Chapter 118
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Ji Mingxia looked at Father Ding calmly and slowly said, “That’s right, I was born in Banana Leaf Village in Funan County, may I ask what this gentleman has to say?”
Father Ding smiled gently, “Banana Leaf Village is a good place, the mountains are good, the water is good, it’s just a pity that the people are not good.”
Ji Mingxia looked at the confident smile on Father Ding’s face and somehow remembered Zhou Tao’s copper coin. He had a vague guess in his mind and said, “Sir, if you don’t like me, you can just say so, it’s fine to attack me, but attacking my hometown is not a good idea, even primary school students don’t care to do such things like *map guns nowadays.”
*Map guns - stereotyping
Father Ding had lived to a ripe old age and was obsessed with research, so he had no idea what “map gun” was.
However, he naturally heard the sarcasm in Ji Mingxia’s words, and not only that, the students outside the door were frowning, and their expressions seemed to be very contemptuous.
Father Ding had lost the battle in two exchanges, so he stopped beating around the bush and said directly, “You misunderstand, I don’t mean to despise the people of Banana Leaf Village. It’s just that many years ago, I passed through Banana Leaf Village and I noticed that this village was not quite like others. Not only did the villagers live in deep seclusion, but they were also in poor health and generally looked much older than normal.”
Father Ding said, looking at Ji Mingxia with a meaningful look in his eyes, “I told the villagers back then that if there were any abnormalities, they could contact me. I wonder how the current state of Banana Leaf Village is after all these years?”
Ji Mingxia secretly clenched his fist and held back the anger in his heart.
A few years ago, Zhou Tao, a villager of Banana Leaf Village, and his mother, were terminally ill and were soon dying.
Just then, a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere and gave them a copper coin, a special mysterious item that could absorb the life span of others for its own use and give the owner a long and healthy life.
Zhou Tao and his mother used the copper coin to absorb the lifespan of the Banana Leaf villagers, resulting in the near destruction of the entire Banana Leaf village.
Last summer, Ji Mingxia returned to Banana Leaf Village and discovered this strange situation. With his efforts, and with the help of the ring Yu Ning gave him, he defeated the copper coin and solved the aftermath.
The perpetrator, Zhou Tao, and his mother, also met their comeuppance and died in the hospital and police station respectively.
When he learnt that Ding Jialin was the mysterious man who gave out mysterious items, Ji Mingxia only felt that karma was a cycle of retribution.
Unexpectedly, there was another follow-up.
The reason Father Ding brought it up to Ji Mingxia was simple.
He did not know that the incident in Banana Leaf Village had already been set right, and Ding Jialin had not had the time to tell him that Ji Mingxia was not an ordinary person, so Father Ding intended to use this incident to control Ji Mingxia.
They could sense that Ji Mingxia came to protect Yu Ning and his appearance disturbed the flow of things, so they wanted to send him away.
Father Ding wanted to use the lives of those in Banana Leaf Village as an exchange for Ji Mingxia to stay out of their business and hand over Yu Ning.
How malicious.
Although there was no evidence to prove whether the matter of Banana Leaf Village was related to the Ding family couple, there was no doubt that these two people knenw about it.
At this moment, Ji Mingxia was both shocked and disgusted.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have been unable to control his emotions, but fortunately, Ji Mingxia was good at disguising his emotions.
When he first saw ghosts when he crossed over, he was terrified to the core, but he didn’t show it on the surface. Just like that, Zhao Zhuoye and the others never got the slightest hint.
At this moment, it was easy for him to remain calm and they could not see through his mind.
Ji Mingxia pretended to be an ordinary person who knew nothing about it, and his expression showed confusion. He looked at Father Ding speechlessly and said, “The people of Banana Leaf Village have been farming in the sun for a long time, leaving early and returning late, and not taking good care of themselves. They have indeed grown older because they don’t take good care of themselves, but their bodies are still healthy, and there are no major problems with them. If you sir, are a Taoist and want to solicit business, you can ask Mr. Ye Chen Ye to introduce you to work. We in Banana Leaf Village are poor and cannot afford to invite a great Buddha like you.”
Father Ding froze for a moment, and then his face turned red with anger.
He had never been this insulted like in his life. He had spent his life in research and elegance, and was always treated as a guest wherever he went.
Soliciting business? A Taoist?
Did he look like one of those scammers who danced with the gods?
Ji Mingxia’s words simply poked him in the lungs!
Father Ding said angrily: “You! Don’t regret it, Ji Mingxia! If you don’t want to think of yourself, you have to think of your family.”
Ji Mingxia turned his head away from him, “I don’t care to listen to your nonsense, with all the map guns and curses.”
At his words, Father Ding’s forehead popped with veins and he almost stood up in anger, but Mother Ding held him down just in time.
Father Ding looked at his wife and saw that she was calm, so he took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down.
Mother Ding had a slender and pretty appearance, and from the moment Ji Mingxia saw her, there was almost no turbulence on her face no matter what he said.
She rarely even blinked her eyes.
Compared to her husband, who was so arrogant and hot tempered, Mother Ding seemed to have a quiet elegance that did not resemble a living person. She was like an exquisite doll, sitting there quietly, taking in Ji Mingxia’s every detail.
Such a person was far more frightening than the stormy-looking Father Ding.
“Classmate Ji Mingxia.” Mother Ding spoke slowly, her voice thin and soft, with a sweetness unbecoming of her age.
Such a tone, paired with her haggard, delicate and slightly aged face, made Ji Mingxia’s hair stand on end almost as soon as she spoke.
Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said in a soft voice, “You changed your ticket, took a few hours’ drive back and rushed into the dormitory just to protect Yu Ning, your care is very touching. Yu Ning is lucky to have a classmate like you.”
Mother Ding said, then turned her words around, “It’s just that Xiao Chen has already told you the reason for our visit. Yu Ning is nineteen years old, he is an adult, we just hope that we can communicate with him properly, can we? It’s our fault for disturbing everyone, but since we had already sat down and started negotiating, I also hope that you won’t disturb us, otherwise it will only be everyone’s time that will be wasted.”
Compared to Father Ding, whose words were so coercive, Mother Ding's words were obviously much more polite and courteous.
However, Ji Mingxia had already seen through their true colours and would not eat her needles hidden in cotton.
Instead of following Mother Ding’s words, Ji Mingxia immediately asked in return, “Yes, I am Yu Ning’s classmate, and I am also his best friend. So may I ask you both, in what capacity are you negotiating with my Yu Ning? As biological parents?”
Ji Mingxia said, and glanced at Ye Chen, speaking out the words he had already prepared: “As we all know, Yu Ning is an orphan, and he grew up in an orphanage Because he had no guardian, the local government helped him with school needs. He grew up without living expenses, but fortunately, he did well in his studies, and survived on scholarships albeit with great difficulty. He wasn’t even known until he hit the news after the college entrance exams.”
“Last year Yu Ning burst onto the scene overnight, the people who want to be Yu Ning’s family are like the sea, I’m afraid they can queue from here up to the school gate.”
“I don’t mean to doubt you two, but if random people come and say they are Yu Ning’s family, and Yu Ning has to sit down, negotiate and actively cooperate with them, then would Yu Ning have time to study if everyone came and did this?”
Ji Mingxia continued, “You two came and stayed at the school all night. With such a big show, you must have prepared for everything. May I ask if you have any evidence that confirms your identity, for example a paternity certificate?”
When Ji Mingxia’s words, Mother Ding’s expression remained unchanged, but Father Ding frowned slightly.
As for Ye Chen, he didn’t even hide his emotions and immediately shook his head.
After Ji Mingxia’s words, Ye Chen was already distancing himself from the Ding family. Although not to the extent of siding with Ji Mingxia, it was obvious that he would no longer speak for the Ding family either.
Ji Mingxia was slightly relieved when he received Ye Chen’s feedback, confirming his suspicions.
He was sure that this Ding family parent had never appeared in front of Yu Ning before today.
Yu Ning was a clean freak, even when he was within the primeval forest. He would clean up as much as possible every day, not to mention in his daily life. He would clean up at least twice a day or more, and would incidentally help Ji Mingxia to clean along with him.
They had left for the suburbs yesterday, and the Ding parents, on the other hand, had made their way to school last night.
They had never seen Yu Ning, and Yu Ning had thoroughly cleaned it up before leaving. There were no traces of hair, and Ji Mingxia could be sure that they did not have Yu Ning’s DNA on their hands.
However, Ji Mingxia also knew that these two were probably Yu Ning’s biological parents because of how similar they looked.
However, without a paternity test, they could not sit down and confirm their identity as Yu Ning’s parents.
Whether he wins or loses, the image of parents confronting their children was extremely detrimental to Yu Ning.
So Ji Mingxia had to first take Yu Ning away.
When the negotiations are suspended, they could avoid a meeting between the two sides in the future. The rest of the public opinion can be fought online in a war of words.
Let the netizens decide what is right and wrong after that.
The more people get involved, the more impartial the matter would be.
In this way, the damage to Yu Ning’s reputation could be minimized.
When he was sure that they could not produce any evidence, Ji Mingxia was just about to “invite” the couple out of the dormitory and put an end to this farce as soon as possible when Mother Ding said, “Although there is no paternity test for the time being, our identities are not something that anyone can pretend to be. We have been keeping an eye on Yu Ning over the years and there have always been traces of us in Yu Ning’s growth.”
Ji Mingxia’s face changed slightly, “What do you mean?”
Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said slowly and elegantly, “The director of the orphanage that raised Yu Ning is an old acquaintance of mine, and one of Yu Ning’s primary school teachers is also a friend of mine. A paternity test is just a simple document, not only can we produce the test in the future, but we can even find human witnesses.”
At Mother Ding’s words, everyone went silent and looked at her with some surprise.
This paragraph of words, the amount of information …… seemed a bit too much.
Ji Mingxia, on the other hand, changed his face on the spot.
He had been restraining his emotions since he entered the door, and had remained calm even during the confrontation with Father Ding.
However, he was almost exploding at this moment.
His grip on Yu Ning’s hand tightened, and didn’t even dare to look at Yu Ning’s expression at the moment.
Ji Mingxia stared at Mother Ding and his voice trembled as he said through gritted teeth: “Are you saying that you deliberately left Yu Ning at the orphanage back then, that you had been paying attention to him all these years, knowing where he was, knowing what kind of life he was leading, but still ignored him? You allowed him to be treated as a freak, as a monster, and to grow up getting bullied? “
Ji Mingxia was incredulous and said with anger and sadness, “It was only until today, when your eldest son was dying, that you finally remembered Yu Ning, your youngest son whom you had abandoned and neglected for almost twenty years? You didn’t come to visit him, you didn’t come to apologise to him, you only wanted him to meet your demands and agree to help you save your son?”
As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily reddened as he thought of Yu Ning’s past life.
Everyone thought that it was Yu Ning’s bad luck that he had encountered so much hardship.
Everyone in the city, adults and children alike, feared this bizarre child, no one played with him, no one ever pitied him.
Yu Ning grew up alone, like a weed, with all the hardship he could muster.
Ji Mingxia originally thought that they had abandoned Yu Ning for some reason back then and lost track of him until when Ding Jialin was hit by the curse, and in order to save him, they found Yu Ning based on the clues from back then.
But now, Mother Ding’s words shattered everything.
The truth was even worse than what he had guessed.
Yu Ning had a father, a mother, and even a brother.
They had always known what an inhuman life Yu Ning had led in the orphanage, and how Yu Ning had been bullied and isolated at school.
Yet for so many years, they had deliberately turned a blind eye.
They dressed in noble and decent clothes, lived in a villa, made friends with people as wealthy as the Ye family, and were held in high esteem by the gentry.
Their family lived together in harmony, they had each other, close friends, wealth and social status.
They had everything that ordinary people aspire to.
But they refused to give Yu Ning any help.
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Ji Mingxia looked at Father Ding calmly and slowly said, “That’s right, I was born in Banana Leaf Village in Funan County, may I ask what this gentleman has to say?”
Father Ding smiled gently, “Banana Leaf Village is a good place, the mountains are good, the water is good, it’s just a pity that the people are not good.”
Ji Mingxia looked at the confident smile on Father Ding’s face and somehow remembered Zhou Tao’s copper coin. He had a vague guess in his mind and said, “Sir, if you don’t like me, you can just say so, it’s fine to attack me, but attacking my hometown is not a good idea, even primary school students don’t care to do such things like *map guns nowadays.”
*Map guns - stereotyping
Father Ding had lived to a ripe old age and was obsessed with research, so he had no idea what “map gun” was.
However, he naturally heard the sarcasm in Ji Mingxia’s words, and not only that, the students outside the door were frowning, and their expressions seemed to be very contemptuous.
Father Ding had lost the battle in two exchanges, so he stopped beating around the bush and said directly, “You misunderstand, I don’t mean to despise the people of Banana Leaf Village. It’s just that many years ago, I passed through Banana Leaf Village and I noticed that this village was not quite like others. Not only did the villagers live in deep seclusion, but they were also in poor health and generally looked much older than normal.”
Father Ding said, looking at Ji Mingxia with a meaningful look in his eyes, “I told the villagers back then that if there were any abnormalities, they could contact me. I wonder how the current state of Banana Leaf Village is after all these years?”
Ji Mingxia secretly clenched his fist and held back the anger in his heart.
A few years ago, Zhou Tao, a villager of Banana Leaf Village, and his mother, were terminally ill and were soon dying.
Just then, a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere and gave them a copper coin, a special mysterious item that could absorb the life span of others for its own use and give the owner a long and healthy life.
Zhou Tao and his mother used the copper coin to absorb the lifespan of the Banana Leaf villagers, resulting in the near destruction of the entire Banana Leaf village.
Last summer, Ji Mingxia returned to Banana Leaf Village and discovered this strange situation. With his efforts, and with the help of the ring Yu Ning gave him, he defeated the copper coin and solved the aftermath.
The perpetrator, Zhou Tao, and his mother, also met their comeuppance and died in the hospital and police station respectively.
When he learnt that Ding Jialin was the mysterious man who gave out mysterious items, Ji Mingxia only felt that karma was a cycle of retribution.
Unexpectedly, there was another follow-up.
The reason Father Ding brought it up to Ji Mingxia was simple.
He did not know that the incident in Banana Leaf Village had already been set right, and Ding Jialin had not had the time to tell him that Ji Mingxia was not an ordinary person, so Father Ding intended to use this incident to control Ji Mingxia.
They could sense that Ji Mingxia came to protect Yu Ning and his appearance disturbed the flow of things, so they wanted to send him away.
Father Ding wanted to use the lives of those in Banana Leaf Village as an exchange for Ji Mingxia to stay out of their business and hand over Yu Ning.
How malicious.
Although there was no evidence to prove whether the matter of Banana Leaf Village was related to the Ding family couple, there was no doubt that these two people knenw about it.
At this moment, Ji Mingxia was both shocked and disgusted.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have been unable to control his emotions, but fortunately, Ji Mingxia was good at disguising his emotions.
When he first saw ghosts when he crossed over, he was terrified to the core, but he didn’t show it on the surface. Just like that, Zhao Zhuoye and the others never got the slightest hint.
At this moment, it was easy for him to remain calm and they could not see through his mind.
Ji Mingxia pretended to be an ordinary person who knew nothing about it, and his expression showed confusion. He looked at Father Ding speechlessly and said, “The people of Banana Leaf Village have been farming in the sun for a long time, leaving early and returning late, and not taking good care of themselves. They have indeed grown older because they don’t take good care of themselves, but their bodies are still healthy, and there are no major problems with them. If you sir, are a Taoist and want to solicit business, you can ask Mr. Ye Chen Ye to introduce you to work. We in Banana Leaf Village are poor and cannot afford to invite a great Buddha like you.”
Father Ding froze for a moment, and then his face turned red with anger.
He had never been this insulted like in his life. He had spent his life in research and elegance, and was always treated as a guest wherever he went.
Soliciting business? A Taoist?
Did he look like one of those scammers who danced with the gods?
Ji Mingxia’s words simply poked him in the lungs!
Father Ding said angrily: “You! Don’t regret it, Ji Mingxia! If you don’t want to think of yourself, you have to think of your family.”
Ji Mingxia turned his head away from him, “I don’t care to listen to your nonsense, with all the map guns and curses.”
At his words, Father Ding’s forehead popped with veins and he almost stood up in anger, but Mother Ding held him down just in time.
Father Ding looked at his wife and saw that she was calm, so he took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down.
Mother Ding had a slender and pretty appearance, and from the moment Ji Mingxia saw her, there was almost no turbulence on her face no matter what he said.
She rarely even blinked her eyes.
Compared to her husband, who was so arrogant and hot tempered, Mother Ding seemed to have a quiet elegance that did not resemble a living person. She was like an exquisite doll, sitting there quietly, taking in Ji Mingxia’s every detail.
Such a person was far more frightening than the stormy-looking Father Ding.
“Classmate Ji Mingxia.” Mother Ding spoke slowly, her voice thin and soft, with a sweetness unbecoming of her age.
Such a tone, paired with her haggard, delicate and slightly aged face, made Ji Mingxia’s hair stand on end almost as soon as she spoke.
Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said in a soft voice, “You changed your ticket, took a few hours’ drive back and rushed into the dormitory just to protect Yu Ning, your care is very touching. Yu Ning is lucky to have a classmate like you.”
Mother Ding said, then turned her words around, “It’s just that Xiao Chen has already told you the reason for our visit. Yu Ning is nineteen years old, he is an adult, we just hope that we can communicate with him properly, can we? It’s our fault for disturbing everyone, but since we had already sat down and started negotiating, I also hope that you won’t disturb us, otherwise it will only be everyone’s time that will be wasted.”
Compared to Father Ding, whose words were so coercive, Mother Ding's words were obviously much more polite and courteous.
However, Ji Mingxia had already seen through their true colours and would not eat her needles hidden in cotton.
Instead of following Mother Ding’s words, Ji Mingxia immediately asked in return, “Yes, I am Yu Ning’s classmate, and I am also his best friend. So may I ask you both, in what capacity are you negotiating with my Yu Ning? As biological parents?”
Ji Mingxia said, and glanced at Ye Chen, speaking out the words he had already prepared: “As we all know, Yu Ning is an orphan, and he grew up in an orphanage Because he had no guardian, the local government helped him with school needs. He grew up without living expenses, but fortunately, he did well in his studies, and survived on scholarships albeit with great difficulty. He wasn’t even known until he hit the news after the college entrance exams.”
“Last year Yu Ning burst onto the scene overnight, the people who want to be Yu Ning’s family are like the sea, I’m afraid they can queue from here up to the school gate.”
“I don’t mean to doubt you two, but if random people come and say they are Yu Ning’s family, and Yu Ning has to sit down, negotiate and actively cooperate with them, then would Yu Ning have time to study if everyone came and did this?”
Ji Mingxia continued, “You two came and stayed at the school all night. With such a big show, you must have prepared for everything. May I ask if you have any evidence that confirms your identity, for example a paternity certificate?”
When Ji Mingxia’s words, Mother Ding’s expression remained unchanged, but Father Ding frowned slightly.
As for Ye Chen, he didn’t even hide his emotions and immediately shook his head.
After Ji Mingxia’s words, Ye Chen was already distancing himself from the Ding family. Although not to the extent of siding with Ji Mingxia, it was obvious that he would no longer speak for the Ding family either.
Ji Mingxia was slightly relieved when he received Ye Chen’s feedback, confirming his suspicions.
He was sure that this Ding family parent had never appeared in front of Yu Ning before today.
Yu Ning was a clean freak, even when he was within the primeval forest. He would clean up as much as possible every day, not to mention in his daily life. He would clean up at least twice a day or more, and would incidentally help Ji Mingxia to clean along with him.
They had left for the suburbs yesterday, and the Ding parents, on the other hand, had made their way to school last night.
They had never seen Yu Ning, and Yu Ning had thoroughly cleaned it up before leaving. There were no traces of hair, and Ji Mingxia could be sure that they did not have Yu Ning’s DNA on their hands.
However, Ji Mingxia also knew that these two were probably Yu Ning’s biological parents because of how similar they looked.
However, without a paternity test, they could not sit down and confirm their identity as Yu Ning’s parents.
Whether he wins or loses, the image of parents confronting their children was extremely detrimental to Yu Ning.
So Ji Mingxia had to first take Yu Ning away.
When the negotiations are suspended, they could avoid a meeting between the two sides in the future. The rest of the public opinion can be fought online in a war of words.
Let the netizens decide what is right and wrong after that.
The more people get involved, the more impartial the matter would be.
In this way, the damage to Yu Ning’s reputation could be minimized.
When he was sure that they could not produce any evidence, Ji Mingxia was just about to “invite” the couple out of the dormitory and put an end to this farce as soon as possible when Mother Ding said, “Although there is no paternity test for the time being, our identities are not something that anyone can pretend to be. We have been keeping an eye on Yu Ning over the years and there have always been traces of us in Yu Ning’s growth.”
Ji Mingxia’s face changed slightly, “What do you mean?”
Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said slowly and elegantly, “The director of the orphanage that raised Yu Ning is an old acquaintance of mine, and one of Yu Ning’s primary school teachers is also a friend of mine. A paternity test is just a simple document, not only can we produce the test in the future, but we can even find human witnesses.”
At Mother Ding’s words, everyone went silent and looked at her with some surprise.
This paragraph of words, the amount of information …… seemed a bit too much.
Ji Mingxia, on the other hand, changed his face on the spot.
He had been restraining his emotions since he entered the door, and had remained calm even during the confrontation with Father Ding.
However, he was almost exploding at this moment.
His grip on Yu Ning’s hand tightened, and didn’t even dare to look at Yu Ning’s expression at the moment.
Ji Mingxia stared at Mother Ding and his voice trembled as he said through gritted teeth: “Are you saying that you deliberately left Yu Ning at the orphanage back then, that you had been paying attention to him all these years, knowing where he was, knowing what kind of life he was leading, but still ignored him? You allowed him to be treated as a freak, as a monster, and to grow up getting bullied? “
Ji Mingxia was incredulous and said with anger and sadness, “It was only until today, when your eldest son was dying, that you finally remembered Yu Ning, your youngest son whom you had abandoned and neglected for almost twenty years? You didn’t come to visit him, you didn’t come to apologise to him, you only wanted him to meet your demands and agree to help you save your son?”
As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily reddened as he thought of Yu Ning’s past life.
Everyone thought that it was Yu Ning’s bad luck that he had encountered so much hardship.
Everyone in the city, adults and children alike, feared this bizarre child, no one played with him, no one ever pitied him.
Yu Ning grew up alone, like a weed, with all the hardship he could muster.
Ji Mingxia originally thought that they had abandoned Yu Ning for some reason back then and lost track of him until when Ding Jialin was hit by the curse, and in order to save him, they found Yu Ning based on the clues from back then.
But now, Mother Ding’s words shattered everything.
The truth was even worse than what he had guessed.
Yu Ning had a father, a mother, and even a brother.
They had always known what an inhuman life Yu Ning had led in the orphanage, and how Yu Ning had been bullied and isolated at school.
Yet for so many years, they had deliberately turned a blind eye.
They dressed in noble and decent clothes, lived in a villa, made friends with people as wealthy as the Ye family, and were held in high esteem by the gentry.
Their family lived together in harmony, they had each other, close friends, wealth and social status.
They had everything that ordinary people aspire to.
But they refused to give Yu Ning any help.
Ji Mingxia looked at Father Ding calmly and slowly said, That's right, I was born in Banana Leaf Village in Funan County, may I ask what this gentleman has to say?Father Ding smiled gently, Banana Leaf Village is a good place, the mountains are good, the water is good, it's just a pity that the people are not good.Ji Mingxia looked at the confident smile on Father Ding's face and somehow remembered Zhou Tao's copper coin. He had a vague guess in his mind and said, Sir, if you don't like me, you can just say so, it's fine to attack me, but attacking my hometown is not a good idea, even primary school students don't care to do such things like *map guns nowadays.*Map guns - stereotypingFather Ding had lived to a ripe old age and was obsessed with research, so he had no idea what map gun was.However, he naturally heard the sarcasm in Ji Mingxia's words, and not only that, the students outside the door were frowning, and their expressions seemed to be very contemptuous.Father Ding had lost the battle in two exchanges, so he stopped beating around the bush and said directly, You misunderstand, I don't mean to despise the people of Banana Leaf Village. It's just that many years ago, I passed through Banana Leaf Village and I noticed that this village was not quite like others. Not only did the villagers live in deep seclusion, but they were also in poor health and generally looked much older than normal.Father Ding said, looking at Ji Mingxia with a meaningful look in his eyes, I told the villagers back then that if there were any abnormalities, they could contact me. I wonder how the current state of Banana Leaf Village is after all these years?Ji Mingxia secretly clenched his fist and held back the anger in his heart.A few years ago, Zhou Tao, a villager of Banana Leaf Village, and his mother, were terminally ill and were soon dying.Just then, a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere and gave them a copper coin, a special mysterious item that could absorb the life span of others for its own use and give the owner a long and healthy life.Zhou Tao and his mother used the copper coin to absorb the lifespan of the Banana Leaf villagers, resulting in the near destruction of the entire Banana Leaf village.Last summer, Ji Mingxia returned to Banana Leaf Village and discovered this strange situation. With his efforts, and with the help of the ring Yu Ning gave him, he defeated the copper coin and solved the aftermath.The perpetrator, Zhou Tao, and his mother, also met their comeuppance and died in the hospital and police station respectively.When he learnt that Ding Jialin was the mysterious man who gave out mysterious items, Ji Mingxia only felt that karma was a cycle of retribution.Unexpectedly, there was another follow-up.The reason Father Ding brought it up to Ji Mingxia was simple.He did not know that the incident in Banana Leaf Village had already been set right, and Ding Jialin had not had the time to tell him that Ji Mingxia was not an ordinary person, so Father Ding intended to use this incident to control Ji Mingxia.They could sense that Ji Mingxia came to protect Yu Ning and his appearance disturbed the flow of things, so they wanted to send him away.Father Ding wanted to use the lives of those in Banana Leaf Village as an exchange for Ji Mingxia to stay out of their business and hand over Yu Ning.How malicious.Although there was no evidence to prove whether the matter of Banana Leaf Village was related to the Ding family couple, there was no doubt that these two people knenw about it.At this moment, Ji Mingxia was both shocked and disgusted.If it were an ordinary person, he would have been unable to control his emotions, but fortunately, Ji Mingxia was good at disguising his emotions.When he first saw ghosts when he crossed over, he was terrified to the core, but he didn't show it on the surface. Just like that, Zhao Zhuoye and the others never got the slightest hint.At this moment, it was easy for him to remain calm and they could not see through his mind.Ji Mingxia pretended to be an ordinary person who knew nothing about it, and his expression showed confusion. He looked at Father Ding speechlessly and said, The people of Banana Leaf Village have been farming in the sun for a long time, leaving early and returning late, and not taking good care of themselves. They have indeed grown older because they don't take good care of themselves, but their bodies are still healthy, and there are no major problems with them. If you sir, are a Taoist and want to solicit business, you can ask Mr. Ye Chen Ye to introduce you to work. We in Banana Leaf Village are poor and cannot afford to invite a great Buddha like you.Father Ding froze for a moment, and then his face turned red with anger.He had never been this insulted like in his life. He had spent his life in research and elegance, and was always treated as a guest wherever he went.Soliciting business? A Taoist?Did he look like one of those scammers who danced with the gods?Ji Mingxia's words simply poked him in the lungs!Father Ding said angrily: You! Don't regret it, Ji Mingxia! If you don't want to think of yourself, you have to think of your family.Ji Mingxia turned his head away from him, I don't care to listen to your nonsense, with all the map guns and curses.At his words, Father Ding's forehead popped with veins and he almost stood up in anger, but Mother Ding held him down just in time.Father Ding looked at his wife and saw that she was calm, so he took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down.Mother Ding had a slender and pretty appearance, and from the moment Ji Mingxia saw her, there was almost no turbulence on her face no matter what he said.She rarely even blinked her eyes.Compared to her husband, who was so arrogant and hot tempered, Mother Ding seemed to have a quiet elegance that did not resemble a living person. She was like an exquisite doll, sitting there quietly, taking in Ji Mingxia's every detail.Such a person was far more frightening than the stormy-looking Father Ding.Classmate Ji Mingxia. Mother Ding spoke slowly, her voice thin and soft, with a sweetness unbecoming of her age.Such a tone, paired with her haggard, delicate and slightly aged face, made Ji Mingxia's hair stand on end almost as soon as she spoke.Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said in a soft voice, You changed your ticket, took a few hours' drive back and rushed into the dormitory just to protect Yu Ning, your care is very touching. Yu Ning is lucky to have a classmate like you.Mother Ding said, then turned her words around, It's just that Xiao Chen has already told you the reason for our visit. Yu Ning is nineteen years old, he is an adult, we just hope that we can communicate with him properly, can we? It's our fault for disturbing everyone, but since we had already sat down and started negotiating, I also hope that you won't disturb us, otherwise it will only be everyone's time that will be wasted.Compared to Father Ding, whose words were so coercive, Mother Ding's words were obviously much more polite and courteous.However, Ji Mingxia had already seen through their true colours and would not eat her needles hidden in cotton.Instead of following Mother Ding's words, Ji Mingxia immediately asked in return, Yes, I am Yu Ning's classmate, and I am also his best friend. So may I ask you both, in what capacity are you negotiating with my Yu Ning? As biological parents?Ji Mingxia said, and glanced at Ye Chen, speaking out the words he had already prepared: As we all know, Yu Ning is an orphan, and he grew up in an orphanage Because he had no guardian, the local government helped him with school needs. He grew up without living expenses, but fortunately, he did well in his studies, and survived on scholarships albeit with great difficulty. He wasn't even known until he hit the news after the college entrance exams.Last year Yu Ning burst onto the scene overnight, the people who want to be Yu Ning's family are like the sea, I'm afraid they can queue from here up to the school gate.I don't mean to doubt you two, but if random people come and say they are Yu Ning's family, and Yu Ning has to sit down, negotiate and actively cooperate with them, then would Yu Ning have time to study if everyone came and did this?Ji Mingxia continued, You two came and stayed at the school all night. With such a big show, you must have prepared for everything. May I ask if you have any evidence that confirms your identity, for example a paternity certificate?When Ji Mingxia's words, Mother Ding's expression remained unchanged, but Father Ding frowned slightly.As for Ye Chen, he didn't even hide his emotions and immediately shook his head.After Ji Mingxia's words, Ye Chen was already distancing himself from the Ding family. Although not to the extent of siding with Ji Mingxia, it was obvious that he would no longer speak for the Ding family either.Ji Mingxia was slightly relieved when he received Ye Chen's feedback, confirming his suspicions.He was sure that this Ding family parent had never appeared in front of Yu Ning before today.Yu Ning was a clean freak, even when he was within the primeval forest. He would clean up as much as possible every day, not to mention in his daily life. He would clean up at least twice a day or more, and would incidentally help Ji Mingxia to clean along with him.They had left for the suburbs yesterday, and the Ding parents, on the other hand, had made their way to school last night.They had never seen Yu Ning, and Yu Ning had thoroughly cleaned it up before leaving. There were no traces of hair, and Ji Mingxia could be sure that they did not have Yu Ning's DNA on their hands.However, Ji Mingxia also knew that these two were probably Yu Ning's biological parents because of how similar they looked.However, without a paternity test, they could not sit down and confirm their identity as Yu Ning's parents.Whether he wins or loses, the image of parents confronting their children was extremely detrimental to Yu Ning.So Ji Mingxia had to first take Yu Ning away.When the negotiations are suspended, they could avoid a meeting between the two sides in the future. The rest of the public opinion can be fought online in a war of words.Let the netizens decide what is right and wrong after that.The more people get involved, the more impartial the matter would be.In this way, the damage to Yu Ning's reputation could be minimized.When he was sure that they could not produce any evidence, Ji Mingxia was just about to invite the couple out of the dormitory and put an end to this farce as soon as possible when Mother Ding said, Although there is no paternity test for the time being, our identities are not something that anyone can pretend to be. We have been keeping an eye on Yu Ning over the years and there have always been traces of us in Yu Ning's growth.Ji Mingxia's face changed slightly, What do you mean?Mother Ding looked at Ji Mingxia and said slowly and elegantly, The director of the orphanage that raised Yu Ning is an old acquaintance of mine, and one of Yu Ning's primary school teachers is also a friend of mine. A paternity test is just a simple document, not only can we produce the test in the future, but we can even find human witnesses.At Mother Ding's words, everyone went silent and looked at her with some surprise.This paragraph of words, the amount of information seemed a bit too much.Ji Mingxia, on the other hand, changed his face on the spot.He had been restraining his emotions since he entered the door, and had remained calm even during the confrontation with Father Ding.However, he was almost exploding at this moment.His grip on Yu Ning's hand tightened, and didn't even dare to look at Yu Ning's expression at the moment.Ji Mingxia stared at Mother Ding and his voice trembled as he said through gritted teeth: Are you saying that you deliberately left Yu Ning at the orphanage back then, that you had been paying attention to him all these years, knowing where he was, knowing what kind of life he was leading, but still ignored him? You allowed him to be treated as a freak, as a monster, and to grow up getting bullied? Ji Mingxia was incredulous and said with anger and sadness, It was only until today, when your eldest son was dying, that you finally remembered Yu Ning, your youngest son whom you had abandoned and neglected for almost twenty years? You didn't come to visit him, you didn't come to apologise to him, you only wanted him to meet your demands and agree to help you save your son?As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily reddened as he thought of Yu Ning's past life.Everyone thought that it was Yu Ning's bad luck that he had encountered so much hardship.Everyone in the city, adults and children alike, feared this bizarre child, no one played with him, no one ever pitied him.Yu Ning grew up alone, like a weed, with all the hardship he could muster.Ji Mingxia originally thought that they had abandoned Yu Ning for some reason back then and lost track of him until when Ding Jialin was hit by the curse, and in order to save him, they found Yu Ning based on the clues from back then.But now, Mother Ding's words shattered everything.The truth was even worse than what he had guessed.Yu Ning had a father, a mother, and even a brother.They had always known what an inhuman life Yu Ning had led in the orphanage, and how Yu Ning had been bullied and isolated at school.Yet for so many years, they had deliberately turned a blind eye.They dressed in noble and decent clothes, lived in a villa, made friends with people as wealthy as the Ye family, and were held in high esteem by the gentry.Their family lived together in harmony, they had each other, close friends, wealth and social status.They had everything that ordinary people aspire to.But they refused to give Yu Ning any help.
