(The previous chapter was locked and has been revised.)
Ning Tian's lashes trembled.
Long ago, she had started growing her hair out to suit Jiang Yu's tastes. Over the years, she had poured countless resources into her looks and figure, gradually transforming herself from a short-haired girl with freckles into the ethereal beauty she was today.
Yet even now, she had never caught so much as a trace of unusual emotion from Jiang Yu.
That had left her dejected for a long time in private, convinced she had no charm at all.
But now her mother was telling her that greed lurked in the way Jiang Yu looked at her?
She could not tell whether she felt more startled or delighted-or perhaps the two emotions shared her heart equally.
Seeing her daughter like this, Ning Yunxiu sighed inwardly.
Her daughter had inherited her looks, her talent, and her aptitude for management, but not the knack she had possessed in her youth for keeping admirers on the hook-"passing through a sea of flowers without a single petal clinging to her."
Ning Tian was too innocent in love. She did not want to turn romance into a tool or bargaining chip.
That was a good thing, but also a bad one.
After some thought, Ning Yunxiu spoke softly again.
"Tian, there's something I'm not sure I should tell you."
Ning Tian raised her starry eyes, then chided her.
"Mom, the moment you said that, hadn't you already decided to tell me?"
"You little thing..." Ning Yunxiu tapped Ning Tian's forehead. After a moment's consideration, she continued in a grave voice.
"Yu... in many ways, he isn't nearly as simple as you think. Quite the opposite. Perhaps because hunger and illness tormented him as a child, and because he was always wandering along