The Lady of the Prestigious Family is a Big Boss-Chapter 745, not because of lack of love, but because of too much love (3)

"She was gloomy and joyless all day long, and later fell ill, but she wouldn’t see a doctor or take medicine,"

Ye Yuan’s face turned pale, his heart twisting in pain.

How could she be so foolish?

Clutching at his chest, his body began to curl up, a vein in his temple throbbing, his breathing growing rapid.

Noticing something was wrong, Ye Jiuliang reached out and touched his arm, "Dad, what’s wrong with you?"

"Ajiu, it’s my fault your mother died, it’s all my fault," Ye Yuan closed his eyes, his voice tinged with restrained grief.

He had thought that after that mission, he could live a good life with her, that their family could live happily together, but things had gone wrong along the way.

"I thought my indifference was protecting her, but I was wrong, it was I who drove her to her death, it’s all my fault."

Ye Jiuliang listened, lost in confusion, and seeing his reddened eyes, she couldn’t help but begin to question what she had witnessed as a child.

Perhaps her father had his reasons; he wasn’t deliberately indifferent to her mother, he didn’t neglect her on purpose.

After all, what one sees with one’s own eyes might not always reflect the truth.

After much hesitation, she still asked the question that had been buried in her heart, "Dad, there’s something I’ve always wanted to ask you, did you really marry my mother just to obey Grandma’s wishes?"

She remembered that her mother had saved Grandma in an accident, and Grandma took a liking to her, insisting on her marrying Ye Yuan against Grandpa’s objections, and it happened that Lan Ning was also interested in Ye Yuan, and so they got married as a matter of course.

In this matter, the Ye Family believed that Ye Yuan had agreed to marry Lan Ning because of Grandma’s insistence, and it was more about Lan Ning using the lifesaving favor to demand marriage from Ye Yuan.

Later, Ye Jiuliang learned from Grandma Ye that in fact, her mother had never used the lifesaving favor to coerce Ye Yuan into marrying her. Initially, Grandma Ye had brought up the marriage with Lan Ning just to try her luck, not expecting him to agree so readily; even Grandma Ye was stunned for a moment. As for his reasons, he only said he didn’t want Grandpa Ye to arrange a political marriage for him.

"Heh."

Ye Yuan scoffed with a bitter smile, his eyes shimmering.

"If it wasn’t for love, if it wasn’t that I had decided she was the one for me for life, how could I have possibly married her?" His voice became choked toward the end.

With his temperament, how could he possibly be someone who was swayed by others? Back then, his father had privately arranged several political matches for him, just waiting for him to choose.

Who would have known, on that very day, Lan Ning saved his mother, bringing her home, which coincided with his return from a mission.

In the living room at home, she sat quietly on the sofa, her every frown and smile exuding a light elegance, those crystalline eyes untainted by a speck of dust; when she smiled, her beautiful eyes seemed to hide hooks that effortlessly tugged at his heartstrings.

There was a moment when he wanted to hide her away, such beauty in her smile that he couldn’t bear to look away.

Ye Jiuliang was stunned, never expecting such words from her father. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Throughout her memory, from the time she could remember, she had never seen any displays of affection between her parents; the most intimacy they had was during family trips to the amusement park.

It was his indifference that made everyone in the Ye family think it was her mother who had chased her father.

Now her father said he married because he liked her, had her mother heard what he just said, she would have been incredibly moved.

So it was not unrequited love; the man she had loved wholeheartedly had the same feelings for her.

Before her doubts could linger for long, Ye Yuan had already answered for her.

"When I married Lan Ning, I was at the peak of my career, many eyes were on me in secret, my enemies were countless, one of them had been on the run, I destroyed one of his organizations, and he surely wouldn’t let it go, once he nearly harmed Lan Ning, but luckily I foresaw it," Ye Yuan slowy explained.

"A big tree catches the wind, with a bunch of enemies watching me in the shadows, and many prominent families coveting openly, I had to disguise myself with coldness, I rarely returned home, actually after marrying Lan Ning, my visits did increase."

Ye Jiuliang looked at him, sensing the helplessness and loneliness in his words, feeling even more pity for her father.

"To keep Lan Ning out of danger, I could only act indifferently towards her, seeing her sad hurt me more than it hurt her," Ye Yuan paused, looked up at her, his lips curving into a strained, bitter smile.

"Do you know? The moment she phoned to tell me she was pregnant, how happy and excited I was, after hanging up, I rushed back overnight, and only when she was asleep did I dare to sneak into the room, I watched over her all night, and left quietly as dawn was breaking."

At these words, Ye Jiuliang’s nose started to tingle, her eyes welling up with tears.

It wasn’t for lack of love, but rather for too much love.

"People said that on the day Lan Ning gave birth, I wouldn’t even take one look, but they were all wrong. When Lan Ning was in the hospital about to give birth, I was there every day, only she didn’t know, I accompanied her into the delivery room, and even cut your umbilical cord myself," Ye Yuan continued.

Only after Lan Ning was discharged did he get called back to carry out a mission.

Meanwhile, Mo Chen stood still in a daze; he had never seen such a vulnerable, emotional Ye Yuan.

Especially when mentioning the person named Lan Ning, his eyes were tender and full of deep affection.

He thought the question his mother had asked him to inquire about was no longer necessary.

Because it was a mutual feeling, and his mother was the real interloper.

Ye Yuan’s expression dimmed, his voice low and hoarse as he said, "It took two years, but I finally caught that biggest enemy. Then the higher-ups assigned me another mission; I was planning to retire from that position after fulfilling it, to be by Lan Ning’s and your side."