463: Chapter 456 News 463: Chapter 456 News Yang Huilan’s words stunned Chen Hai for a long while.
“If I had known what would happen today, why did I make those decisions back then?” His expression complex, he gazed directly at Yang Huilan before him and sighed softly.
Back then, if she hadn’t returned to Yuedong, hadn’t gone abroad to study, there would probably have been a great chance for Chen Hai and her to be together.
If things had really gone that way, maybe there wouldn’t have been anything to do with Ye Qingqing!
But ifs are ifs, and reality is reality.
After Yang Huilan returned to Yuedong, she was out of touch for many years.
Having made such a choice at that time, it was truly hard for anything to come of her and Chen Hai!
“Actually, although I haven’t married or had children, I already have a girlfriend!”
“I love her very much, and she loves me too…”
In order to dispel the unrealistic thoughts in Yang Huilan’s mind, Chen Hai paused and explained.
However, before he could finish, Yang Huilan forcefully interrupted him.
“So what if you have a girlfriend?
Just break up with her!”
“I know you are not satisfied with your life right now, and you are looking for a job.”
“As long as you are willing, to be with me, to enter the Yang Family, houses, cars, money, what do you want that you can’t have?”
“Even if you don’t want to work, I can support you…”
Perhaps it was because she was used to commanding and being aggressive on a daily basis.
Yang Huilan’s words at this moment seemed indisputable, even carrying a hint of a commanding tone.
These words made Chen Hai feel very uncomfortable.
Wanting him to be a live-in son-in-law, wanting to support him, thinking that having money means you can do whatever you want?
Was he, Chen Hai, such a superficial person?
Of course, after all, they were old classmates, so even though he felt some aversion to Yang Huilan’s words, he temporarily held back and did not show any anomaly!
“Yang Huilan, you’ve had too much to drink, you’re a little drunk.”
“Get some good sleep, and once you wake up, naturally everything will be fine!”
Seeing Yang Huilan pour herself another glass of foreign liquor, preparing to drink alone, Chen Hai snatched the glass from her and, along with the remaining half-bottle of liquor, casually threw them both into the trash can.
“I’m not drunk, I’m very clear-headed right now, I know what I’m doing; I also know what I want.”
“I’m not lacking in wealth, right now, I just want you…”
When women drink too much, they can go crazy just like men.
Seeing Chen Hai take the glass from her hand, Yang Huilan started taking off her clothes without saying another word!
But she had only managed to take off her coat when Chen Hai reached out with a big hand, gently pinched a spot on her neck, and she collapsed to the ground, completely passed out.
“Thirty like a wolf, forty like a tiger, older single women are dangerous to mess with!”
“It was just a get-together with an old classmate, how did it end up like this by accident?”
Chen Hai placed Yang Huilan on the single bed in the room and covered her with the blanket.
Chen Hai was speechless and let out a sigh.
In younger days, overrun by hormonal surges, it was easy to get carried away by lust.
Back then, faced with the current situation, he might have pounced on Yang Huilan without a second thought, like a hungry tiger on its prey.
But the current him, not to say that he could maintain absolute rationality, but at least, whenever he did something, he would first consider the consequences.
After leaving a note on a sticky note on the nightstand to explain that he had already left, Chen Hai opened the room door and walked outside.
It was already after ten at night, and the streets of Yang City were still bustling with traffic and crowds of people.
Originally, Chen Hai had planned to rest for a bit and then wander around Yang City.
Afterward, he had intentions of going to Haizhu City to see what Huangxin Shoes had become now!
But now, with this incident, he really had no interest in staying any longer in Yuedong.
He hailed a taxi to the outskirts parking lot, retrieved his little sports car, and then drove straight onto the highway.
Of course, before hurrying back to the Capital City, he stayed in Liuyuan County for a few days.
Chen Hai’s mother’s dementia hadn’t improved at all despite his return.
Besides the caregiver, Wang Dimei, Chen Hai had hired professional nursing staff to accompany her.
Although her daily life didn’t require much attention from Chen Hai, as a son, he naturally wanted to spend more time with his mother whenever possible!
His mother, Jiang Meixian, was seventy-five years old this year.
Her generation had started to endure hardships from a young age, and it was only after Chen Hai made progress in his Tao Cultivation that she really began to enjoy some good days.
Sadly, this period lasted only two or three years before Chen Hai suddenly went missing for several decades.
Having suffered so much in the past and with the depression that settled in afterward, Jiang Meixian’s health was declining day by day, aside from her dementia.
While living in Liuyuan County, Chen Hai did his best to take care of her health, but he wasn’t omnipotent!
Birth, aging, sickness, death—these are human norms.
As her years advanced and her vitality waned, even Chen Hai felt powerless to help.
After returning from Liuyuan County to Capital City, Chen Hai stayed in his courtyard house in Liuhua Alley.
This property was now worth over a hundred million.
Compared to the past, it had to be said, money nowadays really didn’t hold much value.
Chen Hai no longer engaged in secluded meditation.
Besides his Cultivation now mainly relying on enlightenment, he was also concerned that if he were to go into seclusion again, decades might pass by in a blink.
Staying in Capital City with nothing to do, he felt quite bored.
If not for his nightly visits to Ye Qingqing at Yongning Temple, he might even consider finding a job to understand life better while killing some monotonous time.
At Ye Qingqing’s place, he was allowed to embrace and kiss her.
Yet, when Chen Hai wanted to do something more, she would always firmly refuse, using the excuse that Buddhism required a place of purity!
As for her returning to secular life, she merely suggested taking it slow and asked Chen Hai to wait for her a bit longer.
Since her ordination, her aunts and close friends had tried to persuade her to return to secular life numerous times!
Unfortunately, no one had succeeded in convincing her, and this had even led to some unpleasantness between Ye Qingqing and them.
Perhaps it was for that reason that when Chen Hai pressed her to return to secular life, she felt she couldn’t lose face and needed more time.
After she explained these reasons to Chen Hai, he showed understanding and didn’t press her further.
After all, even if she didn’t return to secular life, Chen Hai would still sneak into her room in the middle of the night.
He stayed in Capital City for a few days and then went back to Liuyuan County.
Before he knew it, one or two months had passed in his travel between the two places.
Capital City, Liuhua Alley, within the courtyard.
A little after four in the afternoon, clad in Tang attire, Chen Hai, leisurely holding a birdcage, had just returned home.
The phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Setting down the birdcage, he took out his phone to check the caller ID.
An unknown caller had dialed, the number not displayed, marked only with the words “unknown.”
Hesitating for a moment, Chen Hai pressed the answer button and took the call.
“Chen Hai, it’s me, Ye Rongzhong.
Are you in Capital City right now?”
The call was from Ye Rongzhong, whose voice reached Chen Hai’s ears immediately.
“Yes, Liuhua Alley.
You should know the address,” Chen Hai nodded and casually replied.
“I’ve got good news for you, our superiors have approved your request to test your strength after some deliberation.”
“Let’s confirm once more, are you truly prepared for this test?
Do you have the confidence to handle it?”
Ye Rongzhong continued through the phone.
It was only natural for him to ask Chen Hai this question.
After all, if one couldn’t withstand a nuclear bomb with their Physical Body, that meant death!
Speaking frankly, the power Chen Hai had demonstrated in Myanmar North alone already qualified him as a walking nuclear bomb, warranting serious consideration from the higher-ups.
Such a person, who could be described as a Land Immortal, dying in a nuclear blast would indeed be a pity, and certainly, they would prefer to avoid that.