Rebirth of the Rich and Beautiful Girl Chapter 18 Protecting????? Pei Pei looked at Guo Shangliang in surprise, such a handsome boy admitted to being Ning Qingming's boyfriend, but no matter how she looked at it, it didn't seem right. She couldn't accept it, so when she got back, she would have to ask her cousin about it.

  Ning Qingmin was shielded by Guo Shangliang, listening to him argue for himself and Fang Zhi. He thought back to that year, at this very moment, he had been moved, taking Guo Shangliang as a lifesaving straw, becoming more and more deeply entrenched.

  "Ding ding ding...", the small leather bag on Fang Zhi's back suddenly rang with a mobile phone ringtone. Fang Zhi reached out to take the phone, and Liu Zhen's voice came from the other end, "Wife, it's Sunday, where have you run off to?"

  Ning Qing saw the Nokia mobile phone in Fang Zhi's hand, which was a new model that cost more than 5,000 yuan at that time. She couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when she thought of her mother worrying about her tuition fees of several thousand yuan all night long.

  Fang Zhi listened to the phone for a while, and her face gradually calmed down. As long as Liu Zhen wasn't obsessed with his ex-wife and Ning Qingmian, she didn't want to argue with him too much. The battle of that year was so brutal, and in the middle of the night, she was only afraid that Liu Zhen would return to his ex-wife's side. As soon as it involved Ning Huixin and Ning Qingmian, she would lose her sanity.

  "Are you still angry?" Liu Zhen's voice softened a lot.

  "Getting angry won't stop you from thinking about someone else in your heart." Fang Zhi let out a cold hum, but her eyes weren't as fierce as they were earlier.

  Yesterday evening, a family of three went shopping. Pei Pei liked a windbreaker and tried it on, but it was a bit long. Liu Zhen suddenly thought of Ning Qingmian and blurted out: "If Qingmian wore it, it would definitely be just right!"

  "How did you know she was just right for him, have you seen her?" Fang Zhi asked Liu Zhen with a strong sense of jealousy.

  "I just took it for granted, why did you have to make a big deal out of it?" Liu Zhen originally felt guilty towards his ex-wife Ning Hui Xin and daughter Ning Qing Min, seeing Fang Zhi's unpleasant tone, he also didn't have a good attitude.

  The two people quarreled all night, and Liu Zhen was so angry that he moved to the guest room to sleep. He didn't sleep well for a whole night, and when he got up today, he thought about how he had been irritable lately, and constantly quarreling wasn't good either, so he wanted to make amends with Fang Zhi.

  At that time, Ning Huixin started her own business and opened a small garment processing factory with great difficulty. Fang Zhi was the accountant of the factory at that time. As a local, she had some connections and knew how to avoid paying too much tax. At the end of the year, Ning Huixin wanted to invite several important people to dinner and considered Fang Zhi's familiarity with local customs, so she brought Fang Zhi along. After the banquet, somehow, Ning Huixin got intimate with Fang Zhi, which led to what happened later.

  Recalling those years, Liu Zhen let out a melancholy sigh. The home of his past was already gone, and he didn't want to lose the one he had now.

  Fang Zhi heard Liu Zhen say on the other end of the line to invite them to eat seafood, and her anger dissipated by more than half. Moreover, she remembered that in the past, she had made a few attempts at self-destruction, and her family members were all shouting about calling the police. Later, when Liu Zhen heard the words "call the police", he became annoyed. If Ning Qingmin really called the police, this matter would be blown up, and it would blow up to Liu Zhen's face, and she wouldn't end up well either. Thinking of this, she put away her phone and pulled Pei Pei saying: "Let's go, your dad is inviting us to eat seafood!"

  Jian Fangzhi walked away, Ning Qingming's earlier tough demeanor softened, her legs weakened, and she squatted down at the base of the tree, took off her glasses and wiped them with her sleeve corner. A teardrop fell to the ground and quickly seeped into the mud.

  Tears are not shed because of being bullied by Fang Zhi, but rather, they are shed when there is someone to care for and protect while being bullied by Fang Zhi.

  Guo Shangliang also squatted down and put his hand on Ning Qingmin's shoulder, gently patting it and saying: "It's all right!"

  "Thank you!" Ning Qingmin didn't dare to raise her head, afraid that the tears in her eyes would be seen by Guo Shangliang, and only said in a low voice: "The two people just now are my father's current wife and daughter."

  "They're going too far!" Guo Shangliang indignantly exclaimed, "How can they bully people like this?!"

  "When my mom divorced, she didn't take a single penny from dad. Now that I've grown up, even less would I want to." Ning Qingmin buried her face in her knees, rubbed it gently, and wiped away the tears in her eyes.

  Guo Shangliang's hand rubbed Ning Qingming's head and comforted him, saying: "It's okay now, I'm here!"

  Ning Qing felt a warmth in her heart as she sensed Guo Shangliang's tenderness at this moment.

  "Your older cousin called your dormitory several times, saying no one answered, so he called my dormitory and asked me to take a look at what's going on with you?" Guo Shangliang paused for a moment, "Afraid I'd be annoyed, he told me about what happened in high school."

  Ning Qingming fell silent for a while, and the nearly three years of high school when he almost didn't speak had really frightened his family. His uncle, entrusted by his mother, would call from time to time to ask about him, deeply afraid that something might happen to him.

  "I'll call my brother myself later." Ning Qing waited for the remaining tears in her eyes to dry before putting on her glasses and lifting her head, "Don't tell him about what happened today, I don't want mom to be sad because of this."

  Kuo Shang-liang nodded, "If there's anything, you can tell me too!" As he spoke, he took out a pack of tissues and pointed to Ning Qing-mei's face, saying: "Wipe your face."

  Ning Qingmin's face turned slightly red, and she had just been rubbing her knees, definitely smearing some dirt on her face.

  Watching Ning Qingmin wiping randomly with a tissue, Guo Shangliang took out another tissue and gently dabbed at the tip of Ning Qingmin's nose, saying softly: "It's dirty here!"

  Ning Qing's heart skipped a beat and then returned to calmness. She only felt her face slightly burning.

  Guo Shangliang patted Ning Qing's thin shoulders again and stood up, looked at his watch and said: "I'll take you out for dinner."

  "Hmm, I'll call and ask Zhou Ling if he wants to go together." Ning Qing nodded and tried to stand up, but stumbled and fell back onto the ground.

  Kuo Shangliang smiled and extended his hand towards Ning Qingmian.

  Ning Qingmin raised her head and stared at Guo Shangliang.

  The winter sun has set behind the mountains, dusk hasn't arrived yet, and the sky is gradually turning gray. The streetlights haven't lit up yet, and the person in front of me stretches out their hand to me in this ambiguous gray light.

  Everything is like a dream, elusive and ephemeral.

  This face deeply imprinted on one's own heart is so close yet so far away.

  A thousand miles apart!

  Ning Qingmian slowly stretched out her hand, grasped Guo Shangliang's hand, and stood up. In her heart, she had a vague longing: If only time could stand still!

  "Qīng mǐn!" translates to "Be careful!" or "Watch out!".

  "Cheers!"

  Two female voices sounded at the same time.

  Kuo Shang-liang let go of Ning Qing-ming's hand and turned around to see two people walking towards him from different directions, one was Li Ming-na and the other was Zhou Ling.

  "Qing Min, Fan Dongyang called to tell you to go to work tomorrow. I've been waiting for you for a long time and didn't see you return to the dormitory, so I came down to find you." Zhou Ling quickly ran a few steps and pulled Ning Qingmin's hand, saying "Quickly respond to him."

  "Shang Liang, didn't you say we were going to watch a movie?" Li Mingna bit her lip and gave Guo Shangliang and Ning Qingmin a suspicious glance, but her face remained expressionless.

  "Oh, almost forgot!" Guo Shangliang turned back, patted Ning Qingming's shoulder heavily and said "I'll treat you to dinner next time!" while pulling Li Mingna away.

  The sky turned black and the wind blew by.

  Ning Qingmin watched as Guo Shangliang and Li Mingna walked away, shrugging her shoulders. Just now, Guo Shangliang had patted her shoulder, seemingly with too much force, and her shoulder felt a slight pain. No, the ache seemed to be not in her shoulder, but in her heart!