Chapter 21: Ill Intentions, Guilty Conscience

“What kind of life was that?” She had been poor for so many years, she hadn’t enjoyed a single bit of happiness.

Thankfully, she was reborn now.

Fang Yanling felt a sense of melancholy, she didn’t try to hide it from Jiang Ning.

Mainly, she thought that although Jiang Ning looked prettier and more eye-catching than before, her head was still the same, straight and stupid, unable to think in a roundabout way.

Jiang Ning listened from the side, frowning and looking thoughtful: “Ah, no wonder, you shouldn’t have married into that kind of family, you’d suffer too much!”

She seemed to be standing up for her good friend.

Fang Yanling smiled slowly: “Isn’t that right?”

“Xiao Ning, I’m not as lucky as you, marrying a factory director, and your in-laws are both gone, what a carefree life you have.”

“Hey, tell me about it,” she leaned closer, pretending to be affectionate and holding Jiang Ning’s arm, whispering in her ear as they used to: “How is your factory director husband treating you? He must be really good to you, right? Look at your rosy cheeks, you must be holding all the money in the family?”

Jiang Ning felt increasingly uneasy.

Fang Yanling wasn’t this concerned about the original owner before. She only had Meng Zhiqing in her heart, and as for scheming to make the original owner sleep with the wrong person and marry someone else, she didn’t care, as long as it wasn’t Meng Yuanbin.

Jiang Ning smiled perfunctorily: “What are you talking about? How could I be so lucky? He’s a busy man, he’s away all day and all night, how could I hold the money? Do you think that’s possible?”

Fang Yanling’s heart stirred.

Jiang Ning got up and saw the net bag she brought, filled with apples, and showed a little bit of a greedy expression.

Fang Yanling quickly handed them to her: “Here, I forgot to mention it, I brought these for you.”

Jiang Ning happily washed one and ate it.

Fang Yanling saw that she was truly unchanged, still a glutton, and couldn’t help but smile inwardly, while on the surface she was warm and friendly: “I know you love apples, I bought them specially for you.”

She looked at the bright and fashionable lipstick on Jiang Ning’s lips, she was genuinely interested, and asked: “So this lipstick must have been bought for you by the factory director, right? Do you know how hard it is to get goods from Guangzhou nowadays? You say he’s not good to you, I think you’re just taking your blessings for granted!”

Jiang Ning took a big bite of the apple and mumbled: “Oh, don’t mention it, he even got mad at me for this lipstick, it’s so annoying.”

“What happened?”

“It’s just that I finally went to the department store the other day, and you know who I ran into?”

Fang Yanling: “Who?”

She saw Jiang Ning’s slightly embarrassed expression, her big eyes blinking, her face looking strange, and after a few seconds she finally said: “…that guy.”

As expected of her best friend for many years, Fang Yanling immediately understood.

“No way? You ran into Meng Zhiqing?”

Jiang Ning felt a little shy: “Hmm…”

Fang Yanling thought to herself, sure enough, this silly girl still couldn’t let go of Meng Yuanbin.

After all, in her previous life, she had even divorced for Meng Yuanbin, but Meng Yuanbin didn’t appreciate it at all, and in the end, Jiang Ning ended up in that situation, she was really unlucky.

She asked calmly: “Xiao Ning, you wouldn’t still be thinking about him, would you? You’re married now!”

“Oh, no, don’t talk nonsense.” Jiang Ning turned her head away, pouting her lips and denying it a little dejectedly.

“I just ran into him at the department store the other day, he was with someone, a really stylish girl, anyway, from what I saw, he must have something going on with that girl…”

Fang Yanling tentatively said: “Then you said the factory director got mad at you, what happened?”

Jiang Ning immediately knew what was strange about Fang Yanling.

She deliberately mentioned that Meng Yuanbin had a woman with him, according to Fang Yanling’s original personality, she should immediately secretly inquire about the specifics, what the woman looked like, what her identity was.

But she didn’t care about Meng Yuanbin at all, instead she kept asking about Lu Dingquan.

This was too strange.

This wasn’t how you’d usually care about your best friend’s marriage life.

Jiang Ning pretended to have something on her mind and answered perfunctorily: “It’s just that he wouldn’t let me buy this and that, blaming me for spending money recklessly, he was so angry.”

Fang Yanling pondered.

She had also only been reborn recently, she had been working as a nanny for a distant relative in An County, and after being reborn she immediately broke up with her boyfriend and ran back.

In her previous life, she, like Jiang Ning, had a crush on Meng Yuanbin, but she wasn’t as stupid as Jiang Ning, she didn’t cling to him.

She knew that Meng Zhiqing was an ambitious person, she wasn’t good enough for him.

Since she wasn’t good enough, she simply wouldn’t open her mouth.

She didn’t want to admit that even though she was married in her previous life, she, like Jiang Ning, still had Meng Yuanbin in her heart, paying attention to his every move.

Later, Meng Yuanbin really rose through the ranks, becoming a big shot she could only dream of.

Fang Yanling was quite miserable at that time, she thought bitterly, Meng Yuanbin would never know how she had helped him in the countryside back then.

If it hadn’t been for her, he would have married Jiang Ning, and he would have stayed in the small village for the rest of his life.

If he knew all this, would he be grateful to her?

But she didn’t expect his gratitude, after all, she did all those things for him willingly.

With this half-bitter, half-melancholy mentality, Fang Yanling was reborn.

But strangely enough, Meng Zhiqing, whom she had secretly loved in her previous life, didn’t evoke much special feeling in her when she thought about him again after being reborn.

Her only thought now was to not marry a good-for-nothing again and live the kind of miserable life she had in her previous life.

Fang Yanling thought of her best friend Jiang Ning.

Speaking of which, Jiang Ning was really a fool with good fortune, she didn’t marry Meng Yuanbin, and she ended up marrying Lu Dingquan instead.

This Lu guy later became very successful!

Jiang Ning should really thank her, if it hadn’t been for her, Fang Yanling, how could Jiang Ning have accidentally married Lu Dingquan?

As for Jiang Ning’s later suicide by divorce and being bullied by thugs outside, it was because she was too stupid and didn’t cherish what she had, otherwise, if she had stayed with Lu, she would have become a rich wife! Why would she end up in such a tragic situation!

Thinking about this, Fang Yanling felt a lot of emotion.

Jiang Ning finished her apple and said: “Yanzi, you’re not going to leave this time, are you? Then we can go out together often.”

Fang Yanling smiled: “I’m not going to leave, but my mom is urging me to find a partner and get married soon, I’m also very worried.”

“What kind of guy are you looking for?”

Fang Yanling, with a slight blush, thought for a moment and replied: “Not someone too outstanding, I wouldn’t be a good match, just someone who can earn a steady income and support a family, preferably someone with a decent job, like in a steel mill or machinery factory, I think that would be great.”

Jiang Ning looked at her: “Just those requirements? That’s easy to find, I’ll ask Lao Lu to look around their factory for you.”

Fang Yanling: “The factory director is very busy, he’s got a lot on his plate, wouldn’t it be inconvenient?”

“Tsk, he’s got a lot on his plate? You’re giving him too much credit.”

Fang Yanling finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, observing Jiang Ning’s expression, she tentatively asked: “Xiao Ning, even though the factory director is busy, a grown man who doesn’t come home to sleep every night, what kind of thing is that? If you still want to have a good life with him, you should have a child with him soon.”

Jiang Ning was even more certain that Fang Yanling was up to no good, she had a guilty conscience.

Could it be that she had her eyes on her best friend’s husband?

No way, in this era, that would be a big problem.

Fang Yanling actually had the guts to do that? She could have her eyes on any man she wanted, why did she inexplicably have her sights set on her friend’s husband?

Jiang Ning paused, pretending to dislike hearing this, and said: “Have a child? …Forget it, let’s not talk about this.”

Fang Yanling knew what was going on.

She remembered that around this time in her previous life, Jiang Ning was about to start arguing with Lu Dingquan about divorce.

Looking at Jiang Ning’s attitude now, it seemed like it was coming soon.

Fang Yanling wasn’t lying to Jiang Ning, her family was pushing her, and she wasn’t young anymore, after breaking up with her boyfriend, she had to find a good one quickly.

Since she had been reborn, she knew the fate of those people, of course she had to plan for herself.

She wasn’t trying to steal Jiang Ning’s husband, she wasn’t that low, but wasn’t Jiang Ning and her husband about to divorce soon?

She was just taking advantage of the situation, going with the flow.

Later on, to thank Jiang Ning for giving up her place, Fang Yanling planned to subtly remind her to avoid those thugs, so she wouldn’t end up in that situation, it was just her being kind.