Chapter 3: Because of Her, Su Su Was dead!

 Chapter 3: Because of Her, Su Su Was dead!

Ning Qing didn't sleep all night and went back to the Ning's house early the next morning.

Ning's father and mother were having breakfast and were very surprised to see her back.

"Qing Qing?" Mother Ning  put down her chopsticks and walked over. "Why didn't you tell us in advance that you were coming back? Come and sit down."

Ning Qing followed her and sat down at the table. "Dad, Mom."

"You must not have eaten anything if you came back so early? Come, have something to eat." Mother Ning smiled and eagerly handed her chopsticks.

"Okay."

"How's your recovery going? Are you feeling better?" Mother Ning asked.

Ning Qing felt a lump in her throat and only said, "It's almost there. Mom, you don't have to fuss over me, I can do it myself."

After just a few bites, father Ning suddenly spoke up, "Did you have a fight with Nian Lian?"

Ning Qing's smile faded.

 father Ning noticed her expression and became serious. "Ning Qing, you're a married woman now, not a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child. You can't just run to your mother's house every time you have a fight. What kind of example is that?"

Mother Ning frowned. "She just came back, why are you saying these things?"

"I'm her father, don't I have the right to say it?" father Ning expression darkened. 

Ning Qing lowered her head and remained silent.

"Since she was a child, she has never been at peace. Even after getting married, she still acts this way. She's not at all responsible as a married woman." 

"Even though they're both our daughters, Su Su has always been obedient and sensible, knowing not to give me any trouble. And you?" father Ning continued. "You're nothing compared to your sister!"

The sound of his scolding echoed in Ning Qing's ears, and her heart grew colder and colder.

She gripped her chopsticks tighter and tighter, causing her fingertips to ache. Unable to bear it any longer, she raised her head and tried to stop him. "Dad."

father Ning was interrupted and his breathing became uneven. "Look at you, you have no manners at all! Don't you dare tell anyone that you're from the Ning family when you go out. I can't bear to have you represent us!"

Ning's mother couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him, "Ning Chengfeng, stop it. Qing Qing just came back, you..."

"Clack!"

The chopsticks hit the table, making a clear sound.

A cold female voice sounded between the three of them.

"Then let me go die."

The two of them looked at her.

Ning's father suddenly trembled. "What did you say?!"

With crimson lips slightly hooked, Ning Qing's face was tinged with a trace of sadness. "Since I'm such a nuisance to you, then let me just die."

To die would be a release from the constant disdain and hatred she faced.

Ning Qing's mother couldn't help but frown. "Qing Qing, don't talk nonsense. Your father doesn't mean what you think he does."

"What does he mean then?"

Faced with her daughter's icy question, Ning Qing's mother's eyes welled up with tears. "Your father just misses your sister, and he's had a rough time at work these days. He didn't mean to make you angry."

Ning Qing turned to her father, her elbow nudging him. Ning Qing's father grunted but didn't say anything.

In the silence, a feeling of sorrow spread.

Ning Qing lowered her eyes, her lips pursed with bitterness, losing her appetite.

"I'm full."

After speaking, she stood up and left the table.

Ning Qing's father's anger, which had just dissipated, flared up again. "What do you mean you're full? Who taught you to leave before the elders?"

Ning Qing's tone was cool and chilling. "Didn't you teach me since I was young?"

Her defiance only fueled her father's anger.

"What did you say? Ning Qing, have you learned to talk back now?"

"..."

"I'm not finished talking yet. Where are you going? Come back here!"

Ning Qing didn't stop walking and turned towards the stairs.

Ning Qing's father was furious, turning to Ning Qing's mother and shouting, "Look at her, this pitiful state. You've spoiled her!"

"What's wrong with me spoiling her?" Ning Qing's mother's eyes were filled with tears.

"It's because of her stubbornness that she caused Su Su's death! And now you're still indulging her, letting her ruin our Ning family!"

Ning Qing's mother suppressed her tears, but faced with her unreasonable husband, she couldn't stay calm.

"Then why did you arrange for Qing Qing to marry Nian Lian? Don't you know you're throwing your own daughter into the fire?"

(End of chapter)