Chapter 76: Going Crazy, Day 76: I’m Not the Real Daughter…
Chapter 76
Grandpa's chopsticks fell to the ground.
Nangong Lie was in a good mood and subconsciously wanted to help him pick it up. However, before he bent down, he caught a glimpse of his grandfather's furious face, which looked like it was about to storm, and Nangong Lie's smile froze on his face.
He knew very well that this was a prelude to Nangong Xiong's impending outburst.
He once received a good slap in the face for not meeting his requirements.
Past experience made him quickly recall what he had just said.
Did he make grandpa angry?
But he didn't seem to say anything.
The look of pleading for help that formed a memory was pushed towards Tan Mo. This girl was fine. She was enjoying her meal happily, as if she had no idea what was going to happen.
Nangong Lie thought again and realized that he was no longer Nangong Xiong's grandson in name or in fact.
If grandpa wanted to get angry, he shouldn't do it to a stranger like him.
Why is he in such a hurry?
So he straightened up and sat stiffly.
Nangong Xiong's voice rose an octave and he asked Tan Mo, "Has he already got the marriage certificate?"
Tan Mo: "Didn't you hear? Didn't he just say that?"
"With whom?"
Tan Mo raised her chin towards Nangong Lie. "Is he suffering from dementia? Didn't you just say that a few minutes ago? Tell him again."
Nangong Lie sat upright and said, "Xu Xiaonian and I got married this morning."
"Then why didn't you inform me? Why didn't you stop them?" Along with the two questions, the dishes on the table were thrown to the ground by Nangong Xiong, and the soup splashed everywhere.
This is Nangong Xiong getting angry at Tan Mo.
At that time, Tan Mo was still holding the chopsticks, stunned for a few seconds.
Why didn't you notify him?
Why didn't you stop Nangong Lie?
He still reported Nangong Lie's situation to Nangong Xiong in detail.
She had indeed done so before.
It’s just that Nangong Lie had been married for too short a time, and thinking that Nangong Lie would come along this time, she planned to tell him at the dinner table.
He was so angry that he didn't care about the rich man's face.
Tan Mo frowned and savored these two sentences carefully. In a flash, it seemed as if she was about to grasp the missing piece of the puzzle and piece together the secret between the original owner and Nangong Xiong.
But she couldn't act impulsively.
Nangong Lie had never seen his grandfather make such a fuss, even throwing things.
And it was because of his marriage certificate.
He murmured, "What does my marriage certificate have to do with you? There's no need to be like this."
"Xiao Nian and I have been through a lot, especially after leaving the Nangong family. We have supported each other, and I have decided that she is the most important other half in my life."
"How can you say you're leaving the Nangong family?" Nangong Xiong's face flushed. "As long as I live one more day in this world, as long as you have the blood of our Nangong family flowing in your veins, you are a member of our Nangong family."
"You and Xu Xiaonian are not a good match, and she has a family that is such a burden. You can never marry her."
"Nangong family's blood?" Tan Mo raised her eyebrows in a strange arc.
"Yeah! What's going on?" Nangong Lie was a little confused. "Didn't you say before that I was taken away by mistake?"
"Hmph!" Nangong Xiong said angrily, "Now that things have come to this, it doesn't matter if I tell you."
"You are the blood of our Nangong family from beginning to end." Nangong Xiong pointed at Tan Mo and said, "I appointed you to destroy the relationship between Nangong Lie and Xu Xiaonian, and then I accepted you as my goddaughter. Is this how you repay me?"
Everything is crystal clear.
Tan Mo suddenly understood.
No wonder he had given her every advantage when she competed with Nangong Lie before, and had her play extended matches again and again; no wonder she felt it was strange that he still gave Nangong Lie preferential treatment even though he knew she was a real daughter.
Nangong Xiong said: "It's useless to get a marriage certificate. Go get a divorce certificate with her now."
"As long as I'm here, I won't let this poor woman in."
Nangong Lie's emotions were complicated. He did not regain the joy of being a rich man. Whenever he thought about the freedom he had finally obtained being taken away, he became anxious and frightened.
"I don't want it." He shook his head and stood up. "I'm not your grandson. No one can separate Xiao Nian and me."
"Then all of you get out! Get out of my house!"
"You, you deserve it." Nangong Xiong pointed at Tan Mo and Nangong Lie, "You eat my food, live in my house, use my things, but you don't listen to me, and things have turned out like this."
Nangong Xiong slammed the table, "I've been too indulgent with you. Get out of here!"
Tan Mo also stood up and was about to go out. She was relatively calm and originally wanted to retort in a cool way, as she was spending her own money. But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that the Rose Manor was indeed Nangong Xiong's, so she had to shut up.
And I swore in my heart that I must own my own house, car and money!
Nangong Xiong shouted, "Qin Ming, take them back and tell them to leave. Don't take anything away!"
*
Nine o'clock in the evening, Rose Manor.
The night was dark and the wind was blowing hard, but it couldn't blow away the thick darkness. Not even the shadow of a flower or a tree could be seen.
Only a few distant flashes of lightning illuminated everything within sight.
Lu Xingjian had been sitting on the sofa, staring out the window for who knows how long.
He hasn't been in a daze for a long time.
When he was young, he was not financially independent. Facing Zhao Yun and Bo Yanli, he had no capital to compete. When he heard them quarreling, he was so annoyed that he could only stare blankly.
Back then, the daze was gloomy and not tense, but now, there is a hint of bitter sweetness.
A life experience he had never had before.
Lu Xingjian felt depressed when he thought of Tan Mo rejecting him and avoiding him for days. It took him a long time to digest the situation before he could force himself not to think about her.
But now he can accompany her openly without having to go through all kinds of twists and turns to get close to her. He seems to be much closer to happiness.
What is Lu Xingjian doing?
Frowning and smiling at the same time?
He didn't even notice that she was closing the window, making such a loud noise.
Xu Xiaonian stood at the window and observed for a while.
Finally, she took a rose from the coffee table and gave it to him.
"Assistant Lu?" Xu Xiaonian shouted.
Lu Xingjian came back to his senses from the sweetness and saw the roses in front of him. "Hmm?"
He looked up at Xu Xiaonian curiously.
"I understand you." Lu Xiaonian smiled adorably and handed the rose to him. "I used to be so anxious when I was dating Lie. I'll tell you a plan. You are the petals of the rose."
"If I count one, it means she loves me; if I count another, it means she doesn't love me. Let's see whether she loves you or not in the end. This is all arranged by God."
Lu Xingjian's eyebrows twitched.
Xu Xiaonian: "This is called rose divination. Every time I used divination, the result was always Lie loved me. Now he and I have finally achieved our goal and got our marriage certificate, which shows that this divination is effective."
Lu Xingjian had seen her fortune-telling and exposed her, "That's because every time you counted to 'He doesn't love me' and there was only one petal left, you split the last petal in two."
Xu Xiaonian: Damn, he even knows her secrets?!
Fortunately, Nangong Lie didn’t know that she had lied to him like this!
Lu Xingjian cleared his throat and said, "Also, Xiaonian. You will be taking exams to become a member of the system in the future, and you will most likely be a party member. Don't you know that party members can't believe in divination?"
"Oh no!" Xu Xiaonian nervously hid the words behind her back and covered her mouth. "I don't do that anymore. Don't tell anyone."
Lu Xingjian nodded solemnly. He stood up and accidentally turned on his phone screen, which brought up a recruitment page. Xu Xiaonian glanced at it and asked in surprise, "Are you looking for a job?"
"Yeah, I have to find a job to support myself."
Xu Xiaonian said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing?"
Xu Xiaonian said embarrassedly, "Maybe it's because Lie and I got married, and he has to take on the responsibility of being the head of the family, so he's more hostile to you at work."
"He didn't mean to take your job."
Lu Xingjian asked, "This is Nangong Lie's business. Why are you apologizing for him? Does he think the same way?"
Xu Xiaonian nodded. "He told me privately that it was his idea to make the dessert you made for Tan Mo. He felt quite guilty about it."
"Lie values this job very much. He's afraid that once you come back, you'll be too capable and take away his good job."
"That's true." Lu Xingjian said a little arrogantly, "Although my work ability is not as good as Mr. Tan's, it is still better than his."
"If it's a fair competition between him and me, Mr. Tan will definitely choose me." A hair on the back of Lu Xingjian's head stood up.
"You don't have to feel too guilty. I don't hold it against him." He would retaliate anyway.
"Thank you, Assistant Lu."
Xu Xiaonian was still used to calling him Assistant Lu. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a loud explosion in the sky. A fierce wind blew open the window and heavy rain poured down instantly.
Lu Xingjian and Xu Xiaonian quickly went to close the door.
Xu Xiaonian: "Aunt Fengjuan and Master Gao went home to rest this afternoon. I don't know if they closed the windows in their rooms."
Bang—the door was knocked open.
A lot of people came in at once.
Lu Xingjian and Xu Xiaonian just closed the window and walked out.
Xu Xiaonian frowned unhappily, "Who is it? Opening the door so loudly."
It was most likely Nangong Lie. Only he would move his arms and legs in a childish way, making a lot of noise to attract her attention.
But when they walked to the front hall, they were startled by the sudden appearance of a dozen people.
Judging from his attire, he should be a bodyguard.
Lu Xingjian saw Tan Mo, Lu Nangong Lie and Qin Ming, who he hadn't seen for a long time, walking in front.
"What happened?" Lu Xingjian walked forward quickly.
Tan Mo pursed her lips tightly.
Not seeing her answer, Xu Xiaonian asked Nangong Lie anxiously. Nangong Lie was in the most dejected state.
When he saw Xu Xiaonian, tears suddenly welled up in his heart, but he tried hard to suppress himself, "Xiaonian, I..."
"Let me tell you," Qin Ming said calmly, "Master Nangong Xiong wants to drive you all away, but only tonight."
"You guys should pack up your things and get ready to go."
"If you're good, I can be merciful and drive you out. If you're not, I'll have to have everything you don't want to take thrown out tomorrow."
"As for you, you have to leave even if you don't want to."
These words were harsh to the ears, and Xu Xiaonian couldn't help but say, "Qin Ming, how can you say that!"
Qin Ming smiled leisurely. His smile was no different from when he was working like a slave. It would make people mistakenly think that he had never changed.
Qin Ming said: "I have always spoken like this."
Tan Mo rubbed the bridge of her nose and said, "Let's go pack up first."
Lu Xingjian was the first to pack his luggage.
He rarely lived in Rose Manor and had few things. Moreover, after moving to Rose Manor from the Bo family, he should have lived in Tan Mo's suite, but since he was no longer an assistant, Nangong Lie drove him into the annex.
Because of this, he hardly unpacked his luggage.
Maybe Tan Mo needs help, Lu Xingjian thought. So he packed his things and went to Tan Mo's room again.
The door was open. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw two security guards roughly stuffing Tan Mo's clothes into a travel bag.
"How could you treat Mr. Tan's things like this?" Acting faster than his voice, Lu Xingjian strode in, snatched Tan Mo's clothes, and painfully unfolded them, smoothing out the wrinkles. He frowned and said, "Even if they're just clothes, be gentle."
Looking at the person who suddenly broke in, Tan Mo raised her eyebrows without much surprise.
When Lu Xingjian was her assistant, he had defended her countless times, and this was just an ordinary one.
Lu Xingjian said to the bodyguard, "Let me do it, don't move."
The bodyguard looked at Qin Ming helplessly. Qin Ming nodded and said, "Just watch from the side."
Qin Ming stood in front of Tan Mo. He turned his head and said to her with a half-smile, "Sometimes I really envy you. Even in this situation, there are still people who are willing to help you wholeheartedly and consider every detail for you. Tell me, how does it feel?"
Tan Mo crossed her arms with one hand and drank champagne elegantly from a goblet.
Tan Mo was not as upset as Nangong Lie about being kicked out of Rose Manor by Nangong Xiong. She had never considered this place as her home.
Tan Mo took a sip of wine and said, "He's always been like this. I'm used to it."
"Are you used to accepting the endless sacrifices of the inferior to the superior?"
Such a strong resentment.
Tan Mo narrowed her eyes dangerously.
Before she could say anything, Lu Xingjian, who was busy over there, said angrily, "What do you mean by the superior people making endless sacrifices for the inferior people? I don't think I am inferior if I do this."
"This is love!" Lu Xingjian's hands flew up and down, and he didn't forget to use his body to press down, hoping to use less luggage bags. Tan Mo had a lot of things. He was busy, and he didn't forget to turn around and shout at Qin Ming, "Can you speak badly about me a little more quietly? I have ears!"
Before turning around, he did not forget to glance at Tan Mo, and his eyes seemed to question her: Others are getting close to me and yelling at me, but you don’t even help me yell back!
Tan Mo blushed awkwardly, and when she thought carefully about what he had just said, her blush became even more pronounced.
She saw the sweat on the tip of Lu Xingjian's nose.
Qin Ming didn't say anything bad about anyone. He was embarrassed to be heard by the person involved. He snorted and said in relief, "So that's how it is."
"Then let me congratulate you." He said to Tan Mo.
Tan Mo retorted bluntly: "I don't need congratulations from people who are hostile to me."
"I don't know. We haven't had much contact. Why are you so hostile to me?"
Qin Ming's hypocritical expression froze on his face.
It was obvious that Tan Mo, like him, was a slave at the mercy of others, having started from the bottom. He had also seen her when he was at Nangong Group.
But Tan Mo happened to become the real daughter of the Nangong family who was lost.
It was as if a jackpot lottery ticket had fallen from the sky and hit her alone.
They are all ordinary people, why is it that only Tan Mo has this kind of luck and not Qin Ming?
This feeling of "why" was like a seed that took root and sprouted in his heart, and gradually became a demon.
"You don't hate Nangong Xiong, nor do you hate Nangong Lie." Tan Mo spun her wine glass with interest, "but you hate me."
"Qin Ming, you're that guy online who can't stand seeing his friends suffer or drive a Land Rover, right?"
"I'm also curious about you, why did you hate me in the first place?"
Qin Ming felt somewhat embarrassed as his little thoughts were exposed, and his face was gloomy and uncertain.
The bodyguard suddenly reported, "Butler Qin, this man wants to take all the jewelry away."
Lu Xingjian said, "Please be careful with your words. This isn't called taking away. This is called taking back what belongs to us."
Qin Ming walked over and rummaged through the dressing box. It was full of jewelry from big jewelry brands. The dazzling brilliance made him, a man, unable to let go.
This is all the charm that money brings.
Qin Ming closed the box and said, "Don't let them take it away. All the expensive things here belong to Master Nangong. How can a fake daughter afford them?"
He was speaking to the bodyguard, but he was actually looking at Tan Mo.
It can be regarded as a counterattack to what just happened.
However, Tan Mo was looking at Lu Xingjian. Their eyes met in mid-air, and then they looked away tacitly, revealing a cunning smile.
Tan Mo was experienced. The jewelry she had bought with Nangong Xiong's money was basically kept in the rental house and was never taken out.
After packing up, Lu Xingjian picked up his bag and was about to leave. Tan Mo had not finished the bottle of champagne in her hand.
She shook it and there was still a lot.
Tan Mo handed it to Qin Ming. "It's already opened. It would be a shame not to finish it. After all, it's Nangong Xiong's. I can't take it away. I'll give it to you. It's a good vintage."
Qin Ming didn't even look at it, and dodged it with disgust. "I will have plenty of this kind of things in the future, so I don't need to be your trash can. Master Nangong is not so stingy as to give it to Miss Tan with just a bottle of wine."
Lu Xingjian hated it most when someone looked down on Tan Mo, and he wanted to curse back when he heard it.
Tan Mo stopped him and teased Qin Ming: "Look at you, you've made a handsome Japanese guy like us so angry that we want to quarrel all the time."
"Qin Ming, how can you get promoted and make money with this attitude?"
"unnecessary."
Wow!
Such an aggressive tone.
Tan Mo was in no mood to continue arguing with him, so she went downstairs with Lu Xingjian.
As soon as I got downstairs, I heard a bodyguard rushing in from the rain. His uniform was a shade darker and smelled of damp rain.
He said anxiously to Qin Ming, "Oh no, Steward Qin, Nangong Lie and Xu Xiaonian are arguing."
It's only a dozen steps from the annex to the main building, which shows how heavy the rain was.
When they heard that something happened on Nangong Lie's side, Tan Mo and Lu Xingjian ran over without hesitation.
Just as she was walking up the second-floor corridor and before she even reached her room, she heard Nangong Lie passionately questioning her, "You've already gotten married to me, and you still don't love me?"
"Your first love is dead and gone! Wake up! Xiao Nian, I don't want to be his replacement."
Lu Xingjian was puzzled: "Eh? Haven't they both turned over a new leaf? Why are they still doing this?"
Qin Ming also heard about Nangong Lie's transformation into a normal person. He said disdainfully, "This proves that it's easy to change a country, but it's hard to change one's nature."
Tan Mo raised her chin and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
As soon as they reached the door, something hit it. Fortunately, Lu Xingjian was quick-witted and protected Tan Mo. Qin Ming was not so lucky and was hit on the head by something.
Qin Ming: “…”
In the small room, a white zebra was digging its way back and forth on the floor with its head buried.
It seemed to be the only one that didn't know what this meant.
Qin Ming suppressed his annoyance and called a bodyguard to ask, "Why did you start arguing?"
"I don't know," the bodyguard said in embarrassment, "Young Master Nangong Lie has a lot of jewelry, we asked him not to take it away..."
"What else could it be?" Nangong Lie's chest heaved. "This woman actually remembered her first love because of a bracelet, saying that her first love had a similar one. She also said that the one he was wearing wasn't a real diamond bracelet. Doesn't her tone sound regretful?"
"How dare you criticize me?" Xu Xiaonian said without hesitation, "You said you bought Qingya an expensive necklace, and you still have it! You didn't even tell me about it."
Tan Mo and Lu Xingjian looked at each other speechlessly: They have gone crazy again!
The bodyguard still standing in front of them muttered, "He's become even more aggressive since you guys arrived."
Nangong Lie was impatient: "Why don't you say anything? Everything has passed, and you are the only one who is still complaining."
Xu Xiaonian: "Aren't you? You're not nagging?"
Neither of them could reach a consensus, so they started cursing at each other and throwing jewelry around the house.
Nangong Lie had lived in the Nangong family since he was a child, and he had received countless gold and silver jewelry, famous watches and decorations over the past twenty years.
There is no way to throw them all away.
Qin Ming felt really distressed: "Don't throw it away, it's so expensive! It's not yours..."
"So I don't feel bad about throwing it away." Nangong Lie took a break from the verbal battle to reply, then winked at the ground at Tan Mo.
Tan Mo was confused and asked Lu Xingjian, "Why is he winking at me?"
Lu Xingjian shook his head, "Xiao Nian was also winking at me."
Nangong Lie: “…”
Xu Xiaonian: “…”
They were eventually driven out by Qin Ming.
The four people and the dog stood under the eaves of the annex, but they could not hide from the heavy rain, which was blown on them by the wind.
Sang Biao's fluffy fur became limp.
He seemed to finally realize that he was about to be kicked out, and he looked dejected with his head hung low.
Nangong Lie was unconvinced: "I haven't even finished packing my things yet."
Qin Ming: "I've been very polite to you. Logically speaking, everything you own since you were a child has been spent on the Nangong family's money. If I were cruel, you would have to take off even the clothes on your body. How dare you take them away?"
Nangong Lie asked innocently: "Are you sure you want me to take it off? There are two ladies here. If you want people to call the police and say there is a pervert in the Nangong family, I don't mind taking it off."
Qin Ming: “…”
It turns out that only mean people can deal with mean people.
Qin Ming was so angry that he canceled his original promise to help them carry their luggage.
"If you are so capable, take these luggage with you." After saying that, he closed the door mercilessly.
Tan Mo and the other three: "......"
The key point is that it was raining so heavily, it was already late at night, and Rose Manor was remote, so we couldn’t get a Huolala.
Nangong Lie: "I said it's hard to get a taxi here. When I worked in a factory before, I couldn't get a taxi even if I came back in the middle of the night."
Xu Xiaonian was unhappy, "Shut up, it's all your fault, what's the matter with Yin Yang? You have to carry an extra piece of luggage."
They were still hesitating under the eaves, but they didn't expect that Sang Biao had already taken on the responsibility of the family and took the lead.
Tan Mo resigned herself to carrying the two pieces of luggage. Originally, Lu Xingjian wanted to take her things and carry them himself, but Nangong Lie had too much stuff, so they had to divide the work.
As soon as I stepped out of the eaves, I was drenched by the cold rain.
Tan Mo glanced at the soaking wet Samoyed in front of her and recalled the pet bathing commercials she had seen before. "I'm not chubby, I'm just hairy."
She blurted out, "Sang Biao, you are really fat."
Sang Biao's whole body stiffened.
Tan Mo asked curiously, "Sang Biao is also a property of the Nangong family, right? Can it follow us?"
Xu Xiaonian: "It's okay. We argued with them before. Maybe they thought Sang Biao eats a lot and it's not cost-effective to keep him at home, so they let us take him away."
Sang Biao was visibly sad.
Tan Mo sighed, "He probably never expected that he would enjoy happiness in a rich family for the first half of his life and suffer in a poor family for the second half."
Four people and a dog were walking in the heavy rain.
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