Chapter 2533: Ye Chen Returns Home

When Ye Chen returned to the Tang Chen Yi Pin villa, Xiao Churan was still tidying up the house with several cleaning staff.

Because the smell of cigarettes, alcohol, moldy food, and vomit on the first floor was truly too heavy, the cleaning company even used professional odor-neutralizing equipment to thoroughly clean the entire floor.

And Xiao Changkun, who was one of the sources of the stench, had already been invited into the courtyard by Xiao Churan.

After being treated with strong medicine by Ye Chen, Xiao Changkun had not gone on a heavy drinking binge all day, but he was still somewhat decadent. At this moment, he was sitting in the courtyard alone, wearing a pair of boxers and a basketball tank top, puffing on a cigarette and sighing.

Only then did Ye Chen notice that his father-in-law's body had become increasingly bloated. Especially when sitting there, his belly was piled into a large mass, and coupled with his scruffy beard, his entire state suddenly looked much greasier.

Seeing Ye Chen return, Xiao Changkun's eyes suddenly lit up. He hurriedly stood up to greet him and asked, "Ye Chen, my good son-in-law, Dad has something he wants to ask for your advice on!"

Ye Chen asked him, "Dad, just tell me whatever it is."

Xiao Changkun looked left and right, and seeing that there was no one around, he said with a serious face, "I plan to go find He Yuanjiang for a good chat. Will you accompany me?"

Ye Chen asked in surprise, "Go find him to chat about what?"

Xiao Changkun said earnestly, "Isn't he a refined gentleman? People say a gentleman does not take what others love. I'll reason with him and tell him to stop pestering your Auntie Han. Maybe once his conscience is pricked, he'll let go? If he lets go, Auntie Han's heart might just return to me!"

Ye Chen was full of question marks: "Dad, 'a gentleman does not take what others love'—that saying is fine, but strictly speaking, your beloved is Mom, not Auntie Han! If he had run over to confess to Mom, your theory might have some use, but the key is that he didn't do that."

Xiao Changkun said eagerly, "Then... then I have to create some difficulties for him, right? If I can't create actual difficulties, at least I should create some psychological difficulties for him!"

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun added, "By the way, isn't he a professor? I'll go to their school to find him. In front of his students, colleagues, and leaders, I'll beg him not to pester your Auntie Han, creating some public opinion pressure for him!"

Ye Chen said awkwardly, "Dad, I definitely won't go along with such a shameful and bottomless act. Besides, you have to think it through: public opinion pressure is a double-edged sword. With the internet being so developed now, as long as you go to make a scene, there's a high probability you'll be filmed and uploaded online. Once it's online, there's a high probability Mom will see it. If Mom sees it and comes to find trouble with you, I won't be able to help you then."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Changkun was so scared that his neck shrank violently, and the two-finger-long cigarette ash also fell to the ground in fright.

He suddenly became decadent and muttered, "If Ma Lan finds out about this, wouldn't that be the death of me?"

Just as he finished speaking, a roar of an engine came from nearby.

The iconic V8 engine of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon was still very recognizable. Ye Chen knew without looking that it was highly likely Qian Hongyan and Ma Lan had returned.

So, he reminded Xiao Changkun, "Dad, Mom is back. You'd better be careful."

"Damn..." Xiao Changkun shivered twice in fright, and the cigarette butt also fell to the ground. He subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but Qian Hongyan's Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon had already arrived at the gate.

Xiao Changkun didn't dare to pick it up anymore and stepped on the cigarette butt to extinguish it. At this moment, the passenger window rolled down, and a radiant Ma Lan stuck out half her body and shouted, "Xiao Changkun, what the hell are you standing there for? Come and give me a hand!"

"Eh, eh, coming!" Xiao Changkun hurriedly agreed and trotted over.

When he reached the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon, he helped Ma Lan out of the car. Qian Hongyan in the driver's seat said to Ma Lan, "Ma Lan, if you have nothing to do tomorrow morning, I'll take you to eat the best Cantonese morning tea in Jin Ling."

Ma Lan turned her back to Qian Hongyan, curled her lips in a look of disgust, then suddenly changed into a beaming expression, turned back, and said, "Alright, honk the horn at the gate tomorrow, and I'll be down in five minutes."

Qian Hongyan nodded and snapped her fingers stylishly: "I'm off, bye-bye."

After speaking, she stepped on the gas and drove the car away.

While being helped home by Xiao Changkun, Ma Lan cursed under her breath: "That damn Qian Hongyan, letting her show off in front of me all day, I think she doesn't even know her own name anymore! Damn it, God really has no eyes to let such a woman make money!"

Xiao Changkun said casually, "Since you can't stand the sight of her, just stay away from her in the future. Don't pay attention to her, and don't give her the chance to show off in front of you."

"You don't know anything," Ma Lan said very seriously. "When I had money, even though Qian Hongyan hated me to the bone, she always followed behind me calling me 'Sister Lan' this and 'Sister Lan' that. Do you know why?"

Xiao Changkun nodded: "I know, because only a fool wouldn't take advantage of a bargain. Even though you two weren't born to the same mother, your temperaments and personalities are no different from biological sisters. If a murderer who killed your father invited you both to dinner, you'd both definitely go."

Ma Lan didn't feel at all that Xiao Changkun was mocking her; instead, she said very proudly, "This is called being able to bend and stretch. No one will turn their back on money."

As she spoke, Ma Lan added, "Hurry up and help me back to the room, I have urgent business!"

Xiao Changkun didn't dare to act out, so he hurriedly helped Ma Lan into the house and then took her to the third floor.

As soon as Ma Lan entered the room, she drove Xiao Changkun out, then rummaged through her cosmetics and began to carefully dress herself in front of the mirror.

While applying makeup, she muttered to herself: "Damn it, Qian Hongyan, didn't you just make some money from live streaming? As if no one else knows how to live stream. Your Grandma Ma is going to live stream too! I'll start tonight! It won't be long before I have more fans than you and make more money than you!"

It had been a while since she had carefully applied makeup, and as soon as Ma Lan started, she couldn't control herself and went a bit overboard, quickly turning herself into a heavily made-up mess.

However, Ma Lan was very immersed in her reflection, muttering triumphantly: "Isn't this much better looking than Qian Hongyan? She relies on selling misery to gain fans. I, Ma Lan, can't afford to lose that face. I, Ma Lan, can gain just as many fans by relying on my own beauty!"

At this time, Xiao Churan knocked on the door outside and said, "Mom, dinner is ready."

Ma Lan couldn't be bothered with dinner and said casually, "I'm not eating, you guys eat!"

Xiao Churan said, "You've been out running around all day, how can you not eat dinner?"

Ma Lan said casually, "I'm not eating. My legs aren't convenient, and going up and down the stairs is just a hassle."

After hearing this, Xiao Churan didn't say anything more. She turned and went downstairs, prepared a single-person dinner for Ma Lan on a tray, and then brought it up.

Thinking that they were both women and Mom was alone in the room, Xiao Churan didn't knock when she entered. After entering, she walked inside while saying to Ma Lan, who was sitting at the vanity with her back to her: "Mom, there was no time to cook today, so I ordered some takeout. I set aside a portion for you, eat it while it's hot."

Ma Lan turned her head, pointed to the lazy sofa and small table by the window, and said casually, "Just put it there."

Seeing Ma Lan wearing heavy makeup, Xiao Churan was so startled that she took a step back subconsciously and blurted out, "Mom, why... why are you wearing such heavy makeup..."

"Is it heavy?" Ma Lan looked left and right in the mirror and muttered, "I think it's quite good."

Xiao Churan said awkwardly, "But you've been out all day, what's the deal with putting on makeup when you get back... Don't tell me you're going out again tonight?"

Ma Lan hurriedly waved her hand: "Not going out, not going out. I'm just playing around with it, don't worry about it!"