"Why are you the one killing the rabbit?" Aunt Qian asked instinctively as she watched Ning Yuan come in carrying the killed rabbit.
Ning Yuan put the rabbit on the sink: "Ye Yuan found Ye Dong, and Rong Zhaonan went with him to persuade Ye Dong to go home."
Aunt Qian frowned upon hearing this: "Xiao Ning, you're just going to let him go?"
Ning Yuan turned on the tap and washed the blood off the rabbit with her back to Aunt Qian: "He owes the Ye family a favor."
Aunt Qian thought Ning Yuan didn't care, hesitated for a moment, and then gestured for the nanny to leave.
Then, she came over to help wash the rabbit: "Xiao Ning, Zhao Nan, although he has a face prettier than a girl, he may not look as manly as my silly boy at first glance."
She paused for a moment: "But because he was capable, especially good at fighting, and was incredibly roguish, many young girls in the compound liked him back then."
Ning Yuan listened silently as she worked.
Aunt Qian saw that she wasn't angry and continued, "After he joined the army, he became much more restrained. He went from being the invincible young master Rong who fought his way through the compound to becoming the tyrant Rong. His skills improved greatly, and he had a bright future."
"Several families, including the Ye and Xiang families, think he is a good son-in-law."
Ning Yuan smiled noncommittally: "Yeah, they're quite popular."
Aunt Qian helped Ning Yuan put the meat on the cutting board, and while chopping it, she cautiously asked Ning Yuan, "Little Ning... do you know about Ye Dong's sister?"
Ning Yuan nodded lightly: "I know. A group of them went to a reservoir in the suburbs. Ye Qiu and Zhao Nan got lost and disappeared for a day and a night. When they came out again, Ye Qiu proposed to break off his engagement with the eldest son of the Xiang family."
Aunt Qian was a little surprised: "Nan told you all this, it seems he has feelings for you."
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Ning Yuan looked at Aunt Qian's relieved expression, a complicated look flashing in her eyes, but she didn't say that it was Aheng who told her this.
She knew that Aunt Qian meant well and wanted to reveal more details about the matter to her.
Aunt Qian sighed: "Since you know all this, you must know that after Ye Qiu broke with the eldest son of the Xiang family, there were rumors all over the world, and that Nan Xiaozi has been desperately protecting Ye Qiu all along."
Hearing Aunt Qian's words, Ning Yuan felt a little bitter. It was all in the past, and they had agreed that she didn't mind.
But reason and emotion are two different things...
"After things got really bad, the Ye family patriarch even suggested that Nan would marry Ye Qiu once he became the captain. But Nan had only been the captain for a year when Ye Qiu sacrificed himself. As for the Ye family... they probably all treated Nan as their grandson-in-law."
Aunt Qian tried her best to use objective words to describe the matter.
Upon hearing this, Ning Yuan paused in her work of tidying up the rabbit.
So, that's probably why the Ye family patriarch had Ye Yuan lead men to stop the Xiang family and protect Rong Zhaonan as he left the capital.
She said calmly, "Rong Zhaonan has been the team leader for a year now, but he hasn't mentioned marriage with Ye Qiu. Why is that? Is it because something came up and he was delayed, or is it just wishful thinking on one side? Later, he got engaged to Qin Hongxing."
Aunt Qian was stunned. She thought Xiao Ning would feel uncomfortable, unhappy, or upset upon hearing the news.
I never expected that Ning Yuan would be calmly pondering the ins and outs of the matter.
Aunt Qian thought for a moment and said, "Well... I'm not quite sure about that."
To be honest, nobody really thought about it that way.
Thinking about it now, it really is a bit strange—
When Ye Qiu had the accident, Nan Xiaozi had already become a team leader. Not only did he not propose marriage, but he also got engaged to Qin Hongxing.
"Perhaps it was because something happened to the Qin family at that time? So they got engaged to Qin Hongxing. At that time, the Qin family sought help from Lao Rong, which was known to everyone in the compound. Lao Rong was still in his position at the time and had not been transferred to the Northwest."
This was the only reason Aunt Qian could come up with.
Ning Yuan recalled how Qin Hongxing had confidently declared herself Rong Zhaonan's fiancée, and gave an unequivocal "hmm."
She began to neatly dice the rabbit.
Aunt Qian watched Ning Yuan busily cutting meat and gently comforted her—
"Old Master Ye is a respected figure, Ye Qiu is a well-known good girl, Ye Yuan is not a bad person either, and Ye Dong is a bit willful, but she is not a bad girl either."
She paused for a moment, then said, "They probably can't accept that Zhao Nan, whom they considered their brother-in-law, has a wife and no longer treats them as family. Don't take it to heart. It's not worth arguing with Zhao Nan over such trivial matters. The most important thing is the relationship between husband and wife."
Ning Yuan was silent for a while, then said calmly, "Aunt Qian, I know you hope I can be more open-minded, but if others are kind to me, I will be kind in return. But if they are hostile, I can't help but mind it. If I repay evil with kindness, then how will I repay kindness?"
She knew Aunt Qian meant well, but she wasn't a magnanimous person herself.
Aunt Qian paused for a moment, then sighed softly: "As long as you young people know your limits, that's fine. I like you very much and don't want you to be sad or wronged. Have a good talk with Zhao Nan."
Ning Yuan smiled gently: "Yes, thank you, Auntie. I like you very much too. I will have a good talk with him."
...
Rong Zhaonan sat in the jeep with his arms crossed and his face expressionless.
Ye Yuan drove without saying a word, and the two seemed to be giving each other the cold shoulder.
It wasn't until Rong Zhaonan realized that the car was driving into increasingly remote areas.
He frowned slightly: "Where are you driving to?"
Ye Yuan glanced at him and said, "What, you're finally willing to talk to me? You don't even remember this road?"
There were few lights on the road. Rong Zhaonan frowned as he looked at the mountains on both sides. Suddenly, he paused, and his face turned cold instantly.
Ye Yuan said coldly, "You don't need to give me that look. I already said before that if you don't want to come, you don't have to."
Rong Zhaonan seemed to be suppressing something, his face was sullen and he didn't speak, but his cold gaze towards the window became somewhat dazed.
After driving for another ten minutes or so, the car stopped beside a mountain. There were streetlights nearby, and he could see the tall entrance—
The First Cemetery.
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