Heartthrobs can't be unlucky all the time

There is a rich family in Huizhou, the Zhu family. The Zhu family basically monopolizes the supply of silk raw materials in Huizhou. The head of the Zhu family, Zhu Hong, has his own sister who is now the wife of the city lord of Feiyang City.

Zhu Hong himself is very capable. He started from scratch, and spent 20 years bringing all the silkworm farmers and silk workshops in Huizhou under his command, and mastered the lifeline of the entire silk industry. With the official backing, it can be said to be powerful.

Fortunately, Zhu Hong does not seem to be unkind to the rich. He often does charity. Whether it is building roads and temples, or donating medicine and porridge, he always contributes money and efforts, so he has a very good reputation in Feiyang City.

And Zhu Hong is also very dedicated, he only has one wife, who gave birth to a son and a daughter for him.

Although Ning Zhenru borrowed some resources from his original partner's family back then, he relied on his own business acumen to gain a foothold in Huizhou. Since silk merchants need high-quality mulberry silk, Ning Zhenru made good friends with Zhu's family in his early years. Although Zhu Hong is more than ten years older than Ning Zhenru, the two hit it off right away, perhaps because they both had self-made experiences when they were young, and they got along very well.

Zhu Hong's help to Ning's business has never stopped, and it has lasted for many years.After Ning Zhenru passed away a while ago, the Zhu family also helped out a lot.

It’s just that the two families of Ning Zhu have a lot of business contacts, but because of the early death of Ning Zhenru’s original partner, their family members did not have much communication. It was not until Ning Zhenru began to bring Ning Ting into the business field that Zhu Hong discovered that Ning Zhenru had actually With such a talented son.

Zhu Hong's son was not very competitive, he was idle all day long, he didn't like to do business, and was content with pleasure. Later, Zhu Hong got angry and sent him to an academy to study.

On the other hand, Zhu Qingxia, the eldest lady of the Zhu family, is sixteen years old, with picturesque eyebrows, upright and beautiful, outstanding talents, and the title of "the most beautiful woman in Huizhou". She has always been Zhu Hong's treasure and pride.

Ning Ting has followed Ning Zhen as a Confucian businessman for several years, and has appeared several times at silk exhibitions. He speaks in an orderly manner, and sometimes proposes some very novel ideas. He is tall, handsome and majestic, and he is also a young talent among the new generation of young people.Master Zhu met Ning Ting, he seemed very satisfied with this young man.

Seeing that Zhu Hong always praised his son, Ning Zhenru was also very happy.Master Zhu also often invites Ning Ting to Zhu's Mansion for dinner, Miss Zhu will be there every time, once or twice is okay, after that Ning Ting seems to have discovered Master Zhu Hong's special arrangement, and gradually he will shirk going to Zhu's Mansion for dinner, There were too many rejections, and Ning Zhenru came to find him.

"Master Zhu invited you to his house. It's a great thing. You took the opportunity to learn more from Master Zhu. Why did you push it away?"

"Father, every time I go there, Master Zhu and I can't speak a few words. Master Zhu will only let me watch Miss Zhu play the piano and write, and accompany her to draw and play chess. It's really boring. I don't have anything important to look for I don't care if I don't go."

Ning Ting drank tea, looked at the account book, and said disapprovingly.

"Snapped--"

The tea in Ning Ting's hand was smashed to pieces by Ning Zhenru.

"What's your attitude? It's not important? This is the most important thing!"

The ground became wet, and there were fragments of tea leaves and teacups in a mess.Ning Ting seemed to be used to Ning Zhenru who suddenly got angry. He sat on the chair without speaking, very calm, and turned over another page of the ledger with his fingers not holding the cup.

Seeing Ning Ting's appearance, Ning Zhenru softened his tone,

"I wish the family a great career, and there is only one young lady. Master Zhu admires you very much. Since he always let Miss Zhu get along with you every time, it is natural... If you are with Miss Zhu in the future, no matter whether it is for you or not." Everyone benefits."

"Father, is that the meaning of wishing the master, or your meaning?"

"I don't want to be like my father, marry her for the sake of a woman's background, and finally abandon her, find someone else, and let her life down."

Ning Ting's words had meaning, and Ning Zhenru's face turned pale.

"you!"

Ning Ting straightened up from his seat suddenly and looked at Ning Zhenru. After so many years, Ning Zhenru's tall figure became much more hunched. Ning Ting looked down at Ning Zhenru from a high position, with the corners of his mouth slightly twitched;

"Father, I have grown up, what I want to do and what I don't want to do are up to me."

"You bastard!"

"When you're old, don't get angry all the time, you'll faint easily."

"Father, I also have an appointment with Ah Yu, the time is coming, my son will go first."

After finishing speaking, Ning Ting stepped on the broken teacup on the ground, crushed the pieces into crumbs, and strode away from Ningfu's study.

The angry Ning Zhenru clutched his chest, eyes darkened for a while, leaning on the table, it took him a while to recover.

He stared at Ning Ting's leaving back with complicated eyes.

Zhu's family is rich and powerful, so it is reasonable for Master Ning to want to marry Zhu Hong.

What's more, not everyone can get Zhu Hong's favor, and Miss Zhu's family doesn't treat every talented person who Zhu Hong is satisfied with, Ning Ting is a special one.

However, others may not know that it was not under the arrangement of her father that Zhu Qingxia met Ning Ting for the first time.

She still remembered that it was a flower viewing conference a year ago.

A year ago on the vernal equinox, when the weather was getting warmer, a scenic garden outside Feiyang sent posts to the famous houses in the city, inviting them to enjoy the flowers. Begonias and plum blossoms in the garden are in full bloom, which is too beautiful to behold.

Behind the owner of this garden is actually the wife of the city lord. She likes to meet all kinds of people, so she held a flower appreciation meeting for this purpose.

Zhu Hong was busy that day, and Zhu Qingxia's younger brother was still in the academy, so her aunt sent someone to tell Zhu Qingxia to go, so she invited a few or two friends to go with her.

Zhu Qingxia didn't expect that her aunt wanted to introduce some famous sons to her. She followed her aunt and walked through the plum garden with those young masters, but her aunt suddenly asked Zhu Qingxia to take three of them. Appreciation in the next park, the good sisters around her were deliberately left behind by her aunt, and only one maid followed her.

Bingxue's clever Zhu Qingxia saw this situation, how could she not understand her aunt's thoughts.

Although she was reluctant in her heart, she still kept smiling and went to the Begonia Garden with the three young masters.

On the way, after Zhu Qingxia introduced the Begonia Garden to them, he excused himself to have something to do and wanted to take a step ahead. The two young masters expressed their understanding, took their leave first, and went back the same way.There was only one man left, and Zhu Qingxia was asked to talk to him again.

This man, whom my aunt introduced to Zhu Qingxia just now, is the son of the city lord of Donghe City in Zhanzhou next door. He is not very tall and looks ordinary, but he always wears a flattering smile. He has been praising Zhu Qingxia since the plum garden. beauty of.

As the saying goes, stretch out your hand and don't hit someone with a smiling face, Zhu Qingxia has always treated this young master politely.

But at this time, he has been pestering Zhu Qingxia, and has been rejected for a long time, and even pushed away the maid standing in front of him, trying to grab Zhu Qingxia's hand, but there is no one around, this person does not look tall, but he is quite strong , the maid was pushed to the ground heavily by him, Zhu Qingxia was very frightened by his actions, she turned and ran away in a moment of fear.

Haitang Garden was originally a road paved with cobblestones. She slipped on her foot and almost fell to the ground. Suddenly, someone grabbed her shoulders hard to prevent her from falling.

When she looked up, she was actually a handsome young man.

It was Ning Ting who supported her, and Ning Ting also helped her stop the young master who was chasing him, took Zhu Qingxia to a safe place, and asked several servants to escort Zhu Qingxia home.

It's just that Ning Ting seemed to be in a hurry to meet someone at that time, and left quickly after assigning the servant to her. Zhu Qingxia noticed that Ning Ting also chose the best crabapple from the crabapple garden to hold in his arms leave.

After arriving home, Zhu Qingxia asked the servant who was the young master's name, and the servant told the truth.Since then, Zhu Qingxia has never forgotten Ning Ting.

Zhu Qingxia did not tell her aunt and father about what happened in the Begonia Garden. As the eldest lady of the Zhu family, she knew that it would be of no benefit to her aunt, father, or her to tell the story. After careful consideration, Zhu Qingxia chose There was silence.

However, she still secretly pointed out to her aunt that the behavior of the city lord's son really displeased her, implying that the man behaved badly.

Zhu Yan, that is, Zhu Qingxia's aunt nodded to show that she knew, she had always loved this niece, and Zhu Qingxia had never met that person again in various large-scale private occasions.

Master Zhu began to often hear his daughter asking him about the Ning family intentionally or unintentionally. It was mentioned before that Ning Ting made his daughter curious, and it happened that he also wanted to introduce Ning Ting, a good seed, to Zhu Qingxia, so he often invited Ning Ting to his house for a while later.

Zhu Hong saw that Ning Ting and his precious daughter were really talented and beautiful, and Zhu Qingxia praised Ning Ting for his good character and excellent calligraphy in front of Zhu Hong from time to time. The more Zhu Hong looked at Ning Ting, the more satisfied he became.

Later, Ning Ting used the excuse that he often went out to talk about things, so he didn't come to Zhufu often, and opened a new shop in a city near Huizhou, and even opened an inn to test the water, and the business was very good.

Zhu Hong admired Ning Ting's mentality and ability to make a difference without being in love with his children.

Therefore, when Ning Zhenru came to Zhu's mansion one day to discuss whether Ning Ting and Zhu Qingxia should be married, although Zhu Hong said that he would first ask his own baby daughter's thoughts, in fact, he had already passed that test. .

When Zhu Qingxia heard that Ning Ting's father had actually come to make an engagement for him, she was shy and looking forward to it, so of course she nodded in agreement.

In those few days, when she thought that she would marry Ning Ting in the future, she felt happy for a while.

Even after getting engaged, she didn't see Ning Ting. She heard that Ning Ting had gone out to discuss business, but she was still very happy and looking forward to it.

It's just that she didn't expect that one summer afternoon, when she heard that Ning Ting had arrived at the living room of Zhu's family, she dressed up and went to the back of the living room, but she heard Ning Ting's deep voice say;

"Master Zhu, please forgive me for making this marriage difficult."