Volume 1 Chapter 90 Mysterious Past Second Update

  Come on, it's rare to have a good meal...

  "What about Shangguan Ziyuan?" Ye Yizhe understood why Ximen Ganglie had come here, and at the same time, he thought of another inscrutable Shangguan Ziyuan. This woman, who seemed to be unaffected by anything that happened, was also the one he couldn't figure out. He didn't recall any famous family in Yanjing or Huaxia with the surname Shangguan. A woman with such a temperament wasn't likely to be from an ordinary family. To put it bluntly, in his eyes, Shangguan Ziyuan's background should be much deeper than Ximen Ganglie's.

  "What about her? I think she's probably just like me, coming to join in the fun." As soon as Ximen Jianyu heard this name, although his face was still smiling and joking, Ye Yizhe noticed that he had become slightly more serious. He continued, "But maybe not, judging from her usual demeanor, she shouldn't have as much free time as I do."

  "What kind of person is she?" Ye Yizhe asked directly when he didn't get an answer to his question.

  Ximen Qing shook his head and said: "I don't know this question either."

  Seeing Ye Yizhe's puzzled expression, Xi Mengrelie explained: "She and I are both national treasure-level figures. It's not that I'm boasting, at Huqing University I am a national treasure, and she is also one at Yan University."

  "Hmm, I believe that." Shangguan Ziyuan didn't say anything else, but based on her temperament, Ye Yizhe was certain that no matter where she went, she would be a notable figure. If it weren't for her somewhat ordinary looks, she could definitely compete in the Miss World pageant and become a center of attention. As for Ximen Ganglie, he didn't even need to be mentioned - as a member of the Ximen family who had been carefully nurtured, although not one of the four young masters of the Huaxia Business Alliance, he was still more than enough to defeat those students from ordinary families. His academic achievements were not something that children from ordinary families could compare with.

  Many people say that the rich second generation and official second generation are not good here and there, but they don't know that the real rich second generation and official second generation have a very deep cultivation. Their parents are very clear about the hardships of entrepreneurship and know that their children can easily ruin the family, so they will carefully cultivate their children, giving them all the best things to learn from, letting them experience the dangers and cruelty of society earlier, and more deeply understand their responsibilities, only then can they bring more to the family.

  In a big family, there are fewer people with petty minds and unlearned people. Most of them are not just book-smart, but at least they know more than ordinary people. Everyone has to work hard, when others are playing in the mud and enjoying their childhood, they have to be forced to learn piano and math. When others are playing basketball and dating in school, they already started learning about finance and life. They have a lot, so they also pay a lot. Those so-called road killers who drive a BMW and crash on the road are rich second-generation, but they are pseudo-rich second-generation. In front of people like Gong Sun Jian and Xi Men Zhang Lei, they can't even get on stage. Look at Gong Sun Jian casually giving away a limited-edition Ferrari. So, there is also a gap between billionaires and billionaires, just like the difference between clouds and mud, which ordinary people can't imagine.

  So that's why Ye Yizhe said Ximen Lie was also very tired, because he knew he was much more tired than them. Of course, no one can compare to him. Ye Yizhe, except for Li Hu, had never really had a childhood, from the moment he could remember, he was studying all sorts of things and being forced to do all sorts of tasks, otherwise how would he have become who he is today.

  Everyone who appears to be brilliant and enviable has a past that we can't understand, with some pain that we can never experience. That's what they paid for their current brilliance.

  It was precisely because he understood this that he had never blamed Mu Zi Xuan, until she intervened between him and Xiao Yu Ling, at which point he felt she was somewhat overstepping her bounds.

  That's why I once spent a lot of experience investigating her.

  Ximen's words instantly made Ye Yizhe pay attention, and he listened intently as Ximen continued: "However, based on my investigation, it's not that I'm ignorant or uninformed, but rather that there really isn't a family like hers in the entire country of China. Not even among those with only tens of millions or hundreds of millions of assets. I've searched for families with the surname 'Shangguan', but none of them are her relatives. So at the time, I reluctantly came to a conclusion that she comes from a very ordinary family. Because when investigating her family, there was no way to find any clues. Her parents were very ordinary farmers, and her grandparents had passed away long ago. But what's strange is that when tracing back further, there was no origin to pursue. Even when I tried to investigate her grandparents' identities, it was as if they had been erased."

  "Is this really happening?" Ye Yizhe furrowed his brow and said.

  "Hmm, at first I didn't notice it either and thought it was very ordinary. Later, it was also through my brother's reminder that I discovered this point. Then I went back to re-examine it bit by bit, but the more I searched, the less I could find anything. You know, I'm searching for information on the Ximen family, which even has records of the highest leaders of China going back three generations, and can directly access national security messages, yet I couldn't find any information on an ordinary farmer. Is this possible?"

  Ximen Lie said, also getting excited, this matter obviously cost him a lot of experience at the time, and in the end he returned empty-handed: "So there are only two possibilities, one is that she really is just ordinary, without any pretence, and the other is that her background is so deep that I can't understand it, someone has long since erased all traces, no matter who investigates, they can't find anything."

  "It's the second kind!" Ye Yizhe replied without hesitation, noticing that Ximen Ganglie was also looking at him with the same gaze. He nodded and said: "It's not that I look down on ordinary people, but with such a background, it's absolutely impossible for an ordinary family to cultivate. You may not be aware that she is proficient in poetry, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and oh, by the way, she is going to play chess with you. Be careful then, if I remember correctly, she is a professional at Chinese chess, Go, and even international chess, and has won against national masters. I hope you don't lose too badly."

  "So powerful?" Ye Yizhe was slightly surprised, but didn't stir up too much of a commotion. The national champion's level? He hadn't challenged it before, but on this point, he chose to believe his ruthless master. That ruthless master had once told him that in these miscellaneous matters, he dared to be the first, and no one in the country dared to be second. Go and Weiqi were what he had been teaching himself since then, continuously for ten years without interruption, playing against each other. Except when facing his extremely strong and ruthless master, he hadn't battled anyone else, resulting in a situation where he had never won a game of chess in his life. So, in his heart, he also yearned to battle with Shangguan Ziyuan, to see what level he was at.

  "It's just that strong, Hu Qing and Yan Da those people, can say now in school, the only one I think is not as good as her is herself. In Hua Xia Business Alliance, in my opinion, there are only four people who can be mentioned together with her, and even they are not as good as her!

  Regardless of Ye Yizhe's stunned expression, Xi Men Ganglie poured out all the information he knew, "So I said that such a woman, how could she not be an ordinary person who was raised by a family? If it were true, we all know that those things like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting require long-term training. Can an ordinary family provide such conditions from childhood? The emotions that cost tens of thousands to buy are something that a couple working in the countryside can afford?

  It's with this idea that I went to investigate again, this time I was smart about it, I investigated her personally, and found out that until she took the college entrance exam, she had never appeared anywhere before. The first time she appeared in public view was during the college entrance exam, and then she went to Yan Da University."

  He looked at Ye Yizhe and seemed to say, "You're the same as me." Ye Yizhe thought about it and indeed, he was right. Although he had attended high school, most of the time he wasn't in school, and it wasn't until the last moment that his sudden awakening made everyone pay attention. In this regard, Shangguan Ziyuan was indeed the same as him.

  "No wonder Master always said that the Huaxia is so big, who knows if there are any unknown people and things hidden somewhere, waiting for us to explore. If we always think we're enough as a frog at the bottom of the well, then it's inevitable that we'll end up being laughed at." Ye Yizhe sighed and said, Ximen Ganglie also nodded in agreement: "Master Yang's words are naturally correct."

  Ye Yizhe was stunned for a moment, but this feeling passed in an instant, and Ximen Genglie didn't notice even though he was sitting across from him.

  He didn't know that the master in Ye Yizhe's mouth was not Zheyang, but that unscrupulous master. He had gotten used to calling two masters, one "old man" and the other "uncle", and only when he mentioned those words they had taught him before would he habitually call out "master". In terms of being a person and handling matters, that unscrupulous master had taught him much more. At that time, Ye Yizhe was young and impulsive, and liked to ask "Uncle, uncle, just how strong are you?" At least in the eyes of Ye Yizhe at that time, this although very unscrupulous uncle was really very strong, possibly even stronger than the unscrupulous master himself knew. At that time, he was radiant and awesome in Ye Yizhe's heart.

  It was at that time, when Ye Yizhe was annoyed to the point of having no way out, that the wicked master said those words. Although he didn't think much of it at the time, he still remembered the phrase. For Ye Yizhe, every serious word spoken by the wicked master was worth remembering. And in his slow growth, Ye Yizhe found that what he said were all correct.