Ning Shuqian listened to her extremely sad sobbing. Although Ruya loved to cry since she was a child, she had never cried so miserably and sadly: "Why are you so stupid? Innocence and reputation are equally important to women. What's the point of you damaging your reputation to clarify your innocence? In the future, everyone will look at you with prejudice. Those scandals will disappear after a while. When I married your uncle Wen, those scandals were no less serious than yours. Aren't we still living well now?"
Xia Ruya just kept crying with her head down. Her reputation could be damaged, but her innocence could not be tarnished. No matter how great her reputation was, she could rely on her innocence and future success to cover up the truth, but if her innocence was tarnished, she would never be able to clear it up.
If a person wants to achieve greater success, how can he be so short-sighted as to only care about the immediate benefits? In order to maintain her innocence, she was willing to damage her own reputation. From a side view, doesn't this just reflect her character and personality
Ning Shuqian is indeed living a good life now, but every now and then someone would dig up the news about her and present it to the world to let everyone know how a common Cinderella managed to squeeze into a wealthy family. This is a stain that she will never be able to wash away in her lifetime. This stain has doomed her to never become a legitimate Mrs. Wen and never be accepted by the Wen family.
It was precisely because she knew this clearly that she would never be able to threaten her position, so as soon as she returned to the Wen family, she showed her goodwill to Ning Shuqian and became friends with Ning Yuya.
Ning Shuqian listened to her crying sadly and couldn't help but say: "Things have developed to this point, and you are suffering. You should have discussed it with me beforehand. If you really can't stand these news, why don't I help you arrange to go abroad. In a year or two, everyone will have completely forgotten about this matter."
Xia Ruya's voice suddenly rose: "I don't want to, I don't want to go abroad..."
Yes! She would never allow herself to escape and leave. She would have to get up where she fell, otherwise she would never have a chance to get up again in her life, so she forced herself to face it, even if it meant damaging her reputation.
Ning Shuqian sighed helplessly. Now that things had developed to this point, it would be redundant to say anything more.
"Aunt Ning, I have always followed the rules and regulations since I was a child. I have never done anything out of line. I don't know what I did wrong and why I have to endure such pain." Xia Ruya cried so hard that her eyes were red and swollen, like walnuts, and her little face was a mess. The tender smile that she had been trying so hard to maintain was gone, and she just looked miserable.
Ning Shuqian suddenly thought of Wen Xinya. If she hadn't harmed Yuya and Ruya at Zhou Tianyu's birthday party, this scandal wouldn't have been so serious: "It's all because of that little bitch Wen Xinya."
Xia Ruya choked up again and said in despair, "How have I ever let her down? Why did she want to hurt me like this? Was it just because I had enjoyed the wealth and glory that should have belonged to her? But... I have already returned everything that belonged to her, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Wen, Aunt Ning, and Yuya... What else is she dissatisfied with?"
Xia Ruya's emotions completely collapsed, and her choked voice carried a hint of despair, as if she was heartbroken.
She deliberately exposed her hatred towards Wen Xinya because... manipulating Ning Shuqian to deal with Wen Xinya was too restrictive. From then on, in front of Ning Shuqian, she abandoned her disguise and scruples, and joined forces with Ning Shuqian to deal with Wen Xinya. Only in this way could she truly defeat Wen Xinya.
Ning Shuqian looked at the resentment and sadness in her eyes, and felt very distressed. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Is this scandal caused by Wen Xinya?"
This child has always been pure and kind. If Wen Xinya had not done something that touched her bottom line, she would not have resented Wen Xinya so much.
Xia Ruya clenched her hands into fists, her arms shaking stiffly. "It was her. She told me that in person at the square on the day of the press conference."
Thinking of that day, Wen Xinya's noble and elegant purple dress set off her humiliation and misery, and she laughed at her with a gloating expression, disdainful eyes, a contemptuous and sarcastic smile, and a noble posture, and trampled her into the dirty mud. The hatred in her heart almost burst out.
Ning Shuqian was shocked to find that bright red blood beads were flowing out from her fingers. She quickly reached out to twist her fingers: "Let go, your hands are bleeding."
Xia Ruya's body was stiff, allowing Ning Shuqian to pry her hands open one by one.
"The palm of your hand is injured like this, but you don't even feel any pain." Ning Shuqian looked at the tender flesh on her palm being pierced by sharp nails. The blood was still flowing out. You could imagine how much strength she had used.
Xia Ruya let Ning Shuqian pick up the medicine box from under the coffee table and treat the wound on her hand. She said in a hoarse voice, "Aunt Ning, do you know why I don't want to go abroad to hide?"
Ning Shuqian was so smart, how could she not understand what she was thinking? Her face was gloomy, thinking about everything that had happened to Wen Xinya since she was found, as well as what had happened to Yuya. Every single thing was caused by Wen Xinya, and now, she even didn't let Ruya go.
Xia Ruya continued, "Because I can't back down. Wen Xinya didn't run away from Xu Chenyu's scandal before, but faced it head-on and used legal means to defend her innocence and reputation. Now it's my turn. I was the eldest daughter of the Wen family. Everyone will compare me with Wen Xinya. If I really hide abroad, I will never be able to hold my head up in front of Wen Xinya for the rest of my life. She will think I'm afraid of her. I don't know what she will do to me in the future."
"Ever since Wen Xinya returned to the Wen family, she has been making things difficult for you and going against you. You have always been tolerant and accommodating, but she is still aggressive towards you and even did this to you. Aunt Ning knows how hard you are feeling." Ning Shuqian used disinfectant cotton to gently clean her wound. When the hydrogen peroxide came into contact with the wound, she heard Xia Ruya's cold gasps, her suddenly heavier breathing, and her slightly shivering hands.
Xia Ruya lowered her head and began to sob.
Ning Shuqian sneered and said, "I think Wen Xinya is clearly an evil spirit. Otherwise, why would anyone who meets her be unlucky? We should really find a great monk to take her in."
"Aunt Ning..." Xia Ruya suddenly burst into tears in her arms, her choked voice full of dependence on her.
"Ruya, don't worry, Aunt Ning will help you deal with Wen Xinya and help you avenge the humiliation you suffered today." Ning Shuqian patted her back gently to comfort her.
"Thank you Aunt Ning!" Xia Ruya choked with excitement. This was exactly the effect she wanted.