Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 105 of 214
The next morning, what Yang Ce had not expected was that Sun Jie was just as usual, not mentioning the previous night's events at all. With a perfectly normal expression, she got dressed and went downstairs together with Yan.
Yang Ce even thought Sun Jie was no longer going to hold him accountable, but Yang Jiyan was wrong. During breakfast, Sun Jie said on her own: "Dad, Mom, Yang Ce has a few things at home. He'll be heading back in a bit."
Hearing Sun Jie's words, Yang Xu stared wide-eyed at Sun Jie—was she chasing him out?
"Little Yang, in such a hurry?" Mother Sun looked at Yang Ce with some surprise.
"Oh, there really are a few urgent things over there to deal with," Yang Moyi said, somewhat awkwardly.
"I see. But there's no need to rush like that, is there?" Mother Sun said, somewhat reluctant to let him go. "Why don't you leave after dinner?"
"Yang Ce probably does have things to do," Sun Lin spoke up instead. "Real business comes first." After saying that, he even gave Yang Puqi a look that said 'I understand.'
Yang Ce broke out in a sweat. Sun Lin had clearly misunderstood him, thinking he was eager to get back to handle affairs in Jidun City, and so of course approved.
Yang Ce glared at Sun Jie, only to find she was not looking at him at all, so he said helplessly, "I'll head back after breakfast."
Since Sun Jie had no feelings for him, Yang Shuoxuan had no way to force it. After breakfast, he said goodbye to Sun Lin and Mother Sun, and then prepared to leave. But unexpectedly, just as he was about to go, Sun Jie said, "I'll go with you. It's time I returned to Songjiang."
"Ah?" Yang Ce looked at Sun Jie in surprise, but could catch no expression at all on her face.
"There are still matters at the company to handle. Don't read too much into it," Sun Jie said calmly.
"Then let's go." Yang Ce sighed and said, "Are you driving?"
"No. My car's been taken in for maintenance. It'll be delivered to Songjiang after I get back." Sun Jie pulled open the passenger door of the BMW, got in, and said, "I'm here to mooch a ride."
"Then let's go." Seeing Sun Jie's utterly serious manner, Yang Juehuan's mood sank a little too.
"Still angry with me?" Yang Ce drove with one hand while the other unconsciously came to rest on Sun Jie's thigh again.
"I already said we're even. What would I be angry about?" Sun Jie shook her head.
Thank goodness Sun Jie had not moved his hand away. Yang Lanxu vaguely felt that there might still be a turn in the situation. He did not know why Sun Jie would not accept him now, but at least she was not rejecting him too strongly.
"Then why did you suddenly chase me back to Songjiang?" Yang Moyi asked, somewhat unconvinced.
"It's for your safety, of course," Sun Jie said with some irritation, shooting Yang Puqi a glare. "Yesterday I was trying to talk to you about serious matters, and what do you do? You go and do something unserious."
Yang Ce gave a dry laugh. He remembered too that yesterday Sun Jie had been talking about him hitting Ouyang Junyuan, so he said awkwardly, "What does that have to do with my safety?"
"If my guess is right, this time the Ouyang family will very likely pin this debt on you," Sun Jie said, having recovered her usual calm. "Just as I said yesterday, the Ouyang family wants to move against the Sun family—that's impossible, unless they want both sides to suffer. But if they don't take revenge for this, they definitely won't let it go. So, weighing the pros and cons, rather than targeting the whole Sun family, it's better to target you, the culprit who struck the blow. They can't do it openly, so they'll very likely come at you in secret. And that way, you're in danger. I don't know if you're truly stupid or just pretending, but my having you leave Donghai is also because I don't want their people to find you."