Seeing the excitement on He Yuanjiang's face, Ye Chen hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, Professor He, I didn't graduate from Stanford."
He Yuanjiang asked in confusion: "Then how do you know that the redwood tree I drew is the one in the Stanford University emblem? If you don't have an in-depth understanding of Stanford, you probably won't remember the pattern in the emblem so clearly.
Bar?"
Marven didn't hide anything, and said seriously: "My mother did study at Stanford back then. When I was a child, I was lucky enough to visit Stanford with her."
"That's it!" He Yuanjiang nodded slightly: "I think you are only twenty-seven or eighty years old. Your mother's age should be similar to mine, right?"
Ye Chen nodded. When I was born, my mother was twenty-six years old. I think she will be fifty-four this year."
He Yuanjiang pondered for a moment and said: "Fifty-four years old, which is one year younger than me, he is probably in the same class as me, or just before and after me. Can I take the liberty to ask, what is your mother's name? Maybe we can also
know!"
Ye Chen hesitated for a moment and said with some sadness: "My mother has been dead for many years, but I still don't mention her name."
As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, He Yuanjiang was stunned!
He looked at Ye Chen, so shocked that his voice trembled, and asked: "Ye Chen...your surname is Ye...then your mother's surname is An?!"
Ye Chen couldn't help but be startled and exclaimed: "Professor He knows my mother?!"
He Yuanjiang became excited all of a sudden and said, "Are you really a grown-up child?!"
As soon as he heard the word "成芊", Ye Chen's eyes immediately filled with tears.
An Chengqi is his mother's name.
This name has been in his heart for many years, but this is almost the first time Ye Chen has heard someone mention it in so many years.
His mother's surname is An, which means peace and happiness.
The word "Chengqi" in the name is taken from a sentence in Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Biography of General Li": "The peaches and plums do not say anything, and they become a Qi by themselves."
The literal meaning is that peach trees and plum trees cannot speak, but because they bloom beautiful flowers and bear sweet fruits, people will spontaneously walk up to them and step on a path under them.
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Its true meaning is used to describe a person who is sincere and self-disciplined enough and has a flawless character, so he will naturally move others, attract others, and be loved and admired by people.
Because Ye Chen's mother was his grandfather's eldest daughter and the most favored one, the old man had high hopes for her, so he gave her An Chengqi, such a meaningful name.
When He Yuanjiang saw tears in Ye Chen's eyes, he immediately confirmed his suspicion. He walked forward, held Ye Chen's hand, and said with red eyes: "Ye Chen, we met more than 20 years ago.
Yes! You were still very young at that time, and your mother took you to Stanford and Silicon Valley. My wife and I kept company at the time, but there were many people accompanying us at the time, so you may not have had any impression of me."
As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and said excitedly: "My lover hugged you back then! Do you still have any impression?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Professor He, it's been too long, I really have no impression."
After that, he asked: "Professor He, are you and my mother classmates?"
"Yes!" He Yuanjiang nodded and said with emotion: "We have been classmates for several years, and we have a very good relationship. When I pursued my lover, it was your mother who sent me a love letter."
Marven asked curiously: "Professor He, can you tell me about my mother? I know nothing about her experience before marrying my father."
He Yuanjiang sighed: "Your mother was a big celebrity at Stanford back then! Not only was she the Chinese female student with the best academic performance in the history of Stanford University, she was also the president of the Chinese Alumni Association of Stanford University and the initiator of the Stanford Internet Venture Capital Fund.
Many of the top high-tech companies that are now flourishing in Silicon Valley were started step by step with your mother's funds..."
Speaking of this, He Yuanjiang couldn't help but sigh, and said with a bit of melancholy and regret: "Your mother was really the most powerful woman in Stanford and Silicon Valley back then..."
"Not only is she beautiful, generous, and knowledgeable, but she is also extremely capable and her family is as rich as any country!"
"The key is, my family is so rich, yet I can work so hard and create great achievements. I have only seen your mother in my life..."
"All our Chinese classmates back then, including those pretentious white classmates, were eclipsed in front of your mother..."
Speaking of this, He Yuanjiang sighed: "Back then, there was a saying at Stanford that among the many entrepreneurial elites in Silicon Valley, at least one-third of the men were admirers of your mother. This sentence may sound exaggerated, but that
At this time, your mother's name is almost unknown to everyone in Silicon Valley, and everyone respects her and admires her very much."
In fact, this was the first time Ye Chen heard about these things about his mother.
When his mother was studying at Stanford and investing in Silicon Valley, Ye Chen was not yet born.
After Ye Chen was born, his mother gradually became his father's wife. Therefore, in Ye Chen's memory, his mother was not an image of a business elite.
Moreover, Ye Chen knew very little about his mother before he was born. Her mother was a low-key person and never talked about it with him.
Now hearing what He Yuanjiang said, Ye Chen suddenly became very interested and asked: "Professor He, do you still know anything about my mother?"
He Yuanjiang said seriously: "That's really too much... I can't finish it in three days and three nights..."
Speaking of this, He Yuanjiang couldn't help but become sad and said with emotion: "After your mother had an accident in Jinling, dozens of people from our classmate association chartered a flight overnight to come back to Jinling to find you. I was among them at the time, and there were many of you who came with me.
My mother was a classmate at Stanford, and although I was born and raised in Jinling, I tried all the connections I could in Jinling at that time, but I couldn't find your whereabouts."
"Later, more than 300 people from our Stanford alumni association, as well as nearly 100 of your mother's friends in the Silicon Valley venture capital field, worked together to find your whereabouts all over the world. We searched for you for ten years without any results. You have been there for so many years.
Where did it go?"
Ye Chen didn't expect that after his parents' accident, his mother's classmates and friends actually searched for him for ten years.
While he was moved, he couldn't help but say with emotion: "Professor He, in fact, I have been in Jinling for so many years."
After that, Ye Chen explained to He Yuanjiang the matter of Tang Sihai hiding him in the orphanage.
He Yuanjiang couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect that you would be in Jinling all this time..."
Ye Chen asked him: "Professor He, do you know my father?"
He Yuanjiang shook his head and said: "Your father never had any contact with us when he was in love with your mother. We only know that your father is the young master of the Ye family in Yanjing, but more details are not very clear. You
When my parents held a wedding in Yanjing, my wife and I originally planned to come over to attend, but something happened in the United States at that time, so we had to change our plans temporarily."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh: "The United States and China are still too far apart after all. If I remember correctly, after your mother and your father returned to China to get married, until she had an accident in Aurous Hill, I only met her three times in total.
, the last time was the time she took you to Stanford..."