Qiao Ruoxi's appearance instantly attracted a crowd of onlookers.
They had lived in the mountains all their lives and had never seen such a well-dressed, pretty girl who looked like a fairy.
Especially Ning Sheng.
He leaned against the wall, stroking his chin, and kept looking at Qiao Ruoxi. Finally, his eyes moved back and forth between the jade bracelet on her hand and the Millennium Tear hanging on her neck.
"Little girl, you are not a local, are you here alone?" One of the men stood up. He was Ning Kun, the owner of the hotel.
"I'm alone. Do you have a room? How much does it cost for one night? Cash or Alipay?" Qiao Ruoxi seemed to not care about the looks of the crowd at all. She looked at the hotel owner with a cold gaze.
Ning Kun was also shocked by Qiao Ruoxi's innate aura and responded subconsciously: "I have a room, fifty per night, cash is fine."
Without saying a word, Qiao Ruoxi took out a fifty-dollar bill and placed it on the counter.
Ning Kun was regretting it now. The girl looked like she came from a wealthy family, and she offered fifty yuan without a frown. If he had known earlier, he should have asked for a higher price.
"Where is the room card key?" Qiao Ruoxi asked.
Ning Kun was about to hand over the key, but was stopped by Ning Sheng with a look.
Ning Sheng walked to the counter and knocked on the table in a serious manner: "Little girl, please show me your ID. Although we are in a rural town, we still have to follow the rules. What if the police come to check the room?"
Ning Kun looked at Ning Sheng strangely. In their barren place, people from the next town were unwilling to visit, let alone the police.
Qiao Ruoxi didn't waste any time and slapped her ID card on the table.
Ning Sheng took the ID card, pulled out the yellowed registration book, and wrote something down in a scrawl while his eyes widened as he looked carefully at Qiao Ruoxi's ID card.
From Beijing, eighteen years old!
I heard that Beijing is full of powerful people.
Just as he guessed, this girl was no ordinary girl at first glance. She was most likely the daughter of a wealthy family!
When he handed his ID card and room key to Qiao Ruoxi, he put on a flattering smile.
"Girl, you don't have a boyfriend yet, right? My son is seventeen and will take the college entrance exam next year. He's very handsome and has even bought a house in our city. Would you like to consider him?"
Qiao Ruoxi looked Ning Sheng up and down and said coldly, "Sorry, I'm not interested in the son of a disabled person."
After saying that, he took the ID card and key from Ning Sheng and asked the manager, "Where is the room?"
The store manager was also stunned and pointed to a small door: "Right, right in the backyard."
Ever since Ning Sheng was admitted to university, he has been praised by the villagers. Even the former Pei family members have never looked at him with such contempt.
Qiao Ruoxi's words made his face turn red.
"Girl, are you blind? Why am I disabled?"
Qiao Ruoxi stopped but didn't look back, as if she would feel disgusted if she looked at him any longer.
"He's less than 1.66 meters tall. If that's not a disability, what is it?"
Looking at Qiao Ruoxi's back and listening to the low sneers of the people around him, Ning Sheng's face turned red and white.
How did she know he was 1.66 meters tall?
Height has always been a sore spot for Ning Sheng. When he was a child, his family was the poorest in the village, and malnutrition caused him to never grow as tall as his peers.
Later, he worked hard and was admitted to university. He got a decent job and a wife, and finally got rid of his inferiority complex about his height.
Unexpectedly, I was brought up by a little girl again.
Ning Sheng took several deep breaths before he suppressed his anger and became more determined to make this girl his daughter-in-law.
He wanted to break this girl's pride with his own hands, just like Pei Yaolin once did!
Seeing Qiao Ruoxi walking away, Ning Sheng walked up to the store manager and held out a hand: "Where's the spare key?"
The store manager hesitated: "I think this girl is not simple. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Ning Sheng frowned and said, "Your son wants to go to school in the city. Do you still need my help?"
The store manager's attitude changed immediately. He quietly handed the spare key to Ning Sheng and whispered, "It's nine o'clock in the evening. Don't come so early that it will arouse suspicion."
Ning Sheng curled his lips: "I understand, don't feel bad, use the best medicine, don't let my son's body get damaged."
The store manager nodded and said, "Okay, old rules. The man is yours and the money is mine."
Ning Sheng sneered: "You are so short-sighted. This little money is useless."
After saying that, he stuffed the key into his trouser pocket and walked away with a swagger.
*
Before Ning Sheng even walked into his family's self-built villa, he heard his mother's angry scolding coming from inside.
So he rubbed his temples irritably.
"Look at you, how can you be a wife? You have so many clothes piled up, and you don't even know how to wash them. You just watch TV all day. Do you know how expensive the electricity bill is?"
Song Yan stretched out her ten fingers and exclaimed, "I just had my nails done in the city. They cost 300 yuan. How can I wash clothes with them?"
Mrs. Ning immediately cried out, "Three hundred yuan? Three hundred yuan is enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a week!"
Song Yan rolled her eyes in disdain: "Country bumpkin."
Old Lady Ning threw the broom to the ground with a loud bang. "I'm a country bumpkin? Back then, my son married the eldest daughter of a wealthy family in Beijing. Didn't she diligently do the housework in our house? Back then, I didn't even have to touch the broom!"
"Look at you again, a girl from the countryside, have you become capable? If Mengmeng hadn't always sent money back, would you be able to lie here watching TV or go to the city to get your nails done?"
"Can Pei Yaolin give you a grandson?" Song Yan sneered.
"Who said that as long as I can give birth to a grandson for the Ning family, I don't have to do anything else? Why, now you're missing your good daughter-in-law who died more than ten years ago? If you like her so much, why don't you go find her downstairs?"
"You curse me? I have never seen such a vicious daughter-in-law as you!" Old Mrs. Ning's face was twisted with anger. She picked up the broom on the ground and was about to hit Song Yan.
Song Yan screamed, "Old woman, you dare to hit me? Believe it or not, I will make your grandson change his surname!"
Ning Sheng finally couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward, grabbed the broom and threw it on the ground: "That's enough, aren't you tired of hearing this noise every day?"
Old Mrs. Ning sat down on the ground and burst into tears: "What sin have I committed? I worked so hard to raise my son, but in the end he married such a vicious daughter-in-law. My life is so miserable!"
Ning Sheng's heart softened when his mother cried. He looked at Song Yan and said, "Apologize to Mom."
Song Yan snorted coldly: "No way, it's not my fault."
After saying that, she hugged Ning Sheng's arm and acted coquettishly: "Ah Sheng, you were the one who wronged me first. I didn't say a word when you married that woman, and I waited until she died. But you promised me that you would treat me well for the rest of my life!"
Ning Sheng patted Song Yan's hand, walked up to Old Mrs. Ning, and sighed.
"Mom, please stop talking about how hard you worked to raise me. I didn't spend a penny of our family's money to marry Yaolin, and I used Yaolin's insurance compensation to marry Huzi's mother."
"Everything in this family is earned by me, and I gave birth to the girl. I'm going to return the favor you just said. If it weren't for me, would you be able to enjoy all this?"
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