Insufficient balance

  When everyone was quiet, Ye Yizhe pulled Yu Zitong with one hand and Xiao Yuling with the other, without any hesitation, and rushed out of the classroom.

  Philosophy is originally everyone's own thoughts, even Hamlet is different in the hearts of a thousand people, let alone philosophy, this elusive thing. It's like an art film, something that can make those who love it love it unconditionally, and those who don't hate it with all their might.

  They don't know what Ye Yizhe thinks either, but all of that has nothing to do with him anymore.

  It's a waste if I don't hold their hands while I have the chance.

  Yi Zhe thought as he ran all the way out.

  Just as he was about to feel happy, when he stopped, two hands simultaneously pinched his waist, causing him to hurriedly let go and say with a humiliated expression: "You guys, great."

  Xiao Yuling and Yu Zitong didn't show any dissatisfaction, but Ye Yizhe dared not make any slight movement again.

  Xiao Yuling looked at Yu Zitong and seemed to want to say something, but was preempted by her saying: "I still have some things to do, so I'll leave first."

  It was just a notification, without waiting for Ye Yizhe and Xiao Yuling to say anything, Yu Zitong turned around and left, leaving behind a bewildered Ye Yizhe and a shaking head with a low sigh of Xiao Yuling.

  "What's going on with you guys?" Ye Yizhe asked, finally bringing up the question that had been bothering him for a long time. If he said he wasn't concerned, then his anxious reaction when he heard about Xiao Yu Ling's accident wouldn't make sense. But if he said he was concerned, it would seem like he was just trying to avoid her.

  "She is my sister who shares the same father but different mother and was born on the same year, month and day as me."

  Xiao Yuling's first sentence made Ye Yizhe stand there in stunned silence.

  Yu Zhi Tong is also Xiang Chenfeng's daughter? A descendant of the Xiao family? How can this be possible?

  Ye Yizhe hastily shook his head and said: "But her surname is Yu..."

  Xiao Yu Ling let out a bitter laugh and said with some helplessness, "Yeah, she doesn't have the surname Xiao. That's because my father never acknowledged her existence."

  Ye Yizhe was stunned.

  "She's ignoring me, that's normal." Xiao Yuling sighed and walked forward slowly, Ye Yizhe followed her, the two of them shoulder to shoulder, from behind they looked like a couple taking a stroll. Fortunately, there weren't many people on the road at this time, weekends were for university students either staying in their dorms or going out in groups to internet cafes, basketball courts, or shopping streets. The small roads were usually filled with couples walking hand in hand, so no one would pay attention to Ye Yizhe and Xiao Yuling, otherwise it would cause another stir on the forum once it got out.

  "To be honest, his mother was just a mistake my father made when he was drunk once, and later on, he simply took the wrong woman as his mistress. Don't look at me like that, this kind of thing is not unusual in the Xiao family, or any big family for that matter. It's normal for a man to have several women outside, as long as it doesn't affect the daily life of the family."

  Xiao Yu Ling quietly narrated, as if telling a story that had nothing to do with herself, but Ye Yi Zhe heard the sorrow of a great family from it.

  "My father still liked that woman and gave her many things. My mother worked in a government unit, and scandals were not suitable to be exposed, so she didn't intervene in this matter, letting them develop their relationship. Later on, Yu Jie was born, she is several hours older than me, so when I was young, I would call her sister. At the age of five or six, she was always at the Xiao's house and grew up with me until we were seven years old."

  "What happened that year?" Ye Yizhe asked curiously.

  Her mother died.

  Xiao Yu Ling's tone revealed a hint of sadness, it was clear that she had a good relationship with her father's mistress, Yu Jie, who had been away from home for many years. "That day, at that time, Yu Jie suddenly wanted to eat at the new Man Ji dessert shop on Huaihe Road, and insisted on going there, so we waited in the car while she went alone to buy the desserts. When she came back with the desserts, a truck suddenly rushed out and hit her, sending her flying. The happy Yu Jie who was looking out the window was scared to death by this sudden scene. It's said that when Yu Jie died, she still tightly grasped the bag of Man Ji desserts in her hand."

  "What's next?" Ye Yizhe began to understand why Yu Zitan had the personality she did now. She was just using her extroversion to cover up the repression in her heart, and that incident must have left an indelible shadow in her mind.

  "My father always thought that Yu Jie was responsible for Yu Niang's death, and after that day, Yu Jie became increasingly cold, which made my father dislike her even more. Not long after, he drove Yu Jie out of the Xiao family, and she has been living alone ever since. Except for leaving her a house that originally belonged to Yu Niang and a bank card that Yu Jie still hasn't used until now, no one else went to visit her again. She even went to the public security bureau to change her name. Every time I saw her at school, I would happily go call out to her, but she never really acknowledged me, and over time, things became like they are today."

  "How old was she at that time, and yet they drove her out of the Xiao family?" Ye Yizhe listened and felt a bit indignant. Thinking about the expression on Xiao Zhenfeng's face that day, he felt even more uncomfortable. A six or seven-year-old girl could understand what? Because of this matter, she was expelled from home alone, he couldn't imagine how a six or seven-year-old girl survived until today. No wonder she treated Xiao Yuling like that, still caring but pretending to be indifferent, after all, they had played together for so many years, but it's impossible to be completely unaffected."

  Ye Yizhe suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other in his heart.

  But he also knew that for Yu Zitong, not knowing who his parents were was even more unbearable. Everything was unknown and there was still something to look forward to. Clearly knowing that his mother had died in front of him and his father had driven him out of the house, Ye Yizhe couldn't imagine what kind of scar that incident would leave on Yu Zitong's heart.

  A big family, but so indifferent.

  Ye Yizhe, who was once envious of Xiao Yuling and the others, now only felt sympathy for them, including Mu Zixuan.

  "That was when Grandfather had some business abroad, and that matter was very tricky. By the time he rushed back after nearly half a year, things had already happened. He wanted to go bring Yu Jie back, but was driven away by Yu Jie, who held a knife against her own neck and looked at Grandfather with a cold expression, saying one sentence. From then on, she never set foot in the Xiao family again. The tone was resolute, you should know that Yu Jie was only seven years old back then.

  Xiao Yuling also had a hint of desolation, the Xiao family owed Yu Zhitong an apology, and she had always said so. But she was a soft-spoken person, and Grandfather didn't care about these things anymore, who would dare to bring up this sensitive topic?"

  "You Xiang family is too cruel." Ye Yizhe thought for half a day and finally only managed to squeeze out this sentence.

  In his heart, he only wanted to catch up with Yu Zitong and give her a hug, without any other thoughts. Although it was clear that it couldn't make up for the pain she had endured for over a decade, it could still bring her some warmth.

  "Xiao Family?" Xiao Yuling chuckled, "It seems you've never been able to understand what's most important for a large family like the Xiaos."

  "What?"

  "Profit!" Xiao Yu Ling's tone suddenly turned cold, "Apart from profit, don't even mention a worthless descendant, even if it were their own father they would go against him, this is profit, and this is also the reason for the survival of the Xiao family."

  This indifference made Ye Yizhe feel a chill, and he suddenly felt that the Xiangyu Ling in front of him was a bit strange, as if it was a feeling of spitting out many years of thoughts.

  "It's not just the Xiao family, it's also the Mu family you jilted, the Huaxia Business Alliance, and any other major family in Huaxia. The most important thing to them will always be interests, that's the nature of businessmen."