Ning Hong was overjoyed.
This guy is really capable.
They immediately dropped the bombshell.
Most importantly, this wasn't revealed by him, but by someone close to his mother.
"Is it really my mother who's looking for me?"
"Yes, Madam has always cared about you and has always been thinking about you."
"Okay, stop it. It's completely impossible for my mother to miss me. After all, she has never contacted us in the past thirteen years."
“The only time we came to see my mother, you and my mother looked at us with disdain. I know you look down on us, so my brother and I stopped coming.”
"This mother is so irresponsible."
"That's right, even if she remarried, she should have sent her trusted confidants to take care of the child. Why is she being so distant?"
"They don't care at all."
“The clerk’s family has two sons.”
"That's true. With more sons, the sons born to your ex-husband become worthless."
"Why don't you come with me? The lady is waiting for you up ahead."
Passersby were talking about it, and the man was almost in tears.
How can he talk so fast?
"Let's go then."
So many people heard it, there's no way to deny it now.
Perhaps because Ning Hongze's expression was so solemn, the expressions of these pedestrians couldn't help but become solemn as well.
"Don't worry, child. If anything happens to you, we'll report it to the authorities."
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted out this sentence.
After that, many people joined in the commotion.
"Yes, if they give you trouble, scream loudly."
"There are so many of us here, we're all watching you."
"Thank you so much, everyone."
Ning Hong bowed deeply to express her gratitude.
"She's my mother, she wouldn't do anything too terrible to me, would she?"
Ning Hong's voice trailed off as she spoke.
He himself didn't seem very confident.
Ning Hongze hesitated slightly, clutching the hem of his clothes, which made people feel even more sorry for him.
"This mother is no good; how could she have frightened the child like this?"
"Perhaps they're not very familiar with it."
"How can we be familiar with each other? Didn't I say we only met once every thirteen years?"
"That's too cruel."
"No, we have to go and see. We can't let the child be bullied."
A group of kind-hearted passersby all rushed to the area below the restaurant—
This man led Ning Hong to the second floor of the restaurant.
Suning sat by the window.
She was dressed very elegantly, a stark contrast to Ning Hongze's shabby clothes.
Sitting next to her was another girl.
She was around sixteen years old, dressed quite nicely, but she was timid and hesitant, almost burying her face under the table.
Their hands were tightly twisted together.
What do you want from me?
"Why are you dressed like that? It's so shabby."
"There's nothing I can do. I have no parents. I'm already very content to have clothes to wear."
Ning Hong scoffed and slowly said.
"you--"
After being rebuked by Ning Hong, Su Ning's face turned red with anger.
How could she be alive and well without parents?
“I neglected you before, but I will make it up to you in the future.” Su Ning took a deep breath, took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table. “Take this silver to buy some clothes, and buy some for your younger brother as well.”
Ning Hong did not move.
Why didn't you take it?
"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious; what exactly do you want?"
"You're overthinking it. What can I do for you? I'm your mother, it's only right that I care about you."
Ning Hongze: "..."
“Look, you’re already sixteen, and your grandma hasn’t arranged a marriage for you. She doesn’t care about you at all.”
"So what? What exactly are you trying to say? You're not thinking of introducing me to your family's—illegitimate daughter, are you?"
Ning Hongze's gaze fell on the girl again.
The Yin family had no legitimate daughters, only two illegitimate daughters.
Moreover, judging from how timid and cowardly this girl is, she is probably one of the concubine's daughters of the Yin family.
"This is our eldest daughter. Although she is an illegitimate daughter, she is well-educated, reasonable, and beautiful."
"I don't want to."
No matter how beautiful she is, he won't want her.
"Do you look down on her because she's a concubine's daughter? I can register her under my name." Upon hearing this, the concubine's daughter's hand, which was under the table, tightened slightly.
"Are you out of your mind?"
"Ning Hongze, is this how your grandmother taught you? To talk to your mother like that?"
"You know you're my mother, yet she's registered under your name and then married me? Do you think that's reasonable?"
Doesn't that make her his sister?
How can I marry him?
"In short, I have no interest in the marriage you've arranged, and don't bother me anymore. For the past thirteen years, we've had no connection, and let's keep that going. Of course, rest assured, I will absolutely not contact you."
"Ning Hongze—you must marry her."
The Yin family has been on a downward spiral lately.
In particular, both of her sons are practically useless.
Yin Dianbu's attitude towards her was also inconsistent, no longer showing the same favor as before.
There was a rift between them.
The only thing that can help the Yin family get through this crisis is the Marquis's mansion behind Ning Hongze.
As long as they can get in touch with the Marquis's mansion, the Yin family will be able to recover.
The best solution is a marriage alliance.
Ning Hong was thus tied to the Yin family.
Su Ning had always thought this matter should be quite simple. After all, even though the Ning family had gotten involved with the Marquis's mansion, they were still essentially villagers from a remote mountain village. For a country boy to marry a pampered young lady from town was already quite lucky. Besides, her illegitimate daughter wasn't bad-looking either.
She had delicate features, bright eyes, red lips, and white teeth.
She speaks softly and gently, which is the type of woman men like.
I never expected Ning Hong to refuse so decisively.
“I will not marry her, Madam Yin—” Ning Hong shouted, “To put it bluntly, who do you think you are? What gives you the right to decide my marriage?”
"I am your mother."
"Sure, do you dare to shout it out? Say that you married my father, but because you couldn't bear the poverty, you abandoned your husband and children and remarried someone else. Do you dare to say it?"
"——"
Of course she wouldn't dare.
"So, wouldn't it be better if we remained strangers? That way, no one would dig into your past." Of course, due to her attendant's slip of the tongue, the matter had probably already spread.
Ning Hong then turned to leave.
Suning, however, had his path blocked.
"Hongze, I'm doing this for your own good. I'll prepare a bigger dowry for her." She'd already said it; she had to marry her whether she wanted to or not.
"Are you trying to force me into marriage?"
Ning Hong took a step back.
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