440: 393 Dowry (Featured on QiDian)_2 440: 393 Dowry (Featured on QiDian)_2 Through private channels, news had already spread, and many important figures had received the ssage, one after another they called to express their concern.
Among them were those harboring ulterior motives or taking pleasure in others’ misfortune.
Watching her mother casually chat just now, and the tiredness she couldn’t hide in the corners of her eyes after hanging up the phone, Shi Qianxi felt even more the aning behind Jiang Chen’s words.
Business is like a battlefield.
Now that her father had fallen, who knew how many people were rubbing their hands together in eager anticipation, waiting to pounce?
If one showed weakness at this ti, it would only embolden the ambitious.
“Why aren’t you resting at the hotel?”
ng iling turned her head.
“Mom, you haven’t eaten yet, right?
I’ve brought you food.”
Glancing at the lunch box her daughter was holding, ng iling also noticed the change in her daughter’s tone.
Not long ago, she was scolding her for being cold-hearted.
“I’m not hungry.”
“Mom, Jiang Chen prepared this.
With Dad like this, if you fall too, what am I to do?”
ng iling felt even more astonished.
A mother knows her daughter best.
Such words didn’t seem like sothing her daughter would say.
“Mom, whether you’re hungry or not, you’ve got to eat sothing.”
Shi Qianxi forcibly seated her mother on a bench in the corridor, opened the lunch box, and unwrapped the chopsticks.
In the end, ng iling still couldn’t refuse her daughter’s filial gesture.
“Where’s Jiang Chen?”
“At the hotel.”
“Dragging luggage over, looks like you ca well-prepared.”
“Mom, you’ve misunderstood.
He ca from Yunnan and Guizhou.
He was traveling there.
After receiving my call, he rushed over imdiately.”
ng iling suddenly understood.
At such a ti, she couldn’t help but be wary of everyone.
“What is your relationship with him?
Didn’t I say not to tell anyone for the ti being?”
“Mom, Jiang Chen isn’t an outsider.
I like him, no, I love him.”
ng iling looked up, eting a pair of resolute eyes.
ng iling put down her chopsticks.
“Love?
Do you even know what love is?”
“I don’t know.”
Shi Qianxi answered without hesitation.
ng iling frowned, but Shi Qianxi continued, “Mom, you love Dad, right?
At least you definitely used to.”
“This isn’t about your father and .”
“I’m talking about my issue.”
Shi Qianxi calmly said, “Mom, at first I clung to Jiang Chen indeed to go against you, and partly out of novelty.
I had never t soone like him who didn’t give in to at all.
But later, I found he was different from everyone else.
He never had a good attitude toward , seed eager to never see again, but whenever I was in trouble, no matter how reluctant he claid to be, he always showed up first, just like today.”
Shi Qianxi lowered her head, looking at the lunch box in her mother’s hands.
“Mom, this is only the second ti you et him, right?
The first ti, you insulted him with a million dollars payoff, he should dislike you.
But just now, he told to bring you food.
Mom, isn’t he silly?”
ng iling fell silent for a while.
“Qian Qian, n are good actors…”
“Mom, do you think he keeps helping because I’m the heir to Jin Hai?”
“Isn’t that the case?”
ng iling said, “Aren’t those people around you respectful and afraid of you because your last na is Shi?”
“That’s why I said he’s different.”
Shi Qianxi whispered, “Mom, no matter how much information you’ve collected about him, I’ve known him for so long, and I really understand him.
You suspect he’s helping with an eye on Jin Hai, but he could’ve succeeded long ago.”
“Mom, to tell you the truth, after Chen Zhou kidnapped and he ca to rescue , I thought of giving myself to him, and I even took action.”
“You…”
ng iling’s pupils contracted, caught off guard.
“But don’t worry, nothing happened, he rejected .”
Shi Qianxi murmured under her breath, “Mom, you surely understand n better than I do.
Tell , if even my active advance was pushed back, is he still just acting?”
ng iling’s gaze shifted, she stayed silent.
“Mom, I might not understand love, but when you married Dad, there must have been so elent of love involved.
Mom, do you know?
I envy you now.”
At this point, ng iling was sowhat confused and didn’t quite understand.
“What do you an?”
“If only he were like dad in the past, with nothing at all, how wonderful that would be.”
Shi Qianxi sighed, “Then I could marry him.
With Jin Hai as a dowry, he definitely wouldn’t refuse.”
ng iling was startled, then her tone involuntarily rose, and she said angrily, “Shi Qianxi, do you realize what you are saying?!”
In ancient tis, there was King You of Zhou who fooled the lords with beacon fires.
It is said that only n love beauty over power.
But now, it’s the other way around.
It has reversed.
I truly gave birth to a good daughter.
She’s actually considering giving away the entire family fortune to a man.
“Your father is still lying in the hospital bed.
If he were to wake up and hear these words, he would probably be angered to death by you!”
The bodyguards couldn’t help but turn their heads, drawn by the commotion here, but they quickly averted their gazes and continued to fully commit to their posts.
“Dad won’t, he understands .”
“I think you’re simply crazy!”
Although I was stubborn back in my day, I never thought about giving away the entire ng Family’s fortune, did I?
Could it be that the old saying is really true?
Is the student outdoing the master?
Besides anger, ng iling felt a profound sense of helplessness.
“Mom, I am a woman, and I will eventually have to marry soone.”
“That’s two different things.”
ng iling stated emphatically, “Jin Hai must not be passed to outsiders.”
“Then take Jin Hai away, mom.
I don’t want it.”
ng iling laughed out of anger.
“I take it away?
I am already fifty years old.
How many years can I still live?
I only have you as a daughter.”
“You also have my uncle, and so many relatives from the ng Family.”
ng iling took a deep breath.
“Even if your father spoils you, he would have to slap you after hearing your words.”
Shi Qianxi fell silent.
ng iling looked at her, shook her head, and didn’t scold her any further.
The daughter has grown so much; verbal education no longer has any effect.
Trying to make her wake up with words is just wasting breath.
Moreover, she now realized a very serious problem.
Her daughter seed too “indifferent to fa and fortune,” paying no mind to Jin Hai.
At this mont, her husband, no, ex-husband, lay unconscious in the hospital, and no one could guarantee when he would wake up.
A country cannot be without a ruler for a day.
Without leadership for a long ti, Jin Hai would inevitably fall into chaos.
A new leader must be quickly introduced.
And that candidate, other than Qian Qian, had no other choice.
But with her daughter’s attitude, could she take on this heavy responsibility, or rather, would she be willing to take it on?
“Qian Qian, tis are different now.
Regardless of whether Jiang Chen is with you for Jin Hai or not, at least you are the heir to Jin Hai.
That’s the basis for his association with you, isn’t that right?”
Shi Qianxi had words on the tip of her tongue but ultimately did not retort.
Indeed.
If she were just an ordinary person, she probably wouldn’t even have the chance to et him, let alone go through so many things together and build such deep ties.
“Qian Qian, whether it’s n or won, everyone should strive to beco stronger so that they can be more competitive.
Mom is right, isn’t she?”
It can’t be helped.
At tis like these, it is necessary to cultivate a sense of utilitarianism in the daughter.
“A woman won’t fancy a man who is good for nothing; similarly, a man won’t fancy a woman who cannot offer him any help.
The greatest pressure back then wasn’t on , but on your father.
Think about it, how many cold stares and rumors he endured?
You know your father’s personality; he is very proud deep down.
But still, he kept his pride and insistently married .
Do you think it was just for love?”
Shi Qianxi remained silent.
“Qian Qian, the world of adults has no pure emotions; you can’t be too naive.”
Perhaps only her mother would use the word “naive” to describe her.
“Mom, let’s eat.
The food is getting cold.”
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