The Most Beautiful Years Met You [241] Countdown to the Finale Twenty One
When Ye Hehuan returned to the capital of Xingyu, Chief of Staff Yu was standing next to the car with his hands behind his back, looking up at the multi-story apartment in front of him. Hearing the whistle of the car, Chief of Staff Yu turned his head and saw
A red sports car coming around the corner.
When Yu Zhanming came to see him again, Ye Hehuan thought of four words - raise an army to ask Zuizhi.
Before getting out of the car, she thought to herself that she would not really be shot to death. After all, we are now a society governed by the rule of law.
"Do you live in this building?" Chief of Staff Yu's tone was as usual, as if he was chatting with her. Such an easy-going attitude made Ye Hehuan not know how to deal with it for a while.
The orderly stood by the driver's door of the car and waited respectfully.
Yu Zhanming's stern gaze fell on Ye Hehuan: "I've been waiting for you here for an hour. Now that you're back, why don't you invite me to come up and sit down?"
Ye Hehuan was stunned.
It was difficult to connect the kind and kind old man in front of her with the way he left angrily in the ward a few days ago. She would not think that this was a sign of Yu Zhanming accepting himself. This kind of old man who was mixed up in the military and political circles was the best at it.
It is to be polite before fighting. Last time Chief of Staff Yu asked her to leave Yu Zhongxiao, didn't he invite her to tea?
only--
She looked at Yu Zhanming's gray hair and reminded softly: "There is no elevator here."
"..."
Chief of Staff Yu, who was dissatisfied with the old age, gave her a flat look, "Then just treat it as exercise!" He turned his head and told the orderly: "Wait in the car."
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All the way to the fifth floor, Chief of Staff Yu's pace was neither fast nor slow, his face was neither red nor breathless, but Ye Hehuan still noticed the thin sweat on his forehead.
After entering the house, she took out a pair of slippers and placed them at the old man's feet. She put down her keys and bag and went to the kitchen. She came out with a glass of warm water in her hand.
Chief of Staff Yu had already changed his shoes and came in, and was looking at an oil painting on the wall across the sofa.
It was a replica of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Ye Hehuan bought it on Taobao for thirty-five yuan.
When she walked to the living room, Yu Zhanming also put away his eyes and sat down on the sofa.
The old man lowered his head and glanced at the water glass that Ye Hehuan placed gently in front of him. His usually majestic eyebrows moved slightly, and his voice was strong and powerful: "I came to you tonight, why don't you ask me?"
Ye Hehuan sat on the single sofa next to him and asked instead of answering: "If I don't ask, you won't tell me?"
When Yu Zhan Mingchang heard this "disrespectful" tone, instead of getting angry, he said with a nostalgic look: "Zhong Xiao loved painting when he was a child. If he hadn't joined the army later, there might have been a painter in the Yu family."
Ye Hehuan looked at Chief of Staff Yu, secretly guessing what he meant by saying this unexpectedly.
But when it came to painting, she recalled the scene six years ago when Yu Zhongxiao was sitting on the sofa, smoking and sketching with a pen. Whether a person really likes painting or just as a hobby can be seen from the gestures of holding a pen. She still remembers
Her appearance was outlined with simple lines on that piece of paper, with only a few figures, but it was extremely vivid. If Yu Zhongxiao was not a soldier, he might really have a chance to become a painter.
Chief of Staff Yu suddenly asked: "How is your grandpa doing lately? I heard that he was not in good health some time ago."
"It was a heart problem. It's fine now."
Hearing what Ye Hehuan said, Yu Zhanming nodded, then thought of the quirky little girl, and asked casually. When he learned that Lu Hanyan had returned to City B, he felt a little disappointed. When he put down the water glass, General Staff Yu
Chang spoke up: "What I want to tell you, I already said almost the same thing last time."
The topic jumps a bit, but Ye Hehuan knows that the previous words are just to liven up the atmosphere, and now this sentence is to get to the point.
Yu Zhanming said: "I am here this time purely as a father."
"You asked me last time, if you were not Han Yongsong's granddaughter, would I not object to you being with Zhong Xiao? Now, I can tell you the answer. If you were not the child of Ye Han's family, I would indeed not
will stop you. My son is no longer young, and he has the right to pursue happiness, but because his surname is Yu, he is destined to give up something from the day he enlisted in the army instead of his brother. This is my helplessness as a father, and it is also his responsibility.
responsibility that must be borne.”
Ye Hehuan's heart sank, because these words, and what Ye Zanwen said, ultimately meant the same thing.
However, after six years, she could no longer say let go.
So she could only make concessions.
"I never thought about actually marrying into the Yu family."
"Just because you haven't thought about it doesn't mean that the second son doesn't either," Chief of Staff Yu hummed, "Believe it or not, he might be thinking about how to visit Ye's house right now."
Ye Hehuan opened her lips, but Yu Zhanming had already raised his hand to stop her from speaking.
"Including the two of you, do you think you won't be found out if you don't get married? As long as you still have this kind of relationship, others can take advantage of it anytime, anywhere." After speaking, Yu Zhanming's brows gradually relaxed and his expression softened:
"I should talk to my second brother about this matter. When I tell you these words now, you may think that I am an aggressive old man, but no one knows the temper of my second brother better than me, so I can only be shy.
I’ll come to you again and again.”
Ye Hehuan: "You want me to leave him?"
Yu Zhanming raised his head and said, "You young people like to take risks and bet. How about I make a bet with you today?"
"..."
Ye Hehuan's intertwined hands clenched slightly, which should
This should be the reason why Chief of Staff Yu came to her, but her luck has never been very good. Besides... the bet is too big and she can't afford to lose. Taking a deep breath, Ye Hehuan whispered: "I don't like betting, either.
I don’t want to gamble.”
Yu Zhanming held his legs with both hands and looked at her with sharp and determined eyes: "Do you have any other choice now?"
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Before receiving the call from Yu Zhongxiao, Ye Hehuan almost fell asleep while lying in the bathtub. When she heard the ringtone, she quickly pulled a bath towel around her body and ran to get her phone with her bare wet feet.
When she heard the deep male voice on the other end of the phone, she remembered that she originally said she was going to the hospital, but later changed her mind but did not call Yu Zhongxiao.
"I forgot," Ye Hehuan lowered his voice and said vaguely, "I was delayed by something just now."
Yu Zhongxiao smiled on the phone and asked her: "Is the matter done?"
"Well, it's almost done."
"After running all day, take a shower and rest early."
Ye Hehuan could hear the consideration for her in his slightly hoarse voice. He was reluctant to hang up the phone, holding the phone and saying, "I can't sleep."
As she said that, she looked at the wall clock on the wall. It was almost ten o'clock, "Are you going to take a rest?"
"No rest," Yu Zhongxiao said, "I sleep too much during the day."
"Then you keep urging me to go to bed!"
"Don't they all say that a woman who doesn't sleep after ten o'clock is shameless?"
Ye Hehuan's tone was sour: "It seems you have quite a lot of knowledge about women."
Yu Zhongxiao chuckled, and then said in a serious voice: "A comrade will come to the hospital to see me tomorrow, probably in the morning."
"So I can't go to the hospital in the morning?"
Yu Zhongxiao paused slightly. He originally thought that Ye Hehuan didn't like to get along with a bunch of rough guys, so he specifically informed her in advance, but her reaction was different from what he expected. Ye Hehuan's depressed voice came from the receiver again: "Since you
If you don’t want me to go, then I won’t go.”
"No." Yu Zhongxiao whispered.
"Not what?"
"You can come if you want, I won't let you come."
Ye Hehuan raised the corners of his lips and heard Yu Zhongxiao's helpless and concerned voice: "Go to bed."
This time, she didn't argue with him.
Before hanging up the phone, she suddenly thought of something, "Then should I dress up tomorrow?"
"Need not!"
Ye Hehuan fell on the sofa and laughed.
After hanging up the phone, she was about to get up and dry her hair when her peripheral vision was attracted by the file bag on the tea table. She paused and leaned over to pick up the file bag.
She sent Yu Zhanming downstairs, and Yu Zhanming asked the orderly to take it from the car to her.
She hasn't opened it yet.
What Yu Zhanming said before leaving seemed to be replaying in his ears——
"It contains my contact information. When you think about it, call me. The opportunity is only once. Three months. I will give you three months."
Ye Hehuan untied the white thread on the buckle of the document bag.
When I opened the bag, there was only a piece of paper.
She looked at the content on the paper for a long time, and the water droplets from her hair fell on the leather document bag, and the water stains gradually faded away. This was the bet that Yu Zhanming said. He gave her three months to think about it, but he asked her to
After betting three years, the outcome is uncertain.
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After a night of tossing and turning, Ye Hehuan woke up the next day and saw his haggard face in the mirror, so he still put on light makeup.
Before leaving the house, she received a call from Ye Jiming.
The old man calmly said: "Grandpa has thought about it. Grandpa will have a good talk with you when you return to City B."
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PS: I originally planned to zoom in on the ending on the night of the 31st, but I was afraid that some readers wouldn't know. I added this chapter to explain it, and didn't want to cut off the middle plot, so the next update will be the finale on the night of the 31st.
