As the sun set, when Jiang Luoning returned to Mu Ningyuan, Fu Linxiao and Jiang Linghao were in the living room, seemingly discussing something. Seeing Jiang Luoning looking normal, Jiang Linghao forced a distressed smile.
"Ning'er, where are you going?"
Fu Linxiao stood up a little flustered, subconsciously blocking Jiang Luoning's sight. The man was tall and straight, standing in the middle of the living room. Jiang Linghao was busy with something behind him.
Jiang Luoning didn't care, but at this moment she saw all the performances of Fu Linxiao and Jiang Linghao. She didn't answer the man's question, but looked at the two of them calmly.
"Brother, Brother Lin Xiao, don't you have anything to ask me?"
Faced with the little girl's sudden question, Jiang Linghao didn't know how to answer for a moment. He just sat down on the sofa more firmly and kept coughing lightly to cover up his guilt. Fu Linxiao also hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Jiang Luoning to sit on the sofa.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Jiang Luoning stared at them intently, neither hurriedly nor slowly; his expression seemed to say that he would not let it go unless they said something today.
After a long moment, Fu Linxiao knew he couldn't avoid the confession today. He glanced at Jiang Linghao, who had been sitting upright, not daring to move. After taking a deep breath and making up his mind, he finally spoke first. "Ning'er, do you remember our conversation in the pavilion that day?"
She had thought that they were just discussing a plan to deal with Helian Rui behind her back, but when she heard the man mention the pavilion, her pupils betrayed her shock.
At this moment, Jiang Luoning felt her mind was blank, as if the happiness she had enjoyed for so long was about to leave her. The dark secrets that she was unwilling and dared not to mention were finally discovered by everyone.
"Ning'er, everyone already knows everything we said that day."
"Fu Linxiao! You betrayed me!" Before Fu Linxiao could finish his words, Jiang Luoning became emotional and glared at the man with an incredulous look, as sharp as a knife.
"I'm sorry, Ning'er..."
"Sister, it's me! I overheard your conversation with your brother-in-law behind the bushes that day. I drank a little yesterday and blurted out everything without restraint."
The young man's voice echoed at the bathroom door, stopping Fu Linxiao from taking the blame. He had seen Jiang Luoning's expression when she recounted the incident that day: resistance, unwillingness, regret, self-blame, a series of negative emotions suppressed within herself. That day was the first time she had seen her sister cry like that. In his memory, Jiang Luoning had always been confident, sunny, and proud, always calm and positive no matter what happened. But at that moment, Jiang Luoning was so unfamiliar, as if she had never known him before, so fragile and vulnerable.
After saying that, Ah Xing ran to Jiang Luoning and slowly held her arm, his movements were so cautious, as if he was afraid of being thrown away.
"Sister, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything, but I really feel sorry for you. Seeing you crying so heartbreakingly, I wanted to tear them into pieces immediately, but you said you wanted to know these grudges in person, so I have been suppressing this secret in my heart. I really didn't mean to do that yesterday. I'm sorry, sister, can you forgive me?"
Realizing that Jiang Luoning had no intention of getting rid of her, Ah Xing kept apologizing to her as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, her voice becoming more and more hoarse and choked.
Jiang Luoning was expressionless and dumbfounded. Countless thoughts flashed through her mind. She wanted to escape. She suddenly didn't want to see anyone. She was scared. The Jiang Luoning who used to be so arrogant now felt a chill all over her body. She was really scared. She was afraid that everyone would know about her past life and blame and scold her. She was even more afraid that everyone would leave her and not want her as a disaster star.
Ah Xing was still confessing, and Jiang Linghao couldn't help but feel distressed; in the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and spoke out to comfort her.
"Axing, calm down first. Ning'er loves you so much, she won't blame you! Ningning, everyone really cares about you, even if Axing doesn't say it. Your second brother and I have noticed that ever since you fell into the water, your eyes have been filled with inexplicable guilt towards your family, and every time something happens, you can't control your overwhelming hatred. I asked Lin Xiao if you had encountered something, and Lin Xiao always made up various excuses to get rid of it. But I'm not stupid, I just didn't expect that the reason for you becoming like this would be this!"
The more they spoke, the more excited they became, as if they could empathize with Jiang Luoning's experiences in her previous life as if they had witnessed them with their own eyes. Trying their best to control their emotions, they slowly approached Jiang Luoning, supported her trembling shoulders and sat her down, and then continued to speak slowly.
"Girl, this isn't your past life. Those unpleasant things didn't happen. You're not alone, so don't worry about things that haven't happened yet, okay? Ningning, you can stand on your own now, and everyone is happy for you, but we don't want you to become depressed and unhappy."
Perhaps touched by Jiang Linghao's words, Jiang Luoning's suppressed tears finally fell, and her whole body became relaxed, as if the strength she had pretended for so long was taken off again. The last time she was so relaxed was when she confessed to Fu Linxiao in the pavilion.
Fu Linxiao couldn't sit still any longer. He pushed Ah Xing, who was standing there stupidly, away and pulled Jiang Luoning into his arms from beside Jiang Linghao. He patted the little girl's back again and again and coaxed her softly, "Ning'er, be good. It's all over. The brothers are still here. We will just treat everything you remember as if you have superpowers that can predict the future, okay?"
Listening to the man's magnetic and hoarse voice beside her, Jiang Luoning suddenly felt like she had a pillar of support. She hugged Fu Linxiao tightly, but her crying did not stop. She just sobbed and replied intermittently: "Let me cry my heart out all at once, okay? You know, when I first came back, I often secretly got up in the middle of the night to go to my brother, parents, and grandfather's rooms. I was so scared, so scared."
Although her sobbing was unclear, the three grown men present understood what the little girl was saying and what she was afraid of.
Ah Xing looked at Jiang Luoning who was crying in the man's arms, and the scene of the warehouse explosion that Fu Linxiao told them yesterday flashed uncontrollably in his mind. He turned around and rushed into the bathroom and quickly locked the door. As the sound of the lock rang out, he heard the boy's muffled crying through the door.
After an unknown amount of time, the little girl finally fell asleep peacefully in the man's arms. Looking at Jiang Luoning with tears on her face, Fu Linxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and tiptoed to carry the girl in his arms back to the bedroom.
Fu Linxiao held Jiang Luoning's hand in the bedroom and didn't dare to let go. He didn't know that not long after he went upstairs, Ah Xing had already rushed to the hospital under the help of Jiang Linghao.
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