Chapter 96: Chapter 73: Getting on in Years

“La Jingzhou?” Liu Yan’s lips curled into a cold smile, “Of course, I’ll play with him slowly.”

Ye Xiao blinked, “How to play? Aren’t you going to annul the engagement first?”

“Annul the engagement? I’m in no hurry,” Liu Yan said indifferently, “He’s now embroiled in a scandal and looks like he might even go in. Taking advantage of this opportunity, of course, I want him to spit out everything he has swallowed! The special task force should soon be investigating Huanyu, and by then, many of his people will be cleared out. I can take control and make Huanyu completely follow the Liu surname! Having an engagement in place also allows me the convenience of acting as his fiancée. If he can use the engagement to plot against the Liu Family, I can naturally use it to plot against him!”

There was a glimmer of cold light in Liu Yan’s eyes, the look of someone who had completely turned dark.

Ye Xiao watched in amazement.

Liu Yan in the book was a complete love-brain.

No matter how much evidence was placed before her, as long as La Jingzhou said a word, she would choose to believe him, choose to be unresentful and unregretful towards him.

At that time, Ye Xiao had felt.

That Liu Yan’s character setting was somewhat contradictory.

Firstly, she was deeply in love with La Jingzhou.

Secondly, she would turn a deaf ear to all kinds of rumors about him.

If she truly loved him, how could she be so generous?

If you look closely, you can see that all these contradictory traits of Liu Yan were solely for the sake of the plot.

Liu Yan’s deep love for La Jingzhou allowed him to take advantage of the Liu Family.

Liu Yan’s disregard for the rumors allowed La Jingzhou and Bai Shilan to proceed with their secret plans.

But put into the real world, this doesn’t make sense.

This time.

Ye Xiao simply let Liu Yan discover the clues earlier.

Unlike in the book, Liu Yan did not blindly trust La Jingzhou. She discovered the truth early and then made a completely different move.

At least.

In the current Liu Yan, she saw not a trace of nostalgia for La Jingzhou.

Judging from how she directly sent La Jingzhou to the police station, Liu Yan truly detested La Jingzhou!

“I’m not afraid if you think I’m malicious,” Liu Yan gritted her teeth, “All these years, I’ve been devoted to him, pulling connections and finding resources for him. My family has been supporting him because of me! And what about him? Even if he felt no gratitude, he used my fondness for him and turned around to plan to pull the rug from under the Liu Family, to extinguish our fire! How can I swallow this humiliation? This time, I’ll make sure he pays the price!”

“What’s so malicious about this?” Ye Xiao said, “It’s just tit for tat, an eye for an eye.”

As she spoke, Ye Xiao cast a sidelong glance at Ye Bolin.

[Big brother, what are you standing there for all cluelessly! Have a good chat with her, form an alliance of cuckolded men! Who knows how the protagonist will jump out next, seize allies where you can, suppress when you can! Seeing how awesome sister Liu looks now, if possible, use big brother right away to solidify this alliance through marriage.]

Ye Xiao thought carelessly to herself.

Ye Bolin couldn’t help but give Ye Xiao a glare.

This girl!

Gu Yan said with a smile, “Miss Liu has come from afar, and there might be more news coming in. Just like me, Miss Liu should stay at the Ye Family’s house to rest for the night. Tomorrow, when there is news from the police station, we can decide what to do next.”

Ye Bolin was taken aback for a moment.

Wait a minute!

It’s not a big deal for Liu Yan to stay. With so many rooms in the Ye Family, it’s easy to spare a few guest rooms.

But.

What do you mean by “Miss Liu should stay at the Ye Family’s house just like me”?

What does this have to do with you, Gu Yan, and why do you need to stay as well??

Your intentions could not be more obvious!

Ye Bolin opened his mouth, about to refuse.

Ye Mingcheng and Du Yaru, who had seen off the police, returned.

Du Yaru said with a smile, “That’s how it should be. I’ll have the servants prepare the rooms. Xiaoyan, you should rest here for the night to avoid the exhaustion of traveling back and forth. Xiaogu, you can go back to the same room as before, I won’t bother to show you the way this time.”

Liu Yan accepted with some embarrassment, “Then I will be imposing.”

Gu Yan smiled slightly, “Thank you, Auntie.”

Obviously.

It wasn’t the first or second time he had stayed overnight at the Ye Family.

Ye Bolin narrowed his eyes.

Tonight, he had to keep a close eye on Gu Yan, he absolutely couldn’t let him get close to Xiaoxiao!

“Right. The guest room still needs a bit of tidying up, Miss Liu,” Gu Yan said. “Bolin mentioned he has something to discuss with you, you two can go to the study to talk.”

Ye Bolin:

Liu Yan looked at Ye Bolin with some confusion, “What did you want to talk to me about?”

“Actually…” Ye Bolin’s face stiffened.

[Why is Big Brother being so coy! It’s about the alliance matters, what else does he think it is!], Ye Xiao scorned in his inner voice.

Ye Bolin’s expression froze for a moment, then he said, “Miss Liu, let’s go to the study for a detailed discussion.”

Ye Bolin’s tone was very formal, and Liu Yan nodded in agreement.

Ye Xiao watched the two leave, feeling very satisfied.

This wave.

The hero alliance crumbled.

Yet another great addition to the Avengers, it was stable now, they were stable.

“Xiaoxiao,” Ye Lin stood beside her, still looking a bit weak, “Bai Shilan shouldn’t be coming back, right?”

Just thinking of Bai Shilan’s flirtatious glance and coquettish manner made him still somewhat wish to die.

It had been hard enough getting through the evening, and if she came a few more times, he would die, he really would die.

Ye Xiao looked at Ye Lin with some sympathy, “Second Brother, barring any accidents, she probably won’t.”

“No accidents, there absolutely won’t be any accidents,” Ye Lin shuddered and said without hesitation.

“Right, right, right, there will be no accidents,” Ye Xiao consoled him in the tone one uses with children.

[With Second Brother in his current state, wanting him to like Bai Shilan is really impossible, even if you held a knife to his throat.]

As long as he didn’t get involved with Bai Shilan again, Second Brother might at least avoid the fate of a male supporting character.

Ye Lin’s heart gradually calmed down, and then he returned to his room in a daze.

Ye Xiao also felt somewhat embarrassed.

She hadn’t expected that changing just one word could cause Second Brother to collapse like this.

Fortunately.

This was akin to administering a strong dose of medicine that completely eradicated any possibility of Second Brother developing feelings for Bai Shilan.

“Xiaoxiao, it’s getting late, you should also rest,” Du Yaru said caringly.

“Okay,” Ye Xiao obediently agreed.

In her inner voice, however, she was roaring.

[Sleep? Sleep what sleep! There will definitely be some juicy gossip online tonight; I’m going to stay up all night watching it!]

Du Yaru looked at Ye Xiao with a bit of amusement, pretending not to hear her inner voice.

[But constantly scrolling through gossip can get tiring, I should check out some abs after a while, to refresh my mind. The guy I found yesterday isn’t bad; I’ll see if he has uploaded any new videos later.]

Ye Xiao planned everything out clearly.

Gu Yan glanced at her. Abs guy? Young guy?

Ye Xiao looked back at Gu Yan, somewhat puzzled.

[What’s he looking at me for! Tsk, it suddenly occurs to me, Uncle Gu is quite old, he probably doesn’t have abs. Indeed, fresh meat is more appealing.]

Gu Yan:

Ye Mingcheng and Du Yaru both looked somewhat awkwardly towards Gu Yan.

Cough cough.

Thankfully it was alright. Xiaoxiao was speaking in her mind, Gu Yan couldn’t hear, Gu Yan couldn’t hear a thing!