Chapter 56 I Want to Chat With Him
The crowd dispersed.
The evening sun was setting on the three figures at the kindergarten entrance as they said their goodbyes to the vice-principal.
"I...I'll help you pick up the electric scooter!" said Ye Chen when he saw Chen Yinuo's electric scooter on the ground.
He ran over and picked up the electric scooter before Chen Yinuo could say anything.
Looking at Ye Chen's figure, Chen Yinuo subconsciously opened her mouth. But in the end, she kept quiet instead of hurling insults at him.
She recalled the words that those parents had said earlier and she could not help but fell into deep thought. She has never seen this side of Ye Chen before...
Did he really completely change his ways in just ten days or so?
"Can you practice more self-restraint the future? Have you not considered the consequences of being detained by the police? The consequences of having a criminal record?" said Chen Yinuo as she raised her eyebrows.
She unknowingly led Ye Youyou to Ye Chen's side.
"I can be reasonable as long as you and Youyou are unharmed. But if anyone tries to harm you in any way, then there's no way I can restraint myself! Consequences be damned! I can tolerate insults hurled at me, but not when they are hurled at both of you!" said Ye Chen emotionally as he picked up the electric scooter.
If Ye Chen had said this ten days ago, Chen Yinuo would have scoffed disdainfully. Based on her existing impression of him, Ye Chen was a wimp through and through.
But now, after the fight at the rented house, the flying kick he gave Yang Di at Yuntian Network, the slap he gave Wang Tao, and the incident at the kindergarten entrance just now, she had to admit that he had really changed. There was no way he was pretending.
"You were not like this in the past!" said Chen Yinuo hesitantly.
Ye Chen said with a bitter smile, "You said it yourself, that was the past!"
Taking this rare opportunity to speak, he continued to say, "Yinuo, I know I was an asshole in the past. But the old Ye Chen is no more. Please give me a chance for us to start over again, Yinuo. I'll not disappoint you again. As long as I live, I'll do everything in my power to make up for all the past wrongs I've done to you. Come back to me with Youyou and let's start a new life together, please?"
Hearing that, Chen Yinuo froze. Her heart was in turmoil, yet it was throbbing very fast.
Ye Chen looked at her expectantly. She was silent for a long time before she said, "We'll see!"
Although she did not say yes to him, her change in attitude made Ye
Chen very happy.
Chen Yinuo turned towards Ye Youyou and said, "Let's go home, Youyou!"
"Mom, let's go home with dad, okay? I want to live together with mom and dad again!" said Ye Youyou as she blinked her watery eyes.
"Be a girl good, go home with mommy first!"
Before Ye Youyou could protest, Chen Yinuo quickly carried her to the passenger seat of her electric scooter.
However, just as she was about to get on the scooter herself, her phone rang.
Chen Yinuo picked up the phone and went, "Yihao?"
"Where are you now, Yinuo?" asked Chen Yihao hastily.
"I just picked up Youyou and we're going home. What's up?" asked the startled Chen Yinuo.
"Don't go home yet, both of you. Mom and dad are looking for you again. I tried to stop them but failed. I'm sorry, it was my fault for showing them the way to your place the last time!"
Hearing those words, Chen Yinuo's face went stiff.
She knew all too well the reason for their visit. But she could not find it in her to face them.
"Okay, got it!" replied Chen Yinuo as she bit her lips.
"That's all I wanted to tell you for now. I'll keep an eye on them, wait for my message before you go home!"
"Mmhmm!"
Chen Yinuo hung up the phone. She was hurting on the inside.
Sensing something was amiss, Ye Chen hurried up to her and asked, "What's wrong? Why did Yihao call? Is everything alright?"
"It's nothing!" replied Chen Yinuo shaking her head.
She did not want Ye Chen to find out what happened between her and her family, and she did not plan to tell him either.
Ye Chen took the opportunity to ask, "Yinuo, it's getting late, why don't we have dinner together with Youyou?"
"Dad, I want to have pork ribs, steamed fish, steamed eggs, and chicken legs!" said Ye Youyou excitedly. Her eyes twinkled the moment she heard about food.
"Ah, pork ribs, steamed fish, steamed eggs, and chicken legs huh? Then... then I will go and buy groceries from the wet market and cook them for you, okay?" said Ye Chen quickly. He was grateful for the opportunity his daughter gave to him.
"After all, it's cozier to have a meal at home than to eat out..."
"Okay, okay! Mom, can dad go and buy groceries and cook for me?" asked Youyou happily as she turned to look at her mother.
Chen Yinuo looked at Ye Chen doubtfully and asked, "If I recall correctly, you've only cooked noodles for me twice in all the years I've known you. Do you even remember how to cook?"
Without realizing it, her attitude towards him had softened further compared to the past.
"Well, you'll find out later!" said Ye Chen with a huge smile. He could hardly contain his excitement.
Paying no heed to whether Chen Yinuo would object, he immediately hopped on the rider's seat on the electric scooter.
Chen Yinuo hesitated for a while. In the end, she relented and got into the electric scooter.
The last time Ye Chen gave her a ride on his bike was more than three years ago...
Instead of bringing both of them along with him to the smelly run-down wet market, he first dropped them at his rented house.
He then immediately went to the nearby wet market on his own.
After coming home with bags filled with ingredients for dishes that Chen Yinuo and Ye Youyou loved, Ye Chen put on an apron and started cooking in earnest.
Chen Yinuo was overcome with a strange feeling when she looked at Ye Chen busying himself in the kitchen. On his face, was a genuine smile.
The more she looked at him, the more astounded she became...
If the past Ye Chen was as good as he was in the present, even by just a fraction, she would not have brought up the topic of divorce in the first place.
...
Far away from the bustling noise and liveliness, in the Zhang family house, Zhang Jingshan was eating dinner with the Old Master.
When Ye Chen was mentioned once again, he accidentally let slip the matter of shorting the Four Seas Group.
The moment he said that, Zhang Weimin, the former secretary of the Municipal Committee, instantly froze.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" asked Zhang Jingshan. He was alarmed.
"Jingshang, you are telling me Ye Chen gave Chang Feng 20 million of hard-earned cash for Chang Feng to help short the Four Seas Group? And he involved you in the plot too?" asked Zhang Weimin. His expression suddenly became dark.
Zhang Jingshan cleared his throat and said. "Yeah, I thought he was crazy too! Although the Zhang family has no dealings with the Li family of the Four Seas Group, I have to admit that they are now thriving in the stock market. To consider shorting them at this juncture is absolute madness!"
As if he was afraid of being rebuked by the Old Master, he hurriedly added, "But don't worry, Old Master. I did not go along with his madness."
However, those words did not lighten Zhang Weimin's mood.
As the former secretary of the Municipal Committee, Zhang Weimin was often praised by the citizens of Jiang Zhou for being honest, humble, and incorruptible.
The head of the inspection team has been secretly talking to him on the phone for many years, so he knew a thing or two about some of their secret operations.
Right at that moment, the inspection team was closing in on a big case and they were at the final stage of their sting operation.
Once they spring into action, not only would Maple Leaf Hotel be uprooted, even the Four Seas Group will not be spared!
This top-secret operation was only known to a few people aside from the inspection team.
Against that backdrop, Ye Chen suddenly decided to short the Four Seas Group when they were clearly gaining momentum in the stock market? Could that be a coincidence? The incident with the Jin Lin Mansion could be waved off as pure coincidence, but that?
There was no way it was a coincidence!
"Grandpa, what's going on?" asked Zhang Jingshan in a panic. He was growing apprehensive seeing the Old Master's grave expression again.
"It's... It's nothing. Give that young man, Ye Chen, a call later. Ask if he's available tomorrow and invite him to our place, I want to talk to him!" said Zhang Weiming as he regained his composure.
"Ah!!!"
Zhang Jingshan was dumbstruck.
He thought to himself, "That was sudden? What the hell is going on?"
"What do you mean 'ah'? Can you get in touch with him or not?" said Zhang Weimin as he glared at him.
"Yes, I definitely can!" replied Zhang Jingshan. He was perplexed.