Since they were family, they ought to put on a united front.
If Xu Si-Hai wasn't here to visit Ye Tian for the New Year holidays, then it was Ye Ya's turn
After they realized that he wasn't acquainted with Ye Tian, Ye Ya went over with his wife and son to welcome him.
"Mr Xu, sorry for not receiving you at the door. We should be the ones visiting you, considering how reputable you are. How could you have taken the trouble to come personally?" said Ye Ya as he asked after Xu Si-Hai from some distance away.
Ye Jian even called him 'Uncle Xu' nonstop ingratiatingly.
Judging from their tone of voice, Xu Si-Hai reckoned they were probably one of the Ye family members.
So he stopped and smiled as he replied, "You're too kind. I can't compare to Mr Chu in terms of reputation, so I should be the one visiting him."
Ye Ya's family were surprised by his reply once more.
Mr Chu?
Mr Chu again?
Didn't Gu Jia-Xiang say he was visiting Mr Chu too?
But what on earth was going on?
This was the old Ye residence, so how could there be anyone going by Chu here?
Ye Ya's face turned dark, but he put on a forced smiled and asked politely, "Mr Xu, are you sure you are here looking for Mr Chu? But this is the Ye residence, so most of us go by Ye. How can there be anyone going by Chu here?" Ye Ya smiled as he spoke.
Everyone just looked on in confusion as they waited for what would happen next.
But no one noticed the mysterious smile on a beautiful girl's face as she sat in the living room drinking tea with her head
lowered.
The stunning girl with smiling eyes was Ye Fan's wife, Qiu Mu-Cheng.
And the only person who was capable of smiling was this Queen of Jiangdong.
The rest of them might not know better, but Qiu Mu-Cheng certainly did.
This so-called Mr Chu was none other than her husband, Ye Fan.
"He's so awful. Everywhere he goes, he brings chaos. Would it kill him to stay out of the spotlight?" thought Qiu Mu-Cheng as she shook her head and recalled how familiar this scene appeared.
Didn't Ye Fan do the same thing in Yunzhou, keeping everyone in the dark while he bluffed them?
Qiu Mu-Cheng was once badly deceived by Ye Fan too.
In hindsight, Qiu Mu-Cheng couldn't blame Ye Fan for the misunderstanding.
After all, Ye Fan told Qiu Mu-Cheng countless times that he was Mr Chu, but she didn't buy it.
If she didn't witness it first hand at the Feast of the Sea and Sky, Qiu Mu-Cheng would never believe that the unknown and submissive man who married into the Qiu family was the renowned King of Jiangdong, Mr Chu.
"But his surname is clearly Ye, so why did he make everyone call him Mr Chu?" wondered Qiu Mu-Cheng quizzically.
However, Qiu Mu-Cheng had no clue that Ye Fan's real surname was Chu.
Qiu Mu-Cheng smiled from inside the residence. Then Xu Si-Hai nodded and replied Ye Ya in the courtyard, "Well, he goes by Mr Ye too."
The corner of Ye Ya's eyes instantly twitched when he heard these familiar words.
He briefly went quiet before he probed, "Then are you here to see my older brother,
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