Reborn, I will never be a licking dog

In the room, the Ye family father and son seemed to be eating quietly.

Outside the door, Xu Zhimu Ye Luojia and Aunt Song came to the kitchen and waited.

Aunt Song handed Ye Luojia a bowl of chicken soup.

"Jiajia, drink some soup to warm up."

Just when I was preparing to eat, these things suddenly happened, and everyone didn't have a good meal.

Ye Luojia looked at Aunt Song, she reached out and took the small bowl: "Thank you."

"Sure, I'll copy two more side dishes for you. Your father and grandfather probably won't come out for a while, so let's eat in the kitchen."

Aunt Song turned around with a smile, put on her apron and started cooking skillfully again.

Ye Luojia looked at her back in a daze.

Aunt Song is from the Song family in Kyoto.

Although the Song family was only a second-rate family in Kyoto, their status was much higher than that of Ye Luojia's mother.

I remember that after my mother passed away, Aunt Song came to the house the next year. If there was no accident, she would be Ye Luojia's stepmother.

But when Ye Luojia was a child, she had a natural resistance to terms like stepmother.

Every time Aunt Song came, although Ye Luojia would not make a scene, she would always sit quietly by the backyard door.

Guarding against letting anyone in, not even Ye Qinghai.

From time to time, Aunt Song also knew that this little girl might have misunderstood her.

So he took the initiative to discuss with Ye Qinghai not to get married, and when Ye Luojia grew up, maybe he would slowly let go and accept her.

This wait is nearly ten years.

The relationship between Ye Qinghai and Ye Luojia, father and daughter, not only did not ease up, but directly caused a tendency to not communicate with each other.

Aunt Song also never had a formal identity, she stayed by Ye Qinghai's side, and every time Ye Luojia came home, she would always warmly greet her.

Ye Luojia knew that she really wanted to have a good relationship with him, and maybe sometimes she had automatically assumed the role of mother.

However, Ye Luojia couldn't let go of her heart.

After all, this originally belonged to my mother, no matter how good others treat her...but it's not my mother after all.

She looked at Aunt Song who was cooking at the moment, and she noticed that the food on the table today was actually what her mother was good at back then.

Perhaps subconsciously, she also wanted to give Ye Luojia the feeling of being a mother for ten years.

Maybe she no longer seeks any status, but her concern for Ye Luojia has been increasing all the time.

"Aunt Song, can you tell me about my grandma?"

Ye Luojia suddenly asked this question, what Ye Bei said just now always echoed in his mind.

Aunt Song paused while chopping vegetables, she looked at Ye Luojia, it was considered that Ye Luojia rarely took the initiative to chat with her.

With some memories in her eyes, she said: "I heard from your father and people in the family that your old man experienced a lot of ups and downs when he was young.

The Ye family was just a small shop a long time ago, doing a little business, and finally gradually became a small scale. It started from a textile factory. When the old man was participating in an entrepreneurial chamber of commerce, he met the daughter of a local banker, and the two developed together. Soon, soon to get married, that is, your grandma. "

The old man has three wives, and the first one is the mother of Ye Rong and Ye Bei.

Aunt Song continued: "Later, due to some competition reasons, the family's weaving factory was taken away by the opponent, and the old man almost lost his life. For the safety of the family, the old man fled alone.

Desperately hiding in a poor fishing village by the sea, he was rescued by a fisherman when he almost died of starvation. When the fisherman's daughter was taking care of him, the two gradually fell in love with each other. The eight palanquin bearers brought home the fisherman's daughter, who is your own grandma. "

Ye Luojia was stunned, this was the first time she knew about this matter, this kind of secret belonged to the older generation, and she had never heard it mentioned by her father.

I just remember that grandma is an old lady who loves to laugh, is very kind, and is good at making fish soup for her.

When Aunt Song said this, she suddenly sighed softly: "Although the old man loves your grandma very much, the Ye family had already become a respectable enterprise in Kyoto at that time.

The difference in identities between the two of them has always caused some criticism in the family, especially... your grandma, after all, came from a bank family, and it is inevitable that she will have a grudge against your grandma's appearance, and there is always some exclusion in the family. "

When Aunt Song said this, the voice behind her gradually softened.

Ye Luojia listened silently. This kind of experience was exactly the same as that of her mother.

"However, later your grandma gave birth to your father. In that era, mothers were more expensive than their children. After that, life was better, but it was inevitable to be excluded.

In fact, the reason for today's situation has been buried a long time ago. The bigger the family, the more fierce the half-brothers are fighting. In order to make your family live better, your father only If you can work hard, after your father took away the identity of the Ye family's ruler from the hands of the two Ye family brothers, the conflict between them is irreconcilable. "

Aunt Song's tone of voice was also a touch of sigh.

Ye Luojia listened, but her eyes were a little distracted. She seemed to be talking to herself: "If this is the case, then why did he abandon us in the first place..."

Since he knew the feeling of being excluded, why, he became such a person himself.

Aunt Song said softly while chopping vegetables: "Everyone doesn't want to be a bad person at the beginning, but the reality always treats everyone indiscriminately, unknowingly, it makes us become the one I hate the most. people……"

……

In the room, Ye family and father sat facing each other.

Ye Qinghai poured a glass of wine for the old man, and filled it himself, with a long voice.

"Since I can remember, I have felt that I am out of tune with the Ye family, and that feeling cannot be eliminated by just one or two people being nice to you.

That is a kind of contempt from different classes.

My mother is a very optimistic person, but I have also seen my mother looking at the sky late at night, guarding a bowl of fish soup that has been completely cooled, waiting for you to come back, although she always waits for you to come back. "

Ye Qinghai looked at his father, and the old man's old eyes showed complicated expressions.

"I used to not understand you, or even resent you, but my mother would always tell me.

Your father is for this family, he also has his own things to do, he is just busy...

But I really don't know what you are busy with. You are so busy that you can't even take care of your family. "

The old man's hands trembled. Although everything was rehabilitated back then, the Ye family's property had also been emptied.

With so many people in the Ye family and so many mouths to eat, the old man had to start all over again.

Moreover, only by relying on the relationship of his eldest wife, the banker's daughter, can he quickly lead the Ye family to rise again.

But after all, it is controlled by others, even between husband and wife, but the old man has to pay more attention to the words of his wife.

Many shares in the family business are also in her hands.

And he knew that the eldest wife had some grudges against Ye Qinghai's mother.

The old man had no choice but to deliberately neglect her, and this was also to protect her. After all, in this kind of big family, sometimes being neglected may be able to avoid many power struggles.

Of course, these are the old man's wishful thinking, although his actions ensured their safety.

But the gap in his heart was something he never had time to fill in his entire life.

The old man looked at his son. He chose Ye Qinghai to be in charge of the Ye family many years ago because of his willingness to make up for it.

Otherwise, in family disputes, no matter how powerful Ye Qinghai is, it will be difficult for him to take away the right of inheritance in the hands of the deep-rooted Ye Rong and Ye Bei forces.

These are the things that the old man can't explain to Ye Qinghai.

He sighed slightly.

But Ye Qinghai said: "I used to really not understand it, but when I reached this position, I suddenly understood why you should become like this.

Back then, the reason why I married Jiajia's mother in spite of your opposition, perhaps subconsciously, I saw her pitiful appearance, and I thought of my old mother back then.

I love her very much, and I thought about spending my whole life with her, but it was also the first time I felt the chain of oppression and contempt between the families.

Back then, no matter how wronged my mother was, she would always tell me that she was fine, and would silently resist the pressure from the outside world on herself.

But when I grew up, all these pressures fell on me, and I realized that there is something far more terrifying than poverty in this world, and that is the prejudice in people's minds. "

Ye Qinghai took a sip of wine, showing a bitter smile: "I originally thought that it would be enough for me to be nice to her.

But people in the family will always reject it vaguely, especially my wife and I have been married for several years, and we only have one child, Jiajia.

In a family like ours, if there is no son, they always look down on others. However, her body has already detected a problem, and she has been unable to conceive a child for a long time. Even if she can conceive, her body does not support her to give birth to a second child. child.

This made some cynicism in the family even worse.

Once I saw it with my own eyes, my wife secretly wiped her tears in the kitchen.

From that day on, I decided that I want to give them the best life, but this road is not easy, and maybe it is also a man's bad root. During those days when I worked hard outside, I gradually lost myself, just like a The rich and the poor are the same.

I am obsessed with my achievements, obsessed with the appearance of stepping up to a high position, being able to call the wind and rain, and making people who once looked down on me bow down to me.

However, I forgot my original intention, and I even forgot what the reason for all my hard work was.

When I woke up, she didn't have much time for me to regret it. "

When Ye Qinghai said this, some tears even appeared in his eyes: "It's just like when my mother left, she was already lying in the hospital bed and couldn't get up, but she still told me with a weak smile, she didn't Blame me, but I feel sorry for Jiajia, let me take good care of her in the future, if possible, find Jiajia a stepmother who can love her...

But for so long, there has been too much estrangement between my incompetent father and my only daughter.

I remember her mother's last wish. I want to see Jiajia one day marry someone who treats her well and have a happy family.

Therefore, I always want to introduce young talents in Kyoto to Jiajia. I never want to force Jiajia to marry someone for profit.

But I know too well that it is really difficult to obtain the same happiness between different classes, so my approach is also a little tougher, which makes my relationship with Jiajia even worse..."

Ye Qinghai shook his head, looking at his father, this man who was always calm in the face of his family's betrayal, looked like a child again at this moment.

"Father, we are successful entrepreneurs in our careers, but we are all failures in our families.

We all only care about our careers, and we always think that if we have a career, we have everything.

But in the end, it seemed like nothing.

Such a tragedy has happened to us twice, and I don't want Jiajia to repeat our mistakes. "

After Ye Qinghai finished speaking, there was another long silence in the room.

The old man looked at this hut, which looked a bit "shabby" compared to the magnificent manor next to it.

He also remembered, in those few years when he was down and out, when he was in that small fishing village by the sea, when the living environment was not as good as here.

I can't even guarantee three meals a day, I can only eat some simple stewed pickled cabbage and sea fish.

However, when life was so relaxed and comfortable, it was the most desolate but also the purest happy years in his ups and downs in his life.

What's more, the foundation that he has worked hard for all his life, originally thought that the family members would have no worries.

But the scene of today's fight, watching his sons turn against each other, made him think.

What is the purpose of a person's life.

I didn't cherish it when I was young, and regretted it when I was seventy.

However, in the old man's mind, Jiajia's matter was still difficult to accept.

He thought for a long time, looking at his son: "Do you think that Xu Zhimu can give Jiajia what he wants?"

Ye Qinghai looked outside the door, and said, "I still know my daughter well.

Since her mother left, Jiajia has been sealed away. She does not lack a good life, but she lacks someone who can care about her. "

Ye Qinghai looked at the most unremarkable bowl of tomato and egg noodles on the table.

"I used to think that I could make up for her by giving her a comfortable life, but I never thought of making her a bowl of the most common tomato and egg noodles.

When we were having dinner together just now, Jiajia looked at that boy with a proud expression on his face, as if telling me, I just chose him, and I will marry him.

I haven't seen that expression for a long time.

I don't know whether our choice is right or not, but we have followed the path that others think is right all our lives, and now, we know better than anyone else whether we are winners or losers. "

"But, what if this Xu Zhimu changes in the future..." The old man always had the worst two-handed plan in his mind.

After all, the current Xu Zhimu is already proud of his youth, even more brilliant than when they were young.

The achievements in the future are definitely limitless, he can choose almost everything, and at that time, will he change his appearance for higher power and money?

"No, I have met him twice, he is different from us."

Ye Qinghai shook his head, and his tone was meaningful: "Although he is young, I always feel that he is more thorough in many things than we think. He is a greedy person, but if a man is not greedy, he will become a man. No atmosphere.

Moreover, he was so righteous and confident that he came to Ye's house alone, knowing that we might be disadvantageous to him.

Compared with him, we are more like half-hearted hypocrites. "

Ye Qinghai looked at his father, he sighed deeply, then shook his head and smiled: "Father, we can't help ourselves in this life, and when it comes to Jiajia's generation, let them choose the life they want. "

The old man also looked at the simple and warm food on the table. He raised his head and sighed. He didn't say anything. He just picked up the wine glass and drank it.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Aunt Song opened the door.

Ye Luojia was holding a pot of milky white soup, and the fragrance filled the room.

This is a pot of fish soup.

Simple sea fish, no expensive side dishes, only some ordinary pickles.

But it wafts out the most tempting fragrance.

The old man was stunned for a moment, looking at the pot of fish soup, his lips trembled slightly.

"This is the fish soup that Jiajia and Zhimu made together, try it while it's hot."

Aunt Song smiled.

After the fish soup was put down, Xu Zhimu took the initiative to shoulder the task of serving the soup, first handed it to the old man, and said.

"Grandpa Ye, the incident happened suddenly just now. I haven't had time to introduce myself. My name is Xu Zhimu, Jiajia's boyfriend. We met for the first time. I made some soup. You can drink some to warm your body."

Xu Zhimu said this very naturally. In his eyes, it doesn't matter whether the old man is the old head of the Ye family who can call the wind and rain in the capital.

In his eyes, what is more important is that she is Jiajia's grandfather and will be his relative in the future.

Jiajia's boyfriend...

This title made Ye Luojia a little dizzy, her delicate face was slightly rosy, and she looked at her grandfather.

What surprised her was that Grandpa didn't show much surprise or atmosphere.

Although it is a bit complicated, this attitude is already difficult.

The old man looked at Xu Zhimu for a moment, looked at the fish soup in his hand, and moved his lips.

He didn't speak, but still stretched out his hand to take the bowl in his hand, and nodded to Xu Zhimu.

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family dinner.

This meal was a little silent, but such an atmosphere was already very rare for this complicated family.

The old man didn't say a few words from the beginning to the end, but when he finally left, he looked at Xu Zhimu and Ye Luojia again.

"The matter of the Ye family has not settled down yet, next time... let's have dinner together again when we have a chance."

"And Jiajia, grandpa knows that you have been wronged before, but this is still your home. The family property originally belonged to you, and it will be under your name in the next few days. I still hope that you can come back and see if you are okay. look."

After the old man finished speaking, he took a deep look at the two of them, and the old housekeeper who followed him helped him to leave.

This sentence also showed some of his attitude. Regarding the matter of Xu Zhimu and Ye Luojia, it still needs to be investigated.

However, it is already very rare to make the old man let go to this extent.

Ye Qinghai drank a little too much, he was a little shaky, and after the old man left, he motioned for the two of them to sit down.

"Jiajia, the company under your second uncle's name originally had some plans for you. It belongs to you. I still hope you can take it over."

Ye Qinghai looked at his daughter, and now he knew that his daughter had found someone to trust.

What he can do now is to prepare enough capital for his daughter, whether as a dowry, to make her daughter look good.

He has done too much to Ye Luojia, and now this is what he can do to make up for Ye Luojia the most.

Ye Luojia looked at her father, she thought for a long time, and finally nodded slightly.

She agreed not for any property, but because of what her mother said.

Ye Qinghai smiled gratifiedly, his eyes were a little red, and he looked at Xu Zhimu again: "The matter between you and Jiajia, in fact, what you want to prove is not for me, but for Jiajia's mother. The hope is to see Jiajia being recognized by everyone in the family.

I, a useless father, couldn't do it, so I hope you can. "

Ye Luojia's eyes flickered, looking at her father, Ye Qinghai was particularly sentimental today, and it was the first time he said such words.

A man's, especially a man who stands upright and stomps his feet so many people can't sleep or eat.

When one day, such a person utters such words of request, it will prove that he is really old and has someone he really cares about.

In Ye Luojia's heart, she didn't know what kind of feeling emerged.

Yes, my mother is a person without much culture. She always thinks that if she can treat others well, others can treat them well.

It's a pity that the reality is cruel, but the mother still maintains some innocence. She still hopes to see that her precious daughter can be recognized by the family.

The corners of her eyes were also slightly red, a warm hand gently took her hand under the table, and held it gently in the palm.

Xu Zhimu and her looked at each other, he showed a warm smile, his eyes were deep and serious: "I promised Jiajia a long time ago, and today I promise you too, this is a promise between men."

Ye Qinghai sighed a few times and nodded.

It was late at night, Ye Qinghai drank a lot, and his heart was extremely complicated. After this night, the Ye family will change.

"Go back, I've encountered so many things today, I'm tired, take a good rest."

Ye Qinghai stood up unsteadily. Aunt Song wanted to help him, but she hesitated and withdrew her hand.

It was like a tacit understanding, as long as they were in front of Ye Luojia, they would keep a certain distance.

Ye Luojia had already seen all this, her eyes moved, and she remembered the last words Aunt Song had said to her in the kitchen.

She and Xu Zhimu walked to the door, and finally turned around, looking at her father and Aunt Song, she pursed her lips.

Finally, he said softly: "It's dark, don't run around after drinking, Aunt Song, please take care of my dad."

Aunt Song and Ye Qinghai were stunned for a long time by this simple sentence.

Ye Qinghai's breathing also accelerated slightly, and Aunt Song couldn't help but feel a little sore in her eyes.

She looked at Ye Luojia: "Don't worry, Jiajia, take your time on the road."

"Ah."

Ye Luojia pulled Xu Zhimu away.

Inside the house, Ye Qinghai looked at the direction the two left for a long time.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to speak.

"Brother Ye...I'll help you go back and rest."

Aunt Song said softly.

Ye Qinghai's eyes slowly retracted, the drunkenness in his eyes dissipated a little, and he looked up at the luxurious manor in front of him.

"Tomorrow, the Ye family will change. My stupid second brother, after all, was just pushed to the stage. The people behind him probably won't be able to sit still."

Ye Qinghai's eyes flashed countless lights: "No matter whether my guess is right or not, no matter what the future of the Ye family will be, I will protect Jiajia's share for her."

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