Chapter 12: The Legendary Long-Lost Brothers and Sisters
However, in Ning Jing's childhood, which was as gray as a decaying tree, there was also a delicate and playful carving.
About her brother.
Brother... Ning Jing didn't know his name. She had the impression that she followed him every day to watch him go to school, sitting at the door waiting for him to come home from school, shouting inarticulately, brother, brother.
Like a puppy looking forward to its owner coming home. Because his brother is the only person who can bring him joy in his childhood.
Now I can't remember anything.
Ning Jing was walking behind, but Ning Xiaobao had already broken free from her hand and skipped to a tombstone, walking on a familiar road, as if entering the gate of his own courtyard.
No wonder, since Ning Xiaobao came to this world, Ning Jing would carry him to visit the grave every year. This year, the little devil who used to be coquettish and begging for a hug every step of the way can now run on the ground.
"Grandpa," Ning Xiaobao obediently placed the kidney bean cake in front of the tombstone. The three names "Lu Zicheng" looked particularly clean under the wash of the rain, seeming to look at them silently with a smile, "Ning Jing said you
I really like to eat kidney bean cakes. This year I brought a different one. The uncle from that family was sick and the shop was closed. You can try this one..."
Seeing Ning Xiaobao like that, Ning Jing couldn't help laughing. She squatted down with an umbrella, pulled out the weeds, and placed the bouquet in front of the tombstone, all her movements were so careful.
"Ning Jing," Ning Xiaobao pouted while helping Ning Jing clean up the weeds around the tombstone, "there are many people coming to sweep the tombs from other families, why are there only two of us here with grandpa?"
"Well, it's because we like grandpa very much."
Ning Xiaobao snorted, "Young master, you can't stand the trick of lying to children. Do you only have a daughter, grandpa?"
"Ah...yes."
Ning Jing didn't know how to explain to Ning Xiaobao. Even she herself didn't know why no one came to see the sleeping Lu Zicheng for so many years. That gentle and kind brother didn't know where he was now. He might not be here anymore, so there was no
Come and see Lu Zicheng.
However, there are many helplessness in this world, all kinds of things that people can’t even imagine.
For example, Ning Jing definitely didn't expect that not far behind her, there was a person looking at herself and Ning Xiaobao doubtfully.
Tang Zhenian did not expect that he would see Ning Jing here. He had just met this woman not long ago. She appeared in the sight of the Tang family with Ning Xiaobao, and inexplicably became the daughter-in-law of the Ning family, although she had not yet
After receiving recognition, Tang Zhenian was already very puzzled. Why did she appear in front of her father's tombstone again?
Tang Zhenian, who was holding a black umbrella, came a little closer and heard the conversation between mother and son, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
She is actually Lu Zicheng’s daughter? How is that possible!
Tang Zhenian was probably the most surprised person, especially when he heard Ning Jing say that Lu Zicheng only had one daughter, he even thought that Ning Jing had mistakenly identified the tombstone, because he was standing here - as Lu Zicheng's son.
That's right, Tang Zhenian's father was Lu Zicheng. His name was not Tang Zhenian back then. When he was eleven years old, his father failed in business and was hunted down for unknown reasons. After his father died, his mother took her and remarried.
When he arrived at the Tang family, his name was also changed to Tang Zhenian.
But the Ning Jing in front of him now claims to be Lu Zicheng's daughter, so that means... A thunder suddenly erupted in Tang Zhenian's head, and the memories of his childhood circled in his mind like a revolving lantern.
Sister... I have a sister, and her family calls her Xiaoguai. She is the daughter his father brought back from outside when his father died. The ignorant Tang Zhenian learned a term from that time, called "illegitimate daughter"
.However, although his mother Jiang Huiya treated Ning Jing as a broom star every day and kept nagging and cursing her all day long, none of this affected Tang Zhenian's love for this sister.
Until his father passed away, the whole family underwent earth-shaking changes. The originally prosperous family turned into an empty shell. Debt collectors came to the door, and the house was looted. The mother took her away and left her young sister on the street!
Tang Zhenian still remembers what happened at that time. It was also a rainy day. Although it was early in the morning, the gloomy sky was still as dark as midnight. Jiang Huiya, who was carrying simple luggage, pulled him, and his sister chased him from upstairs.
When she came down, she called "Brother, Brother" countless times and followed her, but Jiang Huiya ignored her at all. She firmly grabbed Tang Zhenian's hand and pulled him forward. Tang Zhenian couldn't get away and was trapped.
Jiang Huiya dragged her into the car and watched helplessly as her sister fell into the mud and disappeared completely from sight.
This incident became a devastating scene in Tang Zhenian's childhood, as if it had completely changed him. Even now, when he is over thirty, he still remembers this scene very clearly.
Later, Tang Zhenian also thought about looking for that sister, but found nothing. Could it be that she was the Ning Jing in front of him?
Tang Zhenian held his breath and hid behind the tombstone and looked at the mother and son quietly. It was not just the rain but tears. His face was wet, and there was also dense mist. The whole afternoon, he stood in the cold rain for a long time, until Ning Jing left.
, until everything in front of him became blurry, and he walked to the apartment in despair.
After taking a hot bath, Tang Zhenian still felt cold all over. He pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. As soon as he turned on the phone, he saw Lan Yulin's missed call on the screen.
"what's the matter?"
Lan Yulin's coquettish voice on the opposite side made people's skin crawl, "Brother Zhenian, how are things going?"
"Don't be anxious yet."
"Why aren't you in a hurry? That Ning Jing is prospering smoothly now. Even if I don't ask for anything, I can't make her so proud!"
Tang Zhenian cleared his throat, "Then what are you going to do?"
"I want her..." Lan Yulin was like a snake, "disappear from my eyes... no, no, no, I want her to disappear from the Tang family's eyes... Of course, it's best to let her disappear from this world."
"let me consider it."
After hearing this, Lan Yulin immediately let out a sharp scream, "What? Is there anything else to consider? Brother Zhenian, do you regret it? Don't forget the relationship between the two of us..."
Tang Zhenian's voice was gentle and elegant, but it could repel people thousands of miles away. "I didn't say I wanted to regret it, I just wanted to think about what to do."
"That's pretty much it. Anyway, don't let people down!"
After hanging up Lan Yulin's call, Tang Zhenian dialed Tang Kai's number.
"Dad," the voice was extremely kind, "how are you doing lately?"
Tang Kai's voice came quickly, "It's Zhenian, I'm fine, how are you doing?"
"Well, it's done. I plan to return to China in the next two days."
"Okay, what date should we book the flight for? I'll ask Yunming to pick you up. Yunming has already come back."
"No dad, I'll go home as soon as I get off the plane. Don't worry."
The two greetings sounded warm, but no matter how warm they were, they were still "cold" greetings, which made Tang Zhenian feel full of a sense of distance.
Over the years, he can be said to have the best temper in the Tang family. Compared with his two sons, he is also the most diligent. But despite this, he is not Tang Kai's biological son. No matter how good he is, Tang Kai's property will be in the future.
It has to be handed over to Tang Siqi or Tang Yunming, and it has nothing to do with him at all.
It is precisely because of this that Tang Zhenian became more docile and diligent, so as not to accidentally be left aside.
"Brother," Ning Jing was asleep in a daze, the phone pressed to her ear, "I can't go if I don't."
Tang Yunming snorted dissatisfiedly from the opposite side, "You just know how to sleep and sleep. This is my eldest brother. After all, I paid for it. Can you have some professional ethics?"
"Hey, you know I have no moral integrity..."
Tang Yunming, who was on the other side of the phone, was at the gate of the Tang family, so angry that he vomited blood.
"Yunming, why don't you go in when you're here?" Tang Zhenian smiled and stopped Tang Yunming's shoulder, "Are you waiting for someone?"
Tang Yunming shook his head repeatedly, "No! Absolutely not!"
"Ah? Didn't you hear that my sister-in-law is coming today? Don't you wait for her?"
"This...that...she has other things, very important things, so she can't come. I don't want her to come either!" Tang Yunming held on to save face, pretending to be disapproving.
"not coming?"
Tang Yunming nodded vigorously, "Yes, she won't come. It just so happens that I don't want her to come either!"
After saying that, Tang Yunming crossed his hands on his chest angrily and walked towards the villa with a bitter look on his face.
Looking at his back, Tang Zhenian sighed, feeling rather regretful.
At this time, Jiang Huiya's high-pitched voice rang out, accompanied by a gust of wind in the corridor, which made people shudder. Tang Zhenian responded quickly and followed Jiang Huiya into the garden.
"Zhenian, how about going abroad this time?"
Regardless of her voice or expression, Jiang Huiya is very strict. She has always been very harsh on Tang Zhenian. In her words, "Without the constant relationship of blood, you can only cling hard to avoid being thrown away."
"Fortunately," Tang Zhenian took out the information he had prepared before, "This is the result of this market survey."
Jiang Huiya waved her hands, not interested in it, "Just show it to your dad later," she said, raising her head and staring at Tang Zhenian silently for a moment, "I heard that you went to the cemetery again."
Tang Zhenian pushed up his glasses frame, "Hmm."
"This kind of thing," Jiang Huiya stretched out her hand, pointing her delicately painted fingertips at Tang Zhenian's chest, "don't do it in the future. It wouldn't be good if others knew about it. It's not like you don't know the current situation.
Your damn dad can't give you anything. If you keep going like this, your own path will be ruined sooner or later, do you understand?"
Tang Zhenian sighed slightly, "I...get it."
"Then, don't go there in the future," Jiang Huiya sat up straight, "I don't think you don't understand what I mean by living in the present. Loyalty, justice and filial piety are things that can only be taken into consideration after a full meal. Now for you
They are all luxuries."
"good……"
"Mom knows that you are the most obedient, so I won't say more about some things. I think you understand, don't let me down."