Chapter 537: Chapter 538: Guilt and Pain

Ye Xinglan said sincerely, “My dad often said that he was able to grow up safe and sound thanks to my uncle’s care. Me protecting you, is like my uncle protecting my dad. We are family, this is what I should do anyway.”

“Okay then,” Ye Xingbei nodded, quietly said, “In that case… Brother Lan, I want to resign. From now on…let’s keep our distance, my second uncle there, his health is bad and can’t take shocks. You don’t have to tell him about my real birth status. After all, whether I’m alive or dead, it’s not something he needs to know.”

“How can this be?” Ye Xinglan hastily said, “Beibei, I know I was wrong. Don’t be impulsive. I promise I will change! As for father, I have to tell him no matter what. If he knows you’re still alive, he’ll be overjoyed! He would love you as if you were his own daughter!”

“No need,” Ye Xingbei looked at him. For some reason, she suddenly felt aggrieved, her nose twitched, and tears welled up in her eyes. “Brother Lan, do you know? Without hope, there can be no disappointment! When you bowed to me at first, apologizing, and promising you will love me, I was so happy! I felt that I was very lucky to have such an excellent brother like you, who would take care of me wholeheartedly, sheltering me from wind and rain, and being my big tree.”

“But Brother Lan, you didn’t. Brother Lan, you’re a child loved by both your parents. You won’t understand how starved I am for love! I crave parental love as one craves warmth in winter. Having no hope doesn’t feel too bad, but having hope and then losing it, it really feels like being stabbed several times.”

“So Brother Lan…” she wiped away her tears, took a few deep breaths, and calmly said: “Let’s just keep our original relationship, keep that relationship. Even if you really stab me several times, I won’t be sad.”

But Ye Xinglan was very sad.

He felt a suffocating sadness.

His chest ached and he felt stifled. Whether he was exhaling or inhaling, it was extremely difficult.

His hands hung at his sides, clenched into fists. His knuckles were white. “I’m sorry, Beibei. I know, you won’t believe anything I say now, but I promise, I will correct my mistakes. You’ll see my changes in the future. When you feel that you can forgive me someday, I’ll take you to meet my dad. Does that sound okay?”

He was struggling to breathe, the guilt and pain in his eyes clear to see.

His normally upright posture was slightly bent, as if he wanted to bow to her.

Ye Xingbei softened.

Ye Xinglan had whipped her.

But the whipping from Ye Xinglan was different from the flogging in the country Y.

He held back and never beat her to death.

After each beating, he would apply medicine to her wounds, always the best medicine for external injuries.

She couldn’t remember how many times she had been whipped by Ye Xinglan over these five years, but her body had not a single scar left. All thanks to the expensive external injury medicine.

And Xiao Shu, after all, it was under the protection of the Ye Family that he could live.

She owed Ye Xinglan.

She couldn’t be indifferent to Ye Xinglan’s humble apology.

Although she utterly didn’t believe Ye Xinglan’s promise, she still nodded, “Okay.”

As she consented, Ye Xinglan’s expression also lightened, “Beibei, watch my actions, I promise, I will change, really change!”

Ye Xingbei compromised.

Gu Junzhu sighed silently, held Ye Xingbei in his arms, wiped the tears from the corner of her eye, and pressed her head against his shoulder.