Upon hearing this, Chu Hongyu paused, the spoon hitting the edge of the bowl with a crisp sound, and she almost choked on the fish slice in her mouth.
This high and mighty young master of the Ning family actually has such an experience?
She originally thought he had been pampered and spoiled since childhood, but she never expected that he had been kidnapped.
She looked up, her fox-like eyes wide with surprise: "Kidnapping? Really? Is Hong Kong really that bad? What happened next?"
The secrets of the wealthy are indeed fascinating and outrageous!
Ning Bingyu looked at her, a barely perceptible smile curving his lips: "Of course it's true, otherwise why do you think I invited Tony and the others?"
Chu Hongyu recalled the Ning family's security measures, which were comparable to those in Beijing and the South China Sea, with bodyguards following her around.
Ning Bingyu ate his porridge slowly and deliberately: "When I was young, the Ning family had just arrived in Hong Kong and was in the early stages of business development. As the saying goes, 'The bigger the tree, the more the wind blows,' and it was inevitable that we would offend some people."
“Hong Kong’s security has always been poor, and kidnapping and extortion have occurred frequently. At that time, I had just started secondary school, and Sister Lan and the driver picked me up from school.”
He paused, then chuckled lightly: "Before I even got on the bus, a van suddenly appeared on the road, and someone pointed a gun at Sister Lan and the driver. I was then shoved into a car with a sack over my head."
Chu Hongyu gasped, the mere thought of the scene making her feel terrified: "And then what happened?"
Ning Bingyu spoke calmly while eating, as if recounting someone else's story—
"Sister Lan raised me since I was a child. She reacted quickly and stole a motorcycle from a passerby to follow me. She found me being held captive in a barn in the nearby village cemetery, but she didn't dare to call the police directly..."
Chu Hongyu asked in bewilderment, "Why?"
Ning Bingyu said, "Back then, collusion between the police and criminals was very common. She was worried that the other party would kill her, so she secretly went to find a neighbor nearby and together they sneaked into the barn where I was being held."
Chu Hongyu said, as if listening to a story: "Then they saved you..."
Ning Bingyu nodded lightly: "Yes, those neighbors are really bold. Even though they saw that the kidnappers had guns, they grabbed their farm tools without saying a word and rushed into the warehouse with Aunt Lan."
“The kidnappers didn’t expect anyone to come to my rescue, and they were thrown into disarray. Aunt Lan and the neighbors worked together to subdue two of the kidnappers, while two others escaped. Later, the police caught the remaining kidnappers based on clues provided by the neighbors.”
Chu Hongyu was stunned. The seemingly ordinary nanny had such a heroic side, and the seemingly ordinary neighbors also had such courage and loyalty.
Chu Hongyu's tone carried a hint of emotion: "The people who experienced the Canton-Hong Kong general strike and confronted the British Hong Kong government back then are truly different!"
Ning Bingyu looked at her and suddenly found it amusing: "You're quite good at history."
She always brought a fresh perspective to his conversations, even managing to connect them to the Hong Kong-Guangdong strike.
Chu Hongyu raised her pointed chin, with a hint of pride: "Of course, back in the day, I was the top student in the entire grade of high school."
Just then, Sister Lan suddenly came over with a plate of golden, crispy fried spring rolls and placed it in front of Chu Hongyu with a smile—
"Little sister, try our spring rolls, they're freshly fried and very fragrant! We brought them especially for you."
Chu Hongyu was taken aback: "Sister Lan..."
This is the second time Sister Lan has given her something!
Sister Lan winked at Chu Hongyu, then turned and patted Ning Bingyu's shoulder, her tone like that of a parent scolding a disobedient child—
"Liangliang, stop wearing that long face all the time, like someone owes you money. You have a foul mouth, that's not something women like!"
"Sister Lan!" Ning Bingyu's handsome face instantly changed color when he was called by a nickname. He coughed awkwardly and said, "What 'pretty girl'... don't call me that!"
Doesn't he have any pride?!
Sister Lan wasn't having any of it and smacked him on the forehead.
"You good-for-nothing! You dare talk back to Sister Lan? You've always been stubborn but soft-hearted since you were little, and you're still the same now that you're over thirty! That's why you still can't get married!!"
Watching the interaction between the two, and seeing Ning Bingyu acting like a clueless fool in front of Sister Lan, Chu Hongyu felt as if she had accidentally eaten some poisonous mushroom and was hallucinating.
Ning Bingyu glanced at her indifferently, and Chu Hongyu realized that she had lost her composure, so she immediately lowered her head and obediently ate her porridge.
Sister Lan tapped Ning Bingyu on the forehead again and glared at him, "Why are you being so fierce!"
Ning Bingyu patiently slapped her hand away: "Stop hitting me... If you keep hitting me, I'll go crazy!"
Lan Jie glared at Ning Bingyu without any politeness: "When have you ever stopped being stupid? Back when we were being chased by kidnappers, when I climbed out the window to pull you away, you still wanted to pick up your schoolbag, saying that you hadn't finished your homework yesterday!"
Ning Bingyu: "...!!"
Chu Hongyu's shoulders trembled as she tried to suppress her laughter: "Pfft..."
I never imagined I would see a cold-blooded business tycoon like this in my entire life!
Sister Lan smiled and said to Chu Hongyu, "Little sister, don't mind him. This rascal has always been like this. He has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. He's actually a very nice person and an honest man!"
Chu Hongyu went from suppressing a laugh to being speechless: "..."
This was the first time she had ever heard someone praise their boss as a kind-hearted and honest person.
If the eldest son is this honest, what would he be like if he wasn't?
"Eat slowly! Tell Sister Lan what you want to eat!" Sister Lan said with a smile, then hurried off to greet the other guests.
The air fell silent instantly. Ning Bingyu, with a cold face, said while eating his porridge, "Laugh if you want to."
Chu Hongyu forced back a laugh, cleared her throat, and put on a serious expression: "Um, young master, it seems that Sister Lan has misunderstood our relationship..."
She pointed to the spring rolls and cola on the table: "When you went to get the porridge, Sister Lan said that tonight's meal was on the house..."
Ning Bingyu picked up his chopsticks, took a spring roll, and slowly placed it on the plate in front of Chu Hongyu: "Since it's Sister Lan's idea, please eat it. As for the meal, I'll pay for it. Sister Lan has misunderstood that you're my girlfriend."
Chu Hongyu subconsciously wondered, "Young Master, have you... never brought Miss Cha here before?"
After asking, she realized she had been too nosy, as it was someone else's private matter, and quickly added, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your private affairs..."
Ning Bingyu didn't seem to mind, and his tone remained calm: "I'll let it go, it's just that Miss Cha doesn't think much of this place."
He paused for a moment: "When she was eighteen, after she came with me, I brought her here to eat porridge for the first time. But as soon as she came in, she complained that the floor was dirty, saying that it had dirtied her new Chanel shoes. She refused to come in after walking a short distance, so naturally we didn't see Sister Lan."
Chu Hongyu was taken aback.
Cha Meiling had been his fiancée for so many years, yet she didn't even know who Sister Lan was...
While drinking his porridge, Ning Bingyu said casually, "The second time was when I had a stomachache after get off work and wanted to come to Sister Lan's place for a bowl of warm porridge. She disagreed, subtly suggesting that Sister Lan's porridge wasn't clean, and insisted on taking me to a nearby fancy restaurant for abalone porridge. She's still young, so I let her have her way."
She hesitated for a moment before asking, "Then... does Miss Cha know about your kidnapping?"
Ning Bingyu smiled dismissively: "I know, but I don't know the details."
His flat tone made it seem as if he were talking about something insignificant.
Chu Hongyu listened to this and couldn't help but think. Perhaps it was these little things that prevented Cha Meiling from truly winning over her boss's heart for so many years.
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