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"What's wrong?" Jiang Ning glanced at Chen Yuan's thoughtful expression and was very confused. She tilted her head and asked him.

"No, nothing," he came back to his senses and smiled, "I was thinking about something else."

Jiang Ning did not ask any further questions, thinking that Chen Yuan was frightened by Jiang Ruxue's personality.

There's no way, she feels helpless having a mother like this.

Jiang Ning still held the pen in her hand and did not put it down. After a moment, she slightly opened her lips as if she had thought of something.

"Last time in the office, I had an argument with her. Didn't that scare you?"

"quarrel?"

Chen Yuan thought about it briefly, and his mind suddenly appeared that day in the chairman's office of the company when Ningning came to inquire about the freezing of her bank card and ended up arguing with Jiang Ruxue.

Women are really scary when they quarrel.

Tit for tat.

Especially since neither of them gave in.

"It's okay. I can understand how angry you were at the time. You may have been holding it in for a long time, so you just said everything you had been wanting to say."

From a bystander's perspective, anyone would be furious if they had a mother like this...and all the inheritance left by the two sisters' father had been squandered.

It's not about the money.

He could feel how shocked and disappointed Jiang Ning was at that time.

"I was so angry at the time. She had done something wrong, but she was still stubborn and only saw herself. She never considered other people's perspectives... Maybe she was pushed into a certain situation, like a gambler, clinging to the last bit of capital to turn the tables, and would not let go no matter what. But in fact, whether she turned the tables or not, her life was a complete failure, because the money she won would be lost in the end."

"Yes, her way of running the company is no longer suitable for this era. Bankruptcy and liquidation are only a matter of time. But has she always been so fierce? No wonder Jiang Yao is afraid."

“Not really,” Jiang Ning smiled bitterly and shook her head, “She can be very gentle sometimes, showing her loving side as a mother… You may not believe this, but after I went abroad to study for a while, she said she was passing by on a business trip, but she actually went to see me to see how I was doing and if I was suffering. Before she left, she even rented a new house for me and paid for several years of rent.”

"This is what a mother would do." Chen Yuan held his chin and listened to her carefully.

"Yes, if every side of her is a display of evil, I will not bear the consequences of this debt for her. I have grown up and can live outside with Yaoyao and never come back... But it is precisely these occasional warmth that makes it impossible to ignore the blood connection."

She thought for a few seconds and continued, "For Yaoyao, she only hates her because of the corporal punishment and harshness when she was a child, which made her bear too much pressure. But in fact, she didn't have too many fingers in Yaoyao's life, and she almost never urged her to get married. She dotes on Yaoyao more, after all, she is the youngest in the family. Based on this, the relationship between the two is not as tense as the relationship between me and my mother."

"Why? You were just a few minutes apart, so is there any difference in the treatment you receive?" Chen Yuan was puzzled.

"Let me put it this way. In fact, her concept of right and wrong has a complete and self-consistent logic, because concepts are determined by cognition, and cognition is cultivated from the subconscious. When a person stays in a certain environment for a long time, he will naturally be disciplined and transformed, and there are many stamps in her mind..."

Jiang Ning put down her pen and continued softly, "Distorted concepts are not formed in a short time. In other words, my grandmother was a worse person. Although I have never met her, I can piece together an image of her from my mother's occasional words... My mother has two sisters, with a big age difference. She is the middle one. She and her elder sister hated that the family only favored the youngest sister, but when they had their own children, she became the person they hated... There is no doubt that my grandmother treated her worse when she was a child. If she didn't know manners, being beaten was a small matter."

"I understand," Chen Yuan nodded as if he suddenly understood something, "So she was also disciplined."

"Yeah, in the Pearl City of that era, there were more rules, and they were all calculated. One had to be selfish and focus on interests rather than friendship, otherwise one would be stupid and live a miserable life. That's why my mother got pregnant at the age of 19, but others envied her for marrying well."

There is some truth to that.

Even hateful people often have some pitiful side.

Human behavior is determined by the subconscious and cognition, and the subconscious is the accumulation of long-term reflections.

For example, at the dinner table, if children are not taught by adults and are not influenced by them, they will not understand that they should let the elderly start eating first before they can follow suit.

Based on their appetite and poor self-control, children's instinct is to fill their stomachs without thinking twice.

But for the vast majority of Chinese people, it is a default rule that the elderly should start eating first, and this is the case no matter which restaurant you go to.

This is the result of rites and morals being deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

What if we are influenced by bad cognition for a long time? Then bad things will become correct and deeply rooted in people's hearts, completing the logical self-consistency.

Perhaps in Jiang Ruxue's logic, if you make a mistake you should be punished physically, and if you want to control a man's heart you should conduct an obedience test, otherwise you will lose him.

That's why she tried every possible way to make trouble, even to the point of preventing the two sisters' father from returning home.

Paying attention to interests is a habit that is even more deeply rooted in the bones. After all, if you don't fight or grab for these things, will they fall into your mouth like a pie in the sky?

The reality is that you can only watch others taste it.

"Perhaps there is such a possibility that after such a serious incident, her thoughts will change a little... There are very few important things in this world. Family, health, and a peaceful life are the things that should be put first. When people lose these things, they will repent."

After hearing his words, Jiang Ning smiled.

"It's never too late to turn back..."

"correct."

"I won't make such an assumption lightly. I pray that she will suddenly become a gentle and kind mother after she comes out. I just hope that she will behave herself in the future and not do such wrong things again. For Yaoyao and me, it is already a great blessing."

Jiang Ning appeared quite sober.

She will not place the peace and hope of life in an uncertain place, and she will decide most things based on her own rationality.

But there are exceptions.

During her relationship with Chen Yuan, she did many irrational things.

Chen Yuan didn't say anything in response to her answer. Instead, he remained silent for a long while, thinking about other things in his mind.

The price Jiang Ruxue had to pay for doing this wrong thing was too high. If the two sisters had not met him, or if Chen Yuan did not have such a prominent family background, they would have gone from being princesses held in the palm of their hands to falling into the mortal world, and they would probably have had a very hard time.

Working and paying off debts, I spent decades like this.

It was as if I was trapped in an invisible cage. By the time I broke free and climbed out, I felt as if half of my life had already passed.

Although there is room for mistakes in life, it also depends on the size of the mistakes.

……

It was a dark night outside, filled with stars.

The hospital was silent, with the occasional sound of a nurse calling on patients downstairs to go back to their rooms and rest.

Jiang Ning's eyes seemed to be sparkling, reflecting the light from the ceiling. Chen Yuan's cheek was also reflected in her pupils. She looked at him quietly.

"I have an idea but I don't know how to express it. I'm afraid you might misunderstand me. Let me think about it... I'll try to put it in a more tactful way." Jiang Ning hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Chen, you come from a relatively well-off family and you didn't reveal this before we started dating. Although our relationship doesn't involve money or interests, marriage is different... We have to consider everything, right?"

"What? What are you considering?" He was a little confused.

"Aren't you going to get engaged to Yaoyao? You will definitely have to meet your parents then... I'm afraid that after you tell my mother about your identity, she will have other ideas, such as... making plans and investing in the name of the family. Now she is in debt and it is difficult to turn things around, but she is a person who never gives up. She will grab any opportunity she has, you know?"

"Are you afraid she'll ask me for a lot of money? Or something?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"There's nothing we can do about it. We can only deal with it with other countermeasures," Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Since we are a family, we have to face everything and cannot escape."

There is indeed nothing wrong with the words.

After they get married, Jiang Ruxue will be his mother-in-law. They have to call each other mom. They will see each other every day.

The two families became relatives.

You can't hide from it.

"I don't want this to happen," Jiang Ning sighed, thought for a moment and said, "How about we prevaricate and not talk about the family background first? Your father only has you as his son, and Jiang's identity is too eye-catching..."

She didn't want to gain any protection by relying on Chen Yuan's identity, nor did she have any other intentions.

A simple marriage without any conflicts of interest is what she wants.

The more complicated the relationship, the easier it is for love to become impure.

Whether she was going to marry Jiang Yao, she hoped that things would be as pure as possible.

After all, when they first started dating, they didn't care whether the man was poor or rich. Even a lazy girl like Yaoyao had thought about working hard to earn money to support her boyfriend, which is enough to show how pure the love between the two sisters is.

"Hiding it... doesn't seem to work," Chen Yuan shook his head. "She must have guessed something, otherwise how could the debt be settled so quickly? It would be easy for her to find out the truth through some clues, which would make things more complicated."

"That's true..." Jiang Ning looked distressed.

"It's okay. Let's consider the worst-case scenario. If she really asks for something, whether it's investment or profit from this relationship, I will ask for your opinion first and let her be under your supervision. Such a request is not excessive, and she has no reason to refuse."

Chen Yuan finished speaking.

Jiang Ning's eyes suddenly lit up and she clenched her fists gently.

"That's a good idea."

Immediately, she seemed to have thought of something, pursed her lips and said:

"You don't need to be under my supervision. You can get engaged to Yaoyao in her name. It has nothing to do with me..."

The two were discussing seriously when Jiang Ning suddenly said this.

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Jiang Ning lowered her head, holding a pen in her hand and drawing a few messy horizontal lines on the paper. Her expression was not very cold, but it was very different from her gentle look just now.

She wasn't angry, she just said this suddenly.

Maybe it’s because they feel they are “unworthy”.

"What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? I feel like you've been acting weird these past two days... Of course we need to discuss this together, and you know Jiang Yao doesn't understand this."

"Is it weird? I think I'm quite normal." She didn't look into Chen Yuan's eyes and just kept talking to herself.

"Don't you want me to get engaged to Yaoyao?"

"No way, don't talk nonsense," Jiang Ning became anxious in an instant, her watery eyes widened: "I have persisted for so long, and now there will finally be results. I can't wait to be happy, how can I not miss her? Yaoyao is my biological sister, of course I hope she is happy." It is true that he hopes his sister is happy, but the happiness is definitely fake.

Her expression and reaction said it all.

It's not just that he doesn't want the two of them to get engaged, his resentment is sky-high, but he just doesn't want to admit it.

Pretend to be magnanimous.

Girls are always like this. It is difficult to reconcile what they say with what they think.

Sometimes even at the cost of deceiving oneself.

The two were about to get engaged, but she was not even told beforehand, as if she was superfluous. Jiang Ning was very angry that day, but when she thought about it, she felt that the matter between Chen Yuan and Jiang Yao was something they only needed to discuss and decide on their own, and it had nothing to do with her.

Yeah...it doesn't matter.

Thinking of this, she felt indescribable discomfort in her heart, as if she couldn't breathe.

"If you are unhappy, you can say it, you can quarrel or make a scene, but at least let me know what you think," Chen Yuan said calmly, "and don't say the opposite."

"How can you tell that I'm unhappy? It's just that it was a bit sudden when you told me this and I need time to accept it. Is that not okay? Now I've recovered and it doesn't seem like a big deal." She continued stubbornly, pretending not to care.

Even smiled deliberately.

But this smile looks a little stiff anyway.

"Really?" Chen Yuan didn't believe it at all.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me. You always think the worst of people." Jiang Ning gave him a sullen look, lowered her head and continued studying.

But she turned the pages quickly, moving very quickly.

But he no longer had the focus he had before.

Instead, I felt confused and didn’t know how to continue studying.

After holding it in for a while, Chen Yuan didn't say anything.

Jiang Ning raised her face and frowned, saying, "You've been sitting here all the time. Why don't you go find Yaoyao next door? Don't delay my studies here. I've said everything I need to say."

"Aren't I taking a rest?" he asked in confusion.

"You've been resting for half an hour, haven't you rested yet?"

Chen Yuan was speechless for a moment. He was stunned for a moment and suddenly became a little doubtful.

"Ningning, you are jealous, right?"

"? Why should I be jealous?" She felt a little funny.

"Ever since I told you about the engagement, you seem to be a little cold towards me. If not jealousy, what else could it be..."

"How is that possible? Don't frame me and say these things that don't exist." Jiang Ning glared at her with her beautiful eyes as a warning, and the corners of her mouth were awkwardly tightened: "Why are you a little annoying today? Hurry up and go to the next door, don't delay my business."

"You've been chasing me away since just now. You're just jealous and don't want me to get engaged to Yaoyao, right?"

"No, if I have to complain, I only blame you for making a hasty decision without discussing it with me. I told you before that if you want to make a choice, you should tell me in advance so that you don't have to keep hooking up with someone else. I'm just annoyed that you didn't do that."

"What have I decided? You've been asking me to respect your opinions and ideas, and I do respect them. I don't know what you're thinking about being so awkward... Let's get married together this time, and it's just right for me to get engaged, so we can avoid this entanglement, which makes everyone unhappy." Chen Yuan said with a dark look in his eyes.

"If I really marry you with Jiang Yao and have children in the future, let me ask you, how will you explain to the children that everyone else has one mother, but she has two? What if others hear rumors and she gets discriminated against? What if she feels inferior because her family is different from ordinary people? I grew up in a single-parent family, do you know that feeling?" Jiang Ning suddenly got angry and punched him on the shoulder with her pink fist.

Then he realized his mistake and withdrew his hand.

"Have you thought about these?" She glared at Chen Yuan as if she was very angry.

This is indeed the case.

Chen Yuan has two fathers, and he doesn’t know how to tell others about it, so he simply doesn’t tell anyone because it’s too complicated to explain.

When he was in junior high school, he also prepared himself mentally for a long time.

Only then can you accept the things in life that cannot be changed.

"When the child grows up...he will probably understand." He thought for a moment and said.

"If you don't understand, will you regret it? Jiang Yao and I are marrying you together, okay, can you guarantee that you will not doubt your thoughts at this moment for decades? Life is short, but it is long, with countless days and nights. I couldn't change this family when I was a child. After all, the dead cannot be resurrected. So do I want to make it possible for such a thing to happen again? Yao Yao and I are marrying you together. If living together in the future can't solve so many problems, do we have to divorce? If we don't divorce, do we have to endure it forever?"

Jiang Ning truly put the issue of the next generation on the table.

This is what worries her the most.

Apart from the traditional ideas, she has never thought of a solution to this problem, which is why she is so troubled.

It is indeed possible for the two sisters to marry him. Chen Yuan does not know how happy and cheerful he will become, but can people only think about themselves? Maybe Chen Yuan would say, why not just not have children?

impossible.

Jiang Ning longed for a happy and peaceful family. She also wanted to have her own baby and a husband she loved.

It cannot be otherwise.

"You may think that I think too much and too far ahead," Jiang Ning pursed her lips and said stubbornly, "But I am just who I am, and I can't control it... Since people can't change the past, they must make plans for the future."

……

Chen Yuan never thought that it would be so difficult for two people who loved each other to be together.

Whenever he tried to get closer to Ning Ning, she would always push him away with great resistance. However, when he was completely hopeless and depressed, hope would suddenly rekindle in his heart at some point.

This cycle repeats itself over and over again.

It's like a long tug-of-war with no end in sight.

It's exhausting.

Chen Yuan didn't know how he walked out of Jiang Ning's ward. He pushed open the door of Yaoyao's room in a daze, lay down on the bed silently, and stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.

Jiang Yao's voice was clear in his ears, yet vague, and he couldn't take it to heart.

"This shadow dog is so annoying. It keeps chasing me and biting me. If it continues like this, I will turn around and hit it. Is it bullying?"

Jiang Yao, who was holding the handle, was having fun with Xiao Wan and didn't notice his abnormality for a while.

Only after she had passed the danger and successfully returned to the camp did she have time to glance at Chen Yuan.

"What's wrong? Have you completed the mission?"

"What the hell... We had another fight. Ningning almost scolded me to death." He said weakly.

"You should have listened to me earlier and cut the Gordian knot. Why bother with so much? What's the point of being soft-hearted?" Jiang Yao held a lollipop in her mouth, her voice unclear, and the handle made a clacking sound. "You are just a cheap person."

"Yes, yes, I am a bitch." Chen Yuan rarely refuted. He turned his face away and didn't want to talk.

"I asked you to kiss me, but you haven't been back for two hours. You made so much effort. Do you behave like a man?" Jiang Yao thought he was not annoying enough and continued to add fuel to the fire.

"Stop talking, I'm very annoyed now."

Chen Yuan had to admit that he was indeed a bit useless when facing Jiang Ning.

He just wanted to go for a bite, such a simple thing, but he ended up taking two hours to learn it in a roundabout way. People who don’t know him would think he loves studying so much.

In the end, he didn't get the mouth, but got punched instead.

"You're still annoying, you're just a machine!" Jiang Yao rolled her eyes.

"Who are you talking about?" he said angrily, stiffening his neck.

"Whoever picks up will tell me."

"I noticed that you two sisters have been very arrogant recently. Am I being too nice to them?"

"Okay, okay, don't pretend in front of me. If you have the guts, go pretend next door. I'm not the one who's provoking you." Jiang Yao pointed to the door, the sarcasm on her lips was obvious.

"You wait for me!"

Chen Yuan lay down for a few minutes before he stood up again, gritted his teeth, and rushed into Jiang Ning's room with all his anger.

She didn't continue studying, but just sat there in a daze with her chin in her hand.

She was startled by the loud noise Chen Yuan made when he opened the door.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Ning frowned.

"Stop studying." Chen Yuan said with a serious face.

"I'm not asking you to go next door to look for—Hey, hey, hey!!"

Before she could finish her words, Chen Yuan came over and picked her up by the waist. One hand firmly held her smooth long legs, while the other hand was also restless.

After a moment, she was suddenly pressed down on the bed, feeling a little dazed.

"Calm down, what are you doing...?" Jiang Ning blushed and said angrily.

She tried to grab Chen Yuan's restless hand but couldn't.

"Shut up," Chen Yuan said bitterly, "I want to prove that I'm not afraid of you at all, and I'm not a robot!"

Jiang Ning was completely confused by his inexplicable remarks.

But she had no time to think about other things, after all, her skirt had been taken off. (End of this chapter)