By the time Shi Muyan started elementary school, Ye Xiuzheng had already shifted his focus to Lancheng.

As they got closer, Zhizhi felt like a frightened little rabbit every time she met him, her heart pounding with anxiety.

Yet, this meeting, which felt like something out of a thief's act, inexplicably excited Zhizhi.

The two had just finished their tender moment when Zhizhi immediately launched into a challenge, "Did you go see your wife?"

Ye Xiu hugged Zhizhi tightly and said nonchalantly, "Yes, I went to the old house with her to have dinner with my older brother."

Ye Xiu was not angry at all at Zhizhi's questioning, after all, it was something he had deliberately indulged.

Over the past few years, Zhizhi has come to know a great deal about him.

She also knew that she and Shi Huan were just living together as a couple, nothing more than a couple in name only.

Unless it's a situation where both of them have to be present at the same time, they each go their own way and don't bother each other.

Looking at his calm demeanor, Zhizhi finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on her mind for a long time: "Aunt Shi must have been very beautiful when she was young. Weren't you ever tempted by her?"

Ye Xiu replied with a serious expression: "No, when I was young I was focused on my career and had no interest in romance. I just wanted to climb the ladder as quickly as possible. I didn't have time to care about anything else."

Zhizhi suddenly remembered the time her older brother was bullied, and then it dawned on her, "Yes deliberately made things difficult for my brother before because of you, right?"

Looking at Zhizhi's increasingly plump figure, Ye Xiuzheng's hands began to wander. "Why did you suddenly think of this?"

Although Ye Xiuzheng was puzzled, he still explained, "In the past, when the two brothers knew that I was backing up Tingfeng behind the scenes, they thought that I was only taking care of Tingfeng because of Shi Huan, so they didn't like Tingfeng."

"Because of my relationship with him, he didn't dare to directly target Tingfeng. Later, he asked me to transfer him to Xincheng. After learning about your brother's relationship with you, he deliberately made things difficult for him. He always picks on the weak."

Zhizhi huffed angrily, "Hmph, my older brother isn't a pushover anymore, he's got guts now."

Feeling Zhizhi's smooth skin, the man chuckled and joked, "Of course, your brother is the county magistrate now."

"Hehe, it's all thanks to your help that my brother got this position. Otherwise, he would never have had the chance to sit in this position in his life."

Ye Xiu smiled without saying a word. He promoted Dong Yi'an for two reasons: first, because of Zhizhi, and second, for his youngest son.

There are some things he does have concerns about.

After all, he's not young anymore. He's afraid that once his youngest son grows up, he won't have time to pass on his connections to him, and then he'll be forgotten.

So they simply promoted Dong Yi'an. After all, Dong Yi'an is Mu Yan's maternal uncle, so he'll surely be taken care of.

Of course, this is just the worst-case scenario. Even if Dong Yi'an is ungrateful in the future, he still has his older brother! Ye Xiuzheng's older brother knows about Mu Yan's existence.

Brother Ye has always taken good care of his younger brother Ye Xiuzheng since they were young. When his younger brother makes a mistake, he will do his best to clean up the mess for him.

He was worried that he didn't have enough energy, so he specifically asked his eldest son, Ye Bin, Ye Xiuzheng's nephew, to take good care of him.

When Ye Bin heard from his usually serious and aloof father that his uncle had an illegitimate child, his expression was more interesting than if he had seen a ghost. This illegitimate child was someone even his father acknowledged.

This completely stunned Ye Bin! Unbelievable!

As Ye Bin emerged from the study and looked at the documents in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It was a good thing that his grandparents were no longer alive, otherwise they would have been furious.

Later, every time Ye Bin saw the Ye brothers, he would feel guilty, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

However, the longer Ye Bin spent with his cousin Shi Muyan, the more he grew to like this young man who looked like an old man. So he became more willing to take care of him as he grew up.

After all, Mu Yan's cousin was trying hard to look serious, and he did look a bit like his father.

Speaking of which, my younger cousin doesn't look like my uncle; he looks more like my grandfather. Ye Bin's father looks like my grandfather, while my uncle looks like my grandmother.

So, little Mu Yan looks more like his uncle and not so much like his parents.

Ye Xiuzheng's older brother liked Shi Muyan very much, even more than his two older nephews, so he turned a blind eye to his younger brother keeping women outside.

He even helped protect and escort Zhizhi and Ye Xiuxiu, who met frequently, and Shi Muyan was often taken to his side for upbringing.

As for whether Shi Huan and her niece had any doubts, no, Shi Huan was quite happy that her nephew was valued by the eldest brother of the Ye family.

When Shi Huan married Ye Xiuzheng, she was not well received by the Ye family, so she rarely saw the two elders of the Ye family, and even her eldest brother Ye was rarely seen.

Even if she saw them, she wouldn't dare to look them in the eye. She married into the Ye family because of their influence; she had been married before when she was a sent-down youth.

She had given birth to a child, but unfortunately her husband passed away later. Shi Huan was so heartbroken that she lost the child.

After that, she lost the opportunity to have children, which is why Shi Huan worked hard to raise her nephew as if he were her son.

She didn't like Ye Xiuzheng, and Ye Xiuzheng wasn't interested in her either. If they had gotten along well when they first got married, maybe they could have developed feelings for each other.

They might have been attracted to each other, but unfortunately, they were a mistake from the start, and neither of them wasted any time on the other.

Because Shi Tingfeng didn't follow their path, Shi Huan is now grooming Shi Muyan as her successor. All her connections will support little Muyan, which is why she's in a hurry to let Muyan develop a relationship with the younger generation of the Ye family.

And so, by a twist of fate, little Shi Muyan spends half his time at the Ye family and half his time at the Shi family, which makes everyone happy.

As for Zhizhi, she can just lie down and be a freeloader. She had two men supporting her in the first half of her life, and her son will be there to rely on in the second half. Her life is pretty much set.

……

When Zhizhi turned forty, Shiyun, who was abroad, sent her a gift.

Actually, her daughter specifically asked her father to prepare this for her.

Hmm~ It's a photo of me and my boyfriend.

Shi Yun truly inherited the best features of both her parents: her mother's big eyes, her father's high nose...

Shi Yun grew up to be very beautiful, even more so than her mother was when she was young. She had so many male friends that she couldn't count them all. Her father was always worried that his precious daughter would be bullied.

From childhood to adulthood, from kindergarten until she went abroad, her father always personally drove her to and from school.

Therefore, despite having so many male friends, Shi Yun has never had a boyfriend.

Because if any boy looks at his precious daughter with even the slightest bit of something off, then that boy can forget about ever appearing in front of Shi Yun again.

Shi Yun would occasionally complain to Zhi Zhi that her father was too controlling and that she was losing her freedom.

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