After hearing the question, Ximena's face froze all of a sudden. Seeing that, the wife of the political commissar of the island could not help but feel somewhat helpless. She sighed and said softly,"I have known Aaron for quite a long time. I believe that you know the situation in QY Island very clearly. Different from political institutions in most other places, members of the council hall of QY Island can possess their own properties, can take part in the board of directors of any company, and of course many of them have contact with people in the dark world."
Ximena observed her quietly without commenting. Perhaps other people weren't aware of this knowledge. However, for Ximena, who had lived at the bottom of society for more than a dozen years and had stayed by Aaron's side for the past two, she would not be surprised or alarmed by anything that happened in QY Island.
"He always seems to be cold with everybody and everything, but once Aaron sets his mind on someone, he won't give them up. He is quite persistent with everybody and everything he believes in. I guess that persistence would probably have something to do with his life experience."
Hearing that, Ximena looked at the wife of the political commissar in confusion, as if she couldn't understand what she meant by her last sentence.
Seeing the confusion on Ximena's face, the commissar's wife smiled faintly. "Before his mother's death, he and his mother had lived next door to us. Then, after his mother's death, he lived in my family's home for a while." she explained.
Ximena looked at her in astonishment. She had never known that there had been such a connection between Aaron and the political commissar's wife.
"It may all sound strange to you, Ximena," she continued with a chuckle. "I was studying hard to prepare for my college entrance examination at that time, but he made a deep impression on me. When he was a little boy, he was completely different from how he is now. He wasn't talking too much, but he had been a lovely child."
Ximena couldn't help but frown upon hearing that, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly at her description of Aaron.
"It may be difficult for you to imagine what he was like in his childhood, for he is an entirely different person now," she said when she noticed the expression on Ximena's face. While reminiscing the past, she went on,"I was very busy studying at that time, so I hardly had time to communicate with him. However, when I finally finished my college entrance examination, I found out that he went missing. My parents tried hard to find him, but it was to no avail. In the end, we found the message that he had left in his home." As the commissar's wife said that, she sighed. "Aaron was less than ten years old when he ran away. We were all so worried about him. My parents had asked everybody that might have known or heard something about him, but we didn't get any information about his whereabouts. It wasn't until fifteen years later on that Aaron appeared once again. However, he was no longer the introverted child that he had used to be. Instead, he had grown up to be a mature man,"
the commissar's wife explained, staring at Ximena. "He is strongly persistent with the importance of family. I have never seen any other woman who has been by his side in the past, who could act in such an unbridled way in front of Aaron as you do. He seems to tolerate it for whatever reason." She smiled faintly and then continued,"As you would be aware, Aaron has complete control of the fate of QY Island. Even if you do have reason to be unruly in front of him, you shouldn't behave in that manner before such a powerful man. However, he has tolerated what you have done."
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