Chapter 215 When did you start to like me?

Fortunately, Ye Binghuai was tactful and took the responsibility. Ye Jiayao felt that she had nothing to say to these two old fools.

Everyone broke up unhappy.

Ye Jiayao returned to her room angrily.

Xia Chunyu said: "Why are you angry with them? You didn't rely on them before, but in the future they will rely on you. If they say something nice, just listen to them. If they say something bad, just treat it as their fart. I will take care of everything!"

"That's true, and I don't intend to pay attention to them, but I'm just holding my breath. If I don't say a few words to them today, they will become even more shameless." Ye Jiayao said depressedly.

"If you have the guts, take care of the Ning family first and then show off your power to me."

Speaking of this, Ye Jiayao just remembered and said, "Ning may still have evidence against my father in his hands!"

Xia Chunyu sneered and said, "Need I say that? Given your father's character, if he could have divorced Ning, he would have divorced her long ago. Why would he offend you and me?"

Uh...it turns out he had thought of it a long time ago. Yes, he is such a smart man, how could he not think of it?
Since he knew what was going on, Ye Jiayao calmed down.

In the afternoon, perhaps because of Ye Binghuai's rumor, all the prominent figures in Yangzhou came to ask for an audience. Although Xia Chunyu was impatient, he still gritted his teeth and went to socialize with those people, and was busy until night.

Ye Jiayao felt bad, so she went to the kitchen to make him something delicious to eat, so that he wouldn't complain to everyone about how she hadn't cooked for him since he married her.

Jin Yao has been following her, and was secretly surprised to see how skillfully she cooked. She knew her elder sister could cook when she was at home, but she didn't know she was so good.

"Sister, I heard that you opened a restaurant in Jinling?"

"Yeah, business is pretty good."

"Will it be too hard? You are already the second young lady."

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "If you think you can enjoy a comfortable life as the second young lady, you are wrong. If a woman relies on a man for everything and doesn't have the ability to make a living, what if she is not favored in the future? However, for me, cooking and opening a restaurant are hobbies."

Jin Yao heard such a novel statement for the first time. Aren't women dependent on men after marrying them? Men are the sky, and what women have to do is to serve men well. As for whether they are favored or not, it depends on the woman's ability.

"You won't understand what I'm telling you now. You'll know when you get married in the future. Being someone's wife is not that easy." Ye Jiayao felt that it was inappropriate to tell Jin Yao this now. Not only Jin Yao, but all women of this era would find her theory incredible.

Alas, feudal ideas are deeply rooted and cannot be changed overnight.

Jin Yao smiled, she didn’t understand.

"By the way, Third Sister, what do you think about your Second Sister and your Mother?" Ye Jiayao had to ask one more question. Although she had a good impression of Jin Yao, Jin Yao was Ning's biological daughter after all, so it was hard to guarantee whether Jin Yao was on Ning's side. She didn't want to be schemed against by her own sisters again.

Jin Yao was a little embarrassed: "I only found out about it later. I found it unbelievable. My second sister is a little willful, but she can't do such a thing. Now she is disliked by the Wei family, and my father is cold to her. Fortunately, my second brother-in-law treats her well, otherwise, she would be really miserable. But who can I blame? She was wrong first."

Jin Yao hesitated again, and said hesitantly, "As for my mother, I can't say anything about her. It's understandable that a mother is partial, but she never thought of doing this. What should my third brother and I do? How difficult it is for us."

Ye Jiayao was silent. Indeed, Jin Yao's position was difficult, but it would be fine as long as she was clear about it.

A dish of braised lion's head, a dish of stir-fried vegetables with mushrooms, a dish of shredded pork with fish flavor, plus a carrot and crucian carp soup, paired with fragrant rice, Chunyu's dinner is ready.

Ye Jiayao asked Song Qi to invite Chunyu, saying that she was not feeling well, to rescue Chunyu from the boring social activities.

Sure enough, after a while, Chunyu came back in a hurry and asked nervously as soon as he entered the door.

"Yaoyao, where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Jin Yao was still in the room. When she heard the name Yaoyao, she thought her brother-in-law was calling her, but her brother-in-law's eyes were full of concern for her. She was confused, why did her brother-in-law call her Yaoyao?
Qiao Xi smiled and said, "My Lord, the Second Young Mistress was afraid that you would be starving, so she asked Song Qi to trick you back."

This time when going out, Ye Jiayao asked Jiang Yue to stay behind because Tianshangju and the pastry shop would open on the eighth day of the first lunar month and they would need people.

Xia Chunyu finally breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily, "You can't use this excuse to scare me."

Ye Jiayao smiled: "Third sister, you have been with me for a whole day, go back first!"

Only after Jin Yao was sent away could the couple talk.

Jin Yao stood up and said goodbye: "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm leaving first."

Qiao Xi went to set the table. Xia Chunyu smelled the aroma of food and muttered, "Those people are really ignorant. I deliberately asked your father not to keep any food for them, hoping that they would leave early, but they refused to leave."

Ye Jiayao said guiltily, "I know you're tired. Socializing is the most tiring thing, so I cooked a few dishes myself as a reward." Xia Chunyu's eyes lit up as he stared at the dishes: "Did you cook?"

Ye Jiayao sneered: "Why don't you try it and know?"

Xia Chunyu happily picked up his chopsticks, poked a lion head, tasted it, and made a satisfied sound: "Hmm... I haven't tasted the lion head you made for a long time. But when we were in the mountains, you made it often, and it tasted the same. I like this taste."

Ye Jiayao held her cheek and watched him eat with relish, and she felt a special sense of happiness and satisfaction.

"It's a pity that we can't cook by ourselves, otherwise I would cook for you every day." Ye Jiayao said.

Now, if she wants to cook, she has to cook a big table. It’s okay to do it occasionally, but after a long time, I’m afraid everyone will regard her as a housewife.

Xia Chunyu pondered and said yearningly: "When the manor is ready, we will go there to live for a while and live the life of an ordinary young couple."

Ye Jiayao smiled, this wish should be fulfilled.

"Chun Yu, there is a question that I have been thinking about for a long time, but I still can't figure it out."

Xia Chunyu ate the food she cooked with relish: "You say."

Ye Jiayao blinked her big eyes and asked with a smile: "When did you start to like me? What do you like about me?"

Xia Chunyu raised his handsome eyebrows: "Guess."

"What are you guessing? Just tell me." Ye Jiayao pouted.

"Um……"

"Don't hesitate, just say what you think." Ye Jiayao said seriously.

Xia Chunyu said awkwardly, "It was all a long time ago. You have to let me think about it carefully."

"Is there any need to think about this? You are not seventy or eighty years old. What's the point of saying it happened a long time ago? It hasn't even been a year!" Ye Jiayao was unhappy.

Xia Chunyu pondered, "Let me think. Was it when I first met you? It doesn't seem so. I just thought you looked pretty good then. Was it when you cooked for the first time? It doesn't seem so either. I thought you were a pretty good cook and I finally didn't have to eat the awful food that Old Yu made. Was it... when I knew you fell off the cliff? Or when I found out you were still alive? No, you were like a mad woman then, beating and scolding me..."

Ye Jiayao's mood rose with his question and fell with his denial. Damn, when was it?
"Oh, I can't remember." Xia Chunyu waved his hand and continued eating.

“Hey, why are you like this?” Ye Jiayao took away his favorite lion head and threatened: “Don’t eat it if you don’t want to get up.”

Xia Chunyu had no choice but to put down his bowl and chopsticks, looking at her with a smile. There seemed to be soft waves in his deep eyes. He said softly, "Silly girl, I didn't fall in love with you at first sight. I even had many doubts about you at the beginning. But I really can't remember when I fell in love with you. Unconsciously, you were in my heart. Maybe it was because of the daily meals, your smiles, your words, and then I couldn't see other women in my eyes. I only had you in my heart. I thought I would marry you home, want to have children with you, and want to spend a long life with you, so I tricked you home."

Ye Jiayao was dazzled. How could he speak so beautifully? So naturally? He made her want to cry.

Love grows over time, is that right?
"What about you? When did you start to like me?" Someone snatched the lion head back calmly.

Ye Jiayao pouted shyly: "I won't tell you."

"Hey, this is so unfair. I've already told you, but you didn't say anything?" someone said aggrievedly, eating something.

"Think about it yourself." Ye Jiayao fled in panic.

Xia Chunyu sneered and shook his head, a sly smile flashed in his eyes. "Even if you don't tell me, I have a way to find out. Let's wait and see."

So, after someone had eaten and drunk their fill, they began the interrogation.

Unable to withstand the torture, he had to confess honestly and mournfully.

The next morning, Xia Chunyu accompanied Ye Jiayao to Fang's grave to pay respects. He did not let other members of the Ye family follow, but only brought Su's mother, Qiao Xi, and Song Qi.

Ye Jiayao had complicated feelings towards this mother. The original owner had never enjoyed maternal love since she was born, because Fang died of dystocia. The birth of one life was accompanied by the end of another life. Her knowledge of Fang came entirely from the descriptions of Su's mother and the Fang family. She only knew that Fang was a gentle and kind woman. No matter what, it was this woman who gave her life.

The grave is very clean, with almost no weeds. Mother Su comes here every month to worship and take care of the grave.

Burning incense and paper as a sacrifice, Ye Jiayao knelt in front of the grave and kowtowed three times respectfully, silently comforting Fang's spirit in heaven.

Mother, please allow me to call you that. Perhaps you have already reunited with the real Ye Jinxuan in heaven at this moment, and I will continue to live as your daughter, Ye Jinxuan. I will live well, and live with the hope and expectation of the real Ye Jinxuan. I hope you can bless me.

(End of this chapter)