Chapter 094: The Quarrel

Jiang Yao blushed. “What do you mean, okay or not okay?”

“Want me to teach you?”

Jiang Yao gently pushed at He Yunqing. “Oh, hurry up and drive. Drive. I still need to go back and find Ye Yiyi.”

He Yunqing smiled lazily and started the car.

The Maybach came to a slow stop outside a villa in the suburbs.

Jiang Yao got out of the car, skipped forward a few steps, then turned back to look at He Yunqing. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she hurried back again.

Her face still burning, she rose onto her tiptoes and planted a quick kiss on He Yunqing’s cheek, then spun around and ran off once more.

The two of them arrived at the door one after the other.

Jiang Yao waved at He Yunqing. “Well then, I’m leaving. Bye-bye.”

He Yunqing nodded, opened the door, and waved back at Jiang Yao. “Bye-bye.”

Jiang Yao opened her own door as well, and the next second they both looked at each other again.

“Bye-bye.”

They exchanged a smile and both started to go inside.

“Oh, I remember now,” Jiang Yao said, retreating out of the doorway again. “I don’t need to go to work at Spring Breeze Avenue tomorrow.”

“Coincidentally, I’m free tomorrow too.”

“Then... we...”

“We’ll go out together again tomorrow,” He Yunqing said with a faint smile.

Jiang Yao nodded repeatedly. “Okay. Bye-bye.”

Only then did the two truly return to their own homes.

The moment Jiang Yao stepped inside, the smell of alcohol filled the entire room.

She turned on the lights and saw Ye Yiyi sitting alone in the living room, a heap of empty bottles scattered across the floor.

Frowning, Jiang Yao walked over and crouched down in front of Ye Yiyi. “You’ve... had that much to drink?”

Ye Yiyi’s cheeks were flushed. Her gaze was a little unfocused as she looked at Jiang Yao, then broke into a grin. “A-Yao, you’re back! I didn’t really drink that much, just...”

As she spoke, she started counting on her fingers. She counted for a long while, but still could not get the number right.

“Maybe just two bottles.”

“If you wanted to drink, you should’ve waited for me so I could keep you company,” Jiang Yao said helplessly, turning back to get some wine from the fridge.

Ye Yiyi shook her head. “There isn’t any left, A-Yao.”

“You drank it all?” Jiang Yao was startled. “My goodness, don’t you know your own limits?”

Ye Yiyi pouted and plucked a peanut from the plate, tossing it into her mouth. “Can you go buy me some more wine?”

“No!” Jiang Yao sat down opposite her. “Why are you drinking so much all by yourself?”

“I just felt like drinking,” Ye Yiyi sighed. “My date with Yi Xian fell through. I called him just now, and he didn’t answer.”

Ye Yiyi herself did not know exactly what was making her so miserable. From her point of view, none of it was really a big deal, and yet she felt awful. Truly awful.

Seeing her like that, Jiang Yao let out a soft sigh.

She gently held Ye Yiyi by the shoulders and said, solemnly, “Yiyi, look at me. I need to tell you something.”

Ye Yiyi’s big watery eyes blinked innocently. “Okay. Go ahead.”

“I...” Jiang Yao looked into those clear, innocent eyes and for a moment did not know how to begin. “Yiyi, you need to be prepared. What I’m about to say may hurt you.”

Ye Yiyi sniffled. “How badly? Tell me.”

Jiang Yao took a deep breath. “I went out just now and happened to run into Luo Yixian at the hot springs. He... was with another woman. They...”

She did not say it outright, but any adult with normal intelligence should have understood.

Ye Yiyi froze for several seconds, staring blankly at Jiang Yao. Then she suddenly burst out laughing.

“A-Yao, don’t joke with me like that. How could that be possible? Setting aside the fact that Yi Xian would never do something like that, this city is so huge. How could you just happen to run into him? Why don’t you go and run into him again for me?”

“I know it’s hard to believe, but everything I said is true,” Jiang Yao said sincerely, holding Ye Yiyi by the shoulders. “Luo Yixian’s character is questionable. You need to open your eyes and seriously reconsider your relationship with him.”

Ye Yiyi gently brushed Jiang Yao’s hands away and stood up, swaying as she walked toward the bedroom. “Impossible. You’re lying to me. I’m tired. I’m going to sleep.”

“Yiyi!” Jiang Yao called after her. “I swear everything I said is true. Don’t let him fool you!”

Ye Yiyi’s steps came to a sudden halt. Her body trembled slightly. Three seconds later, she turned back abruptly, tears already shimmering in her eyes.

“You swear? What do you have to swear with?” Ye Yiyi choked out. “A-Yao, for all those years before, I always stood on your side. No matter what you said or did, I supported you. Now, can’t you stand on my side just once?”

“I am standing on your side! I’m telling you this because I’m worried you’ll get hurt!”

Ye Yiyi shook her head. “I don’t believe you. Not a single word you said. A-Yao, you already have He Yunqing. Why do you have to say things like this and ruin my relationship with Yi Xian? I like him. I really do! And how did I treat you before? I liked He Yunqing so much, but after I learned about you and him, did I ever say a single extra word? I blessed you. I supported you. But what about you?”

“I...” Jiang Yao was so furious she could not speak. “Yiyi, if you have issues with me over He Yunqing, you can hit me or scold me all you want. But with Luo Yixian, that’s a different matter.”

“No, it’s the same thing!” Tears streamed down Ye Yiyi’s face. “Why can’t you just sincerely bless me?”

Jiang Yao took a deep breath. “Ye Yiyi, you’ve had too much to drink today. You’re not thinking clearly. I’m not going to argue with you. Tomorrow, when you’ve sobered up, we can talk properly.”

“No, I’m very clear-headed. I’ve never been clearer!” Ye Yiyi wiped at her tears. “Yi Xian told me that no one in this world truly wants others to do well. I didn’t believe it before, but now I know it’s all true. You simply don’t want to see me happy, so you want to take He Yunqing away, and that’s why you said those things—to drive a wedge between me and Yi Xian!”

“Ye Yiyi, are you out of your mind?” Jiang Yao looked at her in disbelief.

Who knew how much of Luo Yixian’s nonsense that man had fed Ye Yiyi to make her this way.

“A-Yao, I trusted you so much... I cared about you so much...” Ye Yiyi said painfully. “I don’t want to see you anymore. I’m moving out. I’m never coming back.”

Jiang Yao was furious too. “Fine, then go. If you want to leave, leave!”

Ye Yiyi glared at her, angry and hurt and wronged all at once.

“What are you glaring at me for? Weren’t you the one who said you were moving out?”

Ye Yiyi bit her lip, turned around unsteadily, and went back to her room. With a bang, she slammed the door shut.

The moment the door closed, Jiang Yao felt a pang of regret.

Ye Yiyi was drunk, and she had also been upset. Of course she would start talking nonsense.

Why had she bothered to fight with her over this?