Chapter 405 Her Kindness

“I was too impulsive on the other evening. I didn’t find the truth before I punished you. I was wrong…”

“Wait!” Jing Shu feels very confused, “Sister Xia, what on earth happened? What truth do you mean?”

Xia Ning hesitates for a while. Then, she tells her the case that the information of Long Shaojie’s kidnap was disclosed. She also mentions the hair in Yi Yunrui’s car.

Jing Shu feels shocked to hear those. She cries, “God. A monitoring instrument? That woman is evil! How dare she do this to you! If I met her, I would cut her into eight pieces!”

Xia Ning feels surprised. It is she who did the wrong thing, but Jing Shu is not angry with her at all. Instead, she sincerely stands on her side. Xia Ning feels very moved.

However, Xia Ning has a question she wants to figure out. Or, she will always feel confused and may do something to Jing Shu because of misunderstandings again.

“Jing Shu, I want to talk with you about something. Is it convenient for us to talk in your bedroom?”

“Yes. But you can’t blame me for the mess in my room.” Then, Jing Shu turns to her mother, “Rourou, you may stay here quietly. I will be back soon.”

Aunt Ling nods. As if she remembers something, she says, “Oh. I promised that I would boil the sweet soup for Shu. I go to boil it now. She will be able to have some in the evening.”

Then, Aunt Ling goes to the kitchen hurriedly.

“Mom, be careful. Don’t hurt yourself.” Jing Shu reminds her.

Jing Shu’s bedroom is small, with only a bed, a chair and a computer desk. It can’t be simpler. Anyway, Xia Ning still notices that Jing Shu tries her best to decorate her small bedroom well.

Ever since she came into the house, Xia Ning has found that Jing Shu’s home is sweet, clean and comfortable. She can’t help admiring, “Shu, you have a happy life.”

“Sure.” Jing Shu initiatively holds Xia Ning’s hand. She says, “Sister Xia, I know that you have an excellent husband. You are the only one who can match him. Just now, my mom was there. It was inconvenient for me to say. I hope you won’t look down upon me. As you see, my family is not rich. We can only lead our peaceful life like this.”

Xia Ning smiles, “That is silly. I was even poorer than you in the past. However, we are similar in one thing. I was also active and cheerful. What I thought about every day was my own life and how to make myself happier. To marry someone like Rui was totally out of my imagination.”

“Sister Xia, you deserve to have the best things in the world! You are such a kind person…”

“All right. Don’t flatter me.” Xia Ning interrupts, “We are alone here. So, let’s just be honest.”

“Hum. You may ask me anything. I will answer honestly.”

“OK.” Xia Ning hesitates, “Jing Shu, I have just known you recently. I notice that you like me quite much. Don’t tell me that it is because I am kind, nice or something alike. That sounds hypocritical. I want to hear the real reasons.”

Jing Shu thinks for a while, “Sister Xia, are you not used to the way I treat you?”

Xia Ning rolls her eyes, wondering what the girl is thinking about.

“If you don’t tell me the truth, you don’t need to go to work tomorrow.” Then, Xia Ning pretends that she is going to stand up.

“Oh. No! Sister Xia, don’t leave. I will tell you.” Jing Shu stops Xia Ning at once, “I’ll tell you everything. Sister Xia, please don’t fire me again.”

It works. Xia Ning turns serious and says in a deep voice, “Good. Go ahead. But I have to warn you. If I find you lie to me, you can’t go to work.”

Jing Shu sticks out her tongue, “Sister Xia, four years ago, you worked at TIME weekly in B City, didn’t you?”

Xia Ning feels surprised, “Yes. I was not married with Rui yet at that time.”

“On an evening, you gave a box of food to a dirty aunt, didn’t you?”

Xia Ning’s thought is drawn back to four years ago. She can’t remember clearly. But vaguely, it did happen.

“I can’t remember that. Maybe…yes?”

“Yes. That happened!” Jing Shu says decisively, “I saw it! My mom was hurt. She can’t think logically. She left home and got lost. She was out of home for some days. I looked for her everywhere and couldn’t find her. I was so worried. I crouched in the street and cried for some time. It had been a few days while my mom was unable to take care of herself. I didn’t know what would happen.”

Jing Shu’s eyes turned red, “When I stopped crying. I lifted my head and saw someone at the corner of the wall. It looked like my mother. I was just going to run to her when I saw you buy a box of food. You took it to my mom and fed her. Sister Xia, do you know how I felt at that time? I was moved. In this indifferent world, who would care about a beggar? My mom was just like you. She is hypoglycemic. If you hadn’t fed my mom at that time, my mom would have starved in the street.”

When she says so, Jing Shu wipes her tears. She tightly holds Xia Ning’s hand, “Sister Xia, you are really a kind person. You are the most important benefactor in my life. I was always thinking about how to repay you. I tried to find you, but failed. Then, I went to the US to study. After I came back, I saw you in the newspaper and learned something about you. I at once went to World Era Weekly for the interview. I wanted to stay with you and help you at work! Even if it might take my whole lifetime. But I was afraid that you might find out that I came to you for repaying you and didn’t want to have me…”

Jing Shu pauses. She stealthily glances at Xia Ning, “Sister Xia, please don’t fire me. Will you? I came to you not only for repaying you, but also for two other reasons. Just like what I said in the interview, I really want to work in the World Era Weekly. I love the news industry. The second reason is that I think you are really a kind person. To work under you is a great blessing for me. I always believe that you are a savior from the heaven for my mother and me. I will surely work hard. Sister Xia, please don’t be suspicious of me again.”

Xia Ning hears Jing Shu’s speech. She is moved by a mixture of feelings.

As the saying goes, we should repay the kindness of a drop of water with a spring. Xia Ning is truly experiencing it.

Before Jing Shu told the whole story, she couldn’t remember it clearly. Now, she recalls everything.

On that evening, it was rainy. She didn’t bring an umbrella with her. So, she stayed in the company until the rain stopped. Then, she met Jing Shu’s mother. At that time, Aunt Ling was wet all over. She was searching in the rubbish bin and put whatever she could find into her mouth. Xia Ning saw it clearly. It was the symptom of glucopenia. So, she didn’t hesitate. She went to buy a box of food for the Aunt. She was afraid that the aunt couldn’t hold the spoon. So, she fed her spoon by spoon…

When she left, she gave the aunt some money. The next day, when she went to the same place, the aunt had left.

So, this is the truth. The Aunt is Jing Shu’s mother.

Xia Ning holds Jing Shu’s hand. She gives a sigh, “You silly girl. Because of this, you still come back to me after being bullied. Is it so important?”

“Yes!” Jing Shu forcefully nods, “Sister Xia, my mom turned sick because she was angry with my father. I saw by myself that my father stayed with another woman. My mom can’t withstand the shock and got sick. My father abandoned my mother and me. But I want to have my mother! To me, the most important person in my life is my mom, and then you. So, I keep telling myself that I have to work hard and lead a happy life. I won’t let my father look down upon me!”

“Sure.” Xia Ning holds out her hand to wipe the tears on Jing Shu’s face. She feels moved. The girl is so strong that she feels compassion for her. She says, “Don’t worry. Everything will be all right. You will surely meet someone who will cherish you and love you, just like my husband to me. As long as you keep your faith, you will have a happy life.”

Jing Shu smiles, “I was always thinking so. This is why I say that you are a very kind person. However, Sister Xia, you make me tell the truth. I am not telling the story to beg for your mercy. It is a matter of work and life. It is not to be done by pretending to be miserable. Sister Xia, I am capable at work. I will definitely work well at my position. Sister Xia, please don’t fire me. Will you?”

Jing Shu talks and goes back to the topic. Xia Ning helplessly smiles, while Jing Shu feels most worried about Xia Ning’s being helpless.

“If you don’t cause any serious problems, I surely won’t fire you. Is that OK?”

“OK!”

They talk for one whole hour inside the bedroom. Till Aunt Ling sends them the sweet soup with green beans, Xia Ning notices the time.

It is almost five in the afternoon.

“Sister Xia, Mr. Yi will come to pick you up at half past five. You may have some sweet soup first. Is it OK to ask Mr. Yi to come here to pick you up after you have the sweet soup?”

Xia Ning shakes her head, “I drove here. I will drive home later.”

Xia Ning takes out her phone and calls Yi Yunrui.

“OK. I see. I will get dinner ready and wait for you at home.” Yi Yunrui hangs up. He turns to Zhang Hai, “Go back to the military compound.”

Zhang Hai feels confused, “Commander, aren’t we just in front of Jing Shu’s home? Why don’t you simply ask Mrs. Yi to come out. Why do we drive around unnecessarily?”

Yi Yunrui glances at Zhang Hai, “Boy, you get stupider and stupider. Should the wrongdoers announce his doing? Didn’t I do anything wrong? Do you forget the hair issue?”

Zhang Hai feels shocked. He understands at once. He responds in a loud voice, “Yes, Sir!”

No matter how kind a woman may be, when faced with the man she loves, she tends to be suspicious.

Fifteen minutes later, the car enters the military compound. Zhang Hai parks the car and stops the engine. But he finds that the commander doesn’t mean to get off the car. He seems to be thinking about something.

After quite a while, Yi Yunrui is still quiet. Zhang Hai asks, “Commander, do you have any instructions?”

“Zhang Hai, this time, you don’t need to go to Beijing with me.”

As if he hears the thunder in a sunny day, Zhang Hai feels nervous at once, “Commander, did I do anything wrong? Please tell me. I will make the correction. I promise that it will never happen again…”

“What are you thinking about?” Yi Yunrui feels helpless, “I tell you to stay to do other things.”