Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 45: A Bit of a Rebellious Spirit

As expected, as soon as Xi Jingyue finished asking the question, everyone's attention in the room returned to Ye Zhihuan.

Ye Mengzhen belatedly realized what was happening: "Brother, don't you usually hate drinking the most? Why did you drink yesterday? If Seventh Brother hadn't been with you, would you have been driving under the influence?"

At first, Ye's parents didn't think much of it, but now that they heard their daughter say this, they immediately felt that this matter was not simple, and they pressed her for an answer: "Zhenzhen is right. We were worried about your injury and didn't have time to ask. Now tell us the truth, what exactly did you do yesterday? Why did you go out drinking in the middle of the night?"

Ye Zhihuan's face turned pale; he never expected the topic to suddenly turn to him.

"me……"

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean'? Hurry up and tell me!"

Ye Zhihuan struggled for a long time but couldn't come up with anything. Finally, he gave up and pulled the blanket over his head, saying in a muffled voice, "Don't ask anymore, I don't want to talk about it."

Ye Mengzhen, however, had no intention of giving up so easily. She angrily circled around her brother's sickbed, and suddenly saw Du Anrao, and a flash of inspiration struck her.

Do you know what happened to my brother?

"Really!"

Believe it or not, Ye Mengzhen really asked the right person.

Du Anrao glanced sympathetically at Ye Zhihuan, whose face was flushed, and could understand his complicated feelings at the moment.

[To put it bluntly, isn't it just that you feel ashamed of being used as a backup option and a cash cow, and then being dumped in the end? I'm not saying this to be mean, but some people are just too thin-skinned. Even when a player is caught cheating on multiple women, they don't feel ashamed, but you, the victim, are too embarrassed to speak up. No wonder you're completely under someone's thumb.]

Under the curious gazes of Ye's parents, Du Anrao calculated with his fingers and said, "Well, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be a problem with his relationship."

"Relationship problems?" Her suspicions confirmed, Ye Mengzhen's anger flared even more, and she roared, "It really was that bitch Li Qianxi!"

Ye's parents and Ye Zhihuan were all startled by Ye Mengzhen's overreaction. Ye's father subconsciously glanced at Li Zhaoyang and found that he was only a little surprised and not angry, which puzzled him.

Mother Ye blinked and asked curiously, "Zhenzhen, weren't you and Qianxi on pretty good terms before? Why the sudden change..."

Ye Mengzhen pursed her lips and said awkwardly, "That was before. I was blind to think she was kind-hearted, gentle and considerate, but in reality she's a two-faced, scheming, scheming little bitch!"

Not to mention the Ye family, even Du Yuxi was puzzled by Ye Mengzhen's righteous indignation.

You know, back at the restaurant, she had only subtly hinted that things might not be as wonderful as they imagined, and Ye Mengzhen had already snapped at her.

Du Anrao quickly realized what was happening and looked at the Ye siblings with a rather meaningful gaze.

[Ye Mengzhen probably already knows the truth about the love letter being thrown away, her positive image of Li Qianxi has shattered, and she's unfollowed and turned against her.]

Thinking of this, Du Anrao also became somewhat excited.

[Now things are really messed up. Ye Mengzhen already harbored resentment towards Li Qianxi, and now she finds out that the other woman toyed with her brother's feelings, used him as a backup plan, and almost caused his death in a car accident. Their friendship is destined to end. The difference is, this time it's Ye Mengzhen who dumped her, hahaha...]

Du Yuxi couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this, but then she remembered Li Qianxi's actions and couldn't laugh anymore. Ye Mengzhen, on the other hand, didn't care about any of that; once she said something, she realized that these unpleasant things weren't such a big deal after all.

So what if I misjudged people and got used as a pawn? Just consider it being bitten by a dog.

However, her brother's matter cannot be left unresolved.

"Brother, tell me honestly, what happened yesterday? What exactly did that bitch Li Qianxi do to you?"

"...Zhenzhen, don't put it so harshly."

"Even at a time like this, you're still defending her? What kind of spell did she cast on you? You're really going to drive me crazy!"

The situation seemed to have reached a stalemate due to Ye Zhihuan's nonviolent non-cooperation, and Ye Mengzhen was so angry that she was pacing around in circles but still couldn't get him to talk.

Just when everyone thought the matter could only end there, a disappointed voice suddenly came from outside the ward.

"She treated you like that, and you still plan to help her keep it a secret? When did the Ye Zhihuan I know become so spineless?"

Everyone instinctively turned their heads to look and saw a young man with a bandage wrapped around his head like Ye Zhihuan's and his right hand in a cast sitting in a wheelchair standing at the door of the ward.

"Ranqi, cousin, what brings you here? Is Ranqi alright?" Mother Ye was the first to react and hurriedly went out to greet them.

Pushing the wheelchair, Zhang's mother looked helpless: "When the child woke up and found out that Zhihuan was more seriously injured than him, he insisted on coming to see him in person. I really couldn't persuade him otherwise, so I had to let him have his way."

Zhang Ranqi, however, showed no sign of being blamed and snorted coldly, "It's a good thing I came, otherwise how could I have seen my good brother rushing to be that cowardly turtle?"

This sarcastic and mocking remark successfully enraged Ye Zhihuan, who was still in a state of emo: "Zhang! Ran! Qi!"

"Why are you yelling so loudly? I can hear you!" Zhang Ranqi didn't tolerate him either. "If you used the same attitude you have towards me to go and fight that woman's fiancé, and then kick that promiscuous woman away, I would respect you as a real man."

Zhang Ranqi grew angrier as she spoke, slamming her hand on the wheelchair handle with a loud cracking sound: "So what if I got dumped and acted like I was going to die, crying my eyes out and getting myself completely drunk? I barely said a few words of truth and you started yelling at me. Do you really think I have no temper at all? Ye Zhihuan, let me tell you, I've been putting up with you for a long time!"

Zhang Ranqi's sudden outburst shocked everyone, and even her mother couldn't help but pat her son on the shoulder after a brief moment of astonishment.

"Say less."

Ye Mengzhen, unusually, did not side with her older brother: "Seventh Brother, you went out with my brother yesterday, did something happen?"

Before Zhang Ranqi could speak, Ye Zhihuan had already ordered, "Don't say a word!"

But the person he yelled at also had a rebellious streak, and rolled his eyes at him: "You don't want me to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway."

Ye Zhihuan: "..." So annoying!
"Pfft..." Du Anrao hid behind Du Yuxi and thought that this Mr. Zhang was really a wonderful person. His main idea was to say yours and I'll listen to mine, without any internal conflict. His mental state was very beautiful!
"Yesterday, your brother suddenly received a call from the little girl from the Li family's sidekick, saying that she was being harassed at school and couldn't get away. Your brother was so anxious that he drove his car like a plane."

"I rushed to the girl's school, but I didn't find the person who had been harassing her. Instead, I saw the woman nestled in her fiancé's arms, crying her eyes out. Anyone with eyes could see that they were in love, but this fool still thought the man had bullied her..."

(End of this chapter)