Chapter 92 The Courtyard "I'm afraid you'll be too jealous, so I won't let you see it..."

Chapter 92 The Courtyard "I'm afraid you'll be too jealous, so I won't let you see it..."

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A two-story building came into view, with lush greenery in the courtyard.

The fence surrounding the courtyard is made of rubble, giving it a unique, leisurely and rustic style.

Further inside are tables and chairs in the wooden pavilion, and the silver osmanthus tree not far away is not yet in bloom.

Ye Hantao could imagine that in another half month, it would bloom with flowers that were white with yellow stamens.

There is a wooden swing under the tree, which was made by my grandfather and father together.

The photo that Sui Sui took happened to show them carrying stones out of the gate.

Young people dressed in neat work clothes used carts and other tools to move two piles of stones from under the left-hand courtyard wall out, load them onto a vehicle, and take them away.

Ye Hantao had considered that her grandmother's statement that the stone had already been used might not be true, but she hadn't expected her grandparents to find someone so quickly.

If Sui Sui hadn't been so quick to act and rushed to the courtyard, she wouldn't have stumbled upon this scene.

"Why did Grandma and Grandpa lie?" Ye Hantao was completely baffled.

Could those two piles really be raw stones?

That's impossible.

That would cost so much...

Ye Hantao rolled over and lay face down on the bed.

Just then, the older brother's voice came through the door, "Tao Tao, I bought roast duck and plum blossom cake. Do you want some?"

Ye Hantao: "Eat!"

After answering, the man sat up in bed.

The recording of the program ended yesterday morning. Ye Hantao got home around 7 p.m. and had already eaten dinner.

But hearing that there was roast duck to eat still made me very hungry.

Ye Hantao pushed open the door and first smelled the rich aroma of roast duck, then saw Zhou Mingsheng waiting outside.

Her black hair was cut even shorter, revealing the tips of her ears. She wore a gray T-shirt with a zodiac pendant hanging on her chest.

There are four zodiac signs in one family, which is quite enough.

Ye Hantao complimented the man from his hairstyle to his clothes, then asked, "Brother, aren't you going to watch them train at the base today?"

“No need today, another coach will be in charge.” Zhou Mingsheng reached out to brush a strand of hair from Tao Tao’s cheek, observed Tao Tao’s complexion, and confirmed that the fabric issue had not affected Tao Tao so far.

He was slightly relieved. "The roast duck is in the living room. Dad went to get some drinks. You go ahead and I'll go help."

Ye Hantao nodded, turned around and went back to her bedroom to change into a pair of slippers.

When she walked into the living room, she saw Zhou Ti unpacking boxes in front of the coffee table.

The curtains in front of the living room's French windows weren't drawn, and under the night sky, the distant river view was shrouded in lights, creating a breathtaking scene.

Even though she had been living in her new apartment for a few days, Ye Hantao still couldn't help but sigh when she saw the view through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Ye Hantao noticed her mother's pajamas; she had never seen these pajamas before, so she guessed they were new.

Looking at the roast duck box on the coffee table, it was still from the same stall where we often ate at home.

The stall owner sets up his stall at irregular intervals.

For this reason, a group was created for regular customers.

If the vendor is going to set up a stall, they will let us know in the group chat in advance, and then people will line up to buy roast duck.

Like POL desserts, this roast duck shop often sells out before she arrives, and her parents and older brother always manage to buy it back, no matter the time.

Just then, Ye Weizheng and Zhou Mingsheng approached, each holding a drink.

Ye Weizheng couldn't help but feel happy that his clothes and the raw stone hadn't given him away. "Tao Tao, come on, try Dad's special lime sparkling water."

"Thank you, Dad, you've worked hard~" Ye Hantao picked up her cup and sat down at the coffee table.

A blanket was laid under the coffee table, and the four members of the family sat cross-legged on the blanket.

Ye Hantao put on gloves, picked up a duck roll, and casually asked, "Mom, where's your pearly white pajamas? I saw a set with a very similar fabric at Huayun."

"..." Zhou Ti almost choked on a piece of duck meat.

Ye Hantao: "I just don't know what the fabric feels like. It's too expensive, 160,000 yuan per meter. I didn't dare to touch it."

"I wore that set of pajamas a couple of days ago, and I just washed it and put it away." Zhou Ti had been lying to Tao Tao for over ten years, so she still had that much mental fortitude. "You know, the fabric is expensive; people who don't know might think it's mixed with gold, but it definitely feels good."

Zhou Ti pretended to browse through her phone and pulled out a photoshopped order image. "I bought one for less than two hundred yuan, and the feel of it is definitely not as good as this one."

Ye Weizheng put his arm around his eldest son Zhou Mingsheng's shoulder and said, "If only we had known Mingsheng's identity earlier, we could have used Mingsheng's black card to buy that lotus silk nightgown."

Zhou Mingsheng ate the roast duck silently, without saying a word.

Yes, my brother earns tens of millions a year.

Although Ye Hantao used her older brother's black card to buy a jade bracelet at the auction, she never really felt like her brother earned tens of millions a year.

When she came out of the bedroom, she felt a tightness in her chest and suspected that it was because of her incorrect lying position.

After being reminded again that her older brother earns tens of millions a year, Ye Hantao felt incredibly refreshed, suspecting that this lightness came from being extremely wealthy.

Seeing this, Zhou Ti and Ye Weizheng exchanged glances, relieved that the photoshopped image had passed and that their eldest son's identity had been made public.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief at having overcome the difficulties, Ye Hantao suddenly said, "Do you remember the person who bought the three rough stones on the show?"

"I remember, a young man in his early twenties?"

"I only found out that he was Cheng Zhao's assistant."

"..."

Zhou Ti, Ye Weizheng, and Zhou Mingsheng all had a bad feeling at the same time.

Sure enough, Tao Tao spoke up again, "Cheng Zhao said he would give me those three rough stones as a gift, but we don't have room to put them in our house."

If Cheng Zhao were to directly offer the jadeite he had just unearthed, Ye Hantao would really have to hesitate about whether to accept it or not.

But she really wanted to experience the thrill of cutting raw stones again, and also wanted the stone cutter to openly take a look at the stones her grandparents used to build the courtyard wall.

Seeing that her family was waiting for her to continue, Ye Hantao asked, "I want to call my grandparents and ask if we can put the raw stone in their yard?"

What could Zhou Ti say? She could only smile and say, "Call them tomorrow and ask."

On Friday morning, Ye Hantao sat in her father's black SUV, along with the program's cameraman.

[Hahahaha, the production team must have rigged the show!]

[Really, really, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that I drew Ye Hantao's one-day photography session in the lottery?]

Ye Hantao is so generous; she really brought us to her grandparents' courtyard.

Quick, quick, let me see the two stacks of raw stones in Grandma's yard!

[Aaaaaaah, I want to visit the two piles of stones with Ye Hantao, and I also want to see Ren Lang's Aurelia's first show in China!!!]

[I've already watched it; he's opened two live streams. Ren Lang actually knows so many celebrities!]

You wouldn't really look down on him just because he had bad luck on variety shows, would you? His status in the fashion world is no less than that of a top celebrity in the entertainment industry.

[Oh my god! He actually mentioned Gu Fanghao in front of Director Ling! Why is he so supportive of Gu Fanghao?!]

Gradually, the rows of skyscrapers in the live broadcast room became fewer and fewer, and the distance between the buildings increased significantly.

Ye Hantao turned her gaze away from the window and looked down at the messages she had received on her phone.

I only heard from my grandparents when I called them yesterday that when my uncle left Yuncheng, he took them to Haicheng for a short stay.

There's no one in the suburban courtyard now.

Grandma just sent me some photos, saying they were of the vegetable market near my uncle's house.

Although Ye Hantao regretted not being able to see her maternal grandparents today, she still decided to come over.

On one hand, she asked Cheng Zhao to put the raw stones away, and on the other hand, she helped her grandparents clean up.

Ye Weizheng glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Tao Tao, your grandparents will be back tomorrow. Then the four of us will come over."

Ye Hantao nodded, "Okay."

The day after tomorrow is the first day of school, and Su Yi'ang has a competition, while Jin Shiyue has a catwalk show.

The production team simply scheduled the next episode's group gathering for the Saturday after next.

In order to maintain the show's popularity, three rounds of drawing lots were held yesterday.

Ye Hantao was chosen by the production team to film her for a day in the first round of the lottery.

In the third round, Wu Xia was chosen again to bring a cameraman to visit her residence.

This accommodation doesn't have to be at home; it can be at school or elsewhere.

As we spoke, the suburban street scene came into view.

Rows of individual courtyards stand together in a neat and orderly fashion.

【Huh? Ye Hantao's grandparents live in the suburbs?】

Ye Hantao's family still lives in an old neighborhood.

You guys don't think Ye Hantao meant the courtyard of a villa, do you?

[Maze is both a coach and a major owner at the HT training base; there's no way he wouldn't have money!]

Of course he's rich! Don't forget the jade bracelet Ye Hantao bought for 18.6 million!

I suspect this little courtyard is just for experiencing rural life.

Zhou Shuqiong and Xie Bairong saw this comment: "..."

"Hahaha, netizens have such sharp eyes." Zhou Yi poured warm water for his parents. "Don't worry, I had someone clean it up inside and out. I guarantee you won't be able to tell that you haven't lived here for a month."

Xie Bairong glanced at him, pushed the cup forward, and said, "Take it away, and bring it back after you've added the dried tangerine peel and hawthorn."

Behind them was a floor-to-ceiling window in the presidential suite, overlooking the landmark buildings of Cloud City.

When they were young and pursuing their careers, they were often photographed by reporters.

Although he has rarely appeared in public in recent years, some photos can still be found online.

Zhou Shuqiong and Xie Bairong were very afraid that Tao Tao would faint again, so they decided to avoid the camera.

The scene in the live stream has changed to an asphalt road.

Ye Hantao peered out the car window and saw the car parked at the gate of the courtyard, as well as the two people waiting outside the car.

They were too far away to see each other's faces clearly, but they could tell from their posture that the person standing by the car was the eldest brother, Zhou Mingsheng, and the person leaning against the wall was Cheng Zhao.

When the car stopped, the door opened.

The camera captured Zhou Mingsheng and Cheng Zhao together.

The audience: "?!?!"

Maze fans: "!!!"

In an instant, Ye Hantao's already leading live stream popularity on the platform soared again, leaving the second live stream more than double in popularity.

The courtyard gate was pushed open.

The audience looked expectantly at the corner, but it was empty.

Where are the two piles of stones?

You guys actually believe Ye Hantao's words...

[I didn't believe it at first, but Ye Hantao dared to bring us here for a live stream, so she must have something to back her up!]

Ye Hantao pointed to the open space at the corner of the wall, "There used to be two large piles of raw stones over there."

She felt a little guilty before she said this, but when she thought of the message Sui Sui sent, she immediately put her guilty conscience out of her mind.

“But they are too expensive. I’m afraid you’ll be jealous if you see them, so I won’t let you see them.”

Audience: [???]

When you mentioned two large piles of raw stones, weren't you afraid we'd be jealous?

[Disease progression: 21%]

While the audience was making comments in the live chat, Ye Hantao said again, "But we can see the stone being cut today too; it was bought by Cheng Zhao."

Cheng Zhao added, "The drivers are stuck in traffic on the way, they should be there in about ten minutes."

Ten minutes or so is neither a long nor a short time.

The three of them stayed in the courtyard, studying the raw stones while waiting for someone.

"This is a python belt, isn't it?"

"I think it looks more like stone texture."

Ye Hantao listened to Cheng Zhao and her older brother's conversation and prepared to check it on her phone.

While unlocking the phone, I inadvertently glimpsed my college roommate's complaining message in the dormitory group chat.

[Gu Jianing: Aaaaaaaahhhhhh when will this heavy rain stop?! If it doesn't stop soon, we'll be delayed by three hours (crying.jpg)]

[Gu Jianing: I just wanted to go to a concert before school starts, please don't do this to me!!!]

Ye Hantao had heard from her roommate that she was going to Beijing to attend two concerts in the next couple of days, but she never expected that her flight would be delayed by the heavy rain.

After replying in the group chat, she was about to leave when she felt something was off.

A moment later, Ye Hantao typed: "Ningning, are you taking off from Haicheng?"

Gu Jianing: Yes (crying.jpg), it's been raining so much in Haicheng lately, I'm fed up!

"..." Ye Hantao went back to look at the photos of the vegetable market that her grandmother had sent her.

The sky was clear and blue with white clouds.

She changed the city on the desktop to Haicheng, and then specified the Changning District where her uncle's family lived.

Thunderstorm, it's raining now.

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Author's note: Grandma and Grandpa: We always worship with great sincerity!