Zhang Rui would come over every few days to cultivate her relationship with Jiang Cha, since even the deepest feelings need to be maintained in order to last.

Even if they are mother and daughter.

This was especially true after she had two more children.

Perhaps fearing that Jiang Cha would feel she no longer loved her, she came quite frequently. Sometimes she came alone, sometimes with her family.

Because of this, Zhang Rui's two sons from the Ming family had a very good relationship with Jiang Cha.

We occasionally go out for a meal or to see a movie together.

As Zhang Rui ate the food Ning Hongze had prepared, a hint of nostalgia flashed in her eyes. "Hongze, your cooking is as good as ever. Acha has gotten used to your cooking. How can she ever live without you in the future?"

“Then I won’t leave. I’ll live with A-Ze from now on,” Jiang Cha said tentatively.

"How can that be? Even if you don't want to get married, Aze still needs to find a wife."

Zhang Rui said with a smile.

"If you don't like this boy today, I'll help you turn him down."

“A boy?” Ning Hong looked up at Jiang Cha.

"I don't like that little brat from the Ming family."

“What little brat? He’s a bit older than you.” Zhang Rui was also curious; her daughter never seemed to like any boys.

When other girls are watching TV and calling their idols "husband" or "brother," she just glances at them and stops watching.

While other people were chasing after foreign idols to learn singing and dancing, she wasn't interested.

With such high standards, I wonder what kind of man she actually likes.

Could it be that she likes women?

Zhang Rui tilted her head, thinking, but there didn't seem to be any close girls around her—

Jiang Cha could tell from Zhang Rui's eyes that her mother had definitely misunderstood, but she didn't intend to explain anything.

After her mother left, Ning Hong took the rice bowl to wash it when Jiang Cha hugged him from behind and rested her face against his back.

"I feel like we're having an affair," Jiang Cha said sullenly. Aze is getting more and more handsome, and now more and more women are sneaking peeks at him at the cake shop every day.

“Isn’t that right?” Ning Hong then turned and kissed Jiang Cha.

"When can I become your woman?" Jiang Cha bit Ning Hongze's shoulder in dissatisfaction. "I'm already an adult."

“But you’re still too young. You have to be at least twenty years old before you can do it.” Ning Hong gently bit Jiang Cha’s nose.

"You've been holding it in for so many years, are you still holding it in?" Jiang Cha's hand moved restlessly downwards.

Ning Hong stopped her, "If you provoke me again, I won't be able to bear it." What does it matter if he has endured for more than ten years? In the world where he hadn't found Jiang Cha, he sometimes remained a virgin until his death.

"Then let's not hold back." Jiang Cha wrapped her arms around Ning Hongze's neck, stood on tiptoe, pressed him down, and looked up to kiss his lips.

“Acha, your uncle told you…” Zhang Rui stared in disbelief at the scene before her.

Wait, what did she just see?

How could she have seen her daughter pinning Hong Ze down in the sink and kissing her?

Did you hallucinate because you ran too fast?

Acha and Hongze?

They're practically like father and daughter, how could the two of them possibly be?

That's impossible.

Zhang Rui turned her back, closed her eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and then turned back around.

Good, they've separated.

She said it must be an illusion. The two of them are so far apart in age, and most importantly, Hong is Acha's uncle. Wouldn't it be strange if they were together?

“Acha, your uncle said you’d like to come to our house for dinner. Your brothers miss you,” Zhang Rui said with a forced smile.

"Actually, I think Yu Jun is a pretty good boy. Why don't you give him a try?"

"Why should I try? I don't even like him."

Jiang Cha never expected her mother to come back unexpectedly.

She even saw it.

"It's okay if you don't like them. Feelings can be cultivated. You're still young. You should spend more time with boys."

“Mom, stop fooling yourself. What you just saw was real, not an illusion, not a figment of your imagination, it was all true.” Jiang Cha scoffed and scratched her hair. “Aze and I are together.”

"You...this is incest."

"What incest? We have absolutely no blood relation whatsoever," Jiang Cha said angrily.

“Zhang Rui, this is my fault…” It was indeed his fault; he had intended to raise her daughter from the very beginning.

"No, I forced him. I told Aze that if he didn't stay with me, I would die. Anyway, I can't live without Aze for the rest of my life."

"You, you're absolutely infuriating!" Zhang Rui stepped forward and raised her hand, but Ning Hong blocked Jiang Cha's path.

"Zhang Rui, don't listen to her nonsense. I was the one who fell for her first."

"Don't speak up for her. Do you think I don't know what kind of person she is? She must have forced you."

Faced with Ning Hongze's handsome face, how could she possibly bring herself to slap him? Zhang Rui angrily withdrew her hand and pulled Jiang Cha over.

"Come back with me first."

"I don't want to, I won't leave Aze." Jiang Cha forcefully broke free from Zhang Rui's hand, hid behind Ning Hongze, and tightly hugged his waist with both hands.

"You're still young, do you even know what love is?"

"Zhang Rui," Ning Hong called out to her, "I truly love Acha. Believe me, I will make her happy for the rest of her life and I will never let her feel sad."

"No, you two can't do this. You're coming back with me. Let's calm yourselves down first."

"I am perfectly sober."

"Mom, I can tell you that if I lose Aze, I might still be able to survive, but I will never fall in love with anyone else, nor will I get married. I will live like a walking corpse for the rest of my life."

“Me too. Acha is the person I’ve searched for for lifetimes, and I will never give up easily,” Ning Hong said firmly.

He knew they would have a next life, and the life after that, but since they could live well together in this life, why waste it?

Seeing the two of them holding hands and smiling at each other, Zhang Rui felt dizzy.

What on earth is going on?

For a moment, she felt extremely conflicted.

What should she do?

Was she just supposed to watch them get together?

This is not too strange.

Ning Hong was the ray of light in her dark life; without him, her life would have been a complete mess.

Chaos ensued.

But now this light has become a source of trouble for her. If it were anyone else, she could harden her heart, ignore it, and forcibly take Acha away, but—

What should she do now?

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