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Ye Xunhuan left without the slightest hesitation or delay.

Compared to Huangfu Yueli and Chu Ji, Ye Xunhuan is still relatively closer to Qin Rumeng, as Qin Rumeng has always been in his life and is his family.

And Huangfu Yueli?

She is nothing more than someone he has just met a few days ago. Perhaps she really is best friends or sisters with his mother, but that connection is limited to Ye Xunhuan’s mother only.

As for Chu Ji, although they have known each other for a longer time, and Ye Xunhuan is aware that Chu Ji has other feelings for him, Chu Ji’s place in Ye Xunhuan’s heart will never surpass Qin Rumeng’s.

On second thought, this is quite normal. After all, Qin Rumeng is Ye Xunhuan’s aunt, and she has always taken care of Ye Xunhuan, always standing at the forefront when it comes to matters related to him.

How could Ye Xunhuan abandon Qin Rumeng to stay here with Chu Ji, comforting her? Moreover, this isn’t a feud between Chu Ji and Qin Rumeng, but between Huangfu Yueli and Qin Rumeng.

So Ye Xunhuan left, decisively and without looking back.

After Ye Xunhuan left, Huangfu Yueli felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained, and she slumped weakly onto a nearby chair. Chu Ji, on the other hand, looked bewildered, while Qin Rumeng’s parting words seemed to echo endlessly in her mind like a haunting melody.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Chu Ji slowly came to her senses and turned her gaze to Huangfu Yueli: "Mom, what exactly happened back then? What kind of resentment exists between you and Qin Rumeng?"

"And does this resentment involve Xunhuan’s mother?"

At this moment, Huangfu Yueli’s face looked very unpleasant, filled with exhaustion and remorse.

She didn’t utter a word, sitting silently as if she had lost her soul.

"Mom, please say something. What really happened between you?"

Although Chu Ji didn’t know much about Qin Rumeng, she had heard that Qin Rumeng always had a bad temper, but it shouldn’t warrant such a drastic reaction, right?

So Chu Ji knew very well in her heart that there must be a story behind this, a story she didn’t know.

Huangfu Yueli took a deep breath and looked at Chu Ji with a complicated expression: "The past is the past. Don’t ask anymore!"

Huangfu Yueli didn’t tell Chu Ji. Perhaps, as Qin Rumeng had said, she couldn’t bear to tell Chu Ji or the younger generation.

Otherwise, when Qin Rumeng said those words, she should have spoken up.

But she didn’t, and even now, with only the two of them, mother and daughter, she still didn’t answer Chu Ji.

Perhaps it really was too difficult to talk about?

Ye Xunhuan left with Qin Rumeng, and Qiu Ruoxi stayed with Qin Rumeng all the while.

"Aunt, are you okay?" Qiu Ruoxi asked Qin Rumeng with concern.

Although Qin Rumeng often acted haughty and never cared about anyone in her usual behavior, even going so far as to humiliate her during her divorce fallout with Ye Xunhuan, Qiu Ruoxi now understood that at that time, Qin Rumeng likely just wanted to stand up for Ye Xunhuan and help him get back at her.

And since then, Qin Rumeng hadn’t targeted her in any way, and though the two didn’t have deep interactions, Qiu Ruoxi knew that Qin Rumeng genuinely cared about Ye Xunhuan, wholeheartedly and without any impurities!

Qin Rumeng took a deep breath, then shook her head and said, "I’m okay!"

"Aunt, how about we find somewhere to sit for a while? You don’t look well," Qiu Ruoxi said softly, "If not, we could go back to the car."

"Let’s go to the car then!"

Qiu Ruoxi nodded and went with Qin Rumeng towards the parking area.

Upon reaching the parking lot, Qiu Ruoxi opened the car door, and they both got inside.

After getting into the car, Qin Rumeng leaned back in the seat and let out a deep sigh.

"Aunt, may I ask..."

"You want to ask me about the matters between me and Huangfu Yueli, don’t you?" Qin Rumeng said, directly addressing what was on Qiu Ruoxi’s mind.

Qiu Ruoxi nodded, "Yes, if you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to!"

Qin Rumeng fell silent, and after a brief silence, she slowly began to speak, "Actually, Huangfu Yueli is not a bad person!"

"But you..."

"I may dislike her, but I must also be fair," Qin Rumeng said very steadily, "Huangfu Yueli is quite good and very capable. My sister thought highly of her back then, otherwise, she wouldn’t have found her a boyfriend!"

"Are you talking about Chu Ji’s father?"

"Yes, that’s Chu Yunlong. He’s excellent," Qin Rumeng said lightly.

"But why do you dislike Huangfu Yueli so much? Did something happen between you two?"

"We had an unpleasant incident," Qin Rumeng said neither too softly nor too harshly, "A very unpleasant incident."

"What happened?" Qiu Ruoxi asked almost instinctively.

"She was very outstanding initially but married Chu Yunlong very early. Back then, my sister’s career was just starting, and she hoped Huangfu Yueli could help a bit, but she refused. My sister wasn’t angry because marriage is different from being single; it’s like being in a river and lake, sometimes you can’t help yourself," Qin Rumeng said softly, "Moreover, my sister continued to help Huangfu Yueli, even using the Qiu family’s influence to transfer Chu Yunlong back to Beijing!"

"Chu Yunlong was grateful; he knew he wouldn’t have risen step by step without my sister. Whenever my sister spoke, no matter what, Chu Yunlong would help her."

Qiu Ruoxi was very curious about why things turned out this way and really wanted Qin Rumeng to directly state the main point, but she feared that asking would upset Qin Rumeng, so she listened quietly, like a faithful listener!

As Qin Rumeng spoke, the tone of her voice changed, "So we got along quite happily, but everything changed when I was thirteen!"

"When I was young, I didn’t really understand what happened, or why my sister and Huangfu Yueli’s relationship suddenly became distant!"

"I asked my sister back then what happened, but she didn’t tell me, only saying that little kids shouldn’t meddle in adult affairs," Qin Rumeng said with a hint of powerlessness. "It wasn’t until I was fifteen that I found out Huangfu Yueli had betrayed my sister!"

"She stabbed my sister in the back, cruelly, but my sister didn’t hold it against her, owing to their years of sisterhood, but I couldn’t stand it!" Qin Rumeng said intensely, "I asked Huangfu Yueli to come out and gave her a thorough beating!"