Chapter 371: Chapter 372: Can’t You Speak Properly?
Gu Junzhu asked, “Has Ye Xinglan still not found out who replaced your lifesaving chocolate?”
“No,” Ye Xingbei shook his head, “It happened too long ago, it’s hard to look into it now.”
The lifesaving chocolate she had saved as a backup was swapped out without anyone’s knowledge. There were no witnesses and no evidence left behind. How could she possibly investigate without any leads?
“What’s so difficult about this?” Gu Junzhu scoffed with a smile, “Every action leaves a trace. If Ye Xinglan couldn’t find it, it just proves his incompetence!”
Ye Xingbei pinched him: “Can’t you be nicer with your words?”
Gu Junzhu pretended innocence: “Shouldn’t we encourage honesty?”
Ye Xingbei raised an eyebrow at him, “You seem pretty smug, did you find anything?”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be saying her brother was incompetent.
He must have found something to make such a comment about her brother.
“Of course!” Fifth Lord of Gu boasted confidently, “Who do you think I am? If I take action, there will be no failures.”
Ye Xingbei scoffed and turned her face away, ignoring him.
Gu Junzhu grabbed her chin and turned her face back towards him, smiling teasingly, “What’s wrong? Don’t you want to know who it is?”
Ye Xingbei slapped his hand away, somewhat deflated: “Who else could it be? If it isn’t Shi Qianling, then it must be Leng Peini…”
She seemed a bit down, “Sometimes I reflect, am I just terrible at making friends? I only have two brothers and each of them has a girlfriend. Neither of my future sisters-in-law like me!”
“If one person doesn’t like me, it could be their problem, but if neither of them like me, couldn’t it be something I did wrong? Did I do something unlikable?”
“Of course you did!” Gu Junzhu flicked her tender cheek, “Forget about the others, just your face itself is offensive! It’s so handsome, which beautiful woman wouldn’t hate it? Tactical competition breeds resentment, all beautiful women in the world are potential rivals!”
“Nonsense!” Ye Xingbei laughed at his teasing, “Xiao Xue is also a beauty, she and I are not rivals!”
“Didn’t you realize that I was beating around the bush to compliment your beauty?” Gu Junzhu raised and lowered his hand, sighing with satisfaction: “I never dreamt that I, a man of simple desires, would meet such a stunning and smooth-skinned woman in my life!”
His hand lingered on Ye Xingbei’s soft cheek, his eyes squinted in happiness.
He didn’t know how Ye Xingbei maintains her skin, it felt as smooth and moist as fine jade.
Ye Xingbei blushed at his compliments, “Did you sneak some honey water while I went to see Xiao Shu?”
His mouth was so sweet!
“I was just speaking from the heart,” Gu Junzhu returned to the topic, “Ye Xinglan and Ye Xingli have poor taste, choosing to date women who are hypocritical. Shi Qianling and Leng Peini’s characters are so bad that I wouldn’t even consider having them as my maids, let alone marry them.”
Ye Xingbei paused for a moment, quietly exhaling, “Matters between men and women are complicated. Sometimes even parents can’t intervene. Back then, I was in an awkward position and couldn’t voice my opinions.”
Shi Qianling and Leng Peini’s characters were indeed mediocre.
Shi Qianling was slightly better. Though arrogant and considering herself above others, she mostly held herself aloof from Ye Xingbei, treating her like a servant of the Ye Family, but she never treated her with much malice..