Even though Han Muzi had never seen Ye Moxuan’s mother, based on how he described her right now, she could roughly guess how determined she was and how much she loved her son. After her divorce, she could have aborted the baby after discovering that she was pregnant. Yet, she still gave birth to him without any hesitation.
“What happened next?” Han Muzi asked eagerly.
“After that…” His lips lifted slightly; Ye Moxuan looked like he was smiling, but the smile and the look in his eyes were very bitter. “She had a hard time all by herself. In addition to being pregnant and unwell, she had suffered trauma to her body too, so she could only depend on her will to live every day. After the baby was born, life was even harder for her as she had to take care of the child alone.”
Unknowingly, Han Muzi suddenly thought of herself. When she separated from Ye Moxuan and went overseas at that time, she had been in a similar situation. Only difference was that she had a family who took great care of her; Han Qing provided extremely good living conditions for Han Muzi, and she had Yan to keep her company shortly after.
Nevertheless, she still found life difficult at that time. Now that she thought about it, Ye Moxuan’s mother had probably suffered so much more compared to her; Han Muzi could really empathize with her.
“Since young, her kid knew that his mother was a divorcee, who his biological father was, and what mistake he had made. He was also aware that after the divorce, that man openly married the mistress, and she brought her son into the Ye Family. Everyone knew about the mistake his father had made, but nobody dared to criticize him because of his status. He was very gentle and considerate to the mistress, so everyone praised him for being a perfect husband. Hmph…” As he spoke, Ye Moxuan sneered so coldly that it seeped straight into one’s marrows.
A cheater was hailed as a perfect husband because nobody dared to offend him due to his status… It was extremely disheartening to hear that; Han Muzi could almost imagine how hopeless Ye Moxuan felt. He was already aware about such matters since young? How did he manage to grow up healthily?
All of a sudden, Han Muzi understood why Ye Moxuan had hated her so much at that time to the point of lashing out at her.
“Don’t you think that such a person is unworthy of being called so? Nonetheless, he got his retribution later on; he was on a flight when they met with an accident, and both the mistress and him fell into the sea.”
Han Muzi was stunned.
“And then they never came back. Ha!”
As they talked, the both of them arrived in front of a restaurant. Ye Moxuan held her waist and asked indifferently, “Why don’t we eat here?”
He still has the mood to eat? Han Muzi thought to herself.
Noticing that she didn’t reply, Ye Moxuan took the initiative and ordered some dishes. Holding her waist while walking into the restaurant after that, they found a table and took their seats.
Han Muzi asked impatiently again, “What happened after they fell into the sea? Why did you go back to the Ye Family?”
“Do you really want to know?” Ye Moxuan threw her a glance and his lips lifted up slightly. “You’ll have to eat first. After we are done eating, I will tell you more about it.”
Han Muzi was speechless; after piquing her interest, he refused to continue in the end?
As she thought of that, Han Muzi glared at him wordlessly, and Ye Moxuan couldn’t refrain from laughing after seeing the expression on her face. “Do you really want to know more?”
Han Muzi looked at him. “Would you continue your story?”
His eyes dulled. “After he fell into the sea, Old Master Ye started sending people over and convinced me to come back to the Ye Family.”
“So, did you go back at that time?” Han Muzi asked again.
“No.” Ye Moxuan smiled sarcastically. “The condition for me to return to the Ye Family was that I was not allowed to bring my mother back. In other words, I had to abandon my mother and return to the Ye Family all by myself.”
Upon hearing that, Han Muzi widened her eyes in shock. “Old Master Ye meant that if you were to return to the Ye Family, you had to break ties with your mother; otherwise, you couldn’t go back to the Ye Family?”
Ye Moxuan smiled and nodded bitterly.
“His son was dead, and the only one left was the mistress’ son. He was afraid that if anything happened to the mistress’ son, nobody could take over the Ye Family. Therefore, he looked for various ways to remove me from my mother.”
Han Muzi was dumbstruck.
When he was with the Ye Family, his relationship with Old Master Ye and the other family members was very bad. Both Ye Moxuan and Old Master Ye didn’t act like a typical grandfather-grandson duo, but their relationship was akin to enemies. Later on, Ye Moxuan went to the Ye Family…
What had actually happened? He had not been willing to break ties with his mother, so why did he return to the Ye Family, and how did he end up in a wheelchair?
There were a lot of questions that Han Muzi wanted to ask, but she was reluctant to do so; she was afraid that she might hurt him. Therefore, she decided to wait patiently for him to open up.
Han Muzi felt that her experience was terrible enough, but she had no idea Ye Moxuan had such a bad childhood either.
There was a long pause; Ye Moxuan did not speak again, while Han Muzi did not have the courage to ask him. Both of them kept silent, and just as she thought that Ye Moxuan would not elaborate more, he continued coldly all of a sudden, “Since I refused to return to the Ye Family, the Old Master hired someone to force my mother to her death.”
Han Muzi raised her head in shock. “What did you say?” She was dumbfounded; her eyes wavered as though she knew that Old Master Ye was capable of doing something like that. She finally understood the reason for the hatred in his eyes when he had seen her back then, as well as the reason for making her look bad in front of the others.
“I went back to the Ye Family to snatch all their power.” Pursing his lips, he slowly added with a frightening look on his face, “The marriage that year was forced upon me by them as well.”
Han Muzi was speechless. Right at that moment, a waiter came to serve them their dishes. “Madam, sir, enjoy your meal.”
“Let’s eat first.” Han Muzi picked up a fork and brought the food into her mouth. The taste of it was bland—even bitter.
Was it because she knew of Ye Moxuan’s past? Was she pitying him?
Han Muzi chewed her food numbly. Sitting directly across her, Ye Moxuan didn’t pick up his fork; instead, he watched her intently as she ate, the look in his eyes burning passionately.
Suddenly, she lost her appetite and put down her fork. “I am done. Let’s go to the boarding gate.” As she spoke, she took her bag and was about to leave. However, Han Muzi had only taken a few steps when Ye Moxuan suddenly grabbed her arm. “Were you feeling sorry for me? Is that the reason why you lost your appetite?”
Wordlessly, she tried to refrain herself from doing so, but she turned her head and glowered at him in the end. “Why are you acting as if nothing had happened? Aren’t you furious with all these incidents? You narrated all these stories as if they had nothing to do with you—you even have the mood to eat with me. After knowing all that has happened, how can I possibly have the appetite to eat?”
“You lost your appetite because you care for me.” Unexpectedly, Ye Moxuan wasn’t angry; instead, he held her hand and kissed her lightly on her palm.
