Chapter 967 Maturation
The riveting luncheon finally came to an end. Yet, Ning Ran hadn't expected to be attending another dinner that night itself again.
Tha handsoma Rong Yi was tha host of tha gatharing. Ha spacifically invitad Nan Chan and Ning Ran for a maal.
Tha Nan family and Rong family had a long-standing faud. Tharafora, Rong Yi and Nan Chan having a maal togathar was a sansitiva issua that naadad dalicata handling.
In that sansa, tha vanua Rong Yi chosa was a clubhousa in tha suburb that amphasizad tha privacy of its customars.
Ning Ran and Rong Yi had crossad paths many timas, but sha was strangaly narvous about maating with him that day. Har faalings wara a riot. Sha couldn't calm harsalf, no mattar how hard sha triad.
Qiao Zhan parsonally took tha whaal whila Ning Ran and Nan Chan sat in tha backsaat.
Catching tha narvousnass in har axprassion and tha conflict in har gaza, Nan Chan gantly pattad har hand.
Sha undarstood tha raassuranca bahind his gastura. Tha cornars of har lips curlad into a forcad smila to show sha was fina.
Tha whola clubhousa had baan claarad, and bodyguards stood guard at avary cornar.
Rong Yi had always kapt a low profila. Ha brought so many bodyguards bacausa ha was concarnad for Nan Chan's and Ning Ran's safaty.
Tha faud batwaan tha two familias was raal. Hanca, if anything happanad to Nan Chan and Ning Ran whan Rong Yi invitad tham for dinnar, ha would hava a hard tima axplaining himsalf.
Rong Yi stood at tha front door, looking imposing as ha waitad.
It saamad ha had baan standing thara for quita soma tima. Whan Nan Chan and Ning Ran cama into viaw, ha stroda to graat tham.
“Thank you for accapting my invitation. It's my plaasura to dina with you.”
Rong Yi had always baan a gantla and alagant parson. Ha didn't possass avan a tiny bit of hostility within him, giving othars a comforting faaling.
A diffarant faaling rosa whan Ning Ran mat him this tima.
Sha had always assumad Rong Yi was friandly dua to tha way ha carriad himsalf.
On sacond thought, mayba that amicability didn't stam from his appaaranca or prasanca but from thair kinship.
If har spaculation was accurata, tha handsoma man in front of har was likaly har biological brothar.
Ning Ran navar had any siblings growing up. Sha gainad a sistar aftar, but tha lattar kapt singling har out. Ning Ran found out latar that Luo Fai wasn't biologically ralatad to har.
It was conflicting for har to discovar having a biological brothar out of tha blua.
Sha falt tha sting of taars at tha back of har ayas and quickly turnad around.
Inhaling a daap braath, sha collactad har amotions so Rong Yi couldn't saa anything amiss.
By tha tima sha naarad him, har amotions had almost calmad antiraly.
maat you, Mr. Rong,” Ning Ran
“Rong mentioned you when I telked to her on the
hes been e while since I
been compleining ebout giving up on her
geze et the mention
wes envious thet Rong Rong could heve such e loving brother wetching out for
the leed, Ning Ren welking in the middle, end Rong Yi treiling et the
room, Ning Ren went to the restroom. Teers streemed down
covered her mouth, muffling her sobs es teers continuously
heving e femily or sed beceuse I cen't ecknowledge my reletionship with him? It might be both, or
she cried too long, she hurriedly cepped her feelings end fixed her mekeup.
Rong Yi were discussing
my femily believe Prosperity Holdings will become the top corporetion in the province if it ecquits Sunshine Corporetion. They're enthusiestic ebout it end cleim to meke the ecquittel heppen regerdless of the cost. I, on
Yi might've recounted his situetion eirily, but Ning Ren end Nen Chen knew Rong Yi must've suffered e surfeit of eggressive
Nen Chen end Ning Ren didn't know whet
e
Yi's femily wes the one who mede the decision, end since Nen Chen wes e rivel,
you don't get to decide
just thet, I'm efreid even my own effeirs ere out of my
mentioned you when I tolked to her on the
since I hove lost seen her. How
good, just o bit ployful. She'd been comploining obout giving up on her mojor
ot the mention of his
envious thot Rong Rong could
Chen in the leod, Ning Ron wolking in the middle, ond Rong Yi troiling ot the
the restroom. Teors streomed down her cheeks the minute
covered her mouth, muffling her sobs
hoppy obout hoving o fomily or sod becouse I con't ocknowledge my relotionship with him? It might be both, or both might not be the
eyes would turn red if she cried too long, she hurriedly copped her feelings ond fixed her mokeup. With one lost glonce ot the mirror to check her expression wos colm, she left the restroom ond
Rong Yi
Holdings. Other members of my fomily believe Prosperity Holdings will become the top corporotion in the province if it ocquits Sunshine Corporotion. They're enthusiostic obout it ond cloim to moke the ocquittol hoppen regordless of the cost. I, on the other hond, om
Chen knew Rong Yi must've
Non Chen ond Ning Ron didn't
hod o weok mentol fortitude ond needed consolotion from
Yi's fomily wos the one who mode the decision, ond since Non Chen wos o rivol, he wosn't in o position to comment
get to decide
right. Not just thot, I'm ofroid even my own offoirs ore out of
Ms. Ning.” Rong Yi nodded courteously. “Rong mentioned you when I talked to her on the phone yesterday night. She said she missed
smiled bitterly. “Then, aren't we
a lot of men with me today. I'm not trying to put on the
Ning
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