My Dangerous Billionaire Husband

“A woman singing for the Chinese opera in the nineties was the lowest class in the society. When I knew you, you were just singing as a clown. You would fight with the others just for a meal ticket. Your biggest dream was just to have enough to eat and wear.”

“I like to hear you sing and you are such a sweet talker. You always referred to me as your sister, always told me how much your dad loves gambling and how he abuses you. He sold you off in the end. I pitied you and formally took you as my sister.”

“From then on, I’d give you five dollars every week. In the nineties, five dollars was enough for an ordinary person’s monthly expenses. You ask yourself, have you ever worried about food and clothes, have you ever been bullied after I took you in?”

“I improved your material life then you beat around the bush and told me many men harassed you and wanted to take advantage of you. Without hesitation, I immediately told another good friend of mine to propel you to the main role. You have your skill and you are willing to work hard. You then gained fame within a year’s time.”

“Later on, you liked to come over to my place. You would tell me in admiration that you have never seen such a beautiful house. Hence, I introduced you to my husband.”

“I’d never suspected you and my husband. Sometimes, you had to attend a social party till late at night and you couldn’t find a ride. You were afraid to go home on your own. I even sent my husband to take you home. Before I knew it, he took you home for twenty years.”

“For twenty-two years we’ve called each other ‘sister’. When you were pregnant with Yaoyao, no one was sure of the paternity. I had just given birth to Qingqing and I was in my confinement period. You couldn’t expose your pregnancy as you were a celebrity. For ten months, I let my husband take care of you. You gave birth to Yaoyao and I treated her as my own while Qingqing treated Yaoyao as her sister too. But, how did you treat us?”

The other reporters understood and quickly asked, “Teacher Li, it seems that you did have mixed motives back then. May I ask, when did you start your relationship with Ning Zhenguo?”

“Teacher Li, please return to the main focus of the press release. Is Miss Ning Yao Ning Zhengguo’s daughter?”…

If Ning Yao was, there was no explanation required. Li Meiling was the third person in their marriage.

Ning Yao saw that Ning Qing had seized control of the entire press release and she was bottling up her anger. However, the question made Ning Yao’s eyes beam. Humph, Ning Qing, you’re too naive!

“Sister…” Li Meiling’s tears were flowing down her cheeks. She became upset and choked on her words. “Do you remember what happened at Yan Nan Road twenty years ago?”

Yan Nan Road?

It was Ning Qing’s first time hearing of it.

She noticed that her mom’s body stiffened. She looked down and her mother’s face grew pale. The way she looked at Li Meiling was filled with guilt.

Ning Qing’s heart dropped. It seemed that Lu Shaoming was right. Her mom did have a secret.

“Teacher Li, what happened at Yan Nan Road twenty years ago? Can you please make it clear?”

Li Meiling shivered all over, “Twenty years ago, there was this night… My sister and I were walking down Yan Nan Road. Then, a bunch of gangsters suddenly appeared and they wanted to rape us. Back then, I wanted to let my sister run away so I grabbed the ring leader and promised that I’d… I’d serve them properly. They promised to let my sister go but I…”

“Wow…” It stirred a great commotion.

This was absurd. Unbelievable.

Li Meiling would save my mom at the risk of her own? If the sun rises up from the West!

“Aunt Ning, is what Teacher Li said true? Twenty years ago, did she really sacrifice herself to save you?” The reporter asked.

Yue Wanqing’s tears were flowing down her cheeks too. “What she said was true… There were five to six men that night. They were holding knives in their hands; they wanted to sexually assault me. Later on, Li Meiling held them back… I did not even have the strength to truss up a chicken. I couldn’t save Meiling so I ran. I ran as I shouted for help. But, but I got lost on the way…”

“I am sorry to Meiling. I owed her for the rest of my life… Actually, when I thought about it later, I realized that I was too weak. If I were brave enough, I’d have stayed back and taken it alongside Meiling…”

Ning Qing heard and creased her eyebrows. She didn’t believe it, but she didn’t have any evidence. Hence, she could only listen to what Li Meiling had to say.

Her mom was too kind. She talked about her “weakness” courageously. But what her mom didn’t know that it was a press release and what she said helped Li Meiling.

“Sister, my status was low and degrading back then but I wouldn’t accept the latent rule and work really hard. I did that just to safeguard my innocence. I wasn’t duty-bound but I didn’t turn back in order to save you yet I didn’t complain nor regret. You didn’t owe me. You compensated me with material and assistance after that… But you shouldn’t have suspected our sisterhood.”

Ning Qing then realized Li Meiling’s power. The word “compensation” flipped her mom’s kindness towards her over the years.

Even the complaints that her mom held against her bore little weight as this came to light.

“Sister, I’ve been real to you for the past twenty years, Zhenguo and I were innocent but I was very disappointed when you pushed mom off the stairs. I was moved by Zhenguo as he grew distressed. He was such a great man. Why didn’t you appreciate him? Why did you ruin his home?”

“Sister, I had to raise my daughter alone. Zhenguo didn’t forsake me for it. He didn’t care I was once… He treated Yaoyao like his own. Zhenguo and I were both pitiful people who were hurt deeply. We got together to simply go through the rest of our lives in peace.”

Then, Li Meiling suddenly ran over and knelt before Yue Wanqing. She cried, “Sister, please stop. I’m the mistress, okay? Stop hurting Zhenguo and stop hurting my daughter.”

Ning Qing’s eyes were bloodshot. It turned out to be a really flamboyant and pleasant sounding speech. Li Meiling was so good at standing facts on their head.

Li Meiling gripped her mom’s hand. Ning Qing saw that her mom’s wrist turned red and she lowered her body to grab Li Meiling’s hand, “Aunt Li, this is being recorded. Thinking twice before you speak. Is Ning Yao really those gangster’s daughter?”

Ning Yao suddenly ran over and pushed Ning Qing. She then took Li Meiling in her embrace, “Sister, stop forcing my mom. My mom did enough for your mom. I am my dad’s daughter. I will forever be Ning Zhenguo’s daughter.”

“Yaoyao, I’m so sorry. I made you suffer so much humiliation…” Li Meiling hugged Ning Yao and cried. The whole scene was extremely bitter.