The tenth melon: what melon takes ten bites?

"..."

At that moment, following Ye Mo's words, the atmosphere at the dining table abruptly turned strange.

Ruan Xianyue suddenly stood up, covering her face as she said rather awkwardly, "I'm not very hungry. Go ahead and have breakfast without me..."

With that, she hurried upstairs.

Anyone could see how deeply Ye Mo's words had shaken Ruan Xianyue, leaving her barely able to maintain a normal expression and forcing her to make a hasty exit.

And at that moment, the Ye family clearly felt the coldness in Ye Mo's attitude toward them.

...She seemed not to care about these so-called family members at all.

"I'll go check on your mother..." Ye Zhipeng rose and followed Ruan Xianyue upstairs.

As for Ye Baozhu, she had fallen silent the moment Ye Mo spoke. Now, she watched her in considerable surprise without saying anything.

Ye Miao looked even more dazed, as though he had suffered a tremendous shock.

In his eyes, Ye Mo was a vain woman of poor character. After learning she was a child of the Ye family, her most likely reaction should have been wild delight.

Yet he had never imagined that Ye Mo would be so utterly indifferent toward her "family."

"...How could you not have any feelings for us at all?" he could not help asking.

Ye Mo gave him a disdainful look. "What's so strange about that? It's not as though you have any feelings for me either."

At that, Ye Miao was immediately lost for words. After all, that was the truth.

Ye Mo sneered at him. "So you don't need to put on that face to show me how much you dislike me. It's not as though I like you all that much either."

Ye Miao: "..."

Ye Lin, on the other hand, could barely suppress his amusement, a hint of appreciation in his eyes as he looked at Ye Mo.

Because of Ye Mo's remarks at the table, breakfast had become a somewhat delicate affair. Aside from Ye Mo, everyone found the food rather tasteless.

Looking at Ye Mo, however, her appetite had not been affected in the slightest. She seemed to thoroughly enjoy her breakfast.

Ye Miao muttered, "...She really doesn't care about us, huh?"

It was strange. Earlier, he had suspected that once Ye Mo knew she belonged to the Ye family, she would stop at nothing to latch onto them and curry favor, and he had felt nothing but disdain. Yet now that Ye Mo treated them with utter indifference, he instead felt subtly uncomfortable.

Ye Miao sighed.

If Ye Mo had known what he was thinking, her only comment would have been, "You're all just asking for it!"

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the Ye residence.

When Ye Zhipeng hurried after his wife back to their bedroom, he found her sitting on the bed, looking upset and downcast.

Ye Zhipeng sighed, walked over, and sat beside her.

"I really never imagined that was what that child thought." Ruan Xianyue's eyes reddened. "She really seems not to care about us at all. Isn't she a little too detached?"

Ye Zhipeng took her hand. "Not caring now doesn't mean she won't care in the future, does it? That child was right about one thing. We've never spent time together, so where would those feelings come from?"

"But things will be different from now on. She's back now. We'll be together every day, and our relationship will definitely keep getting better!"

Ye Mo's words had disappointed Ye Zhipeng too, but he soon came to terms with them. After all, feelings really did develop through spending time together. If that child did not care about them, there was nothing they could do.

Still, having no feelings now did not mean she would have none after they had spent a long time together.

"Give that child some more time!" Ye Zhipeng said. "She's back now. We'll have plenty of time to deepen our bond..."

Ruan Xianyue nodded. Nodding was all she could do. After all, she could hardly make Ye Mo suddenly develop intense feelings for her, could she?

"It's just that her personality seems a little extreme," Ruan Xianyue said.

She had already felt that way yesterday.

"With what happened to Sister Wu yesterday, she was deliberately provoking her... If she keeps acting like that, isn't she afraid she'll suffer badly for it one day?" Ruan Xianyue said, her brows creasing slightly in concern for Ye Mo.

Ye Zhipeng sighed. "That child has suffered so much growing up. Making it this far hasn't been easy for her at all. That's why her personality is a little strange..."

Recalling what he had learned of Ye Mo's past and those photographs, he could not help feeling a pang of sorrow. The vague idea in his mind became even firmer.

"A-Yue, I want to give Momo five percent of the company's shares..."

In the end, Ye Zhipeng voiced it to his wife.

Ruan Xianyue immediately looked at him in shock.

"We owe that child far too much. If it weren't for our carelessness, how could she have been switched at birth and taken away, then abandoned at a train station a thousand miles away..." Ye Zhipeng began, sharing his thoughts with his wife.

At that moment, Ye Mo, still eating breakfast downstairs, had no idea that her five-percent stake was drawing closer.

After breakfast, Ye Lin was heading to work at the company, and Ye Mo took the initiative to follow him. Once Ye Lin got into the car, he turned to see Ye Mo climbing in from outside.

Ye Lin looked at her in puzzlement. "What are you doing?"

Ye Mo looked back innocently. "Big Brother, you haven't forgotten what happened yesterday, have you? We agreed that if I helped the company solve the mystery of its money trees dying for no reason, you'd give me two million..."

She stared at Ye Lin warily and suspiciously. "You haven't changed your mind, have you? You're not trying to get out of giving me that two million, are you?"

"..." Ye Lin said, "It just slipped my mind for a moment. But..."

He cast her a sidelong glance. "You certainly sound sure you'll get that two million. Don't forget our agreement. You only get the money if you solve this problem!"

Ye Mo said, "Of course I remember. Don't worry, I'll definitely solve it! Just have that two million ready, Big Brother."

Ye Lin laughed. "You're certainly confident."

"Oh, right." Looking as though she had remembered something, Ye Mo turned an eager gaze on Ye Lin. "Big Brother, I still

haven't asked-is that two million before or after tax?"

Ye Lin said, "...Don't worry. After tax."

Hearing that, Ye Mo immediately relaxed, her face brimming with fighting spirit.

-That two million would definitely be hers for the taking.

Chapter 10: The tenth melon: what melon takes ten bites?

Ye Mo followed Ye Lin to the general manager's office at the Ye Corporation.

As a "country bumpkin" visiting for the first time, she was quite curious about the office of a "real-life

domineering CEO

," and could not help taking a few extra looks.

"General Manager..."

Ye Lin's secretary came in to report on work. She was a rather unsmiling female secretary, dressed in a white blouse and black skirt, with an extremely professional

workplace

air.

When she saw Ye Mo, Ye Mo noticed that her expression seemed to pause ever so slightly.

Ye Mo seemed to sense something in that brief pause, and immediately could not help thinking, Could there be some melon between these two?

Realizing what she was thinking, Ye Mo thought, ...I've only been bound to 888 for one short day, and I've already been assimilated this much?

Whenever anything came up, her first reaction was actually to think about eating melon.

Sitting on the sofa, Ye Mo could not help sinking into thought with a serious expression.

Meanwhile, after finishing her work report, Huang Minyan did not leave immediately. Instead, she glanced at Ye Mo sitting there and asked Ye Lin, "General Manager, would you like me to bring this young lady something to drink?"

At that, Ye Lin instinctively looked up at Ye Mo. Seeing that she appeared deep in thought, he said, "You can go for now. I'll call you if I need anything."

"...Yes."

Huang Minyan left. As she was about to step out, she caught sight of Ye Lin rising from his seat and walking over to the unfamiliar young lady out of the corner of her eye.

At the instant the office door closed, she saw Ye Lin bending down beside that unfamiliar young lady, saying something to her.