"Aunt, I don’t care, I just want to marry Nan Ge. I’ve liked Nan Ge since I was little, and back then, I was thinking, when I grow up, I must marry him." Cheng Xining became very unsettled as soon as someone advised her to give up on He Nan. "Over the years, although Nan Ge has been indifferent towards me, no other girls have ever appeared by his side. This shows that he’s not just toward me alone. If he’s going to marry someday, I’m certainly the most suitable. It was Shen Mianmian who broke everything. If Shen Mianmian hadn’t seduced him, we probably would be married by now."
In Cheng Xining’s view, all the changes were because of Shen Mianmian’s appearance.
"Xining." Ruan Lingyu sighed, "You are too obsessed. What if Xiaonan really doesn’t want to marry you? What will you do then?"
"Aunt, as long as Shen Mianmian stops clinging to Nan Ge, if he still doesn’t marry me in two years, I will give up." In order to get Ruan Lingyu to agree to persuade Shen Mianmian to back off, Cheng Xining made a promise against her will.
"You said this yourself, if Shen Mianmian stops bothering Xiaonan and he still has no intention of marrying you after two years, you must not continue to like him."
"Mm." Cheng Xining nodded heavily, "As long as she stops clinging to Nan Ge, I promise."
Ruan Lingyu shook her head helplessly, "I’ll talk to her this afternoon."
Wait until next week? Cheng Xining was getting impatient, "Can’t you go now?"
Ruan Lingyu spoke earnestly, "Xining, you need to learn to be patient, don’t be so anxious about everything. It’s only a little past eight o’clock, she might still be sleeping in. It’s not appropriate for us to go over now. In the afternoon, I will invite her for afternoon tea and we can talk properly."
"Fine then!" Cheng Xining pouted, clearly reluctant, but since she was asking her aunt for a favor, she could only listen to her aunt’s plan, hoping that this time her aunt would not disappoint her.
Otherwise, she would have to go find Mrs. Fu herself. No matter what, this time she had to break the relationship between Shen Mianmian and Nan Ge.
... ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝙣𝙚𝙩
After Ruan Yiqian left the house, he didn’t immediately go out to handle his business but went to He Nan’s company instead.
"Xiaonan, there’s news about Mianmian again. The police over there asked me to come over, the specifics, I’ll find out once I get there, but from their tone, they seemed very excited. This time, there might be an 80 percent chance of finding her." Even the usually composed Ruan Yiqian couldn’t contain his excitement when it came to this matter, after searching for over a decade, there was finally news.
If he could find Mianmian, perhaps it would ease his parents’ relationship, wouldn’t it?
Although Ruan Yiqian never meddled in his parents’ relationship, he was well aware that his father, serving an official post elsewhere, never returned home except for the New Year, always citing busyness. He knew, in fact, that it was all due to the poor relationship between them.
Part of the reason was because of Mianmian.
He Nan raised an eyebrow, "When will you go?"
"I’m leaving now." Ruan Yiqian said, "I came here for two reasons. One is to tell you about this development, and the other is about Xining."
As soon as Cheng Xining was mentioned, He Nan’s face immediately soured. Seeing his reaction, Ruan Yiqian couldn’t help but continue, "Xiaonan, what exactly do you feel for Shen Mianmian? Why do I increasingly feel like your relationship with her is not so simple?"
Both of them were shrewd, Ruan Yiqian didn’t ask this casually, but because he already had a hunch, and now he was just probing.