One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos - Chapter 46
Chapter 46: Chapter 23: Replacing the Old with the New
Translator: 549690339
Pei Yue had called round and failed to get through, which only served to stoke his anger to the boiling point.
Just wait!
Once he got his hands on those little bastards, he was determined to make them regret it.
At this moment.
Pei Yue raged for a while, and then forcefully calmed himself down before making a call to his superior.
He had only joined the gang this year. In contrast to the other small-time hoodlums, he had education, a degree, and there was a ferocity in his fighting that others lacked. This enabled him to earn the appreciation of the gang’s leader despite his short time in the organization, and now he had already risen to a position of minor leadership.
For people in their gang, going to prison was a common occurrence. It hadn’t been Pei Yue’s intention to bother those above him with such matters, but since his subordinates had displayed such audacity, he felt compelled to report to his superiors.
Pei Yue tried calling several of his contacts higher up the chain, but to his astonishment, he couldn’t get through to a single one.
Pei Yue’s expression began to shift.
Was something not quite right about this situation?
He clenched his teeth and dialed the last person on his list—the individual with the highest rank he had encountered in the gang.
This time.
The call actually connected.
Pei Yue’s face lit up with relief, and he hurriedly said, “Boss An, I’ve got…
“What ‘Boss’ are you talking about?” came a stern voice from the other end of the line.
This was not the voice of his boss!
And it sounded vaguely familiar!
Before Pei Yue could collect his thoughts.
The person on the other end seemed to glance at the phone screen, then spoke with slight incredulity, “Pei Yue, right? You just got out of our detention center today. You wouldn’t want to return so soon, would you? This An Qiang, he’s been arrested for multiple legal violations and criminal activities. He probably won’t have the chance to see the outside world again in this lifetime. You’re lucky, boy, because you’ve only been in the gang for a short while. We’ve looked into it, and you’ve only gotten as far as brawling, not touching the truly dark levels of crime. If you keep it straight from now on, there’s still a chance for you to turn over a new leaf! But if you continue to act recklessly, next time, it won’t be so easy to let you out!”
With each word, Pei Yue felt a chill in his heart. He remembered now; this was the detention center chief’s voice. He had been in contact with the man often enough to recognize his voice.
“I… I understand,” Pei Yue said through clenched teeth, responding with some humiliation.
“Don’t let me catch you again!” warned the chief, before hanging up the call.
Pei Yue held onto his phone, momentarily dazed and unsure of what to do next.
Was the gang he had struggled so hard to join now just disappearing into thin air?
Without its support, how could he get revenge on Ye Xiao, on the Ye Family?
No, that wasn’t right, he wasn’t alone, he still had Bingtong!
Yes, he still had Bingtong!
Like grasping at the last straw, Pei Yue dialed Bingtong’s number.
The Ye Family.
As Bingtong stared at the blinking characters “Pei Yue” on her screen, her heart twisted painfully.
Pei Yue must have been released.
It made sense, after all, the nature of his case wasn’t so severe; they couldn’t keep him locked up for long.
But.
She had promised the Ye Family that she would no longer have any contact with Pei Yue.
Although they hadn’t forced her to delete his number from her phone, to Bingtong, this latitude felt more like a test.
If she became entangled with Pei Yue again, she feared she truly would be thrown out.
Bingtong remembered what Ye Xiao had said about the situation with her biological parents, and the thought alone sent a shiver down her spine.
Could it be that she would end up being sent to that sort of place?
No!
She would rather die than live a life like that.
Ye Bingtong, with tears in her eyes, hung up the phone.
Her heart ached unbearably.
Pei Yue, I do love you, and it’s a deep, profound love.
But now, I don’t yet have the strength to defend our love, I believe you can surely understand that.
One day, when we’ve both become better, we’ll be able to be together without any worries.
Ye Bingtong was deluding herself with self-pity.
On the other end, Pei Yue was perplexed.
Bingtong… Bingtong is ignoring me too?
He called her over and over obsessively, but Ye Bingtong didn’t pick up even once.
She just sent a message: “Pei Yue, we… it’s over.”
Pei Yue stared fixedly at the message.
It’s over?
What does that mean, it’s over?
He had been repeatedly put in detention for her sake.
Others might not care about her, but how could Ye Bingtong not care about him.
No matter what!
He must see Ye Bingtong, he must ask her face-to-face for an answer.
The following day.
Ye Xiao had slept well, looking refreshed, whereas Ye Bingtong’s eyes were red and swollen, clearly not having slept well.
Ye Xiao had followed the plot and already knew what had happened to Ye Bingtong.
The book had dedicated quite a few pages to describe Ye Bingtong’s guilt towards Pei Yue, her hatred for the Ye Family, and her own tossing and turning, sleepless night.
Today Ye Bolin just happened to be free, so he personally drove the two sisters to school.
In the car, Ye Xiao glanced at Ye Bingtong and deliberately said, “Bingtong, your eyes are so swollen. Did you cry all night yesterday?”
Ye Bingtong, with her head lowered, replied, “No… I didn’t. I just didn’t sleep well.”
[Tsk tsk tsk. Of course, you dare not admit it. That Pei Yue must have been released yesterday. He called you so many times in the middle of the night. You wanted to answer but couldn’t, and your heart must be in immense pain, hating the entire Ye Family now.]
[If you ask me, this heroine is really trying to have it both ways. If you can’t bear to leave Pei Yue, then don’t take the Ye Family’s money, don’t cling to the status of being a Ye Family daughter, and give up everything to be with him as a vagabond. You can’t bear to give up the status, nor Pei Yue, and in the end, you still blame the Ye Family for thwarting you, wanting the best of both worlds.]
Ye Xiao couldn’t help but rant inwardly.
Ye Bolin, upon hearing this, took a glance at Ye Bingtong through the rearview mirror. Ye Bingtong kept her head down, not daring to show her face, looking as guilty as she felt.
Ye Bolin raised an eyebrow and straightforwardly asked, “Pei Yue was released yesterday, did he come looking for you?”
Ye Bingtong’s body trembled involuntarily, and she looked at Ye Bolin somewhat frantically, “Big brother, I…”
“Tell the truth,” Ye Bolin said.
Ye Bingtong clenched her teeth, “He… he did call, but I didn’t answer. I even sent him a message, telling him it’s over between us. It’s all still in the record, big brother, I can show you right now.”
Ye Bolin wasn’t lingering on that; he simply said, “I’ve prepared a large sum of money to grease the wheels in various quarters and to support the police’s work. The underworld organizations in Luo City will soon be a thing of the past. Pei Yue has also been expelled from school and will now only be able to be an unemployed drifter. If you still can’t let him go, I can give you a chance to leave the Ye Family and flutter about with him.”
Ye Bingtong’s face turned pale, and she rushed to say, “Big brother, there’s absolutely nothing like that! Could it be Ye Xiao, did she say something to you? Since I promised to break it off with Pei Yue, I will definitely do it. Please, big brother, you must believe me.”
“Really? You love him so much, you can really break it off?” Ye Xiao stirred the pot from the side, “Why don’t you just leave the Ye Family and roam the world with him?”
Ye Bolin’s sudden questioning and the content slightly differed from the plot, which didn’t describe the situation inside the car at all.
But Ye Xiao knew. That Pei Yue was currently waiting for Ye Bingtong right at the school gates.
Whilst Ye Xiao was fanning the flames, she sneakily turned on the recording function on her phone that was inside her pocket.
