103: Her name is Binglan, and she's my girlfriend!

Early the next morning, Ye Chen drove the car model, carrying Bing Lan as they drove away from Xiamen City.

The car got on the highway, and the scenery outside the window gradually changed from a metropolis filled with towering buildings to rolling hills and fields.

After about a two-hour drive, the car turned off the highway, entered a provincial road, and finally turned onto a slightly narrow township road.

The road sign showed—Shanyao Town.

However, as soon as the car drove onto the concrete road at the entrance of the town, it attracted countless gazes.

The aunties chatting by the roadside stopped their knitting, the old men playing chess under the shade of the trees raised their heads, and the children chasing and playing stopped in their tracks, their eyes staring over curiously.

For this remote township, the appearance of a car model was no less than the arrival of an alien spaceship.

Ye Chen didn't even feel comfortable rolling down the car windows.

"Aren't you going to say hello to them?" Bing Lan tilted her head slightly and asked.

Ye Chen gripped the steering wheel and pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly: "If I say hello, within ten minutes, the whole village will probably know even what color underwear I am wearing."

Bing Lan was silent for two seconds, then shook her head gently: "The 'intelligence network' of the township is quite powerful."

The car slowly passed through the center of the town, turned into a narrower village road, and finally stopped in front of a three-story self-built house.

The house had been around for some years; the outer walls were covered with old-fashioned white tiles, and the courtyard was quite large, planted with some flowers and plants, with some farm tools piled up in the corner.

Before the two had even gotten out of the car, they could see from afar that several people had already gathered in the courtyard.

Besides Ye Chen's father, Ye Huasheng, and mother, Zhuang Yufen, there were two other middle-aged couples, as well as the Younger Male Cousin, Ye Hao, who was dressed in a brand-new suit and surrounded by them in the middle.

Ye Chen looked through the car window at the faces in the courtyard, his brow furrowing slightly.

Among those two pairs of middle-aged men and women, he recognized one pair.

It was precisely his uncle, Ye Huaqiang, and his aunt, Chen Jinhua.

In the passenger seat, Bing Lan also cast her cold, clear gaze towards the courtyard.

Ye Huasheng was squatting on the stone steps under the eaves, smoking silently, his brows knitted into a "river" shape.

Zhuang Yufen stood by his side, her face tense, her lips pressed into a straight line, clearly suppressing her anger.

"Second brother, I just want that plot of homestead land by the roadside to build a decent wedding house for Hao Hao."

Ye Huaqiang rubbed his hands, his face piled with smiles, but his eyes revealed calculation, "You leave it empty anyway, selling it to your own brother is better than giving it to an outsider, right?"

Ye Huasheng took a deep puff of his cigarette and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke: "That land... was agreed to be left for Xiao Chen when we split the family property back then."

Zhuang Yufen took over the conversation, her voice cold and hard.

"That's right!"

"Don't even talk about selling it now, we won't sell it in the future either! You'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible!"

Ye Hao couldn't hold back and sneered: "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, Brother Chen has already gone to the city, what does he want that land for? It's too far even to build a latrine, right?"

He paused, glanced at his parents, and his voice became even louder.

"Besides, I've heard that Brother Chen isn't doing so well in the city and owes a ton of debt!"

"Even if you give him the land, what will he use to build on it? Use his thick skin to plaster the walls?"

"You—!" Zhuang Yufen's face sank, her fingers trembling slightly with anger.

Ye Hao didn't care at all, and instead became even more smug.

Chen Jinhua, who was beside them, hurriedly pretended to smooth things over.

"Second Sister-in-law, look at how the child talks..."

"How about this, we'll add another fifty thousand to the fifty thousand we mentioned before!"

"A total of one hundred thousand; for a homestead plot in town right now, this price is the absolute limit!"

"One hundred thousand?" Zhuang Yufen sneered, "When Mom and Dad passed away, the stable job at the salt farm and the business of the small processing plant in town were all left to your family. Our family only got that unwanted wasteland outside the town and this old house. Now that your factory business is doing well, you've realized that the location of that land is pretty good?"

She spoke word by word, firmly and decisively.

"Don't talk about one hundred thousand; I wouldn't sell it for a million!"

"That is left for Xiao Chen, and no one is allowed to touch it!"

Ye Huasheng, who had been smoking the whole time, didn't say a word.

Seeing him like this, Ye Huaqiang immediately aimed his spearhead at him.

"Huasheng! You are the head of the family, say something!"

"We are own brothers, would I ever cheat you?"

"One hundred thousand in cash, that's not a small amount!"

He leaned forward half a step, lowering his voice, but deliberately letting everyone around hear it.

"And these days, do you think you can just build a house if you have a plot of land?"

"Without some connections, you won't even get the permits!"

"Hao Hao's future father-in-law is the town mayor."

It wasn't that they absolutely had to have that piece of land.

But a few days ago.

Ye Hao's father-in-law, Lin Bang, told him that Shanyao would be demolished for redevelopment in two years.

So, if you can build a house, hurry up and build it.

If there is a ready-made plot of land, it would be even better. When the time comes, he can help him pull some strings, and he can spend two hundred thousand or so to build a simple four or five-story building.

No decoration needed, just a brick house.

When it comes time for demolition, he can pull some strings for them again, and getting millions in compensation won't be a problem.

Although their family runs a factory and taking out a few hundred thousand or a million isn't a problem, several millions...

...is not a small sum, and for them, it's quite a lot.

So.

The whole family set their sights on this...

But these words fell into the ears of Ye Huasheng and his wife, and it sounded like a threat.

Their expressions were a bit ugly, and they were just about to say something...

Suddenly!

"Beep beep."

Two car horn sounds broke the stalemate.

Everyone's gaze instinctively turned to outside the courtyard.

They saw a black luxury car that had quietly parked at the entrance at some unknown time.

The car door opened.

Ye Chen stepped down from the driver's seat, closed the car door casually, and his calm gaze swept over the crowd in the courtyard.

Immediately after.

The passenger car door was also pushed open.

A slender foot wearing simple high heels stepped onto the ground. Bing Lan bent down to get out of the car and stood up straight.

A light beige suit skirt outlined her perfect figure curves, her tied-up long hair was meticulous, and there was no expression on her stunningly beautiful and cold face.

But when those eyes swept over faintly, there was an aura that made people afraid to look directly at her.

She walked naturally to Ye Chen's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

The two stood together, one tall, straight, and casual, the other cold and stunningly beautiful, forming an extremely strong visual contrast with this simple and even somewhat cluttered farmhouse courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, it was instantly silent.

The smug smile on Ye Hao's face froze, his eyes widened round, staring fixedly at that car model, then looking at Ye Chen, and then at the Bing Lan beside him who was so beautiful she didn't look real. Not only was his brain buzzing, but drool almost flowed out.

He recognized the car; it was a car model.

He also recognized the person; it was his useless cousin.

But the woman following beside him was too top-tier, right?

This level of woman could only be seen on screen...

How could Ye Chen appear with her?

And.

Why did that woman look a bit familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere?

The people around also looked over one after another, their eyes full of amazement.

Ye Chen ignored the whole scene, looked at Ye Hao, and said faintly.

"Just now, it seems I heard someone say..."

"I owe a ton of debt?"

"And that I would use my thick skin to plaster the walls?"

"Ye Hao, I haven't seen you for a few years, you haven't grown any other skills, but your ability to make up lies and dream has grown."

As the words fell, he lifted his foot, held Bing Lan's hand, and walked straight into the courtyard.

Wherever they passed, the onlookers, relatives, and neighbors couldn't help but make way.

No choice...

That woman's temperament, one look and you could tell it wasn't simple.

Ye Chen was married, could it be Ye Chen's wife?

Ye Chen walked to his parents and smiled at Zhuang Yufen.

"Mom, I'm back."

He turned to Ye Huasheng.

"Dad."

Zhuang Yufen blinked hard, looked at Bing Lan, and was extremely astonished: "Xiao Chen, this is..."

Ye Chen turned to the side, letting Bing Lan step forward, and introduced: "Bing Lan, my girlfriend."

Ye Huasheng and Zhuang Yufen were shocked.

Ye Huaqiang and his wife, as well as the other couple beside them, were even more stunned.

Huh?

Did they hear that right!

This impossibly beautiful woman is really Ye Chen's girlfriend???

This good-for-nothing Ye Chen, how could he deserve this!?

Before everyone in the courtyard could recover from their shock, Ye Hao couldn't hold back anymore, reached out and pointed at Ye Chen, and said jealously.

"Your girlfriend? Ye Chen, what kind of joke are you playing?!"

"Aren't you already married to Hu Jing long ago?"

"What, you went to the city for a few years, learned to be a Chen Shimei, and started playing the game of abandoning your wife?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yufen hurriedly explained: "Xiao Hao, what nonsense are you spouting! Xiao Chen has already divorced!"

"Divorced?"

Ye Hao seemed to have grabbed some handle, his expression became even more exaggerated, "Ha! That's even more scummy! To climb the social ladder and chase this young lady, you kicked your original wife to the curb, right?"

He looked at Bing Lan's stunning appearance and cold, noble temperament, then thought of his own fiancée, the mayor's daughter, who was average in appearance and had a bad temper, and his heart felt like it had been scratched hard by a cat's claws, almost going crazy with jealousy.

Why?

Why could Ye Chen, this cousin who had always been useless in his eyes, find a woman of this level after getting divorced?

And...

And he came back driving his dream car, bringing a girlfriend who was prettier than a TV star?

He was unconvinced!

Ye Hao immediately turned to Bing Lan and started to sow discord.

"This Miss Bing Lan, I advise you not to be fooled by him!"

"Not only was Ye Chen married, but he is now divorced, and more importantly..."

"He owes a ton of debt outside! He's dirt poor!"

"Otherwise, would his parents hold onto that broken homestead land that he can't afford to build on as if it were a treasure and refuse to sell it?"

"If you are with him, be careful not to be dragged down to death by him!"