Tang Zhenzhen hasn't done anything too outrageous to him yet, unlike how he was forced into that situation at the door just now.
He felt like a heartless, unfaithful person.
Ning Yuan looked at Wei Heng and raised an eyebrow: "Big brother, don't tell me you didn't see that she was trying to slander you and accuse you of defiling her just now."
Wei Heng was taken aback, thinking about Tang Zhenzhen's words, and hesitated: "Perhaps..."
Ning Yuan calmly interrupted him—
"There's no 'maybe,' brother. If she forces you to agree to marry her, and then accuses you of rape and makes you lose your job, would you still marry her?"
"Or will you abandon the army you want to dedicate your life to, become a universally condemned rapist, and tarnish your parents' honor?"
The eldest brother is too kind-hearted and can't fight against the heartless ones, so she'll be the heartless one and help him deal with those heartless trash!
Wei Heng hesitated; Ning Yuan's question was too pointed.
He remained silent for a long time.
In the end, Wei Heng rubbed his temples and sighed, "It's my fault for getting a young girl like you involved in these things."
Let her do whatever she wants in front of people, on the street, without any regard for her reputation, and say whatever she wants, without even caring about other people's opinions.
This side of Ning Yuan broke his heart—
He promised to protect her from the wind and rain, but in the end, he failed to protect his once gentle, introverted, and innocent little sister.
Ning Yuan, however, took his hand and looked up at him earnestly—
"Big brother, you said I've changed. Yes, I have changed. As long as I can protect the people I care about, I don't care what I become."
Her older brother took care of her and protected her since she was a child, and in the end, he died young because of her.
Tang Zhenzhen met her older brother because of her; otherwise, her older brother wouldn't have died so tragically later.
She paused for a moment: "I just want the people I love and the people who love me to be well."
If she can only protect those she wants to protect by wielding a sharp blade, she will do anything to grasp the blade and stab any enemy that stands in her way!
Wei Heng looked at the young girl in front of him with emotion, but her eyes held an age and sharpness that were not commensurate with her age.
It broke his heart beyond measure.
His hand, which had reached out towards her soft face, paused, then finally rested on the top of her head, and he whispered—
"Little sister, it's my fault for not protecting you. I only want you to be well. We're family for life."
Ning Yuan lowered her eyes, and when she looked up again, she still had the bright smile of a twenty-one-year-old: "Let's go, big brother, if we don't go back soon, Grandma and the others will be getting impatient."
...
Tang Zhenzhen ran and ran until she reached a deserted alley corner, where she staggered and leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
That last minute was almost the most suffocating and humiliating moment of her life.
She couldn't hold back her tears and slammed the fruit in her hand against the wall: "Go to hell!"
"Thud!" A bag of oranges hit the wall and then tumbled to the ground.
She couldn't help but stomp on the oranges, yelling, "Go to hell! Go to hell! Ning Yuan, go to hell! Go to hell!!!"
Finally, the oranges were stomped on until juice splattered everywhere and pulp was scattered all over the ground.
Tang Zhenzhen, catching her breath, frantically wiped her face with her sleeve, her eyes filled with hatred—
"I will never let you get away with this!"
Afterwards, she boarded the bus and went home with a blank expression.
She entered her home feeling dejected.
When Chen Ju saw her daughter return, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly put down the vegetables she was holding.
She rushed over: "Darling, how did it go? Have you told Battalion Commander Ning yet? Our family wants a color TV, two new bicycles, and a watch... My son said he's got his eye on that plum blossom watch..."
"Shut up, son! Son! All you care about is your son. If it weren't for Tang Sheng, would I need to marry someone from out of town? How many Shanghai girls want to marry someone from elsewhere?!"
After Tang Zhenzhen finished scolding, she finally couldn't help but cover her face and burst into tears again.
Chen Ju was startled and panicked when she saw this: "Nannan, Nannan, what's wrong with you?!"
Chen Ju comforted Tang Zhenzhen and brought her sweet water. After a while, Tang Zhenzhen finally told her what had happened that day.
Chen Ju was furious, her face turning pale: "You mean Ning Weiheng wants to break up with you for his sister? How can that be? You know our family is in a bad situation right now, and we're counting on this marriage to change our luck!"
Tang Zhenzhen was furious and couldn't help but yell again, "Our family! Our family! I've been dragged down by our family!"
"Besides asking me to help Tang Sheng find a job, I had a perfectly good secretary job at the Economic Bureau, but because a spy came from Uncle Liu's family, I'm also being investigated!"
She was furious. That sixth uncle was just her father's cousin, who had a son named Tang Jun.
That guy went missing when he was a child, and later came back. I only saw him once, at a family dinner.
Their kinship is already beyond the third degree of kinship; if she has another child, it will be beyond the fifth degree of kinship.
As a result, I was implicated and investigated by a relative I barely knew!
Fortunately, this didn't happen during a major movement, otherwise she wouldn't know how she would have died.
"Are you the only one being investigated? I was also suspended from teaching for several days. Once the investigation is completed, everything will be fine, right?"
A cold voice suddenly rang out.
Tang Zhenzhen turned her head and saw her father, Tang Guoshi, carrying a bicycle into the door, looking at her coldly.
Tang Guoshi had a typical long face and looked fairly refined, but his eyes held a coldness that made Tang Zhenzhen tremble.
Although the family in Shanghai still doted on their daughter, Tang Zhenzhen was still a little afraid of her father.
After all, she had personally witnessed how her father fought against others and climbed to the top.
And how was it that after the chaos was rectified, even with her uncle in jail, she was still able to keep herself and become a primary school teacher?
"Dad..." Tang Zhenzhen called out softly, her voice filled with grievance.
Tang Guoshi parked his bicycle and sneered, "Back then, your job in the Economic Bureau was also arranged by your father through connections. What, didn't you feel wronged back then, that you were being dragged down by your family?"
Tang Zhenzhen was speechless, and could only bite her lip and say, "I was wrong."
Tang Guoshi then sat back down on the sofa with his teacup in hand: "You just said that you met Ning Weiheng's sister, who is also the owner of that jade chili pepper, is that right?"
Tang Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with hatred: "That's right."
Tang Guoshi said expressionlessly, "If you hadn't been so useless back then, this jade chili pepper would already be in your hands, and you wouldn't have to be so humble and subservient to a man from out of town, wanting to marry him."
Tang Zhenzhen's face darkened further: "Dad, how was I supposed to know she'd changed? She clearly promised to give it to me!"
And how did she know that this jade chili pepper was so useful?
She only found out about the Jade Chili Pepper incident by chance from her father after returning to Shanghai!
It was just a coincidence, how can you blame her?
Tang Guoshi raised his hand to interrupt her, coldly saying, "No need for this nonsense. The people from the Hong Kong government sent me a telegram; they'll be coming to Shanghai after the New Year."
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