for so long.

As for my eldest brother, he is a workaholic just like my father...

If I were still the same as before, I would be able to take care of Qingqing. But now, I am of no use at all except dragging her down and causing her to be ridiculed by others.

Fortunately, after all these years of hard work, I have quite a lot of property under my name, and I just left it all to Qingqing...

Before he could say anything else, Ye Qing had already stuffed the cork in his hand into Ye Ze's mouth:

"I understand. You can go to sleep after the moxibustion is done."

Seeing that Ye Guoli had not returned yet, he simply pulled a chair and sat next to Ye Ze, took out his cell phone, found the photo album, opened it, flipped through it for a while, held the cell phone in front of Ye Ze, and said in a serious tone:

"Here, take a look at the photo..."

Ye Ze's reaction was a little slow, but he still understood Ye Qing's meaning belatedly...

Didn't you say you wanted to see me from earlier times? I have some photos on my phone.

Qingqing, this silly girl, is really easy to coax.

As for moxibustion, Ye Ze didn't think it would be of any use. Just now, he said he was willing to let Ye Qing treat him, but it was just an excuse to refuse to go to the hospital.

He wanted to reiterate that he was alone, but there was a cork in his mouth. He had no choice but to turn his gaze to Ye Qing's mobile phone. What he saw was a large field of gorgeous cherry blossoms and five or six girls dressed up beautifully under the cherry trees.

The girls were not particularly beautiful, but they were full of vigor. They wore pretty skirts and held colorful umbrellas. They sat or lay under the cherry trees, all smiling.

In the corner behind these girls, a fat girl wearing an oversized T-shirt, holding a large bag of clothes, and with six or seven small bags hanging on her body, was standing there obediently.

It was clearly a spring day, and everyone else was dressed coolly, but the fat girl's forehead was covered in sweat, perhaps because she was carrying too many things or had stood in the sun for too long.

The last photo shows a girl in the front suddenly turning sideways, pointing at the fat girl whose face was not clearly visible and making the shape of "pig" with her mouth, and the other girls immediately burst into laughter...

The chubby girl in the corner was obviously oblivious to the malicious intent around her. She just stood there acting as a clothes hanger, as if she could stand there forever as long as she was needed...

Ye Ze suddenly felt a great pain in his heart and subconsciously looked at Ye Qing, signaling with his eyes, "The fat girl is you, right?"

Is this Qingqing’s previous life?

With the status and position of the Ye family, let alone the eldest daughter of the Ye family, even if the servants of the Ye family go out, who would dare to look down on them?

As for Ye Qing in the photo, her clothes alone probably cost less than a hundred yuan. Among so many gorgeous girls, Qingqing, the eldest daughter of the Ye family, was not even qualified to be a background board...

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ye Ze simply couldn't believe that his own sister had such a sad past...

This was when she was in college. What kind of life did Qingqing live before college?

However, everyone chose to forget this point. Most of the family members actually thought that after the truth of the two children being taken away by mistake was revealed, Baoru should be the one who felt more aggrieved.

After all, Ye Qing was found by the Ye family again, which was like jumping into a honey pot. The Ye family could give her a good life, which was a thousand times better than before. On the other hand, Baoru might not be able to bear the blow due to the huge change in her identity.

It was also because of this that the first thing almost everyone did was to comfort Baoru...

But the truth is, in the years when the whole family had never participated, Qingqing was always like a weed. Even if she struggled to survive, she still had to endure frost, snow and rain, and struggled to survive in the cruel environment...

Sinking to the bottom of the valley, being trampled on by others, it only took a few months for me to feel that life was hopeless, but Qingqing had lived like this for a full eighteen years...

I felt so distressed that the discomfort in my body seemed to have eased a little. Maybe I didn't need to leave in a hurry. I should make arrangements for this silly sister...