Chapter 1523 - 1521: From Clay to Porcelain

Chapter 1523: Chapter 1521: From Clay to Porcelain

Yang Chen let out a deep sigh.

A snicker came from nearby.

Yang Chen turned around and saw Ye Xin covering her mouth, laughing secretly.

"Are you mocking me?" Yang Chen said helplessly.

Ye Xin shook her head, "No, I’m openly making fun of you!"

Yang Chen felt even more frustrated.

"Look, now it’s starting, people are beginning to retaliate, and you’ve suffered a loss in silence! Who’s to blame for that!" Ye Xin laughed.

Yang Chen shrugged helplessly.

After a while, Yang Chen calmed himself and said to Ye Xin, "Do you ever feel this way?"

"What?" Ye Xin asked.

Yang Chen slowly said, "It’s like you’ve planted a fruit tree, and it’s starting to bear fruit, soon to mature, and then someone comes along and just picks the fruit off... No, no! This metaphor is still not right."

"It’s more like... you take a lump of clay and gradually shape it into a piece of fine porcelain. From the lump of clay to this exquisite and exciting process, I crafted it all by myself. And just when it became beautiful porcelain, someone came along and took it away, that feeling... Can you understand it?"

Ye Xin stared at Yang Chen with a strange look, "Could it be that you have to eat all the fruit from the tree yourself? Or do you need to personally own the porcelain?"

"No, no, no! That’s not what I mean." Yang Chen said frustratedly, "I’m just thinking that if we ever have a daughter. I really like little girls, but thinking about how she’ll grow up someday, become a young lady, beautiful and enchanting... Then I’ll start being anxious, fearing the day when a rascal will knock on my door saying he wants to see my daughter. If that’s the case, I’ll wish I could just strangle him then and there!"

Yang Chen looked at Ye Xin, "So, my feelings are really mixed right now. Yanyan was raised by me alone, being the eldest brother feels like being a father, do you understand how I feel?"

"I understand!" Ye Xin nodded, "So, do you feel Jianfeng is not good enough? Or do you have someone better in mind for Yanyan? Or do you think as long as they’re not under your command, anyone Yanyan dates is fine, as long as she brings them home from outside?"

"She dares!" Yang Chen glared, "If she dares to bring any random person home, watch me break her legs!"

"So..." Ye Xin glanced at Yang Chen, "Do you feel Jianfeng is not good enough?"

"No!" Yang Chen shook his head, "Jianfeng was personally taught by me, so I know him very well. I’m assured to hand Yanyan over to him, but..."

"But what?" Ye Xin pressed.

Yang Chen took a deep breath and glared at Ye Xin, admitting defeat and said, "I’m just feeling unbalanced! What’s wrong with feeling unbalanced? Yanyan’s been raised by me all these years, and now it’s like this rascal just picked her up! What’s in it for me? Can’t I be frustrated for a moment?"

"Um..." Ye Xin suddenly found herself speechless.

Yang Chen said, frustratedly, "Don’t I have the right to even be frustrated?"

"Not exactly..." Ye Xin looked at Yang Chen, unsure of how to respond.

"That girl, really, her heart always seeks outward. Once her heart’s set on a guy, it truly focuses all her effort on him! Luckily Jianfeng isn’t an outsider, otherwise I’d really die of anger!" Yang Chen said.

Ye Xin mumbled to the side, "There really was nothing to worry about, you brought it on yourself!"

"What did you say?" Yang Chen swiftly turned around, staring at Ye Xin.

"I didn’t say anything!" Ye Xin quickly waved her hand and denied.

Yang Chen took a deep look at Ye Xin, got up, and said, "Sleep!"

Watching Yang Chen’s back, Ye Xin stuck out her tongue, quickly heading upstairs.

In the hallway upstairs, Chen Siyan leaned against the wall, staring blankly ahead.

Ye Xin saw Chen Siyan and couldn’t help but be surprised, "Yanyan, what are you doing here?"

Chen Siyan looked at Ye Xin, pouting, "Sis-in-law... Did I do something wrong?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Siyan’s tears began to fall.

Ye Xin quickly went up and hugged Chen Siyan, "Silly girl, what are you talking about?"

Ye Xin led Chen Siyan into the room.

The two sat at the foot of the bed, with Chen Siyan’s tears falling, as Ye Xin handed her tissues over and over.

"Sis-in-law, I think I did wrong." Chen Siyan sniffled.

Ye Xin frowned, "What did you do wrong?"

"I shouldn’t have gone against my brother, he only wants the best for me!" Chen Siyan sniffled.

Ye Xin looked at Chen Siyan and couldn’t help but become silent.

Chen Siyan said, "My brother wants what’s best for me! He’s also testing Jianfeng. If he can’t take such minor grievance, how will he treat me well in the future? Also, my brother is right, feelings should be considered carefully. And... my brother would never not treat me well, boohoo! I shouldn’t have treated him like that!"

Looking at Chen Siyan’s appearance, Ye Xin suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, suspecting if Chen Siyan had been brainwashed by Yang Chen.

But what Chen Siyan said next made Ye Xin’s expression turn serious and earnest.

"My brother has spoiled me since childhood. I told you before, when we were kids, we often didn’t have enough to eat, but my brother was willing to save his for me. Sweets, meat, and things like that, he saved for me. In summer, under the scorching sun, he’d go out to pick up trash to sell for money. With the money he earned, he’d buy me popsicles to satisfy my cravings. When we went to pick up trash together, he’d never let me do it myself; it’d always be my brother picking up bottles and such that I saw."

"He told me, girls shouldn’t do these dirty jobs. When we grow up, we should be clean and pretty, and never do such things again. He said when I grow up, he’ll buy me beautiful clothes and let me wear all kinds of pretty jewelry. Although he hardly bought me such things, he gave me the life he once promised me."

"He gave me the best of everything. Just like what my brother said, crafting me from a lump of clay to a piece of refined porcelain, without him, I’d still be that insecure and laughable girl, definitely wouldn’t have become today’s top executive!"

Ye Xin slowly nodded, finally understanding Chen Siyan’s meaning.

"I was crafted by my brother, without him, there wouldn’t be today’s me!" Chen Siyan looked at Ye Xin, "Sis-in-law, I’m not afraid to tell you, I used to have feelings for my brother."

Ye Xin was taken aback.

Chen Siyan said, "I used to really like my brother! I admired him! Felt he was the best man in the world, even now I still think so! But gradually, I discovered my feelings for him were that of respect and admiration, a feeling like that for an elder. He feels the same; he’s like an old father and also like a brother. Just like the saying goes, ’a brother is like a father,’ it’s truly like that."

"So I understand my brother." Chen Siyan said looking at Ye Xin.