Chiang Qing changed into a new set of clothes and headed to the military base. She wanted to ask her father why he had done this, why he had sent Qi Taiguo to the border.
Did he want to drive her to death?
Didn’t he know that by doing so, a person like Qi Taiguo would only drift further away from her, and never bow his head?
Chiang Qing’s face was cold as she thought of Qi Taiguo’s icy gaze, feeling a chill spread from the soles of her feet to her heart.
She quickened her pace but was abruptly stopped by someone.
"Yo, who is this little girl?"
Chiang Qing’s footsteps halted abruptly. She looked up, stunned, then her face grew colder. "It’s you! Get out of the way!"
Well, if it isn’t the Ning Family’s brat, Ning Ge, the one collaborating with that vile Cheng Su. Looking at that face, no wonder he’s an illegitimate child born of a mistress.
A cold smile hooked at the corner of Chiang Qing’s mouth. A whore and a bastard son, what a matching pair!
"What’s the rush? We’re from the same place after all. Let’s have a chat, and if you don’t want to talk here, we can go for a drink and chat slowly," Ning Ge said with a deliberately ambiguous smile.
"Who wants to drink with you? Who do you think you are? Get lost!" Chiang Qing said, impatiently lifting her foot, ready to walk past him.
Ning Ge blocked her again. "I consider myself a person, don’t you know that? But I guess it makes sense, creatures like you can’t compare to us humans."
Hearing the sarcasm in his words, Chiang Qing’s face turned utterly cold. "Ning Ge, what do you mean by that?"
Ning Ge just shrugged his shoulders.
"It doesn’t mean much. Just offering you some friendly advice, since we come from the same place. Turn back while you can. Your dad, my older brother, they’re in the same line of work after all, even if they have their own political views. At the end of the day, they serve the country!"
"What are you trying to say? Are you implying we’re family?" Chiang Qing sneered.
Ning Ge lifted his index finger. "No, no, don’t flatter yourself like that, okay? I have no desire to covet someone else’s husband; it’s embarrassing. If I had such family members, I’d disown them without hesitation!"
So he’d come to make a fuss on someone’s behalf? For that wretch Cheng Su?
Chiang Qing narrowed her eyes, sized up Ning Ge, and started to laugh. "I covet someone else’s husband? And you, Young Master Ning, you covet someone else’s wife. Do they know about it?" Without waiting for his reply, she continued, "Or to put it another way, does Cheng Su know about it?"
The smile on Ning Ge’s lips faded, and his eyes turned fierce.
"Better watch your mouth; I’m not one to spare women from a beating," Ning Ge said coldly, glancing at her.
Having been provoked repeatedly, Chiang Qing was already irritated. Seeing this, she said, "What’s the matter? Angry because I hit a nerve? Embarrassed and furious?" She looked down at him contemptuously and added, "So, we’re both equally bad, nobody should talk about the other, and don’t try to act like the hero who rights wrongs. Cheng Su isn’t here to see your gallantry."
Ning Ge looked at her steadily for a while and then laughed. "Seems like you’re the one who’s embarrassed and furious. What’s wrong? Rejected by Qi Taiguo and feeling upset, deliberately bringing up your father to save face? Your Chiang Family is just so-so. But it’s funny about your Chiang Family, your mother climbed her way up by stealing someone’s husband, and you’re following suit. Indeed, birds of a feather flock together!"
"You’re out of line!" Chiang Qing, furious, raised her hand to slap his face.
If Ning Ge really got hit like that, how could he face others? He quickly raised his hand and effortlessly grabbed Chiang Qing’s slender wrist, slowly applying pressure, watching her face turn white, he chuckled, "Don’t do that, honey. Resorting to violence so rashly isn’t ladylike. So, you see, don’t just pick up the bad habits as they’ll only harm others and yourself, and you’ll regret it in the end!"