rose ashes

Luo Yang's back was instantly covered with a temperature higher than her body temperature, with that familiar milky scent, and she suddenly turned her head.

The corner of his lips just brushed the forehead of the person behind him.

She was stunned, her lips froze immediately, and her expression became stiff. With the power of the person behind her, most of Luo Yang's body weight fell on him.

Ye Gu bent his body slightly, and on his forehead he could faintly see the mark of the aunt-colored lipstick that Luo Yang had applied this morning. Although it was very faint, it was extremely glaring and embarrassing in Luo Yang's eyes.

"You...why are you here?"
Luo Yang's voice unconsciously lowered several degrees, and he was completely different from the stern tone he had just given to Luo Ke. Uncle Wu beside him was slow to react for a few seconds before he tactfully retreated.

Ye Gu seemed to be narrating something that was extremely ordinary. "We'll be a family from now on, so I'll have to come visit."

Luo Yang was still immersed in the unexpected episode just now. From time to time, she could see the marks on Ye Gu's forehead. Her ears turned slightly red. She reached out to hold on to the wall and break free from Ye Gu's arms.

"I can walk by myself..."

"What can you do? You can't." Ye Gu didn't even give her a chance to refute. His tone was unquestionable and his tough attitude was obvious.

Luo Yang thought that he might have forgotten the occasion, which was why he said something so shocking. He even had the illusion that he was back in his student days.

Just like that, Ye Gu supported Luo Yang all the way back to her room. When he lowered his eyes, he could see a hideous red abrasion on her delicate ankle. The scratched skin curled up and was stained with green grass fragments and some dirt.

Embarrassed and weak.

"No need..." Luo Yang looked at him taking off her shoes so casually and was about to pull her feet back.

But it was instantly caught by Ye Gu's big palm.

His eyes were dark as he stared at her, his tone deep.
“Don’t forget who we are.”

Luo Yang paused, and a bitter smile appeared in her heart. She felt it was hard for him to be so dedicated that he came to her house specially to act out this perfect marriage drama.

Ye Gu took the alcohol swab from the medicine box on the table and cleaned up the debris outside her wound.

Stimulated by the alcohol, Luo Yang gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Ye Gu's eyes were filled with her curled toes. His thin lips moved slightly, and after a long time, he sighed.
"Just say it if it hurts. There's no need to bear it."

She didn't make a sound until everything was done. Ye Gu really thought she was in so much pain. Just when he was about to tease her, what he saw was the tears in her eyes sliding down her cheeks. Luo Yang quickly wiped them away.
It was as if nothing had happened just now.

Ye Gu's throat suddenly felt bitter and unbearable, and he seemed unable to speak.

Luo Yang seemed to see through his thoughts. She stood up calmly, smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt, buttoned her shirt, and rolled up her sleeves.
"If you see others being punished, you must pay a price that matches it."
This was the price she wanted to pay for Rocco's punishment, there was no need to complain.

She is not a good person to begin with. Since she has given Luo Ke chances again and again and it has no effect, don't blame her for breaking up with him.

Watching Luo Yang limping out of the room with an indifferent look on his face, Ye Gu was lost in thought for a while before he suddenly laughed out loud.

This was the Luo Yang he knew, a white-skinned but black-skinned girl who was never the well-behaved little white flower she appeared to be.

However, her acting was so poor when she was limping just now. During the examination, it was found that she didn't sprain her ankle at all, but just had some scratches. After going abroad for several years, her acting is still as poor as ever, and she can't even play the role of a green tea girl.

/ / /
Because of Ye Gu's sudden visit, Luo Jiancheng immediately asked the kitchen to prepare the food again, as if he was going to hold a grand banquet.

Luo Yang watched all this coldly, his heart as calm as water.

This is what she knew would happen the moment she saw Ye Gu. Luo Jiancheng would not easily give up this opportunity to expand his territory of interests.

"Ye Gu, see if the food suits your taste. If there is anything else you want to eat, I will ask the kitchen to make more. You can just treat it as your own home."
In front of Ye Gu, Luo Jiancheng looked like an ordinary father. When he smiled, one could see wrinkles of varying depths at the corners of his eyes.

Ye Gu nodded, "Thank you, uncle, that's enough."
His tone was distant yet polite. Luo Yang rarely saw him being so respectful to anyone.

It has always been others who treat him well. To use the words of Ye Gu's friends, it is impossible for me to serve anyone.

During the conversation, Zhang Peilan on the opposite side felt uneasy. From time to time, she looked at Luo Jiancheng as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself, and her eyes kept drifting towards the direction of the ancestral hall in the backyard.

Luo Yang knew it clearly, she was worried about Luo Ke.

It's a pity that Luo Jiancheng has made up his mind and no one can change it. Although she didn't want Luo Ke to be punished so severely, perhaps Luo Jiancheng did it to show off to others because of her recent marriage with Ye Gu.

It’s just that the timing of Rocco’s encounter with the gun was too delicate.

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Peilan still looked absent-minded and depressed. Luo Jiancheng's face was obviously beginning to look bad, and he warned her in a heavy tone.

Zhang Peilan couldn't help but speak up: "You can't bear to see your daughter kneeling in the ancestral hall for so long, why don't you just let it go this time, she didn't do it on purpose, she must know she was wrong, let her apologize to Luo Luo later."

Luo Yang found it funny, and continued to pick up the food in her bowl, but she had no taste for it. It was not intentional. Although she had planned this against Luo Ke, she could see that Luo Ke had already had the intention to push her. Luo Yang was very good at judging people, especially their hearts.
Every profession has its own expertise, and in this regard, Luo Yang can say this with confidence.

It is too easy for her to clear herself with a casual statement of "I didn't mean it", just like their arrival accelerated Yang Yue's death. She tried to clear herself of all charges by saying "her body was already exhausted".

Luo Jiancheng did not say anything, and the scene fell into silence for a moment, with only the occasional pleasant sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding against each other.

"Your injury looks a bit serious. I'll take you to the hospital this afternoon." Ye Gu said suddenly, in a resounding voice.

He just stood up and put the bowl of food farthest from him into Luo Yang's bowl. He did not participate in their conversation from beginning to end.

After a while, Luo Jiancheng said in a tough tone, and snorted, "If you do something wrong, you must be punished. There is no room for maneuver, and no one is allowed to beg for mercy!"

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Peilan's face suddenly turned gloomy, and the sadness became even more lingering.

The meal was unremarkable. Apart from some discordant episodes in the middle, the atmosphere was relatively peaceful.

Because Ye Gu seemed to have something else to do in the afternoon, Luo Yang saw him off at the door and went to the counseling center.

/ / /
"Come out, York Bar."
Ye Gu made a voice call and the group exploded.

Serious group——
Bian Yao: Wow, big brother is so busy, but he actually has time to show up in a small group like ours! This is a once-in-a-century wonder, let me take a screenshot.
Mo Chen: Coming soon
Xi Jinzhou: I'm covering for you at your house, and you're going to the bar? Wait for me.
Feng Yan: Busy, you guys drink, I’ll treat you next time
Li Huai: We're here. We'll be waiting for you in the box.
Yang Jinsheng and He Yu are still on assignment and are temporarily out of contact.

York Bar is their old base. After Ye Gu said the name, he walked into the deep corridor and entered their exclusive box at the end.

Li Huai loves to play and has long been a black card VIP here, so this box has been reserved for them for a long time.

"What's wrong? Is our Young Master Ye unsuccessful in love?" Li Huaixie smiled and poured him a glass of wine.

Ye Gu pushed him away impatiently and asked someone to bring him a cup of milk tea with 70% sugar and no added ingredients.

Li Huai sneered, "Drinking milk tea in a bar, you are amazing."

People arrived one after another, and the place became lively.
Xi Jinzhou came in panting, "Ye Gu is really something. If it weren't for the wine, I would never go to your house to cover for you!"

Sensing the gossip, they all came over and asked what happened, but Ye Gu was listless, sitting aside without saying a word, just drinking milk tea.

Xi Jinzhou told everything that happened today, "Anyway, I don't know what this gentleman did. I was almost punished by my grandfather."

Li Huai looked back at Ye Gu and hit the nail on the head: "You can tell from the looks of it that you are frustrated in love."

Xi Jinzhou narrowed his eyes slightly and asked tentatively: "So you went to Luo Yang's place? You went to her house?"

Ye Gu said nothing, which was tantamount to consent.

A heavy bomb exploded in the box. Bian Yao was the most likely to make a fuss, "So she doesn't want you anymore?"
"You were turned away?"

Ye Gu finally showed some reaction.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he looked at Bian Yao, his eyes darkening: "Do you dare to go any further?"

After a while, Ye Gu sighed and told them what happened at the Luo family's dinner table.

Xi Jinzhou was the first to react: "Your move is a bit cruel, aren't you afraid that Luo Ke will retaliate against Luo Yang?"

"It's just picking up some food, what's the big deal?" Bian Yao curled his lips.
He is a typical science and engineering guy. Apart from deciphering codes, his thinking is very straight forward on other things.

Mo Chen, who had been silent, pondered, "He picked up the farthest dish and said he would take her to the hospital for another checkup. It seemed like he was only talking to Luo Yang, but in fact, he was warning the Luo family that if anyone wanted to touch Luo Yang, he would be able to do it even if they were far away from Ye Gu."

Ye Gu and Mo Chen smiled at each other, but Ye Gu's smile was more like a bitter smile.

Li Huai looked at him with a mischievous smile, "Mr. Ye, you are quite scheming, but do you think she will know? What will she think if she knows?"
They were all friends who grew up together, and their friendship had already been deep, coupled with the high-sounding cover of marriage.

If it were Li Huai, he would only think that he was protecting himself out of friendship.

Ye Gu knew it, but he couldn't help himself today. He suddenly smiled with relief and drank the milk tea in one gulp.

"I know, that's enough."

A few people laughed. It was rare to see Ye Gu do things without asking for anything in return. He always put profit first.
But it seems that in front of a certain person, this principle has become a general rule that needs to give way.

In the box, everyone was chatting animatedly when Liu Min suddenly pushed the door open and walked in, his brows slightly frowned.
"Mr. Ye, my wife has been locked out of the Jundu International Villa District."

(End of this chapter)