Chapter 224: Raising A Child
Because Jiang Ning said so.
No matter where she was, the first thing she had to do upon returning to Jin Cheng was eat a bowl of beef noodles.
Just because of that sentence.
Xie Jingyan persisted for ten years.
But now, Xie Jingyan discovered that Jiang Ning didn’t need his protection.
She was still as dazzling as ever, getting a new identity, finding a place to live, and a job all within one day.
She was never a woman who needed to depend on others to live.
But that’s also true.
Who let her be Jiang Ning.
Xie Jingyan just watched her smile.
Jiang Ning felt speechless: “Why do you keep smiling? You haven’t answered my question yet.”
Xie Jingyan restrained his smile and slowly said: “Five years ago, the Sui Family was on the brink of bankruptcy. Sui Tang didn’t want her old father to struggle to hold it up, so she agreed to a marriage alliance, trying to use her marriage to pull in some resources to revive the Sui Family. The man she was to marry was a domestic abuser who had beaten his previous wife to death, but just two months later, he took a liking to Sui Tang.”
“He Shang had left the Zhou Family and established his own group. He was busy every day without touching the ground, still fighting wits and courage with Zhou Yuchu, so on the day Sui Tang finished the wedding, he rushed to that man’s house with red eyes, snatched Sui Tang away, and stabbed that man. Fortunately, Sui Tang hadn’t registered with the man yet. He Shang took her to the Civil Affairs Bureau, using threats and inducements to get married with Sui Tang. With He Shang’s help, the Sui Family rose again.”
“But the hidden danger was on that stabbed domestic abuser. He didn’t die. Upon learning that Sui Tang had registered with He Shang and was pregnant, he, harboring jealousy, chose the time when Sui Tang was seven months pregnant to take a knife and stab her.”
“At that time, her father was beside her and blocked the knife for her. Because of this, she was frightened into premature labor. After giving birth to Yuan Yuan, she learned that her father had passed away despite rescue efforts. She took all the blame on herself, thinking that if she hadn’t gone with He Shang back then, but stayed properly with the domestic abuser, it wouldn’t have led to her father’s tragic death. She couldn’t forgive herself and had no face to face her mother and brother again, so she flew abroad before even finishing her confinement period.”
“He Shang had to worry about his prematurely born weak daughter on one hand, and worry about something happening to Sui Tang on the other, so he found me and begged me to take care of Yuan Yuan. He was going to chase Sui Tang back. Yuan Yuan was about as big as a kitten at that time, and whether she could survive was a question, but seeing He Shang crying like that, I finally agreed. Yuan Yuan stayed in the incubator for two months, safely passed the danger period, and afterward, I kept taking care of her. She refused to call me uncle and kept calling me father, so I let her.”
Xie Jingyan picked up the still steaming water on the table and took a gentle sip: “That’s roughly the story of Yuan Yuan’s background. She actually always knew I wasn’t her biological father. Because she lacked a sense of security and was afraid no one would want her, she was a bit sensitive and especially clingy with me.”
After hearing this, Jiang Ning understood in her heart.
That domestic abuser was Sui Tang’s calamity in the original plot.
But she didn’t expect that even after destiny changed, new plot would fill in.
Just like Jiang Ning, after she completed her part, she was forcibly logged off by this world consciousness.
And Sui Tang’s fate calamity transferred to her father.
Jiang Ning thought of Sui Mao.
She hadn’t spent much time with this uncle, but she knew he was a honest man who loved his wife and child.
Letting Sui Tang enter a marriage alliance was already a last resort.
Jiang Ning sighed inwardly and continued to ask: “In three years, they haven’t come back?”
Xie Jingyan shook his head: “Sui Tang hasn’t come back. He Shang occasionally flies back to look at Yuan Yuan from afar, then goes abroad again. He’s developing abroad now. I’ve been raising the child all along. Yuan Yuan is very well-behaved and obedient.”
Jiang Ning’s peripheral vision caught the small section of white cotton-padded clothes at the bedroom entrance.
So she changed the topic: “Want to eat? I bought groceries.”
Xie Jingyan showed no politeness at all and nodded: “Then I’ll stay and eat one meal.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She adjusted her facial smile, her voice gentle: “Yuan Yuan, quickly bring the kitten to the living room to play. Aunt will make food for you.”
Soon Yuan Yuan ran out, her face beaming with a big smile, eyes curved: “Thank you, Aunt.”
In the end, Jiang Ning still didn’t make dinner.
She and Yuan Yuan stared at each other with big eyes in the living room.
Yuan Yuan hugged the kitten, pointing at Jiang Ning’s face which was white in patches and black in patches, laughing heartily: “Aunt, you’ve turned into a big tabby cat now.”
Jiang Ning reached out her hand in the shape of claws to grab Yuan Yuan: “I’m not a big tabby cat, I’m a big tiger, and I like to eat children.”
Yuan Yuan let go of the kitten, and seeing Jiang Ning come to grab her, giggled and dodged into the bedroom, shouting: “Don’t eat me, don’t eat me, I’m not tasty.”
Jiang Ning burst out laughing with a puff.
This child was so easy to coax.
Yuan Yuan had gone from being hostile at the beginning to now sticking to her inseparably.
And Xie Jingyan, tying an apron, was stir-frying vegetables in the kitchen.
He didn’t dare to let Jiang Ning handle the kitchen anymore.
Hearing the sound of the pot lid exploding, he was so scared that he rushed straight into the kitchen billowing with thick smoke and rescued Jiang Ning from inside.
He indeed still had high expectations for Jiang Ning.
Fortunately, nothing major happened.
He simply cleaned up the kitchen, took off his coat and suit, rolled up his sleeves, and started cooking.
The man in black shirt and black pants, just standing there was pleasing to the eye.
At six in the afternoon, after dinner.
Jiang Ning sent Xie Jingyan and Yuan Yuan out.
Yuan Yuan was a bit reluctant, looking at Jiang Ning eagerly.
Jiang Ning pretended not to see.
Cough, she didn’t know how to take care of children.
As for Tuan Tuan, Yuan Yuan had taken it away too.
Jiang Ning came back and closed the door, when her mobile phone rang with a special sound.
She opened the screen, clicked into a link, entered the password, and an encrypted message popped out.
Yuan Zhi: [Be careful, Sui Youran has started investigating you. If there’s any situation, you must tell me.]
Jiang Ning: [Received.]
Cleared the message traces.
Jiang Ning started searching online for this person Sui Youran.
Unlike the fierce and evil person she imagined.
She was as white as a sheet of paper, looked very delicate, with a very pure face, giving a bit of a sickly beauty vibe.
There wasn’t much news about Sui Youran online, but since she could emerge from so many in the Sui Family and take control of the entire Sui Family, Jiang Ning didn’t think she was as harmless as her appearance.
Time quickly reached eight o’clock.
Jiang Ning was preparing to wash up when there was a knock at the door outside, accompanied by Xie Jingyan’s voice: “Open the door.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
At the door, Yuan Yuan was hugging her own pajamas, blinking her eyes at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning looked at Xie Jingyan: “What’s going on?”
Yuan Yuan put her clothes on the sofa, and Tuan Tuan was hugged by her again.
Xie Jingyan pursed his lips: “Tomorrow I’m going on a business trip to another city. I’m not at ease leaving Yuan Yuan alone at home, so I want you to help take care of her for a few days. Her child support, I’ll transfer to you.”
Xie Jingyan took out his mobile phone: “Come, add WeChat.”
Jiang Ning: “6.”
Does anyone want to see Ning Bao taking care of a child? Hahaha
