In the midst of the silence, Ning Rong slowly turned his head to look at An Xing: “Little brother?”
An Xing looked back for a few seconds with an innocent face, and also twisted his head to look at An Zhaoming.
“Dad, you said, when I find my little brother, I have to help him get used to his new life.”
As soon as I call out fast enough, I can put this title into practice la!
An Xing felt that he could be witty.
The original mixed feelings and mixed flavors were all destroyed by An Xing’s “Little brother “.
An Zhaoming and Ning Rong were expressionless, Shen Ying, with tears in her eyes, snorted out a laugh.
Lu Tian Shen, who had walked over at an unknown time, faintly opened his mouth.
“Although they were born on the same day, but there is always a difference in time, then there will be a difference between brothers.”
Listen! His brother Shen is the one who understands him the most!
An Xing proudly puffed out his chest, waiting for Ning Rong to open his mouth and call him brother.
Ning Rong glanced at the smug little teenager, his face remained expressionless.
“Mom once said that I was born at 2:45 PM – of course, that’s now your birth time. What about me?”
Where did An Xing know his own, ah no, Ning Rong’s birth time, tilting his head in bewilderment.
An Zhaoming coughed lightly, “Ning …… Rong rong should have been born at 2:30 pm, indeed the earliest one to be born.”
A bolt from the blue!
An Xing was stunned. If he was mistaken with Ning Rong, then he was born 15 minutes later than Ning Rong! Then Ning Rong was older than him!
The teenager looked shocked, his little curly hair collapsed, and he forced himself to say:
“Still, I haven’t done the appraisal yet,…… maybe the third child is younger than me,……” then he is still expected to be a little brother!
Ning Rong lifted his chin, and snorted coldly.
“Which of you is the second brother, who is the third brother I do not care, anyway, I am the eldest.”
“Come on, call Big Brother.”
An Xing: ……
Lu Tian Shen couldn’t see An Xing being bullied and opened his mouth to change the topic.
“Who are Xingxing’s parents? Who is he going to be appraised with?”
An Zhaoming coughed and went along with the topic change.
“Rongrong’s parents had an accident not long ago, but the police saved the samples and can make an application to do an appraisal, that is, I guess there are procedures to go through.”
Lu Tian Shen nodded: “Then leave it to me.”
Ning Rong was a bit uncomfortable being called “Rong Rong” by An Zhaoming, who was still very strange to him. However, since he had already established that he was a child of the An family, and he currently had no ill feelings towards the An family, there was no need to resist like that.
Moreover, compared to resisting the An family members, he was even more displeased with this man who had inexplicably appeared and still had a strong aura. He kind of wanted to taunt him, but before he could open his mouth, An Xing had already happily picked up the conversation.
“Okay ah, then I’ll rely on you, Brother Shen!”
The man laughed a little, and under Ning Rong’s gaze, he rubbed the teenager’s small curly hair again.
The appraisal results had already come out, all of them planned to leave, heading out with Lu Tian Shen.
An Xing and Ning Rong walked in front, talking, Shen Ying followed closely behind eavesdropping, and An Zhaoming, who walked at the end, was pulled by Lu Tian Shen.
“Tian Shen? What’s wrong?”
An Zhaoming was in a good mood at this moment. The process of retrieving his own son had gone smoothly, and currently Ning Rong and An Xing were getting along well. An Zhaoming felt that everything was moving in a good direction.
Seeing Lu Tian Shen pulling himself back, he finished his question with a smile, but saw that the younger man’s face did not look good.
“Uncle An, if your child is the earliest one to be born, he should also be put into the nursery the earliest.”
Nowadays, newborns would be distinguished by a bracelet as soon as they were born, back then there was no such condition. But back then, there were only three babies born on the same day, and since Ning Rong was the first to be born, naturally, he would also be the first to be put into the nursery.
After Ning Rong, there was An Xing and another newborn, and the order of the latter two didn’t matter.
But when the nurse was about to take Ning Rong for a checkup, she realized that “the baby is missing”.
That’s odd isn’t it? Newborns should be examined in order, and Ning Rong had been lying there for at least fifteen minutes, so why would he be mistaken for An Xing?
And why was Ning Rong swapped after An Xing was carried away as Ning Rong? When the lost child was recovered, the people thought that it was the An family’s child, it was because of the other two babies, both children were there.
So, were the two children accidentally carried by mistake back then, or were they switched?
An Zhaoming froze.
*
Now that the results were out, there was no need for Ning Rong to still be living at his friend’s house, so An Xing proposed to bring the person back to the villa, so he could still get along with the An family couple and cultivate a relationship.
His proposal was rejected.
Ning Rong: “There’s no rush first, I want to wait for the results of your appraisal.”
“Then, then you can also wait for the results at home.” An Xing tried to convince Ning Rong, “You can come home with us first and recognize the directions ……”
Saying that, he looked at An Zhaoming and Shen Ying, trying to seek support.
An Zhaoming didn’t say anything, and Shen Ying patted the teenager’s shoulder soothingly and looked at Ning Rong.
“Xingxing is right, you’re staying at home tonight, so you can familiarize yourself with the house first. There’s everything at home, and you don’t have to worry about inconvenience.”
The woman’s sight was gentle and unforgiving, and Ning Rong instantly remembered his deceased mother. He couldn’t do anything about such a sight, and instantly fell silent, unable to speak the words of refusal.
An Zhaoming finally came back to his senses, seeing that the boy was not quite willing, and hurriedly advised Shen Ying and An Xing.
“There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, there’s no need to rush.”
He glanced at his cell phone and suggested.
“Why don’t we go eat dinner first? After eating we’ll send Rongrong back together, to familiarize ourselves with him, and then we’ll take our time later.”
An Xing could also see that Ning Rong was still a bit resistant, which he could understand. Just like him, even if he knew that his parents were someone else, if they suddenly appeared in front of him, he would probably be a bit overwhelmed and would want to stay by himself for a while.
Besides, nothing had been prepared inside the home, so bringing Ning Rong home now, and letting someone sleep in the guest room at night?
An Xing immediately followed An Zhaoming’s words and concurred, “Then let’s go eat Chao Shan hot pot! Next time, we can have roast duck!”
Understanding what her husband and son meant, Shen Ying sighed. Seeing that Ning Rong seemed to have relaxed a bit as well, she nodded.
“Okay, let’s go eat first.”
An Zhaoming drove, Shen Ying sat in the passenger seat, and the two boys sat in the back row. Letting Ning Rong sit in first, An Xing also followed and squeezed in, happily coming up next to Ning Rong, forgetting the loss of not being a big brother.
“Ning Rong Ning Rong, do you like spicy food? Mommy doesn’t eat spicy food, but Daddy and I always prepare spicy food bowls every time.”
Ning Rong gave him an odd look and shook his head.
“I don’t like spicy food either.”
An Xing sighed, “Okay, then I ……”
“What spicy food!” Shen Ying in the passenger seat turned her head to glare at the teenager, “You’re just recovering from your illness, so avoid eating it!”
An Xing was stunned, “Just, just a little ……”
“No way.” Shen Ying coldly refused, and when she looked at Ning Rong, she was instantly gentle, “Rong Rong you watch your younger brother for a while, you can’t let him touch the spicy food.”
Ning Rong: “Okay.”
An Xing:! Who is the younger brother! How was he considered a “younger brother”?
Also, if he can’t eat spicy food, then why did he mention Chaoshan hot pot! Wouldn’t it be better to eat Shanxi hot pot?
An Xing was definitely pulling on the passenger seat, trying to bargain, but was powerfully rejected.
An Zhaoming saw his wife laughing and joking with their children in the rearview mirror, and his heavy heart finally eased a lot. He decided not to think about those bad things for now, it was more important to bond with his son first.
The four of them went to a relatively famous Chaoshan hot pot restaurant and asked for a private room. When it was time to eat the hot pot, An Xing realized that he was really being watched, and even the request to put in a little bit of chili was rejected.
“This chili has no spicy flavor at all! I can’t even put in a tiny bit of it?”
The way the teenager’s eyes were drooling at the ingredients bowl was really endearing, and Ning Rong, who had never seen it before anyway, was instantly a bit hesitant. He looked towards An Zhaoming and Shen Ying, but the two of them were indifferent, pretending not to see the teenager’s pitiful gaze as they asked about Ning Rong’s studies.
Ning Rong’s attention was diverted and he answered.
An Xing puffed out his cheeks and took it upon himself to lay the meat.
“Does Rong Rong still have a part-time job now?”
When he heard this question, An Xing happened to have stuffed his mouth full of beef slush, and looked at Ning Rong with great concern. He could remember that before, Ning Rong worked part-time at Tanabata Park, and had to wear heavy doll clothes all day, it was really too tiring.
“Already quit, I haven’t been going lately.”
Ning Rong didn’t say it, but everyone in the An family understood that it was bound to be due to the fact that last time, the Ning family ran off to make trouble, and pushed An Xing into the water. Those two had vocally gone looking for trouble with Ning Rong, and the park didn’t want things to get any bigger, so naturally they were unwilling to let Ning Rong continue to stay.
“Then, then don’t go! It’s so hard! You come to An Ning Jewelry internship ah, give dad a hand!”
An Xing eagerly swallowed the beef and pulled at Ning Rong’s arm.
Ning Rong froze for a moment, “An Ning Jewelry?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s our family …… no, it’s dad’s company.”
Afraid that Ning Rong would misunderstand that he was coveting the company, An Xing made a sharp turn in his words, and by the way, he indicated that he would definitely not steal the company from him.
“I really don’t know much about business management or anything, there’s really no way I can go and give dad a hand. I interned in the marketing department a while ago, and I did a terrible job!”
An Zhaoming wanted to say something.
Although his son didn’t know how to do marketing, he got along well with his coworkers, and in fact, it was entirely possible for him to cultivate it and work towards other departments. However, An Xing’s words were meant to put Ning Rong at ease, so he did not interrupt.
After fishing An Xing out of the pool that day, Ning Rong also searched for news about the An family. After all, An Zhaoming was the president of An Ning Jewelry, and information about him could be found in the local news, so Ning Rong naturally knew An Zhaoming’s identity.
It’s just that he hadn’t thought that he was An Zhaoming’s son, and he hadn’t thought that An Xing, who had been raised as the An family’s youngest master for twenty years, actually didn’t mind at all, and said that he wanted him to go to the company for an internship.
Ning Rong asked, “Are you in the company?”
An Xing was stuck for a moment, not knowing whether to answer or not. Seeing his entanglement, An Zhaoming opened his mouth.
“Xing Xing majored in design and entered the design department to study.”
Ning Rong nodded thoughtfully.
“Let’s not rush it yet, we’ll see what’s happening back there.”
An Xing was a bit surprised. He had thought that Ning Rong would be very concerned about this, and would love to get into the family company as soon as possible.
He struggled for a bit and whispered, “If you mind, I can ……” Ning Rong raised his hand and said soothingly:
“There’s really no rush.”
He looked to An Zhaoming, “Will you go public about hugging the wrong child? Introducing my identity publicly.”
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying said in unison, “Of course!”
Shen Ying added sharply:
“Rongrong, Xingxing and we all want to find you as soon as possible, we never thought of not recognizing your identity ……”
“Don’t be anxious.” Ning Rong raised his hand to pour water for Shen Ying, “I mean, we’ll talk about entering the company after it’s announced, not now.”
An Xing secretly sized up Shen Ying for half a day, and felt that Ning Rong seemed to be speaking from the heart, not because he minded him. He tentatively gave Ning Rong a piece of meat, showing a bit of a curt smile, seeing the boy look over at him and eat it.
An Xing was relieved and heartlessly advised the two in turn.
“Mom and dad don’t worry, listen to Ning Rong! He definitely has something in mind!”
The three of them looked at the little fool in unison and tacitly stopped talking.
Shen Ying secretly sighed, patted her husband, and responded with a smile:
“Rongrong doesn’t have to choose in a hurry, if you really aren’t interested in business management, you don’t have to force yourself. Our family’s money can afford to support you.”
Ning Rong gave a “hmm”.
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying both wanted to ask how Ning Rong had been doing in the past twenty years, and whether the Ning family couple had treated him well, but they were worried about stirring up the child’s sadness, or if the child was unwilling to talk about it. They could only talk about something inoffensive first, and then talk about the An family’s situation on sight.
A meal lasted nearly three hours, and by the time the four of them exited the hot pot restaurant, they all felt a bit unable to walk.
After sending Ning Rong back to the Ning family, on the way home, Shen Ying switched from the passenger seat to next to An Xing.
“Xingxing ah, let’s remodel that room next to you and make a bedroom for Rongrong, okay?”
The An Family’s villa had many rooms, and the couple’s bedroom and An Xing’s bedroom were both on the second floor. Considering the fact that occasionally guests with more valuable status would stay in the An Family villa, there were also a few guest bedrooms on the second floor that had a good layout and lightṣing.
The room Shen Ying mentioned was a guest bedroom that was hardly ever left occupied.
“Okay ah, that room has pretty good sunlight.”
An Xing agreed without thinking. Ning Rong was the An family’s child, so of course he should be given a separate room and cleaned up properly.
Seeing no resistance on the teenager’s face, Shen Cherry breathed a sigh of relief while at the same time being pleased and proud of her own little fool.
It was already very late today, and the family was very tired, so they each took a bath and went back to sleep. An Xing was so sleepy that he fell back to sleep and didn’t even have time to turn on the flight mode of his cell phone.
Then in the middle of the night, he was woken up by a crazy vibration.
An Xing was a bit out of bed and grabbed his cell phone with a huff, not wanting to open his eyes to see who was calling, he directly connected it and put it to his ear. He was just about to complain when he was blocked by the high voice on the other side.
“An Xing …… An Xing! I’m Xiao Yi!”
On the other side of the cell phone, the man’s voice was full of fear and the joy of having survived the disaster.
“Xingxing, you …… you’re simply my lucky star!”
An Xing: Huh?
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.