Ning Zhi Yuan, who was mentioned by the Mrs. Lu, didn"t come to Lu Family to attend the banquet. He was in his own home wherever he was.Compared to the other families, Ning Family was much quieter, because there was only one master left in Ning Family, and that was Ning Zhi Yuan. Other than Ning Zhi Yuan, there were two other servants and two gardeners.
The two servants were in charge of cleaning the house, they did not even need to cook, because Ning Zhi Yuan had not eaten at home ever since he was married to Ning Tong. The two gardeners were in charge of the garden.
He didn"t invite the driver either. He liked to drive by himself and enjoy the pleasure of speeding.
Occasionally, a few bodyguards would appear behind him. In reality, they were not real bodyguards, but the brothers from flame door.
At the moment, the hall of the Ning Family was lit, which was rare, as the rooms were usually pitch black.
Ning Zhi Yuan leaned on the sofa. Beside him stood an unfamiliar man, who was respectfully reporting something to Ning Zhi Yuan.
Ning Zhi Yuan did not speak the entire time, he just leaned against the back of the chair, and stared at the photo in his hands. In the photo, there were two girls, probably the two sisters, and because they looked very similar, one of them looked to be around six or seven years old, and the other was around three or four years old.
The photo was in black and white and had turned yellow, indicating that it was very old.
"Junior Sect Master has still not been found. Do we have to continue searching?" The strange man respectfully asked Ning Zhi Yuan.
Ning Zhi Yuan did not answer immediately, but raised his head and looked up at the ceiling. After a moment, he closed his eyes again, and when he opened his eyes, they were filled with determination, and he said coldly: "Find, continue looking."
The strange man"s expression was not too surprised, as if he had already guessed this would happen. But he still couldn"t help but say: "Junior Sect Master, with that little bit of information you gave us and that photo of yours to look for, it"s really hard to find the little girl in the photo. Furthermore, after dozens of years, that little girl has already grown up.
Even if the flame door had the most perfect and most advanced information network, she would still not be an immortal.
Ning Zhi Yuan only told them that the three to four-year-old girl in the photo was called "Gill" and that she had been adopted by the "fraternal love welfare inst.i.tute" before. However, the "fraternal love welfare inst.i.tute" had already disappeared from this era, there was no way she could find out about the person from back then. Even if there was this picture, searching for someone in the vast crowd would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. To find that girl was really difficult, one had to rely on fate.
After pursing his lips again, Ning Zhi Yuan continued to speak in the same stubborn tone: "As long as I"m still alive, I"ll look for her. That"s my mother"s greatest wish when he was still alive, I"ll definitely find her, unless she"s no longer in this world."
He was willing to agree to that old man"s request to become the Junior Sect Master, and take over this mysterious and evil flame door in the future. He only wanted to see if the flame door had a strong information network and could help him find someone.
The unfamiliar man replied respectfully: "Then this subordinate will continue to look for her. I will find the person when I die, find the ghost when I die, and I will help Junior Sect Master find her."
Ning Zhi Yuan acknowledged, and waved to the unfamiliar man, indicating that he may leave.
The stranger nodded respectfully, turned around, and walked out of the room.
If Ning Zhi Yuan was the only one left in the large hall, it would be extremely quiet.
After sitting properly, Ning Zhi Yuan stood up and took the yellowed photo and walked to a table not far away. The table was long, but it was not wide, and was used to place his parents and Ning Tong as well.
In Mu Family, all of the photos Ning Tong had taken while he was still alive were kept in his room, they were even hung all over his room, and using those actions, he was able to comfort his wounded heart and imagine how Ning Tong had always been living in his world.
It was exactly because of this, after Zhang Xiao had moved into the Mu Family, he had not seen any picture of Ning Tong, and did not know what that pitiful woman looked like.
Ning Zhi Yuan placed the yellowish picture on the table, and intentionally added a small picture frame on the table. The picture frame was laid out horizontally, and he could only place the picture inside, not stand up. He placed the photo inside the small photo frame, and then looked at his mother"s affectionate smile, causing Ning Zhi Yuan to be unable to resist extending his hand to touch his mother"s photo.
"Mom."
"Rest a.s.sured, I will definitely help you fulfill your greatest wish in life. "As long as she is alive, I will definitely find him. Even if she is no longer alive, I will still find her grave and her descendants."
Mrs. Ning looked at him with a benevolent smile, as if he had heard his words.
Ning Zhi Yuan looked at his father, who was beside him. He wanted to say something but did not know what he should say to his father.
Father Ning had a stern look in his eyes. It was obvious that he was a strict father when he was still alive. Ning Zhi Yuan should have inherited his father"s personality, and Ning Tong"s gentleness and gentleness should have been inherited from his mother.
In the end, Ning Zhi Yuan"s line of sight fell onto his sister Ning Tong"s photo. The Ning Tong on the photo was smiling, but it looked sweet and cute, just like her when Zhang Xiao smiled. No, it"s a bit different. Ning Tong"s smile was always warm and gentle, but Zhang Xiao"s smile was actually a little cunning.
To his little sister, Ning Zhi Yuan"s heart ached the most.
After the death of his parents, he was fifteen years old and his sister was nine. He and his sister relied on each other for survival, finally stabilizing the company and bringing up his sister. Seeing that his sister had found happiness, who knew that his sister would follow his parents into the underworld?
Right now, his sister"s only child was calling a stranger a mother. Ning Zhi Yuan"s heart felt like a knife was stabbing into his heart whenever she thought about this matter. Sometimes he really wanted to strangle Zhang Xiao, sometimes she would do her best to tolerate Zhang Xiao for his niece"s sake.
Was it because Zhang Xiao and her sister were both people with sweet appearances?
"Tong Tong..."
Ning Zhi Yuan called out his sister"s name, then felt that his throat was blocked, making him unable to speak.
He reached out to pick up his sister"s photo, and used his slender fingers to caress his sister"s face. His sister"s voice seemed to still be there yesterday, but today, he was holding the photo and resenting being apart in two different worlds of living and dead.
Ning Tong smiled at her brother, but it made her brother"s eyes turn red.
After a long while, Ning Zhi Yuan finally calmed himself down, and gently placed his sister"s photo back to its original place. After that, he took a deep look at the three close relatives on the table, turned around, and left.
The house was deserted, and he didn"t want to stay.
Without his parents" home, without his sister"s home, he had lost the feeling of home. He could not feel any warmth. After a whole day of work, when others came home, they would have the care of their families. What about him?
His three closest family members had all left him.
In this world, other than the relatives of Xiao Xiang"s Ning Group, did he even have family? Yes, but he hasn"t found it yet.
It was the three or four year old girl in the yellowing photo.
But where was she now?