Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Her contract had expired, she had signed with a record label she liked, and she was about to join the cast of The Chess Game, stepping into the new field of acting.

After the variety show ended, Ning Xi spent every day feeling fulfilled.

She could even squeeze in time to date.

If there was anything still troubling her, it was probably the Ning Family.

“Xiao Xi, the engagement between you and Yibai… Mingyue and the Ning Family have wronged you. I’ve already transferred three houses in Xiangcheng into your name as a small bit of compensation. Don’t worry, I won’t let Mingyue be with Shen Yibai! Shen Yibai toyed with both my daughters. Someone like him isn’t worthy of either of you!”

Ning Xi looked at Madam Ning on the video call. She was still lying in a hospital bed, weak but still beautiful. After a second of silence, Ning Xi deliberately kept her tone light.

“Oh, don’t be angry. I didn’t like Shen Yibai to begin with anyway. If Shen Yibai and Mingyue really love each other, I don’t mind them being together.”

In the entire Ning Family, perhaps only Madam Ning truly treated her like family.

Right now, the Ning Family needed a marriage alliance with the Shen Family. Her engagement with Shen Yibai was already void. If Ning Mingyue could be with Shen Yibai, it would be good for both the Ning Family and Madam Ning.

But Madam Ning was very stubborn. “This isn’t something I can pretend never happened just because you say you don’t mind. Since Shen Yibai was your fiancé, as long as your engagement still existed, Mingyue should never have gotten involved with him. Xiao Xi, your feelings matter too.”

Xiao Xi, your feelings matter too.

Hearing those familiar words, Ning Xi’s breath caught for an instant.

She thought again of that time in the past when Ning Mingyue had deliberately made the driver go to school early so he wouldn’t pick her up.

At first, Little Ning Xi hadn’t noticed Ning Mingyue’s malice.

When Ning Mingyue said she had something to do and needed to go to school early, Little Ning Xi would get up earlier the next day, then even earlier after that, so she could leave with Ning Mingyue.

When Ning Mingyue said she had to make a detour to a friend’s house after school, Little Ning Xi would obediently sit in the car alone and wait for Ning Mingyue, because then the two of them could go home together.

Little Ning Xi knew Madam Ning treated her very well, but she also knew the reason Madam Ning was good to her was because her own mother had saved Ning Mingyue.

So she had to be more sensible, more obedient. She couldn’t cause trouble for the Ning Family or Ning Mingyue.

Until Little Ning Xi discovered that the moment she came downstairs, Ning Mingyue would quickly have the driver take her away, or she would deliberately take a long detour to somewhere very far, making Little Ning Xi wait in the car for a very long time.

Only then did Little Ning Xi belatedly realize that maybe Ning Mingyue didn’t want to sit in the same car as her.

So Little Ning Xi took the initiative to ride the bus instead.

Until Madam Ning found out.

She sternly questioned Ning Mingyue about the reason and made Ning Mingyue apologize to her.

That was the first time Little Ning Xi had ever seen Madam Ning so angry.

In the end, Ning Mingyue’s allowance was cut in half, and for the next semester, she had to take the bus to school.

Afterward, Madam Ning specifically came to apologize to Ning Xi.

“Xiao Xi, I spoiled Mingyue too much. I need to say I’m sorry to you.”

What had Little Ning Xi said back then?

Ning Xi couldn’t remember clearly. It was probably something about how she didn’t mind.

After all, in Little Ning Xi’s eyes, there was no difference between riding the bus and riding in the Ning Family’s car. A bus was worth millions too!

As for Ning Mingyue not liking her… well, she wasn’t money. It was true that she couldn’t make everyone like her.

But Madam Ning had said this-

“No, Xiao Xi. It’s not okay just because you don’t care. Xiao Xi, your feelings matter too. As long as Mingyue made you feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable, then it was her fault. So she must apologize to you, and she must be punished.”