Chapter 999: Chapter 988: You Are a Ning Family Member
Zhao Xue’er widened her eyes, looking even more puzzled than Ning Fan.
She raised her slender fingers and lightly touched her face, with a hint of uncertainty, she said:
“I… shouldn’t have changed much, right? Ning Fan brother, what’s wrong with you? Where have you been all these years?”
“A lot has happened over the years… There are some things I can’t remember for now.”
Ning Fan spread his hands with a bit of helplessness, then replaced it with a serious and sincere expression.
“Can’t remember? Ning Fan brother, what exactly happened to you? Could it be that you don’t even remember me, Xue’er?”
Zhao Xue’er’s dark eyes tilted slightly upward, staring intently at Ning Fan.
At this moment, a few guys from the crowd of onlookers squeezed to the front of the nut stall, grinning as they started talking to Zhao Xue’er.
“Xue’er, great! I knew that Ning Xinlan, the tigress, couldn’t do anything to you.”
“Xue’er, let me tell you, you’re just too nice. You should stand up to that woman head-on!”
“Xue’er, quickly give me two kilos of pistachios, if I don’t eat something from your stall, I might just die!”
Ning Fan looked at these people, some were blathering, some were trying to cozy up, and inside he was full of disdain.
When Ning Xinlan was causing a scene just now, each one was like a mouse seeing a cat, but now that the storm has passed, they’re all coming out to make their presence known.
More importantly, with these people chattering at the side, he didn’t even have the time to ask clearly.
So, Ning Fan couldn’t be bothered to waste his time, he pulled out his phone directly, scanned the QR code in front of the nut stall, and paid 20,000 yuan to the stall.
“You… what do you mean by this?”
A guy in a blue short-sleeved shirt shouted at Ning Fan.
Twenty thousand yuan could easily buy several hundred kilos of nuts, more than enough to clear out the stall.
Ning Fan smiled and asked Zhao Xue’er’s father:
“Uncle, this money should be enough to buy everything from the stall, right?”
Xue’er’s father nodded in shock, responding:
“Enough, definitely enough… more than enough! Should I ride a tricycle to deliver it to your home?”
Ning Fan waved his hand and said, “No need to trouble you with that, I can handle it myself… I just need to borrow your tricycle for a bit.”
“You… you kid, how long did it take you to save up that much money?”
“You didn’t trick your family by saying you needed tuition fees, did you?”
“Did you sell your family house just to pursue Xue’er?”
Seeing the onlookers make such a fuss over the twenty thousand, Ning Fan couldn’t help but laugh at them inwardly for not being worldly.
No wonder these people had to cozily buy bits of nuts to get close to Zhao Xue’er.
“Alright, everyone, Xue’er is closing the stall and going home now. Please make way and don’t delay my catch-up with Xue’er on the road!”
Saying this, Ning Fan lowered his head to help Zhao Xue’er pack up things.
Seeing no point in staying, the crowd shrugged and dispersed.
“Oh, right, I haven’t properly thanked you for today. If it weren’t for you, I really don’t know how I would’ve handled Ning Xinlan.”
Zhao Xue’er said as she loaded large bags of nuts onto the tricycle.
“Just a minor thing, no big deal.”
Ning Fan shrugged, lifting a bag of dried jujubes and easily handing it up to the cart.
Zhao Xue’er smiled gratefully, then suddenly raised her eyebrows, as if she just remembered something important:
“About the money, I’ll make sure to account it properly for you!”
“Speaking of that, you should tell me more about my past. Preferably about my parents.”
Over the years, Ning Fan had traveled the world, stirring up waves everywhere, just to retrieve his lost memories.
Now, the most important thing was right in front of him, and Ning Fan was of course eager to seize it.
“Ah! Ning Fan brother, you don’t even remember your parents, do you?”
“Haha, to be honest, I’ve been wandering outside all these years and got a bit injured, so my memory is slightly affected. I haven’t returned to the Ning Family yet.”
Ning Fan chuckled.
Making up a random excuse.
“Then surely you must have suffered a lot over these years!”
Zhao Xue’er’s eyes revealed a trace of heartache.
“Alright, silly girl, just tell me. Because I haven’t been back for years and my memory is somewhat impaired, suddenly going home will definitely bring a lot of trouble. So you must keep this a secret for me!”
“Okay, Ning Fan brother, don’t worry.”
Zhao Xue’er nodded.
“Your father is the Family Head of the Ning Clan, the Ancient Clan of Dragon City, named Ning Qiankun, and his martial arts are very high, though I don’t understand much about martial arts, I can’t really say how high… Just that there are very few opponents in the entire city.”
Zhao Xue’er gestured with her hands, trying to create an image of an unparalleled master.
Ning Fan nodded, indicating he could imagine his father as a dominant figure.
The facts were largely in line with Ning Fan’s previous speculations, the Ning Clan was a powerful family with abundant resources, and he had been exposed to top-notch cultivation techniques since childhood.
“Then, what about my mother?”
Ning Fan placed the last bag of dried kiwi onto the tricycle and asked Zhao Xue’er.
Zhao Xue’er’s face showed a troubled look, dropping her gaze to avoid Ning Fan’s eyes.