Chapter 447 He Didn’t Lie
Li Suizhi's eyes narrowed, and the coldness he had been feigning finally cracked: "Impossible, this is impossible! You're lying to me. You weren't even born back then, how could you know so much? That's right, this can't be true, you're lying, lying!"
Ning Anquan coldly watched his panicked state and sneered, "What are you panicking about? You can't accept the fact that things aren't as you expected? I wasn't even born back then, so I never imagined that the person my mother was talking about would be you."
“Your mother…” Li Suizhi’s hand trembled slightly. He dared not imagine another possibility.
Back then, he lost both his parents in less than a month and was burdened with debt. He could not continue his studies and had to drop out of school.
To avoid harassment from debt collectors, he fled to another city overnight.
Because she harbored resentment towards Ning Anquan's father, she never thought of contacting him when she left, nor did she leave him any contact information.
Therefore, he had no idea what had happened to the Ning family after he left, let alone...
“It was during the Qingming Festival one year. My parents and I went to sweep the graves of my grandparents. When we were leaving, my dad suddenly turned to the other side of the cemetery and paid respects at another grave.”
Li Suizhi looked surprised.
“I found it strange at the time, so I asked my mother if that cemetery was where one of our relatives was buried. My mother shook her head and told me that the parents of my father’s best friend were buried there. He regretted not being able to help that friend when my grandfather was sick.”
Li Suizhi's face was slightly pale, but he did not lose his composure as he had just been.
This was ultimately Ning Anquan's side of the story. Even though he was initially surprised by his words, he couldn't help but have some doubts and think that it was a lie he had deliberately fabricated to confuse him.
However, Ning Anquan didn't expect him to believe these things. He just felt that they should give each other the truth and give his deceased father, who had regretted this matter for almost his entire life, an explanation.
"You just said that my dad knew you liked my mom, but he still deliberately stole her away. Do you know that the reason my parents were able to get together back then was because my mom took the initiative to pursue my dad?"
"What?"
As soon as Ning Anquan said this, not only Li Suizhi, but also Zou Hanming and the others looked surprised as if they had heard a big piece of gossip.
Based on Li Suizhi's description, they all subconsciously assumed that Ning Anquan's parents were having an affair because Ning Anquan's father had intercepted the relationship.
Of course, feelings are unpredictable, and it was indeed dishonest of Ning Anquan's father to steal his brother's hair.
At that time, Li Suizhi and Ning's mother were clearly not in a romantic relationship. Both of them relied on their own abilities, and in the end, Ning Anquan's father won the heart of the beauty, so there was nothing to criticize.
Who would have thought that it wasn't a case of the woman stealing the man's thunder at all, but rather the woman taking the initiative to extend an olive branch to the man?
"How is this possible? She...she..."
Ning Anquan touched his nose and said awkwardly, "My mom is a bit of a looks-obsessed person. According to her, my dad was incredibly handsome and dashing when he was young. You could spot him immediately in a crowd."
Zou Hanming & Xiang Linsheng: "..." This statement is really not typical of reality.
Li Suizhi, who wasn't chosen by those obsessed with looks: "..." Thank you, I feel like I've been subtly insulted.
Ye Wanxi, who had been quietly eating snacks and watching the melon on the side, couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and muttered to herself, "I didn't expect that Ning's mother's taste is quite similar to mine."
Sitting next to Ye Wanxi, Feng Tianyu raised an eyebrow and said teasingly, "Are you praising me?"
Ye Wanxi paused in her hand holding the snacks, then glared at him angrily.
"Well, of course, my mom fell for my dad not just because of his looks, although that was definitely a big part of it."
Everyone: "..." The last sentence could actually have been omitted.
"In short, she was initially interested in my dad, but he was rather dull and didn't understand her hints or directness, which eventually forced her to be straightforward. Fortunately, my dad wasn't entirely indifferent to my mom either, and after she confessed her feelings, they still got together."
Ning Anquan paused, then added, "These are all things my mother said herself."
Ning Anquan used to hear these words as a romantic love story, but now, thinking about it carefully, he realized that his father wasn't just being dull and not understanding his mother's hints.
He probably knew from the beginning that he and his best friend had fallen for the same woman, but out of consideration for their brotherhood, he dared not say it out loud, let alone make any substantial moves to pursue her.
However, matters of the heart are not something that can be controlled, especially when you find out that the person you like also likes you. It's hard not to lose control then.
Li Suizhi's face was ashen, and Ning Anquan's words were like stabbing him in his most vulnerable and sensitive spot.
This child, who was half a year younger than him, told him in a particularly relaxed tone that all his obsessions and resentments over the years stemmed from his own stubbornness and his absurdly irrational anger.
All that he did was in vain. No one wronged him; he was just unwilling to forgive himself.
"I don't believe it, I don't believe it. These are all just your side of the story. They are your parents, and in order to maintain the good image in your mind, they will definitely embellish some things. None of this can be true, it's not true."
“He wasn’t lying, and neither were his parents.” As soon as Li Suizhi finished speaking, Ye Wanxi, who had remained silent since entering the house, suddenly interjected, “Judging from his appearance, he doesn’t have much of a family relationship with his elders, and he has a hereditary disease. His grandfather and father both died from the same disease.”
As soon as Ye Wanxi finished speaking, the expressions of the people present changed.
Li Suizhi thought of Ning Anquan's father's death. He did indeed die of a heart attack, and this disease does have a genetic component.
Zou Hanming and his companion, however, immediately looked at Ning Anquan because of the words "family heredity," their faces showing worry.
Ning Anquan's grandfather had this disease, as did his father, and both died from the same illness. So, is it highly likely that Ning Anquan also...?
"That's just how it is." Ye Wanxi stood up, clapped her hands, and concluded, "You took your anger out on the wrong person and sought revenge on the wrong person. Actually, you've been aware of this all these years, haven't you? You just didn't want to admit it. Or rather, it's precisely because there's someone you can take your anger out on with a clear conscience that you feel better."
"For this reason, the person you like doesn't like you back, which is seen as betrayal by your brother; being powerless to change the family's adversity and trying to save your parents is seen as heartlessness by your brother."
(End of this chapter)
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