Rong Zhaonan slowed down, and the occasional cold and dark look in his eyes softened: "You will like them."
He paused, then said, "I should have told you these things first, but I've been too busy, and I didn't think you were someone important..."
Ning Yuan: "..."
Okay, so it turns out his biological father and stepmother weren't important people to him.
She smiled somewhat helplessly: "I'm glad I'm important to you, but it wouldn't be good if I didn't know anything about these things and caused trouble."
Rong Zhaonan coughed lightly: "Sorry."
Ning Yuan shook her head and said easily, "Xiang San wishes our love to be stronger than gold, so we will accept his kind words."
Rong Zhaonan narrowed his eyes, tightened his grip on her hand, and said coldly, "It's rare that a single human word came out of his dog mouth."
Looking at his handsome profile, Ning Yuan couldn't help but smile with her bright eyes.
...
At the train station platform, Aheng and Chen Chen helped carry all the luggage onto the train.
Madam Ning held Ning Yuan's hand with reluctance: "My dear girl, come back soon."
She had just reunited with her youngest daughter, and she couldn't bear to let her daughter leave like this.
Ning Yuan felt a warmth in her heart, so she simply reached out and hugged Madam Ning's waist, softly comforting her, "It'll only be a month, Mom, I'll be back soon, don't worry."
My mother worries about the feeling of her traveling far away; it's truly a unique experience.
Rong Zhaonan stood to the side, gently and sincerely assuring her, "Don't worry, I will take good care of Ningning."
Madam Ning glanced at Rong Zhaonan, her expression unreadable, but she nodded and said, "I only have this one daughter, and I'm entrusting her to you."
Young Master Ning watched this reluctant parting scene with a cold eye, arms crossed, and said, "I heard that girls from the mainland have to help with housework when they go to a man's house?"
Ning Yuan was a little puzzled. Why did her cheap older brother suddenly come out and say this?
Young Master Ning said coolly, "Hey... Ning Yuan, I'm reminding you to be mindful of your behavior. It's not allowed to rush into doing housework the first time you visit your in-laws. If you do, you'll have to do it for the rest of your life. Our Ning family's young lady's hands aren't for housework."
Ning Yuan was somewhat surprised, yet also amused: "...Ah, okay."
My older brother actually knows this?
But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Hong Kong government may say it's Westernized, but it's also very traditional and feudal.
For example, the idea that a wealthy family's daughter-in-law must give birth to a certain number of sons before she can stop having children...
Rong Zhaonan retorted sarcastically, "There's no need for Young Master Ning to worry about that. Miss Cha has to do housework at the Ning residence, while Ningning is coming back with me as a guest, so it's naturally different."
Young Master Ning sneered: "Heh..."
Does the Ning family still need Cha Meiling to do housework? Of course not!
Ning Yuan wanted to laugh as she listened to them bickering over strange things, but she held it in.
“I understand, but Anan’s family isn’t poor either, and they have an aunt to help.” Ning Yuan tugged at her mother’s hand.
Madam Ning glanced at her eldest son with a puzzled look, then waved her hand knowingly, "Alright, you should get in the car now."
Seeing Ning Yuan siding with Rong Zhaonan, Young Master Ning snorted coldly with some resentment. "Silly girl, she doesn't even know how Rong Zhaonan tricked her older brother!"
She's biased towards outsiders; it would have been better to have a piece of barbecued pork than to have her!
Ning Yuan coughed lightly: "Big brother, um... Sister Hongyu, that's my classmate's side. Could you please take a good look after her? Her family is also in the financial system, and she has several years of banking experience. She can handle the project well."
This month just happened to coincide with the project assessment and acceptance for sparkling water.
Sister Hongyu will probably see her older brother often, and hopefully she will successfully obtain the scholarship!
Young Master Ning looked at her and chuckled lightly, "You are indeed loyal to your friends."
For the sake of men and friends, they would call him "Big Brother," while in private they would call him "Young Master Ning."
Ning Yuan smiled sweetly at him: "Big brother is right. One should be loyal to others, and I also have shares, so this is for my own sake."
Ning Bingyu then said calmly, "Alright, at least you still care about your job. Men may be unreliable, but money and jobs are always reliable."
Ning Yuan nodded vigorously.
Rong Zhaonan watched coldly, realizing that Young Master Ning still held a grudge against him and was always trying to make things difficult for him.
After bidding farewell to the Ning family, Rong Zhaonan led Ning Yuan into the car.
As the train whistle sounded, it rumbled away from the platform.
Madam Ning looked at the tail of the train and said sadly, "If we had found my little sister sooner, she wouldn't have gotten married while she was still studying. She could have found someone she knew well, or even someone who would marry into her family."
The youngest daughter he had finally found could not stay by his side for more than a few years.
Ning Bingyu knew what his mother was thinking and comforted her: "Rong Zhaonan's family should be well-off. I heard that his father has some status in the capital."
He didn't actually know Rong Zhaonan's specific identity, but being in charge of such a large project and having a military background, his aura must be extraordinary.
Madam Ning thought for a moment: "The surname is Rong, so maybe they are from the Rong family, but the main family and distant branches of the Rong family have long since scattered like monkeys after the tree falls, and they have become just ordinary people."
She paused, then laughed self-deprecatingly: "Speaking of which, if your Aunt Zhou's child didn't have her surname, he might also have the surname Rong. What's so good about the men in the Rong family that makes young girls fall head over heels for them?"
Ning Bingyu put his arm around his mother's shoulder: "My little sister is married in the mainland, but once our project is done well, we will definitely be able to come and go to the mainland often in the future. If you are willing, Mom, it would be good to come to Shanghai once a year to stay with my little sister for a period of time."
Madam Ning sighed, "Let's go back, you're busy too."
...
On the way to the capital, Ning Yuan was still very curious, as she had never been to the North in her previous life.
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Chang'an Avenue... those are things that only appear in newspapers and the media.
What was Beijing like in the 1980s?
Perhaps it was because of the "three burly men" traveling with them that the journey went smoothly, without any thieves or other troublesome incidents.
At most, we stopped for a while to avoid a temporary train, and then we traveled smoothly for two days to reach the capital.
Ning Yuan thought that this might mean the trip to the capital would go smoothly.
Upon arrival at the station, two jeeps came to pick us up.
Five or six tall, long-legged men in military green rushed over and hugged Rong Zhaonan tightly as soon as they saw him.
A group of young men, some overjoyed and some so excited they wanted to jump all over Rong Zhaonan.
Ning Yuan found it amusing until Rong Zhaonan couldn't take it anymore and grabbed her, saying, "Come see your sister-in-law!"
Only then did the group of young men notice that the pretty young girl in the pale yellow dress standing not far behind them was actually...
"You're so beautiful, sister-in-law!"
Five or six young men put their arms around each other's shoulders, looked at each other, and then shouted to Ning Yuan with smiles.
They had already heard from Deputy Captain Chen Chen that the captain had a mistress!
(Deputy Captain Chen was occupying the captain's position just to wait for the captain to return.)
Ning Yuan wasn't exactly unsophisticated, but facing so many handsome men staring at her, her round face instantly turned red, and she awkwardly grabbed Rong Zhaonan's hand.
Rong Zhaonan scolded him, both amused and exasperated: "Alright, you're all platoon leaders and even company commanders now, and you're still so immature!"
The young men laughed and joked, vying to help carry the things, and got into the jeep together.
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