Domineering Lover novel Chapter 497

"Well, it is some preparation. I will have a negotiation with this R company today. I would like to know more about it." Tracey took the contract negotiation as an excuse.

Wilson wiped away the residues on the corner of his mouth after swallowing a toast and drinking a glass of hot milk, "It is closely related to a mysterious oriental family."

"How mysterious?" Tracey was curious.

"I have not much information about this company, and I can't guarantee that what I tell you is true."

"Well, go ahead." Tracey pricked up her ears.

Wilson started, "About a hundred years ago, the late Qing Dynasty was a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and in turmoil."

"Right then, some capable families immigrated to the US for their own futures. R family is one of them and has its own peculiarities."

"China was a patriarchal society during and before the Qing Dynasty, wasn't it? Men dominated the country and lay down regulations for women."

Tracey nodded. She learned this history Wilson mentioned in middle school.

Because of the opium and invasions from other countries, the late Qing Dynasty was in a state of chaos and confusion.

The knowledge from the textbook came back to Tracey when Wilson mentioned it. Those distant histories seemed vivid to her now.

"Yes, foot-binding for women, polygamy, and low esteem for women, all these are reproduced in the costume dramas."

Wilson continued, "Then imagine, in such a background, there was a family."

"Different from other ones, this family was headed by women, and its offsprings are all female."

Tracey shook her head, "I've never heard of such a family. Did this family really exist in that circumstances?"

"I believe so. It is said that this ancient bloodline could be dated back to Ming Dynasty or earlier."

"No one knows exactly how long the bloodline has existed. And I have no idea why only women are born. Maybe baby boys are abandoned?"

"Anyway, the heirs of this family are all women. And men marry into this family. Even today, one hundred years later, the president of R Company is a woman, and she is also the patriarch of this R family."

Tracey's heart skipped a beat at Wilson's mention of the patriarch because it was her mother!

"Wilson, this is incredible. Is there anything else?" She asked.

"Yes. I heard that this family is cursed, and its offsprings have a shorter lifetime one generation than the last one."

"For example, one hundred years ago, the great grandmother of the incumbent patriarch led her family to the US and died in her 70s."

"The lifespan of her grandmother is 60 years, and her mother had lived for only 50 years. Do you notice the rule?"

Tracey was startled at what Wilson said, "The lifespan of each generation is shortened by 10 years?"