At this moment, Ye Qianwen was vastly different from the younger sister in Ye Qingyun's memories.
The sister in his memory was lively, pure, and fond of smiling.
Standing before Ye Qingyun now was a tall beauty with light green hair and a crop top.
Her outfit looked just like that of a nightclub hostess.
Ye Qingyun frowned.
Ye Qianwen looked at the young man before her and asked coldly,
"Are you really Ye Qingyun?"
It was no wonder Ye Qianwen had such doubts.
Over the past five years, due to his cultivation,
both his appearance and aura had undergone earth-shattering changes.
"Qianqian, it's me. I even have my ID here."
Ye Qingyun took out his ID card and handed it to Ye Qianwen.
"Qianqian, I still remember that when you were little, you loved eating fish eyes the most.
Every time the family cooked fish, those two dark fish eyes were always yours.
And Skittles—you would specifically pick out the green ones to eat, saying the other colors didn't taste good..."
Ye Qingyun began, recounting things from Ye Qianwen's childhood.
After carefully inspecting the ID card, Ye Qianwen compared it to the young man standing before her.Realizing that their facial features were remarkably similar, and that he could recount so many secrets from her childhood, the young man before her was undoubtedly the older brother she had not seen in five years.
Five years! This former brother of hers had eloped with that vile woman and had never once contacted their family!
At this thought, Ye Qianwen's heart turned completely cold.
She threw her ID card straight onto the ground and replied coldly, "Ye Qingyun! You might as well be dead!"
With those words dropping, *bang*, the door slammed shut.
Ye Qingyun stood there, stunned.
This was not how he had imagined it would go!
Yet a moment later, he raised his hand and knocked on the door again.
"Qianqian, open the door! Listen to my explanation! There's a reason I haven't come back all these years!"
Just as Ye Qingyun was debating whether to force the door open, it swung open.
It revealed Ye Qianwen's frostily distant face as she spoke coldly,"Ye Qingyun, if you really want what's best for me and Mom, don't ever come back!"
"You've changed. What on earth is wrong with you? And what about Mom? Let me see her," Ye Qingyun asked.
A sneer crossed Ye Qianwen's face.
"Mom?! You still remember you have a mother?! Five years ago, ignoring the entire family's objections, you insisted on being with that bitch. You ran away from home, eloped, and stayed away for five full years. Do you have any idea how much pain and heartbreak you caused Mom?! Ever since you left, she hasn't been able to eat properly. Even in her sleep, she mutters your name, weeping day in and day out. Her eyesight was already poor, and because of your constant crying, she's now completely blind! This is all your fault!"
By the end, Ye Qianwen was shouting at the top of her lungs.
Hearing this, Ye Qingyun felt as though he had been struck by lightning, freezing in place.
What?!
His mother had actually cried herself blind because of him?!
Recovering his senses, Ye Qingyun drew a sharp breath and moved to push the door open. "I'm going in to see Mom!"
But Ye Qianwen blocked his way, staring at him with cold eyes.
"Ye Qingyun! Mom has completely forgotten about you. If you still have even a shred of maternal affection left in you, stop going in there to torment her! Just pretend you never had this family!"
Just as Ye Qingyun was about to speak, a fit of coughing drifted from inside the room.
"Cough, cough..."
Ye Qianwen's body stiffened, her expression shifting instantly.
Damn it! She had let her emotions get the better of her just now, and her voice had been loud enough to disturb her mother's rest. Instinctively, she reached to shut the door.
Before the door could close, however, Ye Qingyun thrust his hand out to block it, saying earnestly, "I'm going to see Mom!"
With that, Ye Qingyun strode resolutely past her and into the house.Inside the house, the sparse furniture looked pitifully dilapidated.
Ye Qingyun saw a middle-aged woman lying on the bed.
At this moment, her eyes were covered with gauze.
Ye Qingyun strode to the bedside in two or three steps.
Only now was he able to take a close look at his mother, whom he had not seen in five years.
Xie Meilan’s face was covered in wrinkles, her skin sallow, and her hair streaked with numerous gray strands, giving off an aura of twilight.
She looked more than twenty years older than the mother in Ye Qingyun’s memory!
Yet only five years had passed!
A stinging sensation hit the bridge of Ye Qingyun’s nose, and his heart filled with self-reproach!
Sensing someone approaching her side, Xie Meilan spoke up.
"Qianqian, is that you? Are you back?"
Ye Qingyun took Xie Meilan’s hand and said, "Mom, it's me, Ye Qingyun. I'm back."
Xie Meilan froze for a moment, not processing it at first.
Then her body trembled, and she half-sat up, disbelief written all over her face as she spoke.
"Yun'er! My Yun'er! Is it really you? You're really back?"
Ye Qingyun nodded. "It's me! Mom, I'm really back!"
"Good... good... cough, cough..."
Overwhelmed by her excitement and wild emotional fluctuations, Xie Meilan could not help coughing repeatedly.
Tears soaked through the gauze.
"Mom, take it easy, don't hurt yourself."
Ye Qianwen hurried over to Xie Meilan with a cup of water, casting a resentful, sidelong glance at Ye Qingyun.
Ye Qingyun tapped several acupuncture points on Xie Meilan's body.
This was his exclusive massage technique, which could help stimulate blood circulation.
Xie Meilan's complexion grew much ruddier. A look of wonder crossed her face as she murmured, "Am I dreaming? Did Yun'er really come back?"
Ye Qingyun squeezed Xie Meilan's hand tightly and replied heavily, "Mom, it's the absolute truth! I'm really back! Don't worry, I will definitely make sure you live a good life!"
"Good, Yun'er, Mom believes you."
A smile appeared on Xie Meilan's face.
She was in such high spirits that she still felt as though all of this were a dream.
Soon, fatigue washed over Xie Meilan's body, and she fell back onto the bed and drifted off to sleep.
"You can fool Mom, but you can't fool me. Tell me, where have you and that bitch been whoring around for the past five years?"
Ye Qianwen demanded.
"I spent the last five years cultivating in the mountains."
"Oh... so you went to cultivate immortality, huh?"
Ye Qianwen wore a half-mocking, half-serious expression, clearly disbelieving a word Ye Qingyun said.
She continued, "So do you have a job now? How much savings do you have?"
"I don't have a job yet, and I don't have any money either," Ye Qingyun admitted frankly.
However, he quickly added, "Qianqian, don't worry, I'll go out and earn money. I'll make sure you and Mom live a good life, and I won't let anyone bully you ever again!"
Their father had passed away when Ye Qingyun was very young, leaving Ye Qianwen and Xie Meilan as Ye Qingyun's only two family members.
They were the softest spot in Ye Qingyun's heart!
Ye Qianwen looked at Ye Qingyun's earnest expression and said nothing.
The pain Ye Qingyun had brought to this family over the past five years could not simply be erased by a few empty boasts of his.
Fixing his gaze on Xie Meilan lying on the bed, Ye Qingyun said firmly, "Also, I will cure Mother's eyes and let her see the light again!"
Just now, Ye Qingyun had examined Xie Meilan's body.
Xie Meilan's blindness was caused by congestion in her eyes pressing against the nerves.
With Ye Qingyun's medical skills, she could be completely cured.