7. Father's past
Shen Ye has never seen his father's mental state, his impression of his father has always been low-key and modest, his eyes have never been domineering, even if he is offended, he has a smile, coupled with thick glasses. If it weren't for the extreme likeness, he would never have been sure that this was his father.
There is a pear flower table below the father's painting, there are several photos on the table, he looked at them one by one, now all are oil paintings, the first one is the father and mother hugging each other, the mother on this is much clearer than she saw the photo, compared to her portrait and much more vivid, the two happily snuggled together, behind them are the cherry blossoms in the sky.
The second one was taken on a white bed, the two couples were holding a baby, Shen Ye couldn't help but wonder, even if he hadn't seen it when he was a child, he recognized it at a glance.
But in the third one, he was surprised, it was actually the father holding two women, each holding a baby in each of the two women, from the dress to see a baby boy, one is a baby girl, the baby boy is himself, who is the baby girl? And these two women look exactly the same, Shen Ye can't tell who is his mother. On closer inspection, the woman holding the baby girl had a small tear-shaped bead of sand between her eyebrows, and this small distinction made him know that this was not the mother, but another woman, her expression was less mature and more active than the mother, and they were all happily leaning on the father's arms with the baby in their arms.
Suddenly, a voice came from the stairs: "That baby girl is your half-sister, her name is Shen Ting." β
He looked up and saw a long skirt dragging the floor on the stairs, draped in lilac tassels on her shoulders, high cloud temples, a pair of beautiful young women with good eyes and bright eyes, whether on TV or on the cover, he had never seen a woman with such beauty, especially her peerless elegance and lofty aristocratic temperament, which made people admire and couldn't help but respect. If there were no decades of life in the temple, it would be impossible for a girl to have such a temperament, but her appearance is more beautiful and moving than that of a girl in her twenties.
And the moment Shen Ye saw her, he almost blurted out, "Mom? β
The young woman in fancy dress smiled, "You should call me Auntie." I am your mother's twin sister, my name is Ye Mei. β
"My mother's sister?" He opened his mouth wide, his father never mentioned that his mother had a sister.
"Sit down." She gestured, sat down on the sand, and when the servant served the fragrant tea, she made a gesture, and everyone stepped back and left them alone.
She stared at Shen Ye softly with a pair of eyes that were enough to seduce her soul, and said softly, "You really look like your father." β
Shen Ye was silent for a while and asked, "Why didn't my father mention to me that my mother had a younger sister?" β
"Maybe he hates me."
"Why?"
She sighed and slowly took out a piece of paper, Shen Ye saw that it was exactly the same as the crayon drawing at home, but her mother's drawing was pierced with many holes.
Ye Mei said: "I used to be very naΓ―ve, competitive, and jealous. Unlike your mother, who is mature, considerate, and understanding, so your father always favors your mother, so I am even more jealous, and even do some childish things, so your father is becoming more and more estranged from me, and after the establishment of Tianba, he simply took your mother and left me. You happened to be born that year, and I guess he thought I was very extreme, afraid that I would hurt you. β
"Will you?"
"I can't say well, I was really jealous of my own sister at that time, and I remember one time when I saw your father having a tryst with her alone, I rushed over and poured wine in your mother's face." She had a guilty look on her face, "Your dad always said that I was a child who didn't grow up, but I wasn't, but when I grew up, he was gone." β
"Is my dad the boss of Tianba?"
She smiled: "Sort of, after all, he founded it single-handedly." He left the Celestial Tyrant to me when he left, but don't worry, I don't care if I have the Celestial Tyrant or not, I will give it back to you. β
Shen Ye bit his lip, "Is this my dad's true identity?" Why didn't he say it to me? β
"I don't know, maybe he's tired of the hard work and intrigue of the mall, maybe he wants you to be an ordinary person. Or maybe he doesn't want you to get involved in the feud between the three of us. β
"You and my mom are my dad's...... Woman? β
She smiled, "Should we say we're the last two, God knows how many women he had before us?" β
"How did you know my dad?"
"Your mother and I were destined to belong to your father from birth."
"What do you mean?"
"When we were thirteen years old, my mother and I entered the art academy at the same time, we were ordinary students, we were the sisters of the school, one day, a very mysterious person came, gave excellent conditions and very high remuneration to train a few new people, and your mother and I chose from thousands of beautiful women. Since then, we have been sent to a higher education institution, and we have been trained one-on-one by several professional teachers, and we have learned a lot of things, chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, posture and manners, encyclopedic knowledge, and even kung fu in bed. We always thought we were going to take on some kind of mission, but later we found out that we were just two gifts for your dad. β
Shen Ye gasped, "Are you willing?" β
"During our studies, we have learned the energy of the powerful and have been trained to be absolutely loyal. What's more, when we first came into contact with your father, we were impressed by his demeanor, and we willingly followed him. As we got along, we gradually developed a real relationship, and your father promised to spend the rest of our lives with our two sisters. So it's not an exaggeration to say that we are in true love with your father. β
She sighed faintly, "It's a pity, how deep the love is, how deep the resentment, originally the three of us were very happy at the beginning, but now that he is always closer to his sister, I began to be jealous, and finally ruined the happiness of the three of us." There was a deep remorse in her voice.
Shen Ye suddenly became vigilant, "How did my mother die?" β
She smiled, "Don't worry, although I am stingy, I will not harm my own sister." I've done some stupid things just to make your dad value me a little more. It's just that I was too extreme at the time, so extreme that they were scared. She looked at the eye of the needle on the paper, "The worst thing I've ever done is nothing more than that, it's that they're overreacting." β
Shen Ye listened to her sincerely, "Did my parents see you later?" β
"Yes, in fact, we have only been separated for a few months, and then your father took the initiative to come to me, in order to comfort me, he accompanied me alone for a while, the three of us released their suspicions, and then I also had Tingting, which was the happiest time for the three of us. But when you were more than a year old, a bizarre illness took your mother's life, and your father felt that she did not die a natural death and said that he wanted to find out the truth. I didn't expect him to be gone for sixteen years. β
"So he left for sixteen years to find out the cause of my mother's death?"
"It should be, I can't think of any other reason, he was like a human being during that time, I don't know what happened to him, I even thought he was no longer alive."
"Why didn't he let me stay with you?"
"Your mother's death made him think that there was an enemy in action, he thought it was not safe for us to be together, at that time Tingting and I were living in seclusion abroad, and you were fostered in someone else's house like an ordinary child, maybe it was not the best way, but it was safer at the time. When he reappeared sixteen years later, I almost thought he was dreaming, he said that he was going to accompany you for a while, and when you are more sensible, he will tell you a qiΔ, and at that time he knew that you had taken finance as an elector, so he founded Tianba. β
He exclaimed, "Tianba was established for me? β
Ye Mei nodded, "He wants to leave you something, but he is very contradictory, he is afraid that if you become a big person, there will be a disaster." I was the one who prompted him to make this decision. Although I am not as good as your mother in terms of being a wife, I am better than her in business, of course, this talent is also due to the influence of your father, your father said to me, let me run Tianba, and he will accompany you to fulfill the responsibility of a father and make up for the debt that left you at a young age. β
Shen Ye had mixed feelings in his heart, and the riddles related to his father seemed to have answers, but he was even more confused, and asked Ye Mei: "Do you know about my father's design of riddles?" β
"Knowing some, maybe he was playing with it for a while, or maybe he was really conflicted in his heart. In fact, I think he was overly careful, even if you are an ordinary person, don't you also have to face natural disasters**? β
"Did you know when my father died?"
She nodded, her eyes suddenly red, "I really want to see him for the last time, but I don't dare to face the pain of losing him, if it weren't for Tingting, I really want to go with him......"
Her tears flowed slowly, Shen Ye deeply felt that she really loved her father, looking at her heartbroken, he couldn't help but hold her hand: "Aunt Mei, don't be sad, it's all over." β
She wiped away her tears and smiled at him, and held his hand back, "Fortunately, with you and Tingting, your father finally has someone to follow." β
"And where's my sister?"
"She's studying abroad, and I'll arrange a time for you to meet." She raised her hand and patted it twice, and a servant came out and respectfully offered a copy of the text.
She put Wen JiΓ n in front of Shen Ye: "After signing this peace agreement, you will officially be the heir of Tianba." β
Shen Ye hesitated for a moment and said, "Aunt Mei, I'm not here for this. β
"It doesn't matter, it's yours sooner or later anyway, and besides, I know you're still in school, and I'll take care of it for you temporarily until the day you want to take care of it."
"Why don't you keep it for yourself or keep it for Tingting?"
She smiled, "I've been in Vanity Fair all my life and really don't care." Tingting inherited her father's talent for painting, wanted to be an artist, and was not interested in business. Even if I don't have Tianba, I can't spend all the money I have in ten lifetimes, and I'm old, so I'll leave these responsibilities to the young people. β
"But you and my mom are both more than twenty years younger than my dad, and you're in your early forties at most now, so I don't think you need to say you're old."
Ye Mei laughed softly, "You are really your father's son, he said the same thing about me back then, and I was less than forty at that time." Xiao Ye, although we met for the first time, I know that you are a kind child, we are the last relatives, who is the difference in the hands of things? I don't have any other hope for you, I just hope that you can love Tingting like a real brother in the future, okay? β
Shen Ye nodded, "But it's really beyond my ability for me to take over such a large group single-handedly, Aunt Mei, I think it will take a while for you to work hard." β
"If you don't say it, I will, to be honest, I'm really not at ease with such a big industry to give you a little hairy child. But you should sign it anyway, lest I regret it one day. β
Shen Ye smiled, and in the end, he picked up the contract and read it carefully, and signed his name.
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