Becoming The Bigshot's Only Love After Breaking Her Engagement-Chapter 444: The Ridiculous Bond Between Mother and Son
"Do you know why I asked you to walk me out? You should be very clear, even looking at you makes my eyes hurt." As soon as they stepped out, Shuixian said to Ningwan.
Ningwan replied, "Of course I know, looking at me makes your eyes hurt. So, you want me to walk you out because you have something to say?"
"But if it’s just to sow discord, then there’s no need to say it, I’m not interested." Ningwan reminded her.
Shuixian curled her lips, "I’d only want to sow discord if I had nothing better to do, if you don’t want to hear it, then forget it."
"Alright, then just forget it," said Ningwan.
Shuixian: "..."
"Aren’t you curious about what I want to say?"
"Not curious. If you don’t want to say, I won’t force you," Ningwan said with a smile.
Shuixian gritted her teeth, feeling infuriated by Ningwan. How could there be someone as hateful as her?
Normally, wouldn’t one be more curious, begging her to speak?
Forget it, she knew Ningwan was a weirdo.
Even if Ningwan didn’t want to hear it, Shuixian just had to tell her. Not saying it was suffocating.
"This woman is Zhan Hanjue’s biological mother, isn’t she? She said it herself, and judging from her appearance, I could pretty much guess, and she admitted it. I’m telling you, this woman definitely has bad intentions; she tried to pry all sorts of information about my relationship with you. Knowing we don’t get along, she tried to use me to climb up by stepping on you. She said she prefers me over you."
"Did she really say that to you?" Ningwan asked with a serious expression.
Shuixian exclaimed, "I swear, if I’m lying, I’m a dog. Why would I lie to you for no reason?"
"Your swearing carries no weight," Ningwan exposed her. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Shuixian hurriedly said, "But I’m really not lying to you; she did say that to me. Okay, I admit, telling you all this has a hint of trying to sow discord between you two. This woman clearly isn’t easy to deal with, and neither are you. If you two fight, it would surely be quite the show. But what I’m saying is the truth, if you don’t believe me, you can ask her."
"I will investigate this matter thoroughly, but you keep it to yourself, don’t tell Zhan Hanjue," Ningwan warned.
Shuixian sneered, "Why, are you afraid he will be saddened by his mother’s true nature? I didn’t expect you to be such a lovestruck fool, compromising so much for a person."
"I’m not like you, I don’t have that kind of lovestruck mind, and I don’t compromise for a man. I have my reasons for doing this, reasons you can’t possibly understand or would even try to understand because you’ve never truly fallen in love with a man."
With that, Ningwan turned and went back, not planning to continue walking with her.
Shuixian, in anger, lifted her leg and kicked in Ningwan’s direction a few times, calling her a brat.
What an infuriating person, why does she always lose in arguments with her?
"Did you see your senior sister off?"
Returning to the living room, Ningwan was surprised to find He Qingping still there, asking her gently.
Ningwan squinted, scrutinizing her, and after a while, under He Qingping’s puzzled gaze, chuckled lightly and said, "Yes, I saw my senior sister to the door and came back. How is Ms. He so free today, that she has time to come to this courtyard? Weren’t you supposed to accompany grandma? You should stay in your own courtyard and not wander around."
He Qingping’s face stiffened, explaining awkwardly, "I just suddenly remembered, when Zhan Hanjue was little, he loved the lion’s head dish I made. So I thought I’d come over and make it for him. Don’t worry; I’ll leave once I’m done, he won’t know I made it."
"You’ve been away from him for so long, you might not know, he doesn’t like greasy food now. He particularly dislikes dishes like lion’s head," Ningwan said.
He Qingping’s face looked displeased, "Maybe seeing it will remind him of his childhood and he’ll be willing to eat it."
"So, in recalling the good times with you, the deep mother-son bond, he can let bygones be bygones, forget the past hurts?" Ningwan retorted.
He Qingping, rebutted, looked unpleasant, couldn’t help but say, "Miss Ye, I know my return isn’t very satisfying for you. But I can’t figure out, I am Hanjue’s mother, not...anyone else, why can’t you accept me? If you and Hanjue were ordinary people, struggling to live on a salary, I’d understand not being accepted because I’d be another mouth to feed. The household doesn’t lack one more set of chopsticks! Why can’t you accept me?"
"Ms. He, shouldn’t you know why I can’t accept you? Everything is mutual, you’re no different; constantly trying to cause a crisis between me and Zhan Hanjue, even wanting to use a senior sister you’ve only met once to push me out. Do you know who she is? Do you dare push her into Zhan Hanjue’s arms? Are you his mother, or his enemy?" Ningwan said coldly.
He Qingping’s face stiffened, frowning in inquiry, "Did that senior sister of yours tell you?"
"Yes, though she doesn’t get along with me. But she doesn’t fancy Zhan Hanjue either, so she’s not interested in your proposal. So she told me everything, hoping to pit us against each other is what she most wants to see," Ningwan said.
Actually, she wasn’t particularly convinced by Shuixian’s words at first.
What she said just now was also a way of probing.
Unexpectedly, she didn’t need much probing, He Qingping admitted on her own.
Actually, she felt a bit sad.
Sad for Zhan Hanjue.
No matter what He Qingping’s intentions were for coming back, she initially thought, at least it wouldn’t be to harm Zhan Hanjue.
But now, she felt maybe she needed to change that thought.
In this world, not every mother is fit to be a mother.
And isn’t this something she should have known long ago?
"I didn’t mean any harm to Hanjue, I just..."
"Just don’t like me, and want me to leave him, is that right?" Ningwan followed up her sentence.
He Qingping furrowed her brows, not speaking.
Ningwan smiled, "Ms. He, I think you’ve been away from Zhan Hanjue for too long, too unfamiliar with him. Do you think if I leave him, you can have a deep mother-son bond, restoring the childhood relationship? It’s laughable, you didn’t even raise him for long. How is your relationship now with the son you doted on growing up? Even a child who never left you can grow distant in adulthood, let alone one abandoned as a child. Zhan Hanjue keeps you not because of past mother-son relationships, but to comfort grandma a bit. If you have any notion of exploiting the mother-son bond for anything, you’d better drop it sooner than later."
The last few sentences, Ningwan’s tone was grave, full of warning.
He Qingping’s face became uglier, her mouth opened as if to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.
