The Empty Bridal Chamber - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: The Family Treasure Is Me

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After they came out, Xia Qing kept apologizing. Although everyone knew about this, Ye Lingxiao didn’t say anything.

This business trip suddenly became very long. Ye Lingxiao decided to shorten the time at the last minute and return to the headquarters within a day.

Lin Wanmeng was dumbfounded as she watched Ye Lingxiao quickly settle the company’s matters and bring her to the business that Old Madam Ye mentioned.

Xia Qing quickly followed behind.

She naturally regretted giving such a good opportunity to that woman.

Would the relationship between the two of them increase in danger?

However, looking at their awkward expressions, Xia Qing heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like it didn’t.

Old Madam Ye’s things were handed over to the butler of the previous residence for safekeeping. Ye Lingxiao and Lin Wanmeng could only obtain them together.

The butler stood in the living room and asked Lin Wanmeng to go to Old Madam Ye’s bedroom to get it.

It was rare that Ye Lingxiao did not follow her this time. Xia Qing was delighted. It seemed that Lin Wanmeng’s impatience had made Ye Lingxiao lose his appetite.

She carefully tidied up her appearance and put on lipstick again.

Lin Wanmeng followed the butler upstairs and opened the door.

This was the place where Old Madam Ye had stayed for three years. It was here that she met her former husband. The two of them had a very sweet story.

The old butler clearly saw Lin Wanmeng as a family. He actually didn’t shy away from telling her stories from decades ago. Lin Wanmeng listened with interest.

On the other hand, the person downstairs was tempted as they looked at Ye Lingxiao’s side profile.

It was a pity for such a perfect man to fall into the hands of someone like Lin Wanmeng.

Xia Qing pursed her lips and suddenly said, “Does President Ye like Mrs. Ye very much?”

Ye Lingxiao’s gaze was originally fixed on a room on the second floor. When he suddenly heard Xia Qing’s question, he turned around and glanced at her.

“She’s Mrs. Ye and that’s enough.”

It was not important whether he liked it or not.

Recalling what happened in the elevator just now, the light in Ye Lingxiao’s eyes flashed complicatedly.

What was he thinking just now? Why did he ask such a question?

It was as if… if Lin Wanmeng was willing to tell him what she wanted, he would give it to her.

Xia Qing could only hear Ye Lingxiao’s indifference from these words. She was delighted and pretended to ask casually, “Then President Ye, what does Mrs. Ye look like in your heart?”

Ye Lingxiao was stunned for a moment. A little girl in a flounce dress appeared in his mind. Her soft long hair swayed gently in the wind, and her slender hand pressed down the hat on her head, making it impossible to see her face clearly. However, he could sense the smile on her lips.

The iceberg only melted for a moment, but Ye Lingxiao quickly composed himself. “Mrs. Ye is Mrs. Ye. That’s all.”

When he said this, the image in Ye Lingxiao’s mind changed. It became the image of Lin Wanmeng with tears in her eyes that day.

What an annoying fellow.

When Xia Qing heard these ambiguous words, she gritted her teeth and mustered her courage to ask, “Then CEO Ye, do you think I’m qualified to be Mrs. Ye?”

These words could be said to be very bold. Although Xia Qing looked very hot on the outside, she had never really experienced love before.

This time, Ye Lingxiao’s gaze finally landed completely on Xia Qing.

This was the first time her breathing paused.

“Xia Qing, when I picked you out from those fifty interns, I never thought that the relationship between you and me would surpass that between a superior and a subordinate.”

“It was like this before, and it won’t change now.”

Ye Lingxiao looked at his trusted aide and saw her face instantly turn pale.

If it were anyone else, he would not say so much. However, this woman was capable and would become the backbone of the Ye Corporation in the future.

As long as she could abandon those thoughts that shouldn’t be in her heart,

Under Ye Lingxiao’s gentle and cruel gaze, Xia Qing finally realized what the other party was thinking for the first time.

It turned out that those so-called tolerance and indulgence were just leniency for a good seedling.

Unwilling to give up, she asked, “Is that all?”

Ye Lingxiao recalled that when Xia Qing first arrived, she hadn’t put on such sharp makeup. She, who was dressed simply, stood in front of him full of confidence.

She looked very much like the person from back then.

Because of impulse, Ye Lingxiao casually added an additional test. He did not expect her to complete it outstandingly.

“The rest are things that shouldn’t be there.”

Xia Qing’s eyes were instantly filled with tears.

After entering the house, the old butler closed the door tightly and handed Lin Wanmeng a phone.

She dialed Old Madam Ye’s number on her phone, and the other party’s kind voice immediately sounded.

“Mengmeng, did you have a good time with Lingxiao? Don’t worry, there’s no family heirloom in this house. I just tricked him.”

Lin Wanmeng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. After spending so much effort, Old Madam’s wish was only for the two of them to get along well.

She took the phone and said helplessly, “Grandma, you don’t have to do this.”

“You don’t understand. Lingxiao is just arrogant. You just have to keep giving people like him chances. Otherwise, things won’t ever go your way. ”

Old Madam Ye had always been very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. Seeing that someone had finally taken Mrs. Ye’s seat, she quickly used her methods to make her stay.

Lin Wanmeng hung up the phone helplessly after Old Madam Ye instilled a lot of knowledge on how to control her husband. The old butler blinked, feeling glad and nostalgic that his master could still have the temper of a young girl.

However, the problem lay in front of Lin Wanmeng. She had come in to get the family heirloom. What should she do now?

Lin Wanmeng looked at everything in the room. Although they were all priceless, there was nothing that could be considered a family heirloom by Old Madam Ye.

She rubbed her temples as she had gotten a headache.

By the time Lin Wanmeng went out, Xia Qing was no longer downstairs. Only Ye Lingxiao was left standing there.

As soon as Lin Wanmeng opened the door, she met the other party’s gaze. There were many unknown things hidden in that gaze.

She couldn’t see through it for a moment and only felt guilty.

“Where’s the stuff?”

After spending so much effort to tie Lin Wanmeng to his side, Ye Lingxiao was also a little curious. What kind of treasure did Old Madam Ye ask Lin Wanmeng to retrieve?

Lin Wanmeng lowered her head and pondered for a moment before spinning around in front of Ye Lingxiao.

“President Ye, are you surprised? I am the treasure.”

She laughed dryly, but the atmosphere was irreversibly cold.

Not long after, Ye Lingxiao sneered. “Are you an old demon who has lived for hundreds of years? That’s why you claim to be a family heirloom?”

It was too much to joke about a woman’s age. Lin Wanmeng glared at him angrily and said disdainfully, “Can’t I? I’m a family heirloom starting from this generation.”

“What part of you are we going to pass down? Your ashes?”

Ye Lingxiao’s truth had always made people unhappy. Lin Wanmeng clenched her fists in anger, wanting to give his handsome face a few red marks.

The old butler watched the two of them play with nostalgia in his eyes.