Chapter 17: A Long-Hidden Secret

Although Ning Er was full of doubts, she still walked out of the Fang Mansion with Yiyi.

On the way back to Liufu, the more Ning Er thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she felt that this party must have an unusual relationship with her mother, otherwise how could he have a portrait of his mother; But if Fang Yuanwai is really familiar with his mother, then why hasn't he heard his mother mention Fang Yuanwai, so does the second lady also know Fang Yuanwai. Ning Er thought about it again and again, and decided to go back and ask the second lady before making a decision.

As soon as Ning Er and Yi Yi returned to Fang Mansion, Ning Er walked towards the second lady's room by herself, thinking about going to the second lady to ask for clarification.

"Knock knock" Ning Er stood at the door of the second lady's room and knocked lightly on the door a few times. "Second lady, are you there? I'm Ning'er, I have something to ask you, can I go in? Ning Er asked cautiously at the door of the second lady, for fear that the second lady would still be angry with herself because of Lu'er's injury.

"Come in." The second lady replied, although the second lady only said three words, but Ning Er still felt the second lady's unhappiness, I don't know if it was because she didn't take good care of Lu'er and let Lu'er get hurt, but Ning Er still mustered up the courage to open the door of the second lady's room.

Ning Er entered the second lady's room, and when she saw the second lady, she was sitting at the table, and it seemed that the second lady's face was still not very good, but no matter what, Ning Er decided to ask the second lady to solve the confusion in her heart.

Ning Er walked to the opposite side of the second lady and did not sit down, but stood and talked. "Second lady, I really have some doubts in my heart, and I don't know how to solve it, so I want to ask you." Ning Er was a little cautious when she spoke in front of the second lady.

"Let's sit down and talk about something." The second lady still just answered a few words neatly, without saying much. However, he asked Ning Er to sit down and talk, which made Ning Er feel a little surprised, when she talked to the second lady before, Ning Er always stood up, it can be said that Ning Er didn't dare to sit, and it can be said that the second lady didn't allow her to sit down and talk.

Ning Er was stunned for a moment when she heard the second lady let herself sit down and speak, and her eyes became dull when she looked at the second lady, but she quickly pulled out the bench from under the table and sat opposite the second lady.

"Second Madam, I want to ask you if you know anything about Fang Yuanwai, has he been living in Yongzhou County?" Ning Er didn't tell the second lady that her father was in Fang Yuanwai's hands, so when she asked, she only dared to ask about the general situation, and didn't dare to ask the second lady if she knew that Fang Yuanwai and her mother were old acquaintances.

"Fang Yuanwai, is it the Fang Yuanwai you want to marry?" The second lady repeated Fang Yuanwai's name, as if there was a second famous Fang Yuanwai in Yongzhou County.

"That's right, Second Lady, it's that Fang Yuan." Ning Er didn't say much, but simply answered the second lady's question.

"I really don't know much about this party, it was he who first came to mention the marriage with you. What's the matter, Ning'er, did you suddenly ask Fang Yuanwai what was going on? The second lady said that she didn't know Fang Yuanwai, and even the marriage between Fang Yuanwai and Ning Er was first proposed by Fang Yuanwai.

When Ning Er heard the second lady say this, she felt even more puzzled. The second lady grew up in Yongzhou County since she was a child, but she didn't know that Fang Yuanwai was also a wealthy family in Yongzhou County, and the second lady didn't know it, which sounded a little strange. Moreover, this ridiculous marriage was actually brought up by Fang Yuanwai first, which made Ning Er feel even more puzzled, and she didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Fang Yuanwai's gourd.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's just that the marriage is approaching, and I want to ask myself what kind of person I will marry in the future." Ning Er used marriage as an excuse to cover up the past, but she also knew in her heart that if she couldn't find a way to solve the kidnapping of her father by Fang Yuanwai, she would marry that Fang Yuanwai, and Fang Yuanwai would really become her husband.

"Ning'er, the second lady knows that you have been wronged by marrying that Fang Yuanwai, but the Liu family has no support now, and that Fang Yuanwai once promised me that if you marry into the Fang family, you will always help the Liu family's business. You also know that although our Liu family has been doing business in recent years, there are fewer and fewer businessmen who are willing to cooperate with the Liu family, and only Fang Yuan is willing to help our Liu family's business. ”

Before the second lady didn't say anything, Ning Er didn't know much about the Liu family's business over the years, and originally thought that the Liu family's business was not very prosperous, but it was still rich, but after listening to the second lady's words, Ning Er knew that it was not easy for the Liu family to maintain business all these years.

But when Ning Er heard the second lady mention again that Fang Yuanwai had been helping her family's business, she was confused again. It's not that the second lady doesn't know Fang Yuanwai, which means that Fang Yuanwai and the second lady are not very familiar with each other, but now why did Fang Yuanwai help her family's business again, is it just because of her marriage with Fang Yuanwai?

"Second Madam, I just heard what you said, and I feel that you and Fang Yuanwai don't seem to be very familiar with each other, haven't the Liu family's business affairs been managed by your father, how do you feel like you are very familiar with Fang Yuanwai?" Ning'er didn't go around in circles this time, and directly asked the second lady what she was thinking.

"Actually, I don't know Fang Yuanwai very well, and I only have some business dealings with him." The second lady just said simply, but it could be seen that the second lady was very nervous, and her lips were pursed a little harder.

Ning Er wanted to ask the second lady about Fang Yuan's affairs again, but before Ning Er could speak, the second lady suddenly spoke again, her eyes kept dodging, and she didn't dare to look at Ning Er's eyes.

"In fact, five years ago, when Liufu's business was sluggish, the Liu family was about to be desperate to sell their houses and land, and at this time, Fang Yuanwai suddenly appeared. Fang Yuanwai took the initiative to come to me and said that he could help the Liu family tide over the difficulties, but he put forward a condition. At that time, he didn't say what the conditions were, but said that he hadn't thought about it, and he would come to me to cash it out after thinking about it in the future. As soon as the second lady said the conditions, she was even more excited, her right hand, which was originally holding a handkerchief, suddenly pinched her left hand at this time, and Ning'er saw this scene and felt that things were starting to become not simple.

"I originally thought that the condition he proposed was just to let the Liu family tide over the difficulties and give some rich rewards, nothing more than more silver, so I agreed. But after he helped the Liu family tide over the difficulties, he suddenly disappeared, and he didn't come to me until recently, and the condition was that he would marry you. When Ning Er heard that Fang Yuanwai's condition was her own marriage, her head buzzed.

"At the beginning, I also wanted to refuse, Ning'er, but after all, I promised the other family at the beginning, and he did help the Liu family tide over the difficulties, I had no choice, and I didn't dare to write to tell your father, after all, I secretly agreed from your father, and your father has been kept in the dark, thinking that I was looking for my mother's relationship and helped the Liu family tide over the difficulties. Ning'er, don't blame the second lady, the second lady can't help it, if I don't agree to Fang Yuan, not only will your father know that I deceived him at the beginning, if this matter spreads, the Liu family will no longer have integrity in business in the future, and no one will have any business dealings with the Liu family. ”

As the second lady spoke, she suddenly choked up, tears in her eyes burst out of her eyes, crossing her cheeks, and the second lady picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and her voice trembled a little.

Ning Er listened to what the second lady said so much, and felt very surprised, her eyes were wider than before, her mouth opened slightly in surprise, and her eyes became dull.

Ning Er didn't know that there was such a secret between the second lady and Fang Yuanwai, this secret didn't even know her father, Ning Er seemed to understand the second lady, why the second lady forced herself to marry Fang Yuanwai, why she kept begging herself to marry Fang Yuanwai, it turned out that she was a chess piece, a chess piece that was exchanged at will, in order for the Liu family to tide over the difficulties, she was actually sold to Fang Yuanwai.

Ning Er didn't know what to do at the moment, she didn't know if she should comfort the second lady and say that it was okay, saying that she had agreed to the marriage outside the Fang Yuan, had completed the exchange conditions for her, and preserved the Liu family for the second lady and her father, so there was no need to worry about these things; I should still feel sad for myself, if my father was kidnapped in my life, I would still end up like this, and I still couldn't escape this marriage.

Ning Er's head was very confused, and it kept buzzing, Ning Er didn't seem to be able to see the second lady in front of her anymore, she just felt so messy, her head was very dizzy, and she felt that her whole body was shaking. Ning Er stood up slowly, didn't say a word, the whole person walked crookedly to the door of the second lady's room, and when she stepped out of the room, she was tripped by the threshold, as if even this threshold was laughing at Ning Er, ridiculing Ning Er for being a chess piece, except for being exchanged to make some contributions to the Liu family, it was useless.

Ning'er tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground. But Ning'er soon struggled to get up from the ground and began to run, speeding all the way towards her room without pausing.

Ning Er ran to the door of her room, but did not slow down, "bang", Ning Er's body hit the door, slammed the door open, and Ning Er fell to the ground. Ning'er fell to the ground and didn't get up again, got up on the ground and sat on the ground, moving her ass and body a little to the door. Ning Er first moved her body and touched the right side of the door, and closed the right door with her hand; After closing the door on the right, Ning Er's legs knelt on the ground, and crawled towards the door on the left little by little, Ning Er crawled behind the door of the door on the left, pushed the door with her hand, closed the door on the left, and tried to straighten her hand to plug in the door latch of the room.

The sunlight in the room was suddenly blocked by the whole door, and the whole room became dark. Ning'er leaned against the door of the room, kneeling on the ground, the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing, drop by drop, Ning'er cried, but she didn't make a sound. Crying and crying, Ning Er's whole strength seemed to be taken away, and she collapsed on the ground all of a sudden, Ning Er closed her eyes and didn't cry anymore, just lay quietly on the ground without making a sound.

Ning Er didn't know why it became like this, why she was like a chess piece, at the mercy of others, she wanted to try to stand up, to resist the second lady, to tell the second lady that she was unwilling to marry Fang Yuanwai, to cry loudly, but Ning Er lay on the ground and didn't move again.