Real Thoughts of Ye Xingchen

Told that Ye Xingchen had returned, Ye Yijin left the army business behind and rushed back. Although they were not closely connected, Ye Xingchen was Ye Yijin's son after all. In the past, Ye Yijin had neglected his son mostly because his son had left the family against his will and humiliated the family by being an actor. The stage for Ye Xingchen to continue shining no longer existed, but he was on another huger stage called after the doomsday. Even though Ye Xingchen had married another man and become a member of Peak, his capability was widely known. He was no longer the humiliation for the Ye family and even added glory to it. As his father, Ye Yijin also felt sincerely proud.

However, Ye Yijin seemed to forget that Ye Xingchen was a human being rather than a thing. The reason why Ye Xingchen had walked away from home was because he had been forced to do so. He had succeeded in the line of work he had liked after tremendous efforts, but his family hadn't congratulated him and even considered him an insult. If the Ye family had really intended to find Ye Xingchen, it was impossible for them not to have known that Ye Xingchen had had missions in the Southwest in the end. Even if the family didn't send people for him, it was nothing difficult for Ye Yijin to give a call to the Southwest Base. But the Ye family had done none of that as if there was really no Ye Xingchen in the family.

At present, Ye Xingchen had a different status and value in use. If he hadn't run into Jiang Shang or entered Peak, he might have been dead or become a puppet at the mercy of others. Even if he came back to the capital, the Ye family wouldn't acknowledge him as the young master of the family, would they?"

"Ahem… You're back?"

Yi Yijin arrived home when Ye Xingchen just finished the conversation about the Northeast Base with other old men. Seeing those people not notice his existence, Yi Yijin coughed heavily. He took a glance casually at them as he walked over. He frowned tightly with his face distorted upon seeing Ye Xingchen's fingers interlaced with Jiang Shang's. It was one thing that Ye Yijin knew that his son had married another man. But it was another thing that Ye Yijin saw the couple being greasy. Ye Yijin still couldn't accept that his son had married a man.

"Dad."

How could Ye Xingchen not know why his father frowned with all that Ye Xingchen had gone through? Ye Xingchen called his father casually and continued, pulling Jiang Shang, "Shang, call him Uncle Ye."

"Uncle Ye!"

That was… How come Ye Xingchen said that in a tone as if he was lecturing his son? And Jiang Shang, a grown-up man, why didn't you act your age? Didn't you feel awkward?

Everyone else around condemned inwardly. Then again, they saw something disgusting. The couple didn't feel awkward at all but flirted very naturally. On the contrary, others felt awkward and were extremely upset by that. But they didn't know how to continue the conversation. They didn't feel well, unable to spit out their feelings.

"Weren't you married?"

Ye Xingchen said with a gloomy look. In other words, Jiang Shang shouldn't have called him uncle since the couple were married. It was one thing that Ye Yijin didn't treat Jiang Shang as his son-in-law. But it was another thing that Jiang Shang didn't treat him as his father-in-law. Especially, it was Ye Xingchen who had asked Jiang Shang to call Ye Yijin as uncle Ye.

"Turns out you know that we're married, dad."

Ye Xingchen looked enlightened. He didn't ask Jiang Shang to call Ye Yijin dad as Ye Yijin wished. The Ye family could give Ye Xingchen their attitude or not take Ye Xingchen as their family, but Ye Xingchen absolutely wouldn't allow them to bully Jiang Shang even in a subtle way.

"I…"

"What? Ye Yijin, even you are mocking my grandson, huh?"

Senior Shu rebuked, intentionally glancing at Lin Yin sitting next to Ye Xingyu, before Ye Yijin had time to say something. The old men didn't think it wrong to bully their offspring but would definitely launch an attack if they were bullied by their offspring. But Ye Xingchen was not only the heir of the Ye family.

"Mocking? What are you talking about, Senior Shu? Xingchen is my son. How would I mock him? I'm just doing some father-and-son bonding with him."

Following Senior Shu's sight, Ye Yijin took a look at his own wife. Since Senior Shu didn't continue speaking, Ye Yijin more or less figured out something and immediately put on a smile.

"You'd better. Tell you what, Ye Yijin. If you bully my grandson, I'll shoot you dead!"

Senior Shu shot him a piercing glare and added to ensure Ye Yijin wouldn't bully his grandson. Ye Yijin instantly felt like weeping but had no tears. Since Senior Shu said so, what else would Ye Yijin dare to say? And what could he say?

In contrast to the pathetic Ye Yijin, Ye Xingchen acted as if nothing had happened. He observed all this totally like an outsider. He knew the reason why Senior Shu protected him like that, but he wouldn't reveal it initiatively. Currently, his relationships with the Ye and Shu families were on the edge of collapse. Everyone took what was needed. Anyone who asked for more would cross the line.

"About the enclosure thing, how exactly did the Southwest Base do that?"

Seeing his son and daughter-in-law got lectured, Ye Qishan pulled the topic back to the real business timely. They were aware of the big harvest in the Southwest Base, but no one knew clearly how that had been done.

"Just like Che said, we enclosed land outside the base. Chaoyang and Peak enclosed a county and turned it into a planting base."

Knowing that they would ask that question, Ye Xingchen responded with ease, without hiding anything or saying too much.

"Your squads enclosed a county?"

Rarely, even Ye Qishan was astonished. After all, they were just two squads.

Ye Xingchen smiled quite naturally. "Yeah. Peak and Chaoyang are the largest superfunction squads in the Southwest Base. We're capable of that. Why wouldn't we do that? If Che was not lazy, we could have enclosed the whole Lingjiang City."

As a member of Peak, they had confidence to say so. What was more, Ye Xingchen was being modest to say that. If Yun Che wished, he could turn the whole southwest into a planting base, which was just a matter of time.

"Yun Che has that much medicine?"

Like Senior Xing, the old men thought Yun Che had purified the land with the medicine developed by Yun Che and his people.

"Otherwise, how would Che ask you to enclose as many lands as possible?"

That could be done only if you could afford 100 level-3 crystal nuclei per mu of land.

Ye Xingchen didn't said that out so as not to attack his family again. Che was so bad. At first, he hadn't told the Pang family that the enclosure would charge fees. Obviously, that was a deliberate revenge on the Pang family's harassment. If this thing was revealed, the Pang family would probably be ostracized.

"Enclosure is not difficult. But how do you guys manage the planting base? Do you have so many people for management? Even if you do, zombies would rush into the base when they smell human beings, right?"

After a short while of pondering, Senior Shu asked solemnly. Enclosure was very easy. What was difficult was the management. Not only human beings but also zombies and mutant beasts needed watching.

"We don't need to manage. As you should know, my superfunction is beast training. After the planting, Che asked me to train a few mutant eagles. Then they wheel in the air in turns. Human beings, zombies or low-level mutant beasts naturally won't approach the base."

Ye Xingchen didn't tell a lie but his words didn't sound trustworthy enough. Whether to trust him was their business.

"That's a good idea. With mutant eagles in the air, zombies won't besiege the base. If the eagles are in higher levels, they can frighten mutant beasts of lower levels. Plus, the number of eagles is small so you don't have to worry that zombies and birds would gather because of them. Thieves naturally won't get close to the base either. It kills several birds with just one stone. Who figured out such an idea?"

Ye Qishan clapped on his thigh, praising them highly. Ye Xingchen was delighted too. "It was Che. The enclosure and the management, they were all Che's decisions."

"Yun Che… He's really not a simple person."

Senior Ye and Senior Shu took a look at each other. They had a deeper understanding of Yun Che again. In fact, they didn't look down upon Yun Che. They were not stupid. If Yun Che had no capability, how would the third son of the Xing family have fallen in love with him? The reason why the old men despised Yun Che was that they were deceived by his appearance. It was really hard to connect him with the captain of a strong squad so that the old men carelessly neglected the thorns all over his body.

"But, it costs 100 level-3 crystal nuclei per mu of land. Isn't it too expensive?"

Told the whole story, Ye Yijin frowned tightly. It was nothing difficult to find a large area of land. But since they stationed in Section D, they must hold responsibility for the survivors there. They couldn't just take themselves into consideration. Otherwise, people would not stick together. In that case, they would need more land, which would cost an astronomical figure of money.

"Xingchen is a member of Peak. Why do they charge fees on their own people?"

Lin Yin interrupted upon seizing the chance to speak. Many people around knitted their eyebrows. Although Senior Ye and Senior Shu had asked Ye Xingchen back to talk about the enclosure, it had never occurred to the old men that the enclosure didn't cost any fees. They just thought about haggling over the cost. Unexpectedly, Lin Yin directly asked for free enclosure. Even the old men thought she had gone a little far. After all, Ye Xingchen was not the captain of Peak.

"Even brothers need to split the bills. Plus, I'm not the only one in Peak."

Ye Xingchen looked up at Lin Yin. He suddenly stood up, pulling Jiang Shang. "Grandpa, about the fees, I'll talk about it with Che. But I can't guarantee that I can persuade them to cut deduct some fees. As for free enclosure, that's even more impractical. It's getting late. We should leave."

With that said, Ye Xingchen pulled Jiang Shang and left. Ye Xingchen had done what he should do as a member of the Lin family. As for other things, he wasn't capable of those and wouldn't do those.

"Ye Xingchen, stop there!"

The old men said nothing but Lin Yin raised abruptly out of anger. "Tell me if you don't like me. I spoke and you left. What does that mean? Trying to embarrass me, huh?"

"Aunt Lin, you're embarrassing yourself."

Ye Xingchen turned around and looked at her. Then, he walked back and stood before her. "Aunt Lin, you don't have to make everything difficult for me. Ever since the past, I've never wished to get anything from the Ye family. I'm a member of the family but this family has never been my family. I had desires before. But I admitted loss after trying so many times. In this family, I was not needed and I was redundant. That's why left it."

"You guys thought it as an insult that I worked as an actor. But for me, only my fans needed me. With the huge support of my fans, I finally knew how it felt to be needed. That was why I chose being an actor over being the young master of the Ye family. But I was still like the duckweed, having no support but myself."

"I don't have my lover and my family until I met Shang, Che and his families. We're not connected by blood, but we can sacrifice for others at any time. They are the family I need. I am happy and I cherish whatever I have right now. It's impossible for me to fight for anything back to the Ye family. You can rest assure"

"Grandpas, dad, please don't waste time on me any more. As a member of the Ye family, I won't ignore what I can do for you. But those things I can't do, I won't do even if you beg me. Two years ago, I could give up being the young master of the Ye family for my fans. Now, I can also make enemies with the Ye family for Peak. Good bye!"

Upon finishing his words, Ye Xingchen strode away with Jiang Shang, with their fingers entangled. Perhaps, Ye Xingchen would never enter the Ye family again in the rest of his life.

Looking at their backs, Senior Ye and other people were at a loss of what to do. Lin Yin was doubtlessly in the greatest shock. She had thought about how to oppress Ye Xingchen and snatch whatever belonged to Ye Xingchen for her son over these years. Before Ye Xingchen came back, she had thought she would face a formidable enemy. But Ye Xingchen told her that he never valued whatever she valued. In other words, Ye Xingchen had abandoned what she longed for.

"Alas…"

After a while, Senior Shu stretched his arm and patted on Senior Ye's shoulder before sighing heavily. The last words of Ye Xingchen were so blunt that the people felt like their hearts were whipped. Senior Shu couldn't help but begin to wonder whether he had neglected the feelings of his grandchildren, caring too much about the interests and prestige of the family.

"It did occur to me that Xingchen may be a better successor of the Ye family. But the only successor of the Ye family is Xingyu."

Senior Ye looked deeply at his wife as she spoke. With her words finished, Senior Ye shook his head. "Senior Shu, let's go upstairs and play chess."

"Sure."

They all needed to calm down and ponder. A moment later, only Ye Yijin, his wife and son remained in the living room. Lin Yin's wish came true but she didn't feel as happy as she imagined. None of the three of them could laugh.