Shion’s Notes 82

Chapter 82: The Love She Craved

Ye Zhiyun stood before them, utterly fearless. Although she was the younger one, the man in the suit felt like a younger brother in front of this woman.
Despite carrying his superior’s orders, facing the forceful Ye Zhiyun, he felt the fear of being suppressed. Crucially, Ye Zhiyun’s gaze was somewhat terrifying, like she wanted to kill someone.
This point was exactly like her father.

“Miss Ye, please don’t be like this. This is Orange River’s business…”

“Contracts can be terminated. The condition for termination is paying the penalty. This common sense, I don’t need to teach you. Since I’m willing to pay the penalty, don’t you understand my meaning yet?”

“No, if you do this, it’s difficult for me to report back…”

Terminate just like that? How could it be so easy? The man in the suit didn’t dare to go back and tell the boss that Yu Linna’s contract had been terminated.

At this moment, Yu Linna tightly gripped her clothes, leaning against her, as if only this could bring her a sense of security.
Being protected like this, being guarded like this, felt truly incredible. This feeling, she had never had before, was so warm.

“The 80 million penalty, I’ll add another million for you. This one million is the handling fee. If you think it’s still not enough, I’ll find my father.”

Reaching this step, she had already brought out her father. She didn’t believe they still wouldn’t understand what to do.
Originally, when she entered the investment industry and did business, she deliberately avoided her father’s name. She didn’t want to do business under her father’s name. At least these past few years, her money was earned by herself; her father only gave her the initial funds.
This was the first time she brought out her father’s name.
Her father’s face, she believed even if Orange River wasn’t afraid, they would at least have some scruples.

Sure enough, the man in the suit hesitated. Reaching this step, he couldn’t say anything more. After a few minutes, he made a phone call, spoke to the person on the other end, and finally let out a long sigh.

“Alright, Miss Ye, you call the shots. Your father’s face, we must give it. This person, starting today, she belongs to you. You bought her.”

With that, the man in the suit left, leaving only a back view. Ye Zhiyun finally breathed a sigh of relief. The headache was dealing with Orange River later, sending them the eighty million. Such a huge sum, Orange River really knew how to extort. No one could be more black-hearted than them.

Moreover, using so much money to buy Yu Linna must seem very foolish to others. You know, this amount of money could make Orange River laugh for days. Although Orange River was rich and powerful, not caring about this bit of money, having it was better than not. And Ye Zhiyun originally hoped to use this money to invest in two or three movies; she had already made plans.
Unfortunately, all this money could only go down the drain.
Everything was for Yu Linna.

She looked at Yu Linna, who was no longer crying but silent with her head down. She let out a long sigh and took her small hand.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you to my place. I know everything now. You have nowhere to live, been living outside for a long time.”

Yu Linna didn’t speak, letting her hold her hand, not resisting. That dirty little hand, held by her, felt so warm.
That back view, clearly not broad, why was it so reassuring?
Her best friend became the person who hurt her the most. The enemy with the worst relationship pulled her back from the abyss of hell.

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Yu Linna didn’t speak on the way, just let herself be arranged. She still couldn’t believe she had escaped Orange River. When Ye Zhiyun spoke those words, she was finally no longer Orange River’s person; she regained her freedom.

Although Ye Zhiyun had only just learned what happened to her, being able to rush over immediately and pull her out, she was still quite grateful. She owed Ye Zhiyun a favor, and this favor might never be repaid in a lifetime.

“Come in. I’ll find you some clothes. Go take a shower. Look at you, what a mess you’ve become living in the park these days.”

Entering Ye Zhiyun’s home, the familiar spacious hall, the beautiful sofa, everything was unchanged. It was just that her identity was different now.
She felt a bit dazed, feeling somewhat confused about herself. In a short period, she received too much information, making it difficult to digest all at once.

“What’s wrong, Yu Linna?”

“…Why?”

“Hmm?”

“Why help me?”

She didn’t understand, really didn’t understand why Ye Zhiyun helped her.
80 million was definitely not a small number. How could she bear to help her pay the debt? Where did she have the value worth her help? She had nothing, knew nothing. Where was she worth her doing this?

“I’m just a complete fool. I actually believed those beautiful lies, jumped into the abyss without hesitation, and almost ended up eternally damned. I don’t understand, where am I worth you doing this? I have nothing. Why did you help me? Why did you pull me back? For a fool like me, wouldn’t it have been fine to just die on the tracks?”

She smiled bitterly, tears welling up in her eyes.
Yu Linna had nothing left. She had lost everything: no money, no power, no home, no relatives, even her best friend was gone.
She didn’t understand why she was still living here.
And it was Ye Zhiyun who let her live.

“Don’t say that. Living is always hard, but dying is easy. But, if you die, there’s really nothing left.”

She didn’t know how to comfort her, just seeing this girl’s appearance made her sad.
Yu Linna had truly suffered for almost twenty years, enjoying nothing. Fate only brought her jokes.
She was always losing, always enduring, but she couldn’t endure anymore. She couldn’t be strong anymore. Living was too hard for her; she couldn’t do it anymore.

“But! I have nothing! Nothing at all! I don’t know where my value lies anymore. I’m so tired, living is so tiring. I really wanted to just die like that, but you insisted on pulling me back! It had to be you, Ye Zhiyun! It had to be you, this most annoying person, who helped me! You won’t let me die, you want me to live well! You’re too much!”

She pounded on her, although those soft fists had no strength at all.
Ye Zhiyun held her hands. These dirty hands hadn’t been washed for days, already grimy. But she didn’t mind, still holding them in her hands.

“I want you to live.”

“I don’t want to!”

“I want you to.”

“Why!!”

“Because I don’t want my life without you. Although you’re annoying, bothersome, always ruining my good times with Muqing. But… I don’t want you to get hurt. I don’t want to see you all alone again. Just consider it me doing a good deed. I want you to live well. No matter how difficult life is, I hope you live well.”

Why want Yu Linna to live? Why was that? Ye Zhiyun didn’t understand either. Just, she wanted to do so.
A life without Yu Linna, she didn’t want it.
Even if it was just the daily quarrels, just days of mutual hostility, as long as Yu Linna was there, she could accept it.

“You don’t understand! You don’t understand my feelings! Being betrayed by my best friend, do you know how much it hurts! I thought I could find my blood relatives in this world, but I found out everything I did was futile! This world didn’t even leave a corner for me! I’ve had enough! I don’t want to live so hard anymore! Getting up before five every day to do morning work, having to go to school, having to work part-time after school, at noon too, at night too. Doing different jobs every day, repeating every day.”

“I’ve been living in constant fear! I’m so afraid that one day I won’t have any job left, so I desperately look for work, constantly searching! I’m afraid one day I won’t even be able to pay the rent and will be kicked out by the landlady to sleep on the street! I’m so scared, so scared that one day I’ll just starve to death like this…”

“People always say the world treats kind people with kindness, but… that’s a lie. There are no fairy tales, only bloody reality. Now, I have nothing left…”

She cried, cried again.
Yu Linna loved to cry, but this time, she cried very loudly, pounding on her while crying, venting all the negative emotions she had held in for so long.

Ye Zhiyun said nothing, letting her vent, patting her head, soothing her mood.

Being treated like this, Yu Linna’s heart gradually softened, but the crying still didn’t stop. Her pounding movements also slowly lessened. Most of the grime on her face was washed away by the tears.
She grabbed her clothes, just leaned her head down like that.

“I really want a home, really want a family. Why do other children have parents, but only I don’t? I also really want parents, wuwuwuwuwu…!!”

The thing she craved most deep down burst forth in words at this moment.
Yes, deep down, Yu Linna was just a child longing for a home. She listened to Nangong Ying and went to be an actress, also holding the hope of finding her relatives. But things went contrary to her wishes; her dream’s sails were broken before it even set sail.

She had been lonely her whole life, with no one accompanying her. How she longed for family to be by her side. The love missing since childhood, now, she craved it more and more. As one grows up, the things lacked in childhood become increasingly desired.

Ye Zhiyun hugged her. Although this body was dirty, who cared? She just wanted to give her a trace of comfort.

“You still have me.”

No matter what happens, she would stay by Yu Linna’s side, always.

“But you’re not them! You’re not my family! This isn’t what I want!”

“It doesn’t matter. What they can’t give you, I will.”

She herself didn’t realize how much she already cared about Yu Linna. Without Yu Linna, she seemed unable to go on. Her side could no longer be without her.

And Yu Linna’s heart also slowly softened. She wailed loudly, just crying, disregarding everything. She was truly too tired. Having lived for so long, the hard days lasted too long.
Now, she could let go of those things.
Finally, she could let go properly.
Finally, she could live on.