Chapter 383 Strangled with one's own hands
Jiang Ning got out of the car and looked at the towering building in front of him.
Even though she didn't know much about Country C, she knew that this location was the most expensive in the capital.
"Don't tell me you bought a house here?"
Jiang Ning turned her head and looked at Lu Junyan.
Although Lu Junyan did not comment, his faint smile said it all.
Let's go!
Following behind Lu Junyan, Jiang Ning went inside.
Lu Junyan bought a unit on the 17th floor, one unit per floor.
Jiang Ning imagined the house's interior decoration to be understated yet luxurious, with a predominantly cool color scheme.
She knew that Lu Junyan liked that style.
However, when Jiang Ning opened the door, he was stunned and thought he had gone to the wrong place.
"Come in!"
Lu Junyan carried the sleeping Xiaoman inside, with Jiang Ning following behind, looking around with a surprised expression.
Lu Junyan's house is decorated like a children's playground, with cartoon graffiti and a combination of slides, swings and ball pits everywhere.
"You prepared this at the last minute?"
When Jiang Ning asked him this, Lu Junyan nodded obediently.
"Yes, the preparations were a bit rushed."
After discovering that Jiang Ning was not dead on W Island, he sent someone to buy the house.
The house itself was fully furnished, and the style was his favorite understated luxury in cool tones.
However, Xiaoman wouldn't like that style.
Therefore, Lu Junyan ordered his men to turn the place into a children's playground overnight.
"Did you anticipate that I would want to stay here?"
Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile wryly, feeling that Lu Junyan really saw right through her.
This house was obviously prepared for her.
From the very beginning, Lu Junyan was certain that she would not abandon the Lin family now.
She needs this place to stay because she will be staying in the capital city of Country C.
Jiang Ning looked at Lu Junyan, her dry lips opening and closing repeatedly.
She should at least thank Lu Junyan.
Lu Junyan did indeed provide her with a lot of convenience, especially—
She never imagined that Lu Junyan would be able to help her take care of her child.
"You and Xiaoman will stay here until the Lin family's matter is completely resolved!"
After Lu Junyan finished speaking, he carried Xiaoman back into the house.
Jiang Ning followed them inside and found a crib in the room.
This crib is exactly the same as the one she has at home on W Island.
Lu Junyan carefully placed Xiaoman inside as if she were a fragile object.
Xiaoman didn't wake up; she was still sleeping soundly.
Jiang Ning heard Lu Junyan breathe a sigh of relief.
"You even deliberately chose the exact same crib as ours!"
Turning his head at the sound, Lu Junyan smiled and nodded at Jiang Ning.
"Hmm, otherwise I'm afraid Xiaoman won't be used to sleeping in a bed she doesn't like."
Lu Junyan's attentiveness towards Xiaoman really makes him seem like a father.
Jiang Ning tiptoed out, with Lu Junyan following closely behind.
The two entered the lobby, and Lu Junyan poured two glasses of champagne from the bar, handing one of them to Jiang Ning.
"The alcohol content isn't high; drinking a little shouldn't make you drunk."
Jiang Ning accepted the champagne and smiled.
"You don't need to explain so much, I won't misunderstand that you're trying to get me drunk."
Hearing Jiang Ning say that, Lu Junyan also smiled.
The two sat down on the sofa and quietly drank champagne.
Lu Junyan kept glancing sideways at Jiang Ning, whose expression gradually became serious.
Are you worried about the Lin family?
"..."
Jiang Ning remained silent.
After a long pause, she finally spoke:
“Lu Junyan…”
"Um?"
Do you believe in fate?
Lu Junyan opened his eyes slightly and looked at Jiang Ning in surprise.
This seemed to be the first time Jiang Ning had discussed such a topic with him.
"Although it is said that planning is up to man and success is up to fate... there is also the saying that man can conquer nature. Personally, I do not believe in fate... to believe in it is like bowing down and admitting defeat to fate."
After listening to Lu Junyan's earnest answer, Jiang Ning smiled and took a sip of champagne.
"But Lin Jiaxin..."
You mean Lin Jingcheng?
Lu Junyan asked tentatively.
Ever since he saw Jiang Ning at Lin Jingcheng's private residence, he had vaguely sensed something.
Jiang Ning is clearly the real daughter of the Lin family, but the real reason she was adopted by another family is probably because Lin Jingcheng doesn't like her.
"Not only Lin Jingcheng, but the entire Lin family believes it."
Jiang Ning gazed at the bubbly, clear champagne in the stemmed glass, his eyes seemingly lost in memories.
The Lin family has made their fortune through fortune telling since their ancestors' generation.
Coincidentally, they believed in fate, and fate did not betray them, allowing them to prosper and become wealthy for three generations.
When it came to Lin Jingcheng's generation, they initially settled in S City of Country A and ran a firecracker business.
When Jiang Ning was born, her mother, Chu Yao, suffered a difficult childbirth.
Master Huang, who has been telling fortunes for Lin Jingcheng for many years, said that the child was born with unusual signs, which is not a good omen. It will bring decline to the Lin family, and even worse, the family will be destroyed.
So on the day she was born, she was almost strangled to death by Lin Jingcheng himself.
Although her parents protected her life, neither Lin Yueheng nor Chu Yao dared to disobey Lin Jingcheng.
Because everything the Lin family has is earned by Lin Jingcheng, and Lin Yueheng and Chu Yao are where they are today because of Lin Jingcheng.
No one in the entire Lin family dared to disobey Lin Jingcheng.
Jiang Ning grew up in such a family, and felt that the air he breathed every day was like cement.
Lin Jingcheng likes to design water features in his houses.
According to Feng Shui, water brings wealth.
When Jiang Ning was young, she was actually quite well-behaved.
Because they dared not be disobedient.
To this day, she can hardly remember why she was punished.
She only remembered that when she was less than six years old, she once picked up a Pixiu ornament placed in the wealth corner of the living room out of curiosity. Lin Jingcheng grabbed her by the neck and threw her outside. She stood barefoot in the water in the dead of winter, her ankles so cold that they felt like they were about to break.
Later, Lin Yueheng and Chu Yao returned. She cried out "Mom and Dad!" and was severely beaten by Lin Jingcheng with a feather duster.
Jiang Ning never understood why Lin Jingcheng, who was clearly her grandfather, hated her so much.
In the Lin family at that time, only her grandmother was genuinely kind to her.
Later, she mustered up the courage to ask her grandmother and finally understood that the reason her grandfather treated her so badly was because he believed in fate.
A fortune teller's casual remark could have killed her grandfather.
As Jiang Ning grew older, she found this approach increasingly absurd.
Having lacked love since childhood, and receiving only indifference and violence from his parents and relatives, Jiang Ning became exceptionally rebellious after entering adolescence.
Dyeing her hair a granny gray, wearing a mouthful of braces even though her teeth don't need straightening, learning to smoke and drink, etc.
Jiang Ning took all of this as a form of rebellion against her grandfather.
At that time, in her eyes, whether she was obedient or not, whether she acted up or not, made no difference to Lin Jingcheng.
After all, she had been labeled as a jinx to the Lin family since birth.
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