Hearing Ye Chen's words, Ye Changkong was extremely depressed.
He understood what Ye Chen meant. From now on, whether he lives in the Ye family or not, whether he stays in Yanjing or not, he, Ye Chen, has officially returned to the Ye family.
Ye Changkong cursed in his heart: "It's a bit disgusting for this kid to do this..."
However, in front of the old man, he did not dare to say a word.
So, he could only say with a smile: "Okay, okay! Just come back!"
The old man then introduced his third uncle Ye Changyun, fourth uncle Ye Changjun, aunt Ye Changmin and sister-in-law Ye Changxiu to Ye Chen.
When Ye Changmin was introduced, Ye Changmin looked very attentive and said excitedly: "Chen'er, my aunt has been waiting for you for so many years, and you are finally back! Your parents will be very happy when they are in heaven!"
As he spoke, he pretended to swallow a few more times, but no tears came down.
Ye Chen has long been accustomed to Ye Changmin's behavior. After all, Ye Changmin is the daughter of the Ye family with a noble birth. To use the more popular words nowadays, she is definitely an old princess.
The old princess has been arrogant and domineering all her life and has never had to bow to anyone, so it is understandable that her acting skills are not very good at the moment.
After all, this kind of old princess usually doesn't have the energy to study and improve her acting skills.
Ye Chen could also see that she had tried her best to act, but her tears really refused to control her.
So, Ye Chen smiled slightly and said politely: "Thank you, aunt."
On the other hand, the sister-in-law Ye Changxiu who had been silent next to her didn't say a word but her eyes were already red.
When Mr. Ye introduced her, she could no longer hold back her tears. She held Ye Chen's hand and cried, while swallowing: "Chen'er, when you come back this time, please don't leave again...
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Looking at his sister-in-law, who was about forty years old, Ye Chen couldn't help but think back to his childhood.
My sister-in-law Ye Changxiu is a whole round older than me. When I was young, I was a child and she was an older child.
At that time, I was very attached to her because she would take me to play with her every day after school.
And she is very attached to her father, because among her brothers and sisters, she has the best relationship with him.
At that time, Ye Chen's father also doted on his youngest sister the most. He basically treated her like a daughter and gave her whatever she wanted. Therefore, although the brother and sister were quite different in age, they did have a very harmonious relationship.
In Ye Chen's memory, my sister-in-law had a very lively and cheerful personality, and she was not as thoughtful as Ye Changmin.
At that time, Ye Changmin became close to Ye Changkong and deliberately alienated his father Ye Changying.
The reason is that Ye Changmin feels that the heir to the Ye family in the future will definitely be Ye Changkong, the eldest son, so she has already developed the consciousness of taking sides.
Ye Changxiu, on the other hand, has never had those complicated thoughts.
When Ye Chen left home with his parents, his sister-in-law Ye Changxiu was studying abroad. Ye Chen's memory of her still remained in the scene when she graduated from high school and everyone sent her abroad.
At that time, my sister-in-law was still a young girl, but now she has reached her forties.
Seeing his sister-in-law's true feelings revealed, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said respectfully: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, when I come back this time, I will recognize my ancestors and return to the clan. Even if I leave Yanjing temporarily in the future, I will not break up with the Ye family.
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The meaning of Ye Chen's words was very clear.
After returning to the Ye family this time, I will definitely return to Jinling, but I have officially recognized my ancestor and returned to the clan, and will officially become a direct member of the Ye family again.
Ye Zhongquan and Ye Changxiu were naturally happy to hear this, but others felt very unhappy when they heard it.
Ye Chen's statement of acknowledging his ancestors means that there will be another competitor in the future battle for family property.
After the old man took Ye Chen to greet these elders one by one, the only ones left were those who were the same generation as Ye Chen.
The oldest one is Ye Feng, followed by Ye Hao, and several other younger brothers and sisters.
Except for Ye Feng and Ye Hao, the rest of the rich second generation, who had been pampered since childhood, had no feelings for Ye Chen, a relative who had been away from home for twenty years, and they only exchanged a few words on the surface.
Seeing that Ye Chen and everyone had gotten to know each other one by one, Ye Zhongquan looked at the time and said happily: "It's a good thing that Chen'er is back. Let's go in and sit down. Let's have a good time together and reminisce about the past. It's time to come and visit the relatives."
Already."
After seeing the old man's instructions, everyone moved to the main hall of Ye's villa together.
Helena had been following Ye Feng, trying to find a chance to communicate with Ye Chen alone, but seeing that the situation was unlikely, she had to give up temporarily.
At this time, in the main hall of the Ye family villa.
In the center of the huge main hall, a number of huanghuali wood chairs have been arranged in a fan shape according to the ancestral instructions.
In the center of the fan shape is the old man's seat, and on both sides of the seat there are more than ten chairs on each side.
These are the seats for direct members of the Ye family.
Around the fan-shaped area, there are hundreds of simple folding chairs neatly arranged. These are all seats prepared for relatives.
Ye Zhongquan pulled Ye Chen to the main seat, pointed directly to the position on his right, and said to Ye Chen: "Chen'er, if your father was alive, the position on my right would be his. Now that he is gone, you have returned.
After leaving the Ye family, you will naturally take this seat!"
Ye Zhongquan directly asked Ye Chen to sit on his right side. This move suddenly surprised everyone.
Because according to the rules, when relatives come to visit, the old man will sit in the front seat, the eldest son will sit in the lower left seat, the second son will sit in the lower right seat, and the sons will sit side by side before it is the turn of the grandchildren.
After the grandchildren had finished sitting, the daughter and granddaughter sat next to each other on the outside.
As for grandchildren and granddaughters with other surnames, they were not allowed to participate, so Ye Changmin and Ye Changxiu's husbands and children did not come.
Since Ye Changying, the second son, has passed away, according to the old rules, Ye Changying's position should be taken by the third son, Ye Changyun.
In the last ancestor worship ceremony twelve years ago, Ye Changyun indeed took Ye Changying's place.
But this time, Ye Zhongquan didn't give Ye Changyun a chance.
Ye Changkong felt that the old man's favoritism for Ye Chen was too much, so he couldn't help but said: "Dad, Chen'er just came back. I understand that you feel sorry for him, but these rules cannot be changed casually. Changying is no longer here. This
Changkong should take the seat, so Chen'er should sit with his cousin Xiaofeng!"
Ye Changyun felt a little more comfortable.
Seeing that Ye Chen was about to take his place, he felt the most unhappy.
But he didn't dare to argue with the old man. Fortunately, his elder brother stood up and spoke justice for him.
Ye Zhongquan sneered at Ye Changkong's words and said calmly: "The rules are all set by people! I am the head of the Ye family, and I will arrange it how I say."
After that, he looked at Ye Chen and said without any doubt: "Chen'er, sit here!"
Of course Ye Chen had no objection.
Now, he not only has to sit next to Mr. Ye, but in the near future, he will also replace Mr. Ye and sit in his seat.
Therefore, offending my uncle and third uncle today is just an appetizer.
One day, he will offend everyone in the Ye family.
But it doesn't matter to him. As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
If I want the Ye family to surrender, I must first offend all the Ye family.
Then, he would control the bad temper of these people one by one.
Let them learn to bend down, learn to kneel, and learn to surrender!
Only in this way can he secure his position as the head of the Ye family.
So, he smiled slightly and said without thinking: "Okay! Then I will sit here!"