Chapter 243: Past Events
Ning Dong was imrsed in his thoughts, staring blankly at the hotpot in front of him.
Ji An’s finger tapped lightly on his phone. After that, he poured Ning Dong a glass of beer and said, “Ning Dong, I think you’re overthinking things. Co, have a drink to calm down…”
Ning Dong picked the glass up and downed the beer without any hesitation.
Ji An said, “I don’t understand. Why do you suspect your father has woken up a while ago? Even if he has woken up a while ago, so what? Are you angry he lied to you? Perhaps, he has so unspeakable difficulties?”
Ning Dong smiled bitterly and said, “Unspeakable difficulties? You think he has so unspeakable difficulties? No, he doesn’t have any unspeakable difficulties; he only has ulterior motives…”
Ji An put his chopsticks down before he reached out and patted Ning Dong’s shoulder. “Ning Dong, I feel you’re overthinking. From the mont I t you, I could tell you’re a child with many complex thoughts in your mind. Nevertheless, you’re mature and steady, and you have a tenacity that most people your age don’t have. I can tell you’ll definitely achieve great things in the future. I’ve t countless people in my life. Believe , my judgnt won’t be wrong…”
Ning Dong’s eyes flashed when he heard this. His heart was suffused by warmth again when he saw the bright smile on Ji An’s face. After a mont, he said, “Brother Ji An, before I t you, no one had really praised . My grades weren’t good so my father was always disappointed in . As for my mother, whenever she was anxious or in a bad mood, she would hit .”
Ning Dong paused for a mont before he continued to say, “My father once had a daughter. It’s said that she’s really intelligent. Unfortunately, I wasn’t even half as smart as her. My father would always subconsciously compare to her, making him more and more displeased with …”
Ji An feigned curiosity and asked, “What do you an by ‘once had a daughter’? Did… Did she pass away? So you had a sister?”
Ning Dong shook his head. “I consider her my sister, but she doesn’t feel the sa way. She left the Ning family and swore never to return. It’s because my mother stole her mother’s husband…”
Ning Dong’s voice grew softer when he reached the latter part of his words. His mother’s past had always made him feel ashad. However, everything he had now was obtained by his mother. He could not enjoy the things he had in his life while despising his mother’s past. Other people could disdain his mother, but he could not since he benefited from it.
Ji An comforted Ning Dong. “That’s the previous generation’s problem; it has nothing to do with you. You’re innocent.”
Ning Dong shook his head gently. “I’m not innocent either. Before she and her mother left the Ning family house, I pushed her mother because I was trying to protect my mother. As a result, her mother fell and suffered a miscarriage. I heard she was pregnant with a son at that ti. Therefore, I’m a murderer in my father and my sister’s eyes. I tried to ask for forgiveness, but she was not willing to forgive …”
After he finished speaking, Ning Dong poured himself a glass of beer and gulped it down in one go.
Ji An asked, surprised, “How old were you then?”
Ning Dong shook his head. “About five or six years old…” Then, he made a gesture at the side with his hand and added, “About this tall…”
“You’re just a child at that ti. How could you have any malicious thoughts at that ti? It was just an accident…” Ji An said.
Ning Dong smiled bitterly. “An accident? Who would believe that? After all, I’m the mistress’ son. I killed the son of the legal wife. If that child was born, my mother and I probably would not be able to enter the Ning family at all…”
“Ning Dong, everything is fated. This life belongs to you. The world operates by the rule of survival of the fittest. Why do you have to bla yourself? Moreover, you didn’t do anything wrong at all…” Ji An said with absolute certainty.
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