CH 64

An hour later, after Jiang Laien and Ye Kehuan took showers and came down from the upper floor together, Jiang Laien’s stomach groaned twice, causing her to raise her hand to cover her abdomen. She was a little hungry before, but later she did that kind of thing, and she was now even hungrier.

“Your stomach screams so happily.” Ye Kehuan turned her head and smiled, and even reached out to touch her abdomen.

“It’s because of you.” Jiang Laien gave her a sideways glance and pushed her hand away.

“Why blame me? Who was it that asked whether I wanted to eat barbecue or her first?” Ye Kehuan folded her arms and repeated what Jiang Laien had said before.

“But, who knew you, who knew you would go for so long…” Jiang Laien finished speaking, and quickly ran down the stairs with a flushed face.

Ye Kehuan tied the straps of her pajamas, smiled, and looked at her back, then walked down, and trotted to her side: “Then why do you look so comfortable?”

“You go away.” Jiang Laien pushed her away and walked into the kitchen. “Where is the meat?”

“It’s in the refrigerator.” Ye Kehuan walked to the wall next to the refrigerator and leaned against it.

“Oh.” Jiang Laien nodded, then opened the door of the refrigerator and took out a box of pineapples from inside, “You also bought this?”

“Yeah, don’t you like them?” Ye Kehuan nodded.

Jiang Laien laughed, opened the lid, and grabbed a piece and chewed it.

“Is it delicious?” Ye Kehuan asked.

Jiang Laien nodded while chewing, gave a thumbs up, and then took out several boxes of meat from inside, smiling so that her eyes were bent: “A lot of meat, so good.”

“Haha,” Ye Kehuan smiled, stepping to the side and opening the door to a closet, and took out a barbecue machine from inside. “I have had this stuff for a while, but because I was living alone before, I never used it, but now it’s handy.”

Jiang Laien took out a few bottles of drinks, closed the door of the refrigerator, and walked to Ye Kehuan: “I suddenly remembered, you said that you were single and were free to do everything you wanted. You could eat whatever you want, play whenever you want, and no one would stop you. The good life. What about now?”

Ye Kehuan was stunned, turned her head immediately, and looked at her very seriously: “Reporting, if you were not in the world, I would be single, but you are, and I am happy!”

After listening, Jiang Laien laughed, and then took a drink and went out first: “You are smart enough.”

Ye Kehuan shook her head with a smile, and then walked out with the barbecue machine.

After putting everything on the dining table and plugging in the barbecue machine, the two of them started roasting the meat by themselves.

After the beautifully textured meat was put on the barbecue machine, it was gradually roasted in oil, sizzled, and slowly curled. After roasting, it was dipped in sauce and eaten. The deliciousness was not lost despite not being at a barbecue restaurant. Jiang Laien was very satisfied with the food.

Ye Kehuan was in charge of cooking and Jiang Laien was in charge of eating. Such days were really leisurely and beautiful.

However, while eating, Jiang Laien’s cell phone screen suddenly lit up.

About to grab more meat, Jiang Laien’s chopsticks froze. She put them down and looked at her mobile phone. There she saw the three words Jiang Yijun floating on the screen. Her eyebrows couldn’t help but rise, and the expression on her face became a little unnatural.

“What’s wrong? Ye Kehuan asked.

“My dad,” Jiang Laien answered the phone after uttering those two words softly, and put the phone to her ear, “Hello?”

After turning the meat on the barbecue machine, Ye Kehuan turned to look at Jiang Laien, frowning. Jiang Laien had a fear of Jiang Yijun since she was a child. First was because Jiang Yijun was always expressionless and solemn. Just looking at his face gave people a feeling of inaccessibility. Secondly, Jiang Yijun was always very strict with Jiang Laien, and had a strong desire for control. He always hoped that his daughter would listen to everything he said and must not rebel. If Jiang Laien did not follow his requirements, he was likely to explode.

Therefore, when Ye Kehuan first met Jiang Laien, Jiang Laien was like that. Because she lived under the authority of her father since she was a child, Jiang Laien had already lost herself a bit. Apart from studying, she was dull in every other sense. Later, because of the expanding businesses of Jiang Yijun and Fan Qiuyue, they often couldn’t return home, and Jiang Laien was freed a little.

However, even with that, Jiang Yijun would always ask about her grades on the phone. If she dropped even a little bit, punishment would follow, such as removing her nanny and forcing her to live on her own, or deductions in pocket money, or asking teachers to give her extra discipline in class, and so on.

What was ridiculous was that the reason why her father was so strict with her was only because Fan Qiuyue gave him a daughter, and what he wanted was a son. Fan Qiuyue was unable to bear more children because of her body, so he wanted to make Jiang Laien better than the sons of his brothers and sisters, otherwise he would lose face. It could be said that that feudal dross was deeply ingrained in him, and he reflected that extremely vividly.

Therefore, Jiang Laien didn’t like staying with her father. Even during the Spring Festival, she would rather stay on the set of a movie, or just spend time with her mother.

After Ye Kehuan sandwiched some roasted meat into her bowl, she turned her head and looked at Jiang Laien again.

“What, you mean, you are in Senchuan now?” Jiang Laien looked sideways at Ye Kehuan who was sitting next to her, “Oh… because there is something to do here?”

Holding the phone in one hand and the table in the other, Jiang Laien frowned tightly: “I, I’m…”

She wanted to say that she was not in Morikawa then, but she just took a picture of eating barbecue at home and posted it on Weibo. It was impossible to lie.

In the end, Jiang Laien closed her eyes and reported the address.

“You’ll come here in a while?” Looking at the barbecue machine in front of her, Jiang Laien gripped the table tighter, “Oh, okay, do you have a place to stay tonight? Oh, okay. Then, see you later.”

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Laien immediately stood up: “I’m going to clean up the room. If there is something messy, I will be scolded again!”

“Hey--” Ye Kehuan looked at her back, hurriedly unplugged the cord of the barbecue machine, and ran upstairs behind Jiang Laien.

The last time Ye Kehuan saw Jiang Yijun was several years before. She couldn’t forget the scene where Jiang Yijun stood on the stairs and warned Jiang Laien not to engage in homosexuality when she was talking about Ye Kehuan hanging out at their house. That look was really scary. However, Ye Kehuan did not expect that after so many years, Jiang Yijun would still be the same. Although Ye Kehuan hadn’t seen him yet, she had expectations from Jiang Laien’s reaction.

After entering the room with Jiang Laien, Ye Kehuan helped her clean up the room non-stop.

Taking out clothes from the suitcase, folding them and putting them in the closet, putting boxes away and into cabinets. The bottles and cans on the dressing table were all neatly arranged, the quilt was made up, the sheets were pulled flat, the stool was placed under the table, and the ground was quickly cleaned. After everything was sorted out, Jiang Laien let out a sigh of relief, lifted her phone to check the time, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Finally, both of them changed their clothes and went downstairs together.

“Will your dad stay here tonight?” Ye Kehuan asked.

Jiang Laien shook her head: “He’ll stay at a hotel. Besides, although there are extra guest rooms here, there are no shops.”

“So he just came to have a look?” Ye Kehuan sat back down next to the barbecue machine with Jiang Laien.

“Yes, but,” Jiang Laien stroked her head and raised her hand to support her forehead, “it should be nothing good. Generally speaking, he doesn’t come to see me when he is in a good mood.”

Ye Kehuan nodded: “Is he still the same as before?”

“Pretty much.” Jiang Laien turned her head, picked up a bottle of drink, and drank quietly while lowering her head to the straw.

The only difference was that the current Jiang Yijun was not as loving as when she was younger, but he wouldn’t be picky on trivial things like before either. But that did not mean that he was not scary. Because he was still trying to make Jiang Laien follow his chosen path in life.

“How is that okay? You are an independent person, and he is not qualified to control you.” Ye Kehuan frowned.

“I can’t talk about controlling or anything. Now, it’s okay. In fact, it doesn’t matter if my room is not cleaned. At most, he’ll just say a few words rather than scolding me to death. But, I have probably formed a kind of conditioned reflex.” Jiang Laien smiled helplessly when she said that, and continued to bite her straw.

Ye Kehuan sighed, stretched out her hand, and put it on her lap.

“You know, I’m just a little confused,” Jiang Laien raised her eyes and looked at the ceiling, her beautiful eyes seemingly covered with water vapor, “I don’t even know whether he loves me or not.”

“Laien…”

“I just think that he is so sick, and his psychology is distorted. Even if he is harsh on me because he wants me to be successful, I absolutely do not agree that it is love,” Jiang Laien sniffled, unconsciously shaking her head, “Love is not like this. It is not.”

Sometimes Jiang Laien really envied Ye Kehuan’s family. She still remembered the peaceful scene she saw when she was a guest at Ye Kehuan’s house. For example, the family sitting together watching TV, eating, and chatting would be a very luxurious thing at her house. First of all, Jiang Yijun would not allow people to watch TV while eating. Secondly, what Jiang Yijun liked to watch was always sports programs, and he never cared about what anyone else wanted to watch. So, every time, she and her mother went back to their rooms to watch TV.

Later, after she bought a house for herself, she rarely went back to that house. This year, she went back only once to shoot the last variety show.

“Laien.” Seeing Jiang Laien distracted, Ye Kehuan leaned over and hugged her gently.

“I’m fine.” Jiang Laien was taken aback for a moment when she returned to reality, and then smiled.

Ye Kehuan nodded, but still hugged her motionlessly.

“What’s the matter? Are you so soft?” Jiang Laien laughed.

Ye Kehuan shook her head: “Nothing, I just want to protect you, protect you for the rest of your life.”

Jiang Laien immediately laughed happily after hearing that: “Okay, then we’re all set.”

“Yeah.” Ye Kehuan nodded, and stroked her hair with a smile.

At that moment, the doorbell rang suddenly, and Jiang Laien was taken aback, then got up from Ye Kehuan’s arms and ran to the door. Pressing the answer button on the digital doorbell, Jiang Laien saw her father in a suit and leather shoes standing at the door outside.

After Jiang Laien saw him, she raised her hand to unlock the door and slowly opened the door. After that, Jiang Laien opened the villa door and looked out again. Not long after, she saw Jiang Yijun carrying a briefcase and striding over without an expression. At the same time, an old man holding a cane followed behind him.

The old man was Jiang Laien’s grandfather, Jiang Fugui.

After Jiang Yijun approached the door, he asked, “What’s the smell?”

“Barbecue.” Jiang Laien replied.

“Okay.” Jiang Yijun nodded, and stretched out his hand to straighten his tie.

At the same time, Jiang Fugui slowly poked his head in from the side, and then stood next to Jiang Yijun.

“Hey, grandpa, you are here too?” Jiang Laien was a little surprised. In the doorbell video, she did not see Jiang Fugui coming. Of course, it could also be because Jiang Fugui was old and short, so it was blocked.

“Ahem, yeah,” Jiang Fugui smiled, holding a cane, “Grandpa misses you!”

Unlike Jiang Yijun, Jiang Fugui was very kind and always smiled, which made people feel good when looking at him.

At that moment, Ye Kehuan also trotted over and looked at them: “Esteemed Uncle Jiang, Esteemed Grandpa!”

“Hey, okay, okay!” When Jiang Fugui saw Ye Kehuan, joy burst into his eyes.

After seeing Ye Kehuan, Jiang Yijun looked her up and down: ‘You also live here?”

“Yes.” Ye Kehuan nodded.

“It’s been a long time.” Jiang Yijun looked at Ye Kehuan with a strange expression.

“Yeah, it’s been a long time.” Ye Kehuan was a little leery of him.

“I’ve watched a few episodes of your variety show.” Jiang Yijun said, walking to the sofa and sitting down.

“Haha, have you?” Ye Kehuan also helped Jiang Fugui walk over, while Jiang Laien reached out and closed the door.

“The Ye family is really big and can buy millions worth of gifts for friends on a whim.” Jiang Yijun looked at Ye Kehuan steadily. He did watch several episodes, and even read a lot of comments from everyone on the Internet, including various fan animations of the two of them. Of course, he also watched the variety show that they participated in together called “The Food Is Ready”, mainly seeing the clips chosen by netizens. That’s why he came there.

Jiang Laien’s eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow. What did Jiang Yijun mean? In his words, she felt that there were messages hidden.

When Ye Kehuan heard that, she smiled slightly: “Laien is not just as simple as an ordinary friend to me. I’ll go and pour you a glass of water.”

After letting Jiang Fugui sit down, Ye Kehuan turned and walked towards the tap. Jiang Yijun looked at Ye Kehuan’s back with a weird expression. To be honest, if it weren’t for the Ye family’s wealth and power, he really wouldn’t show Ye Kehuan any face. Her personality was too girly, and at the same time, she was too ambiguous with Jiang Laien. That was enough for the camera, but he didn’t expect them to live together in reality.

But Jiang Fugui looked at Ye Kehuan with a different expression. He had met Ye Kehuan several times before, and he sometimes met her alone. They would drink tea, play chess, and chat and play together. As an old rascal boy, he could be said to like Ye Kehuan. He got cheerful just by being around her.

After that, Jiang Laien, who closed the door, walked over and sat down on a single sofa next to her father. She didn’t want to be too close to him, so she was a little bit resistant.

After Jiang Yijun looked at his daughter for a while, he looked at Ye Kehuan on the side, and immediately spoke sarcastically: “You two have a really good relationship, just like what the netizens said.”

After listening, Jiang Laien turned her head to look at him quickly, gulping: “Dad, just tell me, is there anything wrong with me, suddenly coming here today?”

Jiang Fugui ignored their chat, but kept looking at Ye Kehuan with a smile.

Jiang Yijun looked at Jiang Laien for a long time, then took out a tablet from his briefcase, unlocked it, opened an album, enlarged a picture, and threw the tablet in front of Jiang Laien.

The picture showed a man who looked like he was in his thirties. He was average-looking and thin, with triangular eyes.

When Jiang Laien saw it, she turned her head to the side instantly.

At the same time, Ye Kehuan, who was holding a water cup, walked over. After seeing the photos on the tablet, a bad premonition rose in her heart, but she still passed the water to the two elders without saying a word.

“Liu Guoliang, 32 years old, general manager of Shengrong Food Co., Lld., has a good family background, good job, good financial resources. You can meet when you have time.” Jiang Yijun held up the water glass and sipped.

“I’m not going.” Jiang Laien replied without thinking.

“Why?” Jiang Yijun squeezed the cup tightly.

“He’s ugly.” Jiang Laien pushed the tablet back to him.

“This is the reason? The last time he was tall and handsome, why didn’t you want it?” Jiang Yijun stared at her firmly.

Jiang Laien put her hands on her knees and let out a sigh: “I just don’t like him, so I don’t want a blind date. It’s that simple, do you understand?”

When Jiang Yijun heard that, he suddenly slammed the water glass heavily on the table, and the sound instantly frightened Jiang Laien stiff. Upon seeing that, Ye Kehuan hurriedly sat next to Jiang Laien and asked in a low voice, “Are you okay?”

Jiang Laien shook her head and pressed her lips tightly.

“You don’t want to go, and you said you don’t like him, but you don’t know anything about him. Have you talked? Been in contact? How do you know that you don’t like him?” Jiang Yijun asked one after another. At the same time, seeing Ye Kehuan being so intimate with her, another surge of irritation appeared in his heart.

When Jiang Fugui heard that, he couldn’t help frowning.

“Dad, let me take charge of my own affairs, okay? I am no longer a child, you know? I used to listen to you for all kinds of big and small things, is that not enough? I am also an independent individual. My life is obviously my own decision.” Jiang Laien closed her eyes, then turned to look at him, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

“What do you mean by that, do you think I am just thinking for myself? Who doesn’t want their children to do well in the world? I just want you to stay on the right track, but you think I’m too harsh?” Jiang Yijun said, turning red, and he knocked the coffee table with his hand, “What an ungrateful thing!”

Listening to his speech, Jiang Laien suddenly snarled: “I don’t think I can communicate with you.”

The father and daughter pair were filled with gunpowder, and Ye Kehuan was surprised to see it.

That kind of scene, in the Ye family, was absolutely impossible to see. Even when they were very angry, her parents would not educate her by yelling or beating. Looking at Jiang Yijun in front of her, it was as if he could grow a giant mouth to eat people at any time.

“In short, you must go on a blind date this time,” Jiang Yijun pointed to the tablet, “tomorrow.”

In the next second, Jiang Laien said: “I won’t go.”

“Marriage and childbirth are something everyone has to go through. You are already twenty-seven, not eighteen years old. What time do you have left to spend? You don’t even have a stable family. Do you still want to be a happy woman?” Jiang Yijun said. After that, he tapped his fingers on the tablet again, his expression serious.

When Jiang Laien heard that, she suddenly laughed: “Happiness? Are you happy? Are you? Do you think my mother is happy? So what if you two form a family? In public you are in harmony with each other and pretend to be affectionate. But in private? You’re no different from strangers. Is this called happiness? A marriage without love is what sadness is. If you want to deceive yourself, then deceive yourself. Why do you want me to follow your old ways?!”

When Jiang Laien said that, her shoulders trembled slightly, uncontrollably.

Jiang Fugui also listened with his heart.

Upon seeing that, Ye Kehuan hurriedly pressed her shoulders, hoping to relax her. However, Jiang Laien still looked very excited. It could be said that Ye Kehuan had never seen Jiang Laien look so out of control before.

After listening to what Jiang Laien said, Jiang Yijun’s lips tightened, and his hands trembled slightly with anger: “Okay, you are really grown up, you know how to attack you father and talk back to me now?”

When Jiang Laien heard that, she laughed again: “I’m attacking you? Am I not telling the truth?”

Ye Kehuan saw Jiang Yijun’s expression and hurriedly looked at Jiang Yijun: “Uncle, what Laien meant is that everyone understands happiness differently, and everyone should have a choice for themselves. Happiness is very subjective. Only the person concerned can feel it, and there is no way for others to feel it on behalf of them. Just as it is impossible for Laien to perceive whether you are truly happy from your perspective, and you do not know what real happiness is for Laien.”

Jiang Yijun heard that and looked at Ye Kehuan. If she weren’t Ye Bingquan’s child, he would tell her to shut up and leave.

“I’m talking to her.” In the end, Jiang Yijun said, with a grimace forming on his lips.

“But she was right. What she said is what I want to say.” Jiang Laien immediately turned her head and looked at him.

At that moment, the smell of gunpowder between the father and daughter pair seemed to be stronger than before.

Jiang Fugui’s gaze wandered among the three of them, trying to speak, but a little stuck.

“You never talked back to me before.” Jiang Yijun put his hands on his knees, the back of his hands bulging.

“Rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, not to mention that I am still a living person.” Jiang Laien was really fed up with him. Sometimes Jiang Laien wondered, if she didn’t meet Ye Kehuan, who was optimistic, cheerful, and playful, would she live like a pool of stagnant water all her life and never see the light?

Jiang Yijun slowly squeezed his hand into a fist: “Then tell me what your happiness is, and what happiness you want to pursue is like.”

Jiang Laien looked at him, tightening her lips, and for a moment, she could not speak.

At that moment, Jiang Yijun raised his hand into the air, and suddenly pointed at Ye Kehuan: “Is it her?”

Both Ye Kehuan and Jiang Laien lost their breaths, and their eyes bulged in disbelief.

“Hey…” Jiang Fugui craned his neck instantly.

After seeing their reaction, Jiang Yijun immediately understood: “Sure enough?”

“Yes!” At that moment, Jiang Laien, who was sitting with her back straight, looked at her father and let out all the air in her chest, “I like her! I don’t want anyone except her!”

After Jiang Yijun heard that, his face suddenly showed a sullen expression. After that, Jiang Yijun stood up, walked in front of Jiang Laien, looked at Ye Kehuan and finally raised his hand and slapped Jiang Laien’s face vigorously: “Asshole! Shameless thing!”

Upon seeing that, Jiang Fugui picked up his cane and prepared to hit Jiang Yijun. However, at that time, Jiang Laien was suddenly pulled aside by Ye Kehuan’s hands, causing Jiang Yijun to hit the air harmlessly.

“Oh…” Jiang Fugui took back his cane.

Ye Kehuan guarded Jiang Laien behind her back and looked at Jiang Yijun: “You’re all grown-ups, but what are you trying to do? You are deliberately insulting, beating, and hurting others. If you do it again, I will call 110 for the police!”

Hearing that, Jiang Yijun smiled and said, “I am disciplining my daughter. You said I deliberately hurt others? My daughter is my family member, if I can’t who is allowed to beat her?”

Ye Kehuan stared at him and didn’t retreat in the slightest: “According to what you said, if your daughter thinks that you are arrogant and have interfered heavily in her life, she can slap you and say it’s just educating her family?”

When Jiang Yijun heard that, he was so angry that he burst out, “What kind of misconception, that is not filial piety, it is just a rebellion!”

Ye Kehuan still didn’t admit defeat: “According to what you said, why is it that you have been abusing your daughter? Even wild tigers don’t eat their children. She was beaten by you since she was young. Does that just mean that you have lost your conscience?

Ye Kehuan really couldn’t stand it anymore. Since childhood, Jiang Yijun as a father, for Jiang Laien, was really worse than none.

“You…” Jiang Yijun was so angry that he finally squeezed his fist and blurted out, “I’m your **** uncle!”

Ye Kehuan’s sharp tongue: “My uncle did something wrong again. He has been dead for more than ten years.”

*pa* *pa* “Well said!” At that moment, Jiang Fugui suddenly clapped his hands. In an instant, everyone looked at him.

Jiang Fugui stood up using his cane, walked slowly to Ye Kehuan, and took out his mobile phone: “Oh… You are such a cute kid. Let’s add WeChats!”

Jiang Yijun fainted.