Rebirth of the Little Actor – Chapter 31
31- “You’re the child of our Ning family, the son of the oldest two?!”
An Xing took the appraisal report, and his mood was still quite reasonable.
Many things in this life were developing in a good direction, such as Ning Rong not having a barrier with his family for the time being, and such as him successfully finding his real parents.
But there are also some things that he could not change even if he was born again, such as the death of the Ning family couple.
An Xing had guessed that he was most likely the child of the Ning family couple, and of course he hoped that they would survive.
Therefore, although it was a pity that he could not meet his biological parents, An Xing had already made psychological preparations, so he was not overly sad, but he just couldn’t let go.
Being hugged by Shen Ying, he quickly sorted out his mood. At this time, An Xing noticed that Lu Tianchen had been looking at him.
“Brother Shen?”
An Xing tilted his head and met the man’s worried gaze.
Lu Tian Shen walked over and suddenly reached out to rub the teenager’s small curly hair. His dark eyes met the teenager’s light curry-colored eyes, and the man’s voice was low and magnetic.
“Don’t be sad. Even if they don’t know you exist, but you know, that’s enough.”
Ning Rong and Shen Ying froze, looking at Lu Tian Shen in surprise, and then snapped to look at An Xing.
An Xing did not hide the dismay on his face, staring blankly at the man for a few seconds, and then his heart spread out an indescribable feeling, a little sour, and a little happy.
He felt sour because Lu Tianchen was right about that point in his heart that he couldn’t let go, and he was happy because Lu Tianchen could see through it.
The feeling of being understood is like soaking into a hot pool in winter, An Xing shook his ears, received his mother and Ning Rong’s gaze, and smiled at them.
“I’m really fine……Well, Brother Shen is right, it’s good that I know.”
This time, An Xing took the initiative to get close to Lu Tianchen, grabbed the man’s clothes, and gave him a few tugs. Feeling that this action was not enough to express his excitement, seeing that there were no outsiders around, he simply leaned over and forced himself to be close to his brother Shen.
“Brother Shen Shen, let’s go eat barbecue some other day!”
The little fool’s round eyes shone brightly, and his claws were still excitedly scratching people’s clothes, like a cat pup begging for attention, venting his happy emotions.
Lu Tian Shen laughed a little, grabbed An Xing’s hand and squeezed it, taking the opportunity to invite:
“Pick a day, or today?”
An Xing thought for a moment and regretfully shook his head.
“Not today, we have things to do later.”
He turned back towards Shen Ying and Ning Rong and smiled at them, telling the man.
“I want to go see their graves.”
Lu Tian Shen understood, his eyes softening even more.
“That’s fine.”
He paused, but still couldn’t hold back, gazing at the teenager in front of him and saying softly:
“Next time, can I go with you to see them?”
An Xing nodded without hesitation, “Of course!”
Brother Shen was his good brother, of course he could go see his parents together!
Lu Tian Shen: ……
Against the frank and sincere gaze of this obviously unenlightened little fool, Lu Tian Shen had a headache.
Ning Rong, who was on the side, finally saw something, and looked at An Xing with an odd gaze, then at Lu Tian Shen.
Hmmm …… So, given that the little fool is not getting the hang of it at all, Surname Lu’s sweet words actually still don’t work.
Oh no, that can’t be considered sweet words – how can one say such subtle words to the little fool? The little fool obviously didn’t get it when he said that we were going to see our parents together!
Ning Rong couldn’t help but come up next to Shen Ying and ask in a low voice, “They ……?”
Shen Ying’s eyes lit up, feeling that this son seemed to have inherited their romantic cells of love, and also came over to bite his ear.
“Did you see it too?”
“Our Xingxing is a little fool, and that kid Tianchen is actually a coward!”
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Ning Rong brought a copy of his appraisal report with him when he went out, and An Xing also made a copy of his appraisal report with the Ning couple. An Zhaoming and Shen Ying bought the ritual supplies, and the family went straight to the mausoleum in the suburbs.
The Ning family couple did not anticipate that something would happen to them, so naturally, they did not prepare the cemetery in advance. After they passed away, Ning Rong was in a hurry to organize the funeral, but he didn’t have much cash money to take out, so he bought a more remote location in the mausoleum.
“Rongrong ah, let’s move your mom and dad’s graves.”
Following behind Ning Rong, An Zhaoming took the initiative and An Xing positively answered.
“Yeah, I have pocket money, we can buy it together.”
He gave a pause, and then grasped Ning Rong, “It’s not money from mom and dad, it’s money I earned from making things on my own ah.”
Ning Rong turned back and pulled An Xing, signaling him to watch the road before replying, “It’s fine, there’s no rush, they’re not the ones who care about this.”
Ning’s husband and wife were both teachers and strict materialists, and since they were young, they wouldn’t lie to Ning Rong, saying that people would go to heaven when they died, and that there was a next life and so on, and that they weren’t the ones who cared about what happened afterward.
Ning Rong remembers to this day, when a distant elder of the Ning family died, the family went to the funeral. The place is remote, the funeral customs are very complex, Ning Rong as a child onlooker, watched in disbelief.
After returning home, Ning Jingze pinched Gu Lan’s shoulders, and Gu Lan sighed and said to her son:
“Rongrong ah, in the future, mom and dad’s funeral, don’t make it so complicated, just call a few friends and relatives! You know all our good friends, so don’t call any more, it’s too much of a burden for you.”
At that time, Ning Rong listened to a whole lot of what various customs represent, so he asked curiously:
“Doesn’t it mean that the more people who come, the better, so that you will have face underground.”
“It’s not like I’ll know how many people are coming.” Gu Lan skimmed her mouth, her almond eyes crafty, “And with too many people coming, I’m sure it’s too noisy.”
Ning Jingze also stroked his son’s head and said in a warm voice:
“There’s no need for that. If you have to receive all the people who come, you’ll be very tired. Your mom and I will be heartbroken.”
An Xing listened attentively, and from Ning Rong’s description, endeavored to piece together a picture of his own biological parents’ appearance. He smacked his lips, curious as well.
“Then how many people did you inform about their funeral?”
“Mom and Dad went to the same school, and their coworkers and friends who were close to them came. Some of their students & parents came spontaneously. The children they saved with their families, and the people from that village they went to teach.”
Ning Rong’s eyes were a little wistful and a little sad.
“I thought, even though they say that, it’s good to be a little lively.”
Even though the Ning family couple were his own parents, An Xing felt that it was Ning Rong who needed comforting more at this moment. He was thinking of saying something when he saw Ning Rong’s face suddenly sink, his eyes looking forward like knives.
“What are you guys doing?!”
An Xing looked along and was surprised to see Eldest Uncle Ning and Ms. Liu, squatting in front of two tombstones not far away side by side, not knowing what they were doing. Those two were originally blocked by the tombstones, and it wasn’t until Ning Rong stepped out of this road and changed the angle that he saw them.
Those two heard the sound and looked up in panic, with hammers, wrenches, and other tools scattered around their hands.
An Xing’s eyes were quick, and he quickly pulled out his cell phone and took a picture of them.
“What are you little bastard doing meddling! Give me the cell phone! Delete the photo!”
As soon as she saw An Xing, the string of reason in Liu Yun’s head snapped and she jumped up violently, wanting to rush over.
“Wife! Calm down, calm down! We haven’t done anything, why are you panicking!”
Eldest Uncle Ning reacted, stopping the middle-aged woman dead in her tracks, loudly reminding her in her ear, and also explaining calmly to the black-faced Ning Rong.
“The two of us just came to take a look at the graves of the oldest two.”
Ning Rong sneered, “Come to sweep the tomb in the middle of the day?”
Ning Rong surveyed the surroundings. Restricted by the environment, there were very few surveillance devices in the cemetery, and this location was also very remote, in the depths, with few people passing by.
These two picked the middle of the day when there were few people to come to the mausoleum, and brought tools with them, obviously wanting to do something. If they didn’t happen to be here as well, I was afraid that it would only be the next time they came to sweep the tomb that they would realize something was wrong.
His expression grew more and more somber.
An Xing pulled out his cell phone to take a picture as a reflex, and only after he put away his cell phone did he react to what had happened and looked at the two men incredulously. He was not expecting that these two people would actually be so underhanded…to steal his parents’ ashes!
“It’s a good thing you guys didn’t do anything, or I’d have to call the police again.”
An Xing tucked his cell phone away and stood next to Ning Rong, looking at those two with the same look of looking at a pervert.
“Is the food in the station that good? You guys went in once and are still in love with the idea of going in a second time?”
“What did you say! Do your own business! We came to visit our family’s grave, what are you, what are you meddling for!”
Liu Yun extremely hated An Xing, if it wasn’t for this bumper bastard, how would she have been brought into the police station and left a record. Her son was going to study abroad and become an official when he came back! What if she had a bad record and it affects her son!
Thinking of this, Liu Yun looked at An Xing with eyes that couldn’t stop dripping blood, and if she wasn’t being pulled by Uncle Ning, she was afraid that she would have immediately rushed up to beat him.
Is An Xing afraid of being beaten? Not at all. He had his father and Ning Rong next to him, could he still be beaten by these two people!
He shrank towards Ning Rong’s back and raised his neck to look at the opposite side.
“What did you guys want just now?”
Ning Rong’s deep and gloomy voice suddenly rang out, An Xing was startled, poked his head out and froze.
The boy’s face completely sunk, there was no trace of a smile or ease. The already long and narrow phoenix eyes were sharp and biting at the moment, a pair of black eyes as if they were not absorbing light, fixedly watching those two.
This kind of Ning Rong, An Xing had seen before in his previous life – a chaotic day of recognizing relatives, the boy’s eyes looked over as if he was a lone wolf. And at this moment, his eyes were even more ferocious than then, as if he was a wounded and enraged trapped beast.
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying also realized that Ning Rong’s condition was not right, and were somewhat worried. Although it was true that these two people in front of them hadn’t done anything, they definitely trusted their son over the other side. Being the head of the family, An Zhaoming looked towards Eldest Uncle Ning and Liu Yun and majestically said:
“Both of you, stealing someone else’s grave is against the law. If you guys don’t leave, we’re going to call the police.”
“Stealing? Which one of your eyes saw us stealing?”
Liu Yun was infuriated and laughed as she pushed away the man who was stopping her, pointing at Ning Rong and crossing her arms and screaming.
“This is the tomb of our family’s second brother and sister-in-law, it has nothing to do with this brat at all! He’s not even the seed of our Ning family, we came over to sweep and repair the graves of our family members, what qualifications does he have to control us!”
These words were simply roguish to the extreme. Rascals to the extreme, that is, taking Ning rong non-biological identity to make a point. An Xing was exasperated, and was about to directly brighten his identity, when he heard Ning Rong ask in a deep voice:
“Are you guys trying to steal mom and dad’s relics?”
An Xing stalled and looked at Ning Rong suspiciously.
The boy’s eyes seemed as if he was an enraged large predator as he looked at the two and said word for word:
“You guys know that I put mom and dad’s relics here, so you want to steal them and then force me to give you the house, right?”
Having already been called out for her purpose, Liu Yun simply stopped hiding it and said contemptuously:
“What relics of your parents, they are not your parents! You’re not even their own, you’re a wild seed from nowhere!”
“What’s more, you’re with the young master of a rich family every day, are you trying to flatter them? I’m sure you’re no good, your own parents just died and you want to climb another ……”
“You bullshit! Your mouth stinks as much as you do!”
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying knew how to hide their thoughts, and although they were angered when they heard Liu Yun’s words, they were not of the nature that would jump out to fight with her, but their eyes just went cold. It was An Xing who couldn’t help himself and jumped out at once, pulling Ning Rong behind himself.
“Ning Rong is not a wild seed, he’s my mom and dad’s child!”
Liu Yun, who was about to continue screaming and cursing, was dumbfounded, her mouth opening and closing comically, wanting to scold An Xing for being deceitful. But as she watched the man and woman behind the teenager who did not deny it at all, instead, one of them wrapped their arms around the teenager and the other wrapped their arms around Ning Rong, looking over coldly.
Her heart beat wildly. How could…Ning Rong find his real parents so quickly?
Moreover, his real parents were actually those two rich people!
No matter how ignorant Liu Yun was, after being brought into the police station that day, looked at Shen Ying, made two phone calls and called a specialized lawyer and the family’s chauffeur, and knew that this was a rich person that she couldn’t afford to mess with. Later, she and her husband also inquired, realizing that this family is not simple.
But how could they…how could they be Ning Rong’s real parents! How could this kid have such a good family background!
She only felt that the sky was spinning, and looking at the family standing together over there, she was almost breathless.
Just at the moment when she was about to pass out, she suddenly remembered something that she had almost overlooked, and snapped her eyes to the obnoxious teenager beside Ning Rong.
“He’s the child of those two, so what about you?”
“You’re the child of our Ning family, the son of the oldest two?!”
Eldest Uncle Ning and Liu Yun’s gazes, in unison, were fixed on An Xing.
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.