Rebirth of the Little Actor – Chapter 33
33 – An Xing suddenly felt that he was, in fact, was not entirely innocent in his last life.
On a summer night, the corridor is very cool. When the evening breeze blew, An Xing, who was wearing short sleeves with exposed arms, trembled, like a little white lotus swaying in the wind.
The young man was holding a small bundle and looked pitiful, as if he would live on the street if he was driven away.
Ning Rong had no expression on his face and lowered his eyes to look at An Xing. He has loved sports since he was a child. He is already over 185cm tall and has a strong body. An Xing is different. He is less than 1.8 meters tall, has a small frame and a slender figure, and has a small round face. He is full of youthfulness, delicate and beautiful.
So standing face to face like this, Ning Rong is a head taller, stronger, and more mature – An Xing is completely a younger brother.
An Xing’s eyes turned to the boy. He was actually a little timid, but he still forced himself to calm down and puffed up his chest.
Woohoo, why does Ning Rong look so stern like his father! Fear!
Ning Rong glanced downstairs and, as expected, caught a glimpse of a figure at the corner. He sighed and opened the door to make way.
“Come in and wait while I pack my things.”
An Xing’s eyes lit up and he understood that Ning Rong had compromised. He followed happily and waved to Uncle Li below. After closing the door and turning around, he followed Ning Rong, speaking earnestly.
“You live alone, and your parents are very worried about you. They all know that there were gangsters surrounding you before, so how can they rest assured!”
“And those two people are so bad. They actually thought of finding gangsters to block you. Who knows if there are more disgusting tricks. Boys should protect themselves, it is very dangerous to live alone!”
The young man kept talking, and his core idea was to persuade Ning Rong to live in Anjia from now on. After listening to these instructions, Ning Rong gradually slowed down in packing, feeling a little lost in thought.
He understands the truth, but he just…can’t bear to be here.
“An Xing,” Ning Rong suddenly called out, “will you recognize your parents in the future?”
An Xing paused and looked at Ning Rong blankly, not understanding.
“W-what? How could I deny them?”
“I don’t mean calling them mom and dad twice, I mean in every sense.”
The expression on Ning Rong’s face was very pale. He put down what he was holding, walked to and stood in front of An Xing, and lowered his eyes slightly.
“I don’t understand your circle, and I don’t know how you plan to deal with it in the future… But An Xing, I care about whether you recognize them or not.”
“If you just show respect for them in front of me and go outside, but still say that you are An’s child and refuse to admit that they are your biological parents… then I think there is no need for us to change back.”
“I was raised by them. If I came back to Anjia for future wealth, and you only recognized Anjia and didn’t say a word to them… that would be quite boring.”
An Xing was stunned for a while, looking at the serious black eyes of the boy in front of him, he suddenly understood why Ning Rong had always been hostile to him in his previous life.
——Not because of the An family’s property, but because of the Ning family and his wife. Ning Rong cared most about his adoptive parents, who thought he was greedy for money and did not want to leave the An family or acknowledge him back to the Ning family, so they disliked him.
An Xing is wronged! In the previous life, it was Ning Rong who had a cold attitude, which prevented them from requesting a paternity test!
The boy’s round face wrinkled up and he huffed.
“I didn’t deny them. I’m not that kind of person. How can you make up your own mind!”
Thinking of the inexplicable hostility he faced in his previous life, and then getting into a car accident in order to explain things to Ning Rong, An Xing became so angry that he walked around in circles in the living room. He wanted to beat Ning Rong, but he was afraid that he would not be able to beat him. He also knew that he could not anger the innocent Ning Rong in this life because of the Ning Rong in his previous life… he could only be helpless and furious.
And An Xing’s appearance fell into Ning Rong’s eyes, as if his words just now were too offensive. Ning Rong breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably and walked over to apologize.
“I’m sorry, my words were harsh. If you are angry, just hit me a few times.”
An Xing:!He said this, if I hit him, wouldn’t it make me look unreasonable? !
Even more angry!
An Xing gritted his teeth and stared at Ning Rong, almost gritting his teeth and saying:
“Since I was brought into this world by them, I will never dislike the poor and love the rich and deny them!”
Ning Rong apologized again: “I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I just want to say it first, so as not to cause any discord over this kind of thing in the future.”
He hesitated and said tentatively: “I’m serious. If you are very angry, you can hit me. I won’t fight back…”
“Shut up!” An Xing glared at Ning Rong angrily, “Hurry up and pack your things and go home with me!”
Ning Rong remained silent and turned around to pack a few commonly used clothes.
An Xing hugged his little bundle and sat on his butt on the Ning family couch, still a little angry. He couldn’t help but recall the events of his last life, and the more he thought about it, the more angry and furious he became, and suddenly he was a bit out of it.
Ning Rong was unaware that he would be angry if he said these things? He knew it, but said it anyway, for the sake of the Ning family couple. Ning Rong cared about the Ning family couple, and would rather flip out with him than ask about his attitude.
In this life, the two of them were on good terms, and Ning Rong hesitated before he asked at this moment, but in the last life, they had a cold relationship, and Ning Rong actually had even more qualms about asking such things, right?
So would his avoidance and retreat in his last life make Ning Rong think that it was him who was being weak-minded?
An Xing suddenly felt that he was, in fact, was not entirely innocent in his last life.
Mom was irritated to the point of being ill, and Dad had to take care of the company that was in chaos, not to mention that they were caught in the middle, and no matter which child they favored, it wouldn’t be right. So in their last life, neither of them were doing anything right.
But in his last life, he should have done something. It is true that he cannot be blamed for hugging the wrong person, but if, for example, he had a more positive attitude towards solving this matter, and was more bearable……wouldn t the situation have been better?
Ning Rong packed up his things, and when he walked past the sofa, he was suddenly tugged by An Xing by the corner of his coat. He turned around in surprise and met the teenager’s serious eyes.
“You can’t guess blindly in the future ah, I’m really angry today!”
The teenager’s almond eyes were round and wet, and Ning Rong’s heart instantly softened.
“Besides, the two of us were supposed to be the closest ah! You were raised by my parents, I was raised by your parents, this, this is called childhood friends!”
Ning Rong: ……
An Xing didn’t feel that there was a problem with his phrasing, and continued to educate the boys.
“In the future, if you have any thoughts, just say it, let’s talk frankly, so that we don’t have to guess around and still guess wrong. With a misunderstanding like this, you tell me if I’ll be angry!”
Ning Rong silently turned around, accelerating the speed of packing up his things, nodding his head, “Yes.”
An Xing: “Will it be like this next time!”
Ning Rong quickly threw a few items into the suitcase, “Won’t happen again.”
The teenager sat on the sofa and ordered, “You’re so haphazardly brainstorming. Is it that I’m much more mature than you, and you should call me brother?”
Ning Rong locked the suitcase, straightened up, and sneered.
“What are you thinking, younger brother?”
An Xing:!
Damn it, I failed to budge past the hurdle again!
Ning Rong glanced at An Xing and picked up his small bag, and sure enough, it was empty. He shook his head and didn’t say anything, only opening the door and saying, “Let’s go.”
An Xing grumbled in anger and got up to follow, glancing back.
The room was silent, with a picture on the wall of a remarkable looking man and woman smiling tenderly.
“We can come back and move a lot of things here up until it’s demolished.”
Ning Rong paused slightly and answered softly.
Uncle Li had been waiting in the hallway, listening carefully to the movements on the sixth floor, worried about his young master-ah, not his young master now. Uncle Li sighed, thinking what’s all this about, hoping that the two kids wouldn’t fight and get upset over it.
No one would want this to happen, but as fate would have it, it would be better to live a good life in the future.
Seeing the two children come out, Uncle Li took the initiative to reach out and help Ning Rong carry the suitcase.
“Young master, leave it to me?”
Ning Rong avoided it, “You don’t have to be so polite, call me whatever you want like An Xing.”
Uncle Li looked at An Xing, and the teenager looked back with an innocent face. He drawled, didn’t ask to carry the suitcase again, and his expression was much gentler.
“Alright, Xiao Rong. I’ll take Xing Xing’s baggage.”
The three of them descended the stairs and got into the car, exiting the neighborhood and merging into the flood of traffic toward An’s house.
Outside the neighborhood, a young man who had just gotten out of a cab subconsciously chased after them for a few steps, only to see that the familiar-looking car had already driven away. He tried hard to recognize the license plate, but because the public utilities in this neighborhood didn’t work, he couldn’t see it at all. He wanted to chase after it again when the cab driver behind him honked his horn a few times.
“Young man, this is not a drop! You haven’t paid yet, come and scan the code!”
An Hao: ……
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An Xing sneaked out of the house without a cell phone and it scared the An family enough. If it wasn’t for Old Li calling while he waited, An Zhaoming and Shen Ying had to go out and look for the cub.
So, when An Xing returned home with Ning Rong, and just walked through the door with a great swing, he was pinched in the face by Shen Ying.
“Running out in the middle of the night, why don’t you bring a cell phone! Why didn’t you say anything!”
The woman’s gaze and tone were vicious, and her hand strength was not small. An Xing instantly lost the momentum of the previous moments, and shrunk up in a sheepish manner, pathetically begging for mercy.
“I was wrong ah mom, I brought Uncle Li! Uncle Li brought his cell phone!”
“You! Your pocket money for this month! It’s gone!”
During the day, the woman was gentle and friendly, but at this time, she was snarling against his face.
An Xing wilted and didn’t dare to resist, but still had to move over to please.
“Look mom, I brought my older brother back!”
Ning Rong: ……
If something is wrong, elder brother, and if nothing is wrong Rong Rong?
Ning Rong: “Don’t hit him for too long, he’s doing it for me, he knows he’s wrong.”
An Xing stared back at Ning Rong incredulously. Oh my god! This person can’t coax people!
Shen Ying let out a “humph” and let go of her hand, looking at An Xing warningly.
“For the sake of your elder brother’s face, next time you go out, take your cell phone with you!”
An Xing widened his eyes. Wait, I’m sure it’s a younger brother?!
He responded aggressively, and came closer to paw at Shen Ying again, trying to save his pocket money.
“Mom I didn’t do it on purpose, I was really in a hurry to leave and forgot.”
An Zhaoming had been watching from the sidelines, and only at this point did he step forward and comfortingly put his arm around the woman’s shoulders.
“The child knows it’s wrong, this time it was a mistake too, don’t worry.”
It is not strange for a twenty year old youth to stay out at night, Shen Ying is so nervous, it is the aftermath of losing a child back in the day. Coupled with the recent knowledge of hugging the wrong child, the panic that was suppressed at the beginning came up and got a little out of control.
An Zhaoming and An Xing both realized this before they allowed Shen Ying to lash out.
As father and son intervened, Shen Ying also slowly calmed down, rubbed the cub’s small round face, and looked at Ning Rong.
“Rongrong ah, your room is not yet decorated, first live with Xingxing for a week, okay? Mom knows that you can’t part with them, so you’re living in the old house, but mom really doesn’t feel at ease ah.”
Ning Rong also saw that there was something wrong with Shen Ying’s outburst just now, and his emotions had only stabilized at this moment, so he agreed in a warm voice.
“I know, it’s me who thought too much before.”
The boy seemed to have put down some heavy burden, and was calm and frank.
Shen Ying and An Zhaoming were both stunned, and their eyes couldn’t help but move to An Xing, and their silly boy was still rubbing his face in the mirror.
An Zhaoming was the first to react and patted Ning Rong’s shoulder.
“Good boy, we’re your parents, this is your home, so feel free to stay here.”
“You both are our children, and no one can make you suffer.”
Facing the tall and calm man, Ning Rong was in a trance for a moment before gently nodding his head in agreement.
An Xing waited beside him for half a day, and was finally able to pull Ning Rong upstairs to his room.
“There are actually guest rooms at home, but those rooms are not cleaned up and this is your home, so living in a guest room would be too much! These days, the two of us will sleep together first, and then you can move out after your room has been renovated.”
Ning Rong gave a slight pause.
“Have you ever slept with someone else before?”
“Of course I have.” An Xing gave Ning Rong a strange look, “Going to a friend’s house to play, then spending the night, that’s so normal!”
Then you spent the night at that Lu Tian Shen’s house and slept with Lu Tian Shen as well?
Ning Rong kind of wanted to ask, but still held back. By the way, he felt that he needed to find out what was going on with the marriage contract on An Xing.
At this time, it was already very late, Ning Rong had taken a bath at home, and after the two of them had cleaned up and washed up a little, they laid down.
An Xing’s bed is very large, and it is more than enough for two big boys to sleep, and each of them are also covered with an air-conditioned quilt. Ning Rong was originally a little uncomfortable, but saw the two were separated by a long distance, and only then did he feel at ease to lie down.
Ning Rong is not familiar with the bed, and An Xing is even more carefree, and the both of them were asleep not long after lying down.
Then the next morning, Ning Rong came downstairs with dark circles under his eyes, and met Shen Ying and An Zhaoming’s apprehensive looks.
“Rongrong ah, yesterday both of you slept before mom realized, Xingxing is not a good sleeper ah ……”
Seeing her son’s haggard face, Shen Ying awkwardly covered the corner of her mouth.
Ning Rong sat across from the two for a while before sighing heavily.
“This isn’t a normal bad sleep.”
No wonder An Xing’s bed was so big, measuring two and a half meters by two and a half meters-that little bastard had managed to turn three hundred and sixty degrees in one night, kicking him all night!
An Zhaoming coughed lightly, “Your brother is just a bit more of a tosser, give him a little leeway.”
Ning Rong shook his head, “I’d rather stay in the guest room.”
“This ……” Shen Ying was a little hesitant.
“It’s okay, I know we’re family.”
Ning Rong’s face was expressionless and very cold.
“An Xing is a big boy, let him sleep by himself.”
If having a younger brother meant sleeping in the same bed and being kicked by his brother for a night, then Ning Rong felt that it was better for him not to have a younger brother.
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.