Ye Ziyu followed Ye Qianzhi into the study.
Upon entering, Ye Qianzhi turned to Ye Ziyu with a look of guilt and apologized.
"I am an incompetent father. You suffered so much injustice, and I was completely unaware."
Compared to Jiang Wenbin, how much better was he?
Ye Ziyu watched his hand patting his chest and awkwardly reached out to stop him, "You don't have to be like this."
Even if he had known beforehand, what difference would it have made?
On the surface, they would all pretend to accept her, but he couldn't possibly be aware of all their malicious schemes behind her back.
The more indifferent Ye Ziyu appeared, the more distressed Ye Qianzhi felt. In his youth, he failed to protect Lu Yuman, causing her sorrow and a forced marriage, and ultimately leading to her death by the hands of vile individuals. Now in his old age, he had still failed to protect their daughter, allowing her own closest family to harm her.
Ye Qianzhi said with a sorrowful expression, "If your mother knew you were wronged in the Ye family, she would surely blame me."
Would she? Perhaps!
Ye Ziyu pondered.
When Lu Yuman was alive, she wouldn't allow Ye Ziyu to shed even a single tear.
"Mother will understand. Moreover, I already have Di Mingjue by my side. If Mother knew, she would be very gratified." Ye Ziyu sometimes wondered if Di Mingjue was someone Lu Yuman had personally arranged to be by her side.
Their meeting was so peculiar, and later, because of Yu Ze, she had no choice but to return to his side. It all felt like a script that was written long ago by fate.
Speaking of Di Mingjue, Ye Ziyu's entire demeanor softened.
"Mingjue is a capable partner," Ye Qianzhi remarked.
If he had possessed even half of Di Mingjue's capabilities back then, the outcome would not be like this.
After a brief chat, Ye Ziyu left the study.
Ye Chenhan had been waiting in the corridor.
"Ziyu," Ye Chenhan's voice was filled with nervousness as he called her name.
Following the incident with Ye Yubin, Ye Chenhan finally realized that Ye Ziyu had suffered a great deal of injustice within the Ye family.
Ye Ziyu nodded and walked over to him, "What is it?"
"That, about Second Brother's matter, I'm sorry!" After speaking, Ye Chenhan lowered his head in remorse.
They were together every day, yet they failed to uncover Ye Yubin's plan. After the incident, they foolishly relayed Di Mingjue's instructions to Ye Yubin and Ye Jiaxu.
Inadvertently, he had become a tool in the hands of the wicked, almost causing secondary harm to Ye Ziyu.
"There's no need to apologize, you haven't done anything to wrong me," Ye Ziyu comforted him with understanding.
He was himself, and Ye Yubin was Ye Yubin. She couldn't condemn everyone in the Ye family because of Ye Yubin's actions.
She knew that Ye Chenhan was acting upon Di Mingjue's words; he merely wanted to issue a warning to the others through Ye Yubin.
Ye Ziyu tiptoed and placed her hands on Ye Chenhan's shoulders, "I know you would never do anything to hurt me. Instead, you would rush out to protect me when I'm in trouble."
Upon hearing these words, Ye Chenhan's eyes widened. He felt as if he had received a confession from Ye Ziyu, and shyly lowered his head.
Ye Ziyu smiled to lighten the mood and, with a bit of effort, coaxed him to crouch down a little.
Ye Chenhan doted on her wholeheartedly. Whatever Ye Ziyu said, he would comply.
Click!
Ye Ziyu raised her phone and took a photo of them together.
"All done," Ye Ziyu released him and looked down at the photo she had taken.
She opened her social media, drafted a caption, and paired it with the photo.
Ye Chenhan pulled out his phone, and she looked at the content Ye Ziyu was about to post.
[Having a brother who dotes on me!]
In the photo, Ye Ziyu had a look of happiness, while Ye Chenhan gazed at the camera with a simple smile.
With just a few simple words, Ye Chenhan was both surprised and overjoyed. If he were afraid of being teased by Ye Ziyu, he would have been moved to tears.