C18 The Man He Loves

"Cough, cough..."

Ye Yuan kept coughing. When he saw Tao Xiaozui covering her mouth and laughing so hard, he knew that he had been played by this little girl.

"You... you played me!"

Tao Xiaosui proudly raised her head, "You were the one who played tricks on me first. The wound clearly didn't open, but for the sake of stuttering, you intentionally lied to me."

Ye Yuan raised his eyebrows and was slightly surprised: "How did you know I lied to you?"

"You dare to say you weren't?"

Tao Xiaosu asked back, but Ye Yuan lowered his head and did not say anything.

"Do you dare to let me see your wound? If your wound is really broken, I will go and make you something delicious."

Ye Yuan didn't say anything. He just lowered his head and ate the disgusting bowl of noodles. He looked a bit pitiful.

"Forget it. I will just eat this bowl of noodles!"

Early in the morning, Tao Laosan got up and busied himself with bringing the ingredients to the shop to make snacks. Tao Xiaozui slept late and was still sleeping in the room.

Hearing the sounds outside, Ye Yuan also got up and helped Third Brother Tao move things.

The business in the shop was getting better and better, so it would obviously attract the dissatisfaction of others.

Tao Xiaozui had just arrived at the shop when she saw two waiters standing together and muttering.

Seeing that there weren't as many customers as before, Tao Xiaotu wasn't surprised. She just felt that her work wasn't good enough.

"What are you guys talking about?"

A shop assistant walked up and told Tao Xiaotu, "Miss Tao, there are a few shops on the street that are starting to learn how to make Han Baos and fries. A few candied hawkers have also started to sell lollipops. "

Tao Xiaotu was surprised. Her recipes were all in her head, so how would others know how to make them?

"Really?"

On second thought, Tao Xiaosui was not angry. After all, it was a good thing that the things she made could be learned by others.

"It's no big deal. If others make our things, we can make them better."

Just as he finished taking care of the shop, a man came to him, "Who is Ye Yuan?"

Ye Yuan was currently working in the kitchen with Tao Xiaosu. When he heard the voice in front of him, he quickly went over to take a look.

"Do you know that person?"

Ye Yuan shook his head. He really didn't know that person.

When he was about to go up to take a look, Tao Xiaozui saw Tao Laosan walking up to him. She reached out to stop Ye Yuan.

"Let's see what you want."

The two stood behind the curtain and looked at what was happening in front of the shop.

"Young master, I am the owner of this shop. May I know what kind of snacks you would like to eat?"

The person was polite and didn't make things difficult for Tao Laosan.

"I am here to find Ye Yuan. Please ask him to come see me."

"May I know who you are..."

At this moment, the newcomer introduced himself, causing the two people eavesdropping behind the curtain to be so shocked that their jaws dropped, "I'm the third young master of the Chen Family, Chen Mingxi's older brother."

"Chen Mingxi's older brother?"

Ye Yuan still didn't understand why he had come to find him.

Could it be... Chen Mingxi was playing some trick again?

Tao Xiaozui was also confused, "What does Chen Mingxi's elder brother want from you?"

"Did someone see you sending him back that day? Or did you do something unknown to Chen Mingxi?"

Thinking back to the day when he sent Chen Mingxi home, Ye Yuan didn't say anything inappropriate.

"I didn't do anything. It's just that Miss Chen was a bit abnormal that day and said something about marrying me..."

Hearing this, Tao Xiaozui understood Third Young Master Chen's intentions.

"I know, Third Young Master Chen must be helping Chen Mingxi with the marriage proposal. Since it's not convenient for her to ask, she asked her brother to pass it on."

Tao Xiaosu's guess seemed to make sense. Ye Yuan was worried that Chen Mingxi would do something unreasonable in order to get him.

While the two of them were talking, Third Young Master Chen also stated his purpose, "I know that Ye Yuan is temporarily staying at your house. My sister has taken a fancy to Ye Yuan."

Seeing that he had said so much, Ye Yuan immediately walked up and told Chen San Gongzi in a neither servile nor overbearing manner, "Chen San Gongzi, I have no intention of marrying your family. Please turn around for me, Chen San Gongzi."

Third Prince Chen didn't know what Chen Mingxi was doing outside. He only thought that the news was too sudden and scared Ye Yuan.

"Young Master Ye, don't be so agitated. I came here to discuss this with you."

Ye Yuan sat opposite to him, hoping that the Chen Family would look down upon him, a poor kid who didn't even have a family.

"What do you mean, Third Master Chen?"

"My father means that as long as my sister likes it, she can have it her way. If you like, Master Ye, you can marry into our Chen family. My father will give you land and property to manage."

Chen San Gongzi paused for a moment. He knew that most men would not want to marry into the family. He considered Ye Yuan's dignity and continued, "If Ye Yuan is not willing, my father will treat it as a dowry and marry my sister to you so that you can settle your own family. But if so, you have to promise that you won't have a concubine or a concubine in the future."

He said so much. He had thought about everything he could think of. For some reason, Tao Xiaozui knew that Chen Mingxi was interested in Ye Yuan, but she believed that he had no feelings for Chen Mingxi, so she didn't do anything.

But Third Young Master Chen's sudden mention of marriage made Tao Xiaosui's heart ache.

Ye Yuan told Third Young Master Chen without hesitation, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have no intention of doing so to Miss Chen. I'm afraid I will have to disappoint you. Third Young Master Chen, I won't hide it from you. I already have someone I like and can't marry Miss Chen. "

Third Young Master Chen had an awkward expression and left the shop not long after.

Only then did Tao Xiaozui come out, and the bitterness she had felt earlier vanished because of Ye Yuan's refusal: "That was a beautiful statement. Chen Mingxi has done so many shameful things, and he still wants to take advantage of you."

Speaking up to this point, Tao Xiaosu suddenly changed the topic and asked Ye Yuan, "But you said just now that you already have a lover. Is that true?"

"Who is that person?"

Ye Yuan just smiled and denied it, "Of course it is fake. How could there be someone you like? That was just an excuse to reject the Chen Family."

In reality, Tao Xiaosu knew in her heart that Ye Yuan had always stayed at the Tao Family. The only women he could get to know were her and Chen Mingxi. How could there be a lover?

Tao Xiaosu's eyes were filled with a sense of loss. She only shrugged her shoulders and looked left and right, "Oh right, we still need to make crispy rice crusts!"

Ye Yuan nodded and went to the kitchen first. Tao Laosan saw that something was wrong with Tao Xiaotu and pulled her aside to talk.

"Are you interested in Ye Yuan?"