Ding Daming's eyes lit up when he heard this.
“Miss Ning…” He didn’t know what to do with his hands and feet, and his face showed a look of surprise and greed.
"Don't mention it." Ning Meng smiled. "You're my elder in terms of age, so this little thing is just a junior showing respect to an elder!"
Ding Daming licked his lips, eager to taste what the imported liquor in the city tasted like.
Ning Meng seized the opportunity to serve him food, smiling and urging him to eat more. Ding Daming's tense nerves relaxed a bit, and he began to show his true colors, eating in an unseemly manner, shoveling food into his mouth in large mouthfuls and making unpleasant noises.
Ning Meng frowned, her disgust deepening.
After a few rounds of drinks, Ding Daming had lost his initial restraint. He patted his chest and assured Ning Meng, "Miss Ning, you...you are my second parents! Hehe...I'm not very cultured, I don't know how to say nice things. But, whenever you need me, I'll be at your service! I won't even blink an eye!"
"Really?" That was exactly what Ning Meng wanted to hear.
"Of course it's true!" Ding Daming swore to the heavens, then hiccuped. "Miss Ning, you've been so good to me. If I didn't listen to you, what kind of person would I be... hiccup!
“Okay.” Ning Meng smiled. “Actually, I don’t need you to do anything for me. I just want to ask you about something.”
"Um?"
Who is Pei Hong?
Ding Daming's head swayed, and he sobered up considerably.
He looked at Ning Meng with suspicion, his heart pounding. This little girl didn't seem like that worthless, cheap girl Pei Hong at all!
Could it be that she... Pei Nian changed her name and came to seek revenge on him?
Thinking of this, Ding Daming suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open, and he almost overturned the table!
Ning Meng was startled by him, and the bodyguards around her immediately surrounded her.
"What...what are you doing?" Ning Meng exclaimed.
"You're Pei Nian?" Ding Daming gritted his teeth. "I... I also want to ask you, what do you want!"
"Well, you little brat, you ran away and changed your appearance, going to the city to become someone's rich young lady? Have you forgotten who you are?!"
Ning Meng was stunned.
Before Ding Daming could go berserk, the bodyguards held him down firmly on the shoulder. Fueled by alcohol, Ding Daming became hysterical, and the private room instantly descended into chaos. Several bodyguards easily subdued him, one of them kicking him hard in the back of the knee. Ding Daming lost his balance and fell to his knees in front of Ning Meng with a thud.
"You little bitch, you wretched girl!" Ding Daming's eyes were bloodshot. "You're just a slut, why are you treating me like this! I raised you all this time, and you don't even know how to be grateful!"
Ning Meng stared at him in disbelief, her eyes wide. In a panic, she had her bodyguards escort her out of the private room, where Ding Daming's heart-wrenching screams could be heard.
Once everything had calmed down, the bodyguards dragged out Ding Daming, whose face was bruised and swollen.
Ning Meng was waiting for him in another private room. She was much calmer than before. She glanced at Ding Daming, a cold smile playing on her lips.
"Mr. Ding, did you drink too much just now?"
Ding Daming knelt on the ground, trembling. One eye was so swollen he couldn't open it, and his only remaining eye stared at Ning Meng, his pupil filled with panic.
"You were calling me a bitch and a brat all you time, who were you calling that?"
"I, I..."
"My surname is Ning, and I've been called Ning Meng for over twenty years. What does that have to do with you!"
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..." Ding Daming kowtowed repeatedly, "Miss Ning, I'm so sorry, I was wrong. I wasn't thinking clearly just now and I scared you... I'm so sorry!"
"Oh, you scared me. It's not something that can be resolved with just an apology."
"Miss Ning?"
"From now on, you must answer every question I ask you honestly! Do you understand?"
Ding Daming readily agreed. Although he was a worthless man, he didn't want to die in this unfamiliar place.
Ning Meng raised her chin, a cold glint in her eyes.
"Tell me the truth, who exactly is Pei Hong?"
"Yes... he's a human trafficker." Ding Daming dared not hide the truth.
Ning Meng frowned. "Then who is this little bitch you just mentioned?"
"It's her daughter, Pei Nian."
“Pei Nian…” Ning Meng’s ears rang, “Isn’t that Pei Nian who went to the mountains to pick up the children and bring them to school in the city?”
“That’s right, that’s right! It’s her!” Ding Daming nodded vigorously. “Pei Hong used to do business here, and she entrusted her only daughter to my family. She gave me some money every month…”
"So Pei Nian is your adopted daughter?"
“Yes.” Ding Daming’s voice was hoarse. “But she…she ran away later.”
Why did you run?
Ding Daming bit his lip and remained silent.
Ning Meng knew perfectly well how this man had beaten her son that night; she had seen it all clearly. If he could be so cruel to his own son, how could he possibly be polite to an adopted daughter?
However, the secret she most wanted to know has already been figured out.
Pei Nian is actually the daughter of a human trafficker!
Ning Meng grinned, her lips curving upwards, revealing an unmistakable wickedness.
“Mr. Ding.” She leaned down to look at him, her voice laced with malice. “Thank you for telling me all this. I remember you just said that you would do anything for me if I needed you, right?”
Ding Daming looked up at her with trembling eyes and nodded with difficulty.
“I’ll need your help in the future.” Ning Meng waved her hand, signaling the bodyguard to take him out. “Arrange for Mr. Ding to stay here, the best room!”
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