Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Ye Huai originally thought that their relationship would become cold because of the photo incident. However, when the sunlight shone into the house in the early morning of the next day, he saw a familiar figure in the kitchen.

Lin Xi, wearing a pink apron and waving a spatula, turned around in the bright light and said to him with a bright smile, "Good morning, cousin."

At that moment, Ye Huai's heart suddenly trembled.

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been a month since Lin Xi moved in. Ye Huai originally thought that he would not be used to having another person in his life. After all, he and Lin Xi had completely different living habits and schedules. But what surprised him was that, except for the first two days of discomfort, he actually gradually adapted to this lifestyle.

In the early morning, she would hum a song while preparing breakfast in the bright sunshine, and share her daily "adventure" with him at the dining table; in the afternoon, she would pull Ye Huai to taste the freshly brewed tea, and discuss with him what kind of tea to bring when visiting Mr. Ye next time; and in the evening, when Ye Huai was in the room handling company matters, Lin Xi would gently knock on the door and bring him a cup of warm milk.

If his original life was a calm lake, then Lin Xi was like a small fish that suddenly jumped into the lake, not only breaking the calm surface of the lake, but also causing waves, making the entire lake surface come alive and suddenly adding a lot of color to his unchanging life.

It seems not bad to have such a person around, Ye Huai thought.

"Cousin, what are you thinking about?" Seeing Ye Huai looking at her in a daze, Lin Xi stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

"It's okay." Ye Huai realized that he was distracted and shook his head gently.

"Then try this sweet and sour spare ribs. I followed the tutorial step by step. I shouldn't fail like last time." Lin Xi pointed to the ribs on the plate that looked delicious.

Ye Huai picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste was very good. He nodded and said it was good.

Lin Xi smiled and continued, "Then cousin, eat more. I will go to my friend's studio starting tomorrow, and I may not come back for dinner in the future."

Ye Huai was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "Friend?"

"Yes, he is my senior who studied abroad. He returned to China last year and opened a studio. I thought I couldn't stay at home all the time, and he happened to be short of people, so he asked me to help."

Ye Huai ignored the inexplicable awkwardness in his heart and said, "If you want to work, I'll tell Li Yue and you can go to the company at home instead of going outside..."

But before he could finish his words, Lin Xi smiled and shook her head and refused, "My major is design, which is not very related to the business of my family's company. Besides, I have studied outside for so many years and finally graduated. I also want to test my ability."

Seeing her say this, Ye Huai didn't know what to say, so he could only say "OK" calmly. However, looking at the full table of dishes in front of him, he suddenly lost his appetite, and took a few bites before putting down the bowl.

Lin Xi seemed not to notice and was still a qualified eater. She cleared all the food on the table, which made Ye Huai's eyes even more gloomy. The sound of pots and pans colliding when he was washing dishes in the kitchen became much louder.

The next morning, Ye Huai's usually punctual biological clock went wrong. He woke up early, took out the mobile phone on the bedside table and saw that it was only a little after six o'clock. He wanted to close his eyes and sleep for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep. He thought that it was Lin Xi's first time to go to work, and as her cousin, he should at least send her off, so he simply got up.

After washing and dressing, he went downstairs, only to find Lin Xi standing at the door changing her shoes. She looked like she was about to go out. When she saw him coming down, she widened her eyes and asked in surprise, "Cousin, why did you get up so early today?"

"It's your first day at work, I'll send you off." Ye Huai said calmly.

Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, then she smiled shyly and said to Ye Huai a little embarrassedly: "Don't bother my cousin. I forgot to tell you yesterday that my senior was afraid that I couldn't find the place, so he would come to pick me up today."

Ye Huai looked at her shy expression when she mentioned the word "senior". The strange mood he had been feeling since last night became even more subtle. There was a hint of melancholy in his eyes. Just as he was about to continue speaking, Lin Xi's cell phone rang.

Lin Xi took out her cell phone and took a look at it, then answered the call with a smile. Then she waved to Ye Huai and said to him with a smile, "Cousin, I'll go down first. The senior has arrived. By the way, I've prepared breakfast. It should still be hot now. Don't forget to eat it." After that, she opened the door and walked out hurriedly.

Ye Huai looked at the door that slammed shut, his fingers rubbing unconsciously, his face turned completely cold, he stood there for a moment, then walked into the kitchen, took out the still warm breakfast from the refrigerator, and dumped them all into the trash can.

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Sorry, babies. I am too tired today so there is only one chapter. I will make up for it tomorrow and give you another chapter (it will be after this chapter, don’t miss it). There will be four chapters in total tomorrow. Thank you for the gifts, babies. I love you.

In the evening, Lin Xi did not come back for dinner as expected.

Ye Huai sat in the empty living room, looking at the faintly glowing clock on the wall that pointed to ten o'clock. He did not move for a long time. If it were not for his slightly trembling hands covering his lower abdomen and his heavy breathing that exposed his condition, he would almost blend into the entire night.

Many years ago, he seemed to have experienced a night like this. There was no one in the huge house except him. He lay on the cold tiles in the kitchen, trying to curl up his body into a ball in order to relieve the burning pain caused by stomach cramps.

People would never have imagined that Ye Huai, the famous head of the Ye Group, who was already a business leader at the age of 26, had almost starved to death in his own villa.

At that time, Ye Huai was not called Ye Huai, but took his father's surname, Chu Huai.

The Chu family is an old family in H City. Although it is now in decline and not as prosperous as it used to be, it is still supported by hundreds of years of family glory, and is considered a good match for the Ye family.

As the Ye family was a new upstart in H city at that time, in order to win an important project, Mr. Ye had to get into the circle of these old families. Therefore, he prepared generous gifts in advance to visit Mr. Chu, the head of the Chu family at that time. However, before the gifts were given, Mr. Chu fell in love with Ye Zhenqi who came with his father.

Ye Zhenqi is beautiful and dignified. At first glance, she is the favorite candidate for daughter-in-law/granddaughter-in-law of these wealthy families. Therefore, Mr. Chu wants to introduce her to his grandson Chu Kuo.

Before coming, Mr. Ye had inquired about the situation of the Chu family. He knew that Chu Kuo was the youngest child of this generation of the Chu family. He was now 22 years old, at the age when he loved to play, and was a little unstable.

Naturally, he didn't want his daughter to marry such a man, but he was too embarrassed to refuse him directly. He could only say euphemistically that he could let the two young people try to get in touch with each other first, and as for whether it would succeed or not, it depended on their own wishes.

Unexpectedly, this contact would lead to problems. Ye Zhenqi, who had always been well-behaved, gentle and dignified, had never seen a boy as unrestrained as Chu Kuo. With Chu Kuo's deliberate guidance, it didn't take long for her to fall in love with him. She even got pregnant and clamored to marry him in front of Old Man Ye.

Old Master Ye had no choice but to agree to the various harsh demands made by the Chu family, as he felt sorry for the baby in his daughter's womb. He paid a generous dowry and married Ye Zhenqi to them.

However, many literary and film and television works tell us a truth: love-brainedness harms others and oneself, and most of them do not end well.

Sure enough, Chu Kuo's true colors showed after the marriage. Not only did he cheat on Ye Zhenqi and have sex with her when she was pregnant, he also beat and scolded her at every turn. Ye Zhenqi was soft-hearted at first and would endure it silently, but after it happened many times, she gradually exploded and became hysterical.

During an argument, Chu Kuo accidentally pushed Ye Zhenqi, causing her seven-month-old baby to be born prematurely. Facing the Ye family father and son who came to his house, Chu Kuo kept lying, but was severely beaten by the Ye family father and son who found out.

After this incident, Mr. Ye wanted his daughter to divorce Chu Kuo, but the Chu family jumped out again. Mr. Chu swore and swore, and the Chu couple took turns to fight. Chu Kuo cried bitterly and promised that he would change his ways and never do it again.

Ye Zhenqi was deeply moved by the man's hypocritical confession, and considering her newborn child, she chose to forgive Chu Kuo again. The Ye father and son were so angry that they felt dizzy. Old Man Ye even declared that he would never care about his daughter again, and then left in anger.

However, Chu Kuo soon returned to his old ways, and the two of them kept arguing and fighting for several years. The last quarrel happened after Chu Kuo brought a woman home and was discovered by Ye Zhenqi.

The nanny was kicked out, and the woman who was brought back in disheveled clothes also ran away, leaving the two people who were completely furious and fighting each other.

Finally, Chu Kuo slapped Ye Zhenqi in the face, wiped the blood from his face with gritted teeth, shouted "crazy woman" and ran out. Ye Zhenqi, who had gone completely crazy, also got up from the ground and stumbled out to chase after him. No one noticed Chu Huai who was shivering in the corner.

For five whole days, neither Chu Kuo nor Ye Zhenqi came back. Little Ye Huai searched through all the edible things in the empty villa, and finally collapsed in the kitchen due to exhaustion. If Ye Zhenkai, who had not contacted his sister's family for a long time, had not suddenly visited, Chu Huai would have died there.

After this incident, Mr. Ye was completely furious and decided in a tough attitude that the two should divorce. Even though the Chu family tried to stop it again, the Ye family was no longer the same as before. Mr. Ye also brought up all the dirty things that the Chu family had done overtly and covertly over the years. Any one of them would be enough to ruin the Chu family's reputation. In the end, the Chu family had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree.

As for Chu Huai, who was still recuperating in the hospital, he was naturally taken home by Grandpa Ye after he recovered. His surname was changed and he was written into the Ye family tree. He was raised by him personally. However, Ye Huai developed a serious stomach disease afterwards. As long as he was not careful about his diet, his stomach would be in unbearable pain.

Over the years, under the careful care of Mr. Ye, his stomach problems rarely recurred. Later, after he grew up and moved out to live on his own, he would occasionally forget to eat because he was busy with company affairs, but it was not too serious.

This time, ever since he threw away the breakfast that Lin Xi had made for him in the morning, he had no mood to eat lunch or dinner. He didn't understand why he was doing this almost self-abuse behavior, nor did he understand why he was so angry. He just pressed his aching lower abdomen and slowly curled up.

When the clock was about to point to eleven o'clock, there was finally a beeping sound from the door. Lin Xi hummed a little tune, opened the door happily, and prepared to change her shoes.

The living room was pitch black. At first, she didn't notice Ye Huai curled up on the sofa. It was not until she turned on the light in the living room that she saw the figure twitching, with a pale face and cold sweat all over his body.

"Ye Huai?!" Seeing that Ye Huai was in a bad condition, Lin Xi hurriedly put down the bag in her hand, without even having time to change her shoes, and rushed to his side in a few steps.

Ye Huai's consciousness was a little fuzzy at this time. When he thought that he was going to be gradually swallowed by the darkness like many years ago, an anxious voice suddenly came to his ears, pulling his consciousness back from the sinking state.

Lin Xi brushed aside the strands of hair on his forehead, looked at his appearance, and noticed his hands pressing on his lower abdomen. She knew that his stomach problem must have recurred, so she ran to the cabinet on the side and took out medicine to relieve the stomachache, then ran into the kitchen to pour a glass of warm water.

As a result, when she was getting water, she saw food in the trash can. She looked at the sink which was clean without a trace of water. Her eyebrows couldn't help but twitch, but her hands only paused for a moment, and she quickly got the water and left the kitchen.

Putting the water and medicine on the coffee table, Lin Xi sat down next to Ye Huai and wanted to help him up. However, this man looked thin but was actually very heavy. Now he had no strength in his body due to the pain. Lin Xi had to use all her strength to help him up, let him lean on her, pinched his jaw, and applied a little force to force him to open his clenched teeth, then poured the water and crushed medicine into his mouth.

After doing all this, Lin Xi let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and maliciously rubbed it all onto Ye Huai, before finally laying him down again.

After more than ten minutes, Ye Huai's tense body finally relaxed, and his breathing became much more stable. He was tall and had long legs, and the entire sofa was occupied by him. Lin Xi had no choice but to sit on the carpet, looking at the person on the sofa and muttering to herself: "Tsk tsk tsk, what a poor little thing."