"Sis, it's not like that."
Ye Yu immediately stood up and went to Ye Tong's side. "Brother-in-law just said that he wants me to live inside the villa from now on."
"What?"
Ye Tong placed the plate on the dining table and wiped her tears with her hand.
She thought she had misheard. What was wrong with Xu Mu today?
Ye Yu was also very surprised. Could it be that Xu Mu was dying?
Was this a final surge of energy before death?
"Let's eat first."
Xu Mu said to Ye Tong.
Ye Tong nodded and asked Ye Yu to help. Soon, the dishes were on the table.
There were three dishes in total: stir-fried cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and stir-fried tofu with green vegetables.
Xu Mu frowned slightly. "Do you usually eat this?"
As soon as he asked, memories surfaced in his mind.
The previous villain Xu Mu wouldn't let Ye Tong work and didn't give her living expenses.
With the collapse of the Ye family, she had no source of income.
Ye Yu also needed money for school meals.
It was already quite good that they had food to eat now.
"Xu Mu, I want to... go out and work."
Ye Tong sat across from Xu Mu, lowering her head as she spoke. "The only gold earrings I had, I sold for over two thousand, and the money is already spent."
Xu Mu remained silent, cursing the villain inwardly.
The woman would rather work than take money from him. Just how big was the barrier between them?
Actually, if Ye Tong was willing, she just needed to call Xu Shou, and he would definitely send money over.
"I beg you, Xiao Yu's tuition fees are due soon, and I don't want her to drop out of school early."
Ye Tong looked at Xu Mu with teary, pitiful eyes.
Seeing that look, Xu Mu couldn't help but want to slap himself.
[Favorability -5]
Black text floated above a head, but it wasn't Ye Tong's, it was Ye Yu's.
Xu Mu sighed. Even in this situation, Ye Tong's favorability hadn't decreased?
"Today, let's, as a family, have a good talk."
Xu Mu picked up his chopsticks and ate a piece of tofu. "Do you know why I treated you badly before?"
The two sisters couldn't help but exchange glances upon hearing this.
Although they had their suspicions, they weren't really sure how they had provoked Xu Mu.
"Our Xu family was originally ranked in the top five in the entire Jiangbei, but ever since we helped your Ye family, our status has plummeted."
Xu Mu ate another piece of egg. "I used to be treated with courtesy by all the young masters in other cities, but now, they dare to show me attitude and even curse at me."
Upon hearing this, Ye Tong secretly nodded. She had roughly guessed this before.
"So I didn't like you, and I felt you were leeches."
After saying this, Xu Mu looked at Ye Tong, his face solemn. "I apologize. I was indeed a bit emotional before."
What?
Apologize?
Both Ye Tong and Ye Yu were stunned. Xu Mu was actually apologizing to them?
"Xu Mu, are you... asking something of me?"
Ye Tong still felt that something was off about Xu Mu. She knew his personality: the typical profligate young master.
It wasn't just them he treated badly; he was the same with others.
Yet, he was apologizing to her.
"No, I just feel that we are family, and I was indeed excessive towards my own family."
Xu Mu took out his phone, first transferring fifty thousand to Ye Tong, and then ten thousand to Ye Yu.
The two were dumbfounded when they heard the notification tone for the bank transfers.
"If you want to work, come to our company. I'll find you an easy job."
Xu Mu looked at Ye Tong. "Of course, if you don't want to come and want to start something of your own, I will support that too."
Ye Tong froze. She pinched her finger with her fingernails. The pain told her.
This was real; this was not a dream.
"Okay, I'll think about it."
Ye Tong was a little lost in thought.
After dinner, Xu Mu added, "The food you made was delicious."
Ye Tong was completely stunned.
[Favorability +20]
Xu Mu looked at the black text floating above Ye Tong's head. He hadn't expected that just one sentence would turn Ye Tong's favorability to positive.
She was truly a person easily satisfied.
Xu Mu checked his own stats and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Ye Tong's favorability increased by 20 points.
But Xu Mu's Righteousness Points increased by 55 points.
He didn't know the reason. Was the Righteousness Points gain random?
So, he decided to test it again.
"Ye Tong, set up a room for Xiao Yu. I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back."
Xu Mu stood up and said.
"Okay."
Ye Tong, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, turned her head and agreed. She didn't dare to ask Xu Mu where he was going.
Ye Yu watched Xu Mu drive away through the window and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She went into the kitchen and whispered, "Sis, is Xu Mu going to die? Is he changing his attitude towards us because he's afraid we'll dig up his grave?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Ye Tong glared at Ye Yu.
"Don't worry, the camera is on the second floor. The recording device up there can't hear our conversation."
Ye Yu said to Ye Tong.
Ye Tong sighed slightly, then shook her head. "I don't know what's wrong with him either."
"I have a guess."
Ye Yu suddenly whispered.
"What?"
"He wouldn't be trying to divorce you, would he? His dad never listens to him, so he wants to appease you and make you agree to a divorce."
Ye Yu explained. "Xu Mu has been pursuing the music teacher at our school recently. If he divorces you, he can marry someone else."
Ye Tong, who was washing dishes, stopped and fell into contemplation.
"Sis, I know you feel indebted to the Xu family, and you don't want to divorce, but if Xu Mu actively divorces you, you should agree, right?"
Ye Yu noticed Ye Tong wasn't speaking and continued to ask.
She had long wanted to free her sister from Xu Mu's clutches.
Ye Tong only nodded gently and continued washing dishes.
"Sis, you should have done this sooner. Do you think someone like Xu Mu can truly change for the better?"
Ye Yu glanced towards the window. "He just apologized to you and immediately went out to fool around with others. He's definitely not coming back tonight."
"Okay, stop talking. Let me find you a room."
Ye Tong had already cleaned up the kitchen. "You'll sleep in the room next to mine from now on."
...
Ye Tong took Ye Yu upstairs and tidied up the adjacent room.
Just as the two were about to go downstairs, they saw Xu Mu returning again.
Both Ye Tong and Ye Yu were a little astonished. What was going on?
Logically, shouldn't he be staying out overnight?
"You... what did you go out for?"
Ye Tong hesitated but still asked.
Xu Mu quickly walked upstairs.
Ye Yu's face suddenly turned pale. This jerk, did he deliberately wait for her to go upstairs and then come back to hit her?
Ye Tong also realized this and immediately took a step forward, blocking Ye Yu.
"I went out to buy you something."
Xu Mu extended his hand, and there was a small red gift box in his palm.
Ye Tong was a bit dazed, her mind completely blank for a moment.
Ye Yu was even more confused. If the flowers were bought for Mu Qingying,
Then this gift was specifically bought for her sister.
Ye Tong cautiously took the gift box. Upon opening it, she found a pair of gold earrings inside.
Seeing this, Ye Tong's eyes turned slightly red.
[Favorability +20]
Xu Mu went out this time to buy a gift to test the favorability gain and see how the points were calculated.
He opened the System and found that his Righteousness Points had increased by 160.
He finally understood how the points were calculated.
Ye Tong's Destiny Level was 8, and the Righteousness Points he received were multiplied by eight.
As for the previous gain of 55, it was because the System first compensated for the negative value.
Ye Tong's original favorability was minus fifteen. The twenty points just gained were first used to cover 15 points.
The remaining five points, multiplied by eight, was forty, which added up to fifty-five in total.
Xu Mu was a little excited. No wonder he needed to find people highly related to the protagonist.
The increase in Righteousness Points was several times that of ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Xu Mu looked at Ye Yu on the other side. It seemed he also needed to quickly get her favorability back to positive.
Ye Yu was a Level 9 Destiny, so her favorability gain would be multiplied by nine.
"Ye Tong, I'll go back to the room and wait for you first."
Xu Mu smiled at Ye Tong and proactively headed to his room.
He planned to have a big night tonight and consummate his marriage.