Too Late to Regret, She’s Now With the Big Boss - Chapter 66

“What do you mean ‘right’? You grew up pampered in the Ye family, yet you’re more scheming than anyone!”

Song Yuntao pointed angrily at Ye Qingyan’s face, confronting her in front of the entire Song family.

“Husband~~ I’ve explained so many times~~ You’ve really misunderstood me~~” Ye Qingyan whimpered tearfully, her voice dripping with affectation.

A beauty’s tears might move anyone to pity, but Song Yuntao felt not an ounce of compassion, only boundless fury.

“Misunderstood what? Did you not seduce me in front of my fiancée? Or did you not carry on shamelessly with Ye Ruixuan in public? You and Lu Zhenting clung to each other without any shame, and you even conspired with him to deceive me. Did you know? The more I learn about you, the more disgusted I feel?”

Song Yuntao’s ruthless public exposure made Ye Qingyan stagger, nearly falling.

Stunned, she stared at him, and in that instant, she suddenly realized: in her husband’s heart, her place would never surpass that wretched Ye Qianqian.

A wave of loss washed over Ye Qingyan, drowning her instantly. It felt as though an invisible hand had seized her heart, squeezing it painfully.

Countless needles seemed to prick her, bringing agony and discomfort, yet she dared not show it.

The feigned look of pitifulness on her face hadn’t fully faded and now froze there, appearing utterly ridiculous.

Reason told Ye Qingyan that the marriage alliance between the Song and Ye families wouldn’t end in divorce so easily. Suppressing her complex emotions, she forced a seemingly indifferent smile, trying to mask the fleeting loneliness and hurt in her eyes.

“Brother Yuntao, are you slandering me and trying to ruin me just to win back my sister? But if you go after her, Third Master Lu will never let you off. Do you want to bring ruin to the Song Corporation? How can you be so cruel? Even if you’ve cast aside all the years of affection between us, surely you wouldn’t abandon the Song family?”

“You… you… When did I ever say I would… That’s nonsense! You’re slandering me!”

Song Yuntao’s gaze held a trace of ferocity, but more than that, panic. He never expected this woman, who had always professed her love for him, could be so ruthless, now that he no longer cared for her, she sought to destroy him!

Without comparison, there’s no sense of injury. Only now did he truly appreciate Ye Qianqian’s goodness.

During the two years he’d wallowed in self-pity after his car accident, she had patiently cared for him and counseled him, pulling him back from the depths of despair. But how had he treated her after he recovered?

He remembered: after their families set the wedding date, the elders encouraged them to take a seaside vacation. But then Ye Qingyan suddenly returned to the country, and he immediately bought a ticket back to pick her up from the airport, leaving Ye Qianqian alone by the foreign shore.

She had painstakingly organized a birthday party for him, yet just because Ye Qingyan said she wasn’t feeling well, he left in a hurry without even tasting the birthday cake.

The next day, while shopping with Ye Qingyan, he felt a twinge of guilt and casually bought an extra bag for Ye Qianqian.

She had looked pleasantly surprised, smiling as she threw herself into his arms, repeatedly thanking him.

Those memories now pierced Song Yuntao’s heart like thorns, churning his emotions into turmoil.

Only endless bitterness and pain remained. Song Yuntao’s chest heaved violently, and he desperately wanted to sweep all the bowls and plates off the table in a fit of rage.

But when he met his grandfather’s disappointed gaze, his parents’ worried expressions, and the gloating looks of his uncle and cousins, he miraculously sobered up!

“Brother Yuntao, I love you so much… how could I ever slander you? Let’s stop arguing, okay? We shouldn’t make Grandpa and Mom and Dad worry, or give those with ulterior motives a reason to laugh at us! Brother Yuntao, I really, truly love you. Just watch how I behave from now on, I truly want to live a good life with you.”

Ye Qingyan sobbed out her confession, fully convinced that all men adored such saccharine declarations. She also saw this as an opportunity to win favor with the Song family, a smug, ingratiating smile playing on her lips.

“Brother Yuntao, don’t be mad at Yanyan anymore. Eat a little more, Yanyan will make you the happiest man in the world.”

But Song Yuntao only sneered coldly. “Do you think sweet talk like that can move me? Didn’t your parents teach you not to speak during meals or before sleep?”

There was another thought he kept to himself: Ye Qingyan had probably spouted these same lines to countless men. Just hearing them made him sick.

She was nothing like the deeply loving Qianqian, who never uttered such nauseating words but simply loved him quietly.

Song Yuntao’s heart felt as if it had been brutally stabbed and twisted by a sharp blade, the pain tearing him apart until he was a bloody mess.

The Song family watched with practiced indifference as the two went from heated arguments to Song Yuntao’s reluctant surrender, followed by Ye Qingyan seizing the advantage to cozy up to him again, the pair reconciling in a display of cloying affection.

Meanwhile, Ye Qianqian whom Song Yuntao had judged incapable of sweet talk was currently sitting on Lu Jingchen’s lap. “Hubby, your cooking is exceptionally delicious.”

“Open up. If it’s good, eat more. Your hubby is willing to cook for you for a lifetime,” Lu Jingchen replied with a smile.

“You cooking for me every day? Even if you’re willing, I couldn’t bear it, I’d feel too sorry for you! Let’s leave the cooking to the professionals. We can hold hands and enjoy the world’s splendors together, making sure every dawn and dusk is etched with our sweetness.”

“Alright, whatever my wife says. Whenever you want to eat my cooking, I’ll drop everything and come home to cook for you. If my wife wants me to earn more, I’ll have the Lu Corporation executives work day and night on proposals.”

“Hehe, making others work day and night while you play the hands-off boss?” Ye Qianqian asked with a playful smile.

“How could I dare? I have to supervise them during the day, but I must come back to keep my wife company at night. Be good, eat a little more.”

[The big boss’s eyes curved into smiles, his lips red and teeth white no longer resembling the cruel, bloodthirsty, unpredictable Living King of Hell, but rather a cheerful, sunny puppy.]

[The big boss has money, power, and looks. Sigh! All we can say is, the female antagonist is eating well!]

[Yeah! The female antagonist is living so lavishly that I just want to watch the big boss and her flaunt their love… I’m almost forgetting about the female lead!]

[Sigh! Did you skip chapters? The female lead and male lead aren’t sweet and doting anymore, they’ve turned into a tortured romance!]

Ye Qianqian: Tortured romance? What’s that?

[The original story had the male lead desperately chasing the female lead, while the female lead flirted around everywhere, only occasionally responding, which made the male lead ecstatic.]

[But now, because the female antagonist isn’t cooperating, it’s all reversed! How did it turn into our female lead chasing the male lead while he acts indifferent?!]

Ye Qianqian chewed on the delicious food in her mouth, puffing her cheeks in frustration as she grumbled: “When I chase after that scumbag, you all call me a lovesick fool. But when Ye Qingyan does the same, why is it suddenly some tragic romance?”

“Honey, why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

“You’re just so handsome, hubby! I can’t get enough of looking at you, I didn’t even realize I ate too much!”

“If you’re full, let’s go exercise to help digest.” As Lu Jingchen spoke, he scooped Ye Qianqian up in his arms and carried her toward the bedroom.

The Ye family was also having a meal, but they were so unsettled by the news that they couldn’t sit still. “Mom, call Qianqian again.”