Chapter 133: Engagement and Advice

  Under the hazy night sky, two people stood side by side leaning on the railing, their faces with similar expressions like the clear and cold moonlight in the sky. The faint moonlight enveloped the two people, stretching their shadows long and slanted.

  "Ruo Er..." A gentle voice, mixed with a hint of masculinity and tenderness, turned sideways to look at the woman standing beside him, also leaning against the railing, his eyes filled with affection just like his voice.

  "What's wrong?" Su Mo'er turned her head to look at the man beside her.

  "We'll never be apart for the rest of our lives." Without giving Sumo any chance to retort, he directly stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms, burying his head in Sumo's fragrant hair, taking a deep breath, and calming the chaotic thoughts in his heart.

  Feeling the faint inquiry coming from the person in his arms, Tan Yunning's heart felt especially at ease. As long as Su Mo was still in his arms, he would feel secure; no matter what lay ahead, he wouldn't back down or relax, and would tightly hold onto Su Mo until death did them part.

  One side of her face was pressed against Tan Yunning's chest, and the man's strong heartbeat was clear to her. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "I only care about my own feelings."

  Although the sentence was ambiguous, Tan Yunning was very clear about what Su Moruo meant. A smile like a child's appeared on his cold face, and he hugged Su Moruo even tighter, "Ruo'er, I'll be good to you."

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo's heart couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. In her past life and present life, her understanding of love was very superficial. She didn't even know if the feelings she had in her past life counted as love. After all, now she didn't have any feelings for Hao Gang, treating him only like an older brother.

  But at this moment, her heart felt sour, being confessed to by someone, she wanted to cry, this feeling seemed to be heartache, yet seemed to be happiness, or perhaps, with a word she was still not quite sure of to describe her current mood, happiness?

  Due to a day's understanding, Su Mo and Tan Yunning had very little conversation between them, because of their busy schedules, Tan Yunning even spent very little time at the villa, for three days, every day they went out early in the morning and returned home late at night, the two people only had dinner together twice, each meal lasted no more than half an hour, after which Tan Yunning would go out again to attend to his matters, however, between the two people there was a kind of invisible tacit understanding, with very little communication, but it seemed as if they both knew what the other was thinking, Su Mo quietly stayed in the villa for three days.

  It had been five days since Sumojo stayed in the villa. On the sixth day, early in the morning, Tan Yunning's things were almost done, and he accompanied Sumojo to have breakfast. Suddenly, Tan Yunning's phone rang.

  Answered the phone, murmured a few "uh-huhs" and then hung up, afterwards lowering his head to continue eating breakfast seriously.

  After Su Mo ate well and put down his bowl and chopsticks, Tan Yun Ning also put down his bowl and chopsticks. "The Ning family has been inquiring about your news everywhere, how do you plan to handle it?"

  Originally, Su Mo had prepared to wipe the corner of her mouth with a napkin, but she paused for a moment before recovering and smiling slightly. "What can be done? Just go with the flow." As for whether or not to return to that home, she was conflicted. Although there was a period when she resisted that home, towards the Ning family's friendly attitude towards her, as well as the information she had investigated, it was clear that they were not involved in Ning Ning's disappearance back then. Over the years, they had never given up searching for her. The country was so vast, and she had been sent to a foster home at birth, so for over ten years, the Ning family couldn't be certain if she was still alive. However, they had never given up searching for her. She used to resent them for only finding her when she turned eighteen, but many times, thinking about it, for a newborn whose life or death couldn't be confirmed, not giving up on searching for over ten years...if it wasn't for their unyielding determination, perhaps they would have given up long ago.

  So, Ning Jia was a small but persistent lump in her heart, painful to remove, yet uncomfortable to keep.

  "You don't have to think about it specially, just like you said, going with the flow is good." Tan Yunning took a coat from the clothes rack beside him and also picked up one of Su Mo's coats as he stood up.

  Knowing that she could already leave the villa, he stood up and followed. Tan Yun Ning waited until Su Mo Ruo walked to his side before taking a step forward, and the two figures moved forward in tandem.

  Two figures stood equally calm and collected, exuding an aura of strictness.

  Tan Yunning didn't drive, a black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was parked on the large lawn outside the villa, and when the two of them appeared, it drove up to their faces.

  "Let's get in this car first." Tan Yun Ning said, taking a step forward to the rear door of the sedan and opening it for Su Mo Ruo.

  The Mercedes-Benz motorhome drove smoothly out of the villa, and Su Mo also had no interest in looking at the surrounding environment.

  After about twenty minutes, the car stopped. Tan Yun Ning opened the door and got out first, followed by Su Mo Ruo. This was a relatively remote highway, surrounded by mountains and water, looking quite secluded.

  "Come with me for a while." Tan Yun Ning pulled Su Mo Ruo and directly climbed up to the front of a mountain.

  Without asking more, I just followed Tan Yunning's footsteps and walked for about 15 minutes. Lowering my head to look at the ground beneath my feet, it turned out that we had crossed over the mountain to the other side of the highway, where a black BMW off-road vehicle was hidden by the roadside.

  Finally, after following Tan Yunning and transferring five times, it took about six hours to arrive in the urban area of Beijing.

  As soon as they arrived in the city, Tan Yunning parted ways with Su Moxiao, and as soon as Su Moxiao appeared on the main street, she was surrounded by a group of people wearing police uniforms.

  Looking at the person in front of him, he had already understood that these people were here for whom and who sent them. His facial expression was calm, and he didn't plan to say a word.

  "You finally show up, do you know how worried we've been about you?" Ning Shi Yang had also taken leave from school and rushed to the capital upon hearing the news of Su Mo Ruo's disappearance. He had spent every waking moment searching for any sign of her whereabouts. Now, looking at the calm and collected person in front of him, his heart finally settled down.

  Looking at the fatigue that Ning Shiying couldn't hide between her eyebrows, she knew that what happened to her in the Golden Triangle wouldn't be hidden from the Ning family. This period of time had also been hard on them. At least, the Ning Shiying in front of her was genuinely concerned about her and wouldn't take others' kindness for granted.

  "I'm fine."

  Although it was only three short words, Ning Shi Yang's eyes reddened because this should be the first time Su Mo Ruo did not refuse her kindness, the first time he responded positively to her concerns.

  "Don't cry." Walking up to Ning Shi Yang's side, his voice carried a hint of gentleness.

  Ning Shi Yang hastily shook his head, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face which still had tears hanging from it. "Don't cry, do I look like someone who loves to cry? How could I possibly be crying?"

  "Hmm, you didn't cry." Upon hearing Ning Shi Yang's words, Su Mo Ruo also felt a bit happy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve up slightly.

  "Are you busy today?" Although she was a little scared in her heart, thinking of the tightly furrowed brows of Uncle and Auntie Ning, she knew that everyone in the Ning family was looking forward to the return home of their eldest daughter, so she couldn't help but ask Su Mo again.

  The gentle smile on his face slowly faded away, and he stared at Ning Shi Yang silently.

  Made uncomfortable by Su Mo's gaze, Ning Shi Yang forced out a smile that was even uglier than crying. Although she feared Su Mo getting angry, she still had to say it. Having bottled it up for so long, today she finally had the courage, how could she let it rot in her heart?

  "No matter what you think of our Ning family, or how you feel about your biological parents, but what you need to know is that they love you. Ever since we received news of your existence, do you know how excited and thrilled our whole family was? Your uncle and aunt were so overjoyed that they couldn't sleep at night, eagerly waiting for the day you could return home. Your grandmother constantly mentions that when you come back home, she will make it up to you by cooking delicious meals for you every day... Although you've been drifting outside for eighteen years, and those eighteen years were very tough for you, what does that matter? That's not what your uncle and aunt had hoped for. On the contrary, due to your disappearance, our Ning family, especially your uncle and aunt, have felt guilty about you for eighteen years. And as for you, at least before this, you didn't know about your origins, but you had foster parents who loved and cared for you, so overall, there wasn't much suffering in your life, was there? Your uncle and aunt gave birth to you, which is proof of their love; how could they not love and care for you?"

  Sumo stood still, her eyes slightly blurred as she stared at a certain place. The police who had originally surrounded her were already gone without a trace. Her chest felt like it had been heavily struck by a mallet, and her face was deathly pale.

  "It's been almost twenty years... sister... come home with me." Ning Shi Yang also had tears in her eyes, looking at Su Mo Ruo. This time, she was really taking a huge gamble. She remembered that this sister had said before that she didn't like being called "sister", but at this moment, she couldn't help it. She wanted to call her "sister". She hoped to be her younger sister, hoped she would return to the Ning family, and hoped that by returning to the Ning family, they could regain their happiness.

  She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that her throat was blocked and uncomfortable, her eyes were blurry, and tears fell down, the crystal clear teardrops slid down to the corner of her mouth, salty and wet, awakening Su Mo Ruo's numbness, and also making her suddenly wake up.

  She just cried?

  Ning Shi Yang looked at Su Mo Ruo with eyes full of expectation, hoping she could give her an answer.

  Originally, this time the East China League match in Beijing, Ning's family had attached great importance to recognizing this sister as a member of their household, while she was just doing what Ning's family had always been doing.