Isn’t that… Ye Linhan?
We’re going to ask for his help? Shen Qi frowned when she heard this.
“I think it’s best to find him for this. He is Young Master Ye’s eldest brother, so he is your brother-in-law. We can only ask him for help.”
“What if I don’t want his help?” Shen Qi asked.
Yan went silent for a while before giving her a feeble smile. “It’s okay. I’ve guessed that you wouldn’t agree. If you don’t want to, we will think of another way.”
“Think of another way? What you said just now made me suddenly realize the difference between me and Han Xueyou. She is the Young Lady of the Han family—her family is so powerful that it will be just at her fingertips if she really wants to fake a medical report. But, be it forging fake documents or seeing through her forgery, we don’t have the resources to do that.”
Yan paused for a moment before saying, “Well, we can’t do anything about it anyway. You can’t choose which family you’re born into.”
“I don’t blame my background; I just wonder why I should stay in their world forcibly. Obviously, I don’t belong here, and it’s just a coincidence that I’m a part of their world.”
Upon hearing that, Yan’s expression changed instantly before she took Shen Qi’s hand anxiously. “What do you mean by this? Don’t give up easily! Love can transcend time and even genetics and race. What did you mean by saying you are from different worlds? As long as you love each other, there’s no problem at all! You don’t have to think so much into it. In my opinion, you just don’t trust Young Master Ye because your situation is vastly different from the norm since you got married. If you guys gave each other more trust, you wouldn’t believe a word Han Xueyou said!”
“I know.” Shen Qi nodded. “I also really want to trust him unconditionally regardless of what others say. But Yan, I am a divorced woman, someone who has experienced a failed marriage. In those two years of marriage, I also trusted my ex-husband, but what did I get in the end? A divorce agreement, a mistress who came to me, telling me that she has been pregnant for months, and in the end… I was kicked out.”
Hearing this, Yan was moved, and her pale lips trembled. “Qi, I know you have experienced a failed marriage before, but… not every man is like your ex-husband.”
“I know. I may have done something wrong myself, but… I just can’t get past that trauma. After all, I am different now. The child I am pregnant with is not his. Even if Han Xueyou is not pregnant, if I were Ye Moxuan, I would also choose a woman with a clean background instead of choosing… used goods like me.”
When Shen Qi said this, she had a particularly bitter and mocking smile on her face. “Or—”
Yan suddenly stretched out her hand to cover Shen Qi’s mouth solemnly. “Don’t talk nonsense. Think about your purpose of coming here today. We are going to look into the matter instead of just saying frustrating things without doing anything.”
“If we don’t seek help from Ye Linhan, we probably can’t do anything.”
“How do you know if you don’t try?” Yan forced her forward. “Let’s go.”
In reality, although Yan was very bright, they had no power or influence, so they couldn’t do anything at all. They were rejected by the authorities when they asked any questions about it. No one cared about the situation of people they didn’t know.
In the end, the two of them came out of the hospital feeling exhausted with no questions answered.
After that, they found a restaurant and ordered two bowls of beef noodles. Famished, Yan took a large mouthful of the soup. “If there is really no way out, let’s go to Vice President Ye. Though he loves you, he has always been a gentleman and has never forced you to do anything. I think—”
“Yan,” Shen Qi interrupted with a solemn expression.
“Do you know that this matter is very crucial? If you find Vice President Ye, maybe—”
The relationship between Ye Moxuan and Ye Linhan was very sensitive—they were not biological brothers. Apart from that, Shen Qi could still remember vividly what Ye Linhan had told her—he wanted to take her away. If this matter was known by him now, Shen Qi really couldn’t guarantee what he would do next.
“But, I already told him.”
“What did you say?” Shen Qi thought she had heard wrongly.
Yan gulped. “When you went to foot the bill just now, I sent a message to Vice President Ye, telling him that we are here. He said that he would come over soon.”
Hearing that, Shen Qi’s expression changed in an instant. “What are you doing?”
“Qi, we don’t have to explain the truth to him. We just need to ask him to help investigate this matter. Why do you want to make things so complicated?”
Shen Qi hesitated before retorting, “You’re the one who thinks that everything is that simple.”
In the end, she lowered her eyes helplessly. Is there no way out?
People like Ye Linhan might look gentle and chivalrous on the surface, but Shen Qi felt that his true temperament was not like this. The gentleness was nothing more than a facade he used to cover up his dark side.
Since he and Ye Moxuan were half-brothers, how was it possible that they had a close relationship? On top of that, Shen Qi also felt that he was not that simple.
If he were someone decent, he would never have told her that he had intentions to bring her away.
Thinking of this, Shen Qi quickly packed up her things and got up. “Stop eating. We’re leaving here right now.”
Hearing that, Yan’s face turned pale. “Why? I have already sent a message to tell him that we’re here, and he’ll be here soon. If we leave now, aren’t we standing him up?”
“So be it. I can’t meet him. I would rather stop looking into this matter than to ask him for help.”
“Qi, why do you have to be so stubborn? Can’t you work hard for your own happiness? I told you not to overthink stuff and just trust Young Master Ye, but you just wouldn’t listen to me. Now that I asked Vice President Ye to come over, you’re not happy with that too. What do you really want? Do you still want to find out the truth, you useless coward?”
Shen Qi was rendered speechless upon hearing that.
She looked at Yan in shock. After all, she didn’t expect that Yan would actually call her a coward.
“What? Did I say anything wrong? Look at you—don’t you look like a wuss? Just because you have experienced a failed marriage, you think every man is like that. Han Xueyou was your best friend, yet she turned her back against you and betrayed you. Is it because of that, you don’t trust me either? Is that the reason you are unhappy that I asked Vice President Ye to come over?”
“Yan…” Shen Qi stared at her blankly. “Why do you think so?”
“Isn’t that the case? Because you have experienced it once, you don’t have the guts to put it behind you. Am I right?”
