CHAPTER 509: CHAPTER 307: STORIES FROM YEARS PAST (PART 2)

"You girl, do as you please." Seventh Uncle Ye looked at the contemplative Sang Qingqing: "Qingqing, I haven’t been advising you on your affair, mainly because it feels awkward for an old man like me to utter saccharine words.

Today, I want to say to you earnestly, if you’ve thought it through and truly like him, then work hard with him. Time waits for no one—I am a prime example!"

Luo Ye nodded vigorously: "Time indeed waits for no one. Master still looks spry while Mistress genuinely looks old; a person who’s only forty-five but looks like they’re in their fifties. Master, you’re really doing quite a number on people!"

"Alright, it’s all my fault." Ye JiaPing checked the time: "If we don’t leave now, we’ll really be late. Xiao Xuan, you promised to follow through."

"I know, isn’t it just to see you off." Ye Xuan made sure Luo Ye was propped up comfortably by the bed: "I’ll be back soon."

Luo Ye waved her hand in feigned disgust: "With Qingqing and Mom looking after me, you don’t need to worry so much. Go on with your work."

"If there’s anything at work, they’ll call me." Ye Xuan turned to Sang Qingqing with concern, giving her a few reminders, and adjusted the height of Luo Ye’s bed before leaving.

Sang Qingqing was speechless: "Ye’er, you better think carefully, how is this guy becoming more and more like an old crone?"

Luo Ye pondered with her hand on her forehead for a while, then looked at Sang Qingqing seriously: "Maybe we should observe a bit longer; if it really won’t do, should we just cut him out?"

"Cut who out?" Wen Xin asked with a smile as she walked in.

"Mom, how did it go?" Luo Ye’s eyes sparkled as she gazed at her Mom.

"Do you think you’re what to her, that a few words from you would patch things up?" Wen Xin chided her daughter: "I chatted with her downstairs about her affairs after our separation and briefly mentioned your master’s situation. By the look of it, she found it hard to refute me; it seems she holds quite a grudge against your master."

"Listen to this." Luo Ye handed a voice recorder to Wen Xin.

After the recording finished, Wen Xin sighed: "That’s people’s contradictions for you, brooding in silence, the more you think, the more ridiculous it gets."

Luo Ye smiled pleasingly: "Mom, since Qingqing isn’t an outsider, could you tell us what exactly happened between you and Mistress?"

"Really want to hear about it?" Wen Xin checked the time: "Wait until the nurse has set up your IV drip; we’ll talk then so that it’s not awkward if someone comes in."

Half an hour later, after Dr. Hua made his rounds and the nurse hung the IV drip, feeling that no one would come for a while, Wen Xin locked the ward door from the inside. Seeing her daughter’s eager eyes, she couldn’t help but laugh: "Ye’er, you’ve always been one to worry in this lifetime."

"Mom, go on, tell us."

"Sister Xin, maybe I should still step outside." Sang Qingqing stood up, but Wen Xin pressed her down: "I already consider you family. Stay and listen." Pausing, she continued: "Actually, many things that seemed important back then become trivial with time.

Yu Ying was in senior year when Wen Rou and I were just in junior high. She was a towering figure in the school, excelling in both studies and leadership.

Wen Rou greatly admired her and dragged me along to make friends proactively, and Yu Ying also took a liking to us sisters, soon becoming our best friend.

During college, we were in the same university but I was only a freshman while she was already a graduate student, still a figure of significance in the school.

Because Wen Rou and I often visited her in the graduate building, we gradually got to know the older graduate students. Wen Rou was more talkative, so it was always her chatting with Yu Ying, with me listening on the side.

My silence, on the other hand, left a deep impression on Yu Ying’s classmate Lin Jiaqi; one day, he surreptitiously slipped me a letter. When I opened it, it turned out to be a love letter.

I was so panicked that I showed it to Wen Rou and asked for her advice. As Ye’er knows, your grandaunt liked Ye Jia’an and couldn’t wait for someone else to occupy my heart, so she urged me to date Lin Jiaqi.

At that time, everything revolved around your aunt. To put her at ease, I followed her every word. Hence, the next day when Lin Jiaqi came to see me, I agreed.

After finding out, Yu Ying looked a bit odd, but still interacted with us as before. Later, her classmate confided in me that she liked Lin Jiaqi.

I asked Wen Rou what to do. After pondering, Wen Rou confronted her. Yu Ying adamantly denied it, saying it was slander meant to drive a wedge between our friendship and we shouldn’t believe it.

However, not long after her denial, Yu Ying would somehow always appear around Lin Jiaqi and me whenever we went on dates.

I didn’t dare to tell Wen Rou, fearing she would overthink it, but Wen Rou discovered Yu Ying giving Lin Jiaqi presents.

Wen Rou came to me immediately, anxiously asking if I would accept Ye Jia’an if I broke up with Lin Jiaqi. Despite reassuring her that I would never covet my sister’s beau, Wen Rou remained perturbed, intensifying her dieting.

Soon after, Lin Jiaqi broke up with me, stating that getting to know me revealed my immaturity, and he couldn’t accept a childish girl as a partner.

The next day, everyone knew I was dumped by Lin Jiaqi because Yu Ying was openly dating him. People thought I would be heartbroken, but I genuinely wasn’t.

Originally, I was with Lin Jiaqi to keep my sister reassured; without him, I wasn’t affected, and it was during that time, I noticed your dad. When I told Wen Rou, she simply didn’t believe it.

She confronted Yu Ying, and the more they talked, the more heated it became, until they had a fallout. That night, Wen Rou left this world." Wen Xin stopped there, choked up with emotion. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote for it with Recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian; your support is my greatest motivation.)