Chapter 383: Trading Shares For Freedom

“Alright, Wanting, stop talking nonsense. I will help you send San’er out, but I will come back. I will not leave you at this time. Regardless of whether that matter succeeds or not, I will be by your side.”

“Will it succeed or not? Sigh, we both know that the old man has been made unconscious by the Ouyang family. This is no longer 20 years ago. Look at these juniors of the Ouyang family. Once the old man falls, which one of these people is easy to deal with? Liu He, you can leave. Just take it as me begging you for the last time. If you don’t leave, I promise you that you will only see my body tomorrow. You know, I’m a woman of my word!”

“Wanting, Wanting, you…”

…

Leaving aside how to express his heartfelt feelings, An Ning sat in Ouyang Tian’s ear room to rest. She listened to the waves of people coming to report their work in the inner room. The old man had indeed suffered a stroke. His right side had even become numb. Other than his legs being able to move… His entire right hand could not be used to exert any strength.

He should have had a good rest. However, the matter of the Ouyang family was already imminent and he had no choice but to act. Ouyang Tian would not let it go no matter what.

At this moment, An Ning was no longer sleepy. In fact, she walked towards a cubicle inside.

In a narrow room, there was a carved wooden bed. On the bed lay a woman dressed in white. The servants were feeding her. She did not seem to have any reaction. However, An Ning knew that this woman was not a person. No, to be precise, she was not a real person. She was a clone.

She should have been afraid, but this woman looked too much like her. Looking at her, An Ning felt like she was looking in a mirror. Not only that, An Ning also knew that this person did not look like her, but like another person. The woman that An Ning should be most familiar with was Ouyang Jinling, her biological mother.

Every time she was on the bed, Ouyang Tian would call her Ning’er. At first, she thought that he was calling her, but later she knew that no, An Ning was just a subst.i.tute, just a subst.i.tute. Even if she did something against the norm as a granddaughter, Ouyang Tian only cared about Ouyang Jinling.

This was also good. Relying on her good mother’s name, she could live a stable life. There was nothing bad about it. Otherwise, she would only be reduced to living on the Ouyang family’s allowance every month. She did not want to live a life that was worse than a servant.

Instead of living such a cowardly life, it was better to throw caution to the wind.

Ouyang Tian fainted and remained unconscious. She had no choice but to keep calling out Ouyang Jinling’s name in the old man’s ear. Not only that, she also talked about Ouyang Jinling. The most important thing was that she told the old man that once he died… The Forbidden Area would be taken over by the next family head. At that time, the news of Ouyang Jinling’s survival would be known by others. He might not even be able to get Ouyang Jinling’s body.

Initially, she was just throwing caution to the wind. She did not expect that Ouyang Tian would really be woken up by her words. After waking up, a series of things continued to happen. She did not have the time to properly talk to Ouyang Tian. She also did not think of how to explain to the old man how she got the news. Thinking of the words that the man in black said to her last night, An Ning felt that she had to think of a way out for herself.

“There’s no need to feed him. Get out.”

“Fourth Miss, the Old Master said that this medicine must be fed every day.”

“I said there’s no need to feed him. Get out. Not only is there no need to feed him today, you’re not allowed to feed him in the future. Call the Fourth Butler out and bring this person out for me to settle.”

The servant was shocked, but she could only do as the Fourth Miss said. An Ning’s eyes were too gloomy. If it was yesterday, the servant might not have listened to the Young Miss, but the old man had woken up and the Young Miss had a backer. She had to listen.

When the Fourth Butler came, he only took a glance at her and carried her out according to An Ning’s orders. He did not question her at all. An Ning glanced at him, turned around, and walked into the room. Seeing that there were still people coming to report on work, she directly interrupted and said:

“Grandfather just woke up, and now he needs to rest. If there’s anything, come back tomorrow to report.”

The people below looked at An Ning in shock. The Ouyang family’s rules forbade women from discussing matters. Wasn’t the Fourth Young Miss going too far? She was taking herself too seriously by relying on the Old Master’s pampering. Wasn’t she afraid that the Old Master would get angry?

However, Ouyang Tian’s next words shocked everyone. However, they once again saw how much the Fourth Young Miss was pampered.

“All of you can leave. Come back tomorrow morning.”

No one dared to question him. After they all left, An Ning walked up to Ouyang Tian and pulled his right hand to give him a hard ma.s.sage. She wanted the old man to be better than anyone else.

“Stop pressing. Let the servants do these things. Come up and have a good rest. You haven’t slept well these two days. I promise you that nothing will happen again. No one will bully you again.”

An Ning looked at Ouyang Tian in such a manner, and her tears fell unnaturally. No matter how others said that she was shameless and immoral, she also felt that Ouyang Tian was really good to her. If it wasn’t for his age and ident.i.ty, he really… He was someone she could rely on.

“What else did the man in black say to you?”

An Ning knew that Ouyang Tian would ask her sooner or later, so she didn’t hide it. She directly said, “The Ouyang family is in chaos. Even if you want to get that position, Ouyang Tian has to choose a successor in advance. The Ouyang family should break the rules. It’s not that women are inferior to men.”

Ouyang Tian was shocked. Did the black-clothed man really say that? It’s not that women are inferior to men?

Could it be that a thousand-year-old aristocratic family would be led by a woman? This was something that had never happened in the Ouyang family before! How could it be done?

Even if she were to unify the entire China in the future, this woman might not be able to accomplish anything.

“Grandfather, that black-clothed man also said that a man and a woman might not be impossible. As long as we can make them restrain each other, as long as we can hold onto that position, we can talk about the future later. If our current position isn’t secure, then the future will be even more troublesome.”

After An Ning said this, she looked at Ouyang Tian who didn’t say anything for a long time. He sat there in deep thought for a long time. He lay on the bed and closed his eyes. No matter what Ouyang Tian chose, her path had long been decided. She was bound to Ouyang Tian in this life. What did the other matters have to do with her?

…

“This is from Du Ze?”

Yan Kuan looked at Shen Xiaoxiao who was sitting in the study and flipping through the shares transfer books. The more he read, the more he found it funny. This Du Ze didn’t go crazy, right?

“Is he asking you to unconditionally transfer the shares to Pei Li? Is he not awake yet? Or is he dreaming?”

Shen Xiaoxiao was so angry that she wanted to laugh. She directly said, “Perhaps he thinks that I can’t leave that Pei Li. He wants me to take the initiative to use the shares in exchange for my freedom to be together with him? What kind of dream is that!?”