Chapter 5: Ningqing, how long will you kneel on the ground?

 Chapter 5: Ning Qing, how long will you kneel on the ground?

A slap came towards her face.

"What are you talking about!" Ning's mother's expression changed visibly and finally became full of resentment as she yelled in anger.

"How could Su Su have anything to do with that animal! He will never have anything to do with Su Su again in his lifetime!"

The room fell silent after she finished speaking.

Mother Ning suddenly realized that she had hit Ningqing and her expression changed again. She looked resentful and didn't know where to put her hand.

"Qing...Qing."

Although her cheeks were burning with pain, Ning Qing smiled weakly and said, "You can't keep pretending, can you?"

This tenderness and love were just illusions in the end.

Mother Ning was at a loss and was in a state of panic.

"Ning Qing, Mom didn't mean to. What I meant was..."

Ning Qing pushed her away and avoided her hands. Mother Ning hands hung in midair.

Ning Qing closed her eyes and took deep breaths, again and again.

"I understand."

She spoke calmly, almost coldly.

Mother Ning was flustered, but didn't know how to explain. Her gentle face was pleading, "Ning Qing, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean it."

Ning Qing clenched her fists tightly and forced herself to calm down.

When she opened her eyes again, the light in them had completely disappeared, replaced by numbness and coldness.

"It's okay. Take care of yourself and Dad. I'll go back first."

Ning Qing bypassed Mother Ning and ran out as if she was fleeing from a flood or a beast.

Ignoring the people behind her calling out, she rushed out of the Ning's house.

Sitting in a taxi, Ning Qing's heart ached with sourness and swelling as she thought about Mother Ning's evaluation of Nian Lian.

Animal.

If he hadn't done something excessive, how could her mother use that word to insult him?

Her mother's rejection of him was not fake.

Even to the point of disgust.

He clearly couldn't win over his own parents, yet they still married her to this "beast."

Ning Qing forced a bitter smile, her chest suppressed and in unbearable pain.

Her sorrowful gaze stared out the car window, the roadside scenery passed by at high speed, nothing was clear.

After about half an hour of driving, the driver took the initiative to say: "Miss, it's almost noon rush hour, the road ahead is prone to traffic jams. Why don't you get off here?"

Ning Qing looked over in confusion, and after a few seconds, she said okay and got off the car after paying.

Her mind was in a daze, and as she closed the car door and turned around, her foot stumbled on the stairs and she fell to her knees.

"Ouch."

The pain in her knee made Ning Qing shed a few tears.

"Hey, let me see who this is, kneeling in the middle of the street in broad daylight?" 

A woman's voice exploded above her head, mixed with gloating and deliberate mockery.

Ning Qing tightened her palm and looked up.

The faint sunlight pierced Ning Qing's eyes, causing her to squint as she looked at the gorgeously dressed woman in front of her.

It was Su Yinuo.

This Su family young lady who had been showered with endless love and affection was childhood sweethearts with her husband, Nian Lian.

She had previously learned that the Su and Nian families were long-time friends, and Su Yinuo's grandfather had wanted to marry her off to Nian Lian, but unfortunately, Nian Lian had married her instead, and the engagement was called off.

She also knew that this young lady had loved Nian Lian since she was young and had caused a lot of trouble with the Nian family after she found out that he was married to her. It all ended in a farce.

And now, she was looking at her with disdain and disgust.

Su Yinuo saw Ning Qing's face clearly, covered her mouth in surprise, and her delicate face showed astonishment, "Oh, I said it looked like Sister, but I didn't expect it to be really you!"

Ning Qing didn't want to pay attention to such a clumsy act.

Su Yinuo suddenly leaned down and said with concern: "Sister, are you unhappy? Did you have a fight with Brother Lian? Don't kneel on the ground, come, let me help you up."

Ning Qing shook off her hand and looked at her coldly, "Don't act all concerned in front of me, it's sickening."

Su Yinuo shrunk back her hand, feeling wronged.

"Sister, why are you saying that to me? I'm just worried about you."

Ning Qing sneered, just as she was about to mock her, a familiar cold male voice interrupted her.

"How long are you going to kneel on the ground?" 

(End of this chapter)