Chapter 256 - 255

Chapter 256: 255"Can’t you say something nice about your brother?" Ye Tianchen rolled his eyes at his sister, Ye Qianwen, and asked.

"Hehe, what I said was nice, you know. Look, you’re enjoying Ruxue helping you up!" Ye Qianwen winked and said with a mischievous smile.

Qi Ruxue’s cheeks turned slightly red as she quickly let go of Ye Tianchen, and then said somewhat anxiously, "Auntie, Qianwen, are you guys okay? Tianchen said he had a stomachache after eating my beef stew with radishes, how about you?"

"Huh? No, nothing’s wrong?" Ye Qianwen asked, puzzled.

"Tianchen, your stomach hurts? It shouldn’t be from the beef stew with radishes though, right? We’re all fine," Luo Yan also looked at her son, Ye Tianchen, somewhat strangely.

At that moment, the clever Qi Ruxue seemed to realize something. She turned around and clenched her fists tightly, realizing that Ye Tianchen must have been fooling her. It annoyed her to think that she had helped him all the way back from such a distance, and he had been deceiving her this whole time.

Actually, when Ye Tianchen said he had diarrhea for about an hour, Qi Ruxue had already started to doubt him, suspecting he was pretending. His act was just too convincing. Plus, since she had already harbored feelings of admiration for Ye Tianchen, seeing him in such discomfort had genuinely made her worried. Now, seeing that Auntie Luo Yan and little sister Ye Qianwen were fine, what else was there to doubt? Ye Tianchen had definitely deceived her.

"Ye Tianchen... you big jerk... I’m going to..." Qi Ruxue was on the verge of freaking out, thinking about how she had supported him over such a distance, and how heavy he was, just like a dead pig.

Just as Qi Ruxue was clenching her fists, unable to hold back any longer, and turning around to give Ye Tianchen a beating, he had already dashed to the front door of the villa, and had even opened the big door.

"Tianchen, it’s so late, you should take Ruxue home!" Luo Yan said.

"Mom, let her stay at our place tonight. I’ve got something to take care of and will be back late!" Ye Tianchen chuckled and said.

"Wow... Bro, you’re actually inviting Ruxue to stay over, you really are a big jerk..." Ye Qianwen exaggeratedly said to her brother, Ye Tianchen.

"Off you go, that’s settled then. I’m off, bye!"

After Ye Tianchen finished speaking, not giving Luo Yan, Qi Ruxue, or Ye Qianwen a chance to respond, he quickly shut the villa’s big door and ran off, leaving the three women stunned in place.

For Qi Ruxue, she hadn’t considered staying at the Ye family’s home that night. In the past, she stayed for nearly a month because she was trying to escape a forced marriage to Qin Heng, hiding from her family’s insistence on the marriage. Now her visit was to check on Luo Yan and express her gratitude for the previous shelter, and also to see Ye Tianchen, so staying now at the Ye family’s house was different from before and made her uncomfortable, thus she hadn’t considered it.

Luo Yan felt the same. She hadn’t planned on having Qi Ruxue stay the night either. Although she really liked Qi Ruxue and even preferred her as a daughter-in-law, her son, Ye Tianchen, was at home. Previously there was no choice, but now it would seem improper to keep someone else’s daughter in the house overnight, especially since the whole Capital City knew about Ye Tianchen’s coffin-carrying incident at the Qin family’s, arguing that he did it out of love for Qi Ruxue.

"This kid... Ruxue, it’s so late; why don’t you stay over tonight? You can stay in your old room!" Luo Yan said with a smile.

"Ah? I, I’d better drive myself back, it’s okay!" Qi Ruxue blushed and said, though she was quite happy inside, considering that Ye Tianchen previously couldn’t wait to send her away, it was rare for him to invite her to stay the night.

"Sister Ruxue, just stay here, we can chat together. My mom wants you to stay, and my brother too!" Ye Qianwen said with a mischievous smile.

"But..." Qi Ruxue was still embarrassed and a bit shy. After all, it’s quite embarrassing for a girl when a guy openly asks her to stay the night. It could indeed make one blush and fuel speculations.

"Ruxue, that’s settled then. You and Qianwen chat first, I’ll go get you some fruit!"

In the end, Qi Ruxue decided to stay, and honestly, although she was a bit shy and embarrassed, she was still very happy inside because Ye Tianchen, that big bad guy, rarely let her stay over at the Ye family’s house. Could this mean he had some feelings for her?

"Sister Ruxue, my brother might have already fallen for you, you know?" Ye Qianwen said with a mischievous smile as she looked at Qi Ruxue.

"You little imp, what nonsense are you talking about? That’s not true..." Qi Ruxue pinched Ye Qianwen hard, her face turning red as she spoke.

"Hehe, Sister Ruxue is blushing!" Ye Qianwen laughed loudly, continuing to tease Qi Ruxue.

"You little imp, instead of studying seriously, you just pry into adults’ affairs all day. Let’s see how I deal with you..."

Qi Ruxue and Ye Qianwen started playing around, and Luo Yan, who was preparing fruit in the kitchen, was also quite pleased. After all, her son allowing Qi Ruxue to stay the night indicated that he didn’t have a bad impression of her. On the contrary, the way they bickered upon meeting each other looked to others like flirtatious banter between lovers.

"Mercy, mercy, I really mean it, I really mean it..."

Ye Qianwen, pressed down on the couch by Qi Ruxue who was tickling her relentlessly and barely able to handle it anymore, quickly began to surrender. But Qi Ruxue didn’t care about that; Qianwen, that little imp, always had a mischievous spirit and even dared to tease her. If she wasn’t dealt with properly, she would never know the consequences.

"Do you see your mistake now, huh? You little imp, see how I’m going to punish you!" Qi Ruxue said with a sweet smile as she fiercely tickled Ye Qianwen.

"Ah... Hahaha, everything I said is true! You see, my brother didn’t even want you in our house for a day previously, but now he actually took the initiative to let you stay. That’s a significant change. Plus, there’s something very important. Right when he found out about your engagement day with Qin Heng, my brother locked himself in his room for a whole day..." Ye Qianwen, unable to stand the tickling, laughed as she spoke.

Hearing Ye Qianwen’s words, Qi Ruxue couldn’t help but stop moving her hands, feeling touched. She had always thought that Ye Tianchen had no feelings for her—being not hated by him was already good enough. How could he possibly have a liking for her? She had not expected that Ye Tianchen would lock himself in his room upon learning about her engagement to Qin Heng.

"Really, really?" Qi Ruxue asked, her face turning red.

"Of course it’s true! If you don’t believe me, ask my mom. Actually, Sister Ruxue, my brother, despite his low emotional intelligence, might even be in the negatives, isn’t good at expressing his feelings. But, he is definitely a man of deep feelings and loyalty. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have caused such a big mess at the Qin family’s house for you, right?" Ye Qianwen said seriously.

"Hmm... Well, then sister Qianwen, please tell me more about your brother, I want to hear it!" Qi Ruxue said with a smile.

Luo Yan then came out with a fruit platter, and the three beautiful women started their joyful conversation again. Naturally, Ye Tianchen was a major topic. Meanwhile, at that very moment, Ye Tianchen was riding his coolest motorcycle toward a place he had to go.

Ye Tianchen had planned to deal with a certain matter in a few days, but the Xuanyuan family’s aggressive and ruthless approach made him act faster. He wanted to postpone dealing with this issue and directly take Wuxue and others to Sichuan Province to handle the Xuanyuan family first, but he worried that Liu Rumei might become impatient and take action, which could spell big trouble. Besides, going to declare his return to these people now also had its importance; it wasn’t necessarily the time to take these people down yet.

Heaven and Earth, a club in Capital City known to everyone, is considered a paradise here—hence the name. Simply put, here you can find everything imaginable, all of the highest quality, from dining and drinking to gambling and prostitution.

After his rebirth, Ye Tianchen’s first visit to Heaven and Earth was to beat up Luo Lei. That guy dared to spread rumors and slander the Ye family, so Ye Tianchen struck viciously, beating Luo Lei half to death at Heaven and Earth. Now, he was heading there again, but not to stay on the lower floors—he was aiming for the top floor.

Heaven and Earth has three levels; the first floor hosts several KTV private rooms where rich and powerful people can entertain themselves, the second floor houses some of the most beautiful ladies in Heaven and Earth, and the third floor, rarely accessible, is reserved for big officials and members of prominent families from Capital City. It isn’t just anyone with money and power who can enter because this entire floor is taken over by the Young Master Party. You might have the money and power, but they have more, and the backgrounds behind them are terrifyingly significant.

Tonight, Ye Tianchen was headed to this third floor of Heaven and Earth, an area where many do not qualify or manage to enter. The Young Master Party had secured the entire third floor a few years ago, making it their congregation spot, a secret to outsiders. So, it was only here that Ye Tianchen could get the information he needed. Bai Wu, from a previously third-class family, managed to rise to the head of the Young Master Party in just a few years. This was a deep concealment that not even the former Ye Tianchen had noticed. Today, he was here to find Bai Wu and clear up the past incident where he and Liu Rumei were framed. Without resolving this, Ye Tianchen could not be at peace. (To be continued. If you like this novel, please visit qidian.com to vote and support me, your encouragement is my greatest motivation.)