Chapter 623
As soon as Yang Qiaochu left, Ye Xingguang asked: “Mom, what’s going on? You and grandmother are sisters, but you never mentioned it to me, and grandmother never brought it up either. I was stunned.”
Since Bai Lanwu had already promised Bai Peiluan that she would not reveal the fact of their identity switch, she simply said, “I am an illegitimate daughter not acknowledged by the Bai family, so there wasn’t really any need to mention it.”
How dare she say that?
No wonder for so many years, she never saw her mother interacting with her maternal family. They lived on the island, and there wasn’t much contact with relatives. However, her father enjoyed accompanying her mother everywhere. The two often traveled around the world. Her father was not just a fisherman!
Her parents were clearly living an idyllic life. Her mother loved the arts, chess, books, and painting, and her father loved reading and fishing. Their life on the island was incredibly pleasant. If it wasn’t for her father’s illness, the lifestyle of her parents was exactly what she had always yearned for!
However, three women make a show, and the news of her mother being the illegitimate daughter of the Bai family, quickly spread among the wives of the officials.
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The banquet had not officially started yet, and those noble ladies sitting together and chatting were just looking for something to talk about.
“You say what? The Carp Girl is the illegitimate daughter of the Bai family, doesn’t that make her and Ye Junqing cousins?”
“I heard the Carp Girl is an adopted daughter, so there’s no blood relation. They are only cousins in name. Otherwise, how could the civil affairs bureau’s lottery system have chosen Ye Junqing’s number for the Carp Girl to draw? The bureau’s allocation system would never make such a mistake.”
“I see, I heard that Carp Girl and Ye Junqing have been acting all along, that Ye Junqing never really liked her. Is that true? The internet has been abuzz with rumors, it’s hard to know what to believe. I even heard that Xia Yanyan submitted an application to the country wanting to marry Ye Junqing, and that he would rather go to jail than marry her, just for Carp Girl?”
“Both are true, but as I understand it, Ye Junqing’s refusal to marry Xia Yanyan was not really for the Carp Girl, but rather a wider strategic move to ensure that Ye Shiting could be elected as president.”
“It definitely wasn’t for the Carp Girl. Ye Junqing didn’t even like Xia Yanyan. How could he like a girl forced on him by the state, who also happens to be the adopted daughter of his mother’s half-sister? I’ve been telling people for a while that Ye Junqing and the president have a deep bond as brothers. To help his elder brother achieve the presidency, there’s nothing he wouldn’t do. Now do you believe me?”
“Actually, the one who got the worst deal is Bai Peiluan. To think that she has to become in-laws with her father’s illegitimate daughter. If it were me, I’d be disgusted for the rest of my life. The most absurd part is that it’s a state-assigned marriage, so she can’t even refuse. I imagine Bai Peiluan must feel as though she’s swallowed apiece of shit.”
“Right, if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to stand it either. This whole situation is just absurd. To think that for the sake of her eldest son’s future, she has to pretend that she approves of this daughter-in-law. She even has to say that a woman who brings blessings to her husband, father, and son is good. I feel sorry for Bai Peiluan.”
Just as they were talking, those noble ladies saw Bai Peiluan and Ye Baixiu walk into the banquet hall, arm in arm.
The parents of the president, as soon as they entered the hall, became the center of attention.noveldrama
After Bai Peiluan entered the hall, she glanced around and quickly spotted Bai Lanwu. She immediately said to Ye Baixiu: “Baixiu, I see the parents of Xingguang, let’s go sit with them over there.”
The staff member bowed and guided them, “Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, your seats are over here, not over there.”