Quadruplets’ Charm: The Tycoon’s Hidden Heirs
Chapter 458 - 457: Will She Return to Kyoto Again?

Chapter 458: Chapter 457: Will She Return to Kyoto Again?

"Why can’t you stay with us forever?" Junjun asked.

"Mom and Dad, and us, can’t we all live in Ye Mansion for our whole lives?" Zhengzheng asked.

Xing Ling gently stroked their little heads, so tender, her heart aching so much, "I’m sorry, I really am sorry, my children, can you forgive Mommy...?"

Standing outside the room, Ye Sihan watched the scene unfold.

He did not go in.

That night, Xing Ling slept with the four children.

The quadruplets succumbed to sleepiness and fell asleep, but Xing Ling couldn’t sleep; she wanted to look at her children more.

She also asked herself, if she was so reluctant to part with her children, why did she insist on leaving?

That was because... she feared that she might suffer from depression again, and develop suicidal tendencies.

If she truly loved her children, such a thing could not happen again.

So, first she would leave Kyoto, leave Ye Sihan, and think about the future later.

Besides, in a few years, the children would be much older and could visit her anytime if they missed their mother.

Both mom and dad were there; it was just that they wouldn’t be living together.

As Xing Ling’s eyes teared up and she kept looking at her children, the air stirred uneasily, and a tall figure entered the bedroom.

Instinctively, Xing Ling sat up, warily looking at Ye Sihan.

"What, I’ve already agreed to leave, and I can’t even enter your room?"

"...No. Did you want to see me for something?" Xing Ling thought, could Ye Sihan have changed his mind?

And why would he come to her room so late?

It inevitably made her feel anxious.

Ye Sihan sat down on the edge of the bed and tucked the blanket over Junjun’s stomach, "You should sleep, I’ll stay awhile."

Xing Ling lay back down, noticing that Ye Sihan’s gaze remained on the four children.

His calm expression revealed none of his thoughts.

Could it be he just came to look at the children?

Xing Ling buried her face into the nape of her child’s neck and closed her eyes, trying to summon sleep.

She felt somewhat insomniac.

She didn’t fall asleep for a long time.

"Can’t sleep?" Ye Sihan’s deep voice sounded.

"Don’t mind me." Xing Ling did not open her eyes.

It took about ten more minutes before she finally fell asleep.

Ye Sihan’s gaze moved from the children to Xing Ling’s face, and he reached out to take her small hand resting on the child.

Delicate and seemingly boneless.

He didn’t dare to hold it too tightly, yet his grip was filled with an intense reluctance, his dark pupils slowly reddening, but he had to stifle it.

Ye Sihan sat by the bed the whole night, watching, thinking, all night long.

In the end, he still didn’t act impulsively to lock Xing Ling up, to confine her.

Xing Ling woke up in the morning amid the quadruplets’ wriggling and cuddling.

When she opened her eyes, she instinctively looked at the edge of the bed.

The spot where Ye Sihan had sat before she fell asleep was empty.

She didn’t know when he had left.

She did not feel anything was amiss and thought he might have just sat for a while before leaving.

During the day, the quadruplets went to school as usual.

Xing Ling didn’t return to Ye Mansion but went to an apartment instead.

It was Ye Sihan who drove her there, and when she got out of the car, he said, "I’ll come and pick you up later."

"Okay." Xing Ling agreed.

After all, she was about to leave, and Ye Sihan didn’t force her to do anything—this was the best "amicable separation".

Watching Xing Ling’s retreating figure, Ye Sihan remained there for a long time, unmoving.

Until she was out of sight.

Ye Sihan’s head leaned back against the chair, his entire demeanor one of defeat.

Could Xing Ling possibly stay behind?

Would she...

She won’t. She hates him so much...

Just as Xing Ling was about to enter the passcode, the door opened.

Xing Yanjie looked at her and smiled, "Come in."

"Second Brother, how did you know I was at the door? It wasn’t Ye Sihan who told you, was it?"

"You called me and said you’d come by; based on the time, I could guess. You know, your Second Brother is quite the calculation genius. Have you had breakfast?"

"I have. I came to tell you something."

"Ye Sihan agreed to let you leave."

"He told you?"

"Mm, he was in a very bad mood." Xing Yanjie ruffled her hair, "But it doesn’t matter, as long as you’re comfortable, Second Brother is happy."

"He has allowed me to leave, but as for the divorce, let’s not talk about it for now; both taking a step back. When Ye Sihan has someone else, he’ll want to talk about divorce with me. I can wait."

"When are you planning to go?"

"The plane tonight." Xing Ling chose the time when the children would be asleep.

Yet the thought of having to part with her children soon made her heart so heavy she could hardly breathe.

"Let’s go back together, I haven’t been back for a long time either," said Xing Yanjie.

"Second Brother, you should go to work at the company. It’s fine for me to be alone."

"Are you sure you’re okay?"

"I won’t be, I just feel very relieved," said Xing Ling honestly.

She had been trapped in Kyoto by Ye Sihan, tethered to his side for so long, tormented until she succumbed to depression and attempted suicide by jumping into the sea.

Being allowed to leave felt truly as if she had gained the freedom of human rights.

Xing Yanjie drove out of the apartment building and saw the car parked by the roadside.

He stopped his car, got out, walked over, and knocked on the car window.

The window immediately rolled down, revealing Ye Sihan’s anxious face, "Did she say anything?"

"Didn’t you already agree to let her leave?"

"She may... for the sake of the children, want to stay," Ye Sihan’s dark eyes narrowed, his expression dark and repressed.

Xing Yanjie sighed, "Letting her go is the right thing to do."

Ye Sihan’s dark eyes lifted, shadowy and restrained, "Do you know what it’s like to love someone?"

Xing Yanjie had no response.

He hadn’t loved any woman.

At most, he sought a woman to relieve his physical needs when under great stress.

It was always consensual, cash and satisfaction settled.

"Don’t worry, I will let her leave," Ye Sihan gasped each time he said these words.

"Aling just wants freedom now. Once there is distance between you, her mood might improve, and she might even consider returning to Kyoto. On the contrary, keeping her locked by your side will only cause her resentment," Xing Yanjie explained.

Ye Sihan was lost in thought; would she ever return to Kyoto?

How long would he have to wait?

"Unless you’re not willing to wait for her. Of course, people have different thoughts at different times, and one day in the future, you might look back and find your current obsession quite ridiculous," Xing Yanjie, being part of the elite circle, had seen too many changes of heart, fickle affections, and choices driven by interests.

Even if Ye Sihan made no compromises regarding his interests, with so many beautiful and charming women in the world, it was hard to guarantee he wouldn’t be tempted.

Ye Sihan said nothing and left.

Xing Ling was alone in the apartment, booking her own plane ticket on her mobile phone.

After picking up the children, she would tell them she was leaving.

Without even having left, Xing Ling’s heart was already filled with guilt towards her children, and a longing for the future life away from Kyoto.

Not counting the two years of amnesia, she had never truly been free.

It was pathetic that jumping into the sea to commit suicide was the way she could leave Kyoto.

Leave Ye Sihan.

Now, although Ye Sihan had agreed to let her leave, they were still connected by a marriage certificate, like the string of a kite, tightly pulling at her.

But Xing Ling was willing to wait for the day that string would break.