Then, the butler opened a small slit in the window beside them.
"That was many years ago." Nangong Jinlie said while smoking his pipe, his weathered face in the smoke still showing some signs of determination.
It was clear that this face had certainly once been stunning in his youth.
"Yaoling's parents were commercially married. At that time, because my company in America was about to go public, and Yaoling's mother's family was quite esteemed among the Chinese community in America. Her brother held a position in the government, and her father also had a significant social status in America.
The Lan Family could bring enormous benefits to our Nangong Family. Meanwhile, our Nangong Family's status in Europe was highly valued by the Lan Family.
Thus, both families promptly finalized the arrangement.
However, at that time, Yaoling's father, Nangong Xiaoyun, who is my son, was already twenty-one and had a girlfriend during his college years.
