Chapter 112 The Fruit of Time
Father Ning and Mother Ning returned to the bedroom one after another. Father Ning sat on the sofa with a gloomy face, and asked with his hands behind his back, "Don't you know that the older generation of soldiers like Dad hate people who despise the poor and love the rich the most? You actually said something in front of him that is not in line with the Ning family tradition!"
Mother Ning felt wronged when she heard this. She rolled her eyes and murmured, "I, I didn't mean it..."
Father Ning didn't believe that she didn't do it on purpose. After being married to her for so many years, how could he not guess the little worries in her heart? She just wanted to use her status as a mother to force Ning Yi to follow her arrangements, but she didn't think about whether Ning Yi was still the Ning Yi who wanted his parents' love and tried his best to please them when he was a child?
But once words are spoken, they are like spilled water, and cannot be taken back, so he sighed and said, "I don't care whether you said it intentionally or not, anyway, this matter ends here, and you can prepare for your 50th birthday with peace of mind."
"Ah?" Ning's mother pouted unwillingly, "We're just going to let that girl named Ye Jing come to the banquet. What if she accidentally wins the old man's favor? Then my son will really have to marry that poor vixen?"
"A vixen from a poor family?" Father Ning looked at Mother Ning in confusion and asked, "What kind of name did you choose? If dad hears about it, you'll be scolded again, and it'll also implicate me."
"He can't hear it." Ning's mother rolled her eyes, and hurriedly sat next to Ning's father. She exaggerated the news she had heard from Lin Manyue, and finally concluded, "...Husband, you don't know that this girl named Ye Jing is scheming and beautiful. Look, nothing has happened yet, but she has already taken advantage of our son. If she really marries into the Ning family in the future, she will just whisper in Ning Yi's ear, and Ning Yi will be even less close to us."
Father Ning nodded thoughtfully, but couldn't help asking after hearing the last sentence, "Who can you blame if your own son is not close to you?"
Mother Ning was choked for a moment, then glared at Father Ning in dissatisfaction and retorted, "It's all your fault. You didn't come home every other day during the wedding period, leaving me alone with my pregnancy. You never took care of him once after he was born. I was already upset, and he kept bothering me every day so I couldn't sleep well. Of course I had no choice but to send him to my parents to raise."
"Do you think I'm willing? It's because you designed me to have a one-night stand with you and get pregnant in order to marry into the Ning family. Although I was married to you by your father, you made me lose face so much that I couldn't bear it and wanted to teach you a lesson." Father Ning frowned and said angrily, "I feel very conflicted as I'm a father for the first time. I should be happy, but when I see him, I think of your plot against me. How can I be nice to him?"
"That's your own fault for thinking with your lower body." Ning's mother raised her eyebrows and smiled.
"Don't be so shameless—" Ning's father said angrily.
Mother Ning waved her hand impatiently to interrupt Father Ning's words and said, "Well, twenty years have passed, why are you still brooding over this? The most urgent task now is to win back our son's heart. Don't forget, you only have this one son, and you are over fifty now, so don't even think about having another child in your old age."
In this family, the person she feared the most was Old Man Ning. As for Father Ning, he was just a paper tiger. He looked fierce, but one only had to remember two things: first, give him enough dignity and face when other people were around, and second, learn to change the subject. In this way, one would be able to seduce him quickly.
This was an experience she had spent a long time summing up. If she had known this when she was pregnant, she would not have quarreled and cursed with Ning's father whenever she had the chance, nor would she have sent Ning Yi to be raised by Grandpa Ning and his wife, and there would not have been the result that Ning Yi was not close to her now.
Mother Ning sighed, and Father Ning sighed as well, not knowing what he was thinking about. Then he frowned and asked in confusion, "If you want to be close to your son, shouldn't you follow his wishes? Then you should agree to let him marry Ye Jing, but you..."
"You don't understand this." Mother Ning raised a smug smile and said, "Ye Jing is my son's favorite. As the saying goes, a man forgets his mother after getting a wife. This is not without reason. After marrying Ye Jing, how can my son still have a place for us two? With my son to rely on, how can Ye Jing respect us two?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Ning's father who was deep in thought beside her, and after a pause, she continued, "But Lin Manyue is different. We watched her grow up, and we have some feelings for her. Moreover, if our son doesn't like her, she can't make trouble or turn a deaf ear to us. As long as we work harder, our son will reconcile with us sooner or later. After all, we are his biological parents. At the same time, Lin Manyue has no one to rely on. In order to gain a foothold in the Ning family, she needs our support and support, so she will keep trying to please us."
Father Ning stroked his chin and nodded, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words. After struggling for a long time, he finally nodded and said, "Okay, you do it as you see fit. Just don't go too far. She's just a girl in her twenties, and she's my son's sweetheart. If we're not careful, it might make my son dislike us even more, which would be a loss."
"I know my limits, don't worry." Ning's mother nodded with a smile.
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Two days later, Ye Jing was curled up on the sofa in the hotel, browsing some online things to note when meeting her boyfriend's parents on her tablet. At this moment, a phone call came in unexpectedly.
From the sound of her voice, it seemed that the person on the other side was an elderly middle-aged woman. Her tone was very formal, as if she had dealt with many such matters before: "Hello, is this Miss Ye Jingye?"
"Yes, may I ask who you are?" Ye Jing asked.
"Hello, Miss Ye. I am Aunt Zhou, who serves the mistress of the Ning family, and the mother of Young Master Ning Yi. I wonder if you are free this Saturday. I would like to meet you." The other party said in a calm voice.
Ye Jing hesitated for a moment and agreed.
After all, it was Elder Ning Yi who asked to see me, and I had no reason to argue or refuse.
After she agreed, the other party gave her a meeting address, and before hanging up the phone, he told her to come alone and not tell anyone about it.
However, after going through many things, Ye Jing is no longer the simple girl she used to be. The more the other party said this, the more she felt there was a problem. So when she met Xie Fei in the evening, she told him about it without hesitation.
Xie Fei hesitated for a moment, then knew the other party's purpose. His eyelashes drooped slightly, a faint smile flashed across his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly, and he said with a smile: "Go, don't be afraid of her, listen to what she says, take what she gives you, and come back after you are full and satisfied."
Ye Jing was stunned when she heard that and could only nod in agreement. But in her heart she was thinking, why does it sound like there are so many benefits in this meeting, with food and gifts.
Saturday soon arrived, and Ye Jing dressed up carefully before going to the appointment. In a famous tea restaurant, Ye Jing looked around and soon saw a woman sitting in the corner, dressed the same as the other party described.
Ye Jing walked over.
The man heard the sound of footsteps and subconsciously turned his head to look. The next moment he was stunned.
The girl walking towards her had delicate eyebrows and bright eyes. Two small dimples could be vaguely seen at the corners of her slightly smiling mouth. She was not so gorgeous that she was out of this world, but she was enough to make people forget the world and feel friendly.
At this moment, Aunt Zhou suddenly felt that this girl was much more suitable for Master Ning Yi than Lin Manyue. She was not as petty, vixen-eyed, or scheming as the lady had described.
After the two greeted each other, Ye Jing sat down opposite, ordered two snacks and started chatting.
The conversation lasted for more than an hour. During the conversation, Aunt Zhou briefly learned about Ye Jing's situation and then began to carry out the task assigned by Ning's mother.
"Miss Ye, I came here today because I have something to say to you. Don't mind if I say something wrong." Aunt Zhou had a good impression of this girl, so the sharp words she had prepared became much softer. She even felt a little unfair for her in her heart, but she was just a servant of the Ning family and did not dare to disobey the orders of the Ning family's mistress.
Ye Jing was not stupid. After hearing what Aunt Zhou said and considering her previous inquiries about her family background, she quickly understood what the other party was going to say next.
She nodded obediently while eating her dessert.
"The Ning family is a military and political power. Young Master Ning Yi is extremely talented. He is already a major general at a young age. His future prospects are limitless. His wife, the future mistress of the Ning family, should be a lady of equal status to the Ning family. As for Miss Ye, you also know the situation of your family. Even if your family has not gone bankrupt, it is just a small business family. There is a huge difference between you and the Ning family. The Ning family will never accept you. If you really love Young Master Ning Yi, please think more about his future and don't hold him back..."
Aunt Zhou spoke slowly, carefully choosing her words, wondering if saying this would be too hurtful to the girl's self-esteem. But when she looked up, she found someone eating happily, and she didn't know if he heard what she had just said.
Thinking of this, she awkwardly picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, then asked tentatively: "Ms. Ye, do you understand what I said?"
"Yeah." Ye Jing nodded with the dessert in her mouth. After swallowing it, she looked directly at Aunt Zhou and asked in a serious tone, "I understand everything, but what do you want me to do? It seems that I can't do anything about this matter. I am now an orphan with no money, no power, and no family background. I have no right to choose. I can only stay in City A until graduation, and then find a job to support myself. As for Ning Yi's choice, I can't interfere at all. He is an adult and has his own ideas. I can't control him."
Aunt Zhou looked at the indifferent face of the girl opposite her. Her voice and posture were even more calm and composed. At this moment, she admired this girl a little.
There was no crying of self-pity, no questioning at the top of her voice. She analyzed the situation calmly. She was not the vain, gold-digger woman she had imagined.
After hesitating for a while, Aunt Zhou took out an envelope from her bag. Her face was a little sullen. "Ms. Ye, there is a check for five million and a notice for studying in Canada. I hope you can break up with Master Ning Yi and use it to live your own life."
She sighed and said, "I'll stop here. You're a smart person. I think you should know what choice to make. Life is like this. There's really no difference between people at the bottom having no choice and having a choice. That's all I have to say. I hope everything goes well."
After saying that, Aunt Zhou looked at the stunned Ye Jing with pity, then left with her bag.
She will not take this letter back, just consider it as a little compensation to this poor girl.
Because outside the restaurant, someone had already filmed their every interaction. No matter what choice the girl made in the end, and no matter whether she accepted the envelope or not, what would be reflected to Master Ning Yi was that she took the money. By then, it would not matter whether she left or not, because in Master Ning Yi's heart, she would be an out-and-out gold digger, a greedy woman who was with him for his money.
However, Aunt Zhou and Ning's mother never expected that Ye Jing had already told Xie Fei about this matter, and Xie Fei even told her to just take whatever she was given.
If Ning's mother knew that she had given away five million for nothing, she would probably be so angry that she would jump up and down and vomit blood.
The author has something to say: ??Ye Jing: Wow, five million! What a huge sum of money! ! 【Starry eyes blinking~~
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