Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Someone Actually Dislikes Her for Not Being Kind

Ye Chuyi couldn’t help but laugh; she pulled her mother’s hand and placed it on her somewhat plump stomach: "Mom, feel this, do I look like someone who hasn’t eaten enough? Tomorrow, bring a little less; I ate it all up just to avoid wasting food. I’m too full now!"

Ye Jinyu was finally relieved, as long as her daughter was well-fed.

Seeing that Ye Chuyi had sweated from eating, she took a tissue and wiped her forehead: "Silly child, as long as you’re full, it’s okay to leave some food. Don’t overeat and hurt yourself."

Ye Chuyi felt closer and closer to her and couldn’t resist hugging her: "I know, Mom."

Ye Jinyu hadn’t watched the news the past few days and didn’t know about Shi Youjin’s prison break and kidnapping of Ye Chuyi. Seeing the gauze on her daughter’s neck, she couldn’t help but ask, "What happened to your neck?"

Ye Chuyi responded nonchalantly, "I accidentally got scratched by a tree branch at the hospital. It’s just a little cut, nothing serious. It will heal in a few days."

Ye Jinyu was easy to deceive; she believed it: "Be more careful when you walk in the future, don’t hurt yourself again."

"I know!"

Worried her mother would continue to ask questions and blow her cover, Ye Chuyi quickly changed the topic: "Mom, have you and Grandpa smoothed things over? Has he stopped scolding you?"

"How could he not scold me? He scolds me every day!"

While caressing her daughter’s slender back, Ye Jinyu coaxed her like a child: "But don’t worry. Although he scolds, he still didn’t kick me out. He lets me stay at home. He has a tough exterior but a soft heart. As long as I’m thick-skinned, he can’t really do anything about it."

Just like when she ran away from her own wedding, insisting on marrying Wen Xingye. Although Ye Chongzun cursed her harshly, he ultimately didn’t do anything to her and even pampered her, fearing she would suffer after the marriage and specifically gave her a huge dowry.

Unfortunately, she still ended up disappointing her father.

After chatting for a while, Ye Jinyu checked the time, fearing she might delay Ye Chuyi’s rest and work, and got up to leave.

But as she just walked out of the office building, she ran into a face she could never forget—Xin Xin, the girl whose husband had cheated and had a child. noveldrama

Xin Xin saw her, holding her son, and immediately stopped Ye Jinyu: "Sister, don’t go yet, I have something to tell you."

Ye Jinyu looked at her innocent, young face, then at the child in her arms who looked exactly like Wen Xingye, and shook her head: "Don’t call me sister, I have nothing to talk to you about."

She finished speaking and was about to leave, but Xin Xin grabbed her clothes, refusing to let her go: "Sister, I really had nowhere to go, that’s why I brought my son here. Please, have mercy, give me and my child a way to survive. Your daughter is trying to kick us out of the villa, and we have nowhere else to live!"

Xin Xin was actually there to find Ye Chuyi but unexpectedly met Ye Jinyu. She made a split-second decision to target Ye Jinyu instead.

After all, she had dealt with both, and Ye Jinyu seemed easy to deceive, whereas Ye Chuyi was difficult to handle.

"If you don’t have the villa to live in, then find a regular apartment. The villa you were living in was originally exchanged by Wen Xingye for my dowry apartment, so it’s only right for my daughter to ask you to return it."

Seeing her and the child reminded her of Wen Xingye’s betrayal and deception, and how foolish she had been over the years.

Her voice trembled slightly: "Don’t ever appear in front of me again, I don’t want to see you, go away!"

However, Xin Xin, having finally found her, was not willing to leave. She knelt down and immediately burst into tears: "Sister, why must women make life difficult for other women? You are so wealthy, do you really need this one house? Why do you even need to take away my last refuge? Can’t people be a bit more generous and kind?"

Ye Jinyu was taken aback; this was the first time in her life someone had told her to be kinder. Her relatives and friends always thought she was too kind, and now, someone was blaming her for not being kind enough?