His sudden exclamation startled the contemplative Ning Gang, who couldn’t help but scold, "Just speak, what’s with all the hullabaloo?"
Ning Ge chuckled and took a seat, saying, "I know why Jiang Conghe wants to send Big Brother Qi to the borderlands!"
"What send to the borderlands, it was just a nomination, don’t talk nonsense!" Ning Gang chided softly.
"Then you tell me, why?" Old Master Ning was very curious. What had his son discovered?
Feigning an air of mysterious profundity, Ning Ge teased, "Before we talk about anything else, let me ask you first, you’ve all met Jiang Conghe during the New Year’s festivities and such, right? Did you notice anything amiss?"
Old Master Ning leaned back in his chair, "I didn’t really attend the festivities this year, you’d have to ask your elder brother about that."
After some thought, Ning Gang said, "There wasn’t anything amiss, ah!"
"Really? Think again!" Ning Ge insisted.
Ning Gang tried to recall once more but couldn’t think of anything, growing impatient, he said, "What is it, you rascal, still playing coy?"
Ning Ge, finding no amusement but also not daring to bluff, continued, "Big brother, you might not know, but I do. That daughter of Jiang Conghe, what’s her name? Ah, Chiang Qing, seems to have taken a liking to Big Brother Qi!"
"What?"
Ning Gang and Old Master Ning both looked stunned.
Jiang Conghe’s daughter had set her sights on Qi Taiguo, a married man?
The two exchanged glances; if that was the case, then it all made sense.
It was probably because of this that Qi Taiguo ’offended’ Jiang Conghe, so he was quick to send him to the borderlands!
Ning Gang found it somewhat uproarious; he had racked his brain but didn’t see this point, thinking the other party was trying to suppress his side!
Little did he know, the suppression was not for justice, but for personal vendetta.
This Jiang Conghe was truly child’s play, exacting personal revenge under official guise, really...
Shameless!
"Have you verified this properly? It concerns someone’s reputation, don’t speak without certainty!" Ning Gang looked at his younger brother.
Ning Ge rolled his eyes and replied, "You aren’t in Qing City so you wouldn’t know, but I do. Cheng Su told me this. That Chiang Qing is now working as a military doctor in the grass-roots unit of Qi Taiguo’s forces!"
This...
"With Chiang Qing’s background, why would she need to go to a small place like Qing City to work at the grassroots as a military doctor? Clearly, the old tippler’s interest is not in wine! So, I wanted you, big brother, to think about what was amiss at the Chiang Family over the New Year. In my view, something definitely happened, probably because Chiang Qing confronted them. And Jiang Conghe, furious and embarrassed, was all too eager to send my Big Brother Qi to the borderlands, to pull his precious daughter back from the brink!" The more Ning Ge spoke, the more convinced he was of his own logic, almost certain of it.
"If that’s the case, then Jiang Conghe’s actions are quite disgraceful!" Ning Gang frowned.
"The deep love for his daughter, but at the cost of involving the innocent!" Old Master Ning shook his head and remarked.
"Jiang Conghe cares about face, knowing that if this were to get out, he’d be thoroughly disgraced, so he resorts to such despicable tactics. Pffft, his own daughter is shameless, pressing herself onto someone else, and he blames others out of anger, shameless!" Ning Ge said with disdain, "No need to say more, it’s definitely Jiang Conghe taking personal revenge under the guise of official business!"
Ning Gang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, as he thought he needed to mull over and guess about the matter more thoroughly, not expecting it to be so simple. Had he overestimated Jiang Conghe?