Ning Wan nodded slightly, but didn't say much. She just thought silently in her heart: Look, this should be the correct way to handle it. It's just a matter of paying a sum of money, how can it be so complicated.
"How about when the master comes later, Miss can act coquettishly and ask him to return the marriage certificate?" Seeing that the young lady was lost in thought, Chunqin sighed and suggested in a very low voice.
She was just a maid, so naturally she had no right to interfere. Although the Ning Mansion had always been tolerant towards servants like them, they also knew the difference between superiors and inferiors.
"No need. Father certainly has his reasons. Besides, that scholar doesn't look ordinary. It might be a good match."
Seeing the young lady compromise, Chunqin's eyes fell on Ning Wan again. Looking at the bruises, she took out a box of medicine from beside her pillow and began to apply it carefully to Ning Wan. "Then the young master of the Zhou family is..."
Chunqin didn't mean to mention that person, but she knew very well what had happened between the young lady and the young master of the Zhou family over the years. Now that this had happened, the young lady must be very sad.
"Be careful with your words."
"Chunqin, my father and mother only have me as their daughter. When it comes to marriage, we have to consider the family business."
Ning Wan had a lot of trouble getting the plot back on track. Naturally, she just listened to Chunqin's suggestions and had no intention of adopting them.
Furthermore, her father really had no intention of handing over his business to the Zhou family. After all, something went wrong between her and Zhou Wenhuai, and a scholar just happened to appear. Naturally, he seized the opportunity to break up the thoughts of both parties.
However, Chunqin didn't think too deeply about it when she heard this. Her hands trembled slightly, and she suddenly understood something. She knew that even if the young lady was favored, she couldn't have everything she wanted.
Seeing Chunqin's slightly distressed expression, Ning Wan knew she must have misunderstood something, so she explained, "Don't overthink it. Zhou Wenhuai is nothing more than a playmate to me. Even if that scholar wasn't around, he wouldn't be the one I'm engaged to."
Chunqin nodded stiffly, then said very seriously, "Don't worry, Miss, Chunqin understands."
Ning Wan, who explained seriously and received a serious reply, always felt that something was wrong, especially when Chunqin's round eyes stared at her.
She wanted to explain a few more words, but was afraid that the more she explained, the more it would give people the illusion that she was trying to cover up something, so she simply stopped talking and let Chunqin apply the medicine to her.
Since he rolled down the mountain directly, Ning Wan had bruises of varying sizes all over his body.
Although Ning Wan didn't feel any pain, Chunqin felt the pain just by looking at her. The more she talked, the more upset she became. "It's all Chunqin's fault. If she hadn't believed what that Zhou family servant said, the young lady wouldn't have been injured so badly."
"It's not your fault. I accidentally stepped on empty air and rolled down." Ning Wan was extremely helpless. While comforting him, she also applied some medicine on the bruise on her chest.
While applying the makeup, I complained silently in my heart: Fortunately, she hasn't grown up yet, otherwise she would suffer so much.
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"Madam, please slow down. The court doctor has already said that if the young lady can wake up, there will be nothing serious. She just needs to rest." Zhilan, the maid who followed Ning's mother, supported the lady and reminded her in a low voice.
But Ning's mother couldn't listen to these words anymore. She took faster and faster steps. "Nannan has narrowly escaped death this time. How can I not be anxious?"
"By the way, has the master sent anyone to notify them?"
Zhilan's expression remained unchanged: "I have already sent someone. When the master receives the news, he will naturally come back to visit the young lady. Madam, please relax."
Naturally, Ning's mother couldn't be at ease. Thinking about the purpose of the master's departure today, she knew that this matter would definitely not end well. She just didn't know if Nannan would be angry with them after she woke up and knew what they had done.
Not long after, the green bamboo leading the way finally stopped.
Inside the house, Chunqin had already applied medicine to Ning Wan. When she heard the noise outside, she quickly pushed open the door.
"Hello, ma'am."
Mother Ning waved her hand and looked at Ning Wan lying on the bed, her eyes slightly shining.
Ning Wan tilted her head slightly, her voice no longer as hoarse as before, and called softly, "Mother."
Mother Ning did not act like a mistress. She walked over quickly and then carefully held her in her arms, as if she was afraid of hurting her.
The three maids in the room looked at each other and then retreated, closing the door behind them.
After a while, Ning's mother released Ning Wan and wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve. Her tone was filled with heartache, "Nannan, tell me the truth. Did you rolling down the mountain have anything to do with the young master of the Zhou family?"
Although Chunqin and Luzhu, who were following Nannan, had explained the general course of events, they were unaware of the hidden truth.
In the past, the child often had small fights with Nannan, but they were just small incidents like one tearing up my book and I splashing ink on you. This time, it was really too much.
Ning Wan had no intention of letting Zhou Wenhuai take the blame, so she replied truthfully, "It has nothing to do with him. I slipped while going down the mountain and fell."
"Nannan, don't think about our past relationship. If it really is him, my father and I will definitely stand up for you and seek justice from the Zhou family."
Ning's mother was worried that Zhou's father was resentful of the last incident and therefore instigated his son to take such a cruel action against his own daughter. However, Nannan's feelings towards Zhou Wenhuai were a little difficult to explain, so she had to suspect that Nannan was deliberately hiding it for Zhou Wenhuai.
"Mother, what happened that day really had nothing to do with him. If you must blame someone, just blame us for getting lost while taking a shortcut through the mountains." Ning Wan deliberately concealed the fact that Zhou Wenhuai left her behind, and said with some regret.
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