I'll Wait for Second Brother to Return in Disgrace

You have to give him time to speak. He might not be able to say it yet.

Hearing this, Ye Chen instinctively spoke up. "A-Zhe, you—you just wanted to say what?"

Xia Zhe had not expected Ye Chen to ask again. His eyes widened slightly. "I—I wanted to say, I—we..."

The words that followed refused to come out for a long time. Ye Chen felt somewhat uneasy, but he continued looking at Xia Zhe.

My second brother really is so stupid. Look how clever that guy is, acting as if he's so heartbroken that he can't say the rest.

But whether he doesn't want to say it or really can't say it remains to be seen.

After a long while, Xia Zhe finally managed to say the four words, "Don't borrow the money."

This time, Ye Chen's reaction was clearly not as intense as before, but he still chose to believe Xia Zhe.

He looked solemnly at the Ye family members. "Dad, Mom, I really do like him, and he really has run into difficulties. Can't you believe me just this once?"

Xia Zhe, meanwhile, deliberately widened his eyes in surprise, as though he were astonished that Ye Chen liked him.

Ye Chen looked at Xia Zhe. "Little Zhe, I really do like you. Are you willing to give me this chance?"

Xia Zhe said nothing. After a long while, he nodded.

Ye Father and Ye Mother had yet to speak when Ye Qing's inner voice came first.

Second Brother really won't give up until he hits a dead end!

But Second Brother really has fallen too deeply this time. It's normal for him to be like this for now.

After all, it's rare for him to fall for someone.

After hearing this, Ye Father decisively looked at Ye Chen. "Fine. Whether you like him is your business, but we won't agree to lend him money."

"Moreover, starting now, all the money you have access to will be cut off."

Ye Chen did not see the change in Xia Zhe's expression, but Ye Qing saw it clearly.

Oh, his expression changed. What a pity Second Brother didn't see it.

Ye Chen immediately looked toward Xia Zhe, but by then, the expression on Xia Zhe's face had long since changed.

Ye Qing's words had already affected Ye Chen, but he still chose to believe Xia Zhe.

He looked at Xia Zhe. "A-Zhe, can you believe me? I can also gather ten million for you."

Of course I believe you, but making you and your family misunderstand each other, I...

"I don't want to see this happen."

At this moment, Ye Qing's inner voice overlapped with Xia Zhe's.

At this moment, Ye Chen's heart shattered in two, but half of it still stubbornly believed Xia Zhe.

Tsk, whether you say it or not, reading too many novels really does have its benefits. I can already guess what Xia Zhe is going to say.

It's exactly word for word. I'm amazing! Ye Qing praised himself inwardly.

The others looked at Ye Qing. They had never known that his inner world was so rich.

At present, Ye Chen only wanted one answer from Xia Zhe. Otherwise, he felt he was about to go insane.

Under Ye Chen's gaze, Xia Zhe finally gave him the answer he wanted.

Ye Chen thought to himself, Just this once. Only this once.

Then he left with Xia Zhe.

I'll wait for Second Brother to return in disgrace.

Hearing this, the Ye family members turned their heads away, finding it simply too amusing.

Now they were no longer worried. Even if what Ye Qing said was untrue, their judgment of people could not be wrong. Ye Chen would definitely come back.

Ye Chen, who had been walking ahead, suddenly stopped and turned around, looking at Ye Qing with a complicated expression.

His tone held a hint of complete resignation. "I had you come back to help me."

Ye Qing looked at Ye Chen innocently. "Second Brother, how can I help? I don't have ten million to lend you."

Ye Chen thought to himself, Right, you didn't object, but you've already stabbed a hole through my heart. It feels so cold and drafty.

Forget it, forget it. Maybe all of this only happened because Ye Qing reads too many novels and happened to guess correctly.

Ye Chen could only comfort himself this way.

Watching the two of them silently leave, Ye Qing thought for a moment about what he had just seen.

How am I supposed to tell Second Brother that Xia Zhe is going to meet that boyfriend this Saturday?

Ye Chen stumbled in his step as he walked out.

"Brother Ye, are you all right?" Xia Zhe asked worriedly.

Ye Chen said nothing. He looked at Xia Zhe. Was Xia Zhe really that kind of person? Had he really misjudged him?

Regardless, this Saturday—he would know the answer this Saturday.

Ye Chen steadied himself. "It's nothing. Let's go."

After they left, Xia Zhe looked at Ye Chen and asked, "Brother Ye, what should we do now?"

"You fell out with your family because of me, and now your cards have been suspended. You..."

"Besides, you know my place is a mess. You definitely won't be used to living there."

"You—you shouldn't have fallen out with your family because of me."

"I'll find a way to handle the remaining ten million myself. We can also stop being together. I don't want to drag you down."

After hearing Xia Zhe's question, Ye Chen's heart chilled another degree. If Xia Zhe really cared about him, why had he not asked whether Ye Chen was upset?

Instead, he was asking what the two of them would do afterward. Besides, it was not as if Xia Zhe's place was unlivable, yet he had subconsciously excluded Ye Chen from his future plans.

Seeing Ye Chen's expression, Xia Zhe knew that he had said the wrong thing.

Xia Zhe felt a burst of frustration. He had been too impatient and should not have directly pointed out Ye Chen's mistakes.

A moment later, tears glimmered in Xia Zhe's eyes. "Brother Ye, what I mean is that you've made too great a sacrifice for me. I'm not worth this."

"Besides, you usually use only the best things. Because of me, you're going to give all that up. I really don't think it's worth it."

"I can't bear to see you suffer so much for me." After saying this, the tears in Xia Zhe's eyes immediately fell.

Ye Chen's mind was in turmoil, but when he saw this, he still instinctively comforted Xia Zhe.

"It's all right. I have a place of my own, and afterward, I can earn money to support you and help you resolve your problems."

He had previously used the money he earned to buy a house. He had originally planned to tell his family, but he had not expected something like this to happen, so he had not gotten the chance.

Xia Zhe sounded slightly happier. He looked at Ye Chen with eyes full of admiration. "Brother Ye, you're amazing. You're nothing like the people I met before."

"You've met a lot of people before?"

"No. I meant the people I met at the club before."

The way the two of them met was essentially a case of a hero saving a beauty. Ye Chen liked racing, and it could even be said that racing was his profession.

After one race, Ye Chen encountered Xia Zhe being harassed by some people. Unable to stand by and watch, he stepped in and rescued Xia Zhe.

After that, the two gradually became familiar with each other. When Ye Chen learned that Xia Zhe's parents had both died, that he had grown up living with his grandmother, and that his grandmother had even passed away not long ago, he began to feel pity for Xia Zhe.

Then he saw how hard Xia Zhe worked to live his life, and before he knew it, he was drawn to Xia Zhe.

So when Xia Zhe got drunk one time and said that he liked Ye Chen but did not dare confess because of the difference between them, Ye Chen was overjoyed. He confessed to Xia Zhe the next day.

At first, Xia Zhe had been burdened by his misgivings and had not dared accept. It was only just now, at the Ye family home, that he had finally given Ye Chen an answer.

That was why, when he heard Ye Qing's inner voice, he had not believed it immediately. In his heart, Xia Zhe was not that kind of person.

If Ye Qing had taken a closer look at how the two of them met, he would definitely have said, Isn't this just the story of a pure little white flower striving upward, deliberately tricking my second brother, that big fool who is stupid and rich?