Chapter 816

Originally, Dong Ruolin only felt that Ye Chen's explanation could barely pass, but there were always some places that made her feel something was still not quite right.

However, Ye Chen's self-deprecation directly swept away the last bit of doubt in Dong Ruolin's heart.

She thought about when they were in school, Ye Chen was looked down upon by everyone, and even classmates from equally poor backgrounds could bully him at will.

Yet he never argued with anyone, let alone debated or quarreled; it seemed as if everything had nothing to do with him.

With Ye Chen's personality, it was indeed impossible for him to talk about knowing Gu Qiuyi.

Moreover, even if he did say it, surely no one would believe him.

Thinking of this, she instead felt a bit of admiration for Ye Chen.

Knowing the Gu family and calling the Gu family's young lady sister, yet never telling anyone about it, preferring to be looked down upon rather than thinking of using this connection—this was indeed very rare.

However, she still had a little bit of hidden worry.

Because just now, she saw Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi acting intimately, so she always felt that there was something not quite normal between the two.

So she tentatively asked Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, does Xiao Churan know about your relationship with Miss Gu?"

Ye Chen smiled and asked back: "Do you know about Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder?"

"I do." Dong Ruolin nodded and said: "Isn't that the stomach medicine with magical effects that has been super popular lately? Oh right, it seems it's also endorsed by Miss Gu!"

Ye Chen asked her again: "Then do you know that the manufacturer of Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder, Nine Mysteries Pharmaceutical, is a Jin Ling enterprise?"

Dong Ruolin continued to nod: "Mm, I know."

Ye Chen said with a smile: "When Qiuyi went to Jin Ling to shoot commercials a while ago, she also had a meal with me and Xiao Churan, but because Qiuyi is a public figure, I didn't tell you about this."

"So that's how it is..." Dong Ruolin suddenly realized and asked Ye Chen: "Did Xiao Churan know that you two had known each other for a long time back then?"

Ye Chen shook his head: "Actually, I didn't tell Xiao Churan the truth at the time because Qiuyi was there for work, and I didn't want others to know about my business with Qiuyi, lest a loser like me hold Qiuyi back. So I didn't tell Xiao Churan or anyone else about this at the time. Actually, if you hadn't happened to run into us today, I wouldn't have told you either."

Dong Ruolin nodded gently. Hearing Ye Chen always self-deprecatingly calling himself a loser, she suddenly felt a bit of heartache, so she said: "Ye Chen, you don't have to keep belittling yourself like this. Actually, you are a very capable person, and I think very few people can compare to you!"

The words Dong Ruolin said came from the bottom of her heart.

She truly felt that Ye Chen was very extraordinary. If nothing else, his strength alone was definitely not something an ordinary person could compare to. Back then, the Zhennan Duo had no ability to fight back in front of him at all.

Looking at Ye Chen's terrifying combat power, those who bullied him in the past were actually not his match at all; it was just that Ye Chen never bothered with those people.

Gu Qiuyi on the side had been silent. She knew that her unintentional words just now had almost caused trouble for Ye Chen. Fortunately, Ye Chen's brain reacted quickly, otherwise, it would have been really hard to explain this matter.

Seeing that Dong Ruolin believed his explanation, Ye Chen said: "Ruolin, it's getting late, we'll be leaving first. Let's see you at the airport tomorrow."

Dong Ruolin nodded gently, remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Right, you saved me again just now!"

Ye Chen smiled: "It wasn't you who was saved, it was that little girl. If you had really collided, you probably wouldn't have had any major problems, but that little girl might have been in some danger."

Dong Ruolin deliberately pouted and said in a very stubborn tone: "I still have to thank you!"

Ye Chen smiled helplessly: "Alright, we have to go, I won't stand on ceremony with you here. Remember, don't tell Xiao Churan about this yet."

Dong Ruolin nodded: "Okay, I know, I will definitely keep it a secret. It's getting late, we're leaving too."

Dong Ruolin and her cousin had parked their car in a nearby parking lot, while Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi had parked their car at the Gu family's courtyard house, so they were not going in the same direction, and thus they said goodbye at the edge of the ice rink.

After parting ways, Ye Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this matter had barely passed for today.

After Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi turned and walked a few dozen meters, Gu Qiuyi asked him in a low voice: "Brother Ye Chen, why do you keep hiding your identity? If you revealed your identity, how would those people in Jin Ling dare to bully you!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "When I left the Ye family with my parents and ended up in Jin Ling, to put it bluntly, I was no different from an ordinary orphan. Even if I revealed my identity, what could I do? Others might not necessarily believe it."

Gu Qiuyi asked again: "Then after Uncle Ye and Auntie Ye passed away, you clearly could have contacted the Ye family and let them take you back."

Ye Chen shook his head and said indifferently: "The situation in the Ye family is complex and far from what I could handle at the time. What's more, my parents left for Jin Ling precisely because they didn't want to bow to the Ye family. Although I was young at the time, their blood flowed in my veins. How could I take the initiative to bow to the Ye family and return to the Ye family to enjoy wealth and glory after they passed away?"

Gu Qiuyi's eyes quickly turned red. She hugged Ye Chen's arm tightly and choked with sobs: "I just feel heartache for you having suffered so much bitterness and so many grievances for so many years, heartache that in those years, just anyone could look down on you and bully you..."

Ye Chen patted the back of her hand and said with a smile: "People are like this; one must be able to withstand ups and downs. If one is complimented their whole life, they might never know the dangers of the world or the hardships of life, and thus might suffer a great loss in the future. Unlike me, from the age of eight, I saw through the warmth and coldness of the world. These experiences are a precious wealth for my future life."

Gu Qiuyi nodded gently, and bean-sized tears slid down the corners of her eyes.

She truly felt great heartache for Ye Chen's life over the past dozen years. Even though Ye Chen spoke of it so lightly, every time she thought of it deep in her heart, she felt a lump in her throat.

He was the young master of the Ye family, yet he was left in Jin Ling to suffer the hardships of the very bottom of society. Gu Qiuyi could not imagine how he had managed to survive all these years.

Although she was younger than Ye Chen, every time she thought of this, she hoped to keep Ye Chen in Yan Jing forever, doing nothing herself but trying every possible way to be good to him every day to make up for the suffering he had endured all these years.

At this time, Ye Chen suddenly sighed to himself: "I'm leaving tomorrow, I should still see Tang Sihai today!"

Gu Qiuyi asked in surprise: "Brother Ye Chen, are you going to see Uncle Tang?"

Ye Chen nodded and said: "I still need to ask him about my parents' affairs back then in person."

Gu Qiuyi blurted out: "Then I'll go with you!"