Hearing Li Chuyu’s question, Ye Xiao instantly pulled out a warm smile and replied, “Of course, if I’m not Ye Xiao, who else could I be?”
Seeing Ye Xiao’s familiar smile, Li Chuyu slowly calmed down. She looked at Father Ye and Mother Ye, who were watching them, thought for a moment, and said, “How about… we talk in your room?” The content of her words seemed to be a discussion, but her tone was like a command.
Ye Xiao heard this and subtly revealed a mocking smile. He nodded, stepped aside, and gestured for Li Chuyu to enter the room. Then he followed her in. He was also very curious now about why this woman had come to find him, especially since his last meeting with her in the original host’s memory was far from “pleasant”!
Seeing Li Chuyu and their son enter the room, Father Ye was very anxious and somewhat reproachfully said to his wife, “Why did you pull me just now? How could you let that girl into the room? What if Xiao Xiao gets hurt or falls ill again because of that girl? What will we do?”
Mother Ye, Lin Zhenzhen, was also a bit helpless, but she still advised, “Ultimately, it’s between the two children. Besides, Chuyu is someone we watched grow up. Even if they don’t end up together, it won’t get too out of hand, right?”
Father Ye’s lips twitched slightly as if he wanted to say something more. He actually wanted to question his old partner, “Do you really understand that girl whom you treated like your own daughter?” But looking at the increasingly thin Lin Zhenzhen, he finally just sighed and said nothing.
Inside the room, Ye Xiao felt like laughing as he watched Li Chuyu, who had stood by the door maintaining her distance since entering. One should know that the original host was actually a very shy person. It was always Li Chuyu who took the initiative—actively approaching him, actively pursuing him, actively getting… close to him, and finally actively dumping him. But now she was so wary of him.
Ye Xiao didn’t really want to get entangled with the woman in front of him, so he spoke, “Now can you tell me, what exactly do you want from me?”
Li Chuyu disliked Ye Xiao’s current tone very much. His tone used to be very warm when he spoke to her. She said, “You already knew when you came to our school last time; I have someone I like, and we’re getting engaged soon. So I don’t want our past relationship to be known by others. Can you please not appear in front of me and my fiancé again in the future!”
Ye Xiao heard this and was so amused he almost laughed. He asked with a strange expression, “So you mean for me to disappear from your world? Never appear in front of you again?”
Li Chuyu didn’t detect the anger in Ye Xiao’s tone. Instead, she continued to speak self-importantly, “Mm, that’s what I mean. Your sudden appearance in front of me and my fiancé last time already caused me quite a bit of trouble, so you should try to avoid appearing around me in the future.
“If possible, moving out of Kyoto City wouldn’t be bad either. I heard that housing prices in nearby cities are quite cheap. Your family probably doesn’t have much money left because of your illness, and living in Kyoto City might be a burden. Besides, Uncle and Auntie also know about our relationship, and it would be hard to explain if we ran into them someday…”
Just as Li Chuyu thought she was being considerate of Ye Xiao and was rambling on, a low roar suddenly entered her ears: “Enough, stop talking nonsense.”
Li Chuyu had never seen Ye Xiao angry before, because Ye Xiao’s temper was very gentle. So today, seeing this other side of Ye Xiao, she was startled. Now hearing Ye Xiao use foul language, she was even more surprised, but deep down, she secretly felt lucky that she hadn’t chosen him. Truly, you never know a person’s heart from their face.
Just as she was about to retort, she looked up, and a cold gaze met her eyes. That gaze was so cold it sent a shiver down her entire body, and the words she wanted to say were stifled back.
At this moment, Ye Xiao was extremely angry. He had never seen such a selfish woman. In the original host’s memory, he went to Li Chuyu’s campus to give her a surprise, because his long-term treatment had finally improved, and he wanted to share it with her immediately.
Just as he appeared before her with full anticipation, he saw her embracing and kissing another man.
But the original host did nothing; he just stood there stunned, and after exchanging a glance with Li Chuyu, he quietly left.
This is what the woman in front of him called “causing her quite a bit of trouble”? What did he do?
And what about the original host? After being cheated on by this woman, that pure man seemed to have had his soul extracted. Perhaps it was because of this incident that the original host lost the hope of living, and his soul dissipated.
Yet now this woman was brazenly telling him to hide from them like a dog? Why?
Ye Xiao sneered, “What if I say no?”
Li Chuyu was inexplicably angry. The old Ye Xiao used to do whatever she said, so how did he become like this now?
She snorted, “Because you’re just a sick person who dropped out of school early and is at home, and your family owes a pile of debts, with creditors coming to your door. What can you do in the future? If you can really take your family out of Kyoto City, I can even give you an extra sum of money, as compensation to you.”
Ye Xiao felt only deep sympathy for the original host at this moment, because in his memory, the original host was truly good to this woman in front of him, wanting to give all the beauty in the world to this heartless woman, but what he got in return was…
He looked at Li Chuyu in front of him and said seriously, “You truly don’t deserve Ye Xiao’s kindness!”
Li Chuyu didn’t understand why Ye Xiao would suddenly blurt out such a sentence. She said with disdain, “Weren’t you with me just because you coveted my looks? Besides, I wasn’t bad to you when we were together. Tell me, what will it take for you to leave?”
Ye Xiao looked at Li Chuyu and pondered for a moment, making her think he was about to agree. But then he asked a question that left Li Chuyu a bit bewildered: “Do I look like an idiot?”
Li Chuyu was momentarily stunned.
Ye Xiao continued, “Why should I leave? Last time I saw your fiancé, he looked good, seemed like a decent person, and probably came from a good family, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be so eager to throw yourself into his arms before you even dumped Ye… before you dumped me. What if I told him about you coming here today and about our past… Tsk, tsk, tsk, would his hush money be more than what you’re offering, or would he even dump you as his fiancée?”
Li Chuyu looked at Ye Xiao in front of her in disbelief. This wasn’t the Ye Xiao she knew. Her face was flushed with anger, and after a long pause, she could only utter two words: “Shameless!”
She knew there would be no resolution today, so she left a harsh warning: “Ye Xiao, you’d better do as I say, or else you’ll face the consequences!”
With that, she slammed the door and left.
Ye Xiao watched Li Chuyu’s retreating back and a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. It was hard to say who would truly face the consequences!