"Sis, that's not the case."
Ye Yu immediately stood up and walked over to Ye Tong. "Brother-in-law just said he wants me to live in the villa from now on."
"What?"
Ye Tong set the plate down on the dining table, wiping her tears with her hand.
She thought she must have misheard. What was going on with Xu Mu today?
Ye Yu was equally puzzled. Was Xu Mu about to die?
Was this some kind of final clarity before the end?
"Let's eat first," Xu Mu said to Ye Tong.
Ye Tong nodded and asked Ye Yu to help. Soon, the dishes were laid out on the table.
There were three dishes in total: stir-fried cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and greens with tofu.
Xu Mu frowned slightly. "Is this what you usually eat?"
The moment he asked, memories flooded his mind.
The original "villain" Xu Mu had forbidden Ye Tong from working and refused to give her any living expenses.
With the Ye family ruined, she had no income.
Ye Yu’s schooling still required meal fees.
Having food at all was already a blessing.
"Xu Mu, I was thinking… of going out to work," Ye Tong said, sitting across from him with her head lowered. "The last of my gold earrings sold for a little over two thousand, and that money’s already gone."
Xu Mu stayed silent, cursing the original antagonist in his heart.
She’d rather work than ask for money—just how deep was the rift between them?
Truthfully, if Ye Tong had been willing, a single call to Xu Shou would have brought money to her doorstep.
"I’m begging you. Ye Yu’s tuition is due soon, and I don’t want her to drop out so early."
Tears streamed down Ye Tong’s face as she gazed at Xu Mu with pitiful eyes.
That look alone made Xu Mu want to slap himself.
[Affection -5]
Black text floated above their heads—but it wasn’t from Ye Tong. It was Ye Yu.
Xu Mu sighed. Even after all this, Ye Tong’s affection hadn’t dropped?
"Today, let’s talk properly as a family," Xu Mu said, picking up his chopsticks and taking a bite of tofu. "Do you know why I treated you so poorly before?"
The sisters exchanged glances.
Though they had their suspicions, they weren’t entirely sure what had provoked Xu Mu’s hostility.
"Our Xu Family used to rank among the top five in Jiangbei. But after helping your Ye Family, our status plummeted."
Xu Mu took another bite of egg. "I used to live in another city, where young masters treated me with respect. Now? They dare to look down on me, even insult me."
Hearing this, Ye Tong nodded faintly to herself. She had guessed as much.
"So I resented you. I saw you as leeches."
Xu Mu’s gaze settled on Ye Tong as he spoke solemnly, "I’m sorry. I let my emotions get the better of me before."
What?
Sorry?
Both Ye Tong and Ye Yu were stunned. Xu Mu was actually apologizing to them?
"Xu Mu, are you… asking me for a favor?"
Ye Tong still found his behavior suspicious. She knew Xu Mu’s personality—a typical spoiled heir.
It wasn’t just them he treated poorly; he was the same with everyone else.
Yet here he was, apologizing to her.
"No. I just realized we’re family, and I’ve been too harsh on my own."
Xu Mu pulled out his phone, transferring 50,000 to Ye Tong and another 10,000 to Ye Yu.
The sound of the payment notifications left them both speechless.
"If you want to work, you can join our family’s company. I’ll find you something easy."
Xu Mu glanced at Ye Tong. "Of course, if you don't want to come and want to do something on your own, I'll support you too."
Ye Tong was stunned. She pinched her finger with her fingernail, and the pain told her that this was real, not a dream.
"Okay, I'll think about it."
Ye Tong seemed a bit absent - minded.
After the meal, Xu Mu said again, "The meal you cooked is very delicious."
Ye Tong was completely in a daze.
[Favorability +20]
Xu Mu looked at the black words floating above Ye Tong's head. He didn't expect that just one sentence could turn Ye Tong's favorability towards him positive.
She was really an easy - to - satisfy person.
Xu Mu checked his own information and couldn't help widening his eyes.
Obviously, Ye Tong had increased his favorability by 20 points, but his justice value had increased by 55 points.
He didn't know the reason. Could the justice value be randomly added?
So, he decided to test it again.
"Ye Tong, tidy up a room for Ye Yu. I'm going out and will be back soon."
Xu Mu stood up and said.
"Okay."
Ye Tong, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen, turned back and replied. She didn't dare to ask Xu Mu where he was going.
Ye Yu saw Xu Mu drive away through the window and finally let out a sigh of relief.
She came to the kitchen and whispered, "Sis, is Xu Mu dying? Is he being nice to us because he's afraid we'll dig up his grave?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Ye Tong glared at Ye Yu.
"Don't worry. The camera is on the second floor. The recording device upstairs can't hear our voices."
Ye Yu said to Ye Tong.
Ye Tong sighed slightly and then shook her head. "I don't know what's wrong with him either."
"I have a guess."
Ye Yu suddenly whispered.
"What?"
"Is he trying to divorce you? His father never listens to him. He wants to please you so that you'll initiate the divorce."
Ye Yu explained, "Recently, Xu Mu has been pursuing the music teacher at our school. After divorcing you, he can marry someone else."
Ye Tong, who was washing the dishes, stopped and fell into deep thought.
"Sis, I know you feel indebted to the Xu Family and you don't want to divorce. But if Xu Mu initiates the divorce, you'll probably agree, right?"
Seeing that Ye Tong didn't say a word, Ye Yu continued to ask.
She had long wanted her sister to get out of Xu Mu's clutches.
Ye Tong just nodded slightly and then continued washing the dishes.
"Sis, you should have done this earlier. Do you think a guy like Xu Mu can ever correct his mistakes?"
Ye Yu glanced in the direction of the window. "He just apologized to you and then immediately went out to fool around with others. He definitely won't come back tonight."
"Okay, stop talking. I'll find a room for you."
Ye Tong had already tidied up the kitchen. "You'll sleep in the room next to mine from now on."
...
Ye Tong led Ye Yu upstairs and tidied up the next - door room.
Just as they were about to go downstairs, they found that Xu Mu had come back.
Both Ye Tong and Ye Yu were extremely surprised. What was going on?
Normally, shouldn't he have stayed out all night?
"Where... did you go?"
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Tong finally asked.
Xu Mu quickly walked upstairs.
Ye Yu's face suddenly turned deathly pale. This bastard, wouldn't he have deliberately waited for her to come upstairs and then come back to beat her?
Ye Tong also thought of this and immediately stepped forward to stand in front of Ye Yu.
"I went out just now to buy something for you."
Xu Mu stretched out his hand, and there was a small red gift box in his palm.
Ye Tong was a bit dazed. For a moment, her mind went completely blank.
Ye Yu was even more confused. If the flowers were bought for Mu Qingying, then this gift was specially bought for her own sister.
Ye Tong carefully took the gift box and opened it. Inside was a pair of gold stud earrings.
Seeing this, Ye Tong's eyes turned a bit red.
[Favorability +20]
Xu Mu went out to buy the gift this time just to increase the favorability and see how the score was calculated.
He opened the system and found that his justice value had increased by 160.
He finally understood how this point system worked.
Ye Tong's destiny level was 8, and the justice value he got was eight times the increase in favorability.
As for the previous increase of 55 points, it was because the system first corrected the negative value.
Ye Tong's original favorability was -15. Of the 20 points just added, 15 points were used to make up the negative value.
The remaining 5 points were then multiplied by eight, which was 40. Added together, it was a total of 55 points.
Xu Mu was a bit excited. No wonder he had to find those people highly related to the protagonist.
The increased justice value was several times that of ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Xu Mu looked at Ye Yu on the other side. It seemed that he had to quickly make her favorability turn positive.
Ye Yu had a destiny level of 9, and the multiplier for her favorability was nine times.
"Ye Tong, I'll go back to my room and wait for you."
Xu Mu smiled at Ye Tong and then voluntarily went to his own room.
Today, he would have a friendship like that between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya.
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