Chapter 113 The Fruit of Time

That night, while having dinner with Xie Fei, Ye Jing was talking about what Aunt Zhou had talked about with her in the afternoon while eating big mouthfuls of food. When she talked about the envelope, she finally remembered the business. She wiped her hands, took out the bag from behind, searched for the envelope and said, "Oh, by the way, do you want to take the five million back to Auntie? Although you said I would accept whatever she gave me, but five million is too much. I always feel uncomfortable holding it."

"Since she gave it to you, it's yours. You don't have to give it back to her." Xie Fei swallowed slowly, glanced at the envelope, and said casually, "If you feel uncomfortable, just think of it as a gift from her to you as a daughter-in-law in advance."

Daughter-in-law...gift for meeting her?

Ye Jing thought blankly with her mouth open, staring in astonishment at the person opposite her who was calm and unhurried. Her cheeks suddenly turned red, and the envelope in her hand became hot.

"Ah?" She clearly said it was a breakup fee, but when he turned it around, it became a meeting gift for his daughter-in-law. If Ning Yi's mother knew about it, she would probably overturn the table as a small matter, right?

Feeling a little embarrassed, Ye Jing stared at Xie Fei without blinking, struggling in her mind: should she accept the check? Should she accept it? Or should she accept it?

Well, although five million is a considerable sum, the five words "daughter-in-law's meeting gift" are more tempting to her...

For some reason, she longed to become Ning Yi's wife, as if it had become an obsession.

Xie Fei picked up the teacup and took a sip. Then he looked up and met Ye Jing's gaze. He raised his lips slightly and said calmly, "Ye Jing, if you keep looking at me like this, I will think that you want to eat me instead of food."

After saying that, he lowered his eyes again and looked at the tea leaves floating in the teacup like a boat, and chuckled softly: "Although I am happy to do so."

Xie Fei's laughter called Ye Jing back from her trance. She looked at him blankly and blinked at first, recalling what he had just said bit by bit in her head. After a while, she immediately understood what he meant. Her whole body suddenly turned red from head to toe like a red shrimp, and her whole body exuded a hot breath. She grabbed the chopsticks and lowered her head to eat without saying a word.

Of course, she had no idea what she had eaten. She just subconsciously ate whatever she saw. The end result was that she left the restaurant with a bloated belly.

On the way back to the hotel, Ye Jing had thought about how to deal with this huge sum of money. Before the two of them parted, she cleared her throat and mustered up the courage to say, "Ning Yi, um, um...it's a gift for meeting someone. I thought about it and it's not a good idea to accept it directly. I'll send it back..." But I didn't want to, after all, it's a gift from my daughter-in-law, even though you were the only one who said it.

Xie Fei lowered his head slightly and looked at the shy girl in front of him. He raised his eyebrows happily and asked calmly, "So, what are you going to do?"

"So I was thinking about buying something as a return gift..." Ye Jing lowered her head, rubbed her toes, pursed her lips and said softly, and her pretty face was filled with blush after she finished speaking.

Her answer indirectly admitted that she wanted to be his wife and the daughter-in-law of the Ning family.

Thinking of this, Ye Jing couldn't help but put her hands over her blushing cheeks. Only two almond-shaped eyes appeared between her fingers. She raised her head and looked at him expectantly: "What do you say?"

She kept blinking and swallowed nervously several times.

Hearing this, Xie Fei was slightly startled. With his intelligence, how could he not understand the meaning behind Ye Jing's words.

His eyes moved slightly, and there was a faint light flowing in Ye Jing's clear sight. At this moment, she was looking at him expectantly with her head slightly tilted up. Her charming eyes were bright and shining. Although the shyness on her face could not be seen, the slightly red tips of her ears hidden in her hair added a touch of cuteness.

Xie Fei's fingers in his trouser pockets moved slightly, and his eyes sank slightly: "Okay."

As he spoke, he slowly leaned over and gently kissed her eyelashes through her hands that were covering her face.

His lips were hot, his breath scorching.

It was just a moment, but the atmosphere between the two became ambiguous and charming.

The feeling of Ning Yi's touch seemed to still linger on her eyelashes, and Ye Jing's heart suddenly beat rapidly. The hand that was covering her face dropped unconsciously, and she quietly clenched the hem of her clothes at her side.

She pursed her lips and looked around. After a while, she seemed to remember something and asked happily, "Did you promise me just now?"

"Yes." Xie Fei raised his eyebrows, looked at her with a smile in his eyes, and said jokingly, "Everything is up to Madam. This major general will follow Madam's lead."

lady……

Ye Jing's face suddenly turned red again. She raised her hand and pushed Xie Fei out of the door. She said hastily, "Let's go buy a return gift together tomorrow when there's nothing left," and then slammed the door shut.

Then, she leaned her head against the door, blushing and laughing secretly, murmuring softly: "Madam, Madam..."

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On the second day, Ye Jing, who had the huge sum of five million, was very generous. With a wave of her hand, she bought all the things that she had liked but could not afford before.

In the evening, Xie Fei returned to the Ning family villa with a lot of bags and asked Aunt Zhou to distribute them one by one. Everyone looked at him in surprise with the gifts. Old Man Ning asked first: "It's not the New Year or other festivals, why did you buy so many things?"

Mother Ning couldn't let go of the jade earrings in her hand. Upon hearing this, she immediately said, "Dad, is there any need to say this? This is all Yi'er's filial piety to us. But what's wrong with the New Year holidays? As long as you have the heart, every day is a holiday."

Xie Fei smiled calmly and replied, "Grandpa, I didn't buy these. They are a little gift from Ye Jing to everyone."

"Oh, really?" Mr. Ning said with some surprise.

Ning's father also looked at Ning's mother with some surprise. Didn't she say that Ye Jing was a poor man?

Ning's mother didn't notice Ning's father's gaze. She just looked at the jade earrings in her hand in disbelief. Lin Manyue and Mrs. Zhou both said that Ye Jing's family was not well off, so how could she afford such expensive things at once?

Could it be that she was spending Ning Yi’s money?

No, it's impossible. The old man has records of every time Ning Yi spends money...

Could it be... She had a bad feeling in her heart. She quietly raised her eyes to check Xie Fei's expression, and met Xie Fei's half-smile. At that moment, she suddenly realized something and her hands involuntarily grasped the brocade box tightly.

Sure enough, the next moment Xie Fei nodded and said, "Yesterday my mother gave Ye Jing a generous gift. She accepted it because she didn't dare to refuse a gift from an elder. But she felt a little embarrassed afterwards. She should have visited the elders first, but now it was my mother who gave her the gift first. After thinking it over, she picked these things as a return gift and asked me to bring them to you. I hope you like them."

He said it lightly, but the sharp-eyed old man Ning had already noticed that Ning's mother was distracted. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that the matter must not be that simple. It was probably that his eldest daughter-in-law had done something weird again.

Twenty years have passed, and the eldest son and daughter-in-law have not made much progress. They are full of tricks and their ambitions should not be underestimated, but they simply do not have the same IQ. If it were not for the sake of Ning Yi, his grandson, he would have ignored the Ning family's training and handed over the housekeeper power to the second daughter-in-law.

With a slight sigh of disappointment, Mr. Ning stood up with the help of his cane and told Uncle Jiang to take the jade plate and chess pieces to the study and set them up. Then he went back to his room and whispered, "Miss Ye Jing is pretty good. I like her. The birthday banquet is coming up in a few days. Make good preparations and don't forget to send the invitation to the girl."

With just these simple words, Ning's mother's expression instantly turned extremely ugly, because this was almost a warning to her not to stretch her hands too far, as he was determined to have his eyes on this girl.

Mother Ning's mind was filled with mixed feelings. She frowned and looked at Xie Fei with some dissatisfaction. This was her son, but he helped outsiders to bully her. All she did was for his own good, but he was ungrateful and instead went against her everywhere.

Yes, he is now Grandpa Ning’s favorite grandson, but there are more than one grandson in the Ning family.

The Ning family today is no longer the old-fashioned Ning family of the past. The tradition of the eldest son and grandson inheriting the main family business will sooner or later disappear under the watchful eyes of the other three branches.

Although Father Ning seems to be the head of the Ning family, that is just an appearance. Because not only is the main family business not under his control, but most of the power is still in the hands of Mr. Ning.

Lin Manyue comes from a good family and is the granddaughter of Mr. Ning's good friend. She has also studied abroad and her experience is definitely much better than Ye Jing's... In these ways, she is better than Ye Jing in every way.

Therefore, as long as Ning Yi marries Lin Manyue, he will have more guarantees in competing for the position of head of the family in the future.

She had been planning everything for the sake of helping him, but he, not only did not understand her good intentions, but also teamed up with her to embarrass her! She really wanted to stop caring about everything, but she couldn't let it go. Even though she is the mistress of the Ning family now, what will happen when the old man is gone in the future?

Her husband is unreliable, and her mother's family is dominated by her sisters-in-law. If her son's position as the head of the family also becomes someone else's, then what status will she have in the Ning family? That's why she planned for Ning Yi at all costs, because she was also planning for her own happy life in her later years.

But now that Mr. Ning has spoken, she dare not do anything anymore. However, she will not give up on making Lin Manyue her daughter-in-law.

No matter what, a crow will never turn into a phoenix. Even if she is given the opportunity to communicate with upper-class people, she will only shrink in a corner with inferiority complex.

Just wait and see, at the banquet, the difference between Ye Jing and Lin Manyue will be immediately apparent.

The author has something to say: This story will probably be finished in one or two chapters. To be honest, it is different from what I expected. I wanted to try to write it in a more layered way, but failed. I even got stuck twice in the middle. Thank you all very much, no matter what I am like, you always cheer me on and encourage me, you are really super warm little angels! I know I still have many shortcomings, my writing is not that good, and the plot rhythm is not that great, but I will get better and better, love you guys (* ￣3)(ε￣ *)