Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1785 The Sun Shines Like Me 14

This wasn't the first time Qian Fangping and Ma Nianyuan had spent the Lunar New Year in Shanghai. Even though they had almost completely severed ties with Nie Chengyuan, the New Year's gifts they received this year were still plentiful, but the quality and quantity seemed much less sophisticated, as if no effort had been put into them.

Just then, Nie Xiguang was being asked by her mother Jiang Yun and her grandparents to pick up Nie Chengyuan, and that's when she discovered this New Year's gift from Ma Nianyuan.

Given the significant changes in his relationship with Ma Nianyuan recently, Nie Xiguang couldn't help but privately ask her grandparents about Qian Fangping after returning to his hometown.

Nie Xiguang's grandmother was much more understanding than many people. After learning that Qian Fangping had separated from her unfortunate son, she couldn't help but sigh, "Your father was so muddle-headed when it came to relationships. I knew before that he let Qian Fangping get close to him because he thought he could throw your mother, his right-hand woman, away now that he had a career. Didn't he ever think that without your mother, could the business still develop?"

"As for Qian Fangping, I knew from the beginning that she was a snob and a gold digger. You saw it too, our two families live so close to each other, and Qian Fangping and your father are real childhood sweethearts."

"But when it came time to discuss marriage, Qian Fangping decisively gave up on your father and chose her husband who had a stable job in the city. To be honest, it's not a big deal that she chose a better marriage partner than your father who was penniless, since they weren't even dating at that time."

"But later, Qian Fangping took advantage of her husband's early death and saw that your father had become wealthy, so she became a mistress. I can never accept that, and I will never forgive her!"

"But now that I think about it, Qian Fangping certainly has her faults, but doesn't your father have any problems too? In my opinion, your father's problems are the biggest!"

After listening for a while, Nie Xiguang said, "So it seems that Nianyuan's mother also came to my father because she lost her husband and felt that she could not make a living?"

Grandma Nie was speechless for a moment, then asked curiously, "When did you and Nianyuan become so close?"

When Nie Xiguang recounted her recent interactions with Ma Nianyuan to her grandmother, Grandma Nie couldn't help but sigh, "Xiguang, you silly child, if you insist on thinking that Qian Fangping was an orphan and widow with nowhere else to turn, then it's not entirely unreasonable to think that way. After all, she had no one left in her family, and I heard that her husband's family favored sons over daughters, so they certainly couldn't offer her any help after her husband passed away..."

Nie Xiguang continued, "I've investigated. Ever since Nianyuan got into university, she and her mother moved to Shanghai and haven't come back. They only send gifts to my dad's family during holidays. So my dad is being used by Aunt Qian."

Grandma Nie was no ordinary person; she simply snorted coldly, "Your father was used; he deserved it!"

"But you don't need to call Qian Fangping 'Auntie' anymore. Even if she has her reasons, that's no reason for her to scheme against your father, much less a reason to hurt you and your mother, two innocent people!"

"As for you and Nianyuan, if you can be friends, then be. If you can't, then just stay away from each other. After all, the things that happen between the elders will affect you no matter what."

After listening to her grandmother's words, Nie Xiguang was naturally willing to maintain the current relationship with Ma Nianyuan, which was neither too close nor too distant. Her mother, Jiang Yun, also felt that there was no need to bring the entanglements between the elders into the interactions between the young people. However, Nie Xiguang still felt sorry for her mother.

However, the two families never expected to run into each other at the Changbai Mountain ski resort.

Even though the Nie family and Ma Nianyuan and her daughter Qian Fangping did not stay at the same hotel, it was the only one near the ski resort, and the group encountered each other on their way up the mountain.

Jiang Yun and Qian Fangping had never met before, but Nie Xiguang and Ma Nianyuan had only recently crossed paths. The two nodded to each other, and then both felt a little awkward.

Nie Xiguang's cousin, Jiang Rui, had sharp eyes. Seeing Nie Xiguang greeting a beautiful woman, he blurted out, "Sis, was that your friend just now? Why didn't you invite her to join in?"

Seeing that the elders were all looking over, Nie Xiguang wished she could shut Jiang Rui up. She had no choice but to whisper the other person's identity into her mother's ear. Jiang Yun was slightly taken aback, but was very curious about Ma Nianyuan. She generously told her younger brother Jiang Ping and sister-in-law Shen Shu, "Xiguang just saw Ma Nianyuan and her mother."

Jiang Ping and Shen Shu had both heard of Ma Nianyuan; she was Qian Fangping's daughter. The two adults looked at each other, unsure of what to say. It was Jiang Rui who loudly spoke up for Jiang Yun, saying, "Look at my sister! She's actually become friends with my former uncle's goddaughter!"

Before Nie Xiguang could say anything, Jiang Yun explained with a smile, "We elders shouldn't let our affairs affect the younger generation. Besides, Ma Nianyuan is different from Qian Fangping. She has helped Xiguang out of trouble a few times and is a good girl to befriend."

Nie Xiguang also said, "My relationship with Nian Yuan is a bit awkward. I just feel that there is no need to have a bad opinion of her. It doesn't mean that we should be friends. It's fine to just nod and say hello when we meet."

Seeing that Nie Xiguang had his own ideas, everyone stopped saying anything. After the elders had a brief experience, they went to soak in the hot springs. Only Nie Xiguang and Jiang Rui still had the energy to go skiing. After playing around for a while, they went straight to the ski slope.

Qian Fangping and Ma Nianyuan didn't go to the practice slope, but to a relatively more difficult slope.

In recent years, encouraged by Ma Nianyuan, Qian Fangping has also started to learn various things. Ma Nianyuan's advice to Qian Fangping is that since she is still young and has not yet entered old age, she should take advantage of the time when she still has enough energy to experience everything she wants to try, without worrying about anything else.

It was through these experiences and learning that Qian Fangping opened her heart. However, she still felt awkward when she met Jiang Yun, whom she felt indebted to. But her admiration for Nie Xiguang's mother, Jiang Yun, was genuine. "I knew before that I could not become someone like Jiang Yun, so I never expected you to become someone like her. But you gave me a huge surprise. Perhaps you are even more successful than Jiang Yun..."

Indeed, Qian Fangping's assessment of Ma Nianyuan's personal abilities used Jiang Yun as the control group.

Nie Xiguang ran into Zhuang Xu again. Ma Nianyuan had no idea that after exercising during the day, she and Qian Fangping and her daughter had arranged to go to the hot springs the next day after Lin Yusen and his mother arrived.