novelraw Chapter 39 Mother and Daughter
Chapter 39 Mother and Daughter
"You're here." Ding Caijing pushed the door open and looked at Jiang Ning with a smile.
She politely motioned Jiang Ning to sit on the sofa, and even poured Jiang Ning a glass of water thoughtfully.
Jiang Ning stood motionless like an iceberg, but there were two fires burning in her eyes.
"What do you want to do?" Jiang Ning wanted to keep her voice as calm as possible, but the trembling ending and rapid breathing still betrayed her.
Ding Caijing took a sip of coffee and commented gently: "Korean pronunciation is good, but have you forgotten that I taught you to use honorific forms when speaking to elders?"
Jiang Ning sneered, and simply spoke Chinese: "I never remember."
Ding Caijing was amused by Jiang Ning's childish rebellion, and followed her in speaking Chinese: "You have exactly the same temper as your father."
Having not spoken for many years, Ding Caijing's Chinese is already a little jerky, but unexpectedly there is no foreign accent, very much like people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Every word and micro-expression of her made Jiang Ning angry from embarrassment.She raised her voice and said, "I said I never remembered. I didn't remember that you taught me Korean, and I didn't remember who you were to me."
There was a flash of heartache and sadness in Ding Caijing's eyes.But she quickly adjusted her facial expression, still looked at Jiang Ning's face gently, and said, "Really? That's really a pity. I still often read ancient Chinese poems and watch Chinese programs, because I know , My daughter still likes Chinese culture very much. I am afraid that I will not be able to communicate well in Chinese when the time comes.”
The word "daughter" obviously stung Jiang Ning's nerves. She jumped up immediately and shouted at Ding Caijing, "What the hell are you doing! What the hell is in this computer! Why have you been following me for so many years?"
"Stalking? Ghost?" Ding Caijing's emotions finally became turbulent, "Why are you talking to your mother? You are my daughter, and I pay attention to your life and growth all the time. How could this be a ghost? In the future, you will I know, these are your most precious memories."
Jiang Ning looked at Ding Caijing in disbelief for two seconds, and then suddenly burst out laughing.
The gentleness on Ding Caijing's face finally couldn't hold back, she stared at her daughter solemnly, without saying a word.
Jiang Ning finally stopped laughing and looked at her coldly: "You and I have no memories. Not in the past, not now, and not in the future." She turned around and was about to leave.
"Jiang Ning!" Ding Caijing shouted, "Do you think you are particularly wronged?"
Jiang Ning turned her head and smiled angrily: "I'm not wronged? My parents got married and divorced so hastily, and my mother didn't want the custody granted by the court. I'm not wronged! My father died long ago, and my mother, It was even more difficult to meet her once than to meet the president. Later, I could only see the cronies sent by the female president! I am not wronged! Where do I go to school, where do I live, and who is my guardian? It doesn’t matter! I’m not wronged! My family members are not my family, and I can’t make any friends when I was young. Every birthday, I can only receive a bunch of broken dolls and toys by courier! You say I’m wronged or not !"
The more Jiang Ning talked, the more excited she became, and finally couldn't hold back her tears.Ding Caijing watched Jiang Ning sob silently, waiting for her to cry enough.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, at that moment, Jiang Ning was looking forward to Ding Caijing's hug.
She wasn't sure if she would like this late hug, but she was sure that she hated Ding Caijing's calm onlooker.
Jiang Ning calmed down her emotions as quickly as possible, staring at the second floor at Ding Caijing's feet like a wary little beast.
Ding Caijing sighed softly: "I did not do well enough in some parts."
Jiang Ning waited indifferently for her "but" and "difficulties".
"But, I have a clear conscience towards you, 90.00%."
Jiang Ning almost doubted her ears: "What?"
She never expected that Ding Caijing didn't make too many excuses, and that she had such a high score on being a mother.
What a refreshing experience.
Jiang Ning almost regained interest in what she was going to say next. 90.00%?She really wanted to know how clear she was!
Every time Ding Caijing said something, Jiang Ning's heart sank even more.
It turns out that the standard of a good mother can be as low as raising herself before the age of two, and then disappearing for ten years in the middle.
"But food, clothing, housing and transportation, I have never been short of you."
"I also have my own career and my dream. If half of my career is ruined for you. As a daughter, would you like to see such a result?"
"In the past ten years, I have returned to the entertainment circle by myself. How did I get back to this level and reach this position?"
Plausible words, strong and straight.
Although after knowing that Park Soo-hwan is the dual major shareholder of Ai Hui and S/M Company, no one believes that Ding Caijing's comeback has nothing to do with her second husband.
But Jiang Ning understands that the reason why Ding Caijing is Ding Caijing in the entertainment industry is not just because of men.
There are [-]% just reasons for all your choices.Jiang Ning simply couldn't help applauding her.
Jiang Ning didn't understand in the past why Ding Caijing was so indifferent to herself, and she didn't see the guilt of most parents who failed to fulfill their parental responsibilities.
Now Jiang Ning understands.Because of this mother, I never felt that I did something wrong.
Husband, daughter, and family are just an option alongside her career.
She chose to get married when she was in the limelight, maybe not because of true love, but because she didn't realize the weight of the "career" option at the time, and didn't realize the "stupidity" of doing that.
Leaving her daughter behind and missing her child's childhood for ten years was nothing but her choice.
It's a choice, so nothing owes you anything.
"There are many mothers who passed away when their daughters were very young. Can their daughters blame them and ask them to pay back ten or 20 years? And me, even if I owe you ten years, then I can Pay you back in 20 or 30 years."
"Give it back to me?" Jiang Ning had lost her temper at all.
When a person has really fallen into despair, what kind of temper can he have?
The smile on Jiang Ning's face at the moment is seven points like Ding Caijing.She asked calmly, "Oh, how are you going to pay it back?"
Ding Caijing took a deep breath: "I know you will think I'm cold-blooded..."
"No..." Jiang Ning interrupted her, "I don't think so."
Then she looked into Ding Caijing's eyes and said sincerely: "I think you are a pervert."
Ding Caijing was not angry either, and waited for her to continue talking.
Jiang Ning's tone at the moment is a bit like recalling the past between old friends: "In the past, I thought that you would be willing to marry Dad, which at least showed that you loved someone. I thought that you sent me those things every year, which showed that You love me too..."
"I did love him. I did love you."
"No, you only love yourself." Jiang Ning shook her head feebly, "Maybe, you still love money, your reputation, and your status as a big star."
"Do you think that love with money is cheap?" Ding Caijing looked at her young daughter who had grown to be as tall as herself, and said with rare earnestness, "Do you think that mother buys you toys and gifts, and provides grandma with A good house and giving her money every month, this kind of love is very cheap? That is all the money I got from work, and I never let go of my love for you when I was working. Although, love is really a kind of Stupid stuff."
"madness?"
"Of course. Because my mother loves you, now I'm using my precious time to discuss with you some middle school students' debates. In the past, it was your father who made me waste time like this..." Ding Caijing Looking at Jiang Ning, he sighed, "The appearance is seven points like me, but the temper is seven points like him. It was because of his temper that we..."
Hearing Ding Caijing take the initiative to mention her father, Jiang Ning's heart was moved.But Ding Caijing quickly stopped talking, and said seriously: "Okay, between us, mother and daughter, we still have a lot of time to chat slowly. Now let's talk about business."
The so-called business is a contract.Ding Caijing directly opened the back door and asked Jiang Ning to sign an actor training contract with S/M Company.
Jiang Ning no longer has the strength to be angry.How can a person's self-righteousness be so endless, when she thinks that the other party has recovered from poverty, come another "beautiful will"?
Jiang Ning sarcastically said: "Isn't my guardian Uncle Jin Bingcheng? Just sign it?"
Ding Caijing actually expressed relief at Jiang Ning's reaction: "Now the thinking is very clear. But acting career is your own."
"The contract is up to you. But I don't agree or cooperate." Jiang Ning said concisely, "Aren't you afraid of being caught by reporters if you use your relationship so casually?"
Ding Caijing didn't care about Jiang Ning's naive offense: "What bag are you grabbing? With such a contract, the company has to sign several copies every day. It's not directly letting you make a movie. It will be stricter for you during training. Your appearance Conditions, even if you participate in the company's screening, it is not difficult to become an actor trainee."
"Thank you for your gene." Jiang Ning said, "But I still say that, I don't agree with it, and I don't cooperate."
Ding Caijing's eyes actually added a bit of admiration: "Looking at it this way, my temperament is quite like me."
"Then can I go?"
Ding Caijing silently pushed aside the contract in his hand, and looked at Jiang Ning as usual: "Yes. I know you don't want me to take you off. The ticket back to Gwangju has already been bought for you. Let's take you to the head office of the station. The contract Don't rush things, I'll give you time to think about it this semester."
Jiang Ning was too lazy to listen, so she turned around and went to open the door.
Ding Caijing added: "Don't pay too much attention to the math competition."
Jiang Ning couldn't help turning her head back: "What do you mean?"
Ding Caijing has already sat on the office chair: "It means that you don't have to wait until high school, you can go to the best school in Seoul from the third year of junior high."
"What did you say?"
"In the past two years, your grandmother's health has not been very good, and she has always said that she wants to go back to her hometown in the countryside. I have already contacted her, and there will be a special person to go to her hometown in Guangzhou to take care of her."
"I've never heard it from my grandma." Jiang Ning's voice couldn't help trembling again, "Miss Ding, can you, can you think about our real needs in our hearts?"
"Miss Jiang, I've been thinking about it." Ding Caijing said, "Grandma has been taking medicine for the past two years, haven't you noticed? In the past six months, has the number of visits to the hospital been less? You have gone to school. If something happens to her , who called an ambulance for her? Don't look at me like I'm evil. The air in my hometown is good, and there are acquaintances. Did I unreasonably send her directly to a lonely nursing home?"
"What about me? Do you know what I want?"
"You worked so hard to prepare for the math competition, isn't it because you want to come to Seoul to study in high school? I just let you come a year earlier."
"But I don't want to do this!" Jiang Ning finally lost control again, "Have you ever asked me! Have you ever asked me!"
"I sent you to the best school. Is there such a big difference from you trying to get in?" Ding Caijing was also a little angry, "Don't tell me about your sense of honor. After entering the school, you can learn better than others." If others are good, they can still shape your sense of honor."
"You are such a selfish lunatic." Jiang Ning gritted her teeth.
"Jiang Ning!" Ding Caijing stood up, "I did all this, not for me."
"Is that for me? I begged you to transfer me to another school out of nowhere, I begged you to train me to be an actor? Did I ask? When did I say that!"
"You have a talent for acting since you were a child. You have loved to imitate characters in movies since you were a child. If you grow up and grow up, you become afraid to go on stage and don't like to be in the limelight. This is your father's temperament inheritance, and it is indeed a mistake in my education. But , it's not too late!"
"I never said I wanted to be a movie actor. I only told you when I was a kid that I wanted to be a stage actor."
Because, every precious meeting with her mother at that time, she would take herself to watch the latest stage play as much as possible.
Because mom likes it.Jiang Ning used to want so much to be someone her mother would like.
"The circle is common. As long as you have acting skills and fame..."
"Don't discuss this issue first, let me talk about the issue of transferring schools first." Jiang Ning was a little tough, "I will not transfer schools."
Ding Caijing was even tougher: "It's up to you."
"Do you have to let me be happy without a single friend! You know how much I cherish the fact that I finally have friends with whom I can chat and talk in the past few years!"
"In Seoul, there will be many people who will be your friends. The friendship in junior high school is precious. When you graduate from high school, you will only remember the people in those three years. Silly child, mother will not harm you."
"You won't harm me, you just want to control me."
"Control you? If I just want to control you, will I let you do whatever you want, with the most potential trainee in the company, and let you travel at public expense?"
Jiang Ning's vitals were completely hit: "What did you say?"
"Zheng Yunhao." Ding Caijing said the name word by word, and at the same time tapped the table rhythmically with his right hand, "I know you two have known each other for many years, and this kid is indeed talented, hardworking, and very likable."
Jiang Ning's heart turned cold.She should have thought of it earlier.
Although Ding Caijing's influence in S/M Company was still uncertain at the time, Jiang Ning also knew that it would not be difficult to bring down a trainee.
"Please, let him go." Jiang Ning said suddenly.
Ding Caijing seemed to be stabbed by Jiang Ning's sudden softening posture. She looked at her daughter in disbelief: "Do you think I'm threatening you?"
Jiang Ning didn't deny it.
Ding Caijing seemed to be really hurt.Jiang Ning scolded her pervert and lunatic just now, but it didn't make her feel so uncomfortable.
She took a deep breath: "The purpose of sending you to Hangzhou is not to threaten you. Does it really take so much effort to threaten you? I send you to let you see, your childhood sweetheart, stand On the stage, what is it like now. And what will it be like in the future.”
"I think you have already seen it. He is indeed a good young man who is born with superior conditions and is willing to work hard. Given time, he may be able to surpass Junjin's current status. So, what about you at that time? Jiang Ning, at that time you Where? Like this time, running to the crowd of fans? Shouting I love you? Only dozens of people are going for him now, but in the future, the venue will be full of glow sticks, can he see you?"
Jiang Ning was speechless.
No matter how much she didn't want to see Ding Caijing, she had to admit that no one could analyze the boredom lingering in her heart more clearly than Ding Caijing.
"Okay, even if you are willing to be a good housemate—what's more, are you willing? Jiang Ning, you were born by me, and I know what kind of character you are. You are just like your father, you can't stand it, you can't stand it at all You all look not to be pushy, but you are very proud in your bones, and you simply cannot accept being crowned with titles such as so-and-so's husband and so-and-so's girlfriend. All gossip magazines will stare at you, all Everyone will say, you are not good enough for him. Because you are nothing."
"You said you worked hard? You don't rely on me, you only work hard on your own. Very good, very strong. But what can you work hard to become? A senior company white-collar? A very good strong woman? Jiang Ning, you are more than I am lucky. Because you have a stronger mother. But if you give up this luck, you will not be as lucky as me. At that time, child, what kind of effort will you use to catch up with a Hallyu superstar? One day It’s only 24 hours, and you can’t make up the gap without sleep.”
"Stop it. Please stop it." Jiang Ning held her forehead weakly, gritted her teeth and said, "I won't follow your will."
"You may be right, but I just won't follow your wishes."
Ding Caijing gasped: "Are you angry with me?"
Jiang Ning didn't answer.
"Can't you think about it for my mother?" Ding Caijing looked exhausted, "Jiang Ning, you can't be Jin Bingcheng's 'adopted daughter' forever. Mom will take you back to her home one day."
Jiang Ning looked at Ding Caijing.No matter how disgusted she was, Jiang Ning couldn't escape the subconscious expectation and joy in her heart.
"You want... to recognize me?"
"Yes, Jiang Ning. You were born by your mother. My mother always wants to bring you in front of everyone and tell others that I have such a smart and beautiful daughter." Ding Caijing's eyes turned red, "So, you Just listen to my mother once, receive professional training, and then shoot good works..."
Jiang Ning's heart that was about to be warm suddenly turned cold: "Oh, why, I'm not a big star, and I don't deserve to be your Ding Caijing's daughter, am I?"
"Mom didn't mean that." Ding Caijing tried to explain, "But, you have to give mother a reason to recognize you. If you say so rashly that you want to adopt you, the reporter may not be able to write anything. You have to enter the show business circle and become a Only when you are an eye-catching person, mother can find a suitable time to recognize you as my daughter..."
"Enough!" Jiang Ning felt that what she had just expected was the most ridiculous thing in the world, "I actually thought that you really wanted...I'm so stupid. After talking for a long time, you are not all for yourself !Adopted daughter? Adopted daughter? You keep claiming to be your mother, how dare you say you want to recognize me as an 'adopted daughter'?!"
Jiang Ning gave Ding Caijing a cold look with the most desperate eyes in her life, and turned to open the door.
"Jiang Ning! Are you angry with me just because of this?"
Jiang Ning didn't look back, and there was no longer any hope in her tone.
"I'm not angry. I can't arbitrarily judge whether your way is right or wrong, but I know one thing very well. I hate you very much. I absolutely don't want to do things in your way. Because I don't want to be like you at all. people."
The author has something to say:
This chapter is really long enough...
In fact, at the end of the last chapter, I didn’t intend to let everyone guess who entered the door. I thought I wrote it very clearly (blame me... cover your face)
In the comments, some classmates said that Ding Caijing had already gone to the United States, which is true (someone remembered the plot, and was moved for a second) Why did it suddenly appear again?In fact, both Chapter 21 and Chapter 22 have information that she has come back~ (But no wonder you can’t remember, I’m a bit fuzzy myself... Blame me for updating too slowly)
Up to now, because I don't apply for the list at all, my collection will basically not be moved.
However, thinking of "weekly updates" like me, there are still people reading the article, so I can only compare my heart in silence.