Chapter 236 Ning Yao Becomes a Rascal

Ning Jinli had no interest in staying to watch Ning Yao's ugly behavior, nor did she care whether Ning Yao would actually crawl all the way to the street. So, just as Ning Yao crawled out of the restaurant's main entrance, she and five members of the special operations team quietly left through the restaurant's back door.

Ning Yao was completely unaware of this. She went out the gate and continued climbing.

The group of people doing the live stream immediately pointed their phone cameras at her.

Other onlookers also took out their phones to take pictures.

Although Ning Yao had her head down, she could still feel countless gazes converging on her from all around.

She felt like an ant crawling under the scorching sun, with someone using a magnifying glass to focus the sunlight into a single point, subjecting her to intense heat.

She used to love being the center of attention, but now, even though she is still the center of attention, it feels like her heart is being slowly tortured.

She climbed out of the hotel entrance and then slowly climbed down the steps.

My palms and knees were scraped raw.

Large tears slid down her cheeks.

Some people in the crowd cheered and others laughed, after all, it was the first time they had seen a young, wealthy, and beautiful woman dressed in high-end designer brands do such a thing.

However, as Ning Yao struggled to climb to the side of the street while silently shedding tears, some people gradually felt sorry for her.

Humans are all made of flesh and blood. While it's fine to watch the spectacle, it's really... increasingly unbearable to watch a beautiful girl humiliated in public like this.

More and more people began to urge Ning Yao to get up and stop climbing.

More and more people are also criticizing Ning Jinli, the winner of the competition, for going too far.

Some people who found out about Ning Yao and Ning Jinli's relationship through inquiries or online searches speculated that this was Ning Jinli's deliberate act of retaliation.

"Sigh, they are cousins, and both come from wealthy and respectable families, yet they've ended up like this."

"It wasn't Ning Yao who stole the Ning family's assets, so why is Ning Jinli treating her like this?"

"Yes, that's too cruel..."

"The world of the rich is something we ordinary people really can't understand."

"..."

The public opinion atmosphere gradually reversed, which was beyond Ning Yao's expectations.

She immediately began to plan how to take advantage of the passersby's sympathy for her and her pitiful situation in the public eye to turn the tables on Ning Jinli.

At least it will leave Ning Jinli with a bad reputation in Xinghan City for publicly insulting her own family.

Just as most of the onlookers began to side with Ning Yao, and Ning Yao was preparing to play the victim and cry out that Ning Jinli had bullied her—

Buzz...

A piercing, electrical horn-like sound suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Then, several directions began to ring out with "hello, hello, hello".

Everyone looked around.

Before anyone could see where the voice was coming from, someone shouted through a megaphone: "Come on, everyone, listen up! Please listen to some of the bizarre things Ms. Ning Yao said earlier!"

Then, the loudspeaker played a conversation between Ning Jinli and Ning Yao during their meal at the restaurant.

Ning Jinli asked, "Is becoming a citizen of the United States this exciting and smug?"

Ning Yao replied, "Of course! Who doesn't know that the United States is the ideal country that countless people around the world yearn for, a thousand times better than your country!"

The loudspeaker's amplification effect is very significant.

The entire question and answer was heard clearly by all the onlookers present.

Immediately, some people frowned.

That statement, which praises the US while belittling the motherland and even refers to the motherland as "your country," sounds incredibly awkward.

The person who broadcast the conversation through the loudspeaker thoughtfully informed everyone that Ning Jinli was asking the question and Ning Yao was answering, since not all onlookers could recognize their voices.

Ning Yao was stunned.

How did the conversation I had with Ning Jinli during dinner suddenly pop up?

What's going on here?!

She quickly got up and looked up to see where the sound was coming from.

"I didn't expect Miss Ning Yao to admire the US so much?" A passerby sneered at her. "She even refers to her own country as 'your country.' If she looks down on her own motherland so much, why does she even speak Chinese?"

Many people cast disdainful glances at her and booed her.

"No...that's not how it is!" Ning Yao blurted out anxiously.

But the next second.

Her shouting voice came through the loudspeaker again.

"Ning Jinli! You just wait!"

"My great M country will crush your country one day!"

"By then, all of you will be homeless beggars! You'll all be begging us American people for alms and aid!"

These words were spoken when Ning Jinli had pushed her to her breaking point.

It was also broadcast through the loudspeaker at that moment.

This instantly aroused public outrage.

Such outrageous words would make any normal person in China angry.

Countless gazes pierced Ning Yao like knives.

The overwhelming anger terrified her.

Many people started cursing directly:

"What the hell! Someone like you would have been a traitor, a running dog, and a sellout in the old days!"

"Damn it! I was just looking at you crawling on the ground and felt sorry for you! But you actually want our country to be crushed by the US? You want us to become homeless beggars?! Bah!"

"If I heard correctly, you call yourself a citizen of the US? You're not a citizen of the US at all, you're just a Western-worshipping dog! You're a dog of the US and you're still barking at home! Get out!"

"..."

The onlookers attacked her, cursing her so much that Ning Yao wished she could disappear into the ground.

This unexpected situation was completely beyond her expectations.

In desperation, she could only make excuses, "I didn't say those things! I... I don't know where those words came from! Yes! Someone framed me! They used AI to impersonate my voice! Don't believe them!"

"Ahem!" The voice came from the loudspeaker again, "I'm sorry, Ms. Ning Yao, these are all screenshots from our hotel's surveillance footage. Our manager said that if Ms. Ning Yao is still insistent, we don't mind releasing the complete surveillance footage for everyone to see."

These words immediately refuted Ning Yao's sophistry.

It turned out that the person holding the loudspeaker was one of the restaurant manager's subordinates.

The hotel manager was slapped by Ning Jinli, and the relationship was over. He chose to retaliate in this way.

Ning Yao's mind went blank. She staggered back a few steps and almost fell.

The hotel manager's subordinates, following the manager's orders to add fuel to the fire, also played Ning Yao's sarcastic remarks about the crowd cheering for the soldiers and her sycophancy towards American soldiers.

This immediately ignited the fury of the onlookers.

Someone threw a half-finished milk tea, which hit Ning Yao on the head.

The milk tea got all over her face.

"Get out of our country! Get out!"

As they cursed, the crowd threw whatever they could find at Ning Yao.

Packaging boxes, bags, cigarette cases, lighters, eggs bought from the supermarket, vegetable leaves... and even slippers flying out from time to time.

Ning Yao became a rat that everyone hated and cursed.

Her mind went completely blank, and she stood there helplessly, stunned.

Ten members of the Raptor Special Forces rushed out of the hotel, surrounded her, and took her to their car.

Although they didn't particularly like Ning Yao, they were ordered to pick her up, and if anything happened to her, they wouldn't be able to explain themselves.

Several black minivans then sped away.

The indignant onlookers gradually dispersed, and things finally returned to normal in front of the restaurant.

The next morning.

An obscure, remote, small airport in country M.

A private plane is getting closer and closer in the sky.

On the ground, Ning Hai emerged from the car, tidied his hair and clothes, and looked up at the azure sky with excitement and joy.

More than twenty special forces bodyguards stood behind him.

As the plane landed, before it had even fully come to a stop, Ning Hai eagerly rushed over to greet it.

After waiting for so long and making tremendous efforts, he can finally reunite with his wife and daughter. How could he not be happy?

The cabin door slowly opened.

Lin Lina and Ning Yao helped each other down the steps.

"Wife! Yao Yao!" Ning Hai waved and shouted.

However, both mother and daughter had their heads down and looked weak and listless.

After the two slowly walked down, Ning Hai hugged them tightly, "Wife! Yao Yao! We're finally reunited! I missed you both so much!"

It was only then that Ninghai realized something was wrong.

The mother and daughter didn't seem happy at all; they didn't even call out to him.

"What... happened to you?" Ning Hai released his arms.

Lin Lina took off her sunglasses and mask, revealing a pair of tired, red eyes and her right cheek covered with gauze.

Ning Hai was shocked, "Wife, what happened to your face?!"

“I’m fine,” Lin Lina said. “Yao Yao is not in a good mental state. Take us to our place to stay, and I’ll tell you all about it on the way.”

Ning Hai held Ning Yao's shoulders and looked down.

Ning Yao looked dazed and had empty eyes, as if she had lost her soul. She had lost all her energy and spirit, and no matter how Ning Hai called her, she did not respond.

Ning Hai immediately picked up Ning Yao and, together with Lin Lina, got into his private bulletproof car.

The convoy sped across the seemingly endless western Gobi Desert plains of Country M, kicking up clouds of dust, with two armed helicopters following overhead.

Inside the bulletproof car in the middle, Lin Lina gave Ning Yao some sleeping pills. After Ning Yao fell into a deep sleep, Lin Lina told Ning Hai about the series of events that had happened the day before.

Ning Hai's expression grew increasingly grim as he listened, and he couldn't help but scold Lin Lina, "I've already made all the arrangements for you and your daughter here, why did you have to pull such a stunt before leaving? Why did you provoke Ning Jinli in the first place?!"

Although Ning Hai feels sorry for his wife and daughter, what happened yesterday was truly something his wife and daughter shouldn't have done.

"Why are you taking it out on me!" Lin Lina snapped at him. "If you're so capable, go teach Ning Jinli a lesson right now and avenge our daughter!"

"you……"

Ning Hai's cheek twitched.

Lin Lina crossed her arms over her chest, turned her head away, and wiped away her tears.

Ning Hai sighed, "Sigh, wife..."

Lin Lina ignored her.

Ning Hai moved closer, wanting to hug her.

"Don't touch me!" Lin Lina twisted her body to avoid it.

Ning Hai took her hand and said softly, "I didn't mean to get angry at you. I was just worried and anxious when I saw you and our daughter like this, and after I found out what happened, that's why I said some harsh words. I'm sorry, honey."

Lin Lina calmed down and said through tears, "I know we were wrong first. We even had a meal with Ning Jinli right before we were about to leave the country. I advised Yao Yao that there was no need to show off to others, but Yao Yao was unwilling. What could I do but give in to her? Who knew things would turn out like that?"

"Alright, alright, honey, don't cry, it's not your fault." Ning Hai's expression was complicated. "I'll find a psychologist to help Yao Yao with her later."

Lin Lina hung her head dejectedly, "I'm afraid it's no use. The incident caused such a huge uproar back then. A bunch of people were filming videos and doing live streams. There were related news articles everywhere online, video clips were flying all over the internet, and it even trended on social media. It will probably spread to the international internet very soon. Even if Yao Yao settles down in the US with us permanently, she will still be able to see those things online..."

Ning Hai pondered for a moment, "This isn't a big problem. I can get help from high-ranking officials in the US to prevent the relevant content from spreading in the US and most other countries."

Lin Lina looked surprised. "Honey, you can even do something like this?"

Ning Hai said with some pride, "I can get the US to negotiate and get China to pardon you, and even make you and Yao Yao US citizens. This little thing is no problem at all."

"Honey, you're so amazing." Lin Lina threw herself into Ning Hai's arms.

Ning Hai stroked her shoulder and said softly, "Your husband is now more powerful than you can imagine. Otherwise, I wouldn't care about the Ning family's assets in the Ning Group anymore. Let me put it this way, no matter how rich and powerful the tycoon in China is, he's not on the same level as me. I'm the most valued talent by the US government, the kind of person who can change the development of the US and even the world."

Lin Lina was stunned and speechless; this was truly beyond her imagination.

Ning Hai added, "Once Yao Yao sees what her father, me, can do, I believe she will cheer up and realize that Ning Jinli is just a tiny ant. She doesn't need to take people seriously anymore."

"Husband..." Lin Lina was overwhelmed with emotion, her eyes brimming with adoration. She called out softly and nestled into Ning Hai's arms.

The couple hadn't seen each other for several months, and suddenly their passion ignited.

Ning Hai felt a surge of heat throughout his body and embraced Lin Lina, showering her with passionate kisses.

"Ugh...no..." Lin Lina tried to stay calm. "Yao Yao is here."

Ning Hai couldn't hold back any longer. He frantically pulled down his wife's pants while saying, "It's okay, she's asleep. We'll try to be as quiet as possible."

"With your impatient manner, how can you expect to keep quiet..."

"Shh, don't talk, let's get down to business."

"..."

Just then.

Ning Yao, who was lying on the chair next to him, suddenly started punching and kicking, shouting, "I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

Ning Hai and Lin Lina were so frightened that they hurriedly pulled up their pants and turned to go to Ning Yao's side.

"Yaoyao?"

"Yaoyao, what's wrong?"

The couple tried calling out.

It turned out that Ning Yao hadn't woken up; she was just having a nightmare.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her brows were furrowed, her face was pale, her forehead was covered in sweat, her muscles were tense, her legs were kicking wildly, her hands were punching and scratching at the air, and she was roaring.

"I'll kill you... I'll kill you!"

"Ning Jinli! I will never forgive you!"

Ning Hai and Lin Lina felt extremely distressed when they saw her like this.

The couple held her in their arms and comforted her repeatedly until they finally calmed her down.

“Husband…” Lin Lina said gravely, “Yao Yao has probably developed serious psychological problems. What happened yesterday has caused her too much harm. You know, she has been pampered since she was a child and has never been bullied. Suddenly being humiliated in public and being scolded by so many people… How can she bear this blow? She’s finished!”

Lin Lina started crying again as she spoke.

Ning Hai frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and said to his wife, "Don't worry, I have a way."

Then, he reached out and opened the partition in the driver's cab, ordering the driver to change course and go directly to his experimental research base.