100M Yuan Wife: Buy One Get One - Volume 1 - Chapter 410

Chapter 410

After Louis’ death, the wedding banquet continued as though nothing had happened . Cheng Anya and Third Young Master Ye returned to the restaurant the banquet was held and changed their clothes . The grand wedding continued .

The wedding banquet was busting . Eleven and Ye Wei did not appear since they did not like and were not suitable for such situations . The two of them returned to the Ye mansion earlier to rest . Third Young Master Ye had men from the Dragon Gate join the banquet and it was all fun .

Cheng Anya, who had a high alcohol tolerance, drank quite a bit of alcohol although she was not a frequent drinker . The extremely good drinker next to her, Third Young Master Ye, helped her substantially and his face did not even flush . Cheng Anya could not help but gasp . He was clearly of his own league .

“Didn’t Fourth Young Master Tang and you have one too many previously?” Cheng Anya smiled as she asked . Third Young Master Ye knew that she guessed it and tried to brush it off . Cheng Anya extremely despised him .

“To think that you could even pull that idiotic look off!” She laughed and looked at the guests present . She was undoubtedly a little disappointed that Yang Zekun did not show up .

“Even if it means acting like the biggest idiot for the want of luring him out, I can do it,” Third Young Master Ye replied confidently . He held her and walked along the corridor as they took a rest . With too many people present, they felt like puking from all that drinking .

She tapped his back and gently smiled . She could understand him but said regardless, “Is Louis really dead? It feels a bit surreal to me, and I seem to feel that there is a pair of eyes watching us day in day out that can’t help but interfere once in a while . Now that he is dead, I am not used to it . ”

“Are you addicted to his torture?” Third Young Master Ye coldly harrumphed . Cheng Anya smiled and kicked him in return . He seemingly raised his hand and was about to pinch her when they suddenly heard young and tender voices in a conversation . The two of them walked forward and peeped to see the young kid and Xu Xing .

Ever since the young kid returned, he had been sitting behind all along as though the liveliness inside was none of his business . The somewhat cold sun shone down on him as he looked at the piece of jade in front of him in a daze .

With Louis dead and Nuo Nuo avenged, he had fulfilled his wish but felt that his heart had become empty and surreal . He had long relied on this vengeance to drive him . Now that this vengeance suddenly disappeared, it left him unused to its missing presence .

The piece of jade rested against his chest and it felt warm to the touch . Its gentle warmth seemed to carry that bit of life, and hearsay has it that jade can take on the aura of a person once it has been worn for a long time . Given that Nuo Nuo had worn it for long, a part of Nuo Nuo’s spirit should reside in it .

He smiled and raised his hands . The piece of jade, under the sunlight, seemed even nicer as it reflected the light colorfully . While he hoped that a silhouette of Nuo Nuo would appear from these rays of light, nothing did .

Ning Ning was a little disappointed .

Deep in his heart, he was never willing to admit that Nuo Nuo had already left him and how he had kept himself going forward with this belief and hatred . With Louis dead, he finally admitted, under the colorful rays of light, that he had lost all that he cared and what he could not hold onto . There would be nobody else to call him ‘Stone’, and nobody else would cause him to feel pain .

It was only through loss that one really knew what loss entailed .

Parting ways and death were the biggest pains in life . As he looked at the piece of jade in a daze, he bitterly laughed, knowing that he would only encounter that one Xu Nuo in his life . Nobody else would make him feel how Xu Nuo did . Something in his heart had died .

But his daddy said that he was still young and these emotions would be diluted with time . When he was older, these feelings would have faded and there would be somebody else who would stir his heart .

One could fall in love many times in their life .

He laughed it away and did not say anything . He, however, swore that he would not love anybody else his whole life . Xu Nuo, in her whole life, had nothing else but him . She even lost him .

Who else could prove that there was a Xu Nuo who once lived?

“Nuo Nuo, be with me for the rest of my life . Just like that . ” As long as he had her in his heart, he would never forget that she had left . His rational mind accepted Xu Nuo’s departure .

His heart, however, never admitted it .

She was always with him .

“Ning Ning, so there you are . ” Xu Xing happily walked next to him . She happily asked, “Do you like jade?”

“What are you doing here?”

“I was looking for you all around, but I couldn’t find you . ” Xu Xing laughed . “Where are you going?”

“Anywhere . ”

“Ning Ning, you have not answered my question . Do you like jade?” Xu Xing asked . “I have many pieces of beautiful jade, and I can bring them from my home to you the next time we meet . ”

Ning Ning shook his head and said, “I do not like jade . ”

“If that is the case, why are you clutching it?” Xu Xing pouted . “I thought that you like jade . ”

“Why the heck are you giving me jades? We don’t know each other well . ”

“Because you like it . ”

“I do not . ”

“I thought you did . ” Xu Xing vaulted the stone wall and sat next to him and smiled happily . As though he saw Xu Nuo smiling, Ning Ning suddenly liked Xu Xing’s smile .

But he knew deep inside that Xu Nuo would not smile like this, and it was just him missing her smile .

“What’s up? Is there something on my face?”

“You have a really nice smile,” Ning Ning said, suddenly gathering his thoughts . It was as though he saw Xu Nuo in a fiery red dress asking him whether she had a nice smile .

As he gathered his thoughts, he tightly held the piece of jade in his hand .

These two sisters were simply, despite their looks, heaven and earth . One was as stunning as a rose whereas the other was like a fleeting dream .

When Xu Xing heard the young kid praise her, she was extremely happy and broke into a sweeter smile . The young kid did not look at her smile . He was afraid of this illusion that he could not grasp .

“Xu Xing, don’t you find it extremely detestable?” Ning Ning asked . “Why are you always looking for me?”

“I do not dislike you . ” Xu Xing innocently shook her head . “When you all captured me back then, I did dislike you . But I threw away something of yours . You are actually a really nice person . ”

Xu Xing had no friends . To think that Ning Ning would look past her identity and roar at her and beat her, she actually felt pretty happy . She hated the people who patronized her .

“I am a pretty nice person?” Ning Ning responded as though he had heard a joke . How could he be as good as she described, and especially so toward Xu Xing? He detested how she looked so similar to Xu Nuo . “I hit you . ”

“I threw away something that belonged to you, so it was right of you to hit me . ” Xu Xing laughed unintentionally .

Ning Ning looked at her silently . Her rich man’s daughter airs were much subdued .

Xu Xing gently asked, “Ning Ning, who exactly is Xu Nuo? I asked auntie but she was unwilling to tell me anything . Could you tell me something, please?”

Ning Ning’s face blackened and Xu Xing panicked . She was afraid that he would leave her behind . She grabbed his sleeve and said, “Please do not get angry . I will not ask this question again . I promise . ”

As she said that, she bowed down sadly . Ning Ning looked at her and secretly chided himself for what he did . It was by no means her fault . “Go ask your parents when you are home . ”

“They will not tell me anything,” Xu Xing said . If her auntie was not breathing a word about it, so would her parents . Even if they told her anything, she knew that they would be lying to her .

“If that is the case, then it’s okay for you to know nothing . There is no need to after all,” Ning Ning calmly replied . He was really foolish . Here he was, standing up for Nuo Nuo and defending her, yet why did he leave the question as such? Nuo Nuo did not need these .

There was sadness on Xu Xing’s face as she said, “Is she my sister? You once said it yourself . Why can’t I be with my sister? Why can’t I know that I have a sister?”

Ning Ning fell silent for a moment and calmly replied, “Your parents abandoned her . ”

“How could they? My parents are kind people who help orphans every year . It does not make sense that they do not want my sister . ” Xu Xing defended her parents .

Ning Ning broke into a cold smile and said, “Helping thousands of orphans will never erase the fact they abandoned their own flesh and blood . ”

“Do you know my sister?”

Ning Ning did not reply . If there was a possibility, he would rather not know Xu Nuo . If he did not know her, she would still be well and alive today as though nothing happened to her . Him knowing her caused her to lose her life .

Xu Nuo was one who extremely treasured her own life .

“What about my sister?”

“Stop asking!” Ning Ning suddenly barked coldly .

Xu Xing was shocked and replied in anger, “Why are you so fierce? I was just asking, and you can just tell me that you do not want to answer the question . Why did you flare up at me?”

Ning Ning sighed . Given how smart Xu Xing was, she would have known that this question was off-limits to him and should not ask anymore . She quietly sat next to him and said, “I will go home to ask my parents about it . ”

Ning Ning acknowledged and Xu Xing smiled, as though Ning Ning roaring at her was an illusion . “Ning Ning, can we be friends? Can I look for you in City A?”

Ning Ning looked at her sideways and said, “Don’t your parents bar you from going all over the place?”

“No . My parents dote on me a lot, and they won’t agree to it . ”

“That will not do too . I will not be here for a long time . ”

“I will look for you wherever you go . ”

“There’s no need for that . You won’t be able to find me,” Ning Ning gently replied . Xu Xing was disappointed .

…

Cheng Anya and Third Young Master Ye hid in a corner and watched them talk . Cheng Anya gently jabbed Third Young Master Ye’s chest and calmly said, “Your little son sure learned nothing else save the ability to seduce girls . Another one bites the dust . ”

Third Young Master Ye could not laugh as he struggled to console her . “Those were things of the past . Dear wifey, stop being so calculative . ”

She grunted, heartache flashing through her eyes . She sighed and said, “Isn’t that girl the flower girl from just now?”

“It seems to be so . ” Third Young Master Ye took a look and said, “Look at Ning Ning . How does he look like he is seducing girls? He misses his Xu Nuo . ”

“This girl looks exactly like Xu Nuo . She would not be too bad a choice if Ning Ning falls in love with her . ”

“Stand-in?”

“…Why must it be a stand-in?”

“Is it really possible that you do not understand your own son? Look at how he flared up just now,” Third Young Master Ye slowly replied . “Oh, well, this child is past our control . He will have to tend to his own hurts, and they will definitely get better . ”

Third Young Master Ye brought Cheng Anya back to the wedding banquet and toasted the guests . When they came to Commander Zhang’s table, Commander Zhang’s family was extremely gracious enough to grace the banquet in full force .

“Commander Zhang, this is to you . ” Commander Zhang smiled . The commander toasted her in response as he smiled . Following Zhang Bo’s incident, the Zhang family and Third Young Master Ye had much more frequent interactions .

As Zhang Bo’s mother was a year or two older than Cheng Anya, they were able to click with each other . It was then that Cheng Anya knew that Jiang Lixue, Zhang Bo’s mother, had hurt herself when delivering Zhang Bo and her odds of becoming pregnant were almost zero .

Cheng Anya felt even sadder for her, but the latter graciously congratulated her . Following Zhang Bo’s incident, Jiang Lixue called Cheng Anya several times to understand Zhang Bo’s condition . They got on with each other quite cordially .

Third Young Master Zhang and Forth Young Master Zhang pulled Third Young Master Ye aside and they chugged . The two Zhang brothers ganged up and had Third Young Master Ye chug . Given how there were more men in the Zhang family, Third Young Master Ye was clearly not going to stand up against them . The women at the table cheered them on and the atmosphere became even more bustling .

As they were toasting each other, Ning Ning and Xu Xing came over . Commander Zhang saw them and asked, “Anya, is that your son?”

Cheng Anya nodded . Commander Zhang seemed to like him . “He looks really good, and you know he’s smart at just one look . ”

Ning Ning politely greeted everybody present . Xu Xing smiled and said, “Uncle Zeng, Ning Ning is really smart . ”

Commander Zhang chuckled and suddenly said, “Anya, Third Young Master Ye, if you do not mind, may I acknowledge a god-great grandson?”

Cheng Anya laughed and Third Young Master Ye nodded . She said, “That is definitely possible . I’ll have him toast you some other day and have a ceremony . ”

“In that case… Grandfather, can we be godfather and godmother to him too?” Jiang Lixue asked in surprise .

“Sure,” Cheng Anya replied without hesitation and nodded . She owed Jiang Lixue a son, and she ought to let her son be her grandson .

Jiang Lixue stood up excitedly and held her hand tightly . “Anya, thank you . ”

Ning Ning blinked his eyes . Did they just become family? Xu Xing clapped and cheered . “Yay! I can get to see Ning Ning more often in the future . ”

Jiang Lixue’s husband, Zhang Penghui, said, “While we are elated, we have to ask the child how he feels about it . ”

Ning Ning smiled elegantly and said, “I have no opinion on what Mommy says . Great-grandfather Zeng, godfather, godmother…”

Jiang Lixue laughed and the few young masters of the Zhang family broke into a riot . “There’s still second uncle, third uncle…”

“And fourth uncle…”

“And grandfather and grandmother…”

…

This is a really large family! Ning Ning secretly thought to himself . Cheng Anya said, “I’ll personally bring him to the Zhang family in two days to greet you . ”

“Great, great, great!” Commander Zhang really doted on Ning Ning and effusively praised him . Zhang Bo was dead and she had an extremely slim chance of conceiving . Jiang Lixue was elated that she had just gained a son in exchange for nothing . She was truly elated .