Chapter 549: Chapter 549 You Never Really Loved Me Chapter 549: Chapter 549 You Never Really Loved Me Wei Zixiong looked at the Ning Xueling in front of him and saw that the love that used to be in her eyes was gone, replaced by a coldness that made his heart momentarily panic, but it was fleeting.
“Xueling, can we stop fighting?”
“I was wrong that day, I hit you without asking for the full story, but I realized my mistake afterward. Didn’t I go to apologize to you the next day? We can’t hold on to this one thing forever.
Look, Hong Yan finally found a teacher willing to take her on, and I really don’t have enough money to pay her school fees right now, even if it means borrowing. Is that okay?”
Ning Xueling said, “Wei Zixiong, you never really loved me, did you?”
Wei Zixiong coughed lightly, “Xueling, how could you think that? You know about what happened back then.”
Ning Xueling laughed sarcastically, “I was so foolish, just a backup plan, wasn’t I? Foolish enough not to realize I was being used, foolish enough to give up everything in pursuit of a dream, foolish to the point of being abandoned by everyone. You must be feeling quite proud.”
Wei Zixiong was startled—how had this woman suddenly bee so wise, or was there someone guiding her from behind? He didn’t want to fall out with her now, after all, the Ning family had cared for her since she was a child and wouldn’t ignore her plight.
He still needed her eldest uncle’s help, and if the two really ended up getting divorced, he feared that the Ning brothers wouldn’t let him off easily. Thinking this, he softened his tone, “Xueling, it’s all my fault that I hurt you. You can punish me however you like.”
Ning Xueling looked at the gossiping neighbors outside, feeling somewhat embarrassed to go outside and in annoyance, she returned to the house.
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On Lu Yichen’s side, carrying the things his aunt had prepared—for his three little nephews’ snacks—he hadn’t been back at the pound for long before people started talking.
“Yichen’s leg has really healed, this is truly wonderful.”
“It’s just a pity, if he had stayed in the army, he would probably have been promoted by now.”
“You can’t say that. Now he’s the captain of the Criminal Investigation Division at the city’s Public Security Bureau, he still has a bright future ahead.”
“Exactly, wherever he is, he’s serving the people.”
“The Luo girl must be regretting it now. Everyone in the pound thought they’d end up together. Although Yichen never liked Jinwen, he never said anything against it, and unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, Jinwen got engaged to the second grandson of the Sun Family.”
“That second grandson from the Sun Family really isn’t anything special.”
“You should refrain from such remarks in the future. The two are already married, and whether it’s good or bad, that’s their business.”
Lu Yichen reached the doorstep with his items when he saw his stepmother ing out of the house with a few green onions, ready to go back inside. She likely heard the noise at the gate and turned her head to look over.
His stepmother, Geng Mingli, seeing that it was Lu Yichen, smiled and said, “Yichen, you’re back. e inside, your nephews were just asking about you.”
The little nieces and nephews inside heard the voices and rushed out, “Uncle Yichen, Uncle Yichen, you’re back!”
His sister-in-law Wang Xiaoxin followed behind, “Oh my, my little treasures, put on your jackets, it’s cold outside.”
Lu Yichen, seeing that his niece and nephews weren’t wearing their coats, hurriedly hugged them and brought them inside.
Both of the younger ones were ecstatic being held by their Uncle Yichen.
After entering the house, Lu Yichen put down the two little ones, “In such cold weather, if you run outside without a jacket, what if you catch a cold?”
The older niece, Lu Ran, said, “Uncle Yichen, we all missed you.”
Lu Yichen replied, “Your old auntie gave me quite a lot of snacks for you guys, go ahead and share them.”
Cui Yueyue, ing down from upstairs, said, “Yo, big brother is back. Did you bring us any gifts?”
Lu Yichen pletely ignored her, focusing on taking things out from the bag for his niece and nephews.
Cui Yueyue, seeing that Lu Yichen was ignoring her, plained, “Mom, look at big brother.”
Geng Mingli said helplessly, “You know he doesn’t like you, yet you always have to go out of your way to make yourself miserable, whose fault is that?”
His sister-in-law Wang Xiaoxin said, “Yichen, happy New Year.”
Lu Yichen stood up, “Sister-in-law, happy New Year to you too.”
Wang Xiaoxin smiled, “Don’t always spoil them.”
Lu Yichen looked at his niece and nephews, “They’ve been raised very well.”
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