Chapter 61 Her New Life
Ye Tianhui: "Gift?"
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
Ye Lixuan was not in a hurry to speak, but instead mentioned: "This time I went to the United States for a meeting and also visited your uncle. He is currently receiving treatment in an American hospital."
Ye Tianhui: "Hmm?"
Ye Lixuan: "Do you know something about your aunt's situation?"
Ye Tianhui thought for a moment and said, "I know a little bit."
Naturally, her time at the Ye family was not in vain. She collected all kinds of information, learned about the situation, read newspapers and magazines, and listened to the news. In short, after such a period of time, she knew everything about the situation in each branch.
Ye Yibai is Ye Lixuan's biological sister, born of the same mother. She is two years younger than Ye Lixuan and is thirty-six years old this year.
However, before liberation, the biological mother of the two, the old man's original wife, had a conflict with the old man for various reasons, so she went to Shanghai to live with relatives and lived in Shanghai for a period of time.
At that time, Ye Yibai lived with her mother in Shanghai, and her mother's best friend married into a Shanghai businessman family. The family's surname was Tao. The Tao family was in the oil business, and she was working as an oil agent for an oil company at the time.
Ye Yibai and the youngest son of that family had been good friends since childhood. Later in the 1940s, Ye Yibai followed her mother back to Peking, and then the Ye family moved to Hong Kong. After arriving in Hong Kong, Ye Yibai met the young master of the Tao family again. The two became classmates and soon fell in love. Everything went smoothly, and they got married and had children when they were old enough.
Ye Yibai's father-in-law founded the Huashang Group in the 1940s. Relying on his previous connections in the oil industry, he mainly worked in the chemical industry. However, in the few years after Ye Yibai got married, the US economy hit a great recession in the 1960s, and the Huashang Group fell into difficulties for a time, and even almost fell into the point of auctioning off assets and liquidating them.
Ye Yibai's husband Tao Yunqiao was in a car accident and was in critical condition, and the Tao family fell into trouble.
At this time, Ye Yibai stepped forward to turn the tide, streamlined the staff, reorganized the company structure, drastically cut out those redundant departments, and sold some properties in exchange for working capital.
Afterwards, Tao Yunqiao finally came back to life. Although he was left with disabled legs, he was still alive, and Ye Yibai also led the company through the difficulties.
After Ye Yibai's father-in-law passed away, Ye Yibai accompanied her disabled husband to manage Huashang Group. With the couple's cooperation, the business flourished and the business empire of Huashang Group was gradually expanded.
In the late 1960s, Hong Kong's real estate market entered a cold market. Ye Yibai keenly spotted a business opportunity. After discussing with her husband, the couple quickly and decisively entered the real estate market, buying large amounts of land in the suburbs of Hong Kong to build properties. In recent years, Hong Kong's real estate industry has begun to recover, and the two of them have become top tycoons worth billions of Hong Kong dollars.
Ye Lixuan briefly explained his sister's situation and continued, "Your uncle's old illness has relapsed in the past two years and he's been in poor health. He's been recuperating in an American hospital. Your aunt has to take care of the family business while also taking time off to accompany your uncle in the United States, so she's been very busy."
He looked at Ye Tianhui and said, "Actually, I've already called your aunt and mentioned you. She's always wanted to come back, but your uncle's health isn't good and he needs surgery, so it's not convenient for her at the moment. She heard about you and said she'd come back to see you as soon as your uncle's health gets better. This time I'm going to the United States, and after we talked in detail, she was very pleased."
Ye Tianhui: "Then?"
It seems that Ye Lixuan has a good relationship with this sister. In this way, loving her means loving her family as well, which is equivalent to her having another relative.
So, what about the gift?
Ye Lixuan: "You know, your aunt's husband's family is originally in the real estate business, and now she wants to give you ten shops."
Ten shops?
A fortune came pouring down on him, and Ye Tianhui was unable to react for a moment.
Ye Lixuan roughly described the location, and Ye Tianhui understood that it was a place where every inch of land was worth a lot of money.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and whispered, "Isn't this quite expensive?"
She now has a certain understanding of the prices and rents in Hong Kong. With the good economic development now, the retail and catering industries have always been very profitable. Since these industries are profitable, the rents are naturally very expensive, especially for those shops in good locations. The rents are very valuable. Some companies now make money by developing properties and collecting rents.
The shops in that area must be expensive, and renting out ten shops would cost a considerable amount of money.
Ye Lixuan: "It's okay, your aunt gave it to you."
Ye Tianhui took a deep breath: "Should I thank such a good aunt quickly?"
Ye Lixuan glanced at her indifferently. Although he was obviously overjoyed, he still looked calm.
She is very good at pretending.
A faint smile flashed in his eyes: "You can call her, but she is in the hospital now, so it may not be convenient. I will ask her first and ask her to call you when it is convenient."
As soon as he mentioned calling, Ye Tianhui thought of something else. She looked at him in confusion: "Look at you, you went abroad and you didn't even think of calling your own daughter? Is there anyone like you?"
Ye Lixuan: “…”
He raised his eyebrows and looked at her helplessly: "So when I came back this time, you didn't look down on me, is it because of this?"
Ye Tianhui was very confident: "Shouldn't I be angry? Don't say that she is not your biological child. Even if she is, you have two daughters, and you only called one. This is definitely not okay!"
When she was a general on the march, she didn't dare lead her troops like this because she had to make her subordinates feel fair.
Ye Lixuan shook his head and sighed: "I called you, but you were in the shower and didn't answer. I was worried, so I had to call Arong. Later, Arong mentioned Wenyin, so I called to say hello."
Ye Tianhui: "Is that so..."
Although she really despised her father's kindness, she thought that she couldn't ask too much of such a rich young man, so it would be enough to just accept him.
After all, there is still the shop to be taken. For the sake of the shop, let it go.
Seeing this, Ye Lixuan didn't mention it anymore. It was obvious that she had misunderstood. Now that he had explained it clearly, she wouldn't mention it again.
He smiled and said, "Then tomorrow, I'll take you to visit your mother's grave?"
Ye Tianhui: "Yeah! Where is my mother buried?"
Ye Lixuan: "Buried in our own cemetery."
Ye Tianhui: "Home? Cemetery?"
This sounds a bit wrong. If it is a big family, it is normal to have a family cemetery. But now it is a "self-operated cemetery."
She was puzzled: "Our Ye family... is also in the cemetery business?"
Do you want to make this kind of money?
Ye Lixuan saw what Ye Tianhui was thinking and said with a smile: "Our family does run a cemetery, but this is related to the history of Hong Kong."
He then gave a brief explanation. It turned out that more than a hundred years ago, the colonial government had established cemeteries here for foreigners and ethnic minorities. They were naturally magnificent, but at that time, social boundaries were strict, and the colonial government implemented a policy of separation between Chinese and foreigners. They ignored the Chinese, so the Chinese had no place to be buried in Hong Kong.
Ye Tianhui: "I see. The cemetery outside Happy Valley is so beautiful. It's all for foreigners, right?"
Ye Lixuan nodded: "Yes, Chinese people are not allowed to be buried there."
Ye Tianhui frowned slightly: "Is that so..."
At that time, she secretly ran to Happy Valley Racecourse to watch the horses and passed by the cemetery. She felt that the style was not very Chinese, but she still thought it was beautiful.
Now I feel that the beautiful cemetery is dazzling.
It turns out that this is a cemetery for foreigners on Chinese territory!
Ye Lixuan said gently, "For a long time, even respectable Chinese were unwilling to be buried in Hong Kong. Under these circumstances, several major families jointly promoted it. Under the influence of public opinion, a burial method for the Chinese was finally developed. The old man bought a piece of land on a sparsely populated hilltop and opened a Chinese cemetery to provide a place for the Chinese who came to Hong Kong to make a living. For many years afterwards, our family has been running this cemetery."
Ye Tianhui: "Like this..."
Inwardly, he sneered, thinking that this colonial government was indeed incompetent.
Although she had many experiences in her previous life and had some innate ideas in her bones, she had grown up in Beijing for eighteen years after all and had some feelings for it. Now, when she heard about the various injustices that had happened to the Chinese in previous years, she naturally felt subconsciously disgusted.
Ye Lixuan looked at her with a cold look: "Hmm?"
Ye Tianhui said, "The people of the world should all join the great struggle to eliminate imperialism and colonialism. This is true."
Ye Lixuan: “…”
He sighed softly, "Never mind. This is getting off topic. Anyway, your mother is buried in our own cemetery now. When I am a hundred years old, I will go there to accompany her."
Ye Tianhui listened, but was curious: "Daddy, you said you——"
She suddenly became curious, holding her chin and looking at Ye Lixuan inquiringly: "Daddy, it suddenly occurred to me that you have been single for so many years, why haven't you considered remarrying?"
When she asked this question, Ye Lixuan stopped smiling.
He was silent for a moment before he said, "Your mother and I met when we were young and married young, but because of my fault, she lost her life in vain. I have never been able to forget it all these years, and I feel guilty towards her."
Ye Tianhui: "Oh, you feel guilty towards your late wife, so you haven't gotten married yet. You should feel guilty."
As a result, she was born without a mother.
Ye Lixuan: "It can't be said that it's just because of this. I've been immersed in academics these years and have no time for emotions. Of course, it's also because I haven't met someone I think is particularly suitable. I would rather be alone than be with someone who is not suitable."
He paused and said, "I'm older now, and will soon be forty, so I have no intention of getting married."
Ye Tianhui: "Is that so..."
Ye Lixuan: "So you are right. You are the only bloodline I have in my life. It's just a shop. I will give it to you."
Ye Tianhui nodded: "So, you should be generous. If you have anything good in the future, remember me."
Ye Lixuan: "Okay, I understand. I will make a list of all the properties and shares under my name and write a will. Everything is yours."
Ye Tianhui: "Forget it, don't worry. In fact, you are still young. I think you can live for decades. Maybe you will remarry and have a second child with a young girl. So, it's good enough that you can give me a shop. I won't be too greedy."
Ye Lixuan was amused and angry at the same time when he heard her say this. He said helplessly, "Tianhui, can you please be more careful with your words in the future? You are a little girl after all. Is this the right thing for you to say?"
Ye Tianhui: "That's how I talk. I thought you were used to it."
Ye Lixuan smiled bitterly. He tilted his head, looked out the window, and sighed, "Actually, I never thought my daughter would be like this. I don't know whether this is a shock or a surprise."
Ye Tianhui: "Anyway, since you're stuck with me, you can only bear it."
At this time, Ye Lixuan paused, and then looked thoughtful.
Ye Tianhui realized: "What's wrong?"
Ye Lixuan: "I suddenly remembered something. At that time, your mother was pregnant and you were still in her belly."
Ye Tianhui was immediately interested when she heard this. She asked with relish, "Then what? I was in my mother's belly?"
She didn't have much affection for her parents in this life, or rather, she didn't have the chance to have much affection.
She can still get along with her biological father, but she has never seen her biological mother and will never be able to see her in the future, so it is difficult for her to have any feelings for her.
But now that Ye Lixuan mentioned it, she felt curious and wanted to know more.
Ye Lixuan frowned, his eyes filled with reminiscence. "That was eighteen years and five months ago. So, the first time we met wasn't at Zhang Linji, but when you were in your mother's womb."
Ye Tianhui: "Then?"
Ye Lixuan: "Your mother was already five months pregnant at the time, but there had been no fetal movement. Your mother was very worried, and I was worried too. However, due to various reasons at the time, the doctor couldn't find the cause. That night, I caressed your mother's belly, feeling the bulge in her abdomen, imagining whether you were a boy or a girl, imagining what you would be like after you were born, and wondering why you hadn't had any fetal movement at all."
Ye Tianhui: "Yeah, what next?"
Her memory started from birth. She had no idea what happened before that and only had a vague and chaotic impression.
So she was particularly curious.
Ye Lixuan said, "It was at that time that you suddenly started to move."
Ye Tianhui: "I move?"
Ye Lixuan smiled and said, "Yes, you moved suddenly at that time, and your mother's belly was surging like waves on the sea. I covered my palm with it, and I could clearly feel you inside. You were like Nezha making trouble in the sea. I even felt your little arms and legs exerting force."
Ye Tianhui listened intently: "Can it be like this?"
As expected of her, she was so powerful even in her mother's womb!
Ye Lixuan thought about the past, his eyes filled with endless tenderness. "Your mother was so happy at that time, she almost cried with joy. I was also surprised that a baby in the belly could have such energy. This is the wonder of life."
This incident also caused him great confusion.
It was not until now, when he looked at his daughter who was as bright as the sun, that he realized that, yes, this was what his daughter should look like.
They met eighteen years and three months ago, and they had touched each other through the pregnant belly.
She already knew how to protest against him when she was in her mother's womb, which had already begun to foreshadow her future life of recklessness.
Ye Tianhui was in a trance while listening to the story. She suddenly felt that all of this was very familiar.
Suddenly, as if enlightened, some memories suddenly flooded into her mind.
It turns out that she was not completely without memory after she jumped off the cliff to preserve her innocence after being defeated and surrounded.
She jumped into the deep sea. The dark and cold water almost suffocated her. She swam hard but could not reach the end.
Just when she was about to give up, she heard a young man's voice in the air.
The voice was gentle and surprising, and it sounded right next to her ears.
Afterwards, there seemed to be a woman's voice, very soft and comfortable.
Their voices were filled with anticipation and joy.
Afterwards, her consciousness fell into chaos, and it was not until she was born and uttered her first cry that she began to have memories.
Recalling all this, she looked up in surprise and looked at Ye Lixuan in front of her.
So, the young man's voice she heard that year was his?
That gentle voice is the mother she has never met in her life?
She stared blankly at Ye Lixuan in front of her, at his handsome face, and at his light brown eyes.
This was the first time in her life that she truly felt in her heart that perhaps this man was indeed her father.
The father of this life.
Ye Lixuan felt something was wrong with her: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Ye Tianhui pursed her lips and chuckled.
She looked at Ye Lixuan and said solemnly, "Daddy."
Ye Lixuan was puzzled. He felt that the way Ye Tianhui looked at him now was very different from usual.
At this time, Ye Tianhui stood up, walked to Ye Lixuan, and stretched out her arm.
Ye Lixuan was gentle and surprised: "Hmm?"
Ye Tianhui threw herself into his arms and hugged his waist: "You are my father. No matter who you are, you are my daddy, my daddy for life."
Ye Lixuan's body stiffened slightly.
This was strange after all, he had never experienced anything like this before.
But after a moment, he also reached out and hugged her slowly and solemnly.
This is his daughter, the daughter he lost and found again.
He hugged her tightly and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you, thank you for crossing the raging sea and coming to Hong Kong to find me."
If he didn't have an indomitable daughter and if she didn't have such a vigorous and exuberant vitality, how could he know the truth about life?
Ye Tianhui said, "I should thank you. Thank you, and thank my mother. It was you who gave birth to me and gave me a brand new life."
She looked over Ye Lixuan's shoulder and out onto the terrace.
The sky in late autumn is clear and blue, stretching as far as the eye can see, with white clouds flowing.
This scene is just like the sky of the capital of Dazhao.
And she jumped from the desolate lonely mountain, this jump was not to death, but to life.
She leaped across thousands of years and arrived at a place of new life.
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