Three days passed in a flash.
Ye Chen barely stepped out of the door.
When hungry, he would cook some noodles for himself.
In order to concoct the Wuxia Cream,
he had almost entered a state of forgetting sleep and food.
And in these three days, Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng did not call him again.
In his rental house, he felt as if he had been forgotten by the world.
"Finally finished!"
When the ointment in the tubular container cooled and emitted that familiar scent,
Ye Chen let out a long sigh of relief.
After putting the cooled ointment from the tubular container into a bottle he had prepared earlier,
Ye Chen smeared the remaining small amount on a scar he had on his hand for many years.
Immediately, a sensation like being lightly bitten by ants, yet without pain, but rather a cool feeling, went straight to his central nervous system.
This was the obvious reaction of the Wuxia Cream from his previous life.
Click-
At this moment, the sound of the rental house door opening rang out.
The next moment,
Chen Yinuo and Ye Youyou walked in from outside.
"Papa!"
The little girl rushed over immediately.
"Youyou, wait, Papa hasn't taken off his gloves yet!"
Amidst his joy, Ye Chen hastily took off his gloves.
He picked up Youyou in one go.
He rubbed his unshaven beard stubble against Ye Youyou's neck,
making Ye Youyou giggle non-stop.
Meanwhile, Chen Yinuo, who had a cold expression beside him,
felt a sense of unfamiliarity, as if separated by a generation.
Because the feeling Ye Chen gave her seemed completely different from the inherent image of a scumbag and beast she had held for the past few years.
Would the old Ye Chen have doted on his child like this?
Also, there wasn't a single empty wine bottle in the room, no hint of alcohol smell, and even the cigarette smell that made her very uncomfortable was much, much lighter than before.
Although there was a lot of stuff laid out like a small workshop, it was neatly arranged without any mess.
Also, she heard from the neighbors that he hadn't left the house for three days.
Was this still that gambling addict, drunkard, scumbag?
"Yinuo, why are you back?"
After amusing Youyou for a while,
Ye Chen looked at Chen Yinuo.
Chen Yinuo snapped back from her daze.
Her expression was still cold, "It seems you really paid off the loan sharks, otherwise you probably wouldn't be here right now!"
Hearing this, Ye Chen felt a myriad of bitterness.
He really wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.
Just then, Ye Youyou suddenly said,
"Oh right, Papa, today is your birthday!"
Birthday?
Since his wife and daughter perished in the fire in his previous life, Ye Chen had never celebrated his birthday again.
Instead, on his birthday, he would go to their graves and talk to them.
Now hearing Ye Youyou say it was his birthday today, Ye Chen finally remembered that day that seemed to have been forgotten by him long ago.
"Youyou, how do you know today is Papa's birthday?" Ye Chen asked.
"Because Papa's birthday is the same day as Xiao Hu next door. When Mom and I came back just now, Xiao Hu's parents were singing him a birthday song, so I knew it must be Papa's birthday too!" Youyou, though small, was clever and said.
"Then are Youyou and Mom back to celebrate Papa's birthday with him?"
As he spoke, Ye Chen's peripheral vision glanced at Chen Yinuo.
He seemed to become nervous.
"Stop right there. I just came back to see if you had been taken away by those loan sharks. It seems you've gotten through this difficulty!"
Chen Yinuo said with an unnatural expression.
Although she didn't want to admit it, deep down she still cared more or less about his safety.
No matter how much she hated Ye Chen, she didn't want him to be actually kidnapped by the loan sharks.
After all, a couple for one night is kind for a hundred days; years of sleeping together were a fact. She really couldn't ignore or be indifferent to Ye Chen's life or death.
Ye Chen gave a bitter smile.
He didn't know what else to say.
At the same time,
Chen Yinuo waved at Ye Youyou and said, "Youyou, come back, Mom will take you to McDonald's!"
After seeing that Ye Chen was safe and sound,
Chen Yinuo didn't want to stay any longer.
"Mom, I don't want to, I want to celebrate my birthday with Papa, I want Papa to take me to eat something delicious!" Ye Youyou shook her head vigorously, tightly hugging Ye Chen's neck.
"What do you want to eat? Mom will take you. Your Papa is busy. Come on, let's not bother him!" Chen Yinuo scolded.
"I won't, I only want Papa!"
At this moment,
Ye Chen, feeling an opportunity had arrived, quickly said, "Yinuo, I'm free. Let's take Youyou out for a meal together, just to celebrate her birthday!"
Just as Chen Yinuo was about to coldly refuse,
Ye Chen added, "I know you dislike me, and I know you want to draw a line with me. But no matter what, a couple for one night is kind for a hundred days. Even if you insist on divorce, we should part on good terms, not like strangers! Let's go out for a meal, just for Youyou's sake. Please bear with it for a bit, okay?"
After hearing this,
Chen Yinuo hesitated.
Honestly, even if she divorced Ye Chen, in her kind heart, she still wanted to part on good terms, not turn into enemies who couldn't stand each other.
Now that Ye Chen had said this, her heart, which had long been dead and frozen, stirred slightly.
Seeing Chen Yinuo hesitate,
Ye Chen struck while the iron was hot, "Youyou, you and Mom wait for Papa. Papa will go change clothes. Quickly, quickly!"
He hastily put Youyou down.
Ye Chen rushed into the bedroom instantly, quickly changed into a cleaner set of clothes.
He ran out again in less than a minute, as if afraid that Chen Yinuo would leave with Youyou.
Seeing that Chen Yinuo was still there after he came out, he let out a sigh of relief with a simple smile.
Then he walked to the side and picked up the bottle of Wuxia Cream in the transparent jar.
"Yinuo, this is an ointment that can remove scars and marks. I named it Wuxia Cream. Take it back and apply it twice a day, morning and night. You'll see significant results in three days!" Ye Chen handed the Wuxia Cream over.
Chen Yinuo didn't take it immediately.
She scoffed at what Ye Chen said.
But she still frowned and said, "Have you been working on this all this time?"
"Yes, the production process is very complicated, so it took a few days!" Ye Chen said.
After speaking, seeing that Chen Yinuo still didn't intend to take it, he stuffed the Wuxia Cream into her shoulder bag, "Yinuo, trust me, this is absolutely effective, absolutely!"
With that, he picked up Ye Youyou, "Youyou, we're going out for a big meal!"
"Thank you Papa, thank you Papa!" The little girl giggled, overjoyed.
Perhaps, this was the first time she had been so happy since she was born.
Watching Ye Youyou and Ye Chen walk ahead.
Chen Yinuo stared blankly.
This was her Ideal family warmth, but in the past few years, she had never felt it in this home, never.
So much so that looking at Ye Chen, who had already lifted Youyou onto his head, letting Youyou ride on his shoulders on either side of his neck, she felt it was so unreal.
After a moment of dizziness,
she ultimately did not take out the bottle of Wuxia Cream that Ye Chen had forced into her bag and put it back.
She stepped forward, closed the door of the rental house, and followed Ye Chen and his daughter.