Chapter 89: Chapter 89

What kind of situation is this now?

The files Shen Bin was holding scattered all over the floor, he pulled Ye Ling and the two accidentally kissed. Now no one’s fighting anymore; everyone is just staring at Shen Bin and Ye Ling. Looking at Ye Ling, after getting up, she’s been rubbing her mouth with the back of her hand so hard that her lips are swollen and red.

Following Ye Ling’s body downward, she’s standing on the floor wearing socks that show her toes, as if nothing else around her exists, just wiping her mouth.

The quiet scene was finally broken by Zhao Guodong’s curse, "What the hell are you doing?"

Sun Mingjie, holding his now non-bleeding nose, smirked, "What does it matter to you if they kiss? Or are you jealous?"

As soon as these words fell, Zhao Guodong started punching and kicking again. The fight that had seemingly stopped erupted once more, with Zhao Guodong throwing profanities everywhere, "I’ll tear your mouth off today, damn you."

"Oh dear, why are they fighting again?" Mrs. Zhao stomped her feet anxiously.

It seemed that the fighters were wary of involving Ye Ling, intentionally avoiding her. Although Ye Ling was still in their circle, she was not pulled in any further. As for Shen Bin, he remained silent, picked up the files on the ground, and handed them to whoever was beside him without looking. Then he charged at the group fighting and simply threw them aside one by one until the fight was over. The move seemed light, but the people he threw were grimacing on the ground, too exhausted to continue fighting.

"With so much energy, better to preserve it for the battlefield. How impressive it is to fight among ourselves," Shen Bin glanced at a few people, grabbed his files, and left directly.

Gao Tian watched Shen Bin’s tall and imposing figure stride away, feeling his heart suddenly race, and only turned his head when Song Mei called him twice.

"What are you looking at?" Song Mei asked curiously, then sneered, "This time Ye Ling is unlucky, kissing a boy isn’t good news."

Gao Tian was stunned, then said with a grim expression, "She got involved because she tried to stop the fight, not on purpose."

After speaking, he ignored Song Mei’s shocked expression, turned around, and headed home. Just thinking about Song Mei tying Ye Ling with that guy made Gao Tian uncomfortable.

The people who had been separated finally did not fight again after being pulled apart by others. Zhao Guodong was lifted by his grandmother, rubbing his swollen face and glaring at Ye Ling, "Are you stupid? Watching a fight and not dodging away, how did you end up being kissed?"

Ye Ling felt wronged and glared back, "Yeah, I poked my nose where it didn’t belong. I’ll stay far away next time."

She clearly stepped in to stop the fight, losing her first kiss for nothing, and it had to be with that guy Shen Bin, in front of so many people. Looking at herself, she couldn’t even find her slippers and was wearing socks with exposed toes. It was so embarrassing.

After speaking, she ignored Zhao Guodong and stormed off home.

Zhao Guodong angrily shouted, "Ungrateful brat."

Then Mrs. Zhao slapped him on the head, making him yelp in pain, "Grandma, why did you hit me?"

"You are the ungrateful one. Look, Ye Ling went barefoot trying to stop the fight, losing her slippers. Why did she fall? Because you pushed her away, remember? And they were also trying to stop Ye Ling — who would have thought it would turn out ?" Mrs. Zhao scolded, "Come home with me, tidy up, and apologize to Ye Ling."

Zhao Guodong shrank back, then searched the ground until he found Ye Ling’s two slippers. With Wang Ping and Zhang Linong not at home, he followed Zhao Guodong back home.

At Ye’s house, when Ye Ling returned home, she saw Song Mei and some others just leaving. Seeing their malicious smiles, Ye Ling couldn’t be bothered to glance at them, and went straight into the house.

Bai Xue was sitting on a chair in the living room, her face cold, "You’re back."

Ye Ling responded with a faint ’hm’, and Bai Xue asked again, "Where are your slippers?"

Without asking what happened outside, Ye Ling saw Song Mei and Jiang Yan leaving the room and knew they must have said everything, including that accidental kiss.

"Lost them." Ye Ling took off her socks and put on her father’s slippers.

"Lost them? You ran out in a hurry and came back without a pair of slippers, do you think we’re made of money?" Bai Xue’s voice uncontrollably rose, but Ye Qian, sitting next to her, called out ’Mom’, calming Bai Xue down, "Come here, I have something to ask you."

Ye Ling tossed her socks into the bathroom sink before sitting down.

Looking at her eldest daughter’s indifferent attitude, Bai Xue felt annoyed but remembered her husband’s earlier outburst, so she held back, "I heard you kissed someone?"

"Mom, what else did you hear?" Ye Ling responded coldly, "There were so many people around at the time. If you want to know what happened, you should ask them, then come back and question me."

"What’s that attitude? Can’t I ask because you kissed someone else? Are you in the right?" Bai Xue couldn’t help but get angry, but her younger daughter pulled at her sleeve, calming her down, "Fine, I can’t handle you. From now on, I’ll leave you to your own devices. Go wash up for dinner."

Of course, Song Mei and the others explained the incident in detail. Bai Xue knew that starting trouble over it wouldn’t make sense. Besides, so many people witnessed it; if she made life difficult for her eldest daughter over this, it would make her look petty. Even the commotion from the last time her daughter ran out hasn’t died down in the community; Bai Xue couldn’t afford more trouble.

As for the evening meal, supposedly something nice, it was just tofu stew. Ye Ling turned her frustration into appetite and finished two bowls of rice before putting down her chopsticks. Bai Xue could only purse her lips at the sight. Luckily, she didn’t eat every meal, or the family couldn’t afford it.

After the afternoon incident, Ye Ling washed her socks in the evening and went back to the East Room without going to the Zhao Family. Zhao Guodong was still at home waiting; he had cleaned and dried the slippers. But seeing that she hadn’t come by seven or eight o’clock, he got angry and threw the slippers back on the ground.

"What’s with you, child, what do you want?" Mrs. Zhao picked up the slippers and put them back.

Just then, they heard the door open.

Zhao Guodong stood up and strode to the door, his expression changing when he saw who it was, "Dad, why are you back?"

"Lining and Wang Ping, your fathers have also returned. Go home," Mr. Zhao said to the two children inside the room without looking at his son. (To be continued. If you work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)