Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 523: Changing His Mind Every Minute

"Moreover, she has participated in big competitions before. Given Shi Jiumei’s networking skills, it’s impossible for her not to make connections for future use. So if you find her, she should be able to take you backstage or help you get closer to Ye Fei," Ye Ning analyzed.

Upon hearing Ye Ning’s words, Xu Huizhen felt more at ease.

Ye Dezhang was somewhat swayed by Ye Ning’s words, but he still felt uneasy.

He hesitated, opening his mouth as if wanting to change his mind again.

Ye Ning stood up directly: "I’ve been busy until now, and I’m really exhausted. I still have to deal with things at the restaurant early tomorrow morning. I’ll head back to my room first."

She blocked whatever Ye Dezhang was about to say.

"By the way, Mom, have you finished packing your luggage?" Ye Ning asked. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"Not quite. The restaurant had an issue earlier, and when you got the call, you left in a hurry. We didn’t grasp the full situation, so we’ve only packed halfway," Xu Huizhen said. "Since the plan hasn’t changed, I need to go back and finish packing."

"Okay, then hurry up and pack," Ye Ning said before returning to her room.

As she left, she secretly gave Xu Huizhen a meaningful look.

Xu Huizhen might not understand much else, but she understood Ye Ning’s signals perfectly.

After Ye Ning left, Xu Huizhen and Ye Dezhang also returned to their room.

"Hurry and pack the things you want to take, and then I’ll pack mine," Xu Huizhen said.

Ye Dezhang moved slowly, hesitating as he said, "I still think it’s a bit inappropriate for us to go tomorrow."

"Why do you keep changing your mind? You’re like this one moment and different the next!" Xu Huizhen said impatiently. "You’re a grown man, can’t you have some backbone? At least let your words count! Stop flip-flopping. One moment you want to go, the next you don’t. Then another moment you want to go again."

Annoyed, Xu Huizhen turned and left the bedroom, conveniently heading towards where Ye Ning was.

"Ning Ning." Xu Huizhen knocked on the door quietly.

Ye Ning opened the door and let Xu Huizhen in: "Does Dad know you’re here?"

"He kept changing his mind again. We had everything planned out, and then he said he didn’t want to go. I took the chance to lose my temper at him and came over," Xu Huizhen said in frustration, "Your dad is always indecisive, constantly changing his mind without making a decision. It really drives me crazy."

"He’s just saying that; his words don’t count anyway. Even if he regrets it before we leave tomorrow, does he really think he won’t go?" Ye Ning dismissed Ye Dezhang’s attitude. "He acts as though he doesn’t want to trouble Ye Fei to show he’s the best to her, as if he’s the only one who remembers her."

"Even so, his actions align with ours. If he really cared about Ye Fei and couldn’t bear to use her, then he shouldn’t be joining us, should he?"

"If he could stop us, would Ye Fei have gone five years without contacting him?" Ye Ning sneered. "Ye Fei has seen right through him. She avoids us and knows that if she contacts him, we will find out, so she doesn’t contact him."

"Yet, he still thinks of himself as a good person, as if Ye Fei doesn’t know his true nature. In truth, he’s only deceiving himself," Ye Ning scoffed, "Hypocrite."

"Since it’s like this, why did you want me to keep this from him and have us secretly plan?" Xu Huizhen asked.

After all, Ye Ning had fully seen through Ye Dezhang.

Even if they talked about it openly in front of him, he’d only verbally say it wasn’t right.

In practice, he would do nothing.

"Even if he does nothing, just listening to him talk would be annoying," Ye Ning said. "Besides, Dad is easily swayed. When we discuss here, he agrees with us and thinks we’re right."

"But when you go to B City and find Ye Fei, and if she uses this to brainwash Dad, what if he turns around and tells her our plan?" Ye Ning explained to Xu Huizhen clearly, "That’s what I’m guarding against."

And she wasn’t wrong; Xu Huizhen realized Ye Ning’s concern was valid.

Ye Dezhang could indeed do something like that.

So, Xu Huizhen nodded and said, "Yes, we should be careful."

"By the way, why did you ask me to come to you secretly?" Xu Huizhen asked.

"Mom, when you find Ye Fei, find a way to get some money from her," Ye Ning said.

"Of course, even if you didn’t tell me, I definitely would’ve asked her for money," Xu Huizhen replied.

"I mean, aside from the money we initially planned to get from her, also make her withdraw her savings. No matter how much she has, get it all, don’t leave her a cent," Ye Ning added.

"What? That’s not what we agreed on before," Xu Huizhen said in surprise. "Didn’t we plan to take her money little by little? She owes us for living expenses these past five years, plus the support she received up to age 19, which she has to repay."

"The plan we had before was because Ye Fei, with her temper, had no intention of being filial to the family. It would be tough to get the money from her, so we could only do it step by step. First, get this sum, then figure out the rest later," Xu Huizhen said.

She and Ye Ning understood Ye Fei’s temperament very well.

Ye Fei had a strong will, unlike anyone else’s.

If she didn’t want to do something, no matter what, she wouldn’t give in.

When they tried to make her change her major back in the day, she stubbornly refused.

She often hit Ye Fei at home.

As Ye Fei’s mother, Ye Fei couldn’t fight back against her, so she endured it all.

But even when Xu Huizhen hit her with a feather duster, leaving bruises all over her skin during the summer when clothes were thin, Ye Fei still wouldn’t give in.

Ultimately, Xu Huizhen secretly changed her major, forcing Ye Fei to attend Yecheng University.

So Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning knew that it wouldn’t be easy to ask Ye Fei for money.

Even though they claimed she owed them the money, they knew Ye Fei wouldn’t just let them manipulate her.

So they planned to pressure Ye Fei to get the money.

The final goal was to extract all of Ye Fei’s money, leaving nothing for her.

And even make Ye Fei their ATM, a money-making machine.

But they didn’t expect Ye Ning to be in such a hurry.

"Weren’t circumstances different before than now?" Ye Ning explained to Xu Huizhen. "Previously, the restaurant was running smoothly, and we didn’t have financial issues."