?Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Do You Like Him?   Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Do You Like Him?                                   When Ye Chuyi opened the door, Sheng Tingyuan entered carrying arge bag of food along with his assistant.


    After setting the food down, he actively bid farewell to Ye Jinyu and prepared to leave.


    Ye Chuyi went out to see him off, but just as she reached the door, Sheng Tingyuan gently pushed her back: “No need to see me out, go back and have dinner with your mom. I’m leaving.”


    Ye Chuyi took a step forward, looking up at him, silent for a long while.


    Sheng Tingyuan smiled lightly, “What’s the matter, don’t want me to go?”


    Ye Chuyi instinctively pulled on his clothes: “Why don’t you stay and eat with us? You brought a lot of food, it’s more than enough for the three of us.”


    She actually took the initiative to invite him to stay for dinner, which filled Sheng Tingyuan’s heart with a strange sense of happiness.


    However, he still sensibly restrained the impulse to join them for dinner.


    He raised his hand, gently and reluctantly touched her face, and whispered, “You’ve only recognized each other for a few days. It’s a time when you need to strengthen your bond. You two have your meal. I’ll eat at home. After some time, I’ll formally invite your mother out to dinner, and I’ll bring my mom along then.”


    A warm current surged through Ye Chuyi’s heart; he really was attentive and thoughtful, considering everything she hadn’t even thought of.


    He was actually better than she had imagined.


    “Go back,” Sheng Tingyuan said, pushing her back inside the room and then gently closed the door.


    Ye Chuyi stood at the door, listening to the footsteps fade away, knowing he had left.


    How strange, why did she feel a bit reluctant to see him go?


    Previously, when he left, she didn’t feel this way.


    “Xiaoyi,e and eat.”


    The voice of Ye Jinyu pulled her back from her brief daze.


    She sat at the dining table, opened each food container, then listened to Ye Jinyuugh and ask, “Do you like him?”


    Ye Chuyi was startled, “Do I? How could you tell?”


    “He had already left, and you were still standing at the door daydreaming. Were you reluctant to see him go?”


    Ye Chuyi hesitated a bit, then nodded slightly, “A little.”


    “That’s right.”


    Ye Jinyu’s voice was gentle: “I’ve been through it; I know what it’s like to like someone and what it’s like not to. I was actually worried that arranging a marriage for you might be unfair to you, but it seems I was overthinking it.”


    “Sheng Tingyuan seems to like you, too, and he respects you a lot, which is quite rare.”


    Saying so, she couldn’t help but feel emotional: “It turns out that arranged marriages aren’t all bad; sometimes they can lead to a good match. Xiaoyi, you are much stronger than I was. I was too ignorant and too rebellious when I was young.”


    If she had listened to her father and married into the He Family, a match of equal social standing, would she have avoided these misfortunes? Would she not have lost her daughter?


    Looking at her daughter’s beautiful face, she felt deeply sorry for her, yet she also admired her.


    She had survived in tough conditions, bing very strong and sensible. She was able to ept an arranged marriage without anyints, even though she was just filling in for someone else.


    Ye Jinyu reflected on when her father had first told her about the arranged marriage. She had felt so wronged, thinking her father didn’t love her and merely saw her as a tool to solidify family interests, so she didn’t speak to him for many days.


    After Ye Chuyi fetched utensils from the kitchen, she saw Ye Jinyu lost in thought at the table.


    She had been like this for the past few days, her thoughts drifting, constantly engulfed in self-me and sorrow.


    Ye Chuyi adjusted her expression and cheerfully called out to her, “Mom, it’s time to eat. Actually, the foodst night also came from Sheng Tingyuan’s, but I was embarrassed to tell you. You won’t me me, right?”


    Ye Jinyu snapped back to reality, immediately replying, “Why would I me you? Last night’s food was indeed delicious. I even thought it was prepared by a chef from some hotel!”


    “It was ady specifically assigned to me by my mother-inw; we all call her Auntie Wang. I’ve been gaining weight eating her cooking recently!”


    Ye Jinyu finally diverted her attention and asked about her mother-inw, “Is Sheng Tingyuan’s mom nice to you? How do you get along with her?”