Special Agent’s Rebirth: The Almighty Goddess of Quick Transmigration - Chapter 348

Especially considering Ye Shaohua was only eighteen now.

With her around, how could the Ye family not prosper?!

Just thinking about this made Ye Ming tremble with excitement, his fingertips shaking.

Madam Yun glanced at him and couldn’t help but shake her head.

After the Ye family left the military compound, Madam Yun sighed, “Ye Ming is truly despicable. Who knows how Shaohua has managed all these years.”

It’s true what they say: a stepmother often means a stepfather too.

“I told you before, this girl has her secrets,” even the well-traveled Mr. Yun was startled by the scene earlier, “and quite a few of them.”

He remembered the teacup he’d seen at the Ye house.

He had thought it extraordinary before. Now it seemed clear.

Ye Shaohua certainly wouldn’t give Old Master Ye a piece of junk.

“Good eye,” Mr. Yun thought to himself, then patted his son’s shoulder. “We’ve done what we could. The rest is up to you. Good luck.”

Yun Xiao gave them a sidelong glance and didn’t say much.

Meanwhile, as soon as he settled into the back seat of the family car, Ye Ming was the first to speak. “Shaohua, I misunderstood you earlier. I shouldn’t have doubted you. I promise I won’t do that again.”

Ye Shaohua remained silent, ignoring his apology.

She remembered that phone call vividly.

Honestly, if it had been Ye Ruxue saying those things today, Ye Ming wouldn’t have doubted her for a second.

After all, he couldn’t even remember his own daughter’s birthday, yet he threw a lavish party for his stepdaughter.

Seeing that Ye Shaohua wasn’t responding, Ye Ming pressed on. “Shaohua, did you sell that research paper? Where’s the money?”

“I didn’t sell it,” Ye Shaohua replied flatly.

“How is that possible?” Xu Peipei, who had been too ashamed to speak, couldn’t help but sneer at this. “Fifty million? You probably haven’t even seen that much money in your life. There’s no way you didn’t sell it. You just don’t want us to know, that’s all.”

“Enough!” Old Master Ye’s face had been cold since leaving the Yun residence.

Hearing their questioning now, he said bluntly, “If the child says she didn’t sell it, then she didn’t. I watched her grow up; I know whether she lies or not. And so what if she did sell it? What does it have to do with you?”

“And you two, aren’t you ashamed? Haven’t you embarrassed yourselves enough today? Ye Ming, look at yourself. Do you act like a father? You have the nerve to talk about how you raised Shaohua? I blush for you!”

Ye Ming had always been afraid of his father, the retired soldier.

Scolded by the old man, he didn’t speak another word for the rest of the journey.

When they returned, Ye Ruxue and Ye Rui were sitting in the living room, not having gone upstairs to rest.

“Grandpa, what did you go to the Yun’s for today?” Ye Rui, having just heard a bit from Ye Ruxue about the Yun family’s status in City B, couldn’t help but ask.

Unlike Ye Ming, he had dreamed of joining the special forces since he was a boy.

Grandpa told him to climb the ranks on his own, and Ye Rui worked hard. But in the military, it wasn’t just about who was stronger; connections mattered too.

Since Grandpa wouldn’t pull strings for him, he’d find his own connections.

The Yun family was a potential breakthrough.

“It’s something we were going to announce anyway,” Old Master Ye’s expression, which had been poor, brightened somewhat as he spoke of this. “The Yun family thinks very highly of our Shaohua. Today, they proposed letting the two young people meet. From the Yun family’s side, they seem quite satisfied with Shaohua.”

At these words, Xu Peipei’s hand stilled, and Ye Ruxue almost blurted out a question.

Seeing the looks on Ye Ruxue and the others’ faces, Old Master Ye gave a cold inner laugh. “The rest will be up to these two young people.”

“Wait a minute?” Ye Rui sensed something off. “The person the Yun family favors… it’s not Big Sis?”

The ‘Big Sis’ he referred to was naturally Ye Ruxue.

After all, he had never called Ye Shaohua ‘sister’.

Old Master Ye didn’t want to explain more to Ye Rui. He just looked at Ye Shaohua. “Shaohua, you must be tired today. Go upstairs, take a bath, and get some rest.”

“Alright, Grandpa.” Ye Shaohua’s gaze didn’t linger on anyone other than her grandfather.

She responded and headed upstairs. Any occasional glance at the others was filled with coldness and detachment.

“Dad, Mom, what’s wrong?” Ye Ruxue pursed her lips. What kind of family were the Yuns? She refused to believe a family like that could genuinely take a liking to Ye Shaohua.

Ye Ming shook his head, offering no explanation.

The impact of tonight’s events was still too great for him.

After Ye Ming left, Xu Peipei remembered something. “Auntie Liu, take some soup up to Shaohua.”

After giving the order, Xu Peipei looked at Ye Ruxue and suddenly narrowed her eyes. “Xue’er, don’t you think you’ve put on a little weight lately?”

“Have I?” Preoccupied with thoughts of Ye Shaohua, Ye Ruxue didn’t pay much mind. “Didn’t you say before that I was too thin? A little weight is good.”

She was used to being thin, the kind of constitution that never gained weight.

So she didn’t take Xu Peipei’s words to heart.

What she really cared about was the matter between Ye Shaohua and the Yun family.

In fact, Ye Ruxue hadn’t been concerned when Ye Shaohua first returned. After all, in the past, Ye Shaohua had always served as her foil.

When Grandpa took Ye Shaohua to the Yun’s today, Ye Ruxue wasn’t worried.

Given Ye Shaohua’s education and looks, she and the Yun family were worlds apart.

But now, hearing her mother’s words…

Ye Ruxue couldn’t help but purse her lips. Could Ye Shaohua really be that lucky? Perhaps the Yun family’s young master was obese or had some physical disability?

The more she thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, and she couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Ye Shaohua’s luck really wasn’t bad.

Just then, Chu Yan called.

“Mom, I need to discuss matters about the author of ‘Gods’ Horizon’ with Chu Yan. I’m going upstairs.” Ye Ruxue went upstairs to take Chu Yan’s call.

At that moment, Ye Shaohua was giving her grandfather another recently received, seemingly worn-out teacup from her room, adding to the set.

When she entered the study, Ye Rui was in the middle of talking to Old Master Ye. Seeing her come in, his brow furrowed.

Ye Rui hadn’t intended to speak to Ye Shaohua.

But seeing her bring another shabby teacup, and especially seeing Grandpa treat it like a treasure, he couldn’t resist a taunt. “Bringing another broken cup for Grandpa? Trying to complete a set?”