Silence reigned in the room as the floor was a mess.
Tang Li leaned against the bed as he watched Ning Jing's unreasonable tantrums expressionlessly.
It wasn't as if the same thing hadn't happened before.
On a certain late night not long after their wedding, Ning Jing was hungry and ignored the servant girls to wake up Tang Li instead. She wanted him to find her something to eat.
As the Executive Chairman of Cloud Realm Trade Consortium, how could Ning Jing be a spoiled princess when she was in charge of such a large business and the Di Clan's Ning Family business?
Tang Li knew that her unreasonable tantrums were only meant to make him lose his temper, so he played along to the end.
Back then, Tang Li's acting skills were superb. No matter how much trouble Ning Jing made, he waited on her like a slave to his wife. He even seemed to enjoy the hardship as if it were syrup.
He personally went to the kitchens to find a bowl of red bean porridge. Ning Jing took a bite before dropping it to the ground, complaining that it was too sweet and cloying. He wasn't angry at all, but told her to wait with a chuckle. He personally went to boil a bowl of porridge and added double the amount of sugar, preparing to play the fool and prank her. He even planned to make another bowl with double the amount of sugar if she thought it was too sweet. That was until she stopped ordering him around.
But Ning Jing not only didn't fall for Tang Li's tricks, but ate it all in one go. She even praised Tang Li's culinary skills and said that she would only eat his red bean porridge in the future. Thus, from that night onwards, Ning Jing would torment Tang Li every few days. Sometimes it was late at night, sometimes early in the morning. No matter how tired Tang Li was, she would drag Tang Li out of bed to make porridge.
Tang Li was not easy to deal with. He added more and more sugar to the porridge, but Ning Jing could eat it. That was until one time when Tang Li added ten spoonfuls of sugar to a small bowl of red bean porridge, and Ning Jing ate it all without frowning. Tang Li almost suspected that there was something wrong with Ning Jing's taste buds!
Tang Li was defeated in this secret battle of sweetness. He was really afraid that Ning Jing would get sick if she continued eating like this. From then on, she didn't dare to add too much sugar to the porridge. Ning Jing didn't comment on the difference in taste. She ate it all quietly.
This incident made Tang Li understand a principle. Don't take a woman seriously. When a woman takes a man seriously, she is too scary!
The past was still vivid in his mind, but now things had changed …
Tang Li raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ning Jing. He sneered, "Forget it if you don't want it!"
After he finished speaking, he got up and strode out of the door. Ning Jing chased after him at the door but was stopped by the guards. She was under house arrest and couldn't go out at all.
Actually, she didn't want to go out. She was just putting on an act. She was sure that he wouldn't come back tonight. Only when he wasn't around could she calm down and think about what she should do.
Tang Li didn't go far from the courtyard when he bumped into Madam Tang.
Madam Tang looked anxious, "Ah Li, the elders are looking for you. You … what are you doing in the middle of the night? Why are you hiding in the kitchens to cook porridge?"
Yes, the red bean porridge that Ning Jing overturned was the porridge that Tang Li locked himself in the kitchens to cook after he stood the elders up. He didn't know what was wrong with him today.
"I didn't!" Tang Li denied.
"You can fool your father, but can you fool me? A 'Li, tell mother the truth. Have you really taken a fancy to that girl Ning Jing? "Lady Tang asked seriously.
Tang Li ignored her and strode forward. Madam Tang quickly chased after him and said in a displeased voice, "You little brat, if this old lady couldn't see through your thoughts, then I would've doted on you for twenty years for nothing!"
Tang Li still didn't say anything as he headed to the discussion hall.
Madam Tang didn't chase after him and shouted, "Someone come, take Ning Jing to Returning Dragon Peak. Tell Yiru to properly watch over her!"
Returning Dragon Peak was where the Tang Sect's ancestral hall was located, enshrining the ancestral tablets. Madam Tang didn't know that Aunt Ru was imprisoned on Returning Dragon Peak. Only when Han Yunxi's identity was exposed and Tang Zijin impulsively went to Returning Dragon Peak to find Aunt Ru did Madam Tang learn of this matter.
Now that Ning Jing was under house arrest in the Tang Sect, if Madam Tang sent her to Aunt Ru on Returning Dragon Peak, with Aunt Ru's hatred for the East Qin camp, in less than three days, Ning Jing would be tortured to death.
Tang Li kept walking forward, causing Madam Tang's lips to curve up into a smile as she silently counted in her heart. One, two, three …
She thought she could count to five, but she didn't even reach four before Tang Li stopped.
But Tang Li didn't look back, only said Coldly, "Do as you like! But if she tortures Aunt Ru to death, I might not be able to take down Cloud Realm Trade Consortium's arms trade! "
So speaking, he strode away. Madam Tang chased after him a few times, but couldn't catch up.
"That damned child!" Madam Tang was so angry that her face turned green!
"Old Man, calm down and take care of your body," the servant girl coaxed anxiously.
"Say, this child … just what is he thinking?" Madam Tang realized that she didn't understand her son at all.
After some hesitation, Madam Tang went to Ning Jing's rooms. It was already late at night, so Ning Jing never expected Madam Tang to show up.
She hadn't even dressed properly when Madam Tang dismissed all the servant girls and walked into the bedroom.
Ning Jing had lived on Reclining Dragon Peak for months and sparred with Madam Tang countless times with Tang Li protecting her. She'd never met the woman alone like this before.
For some reason, Ning Jing felt a little flustered. A complicated look flitted past her eyes before she simply sat still on the bed.
Madam Tang slowly sat down on one side and said, "Ning Jing, since you're still my daughter-in-law, I'll give you a way out. Do you want it or not? Be straightforward."
"If there's no arms trade, there's only one life!" Ning Jing Coldly said.
She wondered why Madam Tang had come in the middle of the night, but it turned out she was here to give her a way out. Ning Jing calmed down considerably.
After she returned to the Tang Clan, Tang Zijin and the rest had sought her out. All of them had come to give her a way out, all for the sake of the arms trade. She'd already betrayed the Di Clan once, so she wouldn't betray them a second time. Tang Li had already taken away all the accounts and keys of her arms trade. But without her personal seal and the seal of Cloud Realm Trade Consortium's Council of Elders, Tang Li still couldn't take over the arms trade!
Madam Tang laughed. "Arms trade? Hehe, that's a man's business! Ning Jing, I'm not asking you to do anything to betray the Di Clan. I just want you to restrain yourself and draw a clear line between you and the Di Clan. Once Tang Li takes over the arms trade, I promise to keep you alive and find a way to keep you by Tang Li's side as a concubine. If you agree, you'll have to swear an oath. "
Once they took over the arms trade and revealed the Tang Clan's true background, the Di Clan's Ning Clan wouldn't be able to do anything to them! Nor would they be able to get Ning Jing back. With Tang Zijin's temper and the Council of Elders' style, they'd definitely kill Ning Jing.
Madam Tang felt that the conditions she'd offered Ning Jing were already very generous. If she wasn't afraid that her son would fall out with the Tang Clan because of love, she would never do something so foolish!
Ning Jing couldn't help but laugh out loud. Madam Tang grew angry. "What are you laughing at?"
"You're not asking me to do anything to betray the Di Clan? Madam Tang, if your son falls into the Di Clan's hands and loses the Tang Clan's hidden weapons, will he still be able to live? "Ning Jing retorted.
She clearly knew the truth but did nothing. That was an even more shameless betrayal!
Although Madam Tang hoped that her son would survive no matter what, she couldn't answer Ning Jing's question. She couldn't confidently say, "I will!"
Madam Tang was speechless for a long time before she huffed, "Ning Jing, you're a woman. Why must you be so stubborn? If you surrender to the Tang Clan, Tang Li won't mistreat you! "
Ning Jing sneered. "I don't care about that shameless Tang Li! If Madam Tang doesn't have anything else to say, please leave! "
Madam Tang stood up abruptly and said angrily, "Ning Jing, do you want to waste time like this? Don't even think that the Di Clan can save you! I'm telling you, the Tang Clan will take the arms trade! Once Tang Li takes the arms trade, it'll be your time to die! "
Madam Tang left in a huff. Ning Jing smiled coldly, unmoved. How could she hope for the Di Clan to save her? What a joke!
After locking the door, Ning Jing took out the medicine Ning An gave her. Without hesitation, she soaked the powder and poured it into the flower pot on the side, leaving no trace behind.
If Ning An knew she'd betrayed Ning Cheng and didn't tell Ning Cheng about the Tang Clan's true background, she'd never give her medicine again. She wouldn't even acknowledge her as her little sister.
She didn't need an abortion pill! All she needed was a bottle of poison. Once she took it, she'd die and be done with it.
If she continued living, she'd only be at Tang Li's mercy. She'd trick Ning Cheng and steal Cloud Realm Continent's arms trade. She'd already made a mistake once. If she kept doing it, even death wouldn't be enough to atone for her sins.
Actually, she should have died long ago in Medical City. If she had, Cloud Realm Trade Consortium's Council of Elders wouldn't have come to the Tang Clan to negotiate. Then they wouldn't have fallen into Tang Li's trap.
Thinking up to here, Ning Jing took out the dagger she always carried with her, but couldn't bring herself to do it.
If this was the past, she would have been decisive and ruthless. Whether it was others or herself, she wouldn't even blink in the face of death. Those who should live should live, and those who should die should die early, right?
But now she had someone to tie her down.
Her hand unconsciously stroked her stomach again. She was ruthless to Tang Li and herself, but how could she be ruthless to an innocent little life?
She hadn't lied to Tang Li at Medical City. She really was pregnant with his child, their child.
She had imagined countless times how Tang Li would react if he found out about the existence of this little fellow.
If this was the past, he'd definitely put on a good show and happily pick her up and spin her around in circles, right? But now?
He'd said in Medical City that she didn't have the right to be in his arms. He'd only found a doctor to abort the child.
She could either die, or flee the Tang Clan and the Di Clan as soon as her stomach showed signs of pregnancy. Ning Jing had chosen the latter long ago, but it was simply too difficult to escape! Unless Tang Li took her down the mountain again, she had no chance at all.
She only had one month at most. Ning Jing decided to risk it all. Anyway, the worst result was death. It couldn't be worse.
After making up her mind, Ning Jing slept very soundly that night.
Late at night, the elders had all left. Tang Li sat alone in the empty meeting hall. He was dressed in white like a banished immortal, but his lonely figure was like a fallen immortal who had fallen into the depths of hell, never to be redeemed or liberated.
He was silent for a long time. Suddenly, he stood up and rushed out of the door like a madman. He ran all the way to Ning Jing's door.
The guards on night duty were frightened by him. "Sect Master, what happened?"
"Open the door!" he said coldly.
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