Sister Manhua is a scorekeeper, quick-witted, and worked as a cashier before going to the countryside.
However, their family was the second branch of the old Party Secretary's family. Unlike the eldest branch, they were skilled in the fields and did not receive the good work assigned to their eldest brother.
Later, he took over her job selling mountain products, and their lives became more and more prosperous.
The old Party Secretary's family all supported Manhua and Huazi coming to Guangzhou to broaden their horizons.
Ning Yuan: "With the four of us together, and with Brother Chen and Sister Ah Xin looking after us, there shouldn't be any major problems."
The neighborhoods in Guangzhou are different from those elsewhere; many of the neighbors here share the same surname.
It's actually more like a village clan, united as one.
The British couldn't take Sanyuanli in Guangzhou back then, thanks to the skill of the local residents.
Rong Zhaonan pinched a slice of pear and stuffed it into her mouth: "Better safe than sorry. I'll have Chen Chen accompany you tomorrow."
Ning Yuan was taken aback, feeling a sweet warmth in her heart. She tilted her head back and kissed the corner of his lips: "Thank you."
But just as he was about to step back, someone grabbed the back of his head with one hand.
Rong Zhaonan casually inserted the fruit knife into the half-eaten pear on the plate with his other hand, and his narrow eyes twitched slightly—
"That's it? Boss Ning, this price isn't enough to pay for my man's indentured servitude!"
Ning Yuan glanced at the pear with the knife deeply embedded in its core out of the corner of her eye, and inexplicably trembled.
She scoffed, "Captain Rong is selling out his own people, that's straightforward. So, what price does Captain Rong want?"
Rong Zhaonan suddenly lowered his head and gently sucked on the corner of her lips, slowly parting them: "At least, it should be like this."
My breathing became increasingly erratic and damp.
Ning Yuan's mouth was covered, and her eyes were somewhat dazed.
I just felt that his relatives' abilities were truly... advancing by leaps and bounds.
She was completely held in his arms, tilting her head back, her eyes spinning from the kisses, and her hands unconsciously gripped his collar.
She accidentally ripped open the collar of his military uniform, revealing his handsome Adam's apple.
She reached out and touched it unconsciously, but the man suddenly grabbed her misbehaving hand.
Rong Zhaonan smiled softly, "Tsk... Boss Ning, don't be in such a hurry. You've been in Guangzhou for several days, haven't you? But I still have to see your older brother later."
Ning Yuan blushed slightly, feeling embarrassed, and quickly pushed him away: "Why am I in such a hurry? You were just with my older brother, who knew you were going to see him!"
He said he was ready and waiting for her in Guangzhou, and he was the one who kissed her first.
It seemed as if she was in a hurry to seduce him.
Rong Zhaonan's smile deepened as he looked at her attempt to cover up her misunderstanding: "I wasn't talking about Battalion Commander Ning, but the eldest son of the Ning family."
Ning Yuan was taken aback: "Ning Bingyu has come to Guangzhou too?"
Rong Zhaonan asked leisurely, "How was your conversation with Ou Minglang along the way? Did you hear any news about the Ning family?"
Ning Yuan thought for a moment: "It's been more than ten years since Ou Minglang left the Ning family, but he said that a few days ago, he worked with Ning Bingyu and heard some news."
Rong Zhaonan slowly wiped the pear juice from the corner of her lips with his fingertips: "Ning Bingyu is indeed good to him and quite close to him."
Ning Yuan was a little distracted by him. She narrowed her round eyes and took the remaining half of the pear slice.
“Ou Minglang said that the second wife of the Ning family built a toy house for her missing daughter and would set out bowls and chopsticks for her daughter every day at mealtimes.”
Rong Zhaonan smiled and said, "That means that at least one person in the Ning family is really looking forward to their daughter's return."
Ning Yuan frowned slightly: "However, Ou Minglang said that he overheard Ning Bingyu mentioning on the phone that his uncle Ning Zhengkun was even more anxious than him to find the missing daughter of the second wife."
Ning Zhengkun is now the head of the Ning family, so why is he in such a hurry to find his younger brother's missing orphan girl?
Are you really planning to have her donate blood and bone marrow?
Rong Zhaonan accepted the rabbit girl's offer of food and then casually lifted her onto his lap.
"My information is that only the old man in their family is paralyzed, and the others don't have any illnesses that require blood or organs."
Ning Yuan muttered as she continued to slice the pear and feed him, "Then... could it be that you're in a hurry to bring your daughter back for a marriage alliance to save the family's financial predicament?"
Rong Zhaonan continued, "I had someone check the Ning family's financial situation in Hong Kong, and it's not bad. I haven't heard of any problems that have led them to rely on their daughter's marriage."
Ning Yuan listened, her delicate brows furrowing slightly: "It's getting stranger and stranger."
Rong Zhaonan looked at her and said, "If you really want to know why Ning Zhengkun is in such a hurry to find you, why don't you try to acknowledge them as relatives? After all, it seems that there are still people in the Ning family who are genuinely waiting for you."
Ning Yuan paused, somewhat hesitantly: "But..."
"You've been hesitating and delaying the recognition of your relatives. Is it because you're worried about the Ning family's troubles, or do you simply not want to acknowledge them?" Rong Zhaonan suddenly interrupted her calmly.
Ning Yuan stiffened slightly, and after a while, she gave a wry smile: "Rong Zhaonan, you don't actually have to be so smart."
"Why?" Rong Zhaonan looked at the girl in his arms.
Ning Yuan looked somewhat somber: "Ever since I found out that my grandmother, who always loved me and planned for me... might have been lying to me, I often think about it..."
She paused, then sighed: "If I avoid acknowledging my family, then I can always have a thought—that somewhere in the world, my parents and loved ones still love me and long for me."
This was the first time she truly understood the meaning of the phrase, "Escaping is shameful, but useful."
Rong Zhaonan continued, "You think that if the other party is a normal parent, it's fine, but..."
If people like Ning Jinyun, Ning Zhuliu, and Bai Jin are merely looking out for something they don't truly value and are actually using, then they've lost the last bit of hope they can have.
Ning Yuan gave a bitter smile and leaned on his shoulder: "I say I accept that I have few family ties, but deep down I still hope that I have normal parents... Isn't that kind of ridiculous?"
Rong Zhaonan gently patted her slender back, as if soothing some small animal: "You can admit it if you want, or no one can force you if you don't."
Ning Yuan leaned against him for a while, then suddenly said, "If you're meeting with Young Master Ning... could you arrange for me to meet him sometime?"
Rong Zhaonan paused, his long, narrow eyes looking at her: "Why did you change your mind?"
Ning Yuan clenched the jade chili pepper in her palm and slightly curled the corner of her lips—
"We can't keep running away. You'll face the good and the bad with me, won't you, Captain Rong?"
He exposed her little scheme to avoid the issue, but instead gave her the courage to face the matter of recognizing her family.
Rong Zhaonan looked at her, raised an eyebrow slightly, and rubbed her lips with his fingertips: "Okay, I will arrange a time for Boss Ning to meet with Ning Bingyu, interest as usual?"
Ning Yuan coughed lightly, then tilted her head back and kissed him gently and proactively: "Captain Rong, don't always be so calculating when you're doing things."
She remembered that he was leaving soon and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to leave with a gun.
Rong Zhaonan lowered his phoenix eyes, enjoying her soft kiss, and slowly tightened his grip on her waist: "Business is business. Boss Ning owes me a sum of money, doesn't she have to pay it back?"
A slight sense of regret flickered in my heart.
Actually... it doesn't matter whether the curly-haired rabbit wants these relatives it has never met.
He is her only legal direct relative.
Isn't it good?
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