Chapter 2080: Chapter 2040: Elder Ye Arrives
Ye Qiu drove Ling Fei back to the gate of the Normal College. Ling Fei looked at Ye Qiu and didn’t get out of the car right away.
Ye Qiu knew what she was thinking, so he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. Only then did Ling Fei get out of the car, her face flushing red.
Watching Ling Fei leave, Ye Qiu backed the car up and drove away, heading back to Peach Blossom Source Villa Community.
Just as he pulled up in front of his villa and stopped the car, he saw Xiaomai coming out from inside.
"Ye Qiu, there’s someone at home."
Someone came?
What kind of person?
"Who is it?"
"That old man we ran into last time in the Capital City."
The old man they met in the Capital City?
Ye Qiu went in with Xiaomai and saw the old man sitting in the living room drinking tea. It wasn’t anyone else; it was the Ye Family’s Elder Ye.
Ye Qiu felt it was odd. That Ye Feng had just died this afternoon, and he hadn’t expected the Ye Family old man to show up here.
Ye Qiu glanced over and then acted as if he hadn’t seen him at all, heading straight upstairs.
When Elder Ye came to Jinling, Ye Qiu had already mentally prepared for this.
Looking at Ye Qiu now, then thinking of Ye Feng who had already died, he realized that even though they were both that useless son’s sons, he hadn’t expected each one to be more formidable than the last.
Full marks in every subject in the Jiangnan Province college entrance exam—top scorer!
Now he had multiple businesses in Jinling, East Sea, and even overseas.
In fact, with Elder Ye’s status, investigating someone’s background was ridiculously easy, and although Ye Qiu deliberately kept a low profile, his information was still easy enough to find.
Now Elder Ye really couldn’t imagine how this illegitimate son of his own son could be so capable.
Could there really be some master guiding him from behind the scenes?
Then who was this master?
Seeing Ye Qiu ignore him and walk away, Elder Ye didn’t seem to mind much.
However, he already knew about this little housekeeper Xiaomai, and had coaxed quite a bit of information out of her.
"Xiaomai, is your young master always this rude?"
Elder Ye asked.
"Not really, it’s mainly that Ye Qiu doesn’t even give a deputy mayor any face."
A deputy mayor’s face?
Elder Ye had no idea who Xiaomai was referring to.
This afternoon, Ye Feng had already been pronounced dead.
In fact, more than half a month ago, when Ye Feng had been diagnosed with multiple cancers, Elder Ye had already mentally prepared himself.
As the saying goes, white-haired people sending off black-haired ones—no one takes that well. He didn’t either, but having weathered so many storms, he’d long since come to see it as normal.
In this world, everyone dies sooner or later. The question is whether you’ve created any value for yourself, your family, or even this country—rather than dying like some useless coward.
If Ye Feng hadn’t died of illness, Elder Ye had been confident he could cultivate Ye Feng into someone with real value.
But now he hadn’t. Ye Feng was dead, which meant the investment and training put into him had completely vanished.
This was basically a failed investment.
But what he hadn’t expected was that in losing Ye Feng, he’d gained Ye Qiu.
This Ye Qiu, who carried the Ye Family’s blood just the same, pleased Elder Ye far more now.
Whether it was Ye Qiu’s medical skills or other aspects, all of it made Elder Ye very curious.
"Elder Ye, would you like more tea?" Xiaomai asked.
"You little girl, you’re not trying to chase a guest away, are you?"
"Of course not," Xiaomai said quickly.
"When will Ye Qiu’s parents be back?"
Actually, Elder Ye already knew about Ye Qiu’s adoptive parents, the couple Ye Weidong and his wife, but he hadn’t met them in person yet.
He also found it strange. If Weidong and his wife were really such an ordinary couple, how had they managed to raise this adopted son so well?
Elder Ye just couldn’t figure it out.
"Should be a little after eleven."
A little after eleven?
He checked the time. It was only a bit past ten at night, so there was still about an hour before they came back.
Elder Ye also found it puzzling. Ye Qiu had already created so much wealth. The couple Weidong and his wife could have just sat back and enjoyed life, so why were they still working so hard?
On this point, even Ye Qiu’s biological parents couldn’t compare; they were worlds apart.
Ye Feng’s mother had already said that afternoon that she wanted to divorce Ye Zhengyu, and Elder Ye had agreed.
Anyway, that had just been a mistaken arranged marriage back then. Now that Ye Feng was gone and his mother wanted a divorce, Elder Ye understood very well.
It was just that he hadn’t seen any trace of Ye Zhengyu all along, and Elder Ye probably had no expectations left for this son either.
Sitting alone in the living room, Elder Ye had just heard that this villa had been bought by Ye Qiu last year for over a hundred million. Of course, it might be worth two or three hundred million now.
Last year already, Ye Qiu had had that kind of money to buy such a luxury villa to enjoy himself. That really wasn’t something an ordinary person could do.
Elder Ye got up and took a walk in the outer courtyard.
He realized he’d spent most of his time in the Capital City and rarely came to other places. He’d never imagined the weather in Jinling would be this nice.
At least the smog wasn’t as bad as in the Capital City. Breathing here was much more comfortable.
He didn’t know how much time had passed. Ye Qiu had thought the Ye Family old man had left, but when he looked out the window he saw the old man still downstairs by the fish pond feeding the fish.
Ye Qiu shook his head.
He grabbed his shorts, went to take a shower, then returned to his room, ready to continue his cultivation.
Meanwhile, Weidong and his wife and Ye Xue drove back a little after eleven that night.
As they pulled up to the villa gate, they saw a Hongqi sedan parked there.
A Hongqi sedan was the kind of car driven by people with status and rank, usually government officials. Why was there a Hongqi parked here now? Could that Deputy Mayor Zhu have come again?
But as far as Weidong remembered, didn’t they drive an Audi?
"Honey, what kind of car is that? I hardly ever see it," Chen Fang asked.
"That’s a Hongqi. It costs several million."
He carefully parked his own car and got out, knowing someone must be visiting.
There was still a dedicated chauffeur sitting in that car, and the man looked like a military-type professional driver.
Weidong was puzzled. Who on earth could it be?
Ye Xue had also driven back and parked in the garage, and she was just as puzzled when she saw the car at the gate.
The three of them went inside and indeed saw an old man sitting on the sofa in the hall.
"Uncle, Auntie, you’re back," Xiaomai hurried over to greet them.
"Xiaomai, who is that elderly gentleman?" Weidong asked in confusion.
"He’s from the Capital City. I’ve met him a few times there with Ye Qiu. He’s called Elder Ye."
Elder Ye?
Weidong looked more closely at this Elder Ye and suddenly felt that his features were a bit similar to Ye Qiu’s.
Weidong’s heart lurched.
Could this be...?
Steadying himself, Weidong went over to greet the old gentleman.
"Hello, sir."
"You must be Ye Qiu’s parents?" Elder Ye spoke slowly, but every word carried authority. Weidong and his wife had never encountered someone like this before; compared to him, Li Zhiguo wasn’t the least bit intimidating.
