In political circles, Ye Qizheng was known for being cold-faced, iron-fisted, and unapproachable, and he believed himself to be that kind of person.
At this moment, seeing his daughter, whom he had lost and found again, walking towards him, his hardened heart crumbled instantly.
Two years later, I saw my father again. He hadn't changed much from how I remembered him as a child, except for a few fine wrinkles around his eyes.
He was handsome, with a broad chest and a majestic presence.
My throat tightened, and I murmured, "Dad."
A smile appeared on his lips, his Adam's apple bobbed, he nodded to me, gave me a reassuring look, and turned to face me so that I would be facing Ye Hanlin, my grandfather.
Seeing him filled me with rage, and I couldn't help but clench my fists.
Old Master Ye was shocked when he saw Sheng Qiaoqiao not far away.
She was unconscious just two days ago, how did she come back so quickly? Even her appearance has returned!
He instantly realized that Sheng Qiaoqiao and Fu Yanshen had played a trick on him, a "golden cicada shedding its shell" scheme, and fooled him! The person still lying in the British Royal Hospital was someone else entirely, and the Fu Yanshen from that night was also an imposter!
What shocked her even more was that she actually knew about her own background!
"Grandpa, you didn't expect this, did you? Your attempt to kill me back resulted in me regaining my childhood memories and remembering that you are my real grandpa!"
He really is my grandfather!
They will wipe me out completely!
If Fu Yanshen hadn't been so cunning, using the real Jiang Shuyi to impersonate me while lying in the hospital, and if he hadn't found a substitute, we might both have died that night!
This little girl has actually regained her memory; judging by her demeanor, she's here to settle scores with him.
Ye Hanlin snorted coldly in his heart.
"Old man, is there anything else you want to say now?"
Ye Qizheng suppressed the surging emotions in his chest, glanced at his father who had controlled the fate of two generations, and said sarcastically.
Ye Hanlin narrowed his eyes, his fingers stroking the white jade thumb ring on his thumb, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Qizheng, I think that at your age and in your current position, you should understand my actions."
"Instead of questioning me in a accusatory tone."
For the benefit of the entire family and faction, he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this!
Those in positions of power should fulfill their responsibilities.
If he had ignored Ye Qizheng's future and marriage back then, he wouldn't have achieved what he has today, and the Ye family wouldn't have their current political standing.
"Besides, I still think about blood ties and family, so I haven't really done anything to her."
Old Ye said something lightly again.
Listening to his words, I became even angrier. He seemed to be saying that it was a blessing that he hadn't killed me.
"You harmed Fu Yanshen! If it weren't for him, you would have ripped my heart out and given it to Ye An'an! You threatened me, crushed me with your power, and didn't treat me like a human being at all! You controlled my destiny; if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone through so many hardships!"
I took two steps forward and angrily accused him.
For the past two years, I've been living a life with a knife to my throat, and in my past life, my tragedy also stemmed from him!
"presumptuous!"
He slammed his hand on the mahogany table, stood up, and reprimanded me sternly.
"Don't even mention you, look at your father and your mother, the richest woman in Asia, neither of them dares to talk back to me like this! You little brat, you've really gone too far!"
Whether at home or outside, Ye Hanlin has always been the absolute authority, and he would never allow a granddaughter to talk to him about human rights or freedom!
Ye Qizheng stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, I didn't argue with you before because I wasn't ready. Qiaoqiao is braver than I was when I was young, and as her father, I will help her maintain that courage."
"You mean you're going to ask me for an explanation on behalf of this girl?" Old Ye chuckled and sat back down.
The servant poured him more tea, and he picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.
“Grandpa, you’re getting old, it’s time for you to go to a nursing home and enjoy your twilight years.” Ye Qizheng smiled. “You don’t need to worry about your children and grandchildren in the future.”
Ye Hanlin angrily slammed his teacup down. "You still want a divorce? If you leave the Li family's influence, you don't want to keep your official position!"
The Li family is the maternal family of Ye Qizheng's current wife.
Ye Qizheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "At this time, the Discipline Inspection Commission should be arresting people at the Li family's house."
Ye Hanlin's eyes widened. "Ye Qizheng, what are you doing? You've shot yourself in the foot!"
"Old man, we're no longer on the same side."
Looking at his shocked and indignant father, Ye Qizheng's brow relaxed, and the breath he had been holding in for many years finally let out.
His divorce was not due to personal feelings for his children, but rather a desire to break free from the shackles of power, to rebel, and to become an authority!
"Ye Qizheng! I am your father! What you are doing violates the proper relationship between father and son! How dare you disobey me!" Ye Hanlin's blood pressure soared with anger, and he grabbed his dragon-headed cane, intending to hit him.
Ye Qizheng grabbed his cane just in time.
"Old man, the reason humanity progresses is that the next generation doesn't listen to the previous one. Your methods are outdated!"
"Don't worry, the Ye family will be even better."
Hearing his words, Ye Hanlin's lips trembled with anger. To him, losing power and prestige was no different from killing him!
In particular, he "died" at the hands of the son he had personally raised!
From then on, he was no longer a powerful figure, but just an ordinary old man living in a nursing home, tending to his flowers, playing chess, and walking his birds. Given his past ruthless behavior, it's likely that few of his children and grandchildren would be willing to visit him.
As the saying goes, love begets love, and blessings return to those who give them.
Ye Qizheng called in two young men dressed in black Zhongshan suits, instructed them to "look after" his elderly father, and then carried him away.
In the spacious Chinese-style living room, only the father and daughter, who had been separated for a long time, remained.
Only then did Ye Qizheng have time to properly and carefully examine his daughter, whom he had lost and then found again.
Compared to two years ago, she has become much thinner, her face is pale from not seeing the sun for a long time, almost transparent, and her eyebrows and eyes still retain the shadow of her childhood.
He pulled a pink strawberry-flavored jelly from his pocket, lowered his head, and tore it open.
As I watched this scene, my nose tingled and my eyes welled up with tears.
Ye Qizheng handed over the jelly, and seeing his daughter's red eyes, he smiled knowingly, a long-lost warm feeling welling up in his chest.
"You still remember?"
I nodded emphatically, “Children can easily choke on jelly. Your mother doesn’t let me eat it, but you would secretly scoop it out for me little by little with a spoon.”
As soon as the sound faded, I squeezed the whole jelly into my mouth, and the sweet strawberry flavor spread between my lips and teeth.
Ye Qizheng opened his arms and embraced his daughter, who had grown into a young woman.
The pain of losing his daughter tormented him for 24 years.
The familiar smell of cigarettes, the mature and steady aura—it's exactly the smell of my father that I remember.
"Alice, I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect you. From now on, no one will dare to touch you, so don't be afraid." He gently patted my back, as if speaking from the bottom of his heart.
I remember that when I was little, I was the apple of his and my mother's eye.
If we hadn't known he was getting a divorce and challenging my grandfather, Fu Yanshen and I might not have been able to return to China or regain our legal status.
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