Rebirth of the Little Actor – Chapter 17
17 – Ning Rong even directly pulled An Xing to his side, holding back his anger.
An Xing did not expect that in trying to help Ning Rong brush up his favor, he would get such a result.
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying were not unreasonable people, but they didn’t know the truth, and compared to an outsider, it was definitely their own son who was more important. There was nothing wrong with that boy being unfortunate, but there were so many poor people in this world that they definitely valued their own family more.
Forget it, I’d better not press the issue blindly, so as not to make a mistake.
“Alright well, let’s go eat.”
The teenager was obedient, and only then did An Zhaoming and Shen Ying feel relieved. After calming down, they couldn’t help but look at the boy over there again.
The boy put on a doll hood and stood beside the noodle stand, waving the complimentary small fan in his hand as he continued to attract customers.
Shen Ying couldn’t help but ask, “He’s working part-time? His parents ……”
Halfway through her sentence, Shen Ying recalled that her son had mentioned that the boy’s parents had died, and that he had been robbed of his family’s property by others. She was not a princess in a greenhouse, and naturally knew that some people simply disregarded affection in the face of interest.
An Xing looked at her mother and nodded, “Yeah, he’s so bitter!”
Shen Ying’s subtle sadness that had just risen a little instantly disappeared and she poked her son in the head.
“Good looking boys can all be deceiving, you little fool be careful.”
An Xing: ????
An Xing was aggrieved and didn’t say anything. The family picked a western restaurant, ate high-calorie steak fried chicken and spaghetti, digested for a while, and prepared to go riding in high spirits.
The waters in Tanabata Park were not small, and in addition to the Thousand Carp Pond, there was also a sightseeing lake that could be visited by boat. There is a cycling avenue around the lake for riding and sightseeing.
The An family rented a single bike and a double one and slowly rode along the riding avenue.
“Son, step up!” Shen Ying sat at the back of the tandem bike and paddled, giving An Xing a boost in the meantime, “I’ll switch places with you when you’ve ridden enough for ten kilometers!”
An Xing rode with a huff and puff, crying without tears, “Ride, can’t ride anymore …… so tired!”
An Zhaoming was disgusted: “It’s only five kilometers! I can’t even ride fast because I just finished eating. Your body really needs some exercise.”
Then he slowed down, waiting for his son to catch his breath.
An Xing was very unconvinced and yelled, “I’m an artist just like mom, we artists are all weak handed, so what’s the point of exercising!”
The man grunted and laughed, “Spirited now?”
An Xing, who was chattering, gave a start, subconsciously tilted his head sideways and crashed into his mother’s smiling eyes. It was then that he reacted to the fact that they had offered to come to the park to ride for a break because they could see how sad he had been these past few days.
The teenager’s small curls fluttered in the wind and stayed for a moment before he grunted and turned his head to continue riding.
What’s so awful about him, An Xing thought. Just tell the truth tonight and don’t let Shen Ying get sick from being irritated by An Hao and the others. As for finding the An family’s real child, he held a clue to Ning Rong in his hand and would release it when the time was right.
That way the family would be reunited and he could search for his real parents.
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying would always treat him as their child, and at worst, Brother Shen would raise him.
With a back door in place, An Xingxing was fearless!
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The cycling avenue goes around the largest lake in Qixi Park, with a total length of nearly 20 kilometers. An Zhaoming had good physical strength, but by the time An Xing got off the finish line, his legs were already weak – of course he couldn’t exchange with Shen Ying. How can such a big person let his father take care of the paddling!
“Come on son! Let’s buy a burger to eat!”
An Zhaoming egged his son on to buy a KFC with great spirit, in the same tone as when he egged his son on to ride the whole way when he had ridden ten kilometers.
The teenager glanced at his father grudgingly and sat on his butt on the roadside bench, adamantly refusing to move.
“Not going, can’t walk. Dad, you’ve raised me for so many years, it’s not too bad to do it again. I’d like to eat a plate-grilled chicken leg burger and a Coke and a blueberry egg tart, please.”
Shen Ying pulled An Zhaoming with a smile, “Alright, let’s both go buy it and let our son rest.”
Watching the two of them walk away, An Xing took a few sips of water and exhaled. There were trees next to where he sat, which provided shade from the sun, and not far away was a small pond, which brought a hint of cool water vapor with the wind.
An Xing was drifting off to sleep when he vaguely heard the sound of a sharp argument. He opened his eyes in a daze, turned around, and instantly sobered up.
By the pond, Ning Rong had taken off his doll suit and was standing in front of a man and a woman, his face cold. By his side was an embarrassed park staff member, and the middle-aged man and woman on the opposite side were the same people who had just let out shrill shouts.
It was only then that An Xing realized that after riding for so long, they were back at the original point in the morning, near the location where Ning Rong worked part-time. He hesitated, got up with difficulty, and took a few steps that way on shaky legs to hear what was going on.
“You ill-raised brat ah, Lao Er and his wife have been kind enough to raise you, and you’re actually coveting their house!”
“I’m telling you, we don’t care where you go to fool around, but you have to return that house! You’re not Lao Er’s son, my nephew isn’t even here yet, so what right do you have to enjoy the happiness!”
The middle-aged woman’s voice was already sharp, and she screamed like an unreasonable shrew, her nails almost poking Ning Rong’s face. Ning Rong didn’t say a word, only coldly watching the woman spilling her guts before turning to the middle-aged man.
“Eldest uncle, you think the same way as your elder aunt? You also want the house that mom and dad left me?”
That middle-aged man didn’t hesitate to say, “Don’t call me elder uncle, you’re not part of our Ning family!”
Ning Rong’s complexion grew colder.
An Xing couldn’t listen anymore.
Were these two people cursing Ning Rong? The one they were bullying was An Zhaoming and Shen Ying’s son!
Just as Ning Rong was about to open his mouth, a slim figure leapt over, and a clear voice rang out in indignation.
“You guys are too much, aren’t you? Bullying someone whose parents just died!”
Those two froze for a moment, the woman quickly reacted and sprayed at An Xing.
“Do *your* business!”
An Xing froze. He had been well protected since he was a child, and the people he came into contact with were people with similar status and family background, and he had never seen this kind of cursing as soon as they met, so for a moment he didn’t know how to curse back.
“Hey! Don’t just scold people!”
The staff on the side also could not stand to watch and drew back. Ning Rong even directly pulled An Xing to his side, forcing back his anger.
“He has nothing to do with this matter. Ms. Liu, you don’t want to cause trouble, do you?”
At this moment, there were already quite a few people around who had slowly gathered around because of the quarrel here. The children who were originally playing by the pond were carried away from here by their worried parents. Everyone was well versed in the principle of staying away from the crowd, and they were not far away from a few people.
Uncle Ning’s wife, whose surname is Liu, has a fierce personality and short-sightedness. She can only see a third of an acre of land in front of her. Anyone with eyes could tell from An Xing’s clothes and temperament that he was from a good family and had some concerns, but she was not. Seeing more and more people watching the fun, she rolled her eyes and amplified her voice even more.
“You heartless little brat ah, our Ning family raised you, which raised a white-eyed wolf ah! Not only did you rob our family, but you also joined forces with outsiders to bully us!”
Seeing someone pull out a cell phone to record the video, An Xing was anxious.
Are you kidding me, in the future, when the truth came out, the An family would definitely have to announce Ning Rong’s true identity to the public. If someone released this video at that moment, outsiders who didn’t know the truth, wouldn’t they misunderstand Ning Rong’s character!
Flying over the few words she had just heard, An Xing quickly spoke up, drawing the middle-aged woman’s attention to himself.
“I heard you guys arguing just now, he was raised by your brother and sister-in-law, but not biological right?”
“Our country’s inheritance law stipulates that adoptive relationships have equal inheritance rights. Since he was raised by his parents, he should inherit the house! You guys are saying so much just to try to rob someone’s house, right!”
Ms. Liu’s face suddenly changed, and she pushed An Xing hard in annoyance, “What nonsense are you talking about, you brat!”
This push was hard, but An Xing was at least a big boy, and Ms. Liu didn’t think anything would happen at all. Her aim was to provoke these two, it would be better if they made a move on her. But the problem was, An Xing had just finished riding twenty kilometers, his legs were soft, his legs and stomach were a little shaky standing next to Ning Rong, and when he was pushed so unexpectedly, he tripped over his feet and fell backwards.
Behind them, the pond is only one meter deep, not very big, with a clear bottom, which has some koi carp, around the pond there are some wildflowers and grasses. Just now those small children, under the care of adults, in the pond around and the water to play mud. The children were carried away, the mud was still there.
So An Xing tripped back a few steps and stepped on the mud, his already unstable center of gravity pressed on the last straw, and his whole body leaned over the guardrail and tumbled down.
Ning Rong who completely failed to react: ……
Crowd: ……
“Xingxing! Help!”
An Zhaoming was picking up food from the KFC, and when Shen Ying came over to check on her son’s condition, she saw such a scene and was so scared that her body went cold, screaming and running this way. The crowd exploded, Ning Rong didn’t even think about it, immediately jumping over the guardrail into the pond and grabbing the boy who had fallen.
An Xing who rolled into the water without any defense and was pulled up without even waiting to panic:……
He looked at the anxious Ning Rong in front of him in a daze, dumbfounded, hair, what happened?
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.