How can they have the nerve? Song Shimiao couldn’t understand. Things are already like this, and they still have the cheek to talk about helping each other out? Besides, what could they possibly help us with?
Can I reply? Song Shimiao looked at Ye Wu.
Although Ye Wu had just said she wouldn’t be bullied, Song Shimiao felt it must be because Ye Wu was simply too easy-going that people tried to take advantage of her.
Help yourself. Ye Wu raised a hand, indicating she didn’t mind.
Ye Wu propped her chin in her hand and watched Song Shimiao.
Ye Wu: I am Song Shimiao.
Ye Wu: We don’t care about your meal, and don’t think we can’t see what kind of scheme you’re pulling. We completely fail to see anything you could help us with.
Ye Wu: It’s hilarious to casually throw out a perfunctory remark and then expect people to follow your instructions. Do you take us for fools?
Ye Wu: Don’t try to pull rank on us; we’re not buying it.
Ye Wu handed the phone back.
Won’t your parents get angry? Song Shimiao asked.
It doesn’t matter. Ye Wu looked at Song Shimiao and smiled. Even if you hadn’t said those words today, they still wouldn’t have been happy.
If everything you do makes them unhappy, then naturally you can do whatever you want.
How on earth do I usually get along with your parents? Song Shimiao asked doubtfully.
Ye Wu pondered for a few seconds. We really don’t get along much. You don’t need to worry about that kind of thing, and in the future you’ll handle it quite well anyway.
Ye Wu’s phone vibrated a few times. It was obvious that the message Song Shimiao had just sent had received a response.
She tapped the screen and glanced at it.
Aunt: That was a very nasty thing to say. We are all one family.
Ye Wu: We won’t be helping out with any of your favors from now on, so don’t contact me again, and it’s useless to look for my parents.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Wu casually blocked the person. She had wanted to cut ties with that group of relatives for a long time, and this was a good opportunity. When it came to taking decisive action, she still wasn’t as resolute as Song Shimiao.
Over at the banquet, the person who wanted to keep messaging Ye Wu suddenly found a red exclamation mark appearing right before her text when she tried to send it.
Did she block me? The middle-aged woman pulled the person next to her and asked.
Yes.
Her temper is really something else. Ye’s Aunt stood up and walked over to Ye Wu’s parents. Look at this good daughter of yours; she actually blocked me. I am her elder, after all.
It’s not like we didn’t let them come, Ye’s Aunt frowned. It’s her younger sister’s wedding, yet the older sister is throwing such a tantrum, just asking them to temporarily introduce themselves as friends to outsiders…
The two of them are hopeless romantics anyway, and they love showing off their affection. They really are married already, so they definitely wouldn’t be happy if you made them hide their relationship. Ye Wu’s mother glanced over and withdrew her gaze. I can’t control her anymore; it’s useless for you to find me.
Although Ye Wu’s mother was deeply bothered by the situation between Ye Wu and Song Shimiao, just as Ye Wu had said, what was done was done. What happened at home stayed at home, but outside was outside, and she hadn’t lost her mind enough to help outsiders save face.
Besides, there were already plenty of people waiting to watch a joke unfold in their family, and Ye Wu’s mother cared deeply about her own pride. Therefore, since Ye Wu didn’t want to come over, she hadn’t made too much of a fuss to drag the two of them there.
The expression on Ye’s Aunt’s face didn’t look too good. She looked at Ye Wu’s father, who nodded from the side, The kids are grown up now, and as parents, there’s nothing we can do. Besides, what you guys did this time really wasn’t fair, you want their help, but you also look down on them. There’s no such logic in the world.
If Ye’s Aunt’s expression had only looked moderately unpleasant when she was rejected by Ye Wu’s mother, it was now looking utterly atrocious.
Since your family is making a lot of money now, it’s only normal that you look down on poor relatives like us.
What’s going on? Ye’s Uncle walked over upon vaguely hearing the argument from this side, his voice lowered.
Ye’s Aunt immediately recounted the whole incident with exaggerated and distorted details.
Heh, those two kids are still young and don’t understand the importance of connections. Little Zhao’s family runs a factory, so who will end up helping who is still up in the air. This time, his family even forked out 880,000 yuan in betrothal gifts.
As for us, we aren’t people who are selling our daughter. We let Xiaoyun keep all the betrothal gifts and dowry for herself, so her life in the future is going to be fantastic. Ye’s Uncle’s boastful tone was completely unmasked. Depending entirely on your own hustle is just too exhausting.
Xiaomiao and Miaomiao have both been strong-willed since they were kids. Making them just lie down and coast would make them uncomfortable, and the money they earn themselves is the money they can spend with peace of mind, Ye Wu’s mother said.
The expression on Ye’s Uncle’s face stiffened slightly. Although they didn’t get into a shouting match, the people nearby could clearly smell the gunpowder in the air.
When the children were still in school, no one envied Ye Wu’s parents. After all, she was always either first or second in her grade, and during the college entrance examination, she even scored the second highest in the entire province. Her school scholarships alone brought in 100,000 yuan. Later on, she wrote web novels and sold the copyright, and after graduation, her startup made quite a bit of money as well.
During that period of time, Ye Wu’s parents were living the high life, and all the relatives lived under the shadow of Ye Wu’s success, until her romance with Song Shimiao was discovered.
Although among many of the younger generation, such a thing wasn’t really anything worth criticizing, in the eyes of certain older relatives, it was a flaw they could finally pick out in Ye Wu. They completely failed to accept such unorthodox behavior, and even though they knew this criticism didn’t hold any real ground, they simply couldn’t find anything else to attack.
As for me, I don’t have any particular thoughts right now. As long as the two of them can live their lives well on their own, that’s enough, Ye Wu’s mother said. Anyway, I don’t interfere in their business anymore. If they can get along well with the younger generation, great; if they can’t, then so be it. Nowadays, each generation is more distant from the next anyway, so forcing them together is completely useless.
Neither Song Shimiao nor Ye Wu knew what was happening over on that side. After finishing their meal, the two of them wandered around a shopping mall.
If you see anything you like, you can buy it, Ye Wu said.
Well… Song Shimiao didn’t feel a strong desire to shop, and besides, she hadn’t been to a shopping mall for a very long time. Suddenly entering one left her unsure of what she even needed to buy. Of course, the main point was that whatever she bought, she wouldn’t be able to take it back with her. Let’s just take a look around.
Song Shimiao glanced at Ye Wu beside her, then quickly looked away.
Although when she saw Ye Wu this morning, the other person didn’t seem much different from her eighteen-year-old self, looking at her now, she had indeed matured a lot, and her demeanor had grown much steadier.
Of course, there was also a possibility that the other person was simply putting on a pretentious act in front of her, and probably wouldn’t act like this in front of the twenty-six-year-old her.
Song Shimiao followed behind Ye Wu into a store. She deliberately checked out the brand name, then somewhat self-consciously moved closer to Ye Wu.
It was clear that the two of them were frequent customers here. The staff recognized them both and greeted them warmly before immediately starting to naturally recommend the newest arrivals, specifically picking out clothes that looked like matching couple outfits.
Looking at Ye Wu holding up a piece of clothing and looking at her, Song Shimiao felt a little awkward.
However, she realized that clothes were the kind of thing where even if she left, the twenty-six-year-old version of her could still wear them. Therefore, helping her buy clothes was more like buying them for the twenty-six-year-old her.
Do you not like it? Noticing Song Shimiao’s expression, Ye Wu asked.
No, just pick whatever you think looks good. I don’t even know what to choose.
The eighteen-year-old Song Shimiao rarely bought clothes. After all, school required uniforms, and on days off, she basically only chose loose and comfortable outfits, having zero requirements for fashion styling.
Song Shimiao used to have an extremely comfortable T-shirt that she wore for six years. To clarify, though, it was definitely not because she hadn’t grown taller, but simply because she had bought it way too large in the first place. Because it had faded from being washed so many times over the years, every time she wore it out, her parents would roast her about it, and ultimately that shirt was secretly thrown away by her mother while cleaning the wardrobe a month ago.
However, this time Song Shimiao had looked into the wardrobe of her future self and found plenty of pretty nice clothes. They didn’t seem like the style she would normally buy, but she wasn’t too sure whether twenty-six-year-old her would actually like those clothes or not.
Did you pick out all my clothes? Song Shimiao asked.
Quite a few of them were chosen by you, Ye Wu nodded, thinking of something, and chuckled.
Song Shimiao felt that Ye Wu’s smile was somewhat eerie. What is it? Why are you laughing like that?
Ye Wu shook her head. I won’t say. If I told you now, it would take away a lot of the fun.
You really are wicked to the core.
Ha, didn’t you already know that? Ye Wu remained completely unfazed by the evaluation.
Song Shimiao crossed her arms and stared intently at Ye Wu, who calmly ignored her gaze.