Chapter 225: Chapter 151: Second Update

Just as Ning Youguang was immersing herself again in the world of paper, surrounding herself with books, she suddenly received a call from Shi Wangyue.

“What’s up?”

Her voice in the afternoon was as gentle as a cool breeze, drifting into Shi Wangyue’s heart.

“I…” Shi Wangyue held his breath, “Thank you for visiting dad all these years.”

Ning Youguang put the book down, “Did you visit uncle today?”

“Yes, I ran into Old He, and he mistook me for you.” Shi Wangyue composed himself.

“No wonder.” Ning Youguang chuckled lightly.

As a girl, according to Jin City’s customs, she shouldn’t go to pay respects to the deceased alone.

However, whenever she thought of Uncle Tingsong lying alone in the suburban cemetery, while during the Qingming Festival others around him received offerings from descendants or family members, but he did not, her heart softened.

Such a good person, he shouldn’t be treated as if he were just another forgotten grave in a remote field.

The two fell into a long silence.

After a while, Ning Youguang gently asked, “Are you heading home now?”

“On the way back.” Shi Wangyue’s voice was light and deep.

“Is it hot outside?” she asked with concern.

“Not really, there’s a breeze on the mountain, I don’t feel hot.” Shi Wangyue’s voice was soft, but his eyes were shadowed with a deep darkness.

He recalled asking Old He earlier, “Besides that girl, has anyone else been here?”

Old He shook his head without hesitation, “No, no one else.”

…

Ning Youguang, worried about Shi Wangyue’s mood, continued softly, “Do you know what I’m doing here?”

“No idea,” Shi Wangyue replied.

“I’m reading the book you gave me, I’m more than halfway through it,” Ning Youguang tried to make her tone sound as relaxed as possible.

Shi Wangyue patiently accepted her subtle care.

“So fast?” he chuckled lightly.

So the person on the other end of the call could hear it immediately.

…

After finishing the call with Shi Wangyue, Ning Youguang went to bed for a nap.

When she got up from her nap and went downstairs, she found the TV in the living room on, but no one in the hall.

She walked over to turn off the TV and then saw someone all too familiar on the news.

“I really feel like an unfilial son; my son is now in fourth grade, but it’s been nearly ten years since he’s seen his grandparents. Since my wife wanted to divorce me, I haven’t seen my son,”

Her elder uncle was tearfully being interviewed by the media reporters.

A reporter next to him asked, “Doesn’t your son have a phone or a mobile? You can’t reach him?”

On TV, her elder uncle pulled a pack of tissues out of his pocket, took one to cover his face, wiping tears all over his face while articulating clearly, “My wife is very strict with our son, he doesn’t have a phone, our family has nannies and security guards to take care of him, I’ve called her countless times, just wanting to talk to my son, but all were in vain…”

Ning Youguang frowned and sat down on the sofa, watching her elder uncle’s media interview intently.

The more she watched, the more troubled she felt for her aunt.

“What kind of vision did my aunt have when choosing a husband, that she could fall for a scumbag like my elder uncle not just once, but twice?”

Honestly, in her previous life, she had witnessed the peculiarity of this elder uncle firsthand.

This lifetime, when her aunt said she wanted to marry this peculiar uncle, she had explicitly and implicitly hinted several times not to marry him.

But in the end, her aunt was dead set on marrying her elder uncle, defiantly ignoring the family’s objection.

She insisted, “I just want to marry for love.”

…

Living a second life.

If someone were to ask Ning Youguang, “Living two lifetimes, what philosophy do you find most profound?”

She thought it must be: “After experiencing everything, you realize life’s careful planning cannot compete with destiny’s arrangements! What’s meant to be will be, and what isn’t won’t be forced.”

All these years, she had been silently observing the people around her and their life trajectories.

She found that everyone’s life tends to follow a core path, even if external factors may create different circumstances, some things that are meant to happen will still happen.

Thus, there’s an old saying: “There’s a destiny decreed in the unseen.”

On television.

Her elder uncle’s interview continued, along with his complaining: “Even though I am the son-in-law of the Ning family, I only hold a managerial position in the company and have never been truly valued by the group. Whenever I visit the Ning household, they barely acknowledge me. I know they’re unimpressed by my ordinary background, I’ve tolerated this, but what pains me most is despite working as hard as anyone else, the colleagues around me often mock me for eating leftovers, and my wife never stands up for me…”

The reporter stoked the fire: “Have you talked to your wife about the unfair treatment you face in life and at work?”

The once fairly handsome face of her elder uncle in his youth had now become greasy and swollen, capable of dripping off pounds of oil.

He strained his neck, “No, my wife has no patience to hear these things, she always says we can’t connect.”

Ning Youguang was truly disgusted.

Her elder uncle’s shamelessness was revolting to her.

Actually, not long after getting married, her aunt realized she married the wrong person, but after dragging on for years, she decided to divorce. Once she started the divorce proceedings, media attention became overwhelming, and she became infamous nationwide.

Following this, the more noteworthy members of their family, like her father, her mother, her second aunt, her grandfather, etc., started being featured on Sina Weibo hot searches and became targets of major media prying.

As her aunt’s divorce news became known nationwide.

The whole country learned that the eldest daughter of the Ning family was a strong woman in business, decisive in decision-making, and ensured perfection in everything she did.

After taking over part of the family business, she quickly doubled the revenue by 300%.

Not only did she inherit the family’s vast wealth, but she also expanded it herself, consistently appearing on Forbes’ “Most Powerful Women in Business in China” list.

A woman like her, with a good family background, personal ability, and beauty, from a wealthy family.

The divorce case with the Phoenix Man was destined to be a public spectacle.

Patiently listening to her elder uncle’s relentless complaints.

Ning Youguang understood the signal her elder uncle wanted to send out through today’s media interview?

’Being the son-in-law of a wealthy family is too difficult!’

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