Ye Nanxun Is My Relative

Chapter Ten

He leaned bonelessly against He Yiming's arm, soft and limp.

Xu Wenyan said quietly, "Brother He, did you accompany Miss He to the Imperial Palace yesterday?"

Before He Yiming could speak, Xu Wenyan grabbed the alpha's forearm. "That's so nice. I really want to go to the Imperial Palace too."

He Yiming snorted. "You're just an A-rank omega. What right do you have to attend an coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace? Besides, you're already twenty-three. Isn't it a little late for you to attend one now?"

Xu Wenyan cursed He Yiming in his heart. So what if I'm an A-rank omega? Aren't all of you still dogs at my feet?

Lowering his head and putting on a sorrowful expression, Xu Wenyan pleaded humbly, "I can't attend the coming-of-age ceremony, but can't you at least take me into the Imperial Palace for a look?"

He Yiming roughly pinched Xu Wenyan's chin and looked down at him. "Haven't you been fooling around with Zhu Shixin every day lately? Why hasn't he taken you?"

Xu Wenyan thought, As if he doesn't want to.

Zhu Shixin had a cousin named Zhu Yucheng, who was very close to Yan Beiyou.

Xu Wenyan had initially hoped Zhu Shixin would take him to the Imperial Palace, so he had let Zhu Shixin have his way with him for quite some time.

Who knew that the moment Zhu Shixin heard he would have to ask his cousin Zhu Yucheng to take Xu Wenyan to the Imperial Palace, he immediately turned hostile and refused to acknowledge their relationship.

Zhu Shixin usually acted arrogant as hell, but the moment he heard Zhu Yucheng's name, he became like a mouse seeing a cat and refused to go no matter what.

Xu Wenyan huffed. "How could he possibly have that kind of influence? Brother He, Zhu Shixin can't take me, so will you take me instead? Brother He is still the most impressive."

Hearing Xu Wenyan's dissatisfaction with Zhu Shixin, He Yiming curled his lips.

"Make me happy first, then we'll talk." He Yiming grabbed Xu Wenyan's arm and pulled him to his feet.

"Mm." Xu Wenyan held He Yiming's forearm, looking obedient and docile.

"Ye Zhineng brought you here. You're leaving with me without saying a word to him?" He Yiming said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

Having been cast aside by Xu Wenyan from the moment they entered, Ye Zhineng's expression was not very pleasant.

Xu Wenyan smiled again. "Brother Ye, I really want to go to the Imperial Palace."

The smile on Ye Zhineng's face stiffened somewhat. Yet when he saw Xu Wenyan's innocent, moist eyes looking at him, he silently endured it again.

Ye Zhineng said, seemingly magnanimous, "Mm, go ahead."

He Yiming and Xu Wenyan left arm in arm right past him.

Clutching his wineglass tightly, Ye Zhineng took a deep breath.

He lacked the ability to get into the Imperial Palace. He couldn't blame Xu Wenyan for that.

Feeling that the people around him were more or less secretly watching him, Ye Zhineng felt gloomy inside while forcing himself to appear composed.

"Young Master Ye, do you know Ye Nanxun? You two share the same surname. Could you be relatives?"

"Hm? Who?" Ye Zhineng froze for a moment. He had thought they were mocking him, only for them to ask an unrelated question.

The people nearby resumed the topic they had just interrupted.

Ye Zhineng said, "Ye Nanxun?"

"Yes, yes, Ye Nanxun."

"We finally managed to get his contact information yesterday, but he rejected every single one of us."

"Young Master Ye, do you know him?"

Compared to He Yiming, the son of a general, Ye Zhineng's spiritual power rank was inferior, and his status was even less comparable.

Back in his hometown, Ye Zhineng could still be considered a young master who was fawned over. But now that he was on Dream Star, the capital planet of the galaxy, few of these nobles who had grown up beneath the Imperial Palace walls thought much of him.

Whenever he came to the He Household before, the young masters friendly with the He Household would greet him politely on the surface, but they never paid him any attention in private.

Now that these young masters from powerful families had suddenly gathered around him, Ye Zhineng felt an unprecedented surge of pride well up inside him.

Ye Zhineng said, "I have an uncle and aunt in Dream City. Their son seems to be named Ye Nanxun."

If these people had not suddenly mentioned it, he would have nearly forgotten about it.

About half a month ago, Ye Zhineng had received word from home that one of his uncles and aunts lived in Dream City and wanted him to pay them a visit.

However, that family had happened to be traveling on another planet at the time, so he had been unable to go and could only arrange another time.

Ye Zhineng remembered that his uncle was named Ye Xiangsong and his aunt was named Chen Mingzhu.

They had a son who seemed to be called Ye Nanxun.

He was introverted and hardly ever left the house.

As far as Ye Zhineng knew, Ye Xiangsong's family had a little money, but they were nothing before the main Ye Household, much less before Dream City's lofty upper class.

The moment the group heard that Ye Zhineng and Ye Nanxun were related, their eyes lit up.

They usually treated Ye Zhineng as though he were invisible, but now they crowded around him one after another.

"Young Master Ye, I don't think we have each other's contact information yet. Let's add each other. Do you like horseback riding? I have an equestrian estate. We can go out and have fun sometime."

"I'll add you too. We can all hang out together from now on."

Suppressing the immense vanity rising within him, Ye Zhineng smiled. "Sure."

A car slowly pulled up in front of the opera house.

The door opened, and a tall young man wearing a knit cap stepped out.

A warm cashmere scarf covered most of his face, revealing only a pair of green eyes with an emerald sheen.

After tugging at his scarf, Ye Nanxun gave his name to the guard and entered Dream Star Opera House without issue.

Ye Nanxun had only seen Dream Star Opera House in videos before.

It was the most luxurious and magnificent opera house on all of Dream Star, the dream stage where every musician longed to perform.

When Ye Nanxun entered the performance hall, the symphony orchestra onstage was playing under Jiang Yuenian's direction.

A few staff members sat below the stage. One of them noticed Ye Nanxun and jogged over to the heavily bundled young man.

"Hello, I'm Teacher Jiang's assistant." The person smiled at Ye Nanxun. "Teacher Jiang and the orchestra will finish rehearsing soon. Please have a seat and wait a moment."

After thanking him, Ye Nanxun sat down in a seat near the back.

The hall was very warm.

He removed his knit cap and scarf, holding them in his arms. His pale, clean face was revealed as he quietly enjoyed the orchestra's live performance.

When the rehearsal ended, Jiang Yuenian said a few words to the orchestra onstage before walking straight toward Ye Nanxun.

Ye Nanxun hurriedly stood and walked toward Jiang Yuenian as well.

"I'm sorry to trouble you with coming here today because I had something to deal with," Jiang Yuenian said apologetically.

Despite being a famous musician throughout the galaxy, he was remarkably approachable.

Ye Nanxun said, "I don't usually have much to do at home anyway. Thanks to you, I was not only able to visit Dream Star Opera House, but also hear the orchestra perform live."

Jiang Yuenian laughed heartily. "The orchestra has a performance next month. You must come then."

Ye Nanxun smiled and nodded. "Thank you."

After chatting for a few moments, Jiang Yuenian revealed his purpose. "Next month is my husband's birthday. I originally planned to have the orchestra perform live at his birthday party, but due to some circumstances, we're short a pianist."

Gazing at Ye Nanxun's cool and handsome face, Jiang Yuenian said, "I wonder whether Mr. Ye has the time."