Jiang Ningyan blinked, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
She really hadn't thought about this question.
In her eyes, Lu Bingchuan has always been a cold and self-contained person who is very good at controlling his emotions.
Many emotions that ordinary people have, such as fear, depression, and anxiety, will never appear in him.
As for a sense of security, she never thought that he would lack it.
Sometimes, when I am anxious about the progress of a task or want to save more task rewards, I don’t think about it carefully.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt she was being careless. Jiang Ningyan stuck out her tongue and hooked her arms around his neck.
Her voice was small. "I'm sorry. I was negligent. I will pay attention next time and let everyone know that Lu Bingchuan is my partner."
"Everyone?" Lu Bingchuan picked out the key words.
Jiang Ningyan thought about it seriously and nodded solemnly.
Her pause was even more irritating.
Lu Bingchuan's dark eyes darkened, and he pinched her chin with his big hand, leaning over and taking away her already unstable breath.
This is not your room, someone may pass by at any time!
Jiang Ningyan originally wanted to just give him a hug, but who would have thought it would be even more excessive.
She pushed the man's chest hard, but her strength was not enough, and she was bitten even more fiercely.
She felt a stinging pain on her lips and couldn't dodge it. Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind.
The soft fingertips did the opposite, not resisting, but moving all the way down.
As expected, realizing her intention, Lu Bingchuan groaned and immediately let go of her.
"Why don't you continue?" Jiang Ningyan smiled happily.
But her joy didn't last long as Lu Bingchuan picked her up with a deep black look in his eyes.
"Of course."
The night is as dark as ink, and street lights illuminate the straight road.
The jeep was parked on the side of the road, somewhere dimly lit.
Jiang Ningyan's eyes were covered with a layer of mist, her face, as white as mutton-fat jade, was completely red, and the corners of her eyes were wet, and a tear had just been wiped away by the man's rough fingertips.
"Are you still going?" Lu Bingchuan kissed the tip of her ear with a smile.
Jiang Ningyan became completely obedient and completely gave up the idea of provoking him.
"No, I'm tired."
Lu Bingchuan waited until she had caught her breath, then placed his big hand on her waist and said, "Get out of the car."
Jiang Ningyan was confused, "What?"
"There are some things I need to ask your parents."
Jiang Ningyan uttered an "oh" and her face suddenly felt a little hot. "So this is why you drove out..."
There was a hint of joy in Lu Bingchuan's voice. "Why do you think that is?"
Of course Jiang Ningyan would never admit that she had such nonsense thoughts.
The car was parked near the city guesthouse.
Lu Bingchuan already knew the room number and walked straight into the corridor.
It was Jiang Ningyan's first time to visit the city guesthouse. Looking at the decoration and furnishings here, she knew that this place must not be cheap and usually only people of status would stay here.
Based on her understanding of her adoptive parents, they would definitely change their minds and ask for more dowry after living in such a place.
Anyway, it’s left for Yaozu, so it can’t be considered too much.
Lu Bingchuan thought she was worried, so he comforted her in a deep voice, "It's not a big deal, I'll take care of it."
His plan was to settle the matter with money.
Although Jiang's parents value money more than anything else, they have a limit to their appetite and they dare not quote a price that is too high.
Meeting the conditions they propose and giving them a warning can at least buy a few years of peace.
However, the premise of all this is that they are really Jiang Ningyan's parents.
He investigated and found out that they never took their daughter seriously and only treated her as a commodity to be sold. There were rumors in the village that the eldest daughter was not their biological daughter.
This is what he wanted to know clearly.
If the answer was no, he wouldn't have handled it so calmly.
Room 108.
The two stopped and Lu Bingchuan raised his hand to knock on the door.
Immediately, there was a loud noise in the room, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.
Lu Bingchuan said his name expressionlessly and knocked on the door again.
After more than ten seconds, there was a response from the room.
"Stop knocking, it's coming!"
With a click, Jiang Meng's face appeared behind the door.
His expression was strange, stiff and frightened, "You, you are here."
Lu Bingchuan stared at his expression, his eyes suddenly sharp, "Get out of the way."
Jiang Meng's breathing became noticeably heavier, but he didn't dare to object and slowly turned aside.
He Qiuju was sitting on a chair with a strange expression and posture.
Although he was sitting, his body seemed to be tense to the extreme and trembling with fear.
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Ningyan asked bluntly.
Jiang Meng stammered, "We were just about to go to bed. It's just that this house is too nice. We're really not used to it."
Even a fool would know they were lying.
Jiang Ningyan sat down on the sofa and looked at them leisurely.
Lu Bingchuan strode up to Jiang Meng and looked down at him.
"Is Jiang Ningyan your biological daughter?"
If Jiang Meng was feeling guilty before, he was now completely broken down.
He panted heavily, "No, so what? I worked so hard to raise her, what's the difference between me and her biological father?"
Lu Bingchuan's expression was calm, as if he already knew the answer.
"Tell me, who are her biological parents?"
His eyes were so calm that it made people feel that everything was under his control.
He had been specially trained by the military in interrogating prisoners, so he didn't need to be deliberate, but Jiang Meng couldn't handle it.
"I don't know. They gave me a lot of money and said they would come back to pick up the child, but then they never came back. They must have stopped wanting the child."
"They didn't leave anything behind?" Lu Bingchuan suddenly spoke.
Jiang Meng opened his mouth, but still didn't have the courage to lie.
"I left a piece of paper and a golden longevity lock..."
"Later, when my family couldn't make ends meet, I had no choice but to sell it."
"Where is that paper?"
Jiang Meng lowered his voice, "It's useless to keep it, so of course I'll just throw it away."
Jiang Ningyan rubbed her eyebrows. Maybe it was because she was too young. In the original owner's memory, there were indeed no such things.
He Qiuju squeezed out a few tears, "My daughter, you have forgotten all the kindness I have shown you."
"When you first arrived, you had a high fever and talked nonsense in the middle of the night. If I hadn't gotten up and bought some pills at the clinic, do you think you would have survived?"
Jiang Meng took the opportunity to wipe his face, "Big girl, we've figured it out. Finding a good family is the most important thing for you. Forget about the betrothal gift..."
He spoke the next few words with great difficulty, as if a knife was placed on his neck.
Lu Bingchuan narrowed his eyes and asked one last question, "Who sent you to Jing City?"
Jiang Meng answered much more smoothly this time. "It's an unsigned letter saying that Daya will soon be the daughter-in-law of the Lu family. The Lu family is rich, so they need to get the betrothal gift back quickly."
All the questions were answered, so they didn't stay any longer and said goodbye and walked out of the house.
He didn't leave, but stood quietly outside the door.
The room was quiet for a while, and suddenly there were several chaotic footsteps.
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