Chapter: 4740

His personality is like a cactus with strong armor, while his parents are his soft and vulnerable belly.

He saw Chen Zhaochong wearing the same suit he brought with him when he fled to America, which still fit perfectly after all these years. Although Ye Chen's hair has turned white, looking at it still radiates vitality.

Ye Chen suddenly thought of a story his father told him when he was young.

That story is also why he refused to go back to his grandfather and insisted on bringing his mother back to China.

"He said, 'Remember this, but for anyone with a pure heart and a strong sense of loyalty, there are three souls and seven spirits. If such a person stays away from their homeland for a long time, one of those souls will be lost. When they finally return to their homeland, that lost soul will naturally find its way back. However, if they don't return to their homeland or the homeland is lost, then that soul can never be recovered.'"

"Now, seeing Chen Zhaokong looks like he's become ten years younger overnight, Ye Chen suddenly comprehended the true meaning of his father's words."

"His father also said, 'In a person's three souls and seven spirits, the three souls are heaven soul, earth soul, and life soul. The heaven soul represents one's homeland, the earth soul represents one's parents, and the life soul represents oneself.'"

"As he was speaking, his father asked him again, 'Do you know why, in the five-thousand-year history of our nation, every time there is a crisis or our country suffers defeat, countless ancestors have sacrificed themselves to save their country?'"

"The young Ye Chen shook his head, puzzled, and asked, 'Why, Dad?'"

"His father smiled slightly and explained, 'That's because humans can lose two of their seven spirits, but they cannot lose their heaven soul! Because the heaven soul is the most important one in our three souls and seven spirits. It represents a person's highest faith, a person's faith in their homeland, ancestors, and nation. That is the highest faith, which is why my father chose to return to the Han Chinese people. And that is also why the Jewish people, despite experiencing so much hardship, still wanted to return to the Promised Land and establish Israel. Because they too, like my father, want to recover their heaven soul, the only difference being that my father left his homeland while they lost theirs.'"

"The young Ye Chen didn't understand family and national feelings, so he couldn't grasp why his father was talking about this when his eyes were filled with tears."

"Now that he sees Chen Zhaokong's radiant face, looking as if he's been reborn, he finally truly understands the deep sincerity in his father's heart from back then."

"Ye Chen can't help but think to himself, 'I haven't left my homeland to develop overseas, nor have I forgotten my initial intentions, nor have my eyes been clouded by material desires. However, my three souls and seven spirits are no longer complete because my parents passed away, and that part of me that represents my parents has also gone with them.'"

"Just as Ye Chen was feeling a sense of nostalgia and melancholy in his heart, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him asking, 'Mr. Ye, what's got you so lost in thought?'"

"As Ye Chen turned around, he was taken aback to see Liu Manqiong standing behind him without knowing when she arrived."

"He was surprised and also a little apprehensive. He didn't expect himself to be so careless that even someone like Liu Manqiong could approach him without being noticed, not to mention the possibility of an enemy approaching at this moment and being unable to resist."

"Immediately, he regained his composure and smiled slightly, saying to Liu Manqiong: 'I was thinking about some old matters.'"

"As he said that, Ye Chen asked her: 'When did you arrive?'"

"'Just now,' Liu Manqiong also smiled lightly and then walked up beside Ye Chen, looking at the lively scene below and asking him: 'Were you just thinking about your parents?'"

"Uh...," Ye Chen nodded slightly without denying it, chuckling to himself, and whispered: 'Although it's been 20 years since they passed away, I still want them...'"

"Liu Manqiong was almost completely in sync with Ye Chen on this topic."

"She almost completely understood his feelings, so she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh and then walked up to him, mustering her courage to take hold of his hand firmly and squeeze it gently, as if trying to convey her concern and comfort to him through this gesture."

"Liu Manqiong changed the subject to distract Ye Chen from thinking too much, saying: 'Mr. Chen's condition looks much better than yesterday.'"

"It is." Ye Chen nodded slightly, speaking seriously: "He has regained his heavenly soul."

Saying that, he saw Chen Zhizhong carefully helping his mother out of the car, and hurriedly added: "Not just the heavenly soul, but also the earth soul." JrNovels.com