Chapter 363 Mary Sue's Sister-in-law (18)
Xi Ciming was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that his mother-in-law would ask him to persuade his brother-in-law. Although he was Ning Zhiyi's brother-in-law, their relationship was not actually close. In the few times Ning Zhiyi met him before, he would look at him with implicit sympathy and a little contempt.
At that time, he couldn't understand why Ning Zhiyi looked at him that way, but now after seeing what Ning Zhiyi did tonight, Xi Ciming understood a little.
Ning Zhiyi might feel sympathy for himself for having to marry a woman he doesn't love, even though this woman is his sister; then he despises the fact that his marriage is being traded and he doesn't dare to fight for true love.
After figuring this out, Xi Ciming said:
This man who only has work in his mind, of course, cannot understand the thoughts of Ning Zhiyi, who puts true love above all else. They are men of two different extremes. One is willing to marry for the sake of career and family, and regards getting married and having children as a pure life mission to be completed.
The other can sacrifice career for love, for example, delaying a meeting because of a quarrel with two people, delaying the signing of a project with a big company because of chasing a runaway lover, and losing a big client...
Xi Ciming felt that he might not be able to help his mother-in-law persuade his brother-in-law, so he said to Ning's mother: "Mom, Zhiyi and I are different people. I am willing to marry, but he is unwilling. I can't persuade him to change his mind. He is an adult with his own ideas."
Ning's mother was very disappointed to hear him say this, but she also knew that what he said made sense. As a mother, she couldn't be unaware of Ning Zhiyi's character. He always made up his mind and would stick to it to the end, even if he got beaten to a pulp. How could he easily listen to advice?
Ning Shichu and Xi Ciming comforted her carefully before saying goodbye to her.
Xi Ciming asked Ning Shichu: "You and your brother have a bad relationship?"
Ning Shichu tilted his head and said:
"It's not bad, but it's not good either. When we were young, he and I were trained in different directions. He was the heir of the family and received a strict elite education since childhood, while I was trained to be a favored young lady and a future wife and mother. Naturally, it was impossible for us to play together.
He has his circle and I have mine. Over time, it’s impossible to develop much of a sibling relationship, and only blood ties serve as a bond.
The Ning family never considered me as an heir. They gave me a dowry and married me off to exchange for family benefits. But if I had the possibility of inheriting the company, my younger brother would definitely regard me as an enemy and spare no effort to suppress me. But now that I am married, I will not compete with him for the right of inheritance, so now he can treat me as a sister. "
The original owner's relationship with Ning Zhiyi was indeed not that deep, and of course, she didn't have much affection for Ning's father and mother either, otherwise her ending wouldn't have been so tragic.
Xi Ciming nodded. As a member of a wealthy family, he certainly knew what brothers and sisters in wealthy families would do for the sake of interests. It was normal for them to have weak feelings, and it was not surprising that they would fight to the death. Because Ning Shichu and Ning Zhiyi had determined the successor early on and there was no conflict of interests, they could naturally maintain superficial peace. However, how much affection they had inside was a matter of opinion.
When Xi Ciming thought of this, he was glad that there was no quarrel among the brothers in their Xi family.
"Oh, by the way, if the Xi family and the Ning family have any cooperative projects, you can handle it on your own. You don't have to make concessions to the Ning family for my sake. I have already repaid their kindness of giving birth to me by marrying into the Ning family." Ning Shichu reminded Xi Ciming again.
She is a selfish and petty person who holds grudges. Ning Zhiyi, the barbecued pork brother, has no brotherly feelings towards her, so why should she ask Xi Ci to make concessions to the Ning family? Isn't it good for everyone to fight for their own interests based on their own abilities?
Ning Shichu's reminder to Xi Ciming at this time was not without reason. She was giving Xi Ciming a heads-up in advance because she remembered that it would not be long before Ning Zhiyi would be busy trying to keep Chang Jiaer because she was making a fuss about breaking up, and would delay the signing procedures with a cooperative company, making the manager of that company wait for him for a whole day, but in the end he didn't show up.
The boss of that company thought that Ning Zhiyi had no intention of cooperating and had played them around, so he was very angry. In a rage, he not only cancelled the cooperation, but also spread the word in the industry that he would never cooperate with Ning Zhiyi's company.
It just so happened that that company was the leader in the industry, and its boss spread such rumors, so other companies in the industry became much more cautious about cooperating with Ning Zhiyi, and some even refused to cooperate with Ning Zhiyi in order to avoid risks.
As a result, the Ning Group lost a huge amount of profits at once and also ruined its cooperation intention with other partner companies, with serious consequences.
When encountering this crisis in the previous life, Ning Zhiyi didn't need to ask the Xi family for help. The original owner's sister took the initiative to go back to the Xi family and ask Xi Ciming to help Ning Zhiyi.
Although Xi Ci Ming was a person who put profit first and clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment, his wife begged him and used various means. Moreover, although he valued profit, he was not a cold-hearted person. Therefore, for the sake of his wife, he extended a helping hand to Ning's company. Not only did he help Ning's company to successfully obtain a company willing to cooperate, he also gave Ning's company a large sum of money to tide over the difficulties.
For the Xi family, this kind of help is completely more harmful than beneficial, or even has no benefit at all. It is purely a great effort to help the Ning family without any benefit at all.
And Xi Ciming did this for the sake of the original owner.
Unfortunately, when the Ning family got through the difficult times, they no longer remembered who helped them get the Xi family’s help.
Ning Shichu knew that this would happen as scheduled in this life, so he reminded Xi Ci early on that since the marriage was for profit, there was no need to talk about charity.
Let’s see how Ning Zhiyi will solve this problem if the original owner doesn’t come back to ask Xi Ciming for help.
Ning Shichu sneered in his heart. Some people tend to take other people's efforts for granted and then turn a blind eye to them.
When Xi Ciming heard Ning Shichu's words, he naturally understood the position of the Ning family in her heart. This time, the Xi family would not be so generous.
This topic was a bit serious. After Ning Shichu gave Xi Ciming instructions, he smiled at him and said, "Do you think I am cold and heartless and so indifferent to my own family?"
Xi Ciming shook his head: "You must have your reasons for doing this. And your relationship with the Ning family is weak, so you will be more inclined towards the Xi family." Xi Ciming is indeed overly rational, and his words are so clear.
Ning Shichu snorted and said, "Who knows? Maybe I am also indifferent to the Xi family. I only love myself."
"That's fine." Xi Ciming suddenly smiled and said, "After all, I'm also indifferent to the Ning family. We're even now."
Ning Shichu was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and then he smiled: "This is good, it's good for everyone."
(End of this chapter)
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