The place was meticulously tidy, spotlessly clean being an exaggeration, but it could definitely be called a home.
There were no cigarette butts, no empty beer bottles scattered everywhere.
The stains on the floor had also vanished.
Neat, clean.
The foul odor that had previously filled the air like a landfill was now replaced by an air freshener.
However, this wasn't the crucial point. The most important thing was…
Ye Yun was alone, propped up on the table. On the table lay a painting.
The people in the painting were Li Mengyao and Ye Keke.
Lifelike.
Quietly walking up to Ye Yun, Ye Yun still had a trace of tears in the corner of his eyes.
This beast…
He was crying?
Had he truly reflected?
How was that possible!!
“Wow, Mommy, the person in this painting looks so much like Keke,” Keke rubbed her sleepy eyes, and seeing Ye Yun’s painting, exclaimed in surprise.
“Mm, Keke, be good. Mommy will get you something to eat first, and then…” Li Mengyao patted Keke’s back, intending to coax her daughter to sleep.
But Keke’s movements clearly woke Ye Yun.
“Ah, Mengyao, Keke.” Ye Yun got up nervously, knocking over a chair in his haste.
“Daddy!” Ye Keke wriggled free, her sleepiness vanishing instantly. She opened her arms towards Ye Yun. “Hug!”
“…” Li Mengyao opened her mouth, wanting to stop her, but ultimately did not.
No matter what, Ye Yun was Keke’s biological father.
Ye Yun picked up Ye Keke, and Keke planted a kiss forcefully on Ye Yun’s face.
In that moment, Ye Yun trembled with emotion.
Forty years, a full forty years!
Every day, he had suffered immense inner torment.
Every day, his longing for his wife and daughter was etched into his bones.
How many times had he woken up in the dead of night to find his pillow soaked with tears?
What was the use of a hundred billion in wealth, or a commercial empire?
Compared to this hug and kiss from his daughter, it was less than one-ten-thousandth as precious!!
“Keke, weren’t you with Mommy at Grandma’s? How did you get back?” Ye Yun tried to calm his racing heart.
“Keke!” Li Mengyao wanted to intervene, but it was too late.
“Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa are mean. They scolded Mommy and Keke, and told Mommy to marry another uncle. Mommy was too angry and ran out without taking Keke’s things,” Keke said without reservation.
Her innocent words, Ye Keke blurted out.
As soon as she spoke, Li Mengyao’s expression changed.
No one had more right to speak about Ye Yun than she did.
The Ye Yun of the past, if he knew about such a matter, would truly do anything.
He had threatened to kill her entire family more times than she could count.
Although it was likely just threats, under the influence of alcohol, it was not impossible for him to do something truly drastic.
Erratic, insane, useless.
“Your parents bullied you again?”
Holding Ye Keke, Ye Yun’s heart was filled with self-reproach.
It was all his fault that his wife and daughter had suffered so much hardship.
“Compared to you, they were too kind.”
Li Mengyao’s tone was icy.
“Mengyao, let’s go home. Even though the house is rented, it will always be your home. Don’t worry about those things, we’ll buy new ones tomorrow. I earned some money today.”
Ye Yun knew his in-laws all too well and naturally understood how much his wife and daughter had been wronged.
After all, the ‘bargains’ found in the antique market could yield a two-hundred-fold profit.
Ye Yun remembered clearly that in his previous life, there had been a major incident.
A hooligan bought an ancient coin in the antique market, thinking it was an ordinary Qing Dynasty coin, and paid 5,000 yuan for it.
Who knew it was a treasure from the Jin Dynasty, from the reign of Jin Xizong, Tianjuan Zhongbao!
Coincidentally, an antique expert was also in the antique market at the time and immediately offered a million yuan for this Tianjuan Zhongbao.
When the news broke, Ye Yun was very envious of that fellow's luck.
He even searched online for Tianjuan Zhongbao coins.
He was shocked by what he found!
It turned out the price of the Tianjuan Zhongbao coin was not one million, but five million!
And tomorrow, his plan was to go to the antique market to find a bargain.
So he only needed to keep 5,000 yuan as capital, and the rest was unnecessary, allowing him to provide a better life for his wife and daughter.
“Ye Yun, are you saying the 3,000 yuan you coincidentally earned today? Do you think that little bit of money can buy anything? Meng Han told me not to always think about making easy money!”
“I’m not staying here permanently today; I’ll find a new place to live tomorrow!” Li Mengyao said with a cold snort.
In reality, if the hotel prices of two hundred a day hadn’t deterred her, she would never have returned to this place of sorrow.
Even if she previously thought this place was paradise, it was no longer acceptable!
“Keke wants to be with Daddy. Keke wants to be with Daddy. Keke isn’t going anywhere! Humph, bad mommy, bad mommy!” Ye Keke, seeing Li Mengyao’s voice rise, immediately hugged Ye Yun’s neck tightly. “Daddy, the Keke you drew just now was so pretty. Can you draw another one for Keke tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow won’t work, ah.” Not angered by Li Mengyao’s attitude, Ye Yun knew changing her mind wouldn’t happen overnight. He playfully tickled Keke’s nose and smiled, “Tomorrow Daddy has to go make big money. When I come back, I’ll buy you the prettiest doll toy, okay?”
Make big money?
Hearing this, Li Mengyao couldn’t help but scoff.
This scoundrel was going gambling again!
He had spouted the same nonsense countless times.
Every time it was about lofty ambitions, dreaming of getting rich overnight.
And the method he chose was simple: gambling!
He fantasized about a single gamble to turn his life around and make a fortune, then quit.
How could such a beautiful dream come true?
Gambling, like porn, was something that only became more addictive the more you indulged. Even if you won occasionally, you would lose a hundred or a thousand times more!
“Wow, Daddy is going to buy me a doll tomorrow?” Keke’s watery eyes lit up. “The Winnie the Pooh toy I like, it’s been a long time, and it’s this big!”
Children have no concept of money, but they are extremely fond of toys.
Ye Keke spread her hands to indicate the size of the Winnie the Pooh toy.
But as she spoke, Keke’s eyes dimmed.
“But the Winnie the Pooh toy is very, very expensive. Mommy said it costs several thousand yuan.”
“It’s okay.” Ye Yun ruffled Keke’s little head. “Daddy will earn lots of money tomorrow, and I can buy you several Winnie the Poohs!”
“Wow!! Then Daddy, I want ten!”
“Okay, no problem!”
The reborn Ye Yun would not refuse his daughter’s requests.
Even if it meant picking the moon from the sky, Ye Yun would not hesitate.
However, this action clearly angered Li Mengyao!
“Ye Yun, can you stop bragging? You’ve lied so many times, setting such a bad example for Keke. Is this how you be a father? Or do you want your daughter to grow up to be a habitual liar like you?” Li Mengyao’s cold reprimand followed, and she then looked at Ye Keke.
“Keke, come down, and go back to the room with me to sleep!”