Ning Yuan didn't think much of it and simply told Ning Weiheng what had happened in the past six months.
She mainly talked about what happened in her own family, as for Rong Zhaonan...
Ning Yuan recalled that Rong Zhaonan's current public identity was that of an orphan with no immediate family.
—No father, no mother, no wife, no son, no daughter, no siblings.
The state of being secretly married.
She sighed inwardly and could only say that she had a godfather, a godmother, and a godbrother in the countryside.
However, to avoid criticism, he refers to himself as his cousin.
Ning Weiheng was still reeling from the shock of learning that Ning Yuan was not his adoptive parents' biological daughter and that the two families had severed ties.
Upon hearing this, his brow furrowed.
My immediate thought was that Ning Yuan was lacking love and care, and that she had been misled by these so-called new relatives into not acknowledging her adoptive parents.
Especially that so-called "sworn brother," he doesn't sound like a good person at all, and he seems to have ulterior motives towards his little sister.
But the next moment, he heard that his adoptive parents were involved in a major espionage case, that his adoptive mother had died, and that his adoptive father had jumped into the Huangpu River and disappeared.
Ning Weiheng was completely stunned, his heart filled with mixed feelings, unsure whether it was sorrow or anger.
His biological parents died in the line of duty when he was eleven years old. After he was adopted, Ning Zhuliu and Ning Jinyun could be described as very kind to him.
They treated him almost as well as Ning Weibing, the only son of Ning Weibing.
By then he was already quite sensible and knew that his adoptive parents were kind to him because he could bring them benefits.
But he was still grateful—someone was willing to be kind to him and treat him like family.
So Ning Weiheng discovered that he had meat to eat, while the little girl in tattered clothes could only watch longingly from the side, sucking her fingers.
He felt uneasy and gave the little girl a piece of meat, which was then seen by his adoptive mother.
The next moment, the foster mother rushed over, grabbed the little girl's ear, and almost lifted her up by the ear to scold her.
The little girl's heart-wrenching cries, which seemed to tear his ears off, made his suffering even more intense.
They could only secretly feed the little sister behind their adoptive parents' backs, apply medicine to her torn little ear, and hold and comfort her.
This kind of thing keeps happening repeatedly at home, and my younger sister is becoming more and more dependent on him.
Ning Weiheng has always felt that her younger sister's suffering is because she came into the family and took away her parents.
Later, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the army according to policy. Thinking that there would be one less person to feed at home, he sent more money home to support his adoptive parents.
Then my little sister won't have to suffer so much.
To everyone's surprise, the younger sister's situation did not improve. She did not finish her studies and instead took her second sister's place in the countryside.
He thought it was because his adoptive parents favored boys over girls, but he couldn't explain why his parents treated his second sister better than his youngest sister.
He could only endure his adoptive mother's nagging and resentment, reducing the money he sent home and secretly sending money and food to his younger sister in the countryside.
But no one expected that the adoptive parents were not the little sister's biological parents, and that they had committed so many crimes that were punishable by death.
Ning Weiheng's entire worldview was completely reshaped, and his face turned pale.
"Don't worry, big brother. They aren't your biological parents, so they shouldn't affect your future."
Ning Yuan knew that Ning Weiheng would need some time to process such a shocking thing all at once.
Ning Yuan thought for a moment and said, "But I think it would be better for you to change your name back to your original name. Your parents and you should not be involved with the suspect in the spy case."
The eldest brother's biological father's surname is Wei, and his original name is Wei Heng.
He shouldn't have changed his name, but Ning Zhuliu and Ning Jinyun wanted to control Ning Weiheng so that he would remember their kindness in raising him for six years for the rest of his life.
So, through a combination of coaxing and deception, they got eleven-year-old Ning Weiheng to change his name, forcibly changing it from Weiheng to Ning Weiheng.
Ning Weiheng was silent for a moment, then closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."
His parents dedicated their lives and youth to the base in the Northwest, and he could not allow their glorious names to be tarnished.
Ning Yuan smiled, her big eyes crinkling, but her eyes were full of seriousness and determination: "Brother Wei Heng, you will be fine for the rest of your life!"
He no longer needs to bear the surname "Ning" given to him by Ning Jinyun; it is a disgrace to him!
In her heart, she even felt that it was because of the surname Ning that her elder brother died young.
"Oh, right, I need to go to my carriage to say hello to my classmate. Would you like to sit with me?" Ning Yuan said.
She stood at the doorway connecting the two carriages and could already see Ou Minglang standing in the corridor, looking anxiously toward the door.
The white goose saw her standing by the car door talking to someone.
If it weren't for the worry about her luggage, the wary white goose would have come straight towards her upon seeing the man in military uniform talking to her.
Ning Weiheng nodded: "I went on the mission with a few comrades. I'll go with you, and then I'll go back to my seat."
Ning Yuan knew he couldn't say much, and she also knew he always worried about her and wanted to know who she had come with.
She nodded: "Okay."
Ning Yuan led Ning Weiheng to his sleeper car.
In the blink of an eye, I saw a tall, fair-skinned, and stylish Shanghai boy next to my little sister.
Perhaps it's because he has cultivated a good temperament, but Ou Minglang is the kind of person who looks stylish and good-looking even when wearing the same clothes as everyone else.
Ning Weiheng frowned involuntarily when he saw Ou Minglang.
A man and a woman went to Guangzhou to buy goods together...
Ou Minglang already knew Ning Weiheng—no, Weiheng was Ning Yuan's older brother.
He smiled and extended his hand to Wei Heng: "Ning Yuan's older brother is my older brother!"
Ning Weiheng wasn't an unreasonable person; he politely shook hands with him and sat down.
Only the other guests in the private room were puzzled: how come this underage mental patient has brothers everywhere?
These two older brothers don't seem to know each other very well yet.
Wei Heng looked at Ning Yuan and asked indirectly, "Zhenzhen is also in Shanghai. She's been recuperating at home recently. You two are such good friends, why don't you invite her to go to Guangzhou with you?"
My younger sister didn't go to Guangzhou with her best friend, but chose to go with a male classmate. Are they dating?
Wei Heng looked at Ou Minglang with a scrutinizing gaze.
Ning Yuan hadn't mentioned breaking up with Tang Zhenzhen in her brief description, but now, hearing Wei Heng mention Tang Zhenzhen's name without adding her surname, she was surprised.
She immediately became alert: "Brother, you've been in contact with Tang Zhenzhen? When did it start?"
That woman considered herself the most beautiful among the educated youth sent to the countryside, and everyone else was her follower. In her previous life, she was forced to produce jade chili peppers during the "sent-down youth" movement.
Throughout her life, she had several conflicts with Tang Zhenzhen in the village. That woman repeatedly instigated Wang Jianhua to rape her or to make things difficult for Rong Zhaonan.
However, she resolved each of these issues and even gave Tang Zhenzhen a beating. It was then that she discovered the benefits of acting crazy and being a shrew.
In this lifetime, she and Tang Zhenzhen completely broke off their relationship.
But in their past life, the eldest brother and Tang Zhenzhen would have gotten married together.
It was because after returning to the city, Tang Zhenzhen and she were still "good friends," and one day she suddenly came from Shanghai to Ningnan to visit her.
As it turned out, her eldest brother also came back from Shanghai to visit relatives at that time, and Tang Zhenzhen took a liking to him.
On New Year's Day evening, Ning Jinyun's whole family went to Bai Jin's house to celebrate the holiday.
Only her older brother, who had come back to visit, and Tang Zhenzhen were at home.
So, that night, the three of them spent New Year's Day together.
As a result, during the meal, Tang Zhenzhen forced her to drink a glass of baijiu (Chinese liquor), and she died from the alcohol.
When she woke up the next day, she found that her older brother and Tang Zhenzhen were inexplicably sleeping in the same bed.
The eldest brother didn't even know what had happened. He didn't like Tang Zhenzhen, but he still married her in the end.
At first, the two of them did have a good time together, just like any other newlywed couple.
Later, however, Tang Zhenzhen became almost completely open about her hostility, making sarcastic remarks and sabotaging her, and the two had a complete falling out.
Tang Zhenzhen insisted that her older brother sever all ties with her, his non-blood-related younger sister, and forbid him from giving her any more money.
How could my elder brother agree?
Finally, their marital relationship was also affected; Tang Zhenzhen refused to join the army, and the couple spent little time together.
My eldest brother served in the military for a long time, participating in flood relief and rescue operations. He was only twenty-nine years old when he sacrificed his life.
In the end, she didn't even leave behind a child. The month after the funeral, Tang Zhenzhen married her boss.
At that time, Tang Zhenzhen was already three months pregnant.
He claimed to be the posthumous son of his elder brother and also pocketed a lot of government subsidies for orphans of martyrs.
Only she knew that her older brother hadn't been home for half a year, and that the child wasn't his at all!
Ning Yuan's eyes were gloomy; she didn't understand.
She had already severed ties with Tang Zhenzhen in advance for the rest of her life.
Why... would Tang Zhenzhen still have a relationship with her older brother!
In a letter she sent to her older brother, she mentioned that she had a good friend named Tang Zhenzhen, who was from Shanghai.
Could Tang Zhenzhen really be so shameless as to go to the garrison army and find her older brother as soon as she returned to Shanghai?
You should know that at this time, Tang Zhenzhen and her older brother had never met before!
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