Seeing the damp tear stains on his palm, Rong Zhaonan's anger at her earlier words telling him to love someone else vanished instantly.
He closed his eyes briefly, then suddenly released his grip on her.
Rong Zhaonan lay down on his side, looking somewhat dejected, but then pulled her into his arms as if she were a child: "I'm sorry, wife, don't cry... it was my oversight."
Her crying made him feel suffocated and distressed.
Ning Yuan bit her lip, but couldn't break free from the person behind her: "Let go of me!"
She could only curl up, hastily wipe the tears from her face with her hands, and say expressionlessly—
"You haven't done anything wrong to me. It was my fault for being ignorant and tactless, for not making way for your great friendship, and for asking questions I shouldn't have! You're always right, and I'm the only one who's wrong! I want to go home!"
A relationship expert I used to read said that when you argue, you should talk about the issue at hand, instead of just venting your emotions and trying to hurt the other person.
Arguing is also a way for couples to communicate.
She has tried her best to follow this principle her whole life...
But this time, her rationality had been completely worn away by her repeated forbearance from Shanghai to Beijing.
Now all I feel is unbearable resentment, and I want to slap him again!
"Get up, let me go!" Ning Yuan used her elbow to forcefully push against his ribs again.
Despite the pain, Rong Zhaonan held the girl tightly in his arms, pressed his face against the crook of her neck, and continued in a hoarse voice—
“Back then, my days in the compound were very difficult. The old man disliked me for having all the bad habits of a bourgeois young master, and the other people in the compound also cursed me like that. I was beaten and bullied a lot.”
Ning Yuan struggled expressionlessly, her eyes red, "Why are you telling me all this? I don't want to hear it!"
Rong Zhaonan didn't let go and continued, "I know martial arts. I fought back when I couldn't take it anymore. They can't beat me, but if I fight back, they'll go to the old man to complain..."
Ning Yuan remained silent with a cold face: "..."
Rong Zhaonan continued, "As soon as the old man receives a complaint, he won't ask any questions. He'll just start by scolding me. Even if I explain, I'll still get beaten and punished."
Ning Yuan interrupted him impatiently: "Alright, I know all this. There's no need to play the victim. If you don't say it, plenty of people will come to me to say it."
If someone else tells him, he'll probably blame her for hearing it, right?
She said coldly and mockingly, "If you're unhappy about what others are saying, I'll go back to Shanghai right now!"
Rong Zhaonan paused for a moment, then, regardless of whether she was angry or not, he stopped her from moving and said in a cool and calm voice, "Then I'll tell you something you haven't heard before..."
“Just like I told you before, He Su would speak up for me, but the more she spoke up for me, the more I got beaten up. Later I learned to run away.”
He paused for a moment: "Whenever the old man hit me, I would run away and hide in the small orchard in the yard. Once, it rained heavily, and I was injured and got soaked in the rain all night. I developed a fever and fainted in the small orchard. It was Sister Ye Qiu who picked me up and took me back."
Ning Yuan tried to struggle, but ultimately didn't move, her face cold, but she didn't turn around.
"That was the first time I met her. She had just returned from medical school for summer vacation. She took pity on me like a stray dog that had nowhere to go, bandaged my wounds, and cured my fever. Later, she was the one who taught me how to integrate into the compound and not let anyone bully me."
Rong Zhaonan spoke slowly—
"She told me not to go against the old man. During that time, my relationship with the old man improved a lot. Although I learned to fight outside and beat up all the boys in the compound, besides my mother, she was the first person I felt like family..."
Ning Yuan said coolly, "So, back when we were working together in the countryside, you felt like you found Ye Qiu in me? Well, I really have to thank her, ha!"
Rong Zhaonan's handsome face instantly darkened, suppressing his anger—
“Ning Yuan, you know I’ve never thought of you as Ye Qiu. For a long time, you’ve acted strangely, and I even thought you were a spy sent from the other side of the island or the other side of the ocean!”
He didn't want to say these things, but this curly-haired rabbit was making him so angry he almost vomited blood!
Rong Zhaonan said irritably, "I find something wrong with everything you do. If I hadn't been in a precarious situation at the time and reported you, I'm afraid I would have been accused of colluding with spies instead, and you would have been arrested and interrogated long ago!"
Ning Yuan paused, her heart skipping a beat.
No way, she thought she hid it very well!
Even though Manhua, Huazi, Grandpa Tang, Grandma, and the big white goose are all so close to her, none of them think there's anything wrong with her...
Ning Yuan stiffened and said coldly, "What's strange about me? You're the strange one. Stop beating around the bush!"
That's what she said, but in the end she didn't do anything reckless or mock him.
Rong Zhaonan didn't want to dwell on this matter; he had long since accepted her "abnormal" nature.
He just wanted her to behave and stop saying things he didn't want to hear, like wanting to leave or telling him to find someone else!
He was so angry that he didn't want to think about anything else, so he just shut her up!
Ning Yuan became more obedient, ceasing her struggles and sarcastic remarks. Only then did Rong Zhaonan take a deep breath and continue speaking—
"Because of Grandpa Ye's high moral standing and Sister Ye Qiu's own composure and ability, she was able to keep those young men in the Wuhan University compound in check. So my situation improved a lot at that time. I completely defeated them and even sent them to the hospital."
"My old man received a complaint and wanted to punish me, so Sister Ye Qiu asked Grandpa Ye to come out and personally teach him a lesson. Grandpa Ye said that I was unruly and had excellent potential, and that I would definitely become the most powerful soldier."
Rong Zhaonan paused for a moment, his voice somewhat complicated: "My relationship with my old man was at its best around that time. He listened to Grandpa Ye and started planning to send me to the army to serve in the military, planning my future. During that period, he didn't hit me anymore."
He paused for a moment: "That spring outing was something I wanted to do with everyone before I joined the army, so Sister Ye Qiu organized everyone to go to the reservoir in the suburbs for a barbecue."
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