Ch. 291..300

Chapter 291 He’s Trying Hard to Adapt to the Role of a Husband Ye Chuyi forcibly calmed her emotions and drove back to the hospital.

Actually, there were no surgeries scheduled for the night, but the hospital gave her a sense of peace. At times like tonight, it wasn’t suitable to go home and face Sheng Tingyuan. It was more suitable to work on her paper.

But when she returned to her office, the moment she entered, she saw Sheng Tingyuan sitting on the sofa.

Her steps halted, and she watched him for a long time without speaking.

Sheng Tingyuan stood up and came forward to take her hand, “Where have you been? Didn’t you tell me you were going to work overtime today? I came here but didn’t see you around, and everyone I asked also said they didn’t know where you went.”

Ye Chuyi withdrew her hand without a change of expression, “I went back to the Ye Family home. There was a little situation.”

“What happened?”noveldrama

“I’ll tell you in a couple of days.”

She refused to speak, and Sheng Tingyuan didn’t press her, but instead asked, “Have you eaten yet?”

Although it was unlikely and would probably arouse Sheng Tingyuan’s suspicion that she hadn’t had a meal after returning to the Ye Family home, Ye Chuyi still told the truth, “No, I haven’t.”

As expected, Sheng Tingyuan was somewhat surprised, but he didn’t ask further, “Auntie Wang prepared dinner, I brought some over for you, it should still be warm.”

He had thought she was working late, so he had taken the trouble to bring the food Auntie Wang made for her.

He didn’t expect that she had gone to the Ye Family home, nor did he expect that she would not have eaten there.

What happened at the Ye Family?

A flicker of doubt crossed Sheng Tingyuan’s mind, but he didn’t pay too much attention to it.

He opened the meal box and laid out the food on the table, “Eat up!”

Guilt bubbled up in Ye Chuyi’s heart again.

Sheng Tingyuan seemed to be treating her better and better, always trying to adapt to the role of a husband and consistently showing concern for her.

Yet she never really considered herself his wife and seldom showed concern for him.

It was actually quite unfair to him.

She pushed the meal box forward slightly, “Let’s eat together!”

“I’ve already eaten, this was all brought for you.”

Sheng Tingyuan sat back down on the sofa and watched Ye Chuyi eat, feeling that the moment was very precious.

But Ye Chuyi sat uneasily, finding even her favorite fried meatballs seemed less appetizing than usual.

She barely finished her meal and, using the excuse that she still had work to do, she sent Sheng Tingyuan away.

She was pushing him out, and there was clear dissatisfaction from him, but he said nothing, just gently hugged her and then packed up the meal box and left.

Ye Chuyi stood by the window, watching him leave the office building and head towards the parking lot.

But what she didn’t expect was that after he walked only a few steps, he suddenly looked up in her direction.

She failed to hide in time, and he caught her gaze squarely.

He smiled at her, then waved his hand and left.

Ye Chuyi sighed, suppressed the complex emotions inside her, and sat back down at her desk to continue working on her paper.

Then for several days in a row, she didn’t spend the night at Sheng Tingyuan’s villa.

But the members of the Ye Family still hadn’t come to any conclusions. She went to the Ye Family home every day, but apart from seeing Ye Shuangyin getting better and better, she didn’t find anything useful.

Ye Zhengrong still disagreed with revealing her identity, reluctant to let Ye Shuangyin marry Sheng Tingyuan.

Yet Ye Shuangyin had already started to buy new clothes and jewelry, preparing to marry Sheng Tingyuan.

Ye Chuyi didn’t want to wait any longer.

She couldn’t keep telling Sheng Tingyuan that she was on night shifts every day, could she? Not returning for several days in a row, he had already become suspicious.

She planned to go to the Ye Family home for one last time that night. Regardless of whether they could come to a conclusion, she would tell Sheng Tingyuan the truth.

 

Chapter 292: The Results of the Third DNA Test Ye Group.

In the Vice President’s office.

Ye Zhengrong sat at the large desk, looking down at the DNA test report in his hands.

The result of the test was clear: he did not have a parent-child relationship with Ye Chuyi, which meant that she was not his daughter.

But apart from this result, the testing agency provided another one.

That is, approximately 25% of their DNA’s short tandem repeats were identical.

In other words, there was a kinship between them.

Ye Zhengrong lifted his head and looked at his son, “The test result is not wrong?”

Ye Ziran shook his head, “There can’t be a mistake. This time I found three professional testing institutions consecutively, all three gave consistent results indicating that she is a close relative of yours. According to the genetic similarity, either she is your niece or your grandniece. There isn’t a third possibility.”

After the results from the three testing institutions came out, he called his damned classmate and gave him a severe scolding and even demanded back those limited edition sneakers in anger.

Turns out he was just as ignorant, couldn’t properly understand a DNA test; he had made him believe that Ye Chuyi was truly his father’s illegitimate daughter, and he kept that secret for nothing!

“Dad, could she be Uncle’s illegitimate daughter? Did Uncle have affairs behind Aunt’s back?”

Ye Zhengrong’s face darkened, “What nonsense are you spouting? Are those words you should be saying? Your uncle is not that kind of person! He is even more concerned with the family reputation than I am, cherishes his good name even more, how could he mess around with other women? Grandfather would never allow us to engage in such behavior.”

Ye Ziran nodded, “The old man is too upright. He only had Grandma in his life. After she passed away, he never found another, and so he doesn’t allow you and Uncle to seek a second marriage, tsk, what a pity.”

Ye Zhengrong’s face grew even darker, “Can’t you ever take things seriously for once? Your grandparents had a loving relationship. Although it was also a marriage arranged by our families, they grew to love each other deeply later on. If your grandfather forbids me and your uncle from having improper relationships, it’s for our own good!”

“Look at the Sheng Family, Sheng Huai’an had an illegitimate son, who is always challenging Sheng Tingyuan in sort of a showdown. Do you know how much Tingyuan has endured and suffered to get to where he is today? That illegitimate brother, taking advantage of Sheng Huai’an’s affection, once stabbed Tingyuan in the abdomen with a knife when they were children! Sheng Tingyuan nearly lost his life and was in a coma for over a month in the ICU!”

“It’s good that the Ye Family has strict parenting! Don’t take your good fortune for granted, or else you wouldn’t be my only son, and your life wouldn’t be so comfortable!”

“I’m telling you now, you’ll also only be allowed to marry one person in the future. The Ye Family absolutely does not permit the men to mess around outside, nor do we allow illegitimate children!”

Ye Ziran, annoyed, dug his finger in his ear, “Enough, enough, are you trying to annoy me? It’s the same lecture every day, I’ve already memorized all your speeches! I don’t even have a girlfriend, where would I get an illegitimate child? Other people my age have already had several girlfriends, but you, so controlling, don’t even allow dating, such an antique.”

It wasn’t the first time Ye Zhengrong had been called an antique by his son, and he had grown accustomed to it and was not angry.

After all, although his son appeared rebellious and even spoke irreverently, he really had never committed any truly outrageous acts.

He strictly forbade his son from dating during school, and indeed he never did; not even after he entered university.

He knew many children of wealthy families who started dating in middle school, some even impregnated their classmates, which led to scandals that tarnished their families’ reputation.

Ye Zhengrong had many complaints about his son, but in this regard, he was very satisfied.

He lowered his head again and looked over the test report once more, “Ye Chuyi cannot be your uncle’s daughter.”

“Then whose daughter is she? My aunt’s? But I thought, my aunt’s daughter doesn’t go by the name Lin Chuyi, isn’t her last name Wen? Called Youyou? Wen Youyou?”

“It’s Wen Nianyou.”noveldrama

Ye Zhengrong accurately recited the name of his grandniece whom he had met only once.

Chapter 293: The Biological Daughter Was Switched Away Ye Ziran was puzzled, “What about Lin Chuyi? Is she also my aunt’s daughter? Does she have two daughters?”

“No, she only has one daughter.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m very sure.”

Ye Zhengrong said, sneering, “My sister is just as foolish as she used to be! If it weren’t for our chance encounter with Chuyi, we might never have known that her biological daughter was switched with another kid!”

Ye Ziran’s eyes widened in shock, “Switched with another kid? Dad, what do you mean?”

“You don’t know whose daughter Chuyi is now, do you?”

“How could I know? I thought you just picked her up off the streets, isn’t that so?”

Ye Zhengrong shook his head, “She wasn’t found by us, but by Sheng Tingyuan. Since she looked very similar to your sister, Sheng Tingyuan mistook her for your sister and brought her to the Ye Family. At the time, Sheng Tingyuan’s mother was critically ill. He’s a very filial person, and to fulfill his mother’s wish, he hastily arranged a wedding with Ye Chuyi.”

“Ah? Sheng Tingyuan is that lucky? Just randomly finds someone on the streets that looks so much like my sister?”

“Of course he didn’t just randomly grab someone. He used his private resources to conduct a comprehensive search, only then did he find someone who looked a lot like your sister.”

“Dad, you still haven’t told me whose daughter she is!”

Ye Zhengrong clenched his fists, “She is the daughter of a maid from your aunt’s house.”

“What?!”

“It’s a coincidence, right?”

Ye Zhengrong’s eyes showed an unbelievable expression, “Do you mean to say, the maid at my aunt’s house switched her daughter with the maid’s daughter?!”

“I’m not suspecting it, I’m certain of it.”

Ye Zhengrong’s anger rose, “Ye Jinyu is such an idiot, she had enough of cutting ties with the family over some gigolo, let her suffer the hard times, I don’t care about her!”

“But to be so stupid as to not even keep her daughter safe! All these years, she’s been raising somebody else’s daughter, while her biological child has been tormented and oppressed by a maid and a murderer!”

“Just thinking about it makes me so angry I could die! If your grandfather knew about this, he would probably pass out from shock. If your grandmother knew about this, she might come back to life out of sheer anger!”

Ye Ziran was dumbfounded, “How could this happen? How could my aunt’s daughter be switched? Ye Chuyi looks so much like us members of the Ye Family, didn’t my aunt ever suspect anything?”noveldrama

“That’s why I say she’s stupid!”

Ye Zhengrong slapped the table in frustration, “Useless thing, she only knew about dating, revolving around men! Your grandfather originally didn’t approve of her marriage, set her up with a suitable family, but she protested with hunger strikes, forcing your grandmother, who feared she’d really starve, to persuade your grandfather to agree!”

“As a result, the couple turned out to be equally foolish, not even knowing their own daughter was taken away!”

“Your mother invested time in finding Ye Chuyi’s weakness and investigated her background. I’ve seen the report, and Ye Chuyi has not lived a single day comfortably. She started working part-time in middle school to pay for her school fees.”

“Moreover, the reason Ye Chuyi agreed to marry Sheng Tingyuan in place of your sister is that her father was imprisoned for murder. She wanted to get him out, so she made an arrangement with us.”

Ye Ziran was stunned, “No way, is she that miserable?”

“Even more miserable is that right after Ye Chuyi used her own marriage as a bargaining chip to get her father out, that man quickly killed another person and was arrested again. Now, he’s probably about to be sentenced to death.”

Ye Ziran fell silent, then said after a long time, “My cousin has really had a tough time surviving till now, it’s a wonder that the murderous maniac didn’t kill her and eliminate all future trouble.”

Ye Zhengrong said coldly, “Maybe it’s not that he didn’t want to kill, but that he couldn’t. Killing others wouldn’t reveal that they’d switched Ye Jinyu’s daughter, but if Chuyi were killed, and the police started investigating, it’s likely they’d find out their biological daughter wasn’t Chuyi. Then Wen Nianyou wouldn’t be able to continue living a well-off lady’s life, and both of the parents would have to go to jail.”

“So, what do we do now? Should we tell my aunt about her daughter being switched?”

“No need to bother with her, she has no brain.”

“Should we tell my cousin, then?”

“Go find her and have her come to the house tonight, then we’ll tell her.”

 

Chapter 294: I Am Sheng Tingyuan’s Wife Ye Shuangyin donned the latest Valentino haute couture dress, clutching a limited-edition Hermès crocodile bag as she settled into the luxurious Rolls-Royce Phantom.

The driver drove steadily forward, and she held a wine glass in her hand, not spilling a drop of the red wine inside.

She had finally escaped back from the slums and returned to the life of a pampered heiress, intoxicated by wealth.

Three years ago, somehow bewitched, she defied her entire family’s pleas and decided to elope with her boyfriend, Hen Mingjun, against all advice.

At the moment she ran away from her wedding, she felt liberated, believing she could do whatever she wished from then on, free from her family’s control, and was so happy that she hugged Hen Mingjun and kissed him fiercely.

During the day, they registered their marriage, but by nightfall, she regretted it.

Hen Mingjun’s home was destitute, not even able to provide a clean, new blanket, and dinner was just a pot of mushy dumplings!

She wanted to leave immediately, but was knocked out.

For the next three years, she lived as if in hell, never failing to regret her choice.

Before their marriage, Hen Mingjun was tender and considerate, willing to do anything for her. No matter how she yelled at or hit him, he never got angry; he would softly say, “Baby, it’s all my fault. I have nothing and can’t give you what you want, but I truly love you.”

Ye Shuangyin knew she had a bad temper that most people couldn’t stand, even her own younger brother couldn’t bear it, let alone others.

But Hen Mingjun always indulged her without limits.

It’s not like there were no men pursuing her, but those guys at most pacified her for a few months; none lasted more than half a year. After a while, they went after other girls with better tempers.

Her temper was too volatile, and she had a strong sense of entitlement like a true heiress, liking to slap people and to have them kneel before her.

And the only one who could bear all this was Hen Mingjun.noveldrama

Hen Mingjun pursued her for two full years, and even after they were together, where she would either hit or scold him, he remained as good to her as ever.

In the summer, he would travel tirelessly across half the city in the middle of the night to buy her a type of ice cream she mentioned offhand, and during winter, he would stand in line, braving the cold, for a special basket of dumplings, wrapping them in his down jacket to deliver to her downstairs.

He gave her all the money he earned from his hard work at jobs to buy her gifts, even though she barely glanced at them before carelessly tossing them aside.

But he didn’t get angry. He knew he wasn’t worthy of her, so he was humbly subservient to the core, letting her trample all over his dignity.

However, the inhuman torment of the past three years had been enough for Ye Shuangyin to see his true colors.

Everything, all of it, was an act by Hen Mingjun!

He wanted the resources and wealth of the Ye Family, but the Ye Family had no regard for him, and her elopement had completely ruined his hopes of climbing through the Ye Family.

So he stopped pretending; he returned the torment she had inflicted on him twice over.

Now, Ye Shuangyin finally understood that a woman must not marry beneath her station, for no matter how good that man is to her, it’s pointless.

She now loathed poor men and was determined to secure a marriage with wealthy heirs like Sheng Tingyuan.

She refused to endure another day of hardship; she desired the richest life!

The Rolls-Royce stopped in front of the Shengshi Group building.

Ye Shuangyin got out of the car, flanked by two bodyguards, and entered the building.

The receptionist greeted her with a polite smile, “Good day, Miss. Whom are you looking for? Do you have an appointment?”

Ye Shuangyin held her chin high, her face arrogant, “Do I need an appointment?”

The receptionist’s smile stiffened slightly, “May I ask who you are?”

“Are you blind? I’m the wife of your CEO, Sheng Tingyuan! I want to see Sheng Tingyuan, take me up now!”

Startled, the receptionist thought, This woman is the CEO’s wife?

“I’ll call the CEO’s office right away; I don’t have the authority to go up myself,” she hurriedly said.

“Humph, then call quickly!”

The receptionist immediately dialed the intercom, “Assistant Yang, this is Xiaoyuan at the reception. A lady here claims she’s the CEO’s wife, asking to see him.”

Chapter 295: It Turns Out, He Really Mistook Someone Else Yang Hai was very puzzled, “Has Madam arrived? Why would she come to the corporation at this time?”

How could the receptionist answer that question?noveldrama

“Let her come up!”

The receptionist complied, hung up the phone, and then made a welcoming gesture with her hand, “Please, this way.”

After leading the person to the elevator, she swiped her access card for Ye Shuangyin and then stepped out.

The elevator stopped at the thirty-sixth floor.

Ye Shuangyin walked out with her bodyguards, about to look for Sheng Tingyuan’s office, when a door of an office opened and Sheng Tingyuan came out with his assistant.

Upon seeing her, he obviously paused for a moment.

Ye Shuangyin walked towards him, “Sheng Tingyuan, didn’t you expect me to come looking for you? How about it, surprised?”

Sheng Tingyuan’s expression was cold, “Who are you?”

“I’m your wife!”

“You are not.”

“Of course I am, and I’m your only wife.”

Ye Shuangyin said proudly and confidently, “You’ve been deceived, that Ye Chuyi you married before is just an impostor, I, Ye Shuangyin, am the real daughter of Ye Zhengrong! If you don’t believe me, you can call my mother and check.”

A familiar face, a familiar voice, a familiar style of dressing, a familiar arrogance.

Everything at this moment opened the gates to Sheng Tingyuan’s memory.

The woman in front of him finally matched the spoiled Ye family heiress in his memory.

No wonder he always felt that Ye Chuyi had changed from before, different in demeanor, in the way she interacted with others, even in the way she spoke.

He had indeed mistaken her identity!

In a flash of realization, he finally understood why Ye Chuyi had been resisting him all along, why she was unwilling to be a real wife to him, unwilling to take his money, refusing to owe him favors, even why she had simply stopped coming home these past few days!

Turns out, the true Ye family runaway bride had returned.

Probably, the bit of ‘trouble at the Ye family’ she mentioned must have been this issue.

“Hey, why such a cold look? The one who deceived you wasn’t me. You should be grateful to me, you know? If it weren’t for me, you’d still be cheated by that fake,”

Ye Shuangyin was displeased inside, remembering those two encounters with Sheng Tingyuan three years ago, when he had treated her with that same indifferent coldness. How could it be that after three years he still had the same demeanor?

If he hadn’t been so cold back then, when she specifically approached him to talk and was ignored by him, she wouldn’t have run away from the wedding in a huff!

It was because his attitude towards her was just too appalling that she had been adamant about not agreeing to the marriage.

On any ordinary day, no one would dare to slight her, yet he wore his disdain for her plainly on his face. How could she tolerate that? So she simply ran away from the wedding, to make Sheng Tingyuan and the Sheng family suffer a loss, to embarrass them. That would give her satisfaction.

But as a result, it wasn’t Sheng Tingyuan who suffered a loss or embarrassment; instead, she was the one who bore all the losses, all the shame, and even nearly lost her life.

“Hey, are you going to speak, or have you become mute? Sheng Tingyuan, did you hear me? I am your wife, not that fake. You’d better kick her out immediately!”

Sheng Tingyuan’s gaze was cold, his tone even colder, “I don’t know you. I only have one wife, her name is Ye Chuyi. She is the wife I married officially in front of all the elders of the Sheng Ye families. You are the impostor. Get out, and don’t ever come back.”

Ye Shuangyin couldn’t believe it; she had not expected Sheng Tingyuan to have this kind of attitude!

She screamed both in shock and in anger, “Sheng Tingyuan, you dare to tell me to get out? You dare to call me a fake?! You indeed have not changed one bit from three years ago, no discernment, no brains! I am the Ye family heiress, I am!”

“The Ye Chuyi you married, she isn’t even a Ye! Her surname is Lin! She’s born to the lowest servant, she’s not match for you! She shamelessly stole my identity, took advantage of your unfamiliarity with me, exploited a loophole! She deserves to die!”

“Marrying a fake brings you no benefit. It is me you should marry if you want the Ye family’s help! Only I can help you, you’d better think carefully before you speak to me again! Otherwise, you’ll instantly lose all support from the Ye family, you’ll be left with nothing!”

Chapter 296: Throw Her Out of the Group Building Sheng Tingyuan coldly looked at her, that familiar feeling of loathing from three years ago resurfaced.

Indeed, when you detest someone, no matter how long it’s been, seeing them again will only resurrect that hatred.

The first time he met Ye Chuyi, he didn’t have that feeling of disgust, even though they looked alike, his first instinct was very clear.

“You say Ye Chuyi doesn’t carry the Ye surname, then have Ye Zhengrong himself come and explain this to me. At the wedding, it was he who personally handed me Ye Chuyi’s hand.”

Tingyuan’s disgust was undisguised: “It doesn’t matter what Ye Chuyi’s real surname is, what matters is, even if you truly are a Ye, I still wouldn’t marry you. You’d better not shamelessly gold-plate your face by calling yourself my wife, it makes me feel sick.”noveldrama

Having said that, he turned on his heel and left.

Ye Shuangyin, however, was unable to contain her fury and screamed, “Where are you going? You dare to leave before I’ve finished talking? Come back here! You two, don’t just stand there, stop him!”

Two bodyguards immediately stepped forward and blocked Tingyuan’s way.

Sheng Tingyuan’s voice was as cold as ice: “In my corporation, two bodyguards dare to stop me? Yang Hai!”

The assistant hurried forward: “President Sheng, I’m sorry, our men are on their way!”

No sooner had he spoken than the elevator doors opened, and eight black-clad bodyguards emerged, each of them larger and more formidable than those of Ye Shuangyin.

A minute later, those two bodyguards were lying on the ground, screaming in agony.

Ye Shuangyin didn’t care about the state of the bodyguards at all. Seeing Tingyuan about to leave again, she stretched out her arm to stop him: “Where are you going? Are you off to see that impostor? I’m telling you, you’re not allowed to see her! You’re my husband, and from now on, I’m the only one you’re allowed to have in your heart and eyes! You’re not allowed to see other women, especially that fake, I hate her!”

Tingyuan ordered the bodyguards in a frosty tone: “Yang Hai, throw her out of the corporation’s building, and if such a lunatic is ever allowed in again, you’re fired!”

The assistant was sweating profusely: “Yes, President Sheng!”

He quickly directed the bodyguards: “What are you waiting for? Take her away, such trash, she’s simply dirtying President Sheng’s eyesight!”

Ye Shuangyin cursed furiously, but no matter how vicious her words were, they were useless; the eight bodyguards directly lifted her into the elevator and took her away.

Her two bodyguards also scrambled into the elevator, not daring to breathe out loud.

The floor quieted down.

Sheng Tingyuan stood in front of the elevator, an icy aura emanating from his body.

The assistant stood beside him, not daring to look at his current expression, nor daring to speak.

It was his negligence today that allowed Ye Shuangyin to enter. He had not expected someone would dare impersonate Sheng Tingyuan’s wife, so without confirmation, he had allowed her and her bodyguards to come up.

The elevator quickly returned to this level, the doors opened, and Tingyuan stepped in.

The assistant now had to speak up: “President Sheng, you have a meeting coming up, where are you going?”

“Postpone the meeting, I’m going to Dome.”

The assistant quickly entered the elevator, then notified everyone about the postponement of the meeting.

…

At Dome Hospital.

Ye Chuyi had just finished a surgery and was resting in her office for a short while when Ye Ziran arrived.

She was surprised: “What brings you here? Has the Ye Family come to a decision about that matter?”

“Not yet.”

“Then why are you here?”

“You don’t seem very welcoming, do you?”

Ye Ziran strolled nonchalantly around her office, spotted some chocolate on her desk, casually picked one up, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth: “I’m here to deliver a message; Dad wants you to come home tonight.”

“I would have gone anyway, that issue needs to be resolved, it can’t be dragged out any longer.”

“It’s weird, why are you so determined to reveal your identity? Pretending to be a Ye daughter, marrying the heir of the top wealthiest family, isn’t that good? Look at my sister now, crying and shouting to marry Sheng Tingyuan.”

“I don’t want to lie to him anymore, it’s not fair to him, and it’s torture for me as well.”

Ye Ziran suddenly let out an inexplicable laugh: “Why didn’t you turn out twisted?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I heard, your mom was a maid of not so good character, and your dad, a murderer, yet you were raised by such parents, and your character seems okay? You didn’t turn out bad?”

Chapter 297: Sorry, I Lied to You Ye Chuyi mocked herself, “I’m also just so-so in terms of character, aren’t I? If I were truly virtuous, would I pretend to be the Ye Family’s daughter to deceive Sheng Tingyuan into marriage?”

“Yet you’re already enduring agony inside, and you feel it’s unfair to Sheng Tingyuan, but actually, I don’t see anything wrong with it. You don’t need to be so hard on yourself. There’s no need for such a strong sense of morality in life—if it’s too strong, it only wears you out,” he said.

Ye Chuyi looked at him in surprise, “Why do you seem different today, and how come you’re comforting me now?”

“Maybe… I think you’re quite pitiable!” he said.

Ye Chuyi was even more astonished. How could the scion of a wealthy family suddenly overflow with sympathy? Just a few days ago, he was still sarcastically mocking her!

Frowning, Ye Chuyi asked him, “Have the DNA test results with your father come out?”

“Yes, they have. How did you know they were out?”

“Am I really his daughter?”

Ye Ziran paused before answering, “No, you’re not.”

“Then why are you suddenly being nice to me?”

“Ye Chuyi.”

“Yes?”

“Were you treated badly in the past, with no one ever being kind to you?”

Ye Ziran said with a serious expression, “So now, once someone is kind to you, you feel uncomfortable, and you look for all sorts of reasons to make their kindness seem justified. You never dare to think that people might be good to you just because you are good, not because of something else.”

Ye Chuyi didn’t feel that she was exceptionally uncomfortable with others being kind to her, but she was extremely uncomfortable with Ye Ziran’s earnest demeanor now.

Wasn’t he the carefree young master? How did he suddenly transform into a master psychologist? This was too weird!

“Ye Ziran, how come I remember that you didn’t study psychology?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then stop acting like a psychologist here. Please leave, I’m quite busy, I have a surgery to perform soon.”

Ye Ziran touched his nose awkwardly. Could it be that his guess was incorrect? He had intended to play the part a bit longer, but it seemed Ye Chuyi wasn’t buying what he was selling.

She was really resistant to persuasion…

“Fine, I’ll leave. Don’t forget to come home tonight.”

After Ye Ziran spoke, he opened the door to the office.

As he opened it, he stopped in his tracks, “Sheng Tingyuan?”

Sheng Tingyuan didn’t even glance at him but strode into the office.

His assistant pulled Ye Ziran out and then closed the door.

In the office, only Sheng Tingyuan and Ye Chuyi remained.

Ye Chuyi, looking at his icy demeanor, had a bad feeling. It was work hours, and Sheng Tingyuan shouldn’t have been there to find her.

“Ye Chuyi.”

His voice was as deep and pleasant as always, but today, anger tinged his lovely voice.

“Did you play me again?”

Ye Chuyi felt her heart sink, “President Sheng, what’s the matter? What do you want to say…”

“Ye Shuangyin just came to see me.”

Ye Chuyi’s face turned pale, the heart she hoped against hope had finally died.

She hadn’t managed to be the first one to tell him the truth, to anticipate the day when she could confess her wrongdoing. Ye Shuangyin had taken the lead and exposed her.

Her apology now seemed so pale and powerless, “I’m sorry, President Sheng, I deceived you.”

Sheng Tingyuan stepped forward, forcing her to retreat until there was nowhere left to go, cornering her against the wall.

His eyes were red, his voice cold, “No wonder you kept calling me President Sheng, not even willing to utter ‘Tingyuan.’ It turns out you never intended to live a life with me.”

“While I was planning our future, you were thinking about how to deceive me, about leaving!”noveldrama

“I left you alone all these days, thinking maybe you were too tired from work or perhaps in a bad mood, so I never pressed you. I gave you freedom, space!”

“What did I get in return? Ye Chuyi, tell me, what did I get!”

Ye Chuyi, head bowed and eyelashes fluttering, her voice trembling slightly, “It’s deception… I’m sorry.”

Unwilling to look up at him, Sheng Tingyuan pinched her chin, forcing her to raise her head and meet his eyes, “Do you think a simple apology can solve everything? Or do you believe that avoiding me will resolve the issues? So many have tried to deceive me, why were you the one who succeeded? Do you really think your trickery is that clever?”

Chapter 298: You Played Me, Can You Get Away Unscathed? Ye Chuyi’s chin ached from his pinch as she looked into his eyes that were as deep as the starry sky and whispered, “I didn’t know how to face you, so I ran away. I know running away doesn’t solve anything, but I couldn’t think of any other way.”noveldrama

“I know my deception wasn’t very clever, and it succeeded because the Ye Family helped me.”

“I am the daughter of a maid from the Wen Family, and my father is a murderer. He is the one who killed another maid of the Wen Family, Tian Qiugui, and he had killed someone else before that.”

“Marrying you was a deal I made with the Ye Family; I married into the Sheng Family in the place of the Ye daughter who had run away from her wedding so that the Ye Family would get my father out of prison.”

“I didn’t dare to tell you these things, and I didn’t dare to be a true husband and wife to you because I knew I was using you, deceiving you. One day, you would find out the truth, and if we had become true husband and wife, you would hate me even more.”

“Fortunately, what shouldn’t have happened didn’t happen. President Sheng, everything can still be corrected. You can re-marry the real Ye daughter, Ye Shuangyin.”

Sheng Tingyuan’s eyes grew even redder, his anger uncontrollable, “You want me to marry Ye Shuangyin?! Is that how you want to push me towards her?”

“Isn’t it the Ye Family’s daughter you’ve always wanted? Otherwise, why would you have insisted on marrying me in the first place? Ye Shuangyin now regrets running away from the wedding. She’s very willing to marry into the family, very willing to become your wife.”

Sheng Tingyuan let go of her, took a step back, and his expression turned cold and indifferent, “How generous of you, to play me for a fool, use me up, and then turn around to push me towards another woman. Alright, you’re really something, very capable indeed!”

“But do you think you can just play me and get off scot-free? Ye Chuyi, you’re in over your head! Do you think that because nothing happened between us, I’ll just let you go? Do you really think I have no temper, that I’m some kind of philanthropist?”

“And who I marry or don’t marry is not up to you to arrange! You’d better go home honestly tonight like before, otherwise, I wouldn’t mind sending the Dome into bankruptcy and closure!”

Ye Chuyi wanted to apologize again, but Sheng Tingyuan had already turned and was walking toward the door.

Before he left, he added coldly, “And the Jungle; you have a good relationship with Cong Ningyuan, don’t you? Then let him and Chuyi keep you company in the afterlife!”

Ye Chuyi was startled, “You can’t touch the Jungle!”

“Then you go back tonight! If you sleep in this rundown hospital again, I’ll have it torn down tomorrow!”

After saying that, Sheng Tingyuan opened the door and walked out.

Ye Chuyi felt somewhat dejected; she had thought that by not mentioning her relationship with the Jungle, Sheng Tingyuan wouldn’t touch it. She hadn’t expected him to be so ruthless, unwilling to spare even Cong Ningyuan, who was somewhat close to her.

She stood by the window slowly, waited for a moment, and saw him leave the office building, heading towards the parking lot with his assistant.

This time, he didn’t look up.

Ye Chuyi felt an indescribable discomfort in her heart; everything was over. Things were as she expected: he was angry, but he was also calm.

The angriest he had gotten was just a slight pinch on her chin.

She had anticipated his reaction, what his anger would be like once he found out her true identity.

But no matter how much she imagined it, when he was really angry, she still felt intimidated.

The door opened, and the assistant came in, “Doctor Anxin, it’s time. The patient is ready; you should head to the operating room now.”

Ye Chuyi suppressed all her negative emotions, slapped her face to wake herself up a bit, “Okay, I’ll be right there.”

The busy and complex surgery temporarily pulled her out of her negative emotions. Three hours later, after the surgery was done, she returned to her office and thought of Sheng Tingyuan again.

She was lost in thought for quite a while until the phone rang, bringing her back to reality.

It was Ye Ziran, “Ye Chuyi, why haven’t you come home yet? You didn’t forget, did you?”

“I haven’t forgotten; I just finished a surgery. I’m on my way now.”

After hanging up, she picked up her bag and left the office.

As soon as she stepped out of the office building, raindrops began to fall.

Ye Chuyi paused, looking up at the curtain of rain.

It was raining again.

Was it trying to tell her that coming clean with Sheng Tingyuan and parting ways with him was a good thing?

Or was it saying that going to the Ye Family was a good thing?

 

Chapter 299: The Ye Family Will Not Change the Person for the Marriage Alliance But regardless of either event, Ye Chuyi felt no joy at the moment.

It felt as if a massive boulder pressed down on her heart, making it hard for her to breathe. Even though she was no longer deceiving Sheng Tingyuan, she felt even worse than when she had been lying to him.

Not even the rain could lift her spirits.

She shook her head, pressed a hand to her chest, and went to the parking lot to drive to the Ye Family mansion.

Upon entering the living room, she saw all four members of the Ye Family waiting for her.

“I’m sorry, the surgery took longer than expected, and there was also a traffic jam on the road, so I’m a bit late,” she apologized.

“It’s okay,” they replied.

Ye Zhengrong waved his hand, “Take a seat!”

But Ye Chuyi didn’t sit: “No need, I’ll just say a few words and then leave. Regarding the matter of my identity, Sheng Tingyuan already knows everything, so there’s no need for further discussion.”

Ye Zhengrong frowned, “You told him?”

“Miss Ye went to see him, and then he came looking for me. I admitted it, and he was very angry.”

Ye Zhengrong glared angrily at his daughter, “What were you thinking? Didn’t I expressly forbid you to see Sheng Tingyuan?! Why do you never listen to what I say!”

Ye Shuangyin, even at home, wore a luxurious, expensive haute couture dress—not the same one she wore during the day, but a new one.

She sat like a princess, her high heels on, her dress splayed over the sofa, even wearing a diamond tiara on her head, looking nothing like the disheveled figure she had been on the day of her return.

Hearing Ye Zhengrong’s words, she said nonchalantly, “What’s wrong with me seeing Sheng Tingyuan? Wasn’t it you who arranged for me to marry him? I am his true wife, so I told him he had married a counterfeit, that he had been deceived.”

Ye Zhengrong furiously slammed the table, “Foolish girl! You’ll be the death of the Ye Family! Was it only Chuyi who deceived him? The Ye Family deceived him, with your mother and me as the masterminds! You will leave for abroad tomorrow, and don’t you come back until you stop acting on your own and making foolish mistakes!”

Ye Shuangyin looked toward Madam Ye, “Mom, look at him, he’s lost his mind. For the sake of a fake, he’s sending me abroad! I won’t go, I’ve just come back, and I haven’t even fully recovered yet!”

Madam Ye was also displeased, “Ye Zhengrong, if you dare to send our daughter abroad, I’ll never let you off the hook! Xiaoyin went to see Sheng Tingyuan with my permission, blame me if you must, but don’t take it out on the child!”

As Ye Chuyi watched them on the verge of another quarrel, she had no desire to stay and listen. She interjected, “Uncle Ye, as Sheng Tingyuan is already aware of everything he needs to know, there’s no point in further discussion. My relationship with Sheng Tingyuan has also ended; you can find someone else to mend the relationship.”

Ye Zhengrong said, “Who said your relationship with Sheng Tingyuan has ended?”

Ye Chuyi frowned, “What do you mean by that?”

“What I mean is, you will continue your relationship with Sheng Tingyuan. The Ye Family isn’t going to switch candidates for the arranged marriage, and the Sheng Family certainly wouldn’t agree to it.”

“I have already told Sheng Tingyuan that I am the daughter of a maid and a murderer. He’s really angry. How can I maintain a relationship with him?”

Ye Shuangyin yelled, “Dad, have you gone mad? Why are you still insisting on this impostor marrying Sheng Tingyuan in my place? Do you look down on me that much? Am I even your real daughter?”

“Shut up! You don’t have a bit of sense, not a trace of improvement! If you weren’t my own flesh and blood, I would’ve thrown you out long ago!”

Ye Zhengrong shouted at her, and seeing that she had run off crying into her mother’s arms, he looked away in disappointment.

Feeling that she was no longer involved, Ye Chuyi said, “Uncle Ye, I shall take my leave now. I will expedite the divorce from Sheng Tingyuan.”noveldrama

“There’s no need for you to divorce him. Sheng Tingyuan married the daughter of the Ye Family, and you bear the Ye name as well.”

“I do not bear the Ye name.”

“I say you bear the Ye name, so you bear it. Don’t ever change this surname.”

Ye Chuyi was surprised; she hadn’t expected Ye Zhengrong to be so obstinate, even forbidding her from changing her surname, almost as if he truly regarded her as his daughter. What had gotten into him?

Ye Zhengrong looked at his son, “Ziran, show her the DNA test report.”

 

Chapter 300 You Should Call Me Uncle Ye Ziran stood up and walked over to Ye Chuyi, handing the report to her.

Ye Chuyi was stunned.

What did this mean?

Hadn’t Ye Ziran just said today that she was not Ye Zhengrong’s daughter? Why was she now showing her the DNA report?

She looked down, turned to the last page of the report, and saw the conclusion: The two DNA samples do not have a parent-child relationship.

But below this result was another line of text: The two DNA samples share approximately 25% of their short tandem repeat sequences, indicating a close family relationship.

Ye Chuyi couldn’t believe it. She read the results over and over again, and finally, looking up at Ye Zhengrong with a trembling voice, she asked, “Could there be a mistake in the test results?”

“No, Ziran found the most authoritative professional institutions to conduct the tests, and the results were all consistent.”

Ye Zhengrong looked at her, his usually stern gaze revealing complexity, “Chuyi, you and I are indeed related by blood. You are my sister Ye Jinyu’s daughter; you should call me ‘Uncle’.”

Ye Chuyi was greatly shaken, and the DNA report dropped from her hands to the floor.

She was the daughter of Lady Wen?!

The beautiful, kind, gentle, and generous Lady Wen was her biological mother?

Ye Shuangyin was also dumbfounded. She hurried over, picked up the DNA report from the floor, and after looking through it, she exclaimed, “Impossible! How could she be a relative of our Ye Family? She’s clearly the daughter of a maid and a murderer!”

Madam Ye also came over to look at the DNA report and after reading it, she gave her son a questioning look.

Ye Ziran knew what she was asking, “Mom, no need to doubt. Would my father casually acknowledge a niece? She truly is my aunt’s daughter. She was switched at birth by the maid in my aunt’s household. The one they are raising now is the maid’s daughter.”

“What? This kind of thing happened?!”

Madam Ye was astonished and couldn’t help but look over at Ye Chuyi.

Under the light, her face was so exquisite and beautiful that even now, despite being pale, it did not diminish her allure.

She looked so much like Ye Zhengrong—it was said that nieces take after their uncles, and it certainly wasn’t false!

Madam Ye had always felt that Ye Chuyi’s personality somewhat resembled that of her father-in-law Ye Chongzun. Now she understood; Ye Chuyi was Ye Chongzun’s biological granddaughter. No wonder there was a resemblance!

Seeing that Ye Chuyi had not spoken, Ye Zhengrong said, “Chuyi, if you don’t believe our DNA report, you can get a sample of my sister’s hair and conduct the test yourself.”

Ye Chuyi suddenly laughed, a laugh full of despair, as tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, “No need, I believe your test results.”

How could she not believe it?

No one believed it more than she did.

All the past inconsistencies made sense now.

No wonder Lin Yueqin had never shown her affection, not even willing to breastfeed her after she was born.

No wonder Lin Yueqin was so good to Wen Nianyou—so unbelievably good that she was even willing to let her daughter bear the blame for Wen Nianyou’s hit-and-run causing death.

No wonder Lin Yueqin never let her get close to Lady Wen and always obstructed her from visiting the Wen Family.

In the past, she could never understand why Shi Youjin was blackmailed, and why he risked so much to kill the extortionist.

Now, she understood.

Those two people must have known about Shi Youjin and Lin Yueqin’s baby switch and were therefore blackmailing them for money.

And to keep his biological daughter from being exposed, to ensure she continued to live a life of wealth with the Wen Family, Shi Youjin sacrificed himself.

“Ha! Hahahaha! So that’s how it is!”

Ye Chuyi thought and laughed aloud.

Her laughter was frenzied and she seemed to have lost her sanity.

How pitiful she was—Shi Youjin never really regarded her as his daughter. He gave her little favors, feigned a father’s love, and she was grateful for so many years, doing everything to get him out of prison!noveldrama

But look at what he did for his biological daughter—for Wen Nianyou to sleep without worries as the young mistress, he killed two people!

He served eighteen years in prison and as soon as he was released, he wielded the knife again for his daughter, eliminating Tian Qiugui, a significant threat. Even if it meant a death sentence, he did not hesitate!

That was true paternal love!

The vicious and ruthless Wen Nianyou had for years enjoyed the boundless love and protection meant for four people!

And Ye Chuyi, like a weed, was trampled into the soil—her dignity tread upon, living a life full of wounds.