Doted On by the Whole Family, Sent Off to School
Old Master Ye studied Ye Huo in silence for a long time, then said gravely, "Eldest, second, third, this is your only sister. Remember, you must protect her well. You can't let her suffer any more grievances. Understood?"
"Yes, Grandpa."
The three brothers answered in unison.
Wonderful. The family was finally reunited.
Her mother, Jian Yan, had a delicate, palm-sized face of pure, ethereal beauty and fair, flawless skin as smooth as congealed cream.
She linked arms with her daughter, a joyful smile on her face, and said affectionately, "Huohuo, this is your grandpa and your three brothers! They may look serious, but they truly adore you!"
"Mm."
Ye Huo looked at the large family before her who doted on her and smiled faintly.
When she added it up, her paternal grandfather was the man in charge of the capital's foremost wealthy family. Her maternal grandfather was the foremost military chief in the capital.
Politics and business joined together-a top-tier wealthy family.
Her family... was 10,000 times more awesome than she had imagined!
From now on, she was the Ye family's young miss, who could summon the wind and command the rain.
What a great feeling!
The whole family accompanied Ye Huo into the banquet hall.
A magnificent, opulent European crystal chandelier hung in the hall, which was packed with guests.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ye, congratulations! Your precious daughter has finally been found!"
The guests rose one after another and raised their champagne glasses in welcome.
Outside the villa, three thousand ceremonial cannon salutes rang out.
The grand family reunion banquet began.
Surrounded by her grandfathers, parents, and brothers, Ye Huo walked onto the banquet stage.
She stood before a cake stand over a meter tall and cut the cake, completing the celebration ceremony.
"Congratulations on your return, Miss Ye!"
Drumlike applause erupted below the stage. Everyone cheered and applauded, offering Ye Huo their blessings on finding her birth parents.
And just like that, Ye Huo, the top female mercenary king who struck fear into the world, transformed into the capital's foremost socialite.
She was currently twenty years old.
The granddaughter of Ye Zhengtian, patriarch of the Ye Family.
The maternal granddaughter of Jian Jingxuan, commander-in-chief of the Capital Military Region.
The younger sister of Ye Chen, CEO and president of the Ye Group in Asia.
The daughter of Jian Yan, director of Capital 309 Hospital.
The biological daughter of Ye Chuan, B University's chief professor...
Any one of those titles was enough to crush everyone else in the capital.
Her status, her family, her background-they were so awesome there were simply no words for it.
Born into a family like this, she could have wind whenever she wanted wind and rain whenever she wanted rain. Her future was bright.
After she returned to the Ye family, her grandfather arranged her transfer to a new school, intending for her to catch up properly on her studies.
After all, every member of the family had at least a graduate degree from B University. She couldn't hold the family back.
Early Monday morning, Ye Huo was due to go to school.
The whole family was in an uproar.
Her three brothers cleared their work schedules, and her maternal grandparents, parents, grandfather, and a whole crowd of aunts and other relatives sat together downstairs, waiting to see Ye Huo off to school.
Ye Huo got up and dressed in a loose blue-and-white school uniform. Her long black hair fell down her back, and her beautiful face was full of indifference.
She brushed her teeth, washed her face, ate breakfast, and picked up her schoolbag and phone. As she passed downstairs, she took one look and immediately wore a shocked expression.
More than a dozen members of the family were holding her things, waiting to see her off to school.
A water bottle, hair clips, hair ties, a pencil case, clothes, snacks, cookies, magazines, novels, adhesive bandages, a medical kit... they had packed every kind of thing imaginable.
Her father had even prepared over a dozen large pink Barbie doll sets for her to take to school, saying his precious daughter could play with them whenever class got boring.
Ye Huo's head began to ache.
Ever since she had returned, the Ye family seemed to have come down with some kind of flesh-and-blood separation syndrome.
Her parents, three brothers, and both sets of grandparents kept an especially close eye on her, terrified that if they let their guard down for a moment, someone would steal her away again.
Now, in the whole wide world, nothing mattered more to the family than her, Ye Huo.
These people stayed at her side almost twenty-four hours a day, serving her tea and water, massaging her and pounding her legs, bringing food to her mouth. She didn't even have to dress herself.
Sister Huo felt she was about to become a complete invalid.
If she didn't get out to school for a breath of fresh air soon, she was going to go crazy.
She looked at the crowd surrounding her, paused, then said, "Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandpa, brothers, I'm all grown up. I'm not a three-year-old who can just be stolen away... Please let me go to school by myself!"
"How could we do that? Our Huohuo is so thin and small. What if someone bullies you?"
Her mother, Jian Yan, was the first to object.
Her father, Ye Chuan, also shook his head firmly.
He had lost his daughter once before. That separation of flesh and blood, not knowing whether she was alive or dead, had been as terrifying as hell itself.
He never wanted to go through it a second time.
He truly wanted to hold his precious daughter in the palm of his hand and protect her for the rest of her life, guarding her wherever he went!
"Dad, Mom, it's enough that I don't bully other people. Nobody's going to bully me."
As Ye Huo spoke, she carried her schoolbag out to the open space outside the villa.
The whole family immediately sprang into action, rushing after her to protect her like mother hens shielding their chicks.
Ye Huo stopped and turned around.
She beckoned with a finger and pointed out ten bodyguards as her opponents.
"All of you, come at me together!"
"Miss... how could we do that?" The bodyguards were utterly shocked.
How could they fight the lofty young miss?
"You bunch of good-for-nothings, if you can't even beat me, you don't deserve to stay by my side!"
Ye Huo deliberately provoked them.
But the bodyguards still didn't dare make a move.
The person before them was the young miss the entire Ye family treasured like the apple of their eye, the one who received all their love and affection.
Getting fired would be a small matter.
If they accidentally harmed a single hair on her head, none of them could expect to get by in the capital anymore.
The young miss's maternal grandfather, Chief Jian, would be the first to come after them!
"Three brothers, then you come at me."
Ye Huo's lips twitched. "As long as you beat me, I'll listen to you for the rest of my life!"
"Precious Huohuo, what if your brothers lose?" her mother asked curiously from the side.
Ye Huo's pitch-black eyes held a hint of cold pride. "Mom, then let me go to school by myself and have some peace and quiet!"
"All right, Ye Mo, Ye Chen, Ye Fan! Have a little match with my precious granddaughter. Mind your strength. If you dare hurt Huohuo, I won't let you off!"
Old Master Jian spoke proudly.
He was one of the founding generals.
He had gone to the battlefield at a young age and forged his iron resolve and courage amid a hail of bullets.
Under his day-in, day-out training, his three grandsons had studied military combat since childhood.
When it came to individual combat ability, there was no strongest for them, only stronger.
So far, they had yet to meet a match in the entire military!
Old Master Jian was very confident.
His precious granddaughter probably couldn't beat them.
"Yes, Grandpa."
Ye Mo, Ye Chen, and Ye Fan glanced at their sister in unison. A trace of affection flashed in their eyes as they promised, "Huohuo, don't worry. We won't hurt you!"
"Big brother, second brother, third brother, don't hold back. I'll open your eyes!"
The corners of Ye Huo's lips lifted in a faint smile, making her look so cold and proud.
She also wanted to see where her skills as the mercenary queen ranked in the entire capital.