He broke his vows for her, and a tycoon descended to earth for love.

“At the very least, I should find out the truth of everything before him so that I can find a way to minimize the impact this matter will have on my older brother.”

Siyi sighed. In her heart, she already understood that most of what Lin Zhenbiao had told her before was true. Although he was a despicable person, there was no need to joke about such things. She didn't know how to describe her feelings. Was the world that big? It really wasn't. Such a complicated and melodramatic relationship had landed on her head. She thought of Ye Zhenghao, whom she had called "Big Brother" for so many years. But in the future, how should she face him?

"If my brother finds out, he will be very upset..." If she, as the third party, can't accept this, how can someone like Ye Zhenghao accept it?

Looking at the worry and unease between her brows, Jiang Yan felt his own unease grow even stronger.

He actually had a sentence on the tip of his tongue, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it at that moment...

Ultimately, Jiang Yanhui has never been in a difficult situation before, except for Ye Siyi. He is indeed in a dilemma now: to tell or not to tell.

"...Yan Hui? Did you hear me talking to you just now?" Perhaps noticing his somewhat dazed expression, Si Yi waved her hand in front of his eyes and chuckled softly, "Are you too tired? Go and rest."

“I heard you want to see your father tomorrow.” Jiang Yan calmly suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart and said in a light tone, “Fine, I had already planned to go with you when I got here. I’ll go with you tomorrow.”

"No!" Siyi shook her head subconsciously, gripping the sides of Jiang Yanhui's shirt with both hands, pursed her lips, and said, "I'll go by myself."

"Are you afraid he'll be unhappy to see me?" Jiang Yanhui had already suppressed her other emotions. Her deep eyes looked at her with tenderness and affection. She gently pinched her cheek and spoke softly, "Don't worry, he won't be angry. Besides, even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws eventually, right? Do you really intend for me to never rise to a position with you?"

Siyi blushed a little at his last sentence, but at the same time, she felt that there was some truth to what he said, even though it seemed to be true.

In truth, she was just a simple woman. Now that her two children were already five years old, did she really intend to spend her whole life with Jiang Yan Hui like this? She could be indifferent to the lack of official status, but she couldn't be indifferent to the children. She never wanted her two children to be illegitimate... They would eventually be recognized by their ancestors and be recognized as Jiang Yan Hui's children!

If he hadn't brought it up, she naturally wouldn't have thought of these things. They had been through so much together; it seemed they had already overcome even the highest mountains. What remained was like the lyrics of the first song she sang to him in the music classroom at C University—

When we've seen all the sights, perhaps you'll stay with me to watch the gentle flow of time.

There are many kinds of love, intense and understated, and they seem to have experienced them all. Having walked hand in hand to this point, they naturally need no further words. But as a simple woman, she couldn't help but look forward to the one and only time in her life she would wear a wedding dress.

Will she become his wife?

Will Ye Siyi become Jiang Yanhui's wife?

.........

The thought had barely crossed her mind when Jiang Yan's hand landed on her shoulder, lightly squeezing her shoulder blade. She looked at her with a half-smile, "Baby, what are you thinking about? I called you twice and you didn't respond, and you even blushed. You're not thinking about…"

"No!" Siyi interrupted Jiang Yanhui hastily, only realizing she had overreacted after a moment's thought. Especially now, meeting Jiang Yanhui's ambiguous and wicked gaze, she felt like she was trying too hard to hide something. Instinctively, she pushed him away, saying angrily, "How can your thoughts be so dirty? I didn't think anything!"

Jiang Yan watched her turn and walk into the room angrily, then burst into laughter. He hugged her and they sat on the bed together. He held her and made her sit on his lap. "How am I dirty-minded? I don't think I said anything. Sigh, I'm so wronged. How come I'm such a despicable person in your eyes?"

Seeing his serious expression and the aggrieved look on his face, Siyi felt like she had trapped herself, but she still insisted on pressing the issue, saying, "Although you didn't say it, that's exactly what you meant!"

"What do you mean?" he asked very humbly, not ashamed to ask.

Siyi bit her lip, losing her composure again in front of him, "Isn't that what you meant? How annoying! Jiang Yanhui, if you keep doing this, I'm not talking to you anymore!"

“Baby, you have no idea how charming you are.” Jiang Yan looked at her deeply, his deep eyes filled with an indescribable affection, for her alone. “Don’t look at me like that anymore, or I won’t be able to hold back again.”

"Jiang Yan, come back!"

"Alright, let's get down to business." Knowing she was exhausted, he didn't intend to tease her any further, because he knew that if he continued, he would probably be the one who couldn't take it anymore. So he simply changed the subject. "Tomorrow I'll go with you to see your father. No matter what, your older brother's matter is now somewhat related to me. I should have the right to know, right?"

Since he had already said that, and Siyi had already wavered, she naturally didn't insist anymore. "Alright then, but I haven't seen my dad for many years, so I'm actually not very confident myself..."

After Ye Xiongming left City A, Siyi rarely contacted him. On the one hand, she felt ashamed to face Ye Xiongming because of what happened back then. However, she did not know at the time that weakness and retreat could become a habit. Over time, she had very little contact with Ye Xiongming. Later, because of their two children, she didn't know what to say and rarely contacted him by email. Over the years, she only knew his address in the United States.

"Isn't there still me?" The woman in his arms was a little downcast. Jiang Yanhui was good at reading people and could tell what was bothering her. He reached out and took her hand and said softly, "It's okay, don't worry, I'm here."

No matter how many things happen, how great the difficulties, or how tough the obstacles, it doesn't matter, because with him by her side, nothing will happen.

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It was almost early summer, but there still seemed to be a chill in the air.

Ye Xiongming has lived here for so many years, as if he were truly isolated from the world. His two children don't contact him much, and in fact, he doesn't want to contact them too much either.

He had lived a glamorous first half of his life, but his health deteriorated significantly in his later years. In his old age, he suddenly realized that living alone wasn't so bad after all. Every day he would hypnotize himself, telling himself that everything was in the past, and he had almost forgotten it all. Some pain and regret could only be alleviated by subconsciously emptying his mind, making him feel as if he had truly done nothing…

He sits in a wheelchair. His stroke has improved a lot over the years, and he can speak without any problems. However, walking is still a bit difficult, so he has been sitting in a wheelchair all this time.

"I'm going out to buy something." A woman's voice came, and someone pushed open the door and came out. It was the owner of the house, Ye Xiongming's sister, Ye Yali.

She and Ye Xiongming were about the same age, so she looked to be in her fifties. Ye Xiongming had been living here for years, and she had been taking care of his daily needs. "Didn't you just water those flowers yesterday? Why don't you go inside and rest? What would you like for lunch?"

Ye Xiongming put down the kettle in his hand and was about to say something when there was a knock at the front door. Ye Yali went over and asked, "Who's here so early in the morning?"

But when they opened the door, they froze in place.

"You...Siyi?"

Ye Yali is Siyi's aunt. However, Ye Yali married an American and got a green card, so she lived in the United States. Later, her husband passed away, and she lived alone until a few years ago when Ye Xiongming came to live here. The two siblings have been relying on each other. However, the relationship between Aunt Ye Yali and Siyi is not very close. Perhaps the Ye family members are not the clingy type of people at heart.

Even though they were strangers, they were still family. Ye Yali was still quite happy to see Siyi so suddenly. "Why did you come all of a sudden? You didn't even tell me you were coming so I could have picked you up. You came to see your father, right? Hey, after all these years, you finally remembered to come see your father. Come on in, your father is inside!"

As she spoke, she led Siyi inside, only to be surprised to find a man with exceptionally outstanding bearing and appearance following behind Siyi. She was taken aback again, "This is..."

“Aunt.” Siyi finally had a chance to speak. She glanced at Jiang Yanhui before introducing him, “His name is Jiang Yanhui, he’s my… well, friend.”

After thinking it over, I still didn't know what to call them, so I just used "friend".

However, the man standing behind her looked displeased.

friend?

When did he become just her friend? Could their relationship only be described as friendship to her elders?!

Jiang Yanhui, proud and arrogant, was extremely dissatisfied, but he couldn't say much at this time. Ye Yali smiled warmly at him, "So you're Siyi's friend, hehe, come in together. I didn't know you were coming today. I'll go out and buy some things. Siyi, you talk to your father first. Your aunt will be back soon. We'll have dinner here today."