“Wake up.”
“Mmm…”
Su Ling opened his eyes groggily, and the first thing he saw was Ye Moran sitting on top of him. He was immediately startled. His body shrank back instinctively, and a look of primal fear flickered in his eyes.
“No!”
Ye Moran’s eyes darkened, and the smile on her face gradually faded. Although her current posture could easily lead the little fellow to a misunderstanding, she really disliked his reaction.
“Hurry up and wash your face. We’re going out.”
Ye Moran slowly pulled away from the little fellow’s body and straightened her clothes. She looked back, her voice cold as she spoke.
“Elder Sister, I…”
Su Ling wanted to say something, but Ye Moran left immediately. He could only swallow his words. After sitting blankly on the bed for a while, he performed a quick wash, found a set of conservative clothes, and put them on.
Once finished, he walked to the door and slowly pushed it open. The person he wanted to see wasn’t there. Qin Siyu was standing to the side, and when she saw Su Ling come out, she gave him a small smile.
“Young Master Ye, please follow me. CEO Ye has been waiting downstairs for a long time.”
“Okay.”
Su Ling felt a pang of sadness in his heart. ‘Did I make Elder Sister unhappy again? But why exactly is she upset?’
He had clearly been very obedient. Why had she been like this ever since they returned yesterday? Even when he took the initiative to be punished, she didn’t seem to have any intention of cooling down.
‘What exactly should I do to keep her from being angry?’
He didn’t know. He really didn’t know. Moreover, the more he thought about this question, the more exhausted he felt. A sense of weariness from the inside out deeply enveloped him…
***
In the underground garage, Ye Moran’s car had been waiting for a long time. Su Ling opened the door and slowly sat in the back seat. He lowered his head, leaning against the car door, with one eye constantly fixed on Ye Moran.
“Come sit over here!”
Su Ling didn’t move. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but the place she was pointing to was the driver’s seat. She was already sitting there. If he went over, where would he sit?
There was no room at all, right?
“Come here!”
Su Ling’s body trembled. Regardless of anything else, he could only struggle to crawl over and onto her.
“Elder Sister, there’s no room to sit. I… I should just go back to the rear.”
Ye Moran didn’t speak. She grabbed the little fellow’s waist, picked him up, and spread his legs so that he was straddling her body.
“Elder Sister, this is uncomfortable.”
Su Ling hugged her neck, his entire body weight supported by his hands. It felt extremely strained.
“Hold on tight. If you fall, it will affect my driving.”
The corners of Ye Moran’s mouth curled up slightly as she started the car.
“Mmm!~”
Su Ling had no choice but to hug her tightly, resting his head on her shoulder. He felt incredibly wronged.
‘Elder Sister wasn’t like this before.’
‘Why is it like this?’
He couldn’t figure it out. He only felt an immense sense of pain and grievance. He wanted to cry out loud and vent all these frustrations.
But…
The car stopped in front of a manor. Su Ling was exhausted and drenched in sweat, his muscles aching. He looked at Ye Moran with a resentful and aggrieved gaze.
Ye Moran smiled slightly. She loved the little fellow’s expression!
She leaned down and picked him up. She had parked at a very secluded side entrance of the manor where few people were around.
Pushing open the door, she walked toward the rooms inside the manor without stopping. The little fellow was very tired, and she needed to find him a place to rest.
She had been to this manor once before. That woman had brought her here to live for a period of time, so she easily found the guest rooms. After placing the little fellow on the bed, she gently pressed a kiss to his forehead.
“Stay here. Don’t run around. I’ll come find you in a bit.”
Su Ling nodded softly. As he watched her leave, he felt a sense of loss. He struggled to pull up the quilt and buried himself completely under the covers.
***
As she got closer to the heart of the manor, Ye Moran encountered more people, though most were just service staff.
She soon arrived at the banquet hall. At a glance, it was filled with men and women gathered in small groups, chatting about their respective topics.
She stood on high ground, looking down at these people. Her eyes remained completely indifferent.
“Moran, you’re here.”
At that moment, a woman in a long white dress walked over. Ye Moran glanced at her and then retracted her gaze.
“Did you have another fight with your father?”
“No.”
“Sigh, cheer up. Just treat this banquet as a bit of fun. If you meet someone you like, pursue them seriously. If not, that’s fine too.”
Ye Shuyu tried to make her voice sound as gentle as possible, but there was a distance between them that made her tenderness feel somewhat perfunctory.
“I’m going down.”
Ye Moran’s gaze suddenly swept across a corner of the banquet hall. She stood up to leave.
Ye Shuyu instinctively reached out to stop her. She really wanted to talk to this child, but when she met that cold gaze, her body trembled. Bad memories involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
By the time she snapped out of it, Ye Moran had already disappeared around the corner of the stairs. She could only let out a deep breath and silently turn to leave.
***
Ye Moran pushed through the crowd and went straight to the corner of the banquet hall. Her eyes met Nangong Wan’s, who was sitting at a small round table drinking gloomily.
“What are you doing here?” Nangong Wan asked. “Wait, you actually came to this kind of banquet! What do you think Ye Jin is?!”
Nangong Wan stood up in a sudden rage, slamming her wine glass heavily onto the table.
Ye Moran merely gave a flat look, a mocking smile appearing on her lips. “Aren’t you here too?”
“That’s different, I — “
“You what?”
Ye Moran sneered. Her eyes even carried a hint of disdain. She had once actually considered this person an opponent. It was simply an insult!
She really didn’t know what the little fellow saw in this woman. Was he as stupid as her?
“I don’t care anyway. You’ve already kept Ye Jin in confinement by your side, yet you still come to this kind of banquet. Is this how you treat him?”
“Heh, he is mine. Whether I treat him well or not is none of your business.”
“As for you, I advise you to pack up those inappropriate little thoughts of yours. I don’t want to make the little fellow suffer, so I can allow you to be friends with him. But if you have other intentions…”
“I don’t know what I’ll do to you, and I will place him under complete confinement!”
As Ye Moran spoke, she suddenly started laughing. The low laughter reached Nangong Wan’s ears, filling her with nothing but terror.
This woman was a lunatic! A complete and total lunatic!
‘I can’t let Ye Jin stay by this person’s side anymore. I absolutely can’t.’
‘Otherwise, Ye Jin will surely be driven mad by her torture!’
Thinking of this, she turned and left. She had to see Madam Ye quickly.
Her goal for attending this banquet was to see Madam Ye. She would meet her and tell her everything about Ye Jin!
She didn’t believe Madam Ye would allow such a thing to happen!