Chapter 140 Going to have a good meeting with Ye Leng’an
"Young Master and Ms. Ye are here to celebrate the New Year this year, so I definitely can't be perfunctory." Butler Ford said solemnly, "Miss Ye, if there is anything wrong, please bring it up. Also, for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner, if you have anything you want, I'll go and inform the kitchen."
"It's fine, I'm not picky." Ye Leng'an smiled.
Entering the dining room, she saw Huangfu Ruiling was already waiting for her.
Soon, a servant brought the dumplings.
Ye Leng'an didn't care about the heat, so he just picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth. At the end, he didn't forget to praise, "This chef is really good, the dumplings are very authentic!"
In fact, not only dumplings, the chef's other dishes are also very good. In the past few days in Paris, they ate Chinese food most of the time. So she didn't have any maladjustment, and the chef's cooking skills were much better than Mrs. Zhuang's.
"Eat more if you like it." Looking at Ye Leng'an's appearance, Huangfu Ruiling also felt that his appetite seemed to improve a lot. After he ate a dumpling, he said, "Today is New Year's Eve. Although this is a foreign country, some places still have a New Year's atmosphere. Do you want to visit?"
After hearing Huangfu Ruiling's suggestion, Ye Leng'an rolled his eyes around, then nodded, "Alright, I just want to see what it's like to celebrate Chinese New Year abroad."
If she was at home at this time, then she would probably choose to stay in the pharmacy to make alchemy! After all, there is nothing good about being alone at home.
However, now that there is one more person with me, it seems that there is a bit of a Chinese New Year atmosphere.
Thinking of this, Ye Leng'an couldn't help raising his head, looking at Huangfu Ruiling, a strange feeling rose in his heart, a bit sour and sweet, but he just couldn't tell what it was.
As if sensing Ye Leng'an's gaze on him, Huangfu Ruiling couldn't help but raise his head, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Ye Leng An felt her cheeks burning hot, she immediately lowered her head, and then concentrated on eating the dumplings, as if she was tasting some delicious food.
Seeing Ye Leng'an's blushing cheeks suddenly, a smile flashed across Huangfu Ruiling's eyes. However, nothing was said. He naturally knows why Ye Leng'an is acting like this all of a sudden, but at the same time, he also knows that some things cannot be pushed too hard, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
After breakfast, Huangfu Ruiling and Ye Leng'an went out.
On the street outside, although there is some Chinese New Year atmosphere, it is not strong. This is also normal, after all, this is a foreign country, and the Chinese New Year is not an important day in a foreign country. It's just because there are more overseas Chinese now, so I can feel some New Year's atmosphere.
After the two walked around the street, they found that there was nothing too special. Finally, the two walked towards the mall.
In the following time, the two casually strolled around the mall. Even for lunch, both of them ate outside. Throughout the day, Ye Leng'an gained a lot. And Huangfu Ruiling just followed along, accompanying the guests throughout the journey.
It was not until evening that the two returned to the castle.
In the old castle, the butler Ford has prepared a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner.
"Young Master, Miss Ye, you are back." Butler Ford greeted him with a big smile on his face, "Dinner is ready."
Looking at Butler Ford's bright smile, Ye Leng'an laughed, "Butler Ford, are you happy?"
"Yes!" Ford butler said with a smile, "Tomorrow is the New Year, so I am happy. Miss Ye should be in a good mood when it is New Year's Eve!"
"Butler Ford, you really have a Chinese heart!" Ye Leng'an said with a smile, "It seems that you have done a lot of homework!"
"The master is Chinese, and those of us who are subordinates naturally have a Chinese heart." Butler Ford looked very proud, "Thank you Miss Ye for your compliment."
Looking at the proud look of Ford Butler, Ye Leng'an laughed.
"After shopping all day, let's have dinner first!" Seeing Ye Leng'an having a happy conversation with Ford's butler, Huangfu Ruiling directly interrupted, "After dinner, do you want to watch the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Is there still a Spring Festival Gala?" Ye Leng'an pushed Huangfu Ruiling towards the dining room, with a little surprise on his face, "This is Paris, can you still receive domestic channels?"
Speaking of which, she probably hasn't watched the Spring Festival Gala for many years! In those days after the first life, she was trembling even to live, so how could she have any thoughts about celebrating the New Year! Let alone watching the Spring Festival Gala. As for the second life, in the world of comprehension, there is no such thing as New Year's Eve. All her time is spent on cultivation and alchemy.
This was the first New Year since she came back, unexpectedly, she spent it with Huangfu Ruiling. Sure enough, things in this world are really unpredictable!
"I've already had someone debug it." Huangfu Ruiling didn't notice Ye Leng'an's trance behind him, and he continued, "If you want to watch it, let's watch it together later. If you feel tired, then go up and rest early!"
He doesn't have any special feelings about the New Year. If it wasn't for Ye Leng'an, then he wouldn't have had a good year.
At this time in previous years, he spent time in the old house of the Huangfu family. However, the happy atmosphere of those Chinese New Year has nothing to do with him at all. The reason why he stayed there was only because he felt that it didn't matter where he was, so he would go back.
"Let's watch the Spring Festival Gala!" Ye Leng'an had a trace of nostalgia on his face, "I haven't watched the Spring Festival Gala for a long time."
Watching the Spring Festival Gala is not because I like it too much, but because I want to feel the atmosphere of the New Year.
The two came to the dining room, where the dining table was already filled with all kinds of delicacies. The two sat down and started eating dinner. Because there were no outsiders around, the two of them didn't follow the rules of not talking when eating or sleeping. Instead, they chatted while eating, and the atmosphere seemed particularly good.
On the other side of the earth, in the old mansion of the Huangfu family in the imperial capital, the atmosphere is not so good. Because, on such an important day as today, Huangfu Ruiling, as the young master, did not appear.
Every New Year's Eve dinner, the head of the Huangfu family and people from the collateral lineage will get together to eat. Of course, not everyone is eligible to attend. Only all the members of the main family, as well as some collateral people who have performed better this year, will also be invited to attend the New Year's Eve dinner.
It's time for everyone to arrive this year, but Huangfu Ruiling, who is the young master, is not here.
Others naturally have different thoughts when they see this situation. However, when they saw the ugly faces of Patriarch Huangfu Jingzhang and Patriarch's wife Zhong Yuliuying who were sitting at the main table, everyone dared not say anything, even dared not take a breath, for fear of causing some unreasonable disaster.
However, regarding Huangfu Ruiling's absence, everyone was speculating whether there was any unknown secret in it.
Until the New Year's Eve dinner was over, Huangfu Ruiling didn't show up, which made everyone guess more. However, the atmosphere was too depressing, so no one dared to discuss without authorization. After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone didn't dare to stay, so they got up and said goodbye immediately.
Soon, only the main family members remained in the main building, that is, Huangfu Ruiling's parents and his second uncle's family.
In the living room, Huangfu Jingzhang and Zhong Yuliuying were sitting at the main seats. The gloomy look on their faces had not disappeared. It could be seen that they were not in a good mood at the moment.
Zhong Yuyiran was sitting beside her without saying anything, her face was full of obedience, making it impossible to see what she was thinking in her heart at the moment.
She looked calm on the surface, but her heart was already filled with jealousy and hatred. She came to Huangfu's family to celebrate the New Year with Huangfu Ruiling. She is also very clear that even if they celebrate the New Year together in Huangfu's family, she may not have much interaction with Huangfu Ruiling.
However, even so, she was unwilling to give up such an opportunity. Because this is the only place where she can beat Ye Leng'an, and on such an important day, she can still see Huangfu Ruiling. Ye Leng'an can only spend it alone.
What she didn't expect was that Huangfu Ruiling didn't come back for the New Year, but stayed abroad. She doesn't need to guess, she can know that Huangfu Ruiling did this in order to be able to accompany Ye Leng'an.
Could it be that the two of them have progressed to such a level now?
As long as she thinks of this, she can't restrain her jealousy and hatred for Ye Leng'an.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you see Ruiling on such an important day today!" Second Aunt Nangong Xiyu said coolly after taking a sip of tea, "As parents, you really need to teach them well!"
Although Nangong Xiyu is a member of the Nangong family, she is not from the main family, but from a collateral branch. It is definitely a great fortune that she, a member of the collateral line, can marry the second master of the Huangfu family, who is Huangfu Jingzhang's younger brother Huangfu Jingxian. It can be seen how powerful her methods are.
On weekdays, Nangong Xiyu and Zhong Yuliuying are at odds with each other. Zhong Yuliuying looked down on Nangong Xiyu's collateral status, thinking that such a person married into the Huangfu family would definitely lower the style. As for Nangong Xiyu, she didn't like Zhong Yuliuying's aloof appearance, as if she was more noble than anyone else.
Now that she has seized the opportunity, Nangong Xiyu naturally wants to stab Zhong Yuliuying.
Huangfu Ruihang, who was sitting by the side, saw that the fire was burning on his head, and quickly lowered his head, trying to reduce his sense of existence, hoping that no one would pay attention to him.
He also blamed his mother in his heart, why did he provoke his aunt's anger at this time. Originally, my aunt was already in a bad mood when my cousin didn't come to the New Year's Eve dinner, but now my mother is going to stir up trouble here, causing him to suffer.
After hearing such words, Nangong Xiyu's face turned red immediately, and she wanted to refute, but she couldn't say anything.
Huangfu Jingxian, who was beside him, glared at her with a warning in his eyes, and then he smiled and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, it's getting late. Let's go to rest first. You should rest earlier too!"
After finishing speaking, he left the main building with his wife and children, and went to another building of the old house.
Soon, only Huangfu Jingzhang, Zhong Yuliuying and Zhong Yuyiran were left in the living room of the main building.
Huangfu Jingzhang and Zhong Yuliuying did not speak for a while, and their expressions were somewhat gloomy.
Sitting there, Zhong Yuyiran didn't feel it just now, but after the people from the second room left, she only felt waves of pressure on her heart, making her dare not even breathe. She wanted to leave, but she didn't dare to get up without the two talking.
I don't know how long it took, but Huangfu Jingzhang got up suddenly and said, "I'm going up to rest first."
While speaking, he glanced at Zhong Yuliuying, and there was a meaning in his eyes that only the husband and wife could understand.
After Huangfu Jingzhang left, Zhong Yuliuying looked at Zhong Yuyiran and said directly, "Yiran, since Ye Leng'an is the doctor who cured you, do you know about her?"
"Miss Ye?" Zhong Yuyiran blinked her big eyes, as if she didn't understand why Zhong Yuliuying would inquire about such a thing, but she still said honestly, "Actually, I don't know much about Miss Ye. I haven't met her many times, so I really don't know about her. But, I think Brother Huangfu probably likes Miss Ye quite a lot."
"When I was in the old castle in Paris, I saw that brother Huangfu and that Miss Ye acted very closely, so I think that Brother Huangfu should have a good relationship with Miss Ye. Therefore, Brother Huangfu should be quite clear about Miss Ye."
After hearing Zhong Yuyiran's words, Zhong Yuliuying's expression became even uglier, she snorted coldly, "Then it seems that Ye Leng'an is also very skilled! She can actually make Rui Ling look at her with admiration."
No matter what, she didn't think that Huangfu Ruiling would like Ye Leng'an. In her opinion, Huangfu Ruiling was only attracted by Ye Leng'an for a while. After a few days, the novelty fades away, and maybe you won't even remember the existence of such a person.
Zhong Yuyi lowered her head and said nothing. However, where Zhong Yuliuying didn't notice, her eyes were full of complacency.
So what if Ye Leng'an is powerful? If you want to enter the door of the Huangfu family, as long as the wife does not agree, then this is a dream. Do you really think that you can keep Huangfu Ruiling's heart because of your good looks? With that kind of status, even someone who wants to marry a branch of the Huangfu family is not qualified.
After knowing that Zhong Yuyiran knew almost nothing about Ye Leng'an, she waved her hand and told Zhong Yuyiran to go to rest first.
Afterwards, she called Mama Wu, and asked directly, "The Ye Leng'an I asked you to check before, do you have any information now?"
"This—" Wu Ma showed a look of embarrassment, and then said, "Madam, I have ordered someone to investigate. It's just—"
"Just what?" Zhong Yuliuying said bluntly, "Whether you can find out, it's been so many days, why is there no news at all?"
With the strength of the Huangfu family and the Zhong Yu family, one hour is enough to investigate a person. However, several days have passed since she gave the order, but she still hasn't heard the report.
"Madam, I can't find any information about Ye Leng'an at all. It seems that someone has encrypted it." Wu Ma lowered her head and explained, "So, we only know that she is a student of Sheng'an Middle School, and we can't find anything else."
Although she didn't say it clearly, she felt that the matter of encrypting Ye Leng'an's information was probably done by the young master. She didn't dare to go against the young master, but it was difficult for the madam to explain. Sandwiched between this mother and child, she didn't know what to do.
Obviously, what Wu Ma could guess, Zhong Yuliuying could also guess. But because he guessed it, his face became even uglier.
Zhong Yuliuying's face became more and more gloomy, and the surrounding air pressure became lower and lower. Wu Ma stood there quietly, not daring to make a sound.
After a long time, Zhong Yuliuying sneered and said, "Mother Wu, then you can find a way to find out which class this Ye Leng'an is in at Sheng'an Middle School. After the winter vacation, don't you have to go back to school? At that time, I'm going to have a good look at this Ye Leng'an. I want to see what kind of girl can actually make my son fascinated, and even accompany him on such an important day as the New Year."
After hearing Zhong Yuliuying's words, Mama Wu's heart skipped a beat. After thinking about it, she still tried to persuade her, "Ma'am, isn't it good for you to rush to find someone like this? If the young master finds out, I'm afraid he won't be happy."
Judging from the current signs, the young master should be very special to Ye Leng'an. No matter what the relationship between this young master and Ye Leng'an is, if the lady comes to the door at this time, if the young master finds out, it will definitely not be a trivial matter.
"What? Do I even need his permission to meet someone?" Zhong Yuliuying sneered and said, "He is my son, and as a mother, it is only natural for me to meet the person he likes?"
Mama Wu wanted to say something, but when she saw Zhong Yuliuying's cold eyes, she automatically tuned in.
At this time, Ye Leng'an didn't know that someone was already thinking about looking for her.
After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner with Huangfu Ruiling, the two went to the living room together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
It was almost midnight at night when Huangfu Ruiling suddenly turned his head, looked at Ye Lengan beside him, and suddenly said, "How about we take a walk outside in the yard?"
Hearing Huangfu Ruiling's words suddenly, Ye Leng'an froze for a moment, feeling a little dazed, "Are you going out for a walk in the yard at this time?"
It’s the middle of the night and the weather is cold. It’s a cold wind blowing in the yard at this time. No matter how I think about it, I feel a little silly.
"Let's go out and have a look!" Huangfu Ruiling looked at Ye Leng'an, a glint of color flashed in his eyes, "I prepared a gift for you, it's outside."
"New Year's gift?" Ye Leng'an was a little surprised, and then said, "No need! I didn't even prepare a gift for you."
Thinking about it now, I feel a little guilty. During this period of time, her food and lodging have all been provided by Huangfu Ruiling. Even during the Chinese New Year, Huangfu Ruiling didn't go home and stayed here with her.
On such a day, he even prepared a gift for her. But she didn't seem to express that at all, even when she was shopping today, all the things she bought were her own, and none of them were for Huangfu Ruiling.
So, at this time, if you still accept Huangfu Ruiling's gift, it would be a bit too much!
"Do you want to accept it? Let's make a decision after seeing it!" Huangfu Ruiling didn't seem to force Ye Leng'an to accept it, but said lightly, "It's always okay to take a look!"
Since Huangfu Ruiling had already said this, Ye Leng'an was naturally too embarrassed to refuse.
Didn't let Li San follow, Ye Leng'an pushed Huangfu Ruiling to the courtyard.
Although it is already early morning, the yard is brightly lit, making it look like daytime. Moreover, every few steps, there is a stove for heating. Therefore, even in the yard, you will not feel any chill at all.
However, after coming out of the courtyard, Huangfu Ruiling didn't immediately take out the gift to Ye Leng'an, but was chatting with Ye Leng'an.
Although they were all chatting about some completely unnutritious words, for him, he was happier than ever.
Just before twelve o'clock, Huangfu Ruiling suddenly stopped Ye Leng'an.
Ye Leng'an stopped immediately without any doubts.
Just when the zero o'clock pointer was about to pass, Huangfu Ruiling got up, walked in front of Ye Leng'an, then leaned into Ye Leng'an's ear, and whispered, "Happy New Year!"
Feeling the warm breath blowing past her ears, Ye Leng'an's face flushed red, she raised her head suddenly, but bumped into Huangfu Ruiling's chin.
At this time, the morning bell rang.
"Bang, bang, bang..." As the New Year's bell rang, the sky suddenly burst into beautiful fireworks.
As the first sound of fireworks sounded, it was like an order, and the entire sky was almost covered by fireworks. The beautiful fireworks bloomed in the sky, as if there were no gaps, adding colorful splendor to the gray sky.
Standing under the canopy, Ye Leng'an couldn't help but raise his head, looking at the beautiful fireworks.
(end of this chapter)