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Chapter 431 - 256 Elopement_2

Chapter 431: Chapter 256 Elopement_2

"Xiao Ning, look, he’s not going to marry you, why do you still follow him?"

Cui Xiaoling took two steps forward, gently stroking Meng Wanning’s arm, "Stop crying, Master is here."

Meng Wanning closed her eyes, "I never asked Chen Cheng to marry me."

"What?!"

"I never asked Chen Cheng to marry me."

Meng Wanning’s voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally firm, each word seemed to burst from the bottom of her heart.

Cui Xiaoling was stunned, she couldn’t believe what she heard from her most familiar apprentice.

"Master, I know you mean well for me. But being with him, I never asked him to marry me."

Meng Wanning shrugged her shoulders and took a step back, "What I like is his kindness to me, not whether he marries me or not!"

"Xiao Ning, you..."

Cui Xiaoling became speechless, not expecting Meng Wanning to be so determined.

"Master, I know you’re worried about me, but I truly like him."

"What’s so good about him?"

Cui Xiaoling was puzzled, a man who had appeared for less than a month, how could he make Meng Wanning so devoted.

"His kindness to me, it makes me happy, and he gives me a warm shoulder to lean on when I am tired!"

Cui Xiaoling looked at Meng Wanning’s determined expression, "Silly girl, you have been deceived by his sweet words."

"Chen Cheng has never spoken any sweet words to me, my interaction with him..."

Meng Wanning paused, recalling every moment with Chen Cheng, a sweet smile unconsciously rising on her lips,

"It’s comfortable and at ease. He doesn’t interfere in my life, nor does he force me to do anything I dislike. He respects my choices, supports my dreams, and gives me enough space and freedom."

"Master, do you remember what I was like before?"

Meng Wanning continued: "Every day, apart from training, it was training, life was dull and boring, like stagnant water."

"Since meeting him, my life has gained color and vitality. He’s like a ray of sunshine, illuminating my originally gloomy world."

She took a deep breath, "So, I want to follow him, no matter what, I want to follow him!"

After saying this, Meng Wanning turned sharply and ran out of the office.

"Xiao Ning! Stop right there!"

...

...

After leaving the office, Chen Cheng walked towards the parked Da Lao.

From a distance, Chen Donghai saw Chen Cheng’s grim face, his heart skipped a beat, sensing something was wrong.

He hurried forward, cautiously asking, "Mr. Chen, how did it go?"

Chen Cheng didn’t speak, directly walked to the car, opened the door, and sat down.

Chen Donghai didn’t dare to ask more, quickly got into the driver’s seat, and started the car.

"Don’t drive."

Chen Cheng in the backseat suddenly stopped Chen Donghai.

Meng Wanning, who had rushed out of the office, saw the taillights of the Da Lao light up, and quickened her step.

Resolutely, she dashed in front of the car, spread her arms, and blocked the car like that night in Qianzhou.

Only this time, there was more determination in her eyes.

Bang bang bang!

A series of knocks on the window rang out, Meng Wanning loudly said from outside the car: "Mr. Chen, open the door! Are you abandoning me?"

Hearing this, Chen Cheng opened the car door.

Meng Wanning almost snatched her way into the car, hugging Chen Cheng tightly, tears streaming down uncontrollably, "Mr. Chen, don’t leave, don’t abandon me..."

Chen Cheng patted her back, "Wan Wan, how could I ever abandon you?"

"Then why did you let go of my hand just now! Why!"

Chen Cheng took a deep breath, "I just didn’t know how to face your Master, or how to face you."

"I don’t want to lie to you,"

Chen Cheng cupped Meng Wanning’s face, gently wiping the tears on her cheeks, his tone serious and low, "I can’t give you the promise of marriage."

"I... I didn’t ask you to marry me..."

Meng Wanning lifted her head, tearfully looking at Chen Cheng, "I just want to be with you, that’s enough."

"I’m afraid you will regret it later."

"I won’t regret it!" Meng Wanning interrupted him.

Seeing Meng Wanning so determined, Chen Cheng kissed her forehead, "If you’re not afraid, then I’m not afraid either."

He stretched out his hand, "Then let’s go."

Meng Wanning decisively placed her tender hand in his, "Mr. Chen, if you dare let go again, I will never see you again!"

Chen Cheng held her hand tightly, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, "Never again, never again."

He told Chen Donghai, "Drive."

Da Lao slowly started, taking Meng Wanning away from the small courtyard she was most familiar with.

Meng Wanning looked back, the theater’s big gate became smaller and smaller, eventually disappearing from view.

Meanwhile, Cui Xiaoling watched the vehicle leave, her heart full of mixed feelings, as memories flooded her mind.

She took a deep breath, went back to the office, picked up her phone, and dialed Jin Baogen’s number.

"Jin Baogen, what do you mean?"

"Xiao Ling... cough, cough... I..."

Listening to his feeble tone, Cui Xiaoling paused for half a second, "Don’t pretend with me! You and that Chen Cheng, both are no good."

"I am really not okay..." Jin Baogen coughed again, he had anticipated that Chen Cheng would confront Cui Xiaoling, "I’m already one foot in the grave..."

Cui Xiaoling stood still, "Lao Jin, you... where are you?"

"At... Union."

In the car, Meng Wanning’s emotions gradually calmed down, she nestled in Chen Cheng’s arms, "Grandpa, where are we going now?"

Yes, now that she was taken out, they needed to find a place for Meng Wanning to stay.

"How about I arrange a hotel for you first?"

Chen Cheng gently asked, "You stay there first, and after a few days when your master calms down, I will go talk to her properly."

Facing such a responsible approach, Meng Wanning hugged Chen Cheng’s arm tighter, "I’ll listen to Grandpa’s."

"Liangma River, Bulgari." Chen Cheng said again.

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

Chen Donghai, through the rearview mirror, unprecedentedly glanced at the two people.

Usually, whenever there was a woman in the backseat, he would not look, but today was an exception.

"Grandpa..."

Before Meng Wanning could finish her sentence, music suddenly started playing in the car.

"Offering youth to the brilliant city behind..."

Chen Cheng and Meng Wanning both paused for half a second, looking at each other.

"I want to elope with you, to be the happiest people."

Meng Wanning’s eyes reddened again, but this time, she was smiling.

Chen Cheng also smiled, hugged her again and said, "Xiao Hai, your work is getting better and better."

"Mr. Chen, you flatter me."

...

...

Union.

Cui Xiaoling rushed into the hospital all huffed up, as soon as she entered the room, she saw Jin Baogen fiddling with a cricket jar.

"You said you were not going to make it, didn’t you?"

She quickly walked to the bedside and threw her bag, "Weren’t you already one foot in the grave?"

Jin Baogen closed the gourd jar, "Originally I wasn’t supposed to last long like a cricket in late autumn, but this doctor’s skills are superb, he literally pulled my foot back from the grave."

After hearing this, Cui Xiaoling turned to leave, "I knew it, you and that Chen Cheng, both are no good."

"Hey,"

Jin Baogen grabbed Cui Xiaoling, "You’re not young anymore, why so impulsive?"

"Let go."

Jin Baogen looked solemn, "Sit."

With a simple word, he made Cui Xiaoling sit beside the bed.

"What did Xiao Cheng tell you?"

Cui Xiaoling truthfully shared everything that had just happened, and after hearing it, Jin Baogen laughed loudly, "See, you can say I am no good, but you shouldn’t say that about Xiao Cheng!"

"At least he didn’t lie to you, nor did he lie to Xiao Meng!"

He leaned against the pillow, "I know you treat Xiao Meng as your own daughter, but you should also respect her choices. She has grown up and has her own thoughts."

"You can’t make decisions for her like before."

"Nonsense, all nonsense."

Cui Xiaoling refused to listen, "If he really likes Xiao Ning, he should marry her!"

She said agitatedly, "Not like this, unclear! She just ran off with him, what kind of thing is that?"

"Young people, just leave them be," Jin Baogen said indifferently, "Xiao Meng likes Chen Cheng, and Chen Cheng treats her well, that’s enough."

"But..."

"Water." Jin Baogen interrupted her.

Cui Xiaoling was frustrated.

She calmed down, stood up and picked up the water cup from the bedside table, bringing it to Jin Baogen’s lips, "You, a renowned and prominent Mr. Jin when in trouble, had nobody to care for you, did you?"

She continued, "What about all your sweethearts? Didn’t any come to see you?"

Jin Baogen took a sip and smiled, "Not important, all not important. You came, that’s enough."