Ning Anmiao's unfilial choice led to a huge dispute between her and the Ning family. The daughter who had been obedient since childhood was now so disobedient.
This struggle lasted for several years and finally reached its peak on the day when Ning Anmiao proposed to marry Lu Yan, the son of a merchant!
"Get out of this house from now on! I, the Ning family, don't have a rebellious daughter like you!"
Ning Zhijing was so angry that his hand holding the walking stick trembled. His kind and wise old eyes showed no warmth at the moment. He wished he had never given birth to this daughter!
"Miaomiao, it's not a bad thing that you like design. We can discuss it further. But marriage is a major event. You can't make a hasty decision!"
Ning's mother also looked worried but still tried to ease the relationship between this father - daughter pair.
Ning Anmiao didn't say a word. She just took a last desperate look at her father.
She knew that even if she didn't marry Lu Yan, she would never be able to pursue design in peace in this lifetime.
As long as she was still the young lady of the Ning family and the daughter of Ning Zhijing.
"Mr. Ning, then you can hold on to your lofty integrity. I'll be the one to be tainted by the worldly money you despise. From now on—"
From now on, there will be no more daughter like me!
"Miaomiao!" Ning's mother sensed what Ning Anmiao was about to say and stopped her in horror. Ning Zhijing beside her was even more stimulated. His face turned ashen, and he raised his hand to slap her hard!
The sound of that slap on the snow was especially crisp.
This slap shattered all the connections between Ning Anmiao and the Ning family and announced that there was no longer a Ning Anmiao in the Ning family.
Ning Anmiao knelt in the snow until she didn't even have the strength to stand up, but she never lowered her head to beg for forgiveness.
There was a stubbornness in the bones of the Ning family.
Growing up in the Ning family since childhood, she naturally inherited the Ning family's nature. Once she made up her mind about something, she would never waver.
She would rather freeze to death than lower her head.
On that night when she was almost frozen to death in the snow, Lu Yan opened the car door.
He reached out his hand to her.
Since then, she has never regretted it.
Because he was the only one who gave her warmth at the moment when she was abandoned by the whole world on that snowy night.
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Pulling back his thoughts, Lu Yan's lips gradually tightened into a straight line, and the depths of his eyes gradually dimmed.
He finally realized that he not only didn't understand her, but also hadn't even tried to understand her in these long three years.
He thought that by giving her the marriage she wanted and a family, he had given her a sense of security and everything she wanted...
But now it seemed that he was not only wrong, but completely wrong.
He picked up his phone on the side and opened the chat box with his assistant.
[Sort out all of the madam's resumes during her college years, especially those related to design.]
After sending this text message, Lu Yan closed his eyes and slumped heavily into the sofa, looking a bit tired.
In just a few days, he felt that his life had turned upside down.
However, he hoped it wasn't too late.
On the other end, seeing that their President Lu had taken the initiative to learn about the madam's news, the assistant was on the verge of crying with joy.
Their president had finally come to his senses and was going to take the initiative to understand and care about their madam!
The clouds had finally cleared and the moon was in sight!
After sorting out the documents, the assistant was even more pleasantly surprised. While constantly clicking his tongue, he sent the documents to Lu Yan.
It wasn't that the madam was marrying above her station. Even if it was said that President Lu was trying to be elegant by keeping such an incomparable peony, it wouldn't be an overstatement.
It was a national - level ornamental peony, the only one in the world.
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Ning Anmiao returned to the study and turned on the computer as usual.
This was a computer specially used for design. There was also a series of tools for drawing design drawings in front of the computer, which were very complete.
These were the tools she had bought in the past few years. Lu Yan never asked about them, so he naturally didn't know that she was still involved in design.
No wonder he was so surprised when he found out that the dress for Jiang Qiwei was designed by her.
He probably always thought that she had been doing nothing at home every day.
She smiled self - deprecatingly, sorted out her thoughts, and turned on the computer.
After going to the fashion show today, a lot of inspiration had emerged in her mind. She couldn't wait to record all the ideas in her head.
As usual, the first thing she did was to log in to her account, and then she saw an email.
It turned out that the official of the design competition she had participated in earlier had notified her that her work had made it into the top ten. She needed to go to Jiangzhou in person to introduce her work in order to compete for the final first place.
Her eyes lit up, but before she could get excited, the next moment, she looked up and saw the face of the man reflected in the mirror on the table. Her heart sank by half.
Right, she wasn't Ning Anmiao now.
She was Lu Yan!
Did she have to give a speech about the design competition work with Lu Yan's face?
Even if she agreed, Lu Yan definitely wouldn't.
Thinking of this, she couldn't get excited at all. Instead, she felt listless.
What should she do?
She left the bedroom irritably, wanting to pour a glass of water and seriously think of a way.
It was impossible for her to give up. Only she herself knew how much effort she had put into this design.
It would be okay if she didn't make it. But now that she had made it into the top ten, giving up directly would be like missing out on the first place.
She didn't want to give up.
While thinking, she walked into the living room and saw Lu Yan still sitting on the sofa. Her eyes lit up, and an idea came to her mind.
"Um... Lu Yan." She went to the kitchen and specially poured two glasses of water. Then she sat on one side of the sofa attentively and leaned towards him.
Sensing the change in Ning Anmiao's tone, Lu Yan shifted his gaze from the phone and landed on her face.
"What's up?" he asked.
Ning Anmiao took a deep breath, steadied her heartbeat, and calmly said, "I participated in the Jiangzhou Design Competition at the beginning of this year."
"My design has made it into the top ten. I need to give a design summary in person. The judges will give the final score based on the design concept and the design work."
"I think I can get the first place."
Lu Yan listened to her intently and slightly lifted his chin. "That's great. And then?"
And then?
Ning Anmiao pursed her lips and still summoned up the courage to say, "In my current situation, it's not convenient for me to give the design summary, so..."
Although she could already predict the result, she still wanted to ask.
"So, can you help me give the design speech summary?"
After she finished speaking, she quickly closed her eyes, already prepared to be rejected by Lu Yan.
Her heart was pounding so hard that it almost jumped out of her chest.
Lu Yan's gaze landed on Ning Anmiao's closed eyes. He couldn't help but let out a soft tut. Thinking of what he had just seen on his phone, he couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Okay, I promise you."