Fragrant willow catkins

It was Sunday, the weather was very good, Li Jinze was standing at the station waiting for someone. Suddenly, Ningxu in a goose yellow dress caught his eye. Ningxu ran towards him with a smile, and Li Jinze stared at her blankly.

"Teacher Li, have you been waiting for a long time?" Ning Xu ran to him and stopped.

"No, I just arrived."

On Friday, before the get out of class was over, Ningxu insisted that Li Jinze accompany her to buy reference books. Li Jinze happened to have nothing to do on Sunday, so he agreed.

Ningxu: "Teacher Li, can you accompany me to go somewhere?"

Li Jinze: "Aren't you going to the library to buy information?"

Ningxu: "Let's buy the materials later. There's another place."

Ningxu saw the bus they were going to take arrived, so she grabbed Li Jinze and rushed on. She swiped her bus card twice, and happily went to the back seat and found a double seat to sit down. Li Jinze followed her and sat next to her.

The bus arrived at the destination very quickly. It was a jade shop. Ningxu had been there many times. The new owner of the shop would send her messages. Li Jinze had never thought that there were still young girls who liked jade. He was also very interested in this aspect. He followed Ningxu closely and admired the jade ornaments in the cabinet.

Ningxu walked around several times, but she didn't see anyone she liked, and her face was filled with frustration. Li Jinze naturally saw through her thoughts.

Li Jinze: "No one you like?"

Ningxu: "Hmm... they are all pretty, but I just don't like any of them."

Li Jinze looked at Ningxu, not wanting to see her feel lost, and comforted her repeatedly, "It's okay, I'll accompany you to find something nice later, don't be sad."

"Really?" Ningxu's eyes lit up, "You can't lie to me!"

"I'm not lying to you, really."

Ningxu laughed immediately after hearing this, which was very pretty. "I know you treat me the best, you are not allowed to lie to me, or I will not let you go." Ningxu said playfully.

Li Jinze patted her head gently and said, "Okay, let's go buy some books."

Li Jinze and Ningxu came to the library. As expected of a tutor, he could tell at a glance what kind of reference books were suitable for Ningxu, and picked out a lot of high school review materials for her. After lunch, Li Jinze sent Ningxu to her door, then said he had something else to do, and left in a hurry.

Ningxu stayed at home peacefully for the whole afternoon, reviewing knowledge through materials and preparing for the college entrance examination.

At night, Li Jinze called Ningxu and asked her if she had time to meet him. Ningxu would of course say she had time, but it was already eleven o'clock, and she didn't have the heart to wake up the others in the room, so she went out alone.

Li Jinze made an appointment with her to meet in the park, and when Ningxu arrived, Li Jinze was standing under a street light. His shadow was very long, making him look unusually tall.

"Teacher Li! What's wrong?"

"You're here, here."

Li Jinze handed Ningxu a brocade box. When Ningxu opened it, she found a piece of jade inside. But it should be half of a whole piece of jade, only half a circle. It can be vaguely seen that the whole piece of jade should be a blooming flower.

Ningxu carefully placed the jade under the light and observed it, and found her name "Ningxu" on a petal.

Ningxu: "What is this?......"

Li Jinze: "Do you like it?"

Ningxu: “I like it!”

Li Jinze: "I bought this in a jewelry store a few years ago. I just engraved the name on it. My craftsmanship is a bit clumsy, so I finished it so late. I hope you like it."

Ningxu: "Teacher Li, you said you had something to do this afternoon just to go home and carve this for me, right?"

Li Jinze nodded, and Ningxu was holding the brocade box and laughing secretly.

Hehe, Li Jinze still cares about me. He gave me such a beautiful jade and even engraved my name on it. It’s obvious that he cares about me, hehe.

Li Jinze and Ningxu walked side by side under the street lights. It was too late and Li Jinze was worried that it would be unsafe for Ningxu to go back alone, so he decided to send her back first. The two were chatting on the road, and suddenly, a man's voice broke the silence, "Don't move!"

Ningxu was blinded by the reflection of the object in his hand. In an instant, several people surrounded them, holding weapons in their hands. Ningxu saw them attacking her and pushed Li Jinze to the open space with one hand. As she expected, these people's target was still her.

Ningxu had experienced this kind of thing countless times. When her parents were alive, many enemies came to seek revenge, but since they couldn't get close to her parents, they set their sights on her. Now that her uncle was the one in charge of the family, there were fewer people seeking revenge, but the second young lady was always so ignorant that she sent people to threaten and bully Ningxu.

Ningxu knew that as long as she didn't stay with Li Jinze, Li Jinze would not be in danger.

There were more and more enemies around her. Ningxu had always been accompanied by someone before, so these people could not find any loopholes. But today was different. Ningxu thought she was out on a date, so she didn't bring anyone else. Fortunately, her parents taught her martial arts to defend herself since she was a child, otherwise she would not be able to beat them with weapons with her bare hands.

The current situation was not favorable to Ningxu. As long as she made a mistake, she would lose. Li Jinze stood outside them. Those people did not take him seriously at all. Li Jinze could not get close to Ningxu at all. He would be pushed out as soon as he entered the crowd.

With a "bang", a shot was fired from somewhere, and everyone was scared and stopped their attacks.

Ningxu turned around and saw Li Jinze, who was outside the crowd, appeared behind her and fell straight towards her.

"Teacher Li!" Ning Xu supported Li Jinze, only to see blood flowing from Li Jinze's chest, his lips were pale, and he was breathing very little.

Those people immediately fled in all directions after hearing the gunshots. They just came to scare Ningxu and didn't want to cause any casualties.

Li Jinze: "Ningxu..." Li Jinze raised his hand, wanting to touch Ningxu's face, but he had no strength and could not lift his hand.

"Teacher Li! Li Jinze! Don't go, hold on, don't leave me here alone, I'm afraid... Li Jinze..." Ningxu hugged Li Jinze tightly, afraid that he would disappear if she let go.

"Silly girl... don't cry, you, you have to be fine. Even without me, you have to be, okay, okay..."

Before he could say the last word, Li Jinze had already died. Ningxu sat on the ground alone, hugging Li Jinze, tears streaming down her face. The gunshot attracted nearby residents, who were unaware of the situation and quickly called 110 and 120. Li Jinze was quickly sent to the hospital, but it was useless. Li Jinze had died before they arrived.

Mo Sheng rushed to the hospital as soon as he received the news, only to see Ning Xu sitting at the door of the emergency room, holding the brocade box in her hand, motionless, like a puppet with its strings cut, lifeless.

Mo Sheng knew that Ningxu couldn't listen to anything now, so he sat with her for a while and then sent people to arrange Li Jinze's funeral. Li Jinze had no relatives, but he had a few teachers in the training institution who were on good terms with him. Mo Sheng discussed the funeral arrangements with them. Ningxu followed Mo Sheng and listened to them pronounce Li Jinze's death.

The jade pendant in the brocade box had long been worn around Ningxu's neck. Unexpectedly, Li Jinze never heard Ningxu's feelings for him until his death.

Since Li Jinze left, Mo Sheng was very worried that Ningxu would be upset, because the child did not review every day. She would either sit by the window with the jade pendant in her hand and be in a daze, or go to the cemetery to accompany Li Jinze. Mo Sheng followed her all the time, and Ningxu's bodyguards also followed her 24 hours a day.

"Miss, the dead cannot be resurrected, please accept my condolences." One of the bodyguards couldn't bear it any longer. They and Miss Mo Sheng had been accompanying Miss every day. Seeing Miss look lifeless, they felt really bad.

Ningxu just sat in front of Li Jinze's tombstone, too powerless to reply.

"Oh, it's a pity that such a noble young lady has fallen to this state." A disgusting voice sounded at this time.

Looking in that direction, it was the second brother.

"Second Miss, please don't say that. The eldest lady is already in a low mood." The bodyguard couldn't stand it and spoke up for Ningxu.

The second brother: "Who do you think you are? You have no right to interrupt me when I'm talking."

"You..." The bodyguard didn't dare to refute her. After all, the second brother's family was all-powerful in this city, and he, a small bodyguard, couldn't resist them.

Ningxu knew that the bitch Lao Er would definitely come to mock her, and she was just waiting for her to come to her.

The second brother walked towards Ningxu step by step. Ningxu looked towards Mo Sheng and the others and said, "Mo Sheng, take them back first."

Mo Sheng: "What are you talking about? Do you think I will let her laugh at you here?"

Ning Xu looked at Mo Sheng and shook her head, "Believe me, I can do it."

Mo Sheng looked at Ningxu with a mixture of emotions. Although Ningxu now seemed to have recovered to her previous state, Mo Sheng always felt that there was something strange that he couldn't explain.

Mo Sheng left with his bodyguards, and only Ningxu and Lao Er were left in the cemetery. Lao Er walked in front of Ningxu, but Ningxu didn't look at her anymore, and lowered her head to arrange the bouquet in front of Li Jinze's tombstone.

The second child: "Sister, isn't it just Li Jinze? ​​There are many people with this name in the world. I will help you find one someday."

"......" Ningxu ignored her and continued to tidy up.

The second brother continued to talk to himself, "Oh, by the way, we have to find an older one. A sister who is thirty years old will like it."

Ningxu didn't want to hear about Li Jinze from her stinky mouth, so without saying a word, she stood up and slapped Lao Er.

"You stupid girl! Are you crazy? Why did you hit me? You are a bastard! Why did you occupy my position for more than ten years?"

Ningxu wanted to laugh when she heard her words, "I am a bastard? Your family is nothing but a bunch of mad dogs that covet other people's wealth! The huge Dong family business was built by my parents with all their efforts. What does it have to do with your family? Not to mention that your father is just an illegitimate child, what qualifications does he have to get everything my parents have without any effort?"

The second child: "So what! The board of directors doesn't even acknowledge your existence. The Dong family should be ours! You don't deserve to be the eldest daughter."

Ningxu played with her fingers. She still felt pain from the slap on her thick face. "I don't deserve it? Then do you deserve it? Or does your useless father deserve it?"

"You are not your parents' biological child at all! You have no right to talk about our family!"

Ningxu: “I know.”

Second brother: “You know?”

Ningxu: "Why? Do I need a barking dog to tell me my life story?"

Ningxu was not her parents' biological child, and she knew this since she was a child. But she didn't mind, because her parents treated her as their own daughter since she was a child. This was also why the board of directors did not agree to Ningxu taking over the company, and would rather hand over the industry to an illegitimate child than to a girl.

The second brother was so angry after hearing this that he took out a gun from somewhere and pointed it at Ningxu.

Ningxu's eyes darkened, she knew that the thugs that day were hired by Lao Er, and the gunshots that day were also fired by Lao Er. She should have aimed her gun directly at Ningxu's head, Li Jinze was much taller than Ningxu, so she hit his chest.

Today, Ningxu will make her pay the price.

Ningxu moved quickly, kicking the gun out of Lao Er's hand, and then slapped her in the face. "I told you to remember this, you owe me tenfold."