NOVEL WEB Chapter 6: Chapter 6: You Escaped the Wedding, So I Married Someone Else
Ning Chen's nose bridge was bruised.
He had a stern expression as he strode out.
Xue Zhitang looked at her pale, weak face. Her gaze deepened, but she didn't say anything in the end: "Rest well, I'll call a doctor for you."
She left with Ning Yuan Guo.
The doctor arrived quickly. As he applied ointment while stopping the bleeding, he said, "Who did this? It was almost healed, little girl, bear with the pain, I need to reapply the medicine…"
During the treatment, Ning Heng's face turned as white as a sheet from the pain, but she didn't say a word.
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Outside the hospital:
The Ning family's father and son got into the car.
Inside the car, Ning Chen grimaced from the pain.
Xue Zhitang glanced at him but didn't say much.
The black car moved smoothly along the road. After a while, Xue Zhitang noticed something and asked the driver to stop.
Ning Yuan Guo asked, "What's the matter?"
Xue Zhitang pointed to a bustling shop: "I made a reservation at Yipin Zhai for health porridge a while ago, and today's the day it's available. Xiao Chen, take the number and go pick it up."
"I?" Ning Chen was confused.
"Should your dad and I go?"
Ning Chen pouted and reluctantly got out of the car.
As he walked away, Ning Yuan Guo asked, "Why suddenly want Yipin Zhai's porridge?"
Why not have the servant pick it up instead of dealing with the crowds and waiting forever?
"It's not sudden." Xue Zhitang smiled. "I saw that the porridge Ning Heng was eating in the hospital was from Yipin Zhai, so if she has some, naturally we should bring some for Xuan Xuan too. We can't be unfair."
Ning Yuan Guo smiled: "You're right."
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They waited in the car for more than three hours.
When Ning Chen came back, he was drenched in sweat.
It was scorching hot, his face was red from the sun, and he felt exhausted.
"What kind of crappy store is this, so many people? The line almost killed me. Let's hurry, I need to get home and reapply the medicine. My face is about to get infected."
The car drove off toward the Ning family's home.
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Back at the Ning residence, Shen Mubai was still with Ning Xuan.
Ning Chen took the opportunity to exaggerate.
"Mubai Ge, you don't know how malicious that woman is. The wound on my face? She caused it! She's fine, no sickness at all! She just wants to make you all sympathize with her. Don't go see her, or you'll fall into her trap!"
Shen Mubai frowned. "Ning Heng isn't like that."
Ning Xuan looked at Shen Mubai's handsome face, gently squeezed her palm, and smiled, "Xiao Chen, go take care of your wound."
Ning Chen scratched his head. "Alright, I'm going now! It's still Xuan Xuan who cares about me!"
Ning Xuan smiled softly.
She then looked at Shen Mubai, her expression apologetic and guilty. "Mubai Ge, my sister must be angry. You ran away from the wedding for me. I don't know if she'll blame me…"
Her face was pale, and her voice was incredibly weak and pitiful.
Shen Mubai absentmindedly replied, "She won't."
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Around 5 PM:
Shen Mubai dropped Ning Xuan off and left the Ning residence.
He drove toward the hospital.
On the road, his mother's words kept playing in his mind:
"Shen Mubai, you're the only heir of the Shen family. How can you marry such a worthless woman?"
"Even if she's the eldest daughter of the Ning family, so what? Do you see how Ning Yuan Guo and his wife treat her?"
"Listen to me. Ning Xuan is the true princess of the Ning family. Moreover, she's beautiful and talented. Marrying her will benefit you greatly. The Shen family will stand on equal footing with the other two prestigious families, the Si family and the Lu family…"
"This is your father's lifelong wish. If you really can't let go, just marry both Ning sisters. Keep one as your wife and the other as your mistress. What does it matter? Every man in high society has some entanglements."
"Ning Xuan attempted suicide. This is your best excuse. Escape the wedding, and break off with Ning Heng..."
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At the hospital, Shen Mubai found Ning Heng's room and gently pushed the door open.
The room was quiet.
It was already evening, the sun slanting through the window. The girl was sleeping in bed.
Shen Mubai instinctively lightened his steps.
He walked to her bedside, pulled the blanket up, and tucked it in neatly.
As he leaned down, he saw her serene face.
He reached out, about to gently touch her face.
But before he could, she woke up.
Ning Heng had always been a light sleeper. When she opened her eyes, she saw him.
She brushed his hand away.
Shen Mubai stared at her for a long time. Many complicated emotions flashed across his eyes. "The wedding... it was my fault."
Ning Heng propped herself up and said faintly, "It's all in the past."
Shen Mubai bit his lip and asked, "How's your health?"
"I'm fine." Ning Heng replied, "Actually, you didn't need to come. I thought I made myself clear that day."
Shen Mubai clenched his hand at his side.
He had expected this outcome, but seeing her now—her once lively and gentle demeanor replaced by indifference and detachment—his heart ached like a needle prick.
He wanted to speak, but he was interrupted as he grabbed her shoulder: "Ning Heng, the truth is that day I—"
"It doesn't matter anymore."
Ning Heng interrupted softly, her face cold, indifferent, and resolute.
Shen Mubai froze, a panic he'd never experienced before enveloping his chest.
At that moment, someone suddenly entered the room.
Yuan Qing walked in with a food box.
Yuan Qing had looked into some things about Ning Heng in recent days and immediately recognized that the man at the bedside was Shen Mubai, the son of the Shen family—Ning Heng's former fiancé.
Shen Mubai turned, eyeing the man with suspicion. "Who are you?"
Yuan Qing didn't answer immediately. He simply placed the food box on the table and smiled at Ning Heng: "Madam, the gentleman asked me to bring you the food. He made it himself. Please have a taste."
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"Madam?"
Shen Mubai furrowed his brows.
Ning Heng replied lightly, "Just leave it there."
"Yes."
Yuan Qing nodded but didn't leave. He heard Shen Mubai ask, "Ning Heng, why did he call you Madam?"
Yuan Qing smiled and replied, "Naturally because Miss Ning has agreed to our young master's proposal. She will soon be his legitimate wife."
Shen Mubai's brow furrowed tightly, filled with rage: "You're talking nonsense!"
Since Ning Heng returned to the Ning family, her circle had been small. Aside from him, there was no other man with an ambiguous relationship with her.
Who would she be a 'Madam' to?
Who did she agree to marry?!
Yuan Qing smiled faintly: "If you don't believe me, you can ask our Madam yourself."
Shen Mubai turned to Ning Heng, but before he could say anything, she spoke: "He's telling the truth."
Ning Heng looked up: "You escaped the wedding, so I married someone else. This way, it's fair, don't you think?"
Shen Mubai clenched his jaw, his anger boiling over: "But I told you, the wedding was just postponed, just postponed!"
"But I didn't agree."
Even if the wedding were to happen again, so what?
Could he piece together her shattered self-esteem?
He and Xue Zhitang, and Ning Yuan Guo, were the same—they didn't care about her at all. They just naturally chose others over her.
She suddenly felt very tired. "Please leave, I don't want to see you right now."
Shen Mubai looked at her for a long while, rubbing his temples in frustration. He stood up and sighed, "Once you've calmed down, we can talk properly."
Even if he couldn't marry her, he didn't believe she would marry someone else.
They had been together for four years.
He could feel the affection, dependence, and love in her eyes.
She wouldn't fall in love with someone else.
Moreover, he was the eldest son of the Shen family, and he didn't believe he would lose to any man from S Country.
This matter was complicated and chaotic.
But he and Ning Heng still had time.
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At the Presidential Office.
Before the imposing golden doors, the ceremonial guards passed by. Inside, Yuan Qing waited for the Secretary of State to leave before entering to report on tonight's events.
Fu Jinzhou listened and put his pen down.
"How is her injury?"
"Should be fine now." Yuan Qing replied, "Miss Ning only had a flesh wound."
"Mm." Fu Jinzhou said, "Postpone all of tomorrow afternoon's schedules."
"You mean…?"
Fu Jinzhou's expression deepened: "Naturally, I'm going to bring the young lady home."