Novel Full Xiao Bing held up his glass, and Ye Tianming volunteered to fill Xiao Bing’s glass. Xiao Bing took a small sip and said with a smile, “Master Ye has something to ask from me. You are going out of your way to enlist me. It is kind of an honour.”
Ye Tianming said with a serious face, “I am just lucky to be born into a rich family. I have never known who’s high-class or who’s low-class.”
Xiao Bing raised his eyes and looked to him, asked, “Is it for your father?”
“Exactly.” Ye Tianming said with a worried face, “My father’s physical condition is getting worse and worse. His illness was very sudden. During this period, he visited famous doctors at home and abroad. No one was able to cure him. The only thing he could do was to look for the old Mr. Zhang Yizhi, who is reputed as a medical sage in Hua Xia. However, Mr. Zhang retired two years ago and never treated anyone again. We had already given up our plan until Brother Xiao invited Mr. Zhang to Jiang City…”
Seeing that Xiao Bing didn’t get impatient, Ye Tianming continued, “Since Brother Xiao asked Mr. Zhang to treat your friend, there must be a way to ask him to treat my father. And it could happen if Brother Xiao helps us. Saving a life is better than building a Class Seven pagoda. Since Brother Xiao was a soldier before, I believe Brother Xiao would never just watch on as a life died in front of you.”
“Soldiers are duty-bound to defend their country. It is the nature of soldiers to guard their own country and people. There exists kindness and justice in the hearts of soldiers. Perhaps Brother Xiao would say that there are many people in Hua Xia dying of illness. Even if you help my family, you cannot help everyone. But now there is a life you could save by just changing your mind. If you don’t help, are you still a soldier? Can your conscience be at ease?”
Xiao Bing’s eyes gleamed slightly. He smiled and asked, “Are you goading me?”
“I am goading you. To save my father.” Ye Tianming said, “But I am also speaking the truth!”
When Ye Tianming saw Xiao Bing’s calm face, it was hard for him to guess Xiao Bing’s real feelings. He sighed slightly and continued, “The following words are what I will say to you as my father’s son.”
Xiao Bing’s body gently leaned against the seat, willing to hear him out.
“I have 2 sisters who are excellent. Our parents loved us very much since we were born, especially my mother. Because my father was busy with his career every day and didn’t have much time to spend with us, my mother was the one who took care of us. Our family was happy. Until five years ago, my mother died suddenly at home. No one could find out the real cause of her death. Before long, my father took another woman home. And that was our stepmother.”
Xiao Bing didn’t expect such a story to have happened to the Ye family. It was like a soap opera of a rich and powerful family.
“Since then, my father has spent all his energy on that woman. And he has become estranged from us… But he is still very good to my sister, probably because of her young age. I also hate him… My mother just died, but before her body turned cold, another woman already moved into the house of our Ye family, as my dad’s legal wife!”
“But it was not until he got sick this time that I realized… That he is my father after all.” Ye Tianming looked at Xiao Bing, with a pleading face and said, “Now I ask you for help, not as the son of a rich family. No matter how many identities we have, there is only one identity that remains the purest and most important… Brother and sister, father and son, husbund and wife… Now I am asking you to help me as the son of a dying patient.”
It was really not easy for the son of a wealthy family to do this. Xiao Bing felt moved by him and was about to speak when his cell phone rang. Xiao Bing took out his cell phone and looked at it. It was Yezi. His face immediately showed a happy and slightly spoiled smile. After the phone call got through, the nifty voice of Yezi came through the phone, “Brother Bing, I’m almost arriving at the noodle house. How about we go out and have lunch together?”
Xiao Bing said with a wry smile, “I’m meeting a friend. And we are discussing something right now.”
“Discussing something?” Yezi asked with a voice full of alert, “Is it a man or a woman?”
Xiao Bing smiled, “A man.”
On the other side of the table, Ye Tianming said with a subtle smile on his face, “Girlfriend? Invite her to join us. We have just started eating.”
Xiao Bing explained, “She may not come.”
Hearing this, Yezi snorted and said in a nifty voice, “Who said that? I am still hungry. Give me the address. I am going.”
Xiao Bing thought for a moment and told Yezi the specific address. Then he hung up the phone. God knows how surprised the two siblings would be when they meet.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Bing looked at Ye Tianming and said with a serious face, “I have heard every word you said. And I have decided to help you with this.”
Ye Tianming said excitedly, “Brother Xiao, are you serious?”
Xiao Bing smiled and asked, “Don’t call me Brother Xiao. How old are you this year?”
“Twenty-three.”
“Oh.” Xiao Bing asked casually, “How old are your sisters?”
“My sister Ye Xinyi is twenty-five this year, and my sister Ye Xiaoxi just turned twenty.”
“Holy cr*p, I am robbing the cradle. But Yezi is only six years younger than me, which is not really a big age gap.”
Xiao Bing nodded and said, “Then call me Brother Bing. They usually call me Brother Bing.”
“Now you call me Brother Bing, but it may soon be the other way around – I’ll call you my brother-in-law.”
Ye Tianming didn’t mind either. He smiled and raised his glass, “Brother Bing, then I thank you. Thank you for helping me with this. Now I can fulfill my filial duty as a son. I will make a toast to you with this glass of wine.”
The two men clinked their glasses and drank the wine at the same time.
“Brother Bing, from which army did you retire from?”
Xiao Bing smiled subtly and did not answer.
Ye Tianming laughed heartily, “It doesn’t matter. If it’s inconvenient, you don’t need to say it. It’s alright. Were you from Jiang City before?”
“No.” Xiao Bing shook his head. “Jiang City is the homeland of one of my comrades.”
“Jiang City is a good place. I can show you around sometimes.”
Xiao Bing smiled and said, “Sure, that would be nice.”
Ye Tianming was a young master without any pride, while Xiao Bing was a generous and free young man. Therefore, the two men chatted very happily. Knowing that Xiao Bing’s girlfriend was coming soon, Ye Tianming didn’t eat much either, just talking and drinking.
After a while, Yezi came. When she opened the door to the private room, she and Ye Tianming looked at each other in the eyes. They all froze. Ye Tianming was even more confused, “Little sister, what are you doing here?”
“Brother…” Yezi glared at Xiao Bing with anger. “D*ckhead. Why is he having lunch with my brother? And he didn’t tell me, I’m not ready in the slightest.”
Xiao Bing also felt helpless and thought to himself, “How am I supposed to know what you’re thinking? I wanted to ask you not to come over, but you didn’t listen. Now look, your brother wants my help. And he finds out that I am dating his little sister. How strange this feels.”
Ye Tianming was an intelligent man. From Yezi’s glare to Xiao Bing, he learned immediately. His expression changed subtly. He could not tell if he was happy or unhappy. He just asked, “Brother Bing. Is Yezi your girlfriend?”
Xiao Bing nodded, “She is!”
Ye Tianming frowned and thought for a little bit, “Didn’t you know that she is my sister?”
“I know.”
“Okay.” Ye Tianming nodded his head.
Yezi came along and sat down next to Xiao Bing. She asked curiously, “Why are you having lunch together?”
Xiao Bing said with a wry smile, “To discuss something – Your brother wanted me to ask Mr. Zhang to treat your father.”
“Mr. Zhang?”
“That’s the old mister you met the other night.”
“I see.”
Ye Tianming, however, neglected whatever they were talking about, just sat there thinking for a long while, then suddenly raised his head, frowned and said with a solemn expression, “I don’t know if you are just playing or serious…”
At the side, Yezi didn’t dare say anything. Obviously, today was beyond what she had expected, and she wasn’t prepared.
Xiao Bing, as a man, definitely needed to say something at this point. He also replied very seriously, “Yezi is the first girlfriend in my life, I am serious.”
Ye Tianming nodded, “I know my sister well. She has never fallen for anyone, let alone ever had a boyfriend. I thought she would wait until she finished college… It is common to have a relationship in college. And my father might give you a hard time. But I don’t care if you are from a rich family or if your background is good enough.”
Xiao Bing listened to him carefully. He knew what Ye Tianming said earlier might be his real feelings, but that was not the point. The point was that Ye Tianming was concerned about something.
As expected, Ye Tianming suddenly changed his attitude, “However, she is my sister. I don’t care whether you are from a well-matched rich family or an ordinary struggling family. But I must know your family background. And it should be clean. I need to know if your purpose is pure. Brother Bing, I still don’t know anything about you.”
After saying that, Ye Tianming stared at Xiao Bing with his eyes tightly fixed. He said, “I hired someone to investigate you but found nothing. I hope you can tell me about your family, including the army you served in.”
Xiao Bing shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, “Maybe this is not reasonable, but what if I don’t?”
“Then I can’t let you be my sister’s boyfriend. The Ye family is the largest family in Jiang City. My father is the richest man here. Every day there are all kinds of men who want to be my sister’s boyfriend. They have all kinds of purposes. I can’t put my sister in danger.”
Yezi did not want Xiao Bing to fight alone. After hearing what her brother said, she immediately said in a stubborn voice, “I believe in Brother Bing.”
“But I don’t believe him!” Ye Tianming said with a tough look on his face, “Unless he tells me about himself, I cannot trust him. Because you are involved in this and he is too mysterious. I can’t take any risks!”
Xiao Bing suddenly asked a very serious question, “If you are against our relationship, I won’t ask Mr. Zhang to treat your father. What’s your choice?”
Ye Tianming seemed to be struggling for quite a while. Then he grabbed up the glass on the table, threw it down on the floor with a crash, and stood up abruptly. Ye Tianming was always a gentle and modest man. But now he behaved like a madman who protected his child. With some madness in his eyes, he shouted, “I will have it all or nothing!”
“Well, I agree.”
“Agree to what?”
Xiao Bings smiled subtly, “To save your father!”