Chapter 105 Good Temper

There is one day off for Qingming Festival, plus two days on the weekend, a total of three days, and Ning Min has already made arrangements for these three days.

On the Qingming Festival, Qi Nian is going to visit his mother. In the next two days, the whole family will go to Ning's house. It's a good holiday, so he really needs to visit the elderly more often.

I don’t know why, but before Qingming Festival, it started to drizzle in Beijing, and the temperature, which had already risen, dropped again in an instant.

Qi Nian, who was a little afraid of the cold, took out the down jacket from the closet and put it on. Only then did he feel much warmer.

Chu Rongshi was still only wearing a thin coat. Qi Nian originally suspected that he would be cold wearing such thin clothes, until he touched his hand, which felt like a hot stove.

Qi Nian's eyes were full of envy when he looked at Chu Rong.

In a blink of an eye, it was Qingming Festival. The rain was still falling. Qi Nian still set out early with Ning Min. Chu Rongshi also followed them. The three of them went to the flower shop first.

Ning Min's eyes fell on a blooming hydrangea placed by the window, with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes: "Lu Ling's favorite is hydrangea."

She once said that if it died, she didn't want chrysanthemums in front of the grave, she wanted the most beautiful hydrangeas.

Today is Qingming Festival. There are many people going to the cemetery. Most of them are holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums in their hands. Only Qi Nian is holding beautiful hydrangeas in his hands.

The gravesweepers here are very responsible and they wipe the tombstones very clean. Qi Nian originally thought that he would not feel much, until he saw the small photo on the tombstone.

Normally, Ning Min seldom mentioned Qi Luling. Of course, it wasn't because she didn't remember her, but she just tried not to mention her. Qi Nian didn't even remember if he had ever seen Qi Luling's photo.

Maybe I have seen it, but for various reasons, I have almost no memory of it from my childhood.

At this moment, seeing that small photo again, Qi Nian's nose suddenly felt sore and tears flowed uncontrollably.

I don’t know if it’s because of the blood connection, but Qi Nian feels close to the other person for no reason. However, at the same time, he feels sad because the other person will always stay at that age.

Chu Rongshi noticed that Qi Nian's body was trembling slightly. He lowered his eyes, placed the hydrangea in front of the tombstone, stood up, put away his umbrella and came under Qi Nian's umbrella. He put one hand on the other's shoulder, and from a distance it seemed as if he was holding him in his arms. With the other hand, he gently and slowly wiped away Qi Nian's tears.

He didn't tell Qi Nian to stop crying, but just remained silent. In this way, he tried to soothe the pain in her heart little by little.

Ning Min turned around and saw the two people being quite intimate. She discovered that Qi Nian was crying, but she didn't think they were too intimate.

After leaving the cemetery, Qi Nian's eyes were swollen like walnuts because he had just cried, and he looked a little pitiful.

When they were almost home, Qi Nian suddenly said to Ning Min, "Auntie, can you tell me about my mother's past?"

Ning Min was stunned for a moment. When Qi Nian was little, he didn't understand anything, so she seldom mentioned these things in front of the child. Later, when he grew up, he suddenly became very rebellious, so naturally she had no chance to say it.

Now that Qi Nian took the initiative to bring it up, Ning Min naturally agreed. She hoped that her best friend's son would mention her as more than just a name, an identity, or a symbol, but a living person.

Death never means disappearance, but forgetfulness.

That day, Qi Nian listened to Ning Min talk a lot about his mother's past. It was the first time he knew that his mother was like this.

She is a willful woman, always optimistic and confident. When her classmates are bullied, she is always the first to stand up.

Qi Nian then realized that Ning Min had also been bullied by her classmates when she was in school.

Ning Min didn't have this kind of personality before. She was always gentle and well-behaved. She was also pretty, so naturally there was no shortage of people who liked her.

Until now, the people Ning Min met were all normal. Even if Ning Min rejected her confession, the most outrageous thing they did was to say that she was aloof, and Ning Min pretended not to hear it.

The nightmare began when the school bully confessed his love to her and was rejected by Ning Min.

The other party did not directly look for Ning Min's problem, but instead looked for girls in the class who had a good relationship with them.

At the beginning, those girls began to encourage Ning Min, but later, when they found that Ning Min did not resist, they began to act weird on purpose, making trouble when she was on duty and stuffing garbage into her desk pocket.

After a long time, Ning Min was a little overwhelmed. She didn't dare to cry in the classroom because she would be laughed at, so she could only cry secretly in a corner outside.

Just at this time, she met Qi Luling. Qi Luling's dress was very different from the dress of high school students at that time. She did not wear a loose school uniform, but instead wore her own beautiful clothes, light makeup, and a high ponytail with beautiful curls.

If it were normal times, Ning Min would definitely stay away from the other person, because Qi Luling fits the stereotype of a "problem student" in the teacher's words.

However, she didn't know what happened that day. When Qi Luling came to talk to her, she didn't feel scared at all.

Maybe because she had been suppressed for a long time, and finally there was someone to listen to her stories, Ning Min cried while telling them about her experiences.

Qi Luling folded her arms and leaned against a tree nearby. After listening to the story, she said, "Is it just a small matter that's worth crying like this?"

Ning Min was stunned when she heard this. For her, who was still a child, this was already a huge matter. But in the eyes of the other party, it was just a trivial matter?

Qi Luling was holding a lollipop in her mouth. She looked young and innocent, but she spoke like an adult: "Tsk, you're the only one who's afraid of such low-level bullying. So, which class are you from? I'll support you."

Ning Min still remembers that at that moment, Qi Luling was a hero in her eyes.

She brought Qi Luling to their class nervously. The group of people didn't notice Qi Luling, but saw Ning Min from a distance and started to act weird again.

Ning Min lowered her head angrily, but didn't know what to say.

But this time was different from the previous times. Qi Luling stood up and silenced those weird people.

Turning around, she found Ning Min crying again. Qi Luling frowned: "No, why are you crying?"

Ning Min wiped her tears, pointed at the table that had been kicked over by someone, and cried, "My books are falling..."

I saw a few footprints on the books that were filled with notes.

Qi Luling looked at those people with a slightly cold look in her eyes: "Who did this?"

No one spoke, no one answered Qi Luling's question, and everyone had a look of mockery and malice on their faces.

Seeing that they were silent, Qi Luling had a solution. She patted Ning Min on the shoulder and said, "Stop crying. Where are their seats?"

Ning Min didn't understand what was going on, so she pointed to the seats of those people one by one. This afternoon was something Ning Min would never forget.

Qi Luling overturned the tables of those people one by one, and their books were covered with footprints. She even asked Ning Min to step on them a few times.

Several classmates were so angry that they jumped to their feet, but they could do nothing because Qi Luling said quietly: "Do you want to fight or sue the teacher? If you want to fight... do you know who I am? As for sue the teacher, everyone knows who bullied who first. I have a way to make your parents slap you in the face."

Just like that, Qi Luling walked out of the classroom unharmed amid the angry gazes of several people.

At this moment, Ning Min's admiration for Qi Luling reached its peak. She and Qi Luling became friends for the last time. Later, she found out that Qi Luling was a good student, but she was not willing to do well in the exam. She was indeed a student who gave the teacher a headache, but Ning Min thought Qi Luling was the best person.

Qi Luling heard from somewhere that the reason Ning Min was bullied was because of that school bully, and she even said she wanted to settle the score with the school bully.

Ning Min was shocked when she heard her thoughts. She had never dared to tell her parents about being bullied before, but she was afraid that something might happen to Qi Luling, so she finally plucked up the courage and told her parents.

Only then did she realize that if she encountered such a thing, as long as she told her parents, they would definitely find a way to solve it, and it would not be as she worried about.

In the end, the school bully, who was originally a problem student, had his parents called in. I don’t know what they said, but he later transferred to another school.

However, because she secretly told her parents about it, Qi Luling, who was originally planning to settle the score with the school bully, ignored Ning Min after she found out. It took her a long time to coax her into submission.

In the eyes of Ning Min during her adolescence, Qi Luling was not only a close friend, but also the most powerful hero! She will always remember that unbridled time.

She never thought Qi Luling was wrong. Later, she gave birth to a child and passed away. Before she died, she asked her not to look for the child's father. Ning Min still listened to her best friend and did not look up any information about Qi Nian's father. She raised Qi Nian like this.

No matter how others view Qi Luling, in Ning Min's eyes, Qi Luling is the best person.

Qi Nian's nose felt a little sour, and his eyes lit up: "My mom is so cool and awesome!"

"Yes, she is very cool. The Sailor Moons in those TV dramas are nothing in front of her." Ning Min's expression turned into admiration when she mentioned her best friend.

She never mentioned Qi Luling's family from beginning to end, nor did she explain why Qi Luling's parents didn't look for Qi Nian later. Qi Nian didn't ask either. It was good like this. He knew what kind of person his mother was, which made him particularly happy.

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On the weekend, the family went to Ning Min's parents' house together. Ning Min looked very happy, with an unconcealable joy on her face.

Chu Zhen looked at Ning Min curiously for a few times, and found that she had not noticed his gaze. He could only cough lightly and asked, "What's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Nian also poked his head in curiously.

When asked, Ning Min smiled again and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that Ning Xia brought her boyfriend home. I have to go check it out."

Ning Xia is the daughter of Ning Min's eldest brother. She has always been reluctant to fall in love and would not go to meet other men even when her family introduced them to her. However, Ning Min doesn't think there is anything wrong with not falling in love.

It's just that Ningxia's parents like to worry about their daughter. Every time they see Ningmin, they talk about it with a worried look on their faces, saying that they are afraid that their daughter will have no one to take care of her in the future and will be bullied. Ningmin, who originally didn't care much, was also infected by this and became a little worried.

Now Ningxia has found a boyfriend and brought him home. No matter what, it is a good thing in the eyes of the elders.

Qi Nian remembered that he had met Ning Xia several times before, all at his uncle's house, and he had heard Ning Xia quarrel with her family several times because of finding a partner. Thinking of this, he sighed.

Soon the family arrived at Uncle Ning's house. Grandpa Ning and grandma Ning also lived with Uncle Ning's family. The brothers and sisters discussed it and decided that not only Ning Min, but also Uncle Ning's family and Ning Min's sister Ning Miao came.

As soon as Qi Nian entered the room, he saw a man being talked to by elders. The man was wearing glasses and was answering the elders' questions patiently. He looked polite and gentle.

Qi Nian subconsciously went to find Ning Xia and saw that she was also talking happily and it seemed that she liked this boyfriend very much.

"Cousin Nian Nian!" Wei Yang's enthusiastic voice came from not far away. The other party waved excitedly at Qi Nian and walked quickly to Qi Nian's side.

Wei Yang is now a senior in high school, and he will take the college entrance exam in a few months. He is under a lot of study pressure, and Qi Nian hasn't seen each other for quite a while.

After not seeing each other for a while, Wei Yang had grown taller. Ning Miao was afraid that her daughter was under too much pressure from studying, so she would prepare nutritious meals for her to send to school whenever she had time. Over time, Wei Yang's complexion seemed to have become much more rosy.

As soon as the little girl saw Qi Nian, she was so friendly that she pulled Qi Nian to find Ning Hao.

"What is Brother Ning Hao doing? I didn't see him just now." Qi Nian followed Wei Yang in confusion and asked.

"What else can he do? Take care of his little fans." Wei Yang looked as if he was used to it.

"What are you talking about me?" The two were talking when Ning Hao appeared out of nowhere, like a mole.

"Cousin! You scared me!" Wei Yang patted his chest and complained.

Ning Hao looked left and right after hearing this, and after making sure that there were no other elders nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, I didn't mean it."

It's no wonder he was scared. Wei Yang was about to take the college entrance examination and was now protected at home like the national treasure panda. If his parents or grandparents heard that he had scared Wei Yang, he would be scolded again.

Ning Hao quickly changed the subject, revealing an expression like a mouse that stole rice: "By the way, are you curious about why my sister suddenly fell in love?"

Wei Yang shook his head: "What's there to be curious about? If Sister Ning Xia wants to talk, then just talk."

Qi Nian nodded: "Well, if you want to talk, then talk. Is there any other reason?"

"Of course there is. She didn't want to be in a relationship at first because of her current boyfriend. She's in a relationship now because of her current boyfriend." Ning Hao's words were roundabout.

Qi Nian asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"Hey, come here, I'll tell you." Ning Hao smiled mysteriously and repeatedly told Wei Yang and Qi Nian not to tell anyone.

Wei Yang and Qi Nian naturally agreed, and Ning Hao then spoke.

In fact, Ningxia and her current boyfriend Luo Tianxing were classmates in high school.

At that time, Luo Tianxing had good academic performance and a good personality. He never lost his temper and was completely different from the other boys around him. Many people liked Luo Tianxing, and Ning Xia was one of them.

However, many people confessed their love to Luo Tianxing, but he rejected them all because he put his studies first.

Ning Xia was afraid of being rejected, so she never said it out loud. She heard that Luo Tianxing was going to take the entrance exam to Shanghai University, so she decided to study hard and confess her love to Luo Tianxing when she got the entrance exam.

Ning Hao: "My sister suddenly told me that she wanted to apply to Ocean University. I was shocked. I pestered her for a long time before she told me the reason. But she didn't allow me to tell my parents because she was afraid that they would beat me."

After all, Ning Xia was just in high school at that time. Even though Uncle Ning's family is pushing for a marriage now, they are very traditional in their thinking. They think that it is right to do something at any time. It was wrong to have a relationship in high school, and it is also wrong not to find a partner now that she is almost thirty years old.

Although Ning Hao likes to confront his sister, he also knows what to say and what not to say, and has never told his parents about this.

At this point, he also complained: "My parents are really speechless. Before graduation, love is poison to them, but after graduation, their attitude immediately changed and became nectar, as if not falling in love would kill you with thirst."

Qi Nian: "I heard that many parents are like this."

Wei Yang looked at Ning Hao sympathetically and said, "Cousin, if my sister Ning Xia gets married, wouldn't it be you who will be urged to get married?"

Ning Hao: “…”

He tried to smile: "Don't mention it."

He continued to talk about Ning Xia. It was obvious that Ning Xia really liked Luo Tianxing, and she studied much harder after that.

However, after her college entrance examination results came out, her parents firmly disagreed with her applying to Ocean University. Lian Ninghao also felt that her parents were too controlling.

But there was no other way. Finally, Ningxia compromised amid her mother's crying and volunteered to apply to Peking University.

Ning Hao still remembers that his sister hardly said a word on the day she reported for the volunteer program. After she reported, she returned to her room, and Ning Hao heard her crying at the door.

Later, the parents apologized and said nice things to Ning Xia and coaxed her for a long time, but Ning Hao still felt that his parents were hypocritical.

Now that you know your daughter is sad, why didn’t you let her sister apply to Ocean University when she wanted to?

But it was no use saying these things. After that, Ning Xia never mentioned Luo Tianxing to her brother again. Ning Hao didn't know if his sister had forgotten Luo Tianxing, but Luo Tianxing was always the regret of Ning Xia in high school.

Later, when Ningxia's parents mentioned letting her fall in love, she always reacted strongly. She would have a big fight with her parents and then cry.

Ning Xia's parents didn't understand why their daughter had such a big reaction when they just asked her to find a date. But Ning Hao knew why, but he wouldn't tell his parents because it would be useless to tell them.

Until one day, Ning Xia happily told Ning Hao secretly that she had met Luo Tianxing, who actually came to Beijing to work, and Luo Tianxing seemed to be interested in her.

Not long after, Ning Xia got together with Luo Tianxing, but she still didn't want to tell her parents. It was only because she was really annoyed that she brought Luo Tianxing home to meet her parents.

Wei Yang listened attentively. She felt sorry for Ning Xia at first, but then she smiled when she heard that the two met again and got together. "Wow, they are really destined to be together."

Qi Nian nodded and felt that fate was a magical thing. They hadn't seen each other for ten years, but they met again.

Ning Hao showed a naive expression: "I think that Luo Tianxing has liked my sister since school. I can feel it, tsk tsk... the feeling of being in love but unable to get it for many years~"

"Ning Hao, what are you talking about here?" Ning Xia's faint voice came, and she narrowed her eyes and looked at her younger brother.

Ning Hao quickly covered his mouth and said timidly, "Nothing, we're just chatting casually, haha, right?"

As he spoke, he poked Qi Nian and Wei Yang with his elbow.

The two of them immediately nodded obediently: "Yes, yes."

Ning Xia looked at the two of them suspiciously, but didn't say anything. She frowned and said, "Ning Hao, go downstairs quickly to see that Kong Cunyi is here again. Ah Tian has a good temper, don't let him get bullied."

When Ning Hao heard that Kong Cunyi's grandson was here, his silly expression immediately turned serious, and he nodded quickly and went downstairs.

Qi Nian and Wei Yang didn't understand what was going on, so they hurried to follow.

On the way downstairs, Qi Nian learned from Ning Hao's complaints that Kong Cunyi was the blind date that Ning's uncle introduced to Ning Xia.

After being rejected by Ning Xia, the other party's defense was broken. However, Kong Cunyi was very good at pretending in front of Ning's uncle and aunt. No matter how the siblings said that Kong Cunyi was not a good person, neither of them believed it. They still thought that Ning Xia was just making excuses because she didn't want to have a relationship.

Kong Cunyi often came to the Ning family for various reasons, which made the Ning siblings very annoyed.

As they were talking, they went downstairs and met Kong Cunyi, whom Ning Hao mentioned was annoying.

Kong Cunyi was talking to Uncle Ning, with a hint of disappointment in his words: "Uncle Ning, I originally wanted to be your son-in-law, but unfortunately... the flower has intentions, but the water is ruthless."

Uncle Ning looked embarrassed by what he said. It would be fine if it was normal times, but now his daughter’s boyfriend is here.

"Ah? You want to be my dad's son-in-law, isn't that inappropriate?" Ning Hao immediately jumped over, looked at Kong Cunyi with horror, and then hugged himself: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I was wondering why you always find excuses to come to our house, it turns out you are interested in me, I tell you, don't even think about it, I have no interest in men at all!"

The smile on Kong Cunyi's face froze. Is this what he fucking meant?

Uncle Ning was no longer embarrassed. He felt ashamed and scolded Ning Hao: "What nonsense are you talking about? Haha, this kid likes to joke."

Ning Hao made a dissatisfied "tsk" sound, and then gave Luo Tianxing a look that said "you don't have to thank me". Luo Tianxing smiled and raised his hand to support his glasses to hide the look in his eyes.

Kong Cunyi probably felt that he was asking for trouble, so he simply made an excuse and left.

Qi Nian looked around but didn't find Chu Rongshi. Plus, there were too many people here, so he decided to go out and look for him to see if he could find him.

The Ning family has been a family of scholars for generations, and the courtyard they built was particularly artistic. There were poems written on the rockery. Just as Qi Nian was about to get closer to see what was written on it, he heard the voice of Kong Cunyi coming from behind the rockery.

Kong Cunyi seemed to be talking on the phone: "That Ning Xia, does she really think she is a fairy? If it weren't for the Ning family... I wouldn't even look down on her. By the way... that bitch..."

Seeing that the other party was getting more and more outrageous, Qi Nian became angry and was about to go over, but he found that someone was faster than him.

I saw that Luo Tianxing had quickly taken off his glasses, and his eyebrows and eyes, which had originally appeared gentle because of the glasses, became more fierce.

Qi Nian watched in disbelief as Luo Tianxing snatched Kong Cunyi's phone and threw it directly into the lake.

Kong Cunyi was startled, and tremblingly asked the terrifying Luo Tianxing: "What...what are you going to do?"

"Let me teach you a lesson, you idiot." Luo Tianxing grabbed the other man by the collar and punched him. Kong Cunyi was completely speechless and could only wail and scream.

Qi Nian: Hiss... Is this really the person that Sister Ning Xia described as having a good temper and never scolding others?