"Back then, I had been married to her for less than a year. Your 'second mom' took a liking to me, and her father had high standing; in those days, one could say he held the power of life and death over me and my family. I was greedy for survival and afraid to die, so I divorced her and married your second mom. She went far away, and I didn't inquire about her whereabouts anymore. After all these years, meeting her again is just about wanting to clear up any grievances between us from the past."
Ye Lao's voice wavered, neither appearing excited nor emotionless. It was as if he wasn't speaking to those present who were intent on holding him accountable, but rather to Grandma Shen, responding to words unsaid in the teahouse earlier.
The Ye Family members couldn't bear to hear his words. Their highly esteemed, seemingly omnipotent father turned out to be a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death, unable to even protect his own wife.
