My Wife, The Ice Queen President

“Finding out your whereabouts is no difficult feat,” Long Tianya said with a smile.

“May I know what brings the leader to me?”

“I wanted to ask if you would consider rejoining the Dragon Group,” he said.

Seeing the confusion on Ye Xiong’s face, Long Tianya continued, “Although I am no longer with the Dragon Group, I’m still informed about what’s happening there. The situation has become incredibly severe, and Guangnan Province needs someone to step up and take charge. Long Zaitian has approached you as well, right?”

Ye Xiong nodded his head.

“He surely wants you to be the commander, doesn’t he?”

“He bet me, but he lost, and I didn’t agree to his terms,” Ye Xiong replied.

Long Tianya was not surprised, as if he had already known about this.

“Did Long Zaitian mention anything else?” Long Tianya asked.

Ye Xiong looked at him, Long Zaitian’s words echoing in his mind.

Don’t trust anyone.

Long Tianya was his old commander, and he had established the Reaper Squad himself. Could he possibly betray his own creation?

He didn’t believe it, absolutely not.

“Long Zaitian, in his office, urged me to be the commander of the ‘Protect the Flower’ operation, but I didn’t accept. Right now, I don’t want to think about anything; I just want to live a simple life,” Ye Xiong said, indifferently.

“Alright then, if you find yourself facing any difficulties, feel free to call me.”

Long Tianya took out a business card and handed it to him.

Ye Xiong accepted the card and slipped it into his pocket.

Afterwards, the driver took Ye Xiong back home.

As soon as he walked into the house, Tang Ning came over.

“Brother-in-law, you’re finally back. Your dad has been waiting for you for a long time.”

With a new cellphone in hand and playing with it, Tang Ning said, “I had no idea until I mentioned it, but Yangyang was being bullied at school, and your dad knew nothing about it; it’s all Ye Tongtong’s fault, always pretending and deceiving your dad at home.”

Ye Yuandong is here?

Ye Xiong looked at the new phone in her hand and his face darkened.

“A new phone, and you sold yourself out for it?”

“Not just the phone, there are gold chains, cosmetics…” Tang Ning paused, then remembered she’d let something slip and giggled, “I say it as it is, whether you acknowledge your father or not has nothing to do with me.”

Having said that, she scurried away.

In the living room, Ye Yuandong was chatting merrily with Yang Xinyi and her husband, Tang Jianjun. Seeing Ye Xiong return, he quickly stood up and nervously said, “Ah Jun, you’re back…”

Ye Xiong didn’t respond, silently taking a seat on the couch.

Ye Yuandong, not knowing whether to sit or stand, was extremely embarrassed.

“Uncle Ye, you sit for a while; I want to talk to him,” Yang Xinyi said as she walked over and took Ye Xiong’s hand.

“What are you doing?”

“Let’s go to your room. I want to talk to you,” she said.

Seeing her attitude, was she, like Tang Ning, playing dirty? What sort of bewitching concoction had Ye Yuandong fed them?

Having only recently reconciled with Yang Xinyi, Ye Xiong didn’t want any new conflict with her, so he followed her to the room.

After closing the door, Yang Xinyi got straight to the point, “Do you or do you not recognize your dad?”

“Tang Ning is already doing this, and now you too. Did he give you something nice?” Ye Xiong was somewhat displeased.

“Your dad talked with us for a long time, and we all think you should acknowledge him.”

“If you want to acknowledge him, go ahead. He’s so wealthy; he’s bound to give you a hefty ‘thank you’ gift if you do,” Ye Xiong said sarcastically.

“You’ve known me for so long, do you really think I’m that kind of person?” Yang Xinyi was visibly upset, her eyebrows furrowed.

“You have to give me some time to think about it; my mind is a bit of a mess right now,” Ye Xiong sighed.

“I just don’t want you to regret it later. You only have this one father, and he only has you as a son. Between father and son, there’s no overnight grudge.”

“Alright, let me think about it.”

Yang Xinyi pinched his face, “Don’t frown like that, it’s ugly. Smile for me.”

Ye Xiong forced a smile without any real cheer.

“That looks terrible. You might as well keep frowning!” Yang Xinyi said, speechless.

She was about to leave when Ye Xiong suddenly hugged her and fell onto the bed.

“What bad things do you want to do now, in broad daylight?” Yang Xinyi asked anxiously.

“If I forgive him so quickly, won’t I lose face? I should at least stay in the room for over half an hour. Otherwise, it’d be really embarrassing for me,” Ye Xiong said.

“You’re so thick-skinned; you care about face too?” Yang Xinyi rolled her eyes at him.

“We have plenty of time, so why not find something to do, like…”

Ye Xiong’s hands slipped under her clothes.

Yang Xinyi slapped his hand away, “Pull back your filthy hand, it’s dirty.”

After some playful struggles, the two finally went downstairs.

Seeing them come down, Ye Yuandong stood up again, looking anxious.

Ye Xiong glanced at him. Since his mother’s death, he hadn’t really taken a good look at Ye Yuandong. Now, he noticed that Ye had aged a lot compared to a few years ago.

His hair had gone white, more wrinkles appeared, and with a bandage wrapped around his head, he looked frail.

His eyes were red, his face weary, probably from not sleeping well the night before.

“I’m short on cash. Transfer ten million into this card,” Ye Xiong said, tossing over a bank card.

His action stunned everyone.

It took Ye Yuandong a while to react, his face beaming with excitement as he hurriedly said, “Alright, alright, I’ll have the transfer done right away.”

With that, he took the bank card and rushed out to make a phone call.

If his son was willing to spend his money, it meant he had been forgiven. Not just ten million, even a hundred million, a billion, it wouldn’t be a problem.

All his money would eventually belong to his son anyway.

At the jewelry exhibition, the loss that his son had recovered for him was well over thirty billion.

Asking for money was just a way for him to save face, after all these years his stubborn temperament hadn’t changed at all.

Tang Jianjun and Yang Yueru looked at each other and burst into laughter.

“Father and son reunited, there’s nothing better than this. Honey, let’s prepare more dishes tonight and have Ye Yuandong stay for dinner. We can have a few drinks, it’s been a long time since I had a drink,” Tang Jianjun said.

“Sure, I also want to try the dishes cooked by Ah Xiong,” Yang Yueru said.

“Hooray, I love the food my brother-in-law cooks!” Tang Ning exclaimed excitedly, her ponytails bouncing.

“Is brother’s cooking that good?” Ye Yangyang asked in surprise, seeing how excited Tang Ning was.

“You’ll find out later,” Tang Ning replied.

“Let’s go buy groceries. Xinyi, Yangyang, Tang Ning, go see what you all would like to eat,” Yang Yueru said while pulling Tang Jianjun along, then signaling to a few other women.

Tang Ning and Yang Xinyi quickly understood the implied message, but Ye Yangyang was slow to catch on, getting dragged off by Tang Ning. She later found out that Yang Yueru wanted to give Ye Xiong and Ye Yuandong some alone time.

After everyone had left, Ye Yuandong said, “Ah Jun, I’m getting old and don’t have the energy to manage the company anymore. Can you come back to help me?”

“Let’s talk about it later. I still have some matters to handle in Jiangnan,” Ye Xiong said.

“Alright then, why don’t you take Yangyang with you? She was just begging Xinyi earlier. Speaking of which, Xinyi is really a great girl, smart, beautiful, and she’s the CEO of the company. If you don’t like managing the company, you could let her handle those affairs in the future,” Ye Yuandong said.

“We’ll see about that later!”

After finishing his words, Ye Xiong stood up, ready to return to his room.

Being alone with his father was still too awkward for him at the moment.

Wounds need time to heal.

“Take care of yourself,” Ye Xiong said before returning to his room.

Those four simple words left Ye Yuandong in tears.