Chapter 3144: Relay race

Hearing that Ye Zhongquan wanted to stay in Jin Ling for a few more days, the one who was happiest was actually Ye Chen's maternal grandfather, An Qishan.

He couldn't help but smile: "Brother Ye, just live at home. There are empty rooms at home. Living together, we can drink, talk about the past, and chat about family affairs."

Ye Zhongquan said: "Brother An, I won't live at home. It's too disturbing. It's better to live in the Bai Jinhangong, which is more convenient. If you want to drink, talk about the past, and chat about family affairs, I can come over at any time. The distance is not far, and the traffic is convenient."

An Qishan still wanted to persuade him, but Ye Chen said directly: "Grandfather, I asked Old Chen to buy back these semi-mountain villas in Xiangxieli before. Except for the one next door that I occasionally use, all the others are empty. I will ask Master Hong Wu to arrange for someone to prepare one for you. It just so happens that Master Hong Wu is at the foot of the mountain most of the time. I will ask him to come over to take care of your daily life. If you want to live in the city, let Master Hong Wu send you directly."

Ye Zhongquan said with a smile: "Good, good, good! This is more convenient! Since tomorrow's press conference is at the Bai Jinhangong, I will live in the Bai Jinhangong tonight and move over after the press conference ends. This environment is good, much quieter than Yanjing. Chen'er, you ask Master Hong Wu to help me drive a car, no need to take care of my daily life. My current physical condition is very good, and I can live alone."

An Qishan beside him couldn't help asking him: "Brother Ye, why didn't you bring one or two children to take care of you this time when you came to Jin Ling?"

Ye Zhongquan looked at Ye Chen, and then said to An Qishan: "I'm not afraid to make you laugh. During the time when the Wanlong Palace killed their way to Mount Ye Ling, among the descendants of the Ye family, except for Chen'er, none of them had any backbone. They were all cowards who were greedy for life and afraid of death. Later, Chen'er subdued Wan Pojun, so he let them all stay at Mount Ye Ling to observe filial piety for the ancestors of the Ye family. One by one, none were spared."

An Qishan's jaw dropped, and he blurted out: "All of them went?"

"Yes." Ye Zhongquan gave a dry laugh: "Sons, daughters, grandsons, and those relatives surnamed Ye, all went. Except for my daughter who was specially allowed by Chen'er to take care of my diet and daily life in Yanjing, others are not allowed to leave Mount Ye Ling within three years without Chen'er's permission."

An Qishan widened his eyes, subconsciously looked at Ye Chen, and seeing Ye Chen's face was indifferent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, he tentatively asked Ye Zhongquan again: "Brother Ye, with so many people at Mount Ye Ling, the Ye family's business should be affected quite a bit, right?"

Hearing An Qishan's question, Ye Zhongquan smiled awkwardly: "The embarrassment lies here. After this group of people handed over the business, they followed Chen'er's meaning and handed it over to professional managers. There are strict performance assessments and rewards and punishments for these professional managers. The result is that the original business scale and profit margin are constantly rising, and costs are also reduced a lot. Don't look at the fact that those professional managers also have very high salaries, but compared to the salary and benefits the Ye family gives to their own people, it is much lower. It is equivalent to both reducing costs and increasing efficiency, so that group of people is also doing quite well staying at Mount Ye Ling."

An Qishan didn't expect this answer, smiled helplessly, and said: "Sometimes, it is indeed negligent to manage and restrain one's own people. This is also a stubborn disease faced by many families."

Ye Zhongquan smiled: "I also figured it out later. The Ye family doesn't have this ability now, so just let them enjoy the fruits of others' labor, no need to stay in the original position and occupy the position without doing anything. Instead, let the capable people take the position, and they only need to sacrifice a part of the dividend ratio. If capable people can make the income base higher, they don't need to do anything, but can earn more."

An Qishan nodded in agreement: "This is also a good way to solve the problem."

Ye Zhongquan smiled: "I have also opened up now. Although the Ye family is not as large as the An family, it has long allowed all Ye family members, as well as the Ye family's relatives and backbones, to achieve financial freedom. As long as the money in their hands is managed well, they will have no problem living a life of luxury for a lifetime. So the current Ye family doesn't need to bear any excessive responsibility and burden for them."

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Chen and said very seriously: "Chen'er, all the assets of the Ye family today are the funds for you to confront the Anti-Qing Society in the future. Just go ahead and do it. Even if the Ye family's assets are exhausted one day, there is no need to be responsible to anyone, and there is no need to have any psychological burden."

Ye Chen nodded gently. Although he didn't need to use any resources of the Ye family now, he was still inevitably moved that the old man could say so.

His maternal grandfather, An Qishan, couldn't help but say with emotion: "Chen'er, my attitude is the same as your grandfather's. All the resources of the An family are also at your disposal!"

At the family banquet, everyone toasted each other, and the two old men who had broken the estrangement for many years became more and more happy.

However, sometimes the topic would involuntarily turn to Ye Chen's parents, and the two old men would often have red eyes again.

Ye Chen's heart was gratified, after all, this meant that the two families would not have any contradictions and gaps in the future. His parents had always had a very good relationship when they were alive. If they saw the two old men reconcile in the afterlife, they would definitely be happy for it.

After eating and drinking, Ye Zhongquan chatted with Ye Chen's maternal grandparents for a long time before getting up to say goodbye with some apologies.

Ye Chen found Master Hong Wu to drive, first sent Ye Zhongquan to the Bai Jinhangong, and then returned home himself.

Tomorrow's press conference was scheduled for the afternoon. In the morning, the two old men and Ye Chen's three uncles also had to meet with He Yuanjiang and his wife who had returned from their honeymoon to sort out the process and outline of the press conference to ensure that the press conference in the afternoon would be foolproof.

At night, Ye Chen couldn't sleep for a long time. Listening to the smooth and quiet breathing frequency of Xiao Churan beside him, he knew she was already asleep.

And Ye Chen was still thinking about what his grandmother had said to him.

Although he had never thought about having children, his grandmother's words still planted a seed in his heart.

The inheritance of bloodline invisibly burdened him with huge and unshirkable responsibilities. He had the responsibility to let the bloodline left by his parents continue to be passed on.

People are always going to die. The difference is that for some people, the bloodline that has been passed down from the Homo sapiens era is broken in them, but for some people, they have continued this bloodline;

There are 8 billion people living in this world today, and there are 8 billion hot and burning bloodlines. Among them, a certain part of the bloodline must be able to continue for thousands or tens of thousands of years, even until the last moment of human extinction, and a certain part of the bloodline must perish when the second hand points to any grid, perhaps the previous second, perhaps this second, or perhaps the next second.

Ye Chen couldn't guarantee how long his bloodline would continue in the future, but he realized that he always had to pass the baton at a certain stage to complete the inheritance of his bloodline to the next generation. Life itself is a relay race. When people in other tracks are passing the baton, the one who runs the whole journey silently is destined to be lonely for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh at himself. For the past twenty years, his mind was full of avenging his parents. He had never thought about what kind of life he should live. In the years of marriage with Xiao Churan, it was persistence in the inferiority of being a son-in-law and the mutual respect of the two, and later it was persistence in the guilt of hiding his identity and the unchanging respect of the two.

This persistence is like a rocket launched into outer space. You don't need to worry about it. It flies at a constant speed in space, doesn't turn, and doesn't slow down, as stable as the heart rate of a dead person without any ups and downs.

And Ye Chen was really a little afraid at this moment.

He was afraid that if he couldn't defeat Wu Feiyan and was beheaded by Wu Feiyan, breaking his parents' bloodline, how could he face his parents in the afterlife?

At this thought, he couldn't help turning around, looking at the sleeping Xiao Churan, and whispered: "Wife, why don't we... consider having a child."

Ye Chen just whispered, never thinking that Xiao Churan could hear it, but Xiao Churan closed her eyes and said in a daze: "Husband... recently... recently really... really busy... why don't we... why don't we wait two years to have a baby..."

Ye Chen was startled by her voice. After looking carefully, he realized that she should be talking in her sleep. Sometimes people in dreams are hard to distinguish between dreams and reality. If they happen to dream of someone, and that someone asks her questions in her ear in reality, she will directly bring it into the dream, and then answer in a muddle.

Ye Chen also guessed that Xiao Churan should have him in her dream at this moment, but he didn't know if her answer was sincere or perfunctory.

However, he didn't really want to ask, so he looked at Xiao Churan gently and whispered: "It's okay, I still have many things to do, you can consider it slowly."

Xiao Churan seemed to have heard his words, giggled, and acted like a spoiled child: "Thank you husband for understanding, husband is the best..."

At this very moment, in a Buddhist residence on Mount Putuo.

A woman with an extraordinary temperament was sitting quietly in the courtyard, looking up at the starry sky.

The temperature dropped sharply today, and the cold wind from the north blew away the clouds in the sky. The whole sky was twinkling with stars, which was fascinating.

This woman was Ye Chen's mother, An Chengxi.

Although Mount Putuo was located further south, the wet and cold weather was particularly difficult to endure, but An Chengxi only wore a thin robe, hugged her arms to her chest, looked up at the sky, and her beautiful eyes were shining in the starry sky.

Sister Sun walked out of the side room on the left with a coat, draped the coat over An Chengxi's shoulders, and said: "Madam, it's too late, you should rest."

An Chengxi's eyes were moist and crystal clear, and the sparkling hot tears were in them.

She didn't let the tears flow down, but smiled and said: "Sister Sun, my father-in-law met my parents today, and Chen'er was there too. Thinking about it, they should have reconciled."

Sister Sun nodded and said respectfully and distressedly: "Madam, your father has hated your father-in-law for so many years, and now they finally understand each other. This is a good thing for him and your father-in-law. If one day they know you are still alive, they will definitely be happier."

An Chengxi shook her head, sighed for a long time, and whispered: "It's different. My parents will definitely be incomparably happy, but my father-in-law, he might be even more lonely. After all, Changying will never come back, and he originally had my parents, two people who also sent their black-haired children to the grave, and who were in the same situation. Once I go back, he will become the only one. This is too cruel for an old man who is nearly eighty..." ===== CHAPTER 3145 =====