Chapter 75: Extra 5-3
Du Hongyun had come uninvited and was an uninvited guest. Xie Yao maintained a calm face on the surface. Yuli was a little uncomfortable. Only Li Meijuan was very hospitable.
At the dining table, the two middle-aged women of different appearances were chattering endlessly.
Du Hongyun first mentioned Song Kang, with a very heartbroken and regretful attitude. “It’s not easy for you and Little Song to have survived and have today. The law has finally given you justice.”
Although Li Meijuan didn’t want to bring it up, she could feel the other party’s sincerity and began to talk endlessly about the difficulties of those years, about her hardships, about her daughter’s self-reliance and ambition, about Xie Yao’s help to them, and finally, she thanked Du Hongyun.
It was also the first time Yuli had seen her own mother so talkative.
She was a little embarrassed to hear it, but Du Hongyun actually had red eyes and took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes.
At the end, she said to Yuli, “Little Song, you have a good mother. You must take good care of her health, and spend more time with her to enjoy family happiness. It would be best if you had a child soon, to make your family more lively.”
Yuli nodded in response to the first half of the sentence but could only purse her lips and say nothing to the second half.
Du Hongyun did not mention this topic again, nor did she point to Xie Yao.
Yuli finally sensed that Du Hongyun really did not want to break her and Xie Yao up, but she probably had other purposes and was not being honest with her.
Xie Yao had always hinted at her not to pay attention to her, but this time, Du Hongyun had told her the truth.
Before leaving, she took Yuli to the car alone. The kindness on her face was gone, and she had a bit of a heartfelt tone.
“This son of mine has not been close to people since he was a child. But he is also ridiculously outstanding. He is top-notch in his studies, exams, and academics. He founded Mingyan Capital when he was eighteen, as if he were obsessed with money. Not to mention love, he ignores family and friendship, as if he doesn’t need emotions. His dad and I are both worried that he will marry a foreigner in finance, abandon his nationality, and completely become the embodiment of capital.”
Yuli listened seriously and felt that what she said was not without reason. This was also a point she was worried about. If things really developed as she said, his career would blow up sooner or later.
Du Hongyun continued, “Now it seems that he still has some humanity. He likes an ordinary girl like you, which means that he has not become a puppet of capital. He may still have some worldly pursuits. So Little Song, Auntie begs you, don’t immigrate abroad. Pull him to be down-to-earth and live a more ordinary life.”
Yuli finally understood. It turned out that her repeated probing was to see what she and her family were like.
But Yuli had no confidence that she could influence Xie Yao.
Du Hongyun said with a smile, “The first time I saw him compromise with his dad was because of you.”
Yuli was skeptical in her heart but agreed on the surface.
Du Hongyun left.
Yuli took Xie Yao for a walk in the park and talked about what she had mentioned. “She’s afraid that you only have money in your eyes and will immigrate abroad.”
Xie Yao chuckled. “She’s doing it for Xie Weifeng’s career.”
Even if that was the purpose, Yuli also felt that she was right. Yuli asked, “Then have you thought of immigrating?”
“What about you?” he looked at her, his gaze a little sharp.
“No,” Yuli said firmly. “I was born and raised here. When I couldn’t afford university, it was the country that gave me an interest-free loan and also gave me living assistance. I will not leave.”
Xie Yao smiled. “Not bad. I’m not stupid either.”
Xie Yao didn’t say any more.
The holiday time flew by. They returned to the capital the day before the holiday ended.
When they got home and put down their luggage, Yuli was pulled into the bathroom by him.
The hot water streamed down her skin, and Yuli soon went limp in Xie Yao’s arms.
When they kissed, the water droplets were on her eyelashes, flowed to the corner of her lips, and dripped from her chin.
Yuli felt that she had drunk a lot of tap water. But Xie Yao did not let go, and she could not move.
In the end, her legs were so weak that she could only cling to his shoulders.
After coming out of the bathroom, Xie Yao wrapped Yuli tightly in a bath towel, quickly dried her, and casually wiped himself twice. He held her on his lap and blew her hair.
His eyes were full of dark desire, and his hands were acting wantonly in the bath towel.
Yuli’s hair was half-dry. He pulled open the bath towel and kissed her deeply, holding the back of her neck.
Yuli held his face and touched his short hair, which was still wet.
She turned her head away. “Dry your hair first.”
Xie Yao handed her the hairdryer. “Help me blow it.”
Yuli was compliant. Just as she turned on the switch, he pressed her down and continued to kiss and move.
Yuli moved the hairdryer a few times and had no strength left.
Xie Yao held her and pressed down heavily.
The hairdryer completely stopped working.
In Yuli’s old home, Xie Yao had been very well-behaved, very much like an abstinence-focused, domineering president, with a cold and aloof air.
After returning to his own home, he had completely returned to his original form.
Although Yuli also wanted to, one time was enough to relieve her. But he was not. It was as if he were a reincarnated hungry ghost, and he had to eat her whole to be satisfied.
*
In autumn. It had been a year since she had met Xie Yao. Today, they had agreed to go home early after work.
But halfway through, two staff members in black suits and badges came and went straight into Xie Yao’s office.
After more than ten minutes of closed-door meeting, Xie Yao left with them.
The other two colleagues in the president’s office looked at each other, and one of them sighed. “Here we go again.”
“What’s wrong?” Yuli asked.
“From the Securities and Exchange Commission,” they said at the same time, their tone helpless and bitter.
Yuli froze on the spot.
Could it be that what was meant to come had finally come?
But the two colleagues did not seem very worried, which gave Yuli a glimmer of hope.
When it was time to get off work, Xie Yao had not returned. Yuli was a little in a mess.
She sent him a text message: I’m going home first. No matter what, I will wait for you.
Usually, when she went home, she was either with him, or he was already at home. It was rare for her to go home alone.
The sky was already dark. She turned on the lights, and the room was empty.
She took out the ingredients to prepare dinner as usual. Her phone had not replied. Yuli was anxious and uneasy and held the counter for a long time.
The main door of the living room suddenly opened. She turned and walked out. It was Xie Yao. He was back.
“You’re back,” she was obviously flustered, her brow furrowed, and her voice was hoarse.
Xie Yao’s action of changing his shoes paused. He walked to her side. “What’s wrong?”
He thought something had happened to her.
Yuli held his hand. “Xie Yao, no matter what you did before, it’s not too late to stop now. As long as you admit your mistake and surrender to the law, and take the initiative to confess, the sentence should not be too long.”
Xie Yao looked at her. “Yuli, what are you talking about?”
Yuli thought he was still holding on.
She also looked at him and said firmly, “I will wait for you.”
“You think the two people who came today were investigating me?” Xie Yao came to his senses.
“Aren’t they?”
Xie Yao held her face with one hand and pinched it with gritted teeth. “You don’t really think that Mingyan Capital’s money needs to be washed, do you?”
Yuli still had a “isn’t it?” expression on her face.
Xie Yao let her go and pulled her to sit on the sofa.
“All of Mingyan Capital’s projects are legal and compliant. There is an annual government audit. It’s a bit troublesome, but they can all stand up to scrutiny. And the people who invited me today were not investigating me.”
“Then what is it?”
“It was supposed to be a secret,” Xie Yao smiled, pulled her closer, and whispered in her ear, “Financial war. Enlistment.”
Yuli blinked. Just these few words, but she quickly reacted.
“Can you help?” she was a little excited.
Xie Yao avoided the question and asked in a serious tone, “Since when did you start to suspect that I would be investigated? To the point of a few years’ sentence and waiting for me to be released from prison.”
Yuli didn’t think her worry was unnecessary. “Although I’ve only been in the industry for a short time, I also know that the top people in this industry have no country. I’m worried that you will be controlled by greed and also become a puppet of capital, and will sell everything to accumulate capital, including the interests of the country.”
Xie Yao smiled. “Your stance is quite high.”
Yuli: “I’m serious.”
“I see,” Xie Yao said, smiling and pressing her brow. “Your brow is all furrowed.”
Yuli opened his hand. He held her in a reverse grip and pulled her into his arms.
At this moment, he felt even more that the person in his arms was his Yuli.
“But you underestimated me,” Xie Yao said softly. “Only those with short-sightedness only look at interests. If the skin does not exist, what will the hair attach to? How can I not understand?”
Xie Yao had long known that although the time and place were different, the culture of his previous life and this era were of the same vein.
“You can go and look through Mingyan Capital’s projects from the past ten years tomorrow. They have all invested in real enterprises with real technology. Quality over quantity. The reason why they haven’t reached the top is because I look down on the tricks in the circle.”
Xie Yao smiled faintly, with a hint of coldness. “The tricks on the other side of the ocean will sooner or later burn themselves. I’m waiting for the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.”
Yuli’s view of him instantly changed.
Looking at Yuli’s gaze, the corners of Xie Yao’s lips curled up and could not be suppressed.
Yuli felt that he was so handsome at this moment. How could there be such a man, and she had met him?
Yuli couldn’t help but look up and kiss him, her nose against his. “Xie Yao, I want to marry you.”
Xie Yao retreated a little and looked at her. “We’ll go first thing tomorrow morning.”
Yuli pondered for a moment and replied, “Alright.”
When this day really came, Xie Yao was not as excited as he had imagined. Their current life was no different from a husband and wife. A legal marriage was just to add another layer of reinforcement to their relationship.
Whether there was that certificate or not, he would surely grow old with her.
Xie Yao held Yuli. “Yuli, whether you marry me or not, you just have to be yourself. I will watch you, accompany you, until your hair is white, until you die of old age, and I will handle your funeral.”
Xie Yao rarely said sweet words. Even to this day, he had not said “I love you” to her. But what he was saying now, it was a little strange, but to Yuli, it was more moving than any sweet words. He was very calm, as if he had already imagined a lifetime with her, to the day she died.
Yuli felt an immense sense of security and said with a smile, “Then I have to live a little longer.”
Xie Yao held her gently.
Yuli didn’t know that he was not imagining, but had already done it.
In his previous life, he had accompanied her from her black hair to her white hair, and then had watched her go before him, and had buried her in the imperial tomb.
After that, he had suffered for a year and had followed her.
In this life, he had started over, had suffered for twenty-nine years, and had met her again.
Every day after that was a gift from heaven.
Xie Yao did not tell her these things, but just kissed her forehead and hummed in agreement.