Before Tang Xuan could respond, Tangning hung up the phone. As she put down the phone, her eyes darkened.
It was not her wish to be born into the Tang family. She had already punished herself for so many years. Was it not enough? How far did the Tang Family want to push her?
"Ning Jie..."
"I'm fine." Tangning looked at Han Xiner and revealed a reassuring smile. The rain outside made Tangning's mood a little heavy. But, after thinking about Mo Ting, Tangning's heart slowly calmed down. In fact, she felt an inexplicable warmth.
Once upon a time, in order to hide from the Tang Family and take care of Han Yufan, she was willing to give up her beloved career and retreat behind the scenes to be a good wife and loving mother. But now, she felt, only by standing in the most dazzling position would she be able to match up to Mo Ting.
Therefore, she would not retreat for the sake of the Tang Family.
"Ning Jie, someone's knocking on the door. I think it's Boss. I'll go open the door."
"Yes."
Tangning smiled at Han Xiner. However, to her surprise, the person holding a black umbrella at the door turned out to be Elder Tang's assistant, "Miss Tangning, the chairman wants to see you. He is waiting in the car downstairs."
Tangning glanced at Han Xiner. Although her emotions were complicated, she couldn't find a reason to reject Elder Tang. Not to mention, they were already downstairs.
Tangning gestured for Han Xiner not to follow. She then mouthed to her to give Mo Ting a phone call. Han Xiner nodded her head. After Tangning left, she pulled out her phone and dialed Mo Ting's number.
"Hey, boss, the Tang Family are here to look for Ning Jie!"
Mo Ting was already on his way to the set. As soon as he heard Han Xiner's anxious words, he immediately sped up...
Downstairs …
The assistant held up an umbrella as he led Tangning to a black car parked under a tree. Through the car window, Tangning looked at the old man sitting inside and couldn't help but sigh. She couldn't remember if it was 4 or 5 years since she last saw her grandfather...
"Miss Tangning, please get in," the assistant opened the car door.
Tangning hesitated for a moment before finally getting into the car. She didn't even have time to change out of her costume.
Elder Tang sat upright in the car with a righteous aura. He turned his head to look at Tangning and couldn't help but scoff, "Is this how you act now?"
"Grandpa, are you here for the newspaper?" "If it is, I will think of a way to deal with it. There is no need for you to personally make a trip here."
"Humph." Elder Mo scoffed, "You sure have a backbone. It's been 9 years. Don't you miss your mother and grandfather at all?"
"Since you have the courage to leave home, why can't you bear the scorn and supercilious looks of those people?"
"You're overthinking things. The only reason I left the Tang Family was because I wanted to enter the entertainment industry," Tangning denied. "Perfume is not my interest."
"But you have talent."
Tangning calmed down and did not say another word.
However, the atmosphere in the car suddenly froze like ice. It was suffocating.
"If you want me to forgive you, I can. You have to cut all ties with the entertainment industry and break up with that Mo brat. Then, you have to return to the Tang Family."
Tangning pondered for a moment, then replied, "I'm fine now."
"What's so great about you now? Every day, you're trampled by those shady people. Can't grandpa give you the glory you want? "
"I can't." Tangning replied straightforwardly. "Every day that I return to the Tang Family, I can't eat or sleep in peace. I can't use a single cent of the Tang Family's money because I feel like it was stolen. I would really break down. Grandpa, can't you just give me my freedom?"
"Has the Tang Family been so humiliated by you?" Elder Mo's face was filled with anger. "So much so that you don't even want to stay a second longer?"
"Yes."
"What did the brat from the Mo Family give you?"
"He gave me everything that I'm missing. These are things that you can't give me," Tangning choked on her tears.
"What is it that I can't give you?"
"Dignity," Tangning laughed in self-ridicule. "Grandpa, you will never disregard the rest of the Tang Family for my sake."
"Do you think you don't have dignity because you were born into the Tang Family?" Elder Mo's eyes were filled with shock as his hands began to tremble.
"You know very well whether I have dignity or not. Why ask me so directly?"
"Do what you want. If one day you want to return to the Tang Family, you will need to cut all ties with the entertainment industry. I will not acknowledge a grandson-in-law from the entertainment industry, no matter how capable he is." Elder Mo was helpless against Tangning. Apart from talent, the grandfather and granddaughter were the most similar in terms of stubbornness.
"In that case, I will never have a place in the Tang Family …"
"Tangning, a few years ago, you suffered so much for the sake of Han Yufan. You were even kicked out of the Tang Family. What happened in the end?" Elder Mo's eyes turned red. "This time, you did it for a man again."
"He is different."
"What if I insist that you give up on him?"
"I can't do it. Even if I die, I won't do it. I can give up on anything, but Mo Ting is the only one I have. No one can take him away from me, not even grandfather." As Tangning spoke the last sentence, her tone was firm and she spoke quickly. She did not give Elder Tang a chance to interrupt.
After quite some time, Elder Mo finally found his voice, "What if you had to choose one of us?"
"I don't want the empty Tang Family. I only want him."
Obviously, the grandfather and grandson were destined to part on bad terms.
Actually, it had nothing to do with anything else. It was just that they had different standpoints.
The old man doted on her, but his doting was conditional.
Naturally, Tangning was kicked out of the car. Afterwards, the black car drove off. As soon as Tangning turned around, she saw Mo Ting patiently waiting for her with an umbrella in his hand.
Tangning's tears immediately rolled down her face. At this time, Mo Ting removed his jacket and pulled her into his embrace, hugging her tightly.
"It's okay … It's okay, you have me."
Tangning hugged Mo Ting tightly. Until the moment she had to make a choice, she would never have realized how much Mo Ting meant to her.
"Ting..."
"Hmm?"
"Do you know how important you are to me?" Tangning asked in the rain.
"I know." "But, you need to remember, I will always love you more than you love me."
Tangning buried her head in Mo Ting's embrace as her tears landed on his sweater. The couple stood in the rain for quite some time before Mo Ting wrapped his arm around her and said, "Let's go back to the hotel. Tell me everything your grandfather told you without leaving out a single word."
"OK," Tangning nodded her head.
Mo Ting wrapped his arm around Tangning as they returned to the hotel. His heart was in turmoil. Who was the old man trying to bully?
Even if it was a member of the Tang Family or an elder, as long as Tangning was unhappy, he wouldn't let it go so easily!
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