Anchor Effect - Chapter 3.1: Let me see

So careless. This thought quickly flashed through Ye Yuchen's mind.

He didn't expect that Yu Xiu would actually agree to the condition that he asked casually. Was this actor so bottomless?

"Are you sure?" Ye Yuchen put down his wine glass, tapped his four fingers on the bar counter regularly, thinking about how serious Yu Xiu was.

And Yu Xiu seemed to have seen through his tricks, and resumed the expression he had when they were just chatting: "So you are not serious."

These words put Ye Yuchen on the fence. If he said, "I was just kidding" and pretended nothing happened, it would be a disguised admission that he was cowardly.

Confronting anyone else might be fine, but not in front of Yu Xiu.

"Then let's go." Ye Yuchen also stood up, "Let's go up now."

When going down the mountain, the sightseeing shuttle bus was still parked on the side of the road. Since Ye Yuchen couldn't bend over much, he got on and sat down very slowly. If he was too fast, Yu Xiu would find his movements unnatural, so he was trying to avoid putting stress on his waist.

Fortunately, the slow speed did not attract suspicion. Yu Xiu sat down beside Ye Yuchen and casually glanced at his legs: "Do you want to sit in a wheelchair instead of walking?"

Ye Yuchen smiled and said, "Do you like to care for me that much?"

"..." Yu Xiu turned his head to look at the scenery beside the road and stopped talking.

The car ride up the mountain only took about ten minutes. The shuttle bus swayed slowly on the road, and the evening breeze felt very comfortable on the body. Considering he would have to ask eventually, Ye Yuchen decided to continue talking to Yu Xiu: "What went wrong between you and the Shao family?"

——Before coming down the mountain, the person in charge of the investigation called again to inquire. Even the senior employees of Shaw Brothers didn't know why the boss wanted to ban Yu Xiu. Perhaps the internal information could only be obtained from the core members of the Shao family, but Ye Yuchen couldn't get in touch with them.

Ye Yuchen didn't press the matter any further since it wasn't easy to get that information. Since Yu Xiu was on the island, it would be more effective for him to go down and inquire in person.

"So you know." Yu Xiu's reaction was not surprising. Ye Yuchen had initially thought he would have to ask several more times to find out, but Yu Xiu directly said in the next sentence, "It’s not because of anything. It’s because when my mother died, she told Shao Hexu that I am his son."

Ye Yuchen: "?"

The amount of information was a bit large, and Ye Yuchen needed some time to process it.

Yu Min's death due to illness had been a trending topic for a while, and it wasn't new to Ye Yuchen. However, the answer to the unsolved mystery in the entertainment industry — "Who is Yu Xiu's biological father?" — was not what everyone had guessed. It turned out to be Shao Hexu, the second son of a wealthy family that tabloids dared not write about.

"So it's Shao Hexu who wanted to ban you?" Ye Yuchen frowned and asked, "Why did he do that?"

"It's not him." Yu Xiu was very calm, seemingly already digesting the matter, "It's the old man of the Shao family who doesn't like me, and Shao Hexu's wife doesn't want to see me either."

Ye Yuchen suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did Shao Hexu have an affair with Yu Min while they were married?"

"No." Yu Xiu said, "He didn't get engaged until after my mother broke up with him, and my mother didn't know she was pregnant with me until later."

I see.

It seemed that Yu Min also wanted to give it a try before she died. What if the Shao family recognized Yu Xiu as their own? In that case, Yu Xiu wouldn't have to worry about his future career. But who knew that her actions not only failed to help Yu Xiu but also brought him an unwarranted disaster.

After figuring out the reason, the matter was not too difficult to solve. Ye Yuchen relaxed a little and joked, "Why are you so miserable?"

Hearing this, Yu Xiu suddenly fell silent, looked at Ye Yuchen with a dark expression, and said after a while: "Is it more miserable than when you dumped me?"

Ye Yuchen choked for a moment and didn't know how to respond. Just then, the phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller ID and quickly picked it up.

"Teacher Ye, it's time for a walk. Are you not in the villa?" Zhan Yang's voice came from the phone.

"I've already left." Ye Yuchen said, "I'm on my way back."

"Well, you haven't taken a bath yet, have you? I'll put the bathwater on for you."

Before Ye Yuchen could say "no need," Zhan Yang hung up the phone.

At this time, the shuttle bus had already arrived at the entrance of the villa. Zhan Yang walked out of the villa, apparently having heard the commotion outside, and saw that Yu Xiu was also on the bus.

He immediately frowned and walked towards them: "Teacher Ye?"

Ye Yuchen didn't want Zhan Yang to help him, so he hurriedly got out of the car. However, he had been walking more than usual today, and when he bent over slightly, his back muscles felt like pins and needles, causing him to stumble and almost fall.

A hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed Ye Yuchen's arm just in time to prevent him from falling.

Ye Yuchen finally stood steadily on both feet, but the extra tension made him lean back unsteadily, and his shoulder hit Yu Xiu's chest.

The distance between the two was so close that Ye Yuchen could even smell the fragrance of the bath liquid on Yu Xiu's body.

However, the scent was fleeting because Zhan Yang suddenly stepped forward, pushed Yu Xiu away, grabbed Ye Yuchen's shoulder, and said bluntly, "Teacher Ye has a cleanliness habit, and he doesn't like others to touch him casually."

Ye Yuchen: "..."

Yu Xiu looked at them expressionlessly, then turned and walked towards the villa with long strides: "Which floor is your room on?"

Everything suddenly became clear.

Zhan Yang couldn't contain himself: "Teacher Ye, how could he—"

"It’s okay." Ye Yuchen interrupted Zhan Yang, "You go back first. You don't have to be here."

"But—" Zhan Yang seemed unsure how to back down, so he hesitated for a long time before saying, "You shouldn't do any strenuous exercise!"

Ye Yuchen found it amusing: "Why are you young people so impure in your thoughts?"

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