Ye Ranran quickly comforted her: "Don’t be angry, don’t be angry."
"At first, it was your father who pursued your mother." Aunt Bao recalled with emotion.
At that time, Ye’s father had just graduated from university, a twenty-three-year-old young man, with a spry face. He was favored by Ye Ranran’s grandfather and recruited into the company
"Back then, the company wasn’t called Ye’s, but Yunteng, and was already taking shape. Your mother was still in her third year of university. Your grandfather, in order to groom her, had already let her start managing the company."
And thus, the two of them met.
"There were many suitors for your mother at the time, but she didn’t like any of them, but took a fancy to your father. Your grandfather initially disagreed, but your mother was stubborn."
This matter caused a great stir at that time. Ye Ranran’s grandfather even locked up her mother, not allowing the two to meet. Her mother then began a hunger strike.
"Later, your grandfather had no choice but to agree to their marriage, but on one condition, your father had to marry into the family."
He had only one daughter, and a large family business, which she was certainly going to inherit in the future, hence the requirement for her husband to marry into the family.
"Your father agreed without much consideration, and a year later they held their wedding, which, by the way, was held in City B. They invited many high-ranking officials, it was quite a spectacle."
"City B?" Ye Ranran furrowed her brows. In her memory, her grandfather and she had always lived in A City. Why would they be in City B?
"Yes, City B. You were born there too. But you moved to A City when you were five. During your time in City B, you often visited your older brother’s house."
"Oh right, back then you always shouted about marrying him. Are you still in contact with him now?"
Older brother? Ye Ranran’s face suddenly turned pale: "I remember that for a time they also came to A City, right?"
"Mhm, they were military and political figures, and had been transferred to A City for a while. Your grandfather moved there then too. Later they left, but you guys stayed."
She only knew bits of this past, the specifics were unknown to her.
"A year after the wedding, you were born. When you were six years old, your mother discovered your father’s affair, or perhaps it wasn’t an affair, he and that woman never really separated." Aunt Bao’s face became angry.
"You said my mother knew? Did she also know about the existence of Ye Tianjing?" Ye Ranran’s face became even paler.
Aunt Bao thought she turned white out of anger and patted her hand: "She knew about his existence, that’s why she fell ill."
"Because of giving birth to you, your mother couldn’t take care of the company’s affairs, and gradually handed over the power to your father. Later, a scandal occurred, your mother thought about divorce, but you were only six years old, and it would have been pitiful for you to lose your father."
For Ye Ranran’s sake, she endured it.
"But unexpectedly, that woman came to force your mother to grant her a divorce. When your mother talked to your father about this, your father completely sided with that woman, feeling that your mother was the one causing trouble for that woman, and your mother fell ill and never recovered."
Ye Ranran remembered this. At that time, the relationship between her father and mother was extremely stiff, and her father was always very busy, not having time to care for her mother.
Her mother was in the hospital for many years, and she would rush to the hospital just after her classes.
"Four years later, your mother finally died of illness. Your father brought that woman back home, and she thought we were in the way and let us go. You were only ten at that time."
Yes, she was just ten then. As soon as her mother’s body had cooled, her father married her stepmother and brought her home.
Ye Ranran sat in her chair, her gaze blank. The impact she received was not small.
(Thanks to Xiaoxiaojia for the reward, mua)