novelThe Return Of Ning Qing
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Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Ning Qing lay down on the bed and rolled around for a while. She got up to wash her face and brush her teeth. When she went down the steps, Auntie Yang placed her piping hot breakfast onto the table.
"Madam, you have woken up, come have your breakfast quickly."
"Okay." Ning Qing nodded her head and walked over.
When she walked past the living room, the television in the living room was broadcasting the daily entertainment headlines, and when Ning Qing saw the familiar figure, she stopped in her tracks.
In front of Guang Qing, Zhu Rui opened the car door, and Lu Shaoming stepped out dressed in a black suit.
The journalists that camped overnight crowded him excitedly."Young Master Lu, Ning Qing is the first girlfriend that you've admitted to officially. Now she is plagued by these rumours, would you accept an interview?"
There were at least 100 journalists swarming him. Everyone jostled to surround him, but they did not anticipate the arrival of Guang Qing's security guards. Rows of huge built men wearing dark colors immediately created a pathway for Lu Shaoming to walk up the steps.
That man confidently strutted up two flights of stairs with his long legs. He held a document his two fingers. He was elegant and handsomely stunning.
It did matter how messy his surroundings were. He was still as eloquent as ever. He did not speak, and every movement of his was still poised and accurate.
Suddenly his figure turned, Lu Shaoming turned his head back.
His dark eyes swept through the crowd. His face did not show an ounce of fear nor any hint of unhappiness, but the journalists all froze on the spot and looked at him respectfully.
In a single moment, the scene that was akin to a boisterous market became so silent that one could hear a pin drop. This was the suffocating aura of Lu Shaoming.
He showed his influence without exploding in anger.
A domineering force that could control an entire crowd.
"Sure, I will accept your interview." Lu Shaoming said through his thin lips, his voice gentle and low.
The journalists who were suppressed by his force regained their senses and were overjoyed. But they did not dare make a ruckus. The top 8 entertainment journalists of T City took their turn to question him and the photographers clicked their cameras.
"Young Master Lu, do you know of the matters related to Miss Ning Qing? Based on our knowledge, she seduced someone to gain favour 3 years ago and lost her chastity. In regard to this, what do you have to say?"
Lu Shaoming's expression didn't change. Hs sharp eyes focused on the journalist who asked the question, and with a smile, he asked, "Did Ning Qing openly confess to the things that happened 3 years ago? What do you want me to say about this? This is a ridiculous matter, ruining someone's innocence with no evidence."
The journalist froze, this matter had been deemed factual by everyone else, and he did not think that Lu Shaoming would deny it nonetheless.
"Young Master Lu, we have factual evidence with both eyewitnesses and pictures."
"For the matter that occurred 3 years ago, the best eyewitnesses would be Ning Qing and her best friend Yin Shuiling. Yin Shuiling has denied it already. Ning Qing also did not confess. What other eyewitness are there? As for the pictorial evidence..." Lu Shaoming frowned, "It is merely a picture that has been doctored. It is merely the work of a skilled editor. You just happened to accept it as evidence; I suggest everyone to review the photo in your hands."
Lu Shaoming's words led everyone at hand to gasp. What exactly does he mean?
On the topic of doctored images, the media was well versed in this and everyone present were all experts.
Doctored or not, they could tell the difference in a moment.
The widely circulated bedroom images were authentic.
However everyone saw Lu Shaoming's serious face, they knew that every word from him was the law. He would not lie. Could it be that something fishy had occured?
The journalists were in a dilemma. They had prepared a thick pile of questions, now they could not even use one of them. Yin Shuiling's denial about the matter yesterday, today Lu Shaoming claimed that the image was doctored, the pictorial evidence was in question, the eyewitness rendered useless... Could Ning Qing truly be innocent?
"Young Master Lu, there was a dispatch of T City's traffic police officers yesterday. All paths were blocked for an hour. There have been rumours that it was your responsibility. Could you explain? Why did you do this?"
"Oh, it was nothing much." Lu Shaoming's tone was casual and light."Ning Qing was under the stress of those rumours yesterday. She left home in a fit of anger, I waited an hour for her in the villa. I figured that no one had anything urgent to attend to, so I invited the entire city to accompany me on my wait."
The crowd was flabbergasted."Goodness!"
Who else in this world could easily invite the entire town to accompany him to wait for his woman to return?
The man before them was extremely dominant.
Also: Who had nothing to do? Who was free?
He was the one who had the most time on his hands.
"Young Master Lu, how about the heavy snow that day..."
"Oh, that was my request to Mayor Zhou to create artificial snow, Ning Qing was upset that day, and I accompanied her to appreciate the snow before us."
The crowd, "...." They wanted to puke blood.
Just because Ning Qing was upset, he could get snow to fall? Was she a concubine and he King Zhou of Shang?
This was outrageous!
Did he spare a thought for those who were dressed minimally, who were stuck in the jam and became snowmen? How did those people feel?
Did he?
The lives of the rich were really too upsetting for the others looking on.
"Young Master Lu, even if this matter was caused by someone's evil intent, there could not be smoke without fire. Your girlfriend and the Mu family's young master Mu Yunfan definitely had relations with each other. Some acquaintances have said that back then the young masters of the Mu, Yun, Xu and Ning families took great care of Ms. Ning and pampered her significantly. Everyone took it as kinship, but thinking about it now, Ning Qing had Young Master Mu then President Xu after. Does President Lu, the man who came after, truly not mind at all?"
The question was tricky and other journalists gave the journalist who asked the question a thumbs up. Wow, he really dared to ask this question.
The journalists stared intently at Lu Shaoming who was at the top of the flight of stairs. He was unwilling to ignore any of the man's micro-expressions.
The richer a person was, the more stringent they would be on background of their girlfriends. She could have an innocent personality and come from a good family, but no matter how clean Ning Qing was, her relationship history was a mess.
Moreover Ning Qing and Lu Shaoming have only been together for half a year; from the media's perspective, their relationship was not solely based on romance.
Under everyone's gaze, Lu Shaoming's's lips curled up slowly. The sun was shining brightly on him, and he had an elegant and mysterious aura to him. With one hand in his pocket, he slowly turned to face the cameras with a lingering smile on his face.
He did not know who it was directed at, but he knew he had to let someone know.
"Nobody knows; I met Ning Qing 3 years ago. I was 27 years old, and I was being chased by a politician and sustained heavy injuries. I was saved by her as she was passing by then. We fell in love at first sight."
"We met each other in the prime of our lives. She has me, Lu Shaoming. How would another man like Mu Yunfan or Xu Junxi be enough in her eyes? Ha."
At that moment, Ning Qing stood in the living room in a daze. She glanced at the handsome figure on the television screen, and forgot to react.
When she regained her senses, she then felt tears stream down her face.
She was crying.
This rascal, he went as far as....
It turned out that he was the man she saved 3 years ago, the man that she had feelings for when she was 18, now, unexpectedly became her husband.
She did not dare think of this.
Why did he hide this from her?
Using her hands to cup her face, she then realized her entire face was burning hot. The morning's events were like a comic book in her mind. He commented, "You have good taste."
He was elated and a bit smug.
She had a crush on him, she fell in love with him at first sight, and she could not forget him.
The thought of her young 18 self was obvious to the 30 year old. He did not attempt to expose her, and just observed her behaving like a fool, trying to get into his good graces.
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Woo, she had nothing to face him with.
"Madam, don't cry anymore, if you continue, Sir will get upset again. Searching for you yesterday, he almost broke apart the city to do so."
Ning Qing took the tissue from Auntie Yang's hand, wiping her tears. With her red eyes, and a shy expression, she responded, "Okay, Auntie Yang. I won't cry anymore, I only..."
"You are only too happy, I understand your feelings, " Auntie Yang teased.
Ning Qing's face was as red as a steamed prawn."I won't talk to you further." She bit her lip, stomped her feet, then ran to the dining table.
There was a glass of milk by her hand. She took a sip.
There didn't taste the milk. She only tasted his lingering flavor. When he fed her medicine yesterday, and let her lie on the headboard of the bed... She remembered the feeling of that kind of deep invasion.
Ah, what was going through her mind all this time?
Ning Qing shook her head.
Auntie Yang was speaking kindly beside her. Ning Qing did not hear a single word, and she did not know what had occurred yesterday. It was only due to yesterday's broadcast that she knew that he'd cordoned off the roads and created artificial snow all for her sake.
That pervert drove her through secluded areas without any closed circuit surveillance. How could he could locate her that fast?
He definitely went crazy waiting for her in the villa.
Just like how she felt in the taxi, missing him'til her heart ached.
Her heart melted into water, and she felt as sweet as honey. Lu Shaoming, Lu Shaoming, How could you pamper me this much? How much more can you pamper me?
She was overjoyed. Her mind was going into overdrive. Her heart was palpitating wildly because of him, and only for him.
At this moment, her phone rang, Auntie Yang placed the phone in front of her; it was a call from Xiao Zhou.
The moment she answered the call, she heard Xiao Zhou's excited tone."Ning Qing, this is great news. Go look quick! I don't even dare believe that the photos from 3 years ago have been proven to be doctored. Ning Qing, in the morning, this picture was definitely genuine, our team did authentication tests. But overnight, there have been so many different instances of the photo on the internet, that anywhere that has the image has been deemed 'fake'. This is exactly like a dream, and it came true without anyone noticing!"
"Ning Qing, you have already whose doing this was, right? There is no one else on this earth with that much power. Your husband, Young Master Lu, is really too awesome!"
"Ning Qing, since Young Master Lu has paved a road for you, it will be up to your will from now on. Young Master Lu and Yin Shuiling have been always on your side, waiting for you to retaliate and find your fighting spirit. We are also awaiting for you. Come back quick, return to the Ning Qing that we know!"
Ning Qing was immensely touched. Before today, she thought she'd been thrown away by the world, but now there were still people who supported and loved her.
Everyone was waiting for her.
"Okay, Xiao Zhou, I have a plan in mind, but I have to confirm some matters. You wait for my call; I won't disappoint you."
"Okay." Xiao Zhou ended the call.
Ning Qing ate her breakfast, boarded the car that Lu Shaoming had prepared for her, and went directly to the hospital.
She browsed the web while in the car, and just like what Xiao Zhou said, this matter had been overturned entirely in a day's time.
The picture was deemed to be doctored. The swarm of netizens immediately started to support her, and many others still had their doubts about anyone who would plot against her. They made it their mission to protect her.
Ning Qing let out a laugh.
She knew Lu Shaoming's intentions. He wanted her to give no comment. This was the best solution to the problem at hand.
It didn't matter that this had happened 3 years ago; this matter was vague and she could not allow it to do more harm.
Ning Qing rested her head against the seat, her fists balled up due to nervousness. Her palms were sweaty. She was on the way to the hospital, awaiting her results.
Approaching noon, an hour later.
Xiao Zhou received a call from Ning Qing.
Ning Qing's voice was crisp on the line."Xiao Zhou, come to the hospital immediately."
"Hospital? Ning Qing, are you unwell? I cannot go. Over these two days that you've hidden from the public, the journalists have all been keeping their eyes on me."
"I know the journalists are watching you. Come to the hospital and allow them to follow your trail. We need to put on a show, and the journalists would be our best audience."
Xiao Zhou's eyes brightened up, and she said with confidence, "Ning Qing, don't worry. Leave it me to settle everything. I promise nothing will go wrong."
Xiao Zhou rushed to the hospital.
Ning Qing was dressed in a white lace top and black pants, covered with a think pink coat, just like a blooming begonia. Beautiful beyond words.
Xiao Zhou froze for a while. After all this hardship, she was worried that Ning Qing would be frail and weak.
She smiled and knew. A woman surrounded by a man would only be more and more beautiful.
Especially that kind of man.
Xiao Zhou walked forward and clasped her hand and worriedly asked, "Ning Qing, are you okay? The journalists are probably on the way to the hospital. How can I help you put on this show? Just tell me what to do."
"I am fine, Xiao Zhou, "Ning Qing said while passing the exam results to her."Take a look at this."
Xiao Zhou took the sheet in her hands and was bewildered, "Ning Qing, you.. you are still..."
Xiao Zhou was at a loss for words.
Ning Qing smiled and her delicate features were highlighted by her flushed cheeks, but more of that was due to her confidence."Let's go, Xiao Zhou. Let's go to the elevator. We will meet the journalists on the way."
Ning Qing straightened her elegant back and turned around.
Xiao Zhou followed closely behind.
The two got off the elevator and when they exited the doors of the hospital, they were swarmed by a sea of journalists.
The journalists hadn't seen Ning Qing show her face for two days. They were excited and came forward with their microphones."Miss Ning, could we know what exactly happened 3 years ago? The photos in bed were fake. Are you an innocent party?"
"I am sorry, Ning Qing is not accepting any interviews currently, " Xiao Zhou answered while Ning Qing walked on with her head held low.
At this moment, a sharp eyed journalist saw the examination results in her hand and asked excitedly, "Miss Ning, can we know why you came to the hospital today? What did you come for?"
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