Chapter 135: The Past Is Like a Rope of Fate
Chapter 135: The Past Is Like a Rope of Fate
Putting aside his overly calm personality, Ning Zhe is indeed a good man who is very suitable for a girl to entrust her life to.
He has a good figure, good temperament, handsome looks, clean background, excellent character and academic performance, does not smoke or drink, and has no bad habits. His family just received a huge sum of tens of millions of dollars from demolition, plus an entire floor of a top-notch residential area in the core business district of the city center. What's even more amazing is that this handsome guy has no father or mother. As an only child, he has no brothers or sisters, and the only elders left in the family are two elderly people who are running out of time.
This is the perfect match that many girls dream of finding but cannot even with a lantern.
It’s just that among the above conditions, the girl prefers the first half, while the father prefers the second half.
"Dad, what are you talking about..." Chen Yaming bit her lips lightly and lowered her head. Her watery eyes quietly looked at Ning Zhe's profile through the gaps in her hair, and her cheeks were flushed.
Boss Chen was just joking when he mentioned it. If it works out, that would be great. Even if someone doesn't like his daughter, he can't force her. Although Chen Yaming is the same age as Ning Zhe, one was born in the first half of the year and the other in the second half of the year. Chen Yaming is nearly half a year younger than Ning Zhe and started school a year later than him.
What kind of emotional foundation can there be between two people who are not in the same grade? The filter of childhood sweethearts does not exist. Boss Chen never expected Ning Zhe to fall in love with his eldest daughter.
But fate is such a magical thing. A blind cat really catches a dead mouse.
"In fact, my grandparents have been urging me to find a partner, but the workload in the third year of high school is very heavy, and I have never had the energy to think about these things." Ning Zhe supported his chin with one hand and looked at the girl's blushing face, which was very cute: "If you are willing, how about we try it out?"
Chen Yaming held the teacup in both hands, her knuckles turning white from nervousness, and she said in a shy voice as thin as a mosquito's: "Okay, okay."
"That's it!" Boss Chen smiled happily. "The man is in love and the woman is interested. What else is there to talk about? After you finish your exam, I will ask the master to choose an auspicious day and hold an engagement party."
"Dad!" Chen Yaming blushed and tugged at her father's clothes: "We haven't even started dating yet, and you're already thinking about getting engaged..."
"What do you know!" Uncle Chen is a seasoned man, and he doesn't have the reserve of a girl.
With Ning Zhe's conditions, he could find any kind of good girl. Even if his daughter was really pretty and the boy was young and had never seen the world, he would be dazzled by her beauty. If he didn't make a deal while he was still confused, what would he do if he didn't talk about love growing over time and gradually moving forward? How could a girl from the countryside find a rich husband with such conditions?
"A good man should not wait, and a happy event should not be delayed. It is not right to play hard to get when both parties are willing." Boss Chen slammed the table and stood up: "It's settled. I'll go and talk to your grandfather with two packs of cigarettes later."
"No, grandpa has a bad lung." Ning Zhe did not show any annoyance, shook his head and said with a smile: "And what Ya Ming said is right, it is indeed a bit hasty to talk about marriage now, I still have to continue studying in the future.
College is four years long, and if you take the postgraduate entrance exam or study for a doctorate, it will take even longer. I can't just leave her alone at home waiting for me for five, six, seven or eight years, right? It would be a joke for her to be a widow at such a young age..."
Chen Yaming's expression froze, and her head, which had been lowered shyly, unconsciously raised up and stared blankly at Ning Zhe's calm face.
"Hey! What's the big deal? I'm not an old-fashioned guy who doesn't know how to adapt." Boss Chen waved his hands nonchalantly, as if he was afraid that Ning Zhe would go back on his word. "Next year, I'll let Ya Ming apply for Yundu in the college entrance examination. Her grades are not as good as yours, but Yundu has other schools besides Yunlu Academy. It just so happens that you two are studying in the same city, so you can take care of each other and cultivate your relationship..."
Having said that, Boss Chen walked out of the door without looking back, and headed towards the town clinic in a hurry.
The house that Ningzhe's grandparents rented was right next to the clinic.
After his father left, the small shop fell silent, with only the heavy breathing of the girl floating in his ears like smoke. Chen Yaming picked up the teapot, poured tea into the cup in front of Ning Zhe, and said softly, "Thank you."
"You're being polite." Ning Zhe raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "There are many good schools in Yundu. Try to get a diploma that will help you find a good job. Once you have a job and your own income, everything will be fine."
Economic independence is the foundation of all independence. "Yeah." Chen Yaming nodded and whispered, "I just thought that what you and Dad said was true."
"Then why do you agree?" Ning Zhe brought the teacup to his lips and blew gently to cool it down.
Chen Yaming lowered her head and said nothing.
Seeing her silence, Ning Zhe continued, "People cannot choose what kind of family they will be born into, but they can choose who to form a new family with. Marriage is the only chance in a person's life to choose their family by their own will, so it is better to have some opinions of your own."
"Yeah." Chen Yaming nodded, and after a moment of silence, she couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to help me?"
"Haven't you always wanted to go to Yundu to study?" Ning Zhe said casually, "When we were in elementary school, you would come to my house every afternoon after school to watch TV, snatch my remote control to play idol dramas, and then keep complaining to your dad that you wanted to see the sea... That drama was filmed in Yanzhou, and the male and female protagonists were flirting on the beach."
Chen Yaming was stunned: "Do you still remember?"
"Remember, you were such an idiot back then. When you saw the picture of Yunmengze in the Chinese textbook, you insisted that it was the sea. No matter how I explained, you wouldn't listen. You insisted on making a promise with me that when we grew up, we would go to Yundu to study in college together and rent a house by the sea together."
Ning Zhe shrugged: "I even learned the term 'shared housing' from a TV drama."
The drama she watched at that time was called "Diary of Shared Rental in Diezhen". The reason why she only remembered the word "shared rental" but not Diezhen was because she could not read the two words "Diezhen" and she also didn't know that the house by the sea ages faster than bean sprouts in water.
"Pfft."
Chen Yaming couldn't hold back her laughter and a strand of hair fell on the back of her hand that was covering her mouth. Two lines of tears also fell.
The warm-hearted man in the drama would usually hand the crying heroine a tissue to wipe her tears and give her a shoulder to lean on at this time. However, Ning Zhe is not a warm-hearted man, and Chen Yaming is not the idol drama heroine who is loved wherever she goes. She is just a country girl who does not even have the autonomy over her own life and marriage.
Ning Zhe held the teacup and silently watched Chen Yaming wipe away the tears on her cheeks with her sleeves, and gave him a bright smile: "Ning Zhe, I will definitely be admitted to Yunlu Academy."
"It's good to have aspirations, but don't be too ambitious." Ning Zhe put down his teacup: "I wish you success."
"Yes." Chen Yaming nodded: "Then, let's rent together in Yundu. Find a house on the outskirts of the city. Although we can't see the sea, we can see the sparkling Yunmeng Lake when we get up and walk to the window every day."
"Ah?" Ning Zhe was stunned, the tea in the cup wet his collar.
"You told my dad that you wanted to marry me." Chen Yaming smiled slyly, "You are not allowed to abandon me after having sex with me."
"Fuck you."
(End of this chapter)