Drama Queen Reborn as a Top Student!-Chapter 743 - 320 Meeting you and parting from you

It was a black and white photo.

The woman in the photo had her hair styled flat against her scalp, which only highlighted her superior bone structure and features.

The photo lacked color, yet the woman’s eyes seemed to hold all the brilliance in the world, dazzling and indescribably beautiful.

Her eyes penetrated the dust of ages, quietly looking, with a gentle feeling as if time itself was at peace.

This face was very, very similar to the star’s.

Naturally, it also resembled her own.

"Is she the star’s mother?"

Delra sighed deeply, his gaze filled with memories.

"That was probably sixteen years ago when I met her at a banquet." Recalling their first meeting, the stern-faced old man before them softened somewhat.

Sula quietly moved closer, ready to hear the story.

A successful and famous tycoon had a chance encounter with a downtrodden beauty at a banquet, and when a lecherous man harassed her, he stepped in heroically to save the day.

Such a clichéd story, an alternative version of Cinderella, except this prince was a bit older.

Rudely speaking, it was like an old cow eating young grass.

The subsequent development of the plot was entirely reasonable.

Delra fell in love at first sight and launched a fierce pursuit. Although the beauty was downcast, she was proud by nature and did not bend for money, a spirit that made Delra even more enamored.

Once, when debt collectors cornered her, intending to use force, Delra appeared once more to rescue her.

Even though Delra was over forty at the time, with an eldest daughter in her twenties, he took good care of himself, exercised regularly, had refined tastes, and exuded charisma, completely devoid of the greasy feeling of middle-aged men. He was a charming and handsome man, and it was difficult for the woman not to be moved in such a situation.

Perhaps seeking protection, after that event, the two of them were together.

The woman told him her name was Mist.

Mist, it meant the forest of mist.

Delra knew this was only her English name. She had the appearance of a genuine person from Hua Country, surely with another real name, but she didn’t trust him enough yet, so he waited for the day she would tell him her true name.

Delra helped her settle the debt collectors, and Mist found protection and a stable life.

Before long, she became pregnant.

Delra had been through three marriages, but he always showed respect to each wife, and parted for various reasons, choosing to separate with dignity.

This time, he still chose to take on the responsibilities of being a husband and father, so he proposed to Mist.

However, Mist refused and then disappeared without a trace.

Delra frantically searched the world for her.

It was also then that he learned about her background. She was originally the daughter of a famous Chinese businessman from Ge’an. Many years ago, her grandfather emigrated to Ge’an during wartime, settled there, and seized the opportunity of the era to start an import-export business, becoming a famous entrepreneur in Ge’an.

Her father inherited her grandfather’s business and expanded the family enterprise. Mist was undoubtedly a rich young lady, whose life ought to have been bright and dazzling, but everything came to an abrupt end four years ago.

Her father’s company was reported for multiple illegal activities, leading to its investigation and closure, her father being imprisoned, and their assets auctioned by the court.

Overnight, she lost everything. Worse still, the company was closed suddenly, leaving payments unsettled, resulting in her being chased by debt collectors ever since.

Her father’s former friends and partners betrayed and abandoned them, highlighting the coldness of human nature.

Those days were unbearably harsh.

Even so, she never stopped investigating. Her father and grandfather were upright and would never do anything illegal; her father must have been framed. She was determined to find the mastermind and clear her father’s name.

But before she could investigate, she received news of her father’s suicide in prison under charges.

The sky collapsed in an instant.

Later, she found a chance to stow away to Siland, living under a false identity, and during this time, she met Delra.

She came to Siland only to seek clues about her father’s case, and falling in love with Delra was unexpected.

Back then, her father’s secretary, Zhou Jun, turned against them, accusing her father to the prosecution and providing numerous "evidences," leaving her father disgraced and incapable of recovery. After the incident, the secretary left Ge’an and went to Siland.

Not long after she got together with Delra, she found Zhou Jun, who was being hunted. She inadvertently saved him.

As repayment and out of conscience, Zhou Jun told her a secret, a secret about the truth behind the Shen family’s downfall.