But then she thought again—whether she went or not didn’t really matter!
Song Li was explaining today’s schedule to Yu Yang, but when she turned, she noticed Yu Yang’s eyes were dull.
“My ancestor, don’t look so miserable! Who on earth upset you?”
“No one… it’s purely my own problem!”
Song Li was about to say more when the doorbell rang at the worst possible moment.
The two of them exchanged a glance and spoke in unison: “Who is it?!”
Only when they heard a familiar voice did they relax.
Yu Yang, eager to go home immediately, reluctantly called Pei Yucheng.
After hanging up, she dashed toward the airport.
She did not like this place at all!
The Pei family’s ancestral home!
Pei Yucheng watched Pei Yuheng by the window.
“Xiao Yang is already on the flight back to Jiangcheng. I’ll leave your side to handle Dad!”
Pei Yuheng nodded lightly, eyes still glued outside the window.
Pei Yucheng stared at his son’s back, wanting to say something, but thought better of it.
This was the era of the young.
As for him?
He was too tired to argue with the old man anymore.
Living well—that was what really mattered.
In Jiangcheng, by April, the weather was a constant drizzle.
Yu Yang, however, felt a certain warmth.
Song Li held Yu Yang by the back of her neck, like carrying a little chick.
“Ah?”
“To the company! Did you think you were going home?”
“But didn’t you say the meeting with the crew was postponed?”
“There are other things!”
“Fine…”
Tianxing Entertainment Building.
Yu Yang stared at He Yu across from her.
“Yo, the wild one comes down the mountain!”
He Yu lifted his eyelids and glanced at Yu Yang as if attending a banquet.
“Yo, the young lady has come to inspect!”
Yu Yang wanted to speak, but when she noticed the sparkling ring on He Yu’s thumb, she swallowed her words.
He Yu smirked ambiguously at Yu Yang.
“Your father didn’t sell you out—you know, for people like us, even if we don’t pry, some news always finds its way to us!”
“Yes, yes, yes… Mr. He is right.”
When Song Li entered, she sensed the strange, hard-to-describe tension between the two.
“You two are over twenty, not toddlers! Why fight every time you meet?!”
The two pointed at each other in perfect unison.
“It’s all their fault!”
Song Li shook her head helplessly.
“Today, I came to ask if you two have time to participate in that very popular lifestyle variety show?”
Hearing this, Yu Yang’s expression immediately turned into pure curiosity, her eyes full of anticipation.
After all, the relationship between He Yu and one of the regular guests on that popular variety show was something worth analyzing.
He Yu had been casually playing with his ring, but after Song Li spoke, he was internally panicking.
Yu Yang could barely wait.
“When? If I go back and pack now, will it be in time?”
He Yu glared at Yu Yang.
“Yu Yang, I advise you to think carefully, or next time I’ll have you play the villainous supporting female!”
“Thanks, Wild One! I was thinking of changing my image anyway!”
He Yu’s frustration came from his own mouth; all he could do was silently brood on the side.
Song Li began playing the role of matchmaker, giving Yu Yang a look—and Yu Yang understood.
He Yu watched these two closely.
“You two really are in sync!”
“Go, go, go… it’s just a variety show. I’m not a regular, just a guest. I’ll go.”
After Song Li completed her assigned task from her boss, she left He Yu and Yu Yang alone.
He Yu stared in the direction Song Li had gone.
“Is that it?”
“Exactly! I’m used to it.”
Yu Yang’s gaze made He Yu uneasy.
“Can you stop staring at me like you’re watching a show?”
“You’re wronging me!”
He Yu suddenly remembered a message from someone in Kyoto. Seeing Yu Yang so relaxed, he smiled.
“What’s your relationship with Pei Yuheng?”
Yu Yang grinned, then froze.
After a moment of silence, she said, “Family!”
He Yu watched Yu Yang start to flee, quickening his pace.
“His fiancée is my sister!”
“Sister?”
Those two words kept echoing in Yu Yang’s mind, and she looked at He Yu’s expression as if he were daring someone to hit him.
“You’re really asking for it with that smile!”
He Yu ignored her, continuing to speak.
“When Pei Yuheng was brought back to the Pei family, he was around twenty-one. Back when Master Pei was young, he was a playboy, doing all sorts of shady things. We’ve always wondered who Pei Yuheng’s mother was, to be so unforgettable to Master Pei.”
Yu Yang followed behind He Yu, listening to his stories.
“I hear, when Pei Yuheng was in Linyi, he had a girlfriend—but she eventually dumped him. Imagine if she knew his current identity—she’d regret it!”
After speaking, He Yu deliberately smiled at Yu Yang.
Yu Yang avoided his direct gaze.
“You should ask that person, not me.”
Seeing Yu Yang’s desperate attempt to escape, He Yu playfully continued telling her the family’s secret stories.
“Your father isn’t a good person either. You may not like hearing this, but for the sake of our many collaborations, I’ll kindly tell you: stay away from him unless absolutely necessary.”
“You’re not a child anymore. For someone like you, they appeared too late. Don’t place hope in unworthy people; noble families’ affections are far thinner than you think.”
Yu Yang suddenly remembered what He Yu had said long ago.
“Did you come to Jiangcheng because of this?”
He Yu thought about how to answer while holding the door open for her.
“Both yes and no.”
Song Li ran over to specifically instruct Yu Yang to rest today, seeing that He Yu hadn’t left yet.
“You help me take her back!”
When He Yu looked back, Song Li was nowhere to be seen.
“She really knows how to boss people around!”
“Exactly.”
He Yu noticed the route outside, deliberately choosing a complicated path.
Yu Yang fidgeted while thinking.
He Yu noticed.
“Just ask what you want directly!”
“I… feel this whole parent-acknowledgment thing was rushed. I never imagined my background would be so absurd.”
Yu Yang looked at her nails, which she had bitten down hard.
“Even now, it still feels unreal! Everything that’s happened was unplanned. I even wonder if it’s all just some huge misunderstanding!”
“But I personally witnessed the parentage test.”
He Yu looked at Yu Yang, thinking she seemed oddly innocent.
“Parentage test—so what of it?”