Of course, the answer was no, because Ye Shaohua had already returned to the country with Yun Mu.
And they had even enjoyed a nice little vacation.
“Shaohua, have you noticed how heavily guarded the streets are today?” Xu Tianjiao hadn’t asked Ye Shaohua to move out. Hugging a glass bottle, she gossiped, “Everyone at the Xu Corporation today was saying that some big shot is coming to Yun City.”
“Is that so?” Ye Shaohua was holding a game controller, playing one of Xu Tianjiao’s private games, looking completely unfazed.
As she spoke, the character on the screen “whooshed” right over an obstacle.
“Of course!” Seeing that Ye Shaohua was responding, Xu Tianjiao became even more excited to gossip. “You know, when I got off work today, there were police officers stationed at every intersection. I heard that not a single officer was off duty today. And get this—last night, they even transferred an entire military regiment stationed around Yun City here, all for today.”
Ye Shaohua just gave a noncommittal “Mm.”
Seeing Ye Shaohua like this, Xu Tianjiao genuinely thought her calmness was abnormal. Wouldn’t anyone be shocked by this?
With no one to share her gossip-fueled excitement with, she picked up her phone and started browsing Weibo and the news. Almost everything online was discussing this.
The post on the Yun City News Weibo account already had hundreds of thousands of comments.
And the number was still climbing rapidly.
“Whoa, Shaohua, look at this top comment,” Xu Tianjiao pointed at a popular comment and laughed. “This person says that actually, there are people with special abilities in this world. They claim Yun City is the birthplace of such abilities and is currently the international palace for these individuals. They say many superpowered from around the world are rushing to our Yun City. This isn’t a novel, how could there be people like that? Don’t you think so?”
Ye Shaohua: “…Yeah, I guess so.”
Xu Tianjiao held her phone, reading the discussions in the comment section. She couldn’t put it down; people were saying all sorts of things.
Some were saying they were searching for a dangerous escaped criminal, others were advising everyone not to go out today because the escaped criminal was extremely dangerous. Why else would there be such tight security with guards posted every few steps?
That’s what everyone thought.
What these people didn’t notice was that the comment about “superpowered individual”, which had just been among the popular comments, had been quietly deleted.
After that, Yun City News directly disabled commenting on that post.
Left with no other outlet, the hordes of curious netizens flocked to other bloggers’ pages to continue their discussions.
Because of this event today, even the ratings for an incredibly popular TV drama dropped by several points.
“Oh, right, Shaohua,” Xu Tianjiao suddenly remembered something. “While you were away on your business trip, your mom came looking for you.”
As she brought this up, Xu Tianjiao glanced surreptitiously at Ye Shaohua.
She still remembered how fiercely Ye Shaohua had defended her mother back then.
Ye Shaohua spoke indifferently, “Oh.”
She didn’t even ask what she wanted.
“She really is something else…” Xu Tianjiao started to vent, seeing that Ye Shaohua’s expression hadn’t changed.
But before she could finish her complaint, the doorbell rang.
Was the delivery here that quickly?
Xu Tianjiao went to open the door, a smile initially on her face. But when she saw the group of people outside, her expression darkened. “Why are you here?”
She tried to close the door with a cold expression, but someone forcefully pushed it open.
“Shaohua, I heard you were back,” Ye Shaohua’s mother, Liu Fang, barged in with a middle-aged man with a receding hairline. Spotting Ye Shaohua sitting on the carpet playing a game on the TV screen, she immediately said to the balding man, “Mr. Wang, look, this is my daughter. Even though she’s divorced, she’s still pretty, right? If you don’t mind…”
Wei Ruya stood to the side, watching the scene unfold inside, a slightly mocking expression on her face.
Liu Fang hadn’t told Mr. Wang the specifics of Ye Shaohua’s situation. Back in their village, women who had their engagement called off or were divorced faced scorn and gossip. Finding another match was difficult, and even just enduring the shame was a problem.
Now this Mr. Wang was wealthy and unmarried.
This was a match Wei Ruya had suggested for Ye Shaohua. Liu Fang, seeing that Mr. Wang had money, immediately agreed, thinking Ye Shaohua would be going off to a life of comfort.
Mr. Wang had initially assumed the woman he was being introduced to wouldn’t be much to look at.
He knew his own situation; he had a bit of money, but truly excellent women wouldn’t be interested in him.
Besides, Liu Fang had been talking to him on the phone for days, constantly praising Ye Shaohua but always hinting at her situation – divorced, jilted. He had subconsciously assumed she wasn’t anything special.
Honestly, he was only coming because of the Wei family connection.
So he hadn’t had high expectations for Ye Shaohua. But seeing her now, even just a side profile, he was stunned, his eyes practically gleaming.
Ye Shaohua’s natural qualities were simply excellent.
Her skin was incredibly fair. When she turned her head slightly, you could see the shadow her long, curled eyelashes cast beneath her eyes.
She didn’t have that heavy, thick makeup like other girls; her beauty was clear and pure.
It wasn’t just a superficial prettiness; her beauty seemed to come from deep within, her whole being radiating an air of mystery.
Mr. Wang thought about the hottest actresses in the entertainment industry, but he felt none of them could compare to this woman!
Who on earth was this guy? To be married to her, and then actually willing to divorce her?
“Not at all, of course not,” Mr. Wang waved his hand, his gaze never leaving Ye Shaohua. “You’re Miss Ye, right? I’m Wang Bo, the chairman of Juli Investment. My family has a modest fortune of around seven million.”
He thought about how Liu Fang had been practically pushing her daughter onto him these past few days, and felt quite satisfied with his self-introduction.
Considering how eager Liu Fang was, he assumed Ye Shaohua, a woman abandoned by two men, would be more than happy with him.
But after he finished speaking, Ye Shaohua still kept her eyes down, focused on the game, not even glancing his way.
And even though Liu Fang had been there for a while, she hadn’t called her “Mom.”
Liu Fang’s expression soured. “Shaohua, you child, get up now. Come meet Mr. Wang. Are you still going to be picky? Think about your situation. For Mr. Wang to be willing to marry you is already your good fortune.”
