Nie Chengyuan still tried to resist a little. He said irritably, "What happened last night was a misunderstanding. If you want compensation, just say so."
But Qian Fangping acted as if she were shocked. She looked at Nie Chengyuan in disbelief and said,
"Nie Chengyuan! Is that really what you think of me? Am I the kind of person you say I am?
The problem is that it's already happened. What's Nianyuan supposed to do now?
How are you going to make arrangements for Nianyuan?"
Seeing Qian Fangping put it that way, Nie Chengyuan realized she clearly wasn't trying to make things difficult for him. He breathed a long sigh of relief.
If all he had to do was pay to make the problem go away, Nie Chengyuan had no objections. After considering it for a moment, he said seriously,
"I have a factory in Zhenjiang. I can transfer it to Nianyuan's name so she'll have something to rely on in the future. What do you think?"
But Qian Fangping immediately said mournfully, "Now that the two of you have done that sort of thing, I really can't support her living here. Otherwise, with us both under this roof, it would be so awkward for us mother and daughter to see each other every day."
Nie Chengyuan didn't feel blackmailed at all. Instead, he thought Qian Fangping was making a sacrifice for his sake, and hurried to say,
"I still have a few duplex apartments in Zhenjiang. I'll transfer one of them to Nianyuan!
"She can live in Zhenjiang from now on!
"If you miss Nianyuan, you can go see her there. I won't go over, so things won't be awkward."
As soon as Qian Fangping heard Nie Chengyuan make that promise, she began to cry pitifully.
"It's all my