Teacher Wen, you should love me more.

She kept saying no, but Ning Su was far too enthusiastic, and in the end Wen Shuang had no choice but to go home with her.

Ning Su had a faint freesia scent about her, soft and soothing to the nose.

Wen Shuang could not help leaning closer to her.

It almost felt like the smell of a mother.

The Ning residence was spacious and stood very close to the Ji family home. Land here was precious, and every inch mattered, yet the Ning house had a distinctly traditional style, elegant and antique.

Ning Su took out a pure white dress patterned with gardenias.

“Shuangshuang, this is Ning Ning’s dress. She has only worn it a few times. Would you mind if you changed into it?”

“I don’t mind at all.”

After Wen Shuang changed, Ning Su froze for a moment.

She really was so much like her.

Chestnut-colored waves fell all the way to her waist, her face was lovely as a spring blossom, and her large almond-shaped eyes seemed almost able to speak.

Ning Su took her on a tour of the design studio on the second floor, and Wen Shuang was dazzled.

“Wow, so many beautiful clothes. I really have such a feast for the eyes today.”

“Do you like any of them? If you do, I can give them to you.”

Ning Su was thinking that if that child had grown up safely, she would probably be about Wen Shuang’s age by now.

“No, no, no, I’m just admiring them, Auntie!”

Ning Su was truly too warm and generous.

Even that rose-colored gown from the last banquet had been given to her outright, and then resold for eighty million.

She had put all eighty million into her own little private fund. Ji Shen often joked that Wen Shuang was richer than he was now.

“The moment I saw you, I felt that you and I were meant to get along. Don’t be shy.”

As she spoke, Ning Su took out a measuring tape and began to measure Wen Shuang’s figure. “Auntie can also make you a custom gown. What style do you like?”

Wen Shuang shook her head and quickly said she would not be attending many banquets, so she would not have much use for formal dresses.

“If you really do marry Police Officer Ji, then you’ll be attending banquets often in the future.”

Wen Shuang smiled. “Police Officer Ji and I are only dating for now. The future is still far away! Besides... Madam Ji doesn’t like me.”

Ning Su’s hand paused.

Perhaps she had been reminded of something from the past.

“The Ji matriarch has always had rather high standards.” Back then, she had not even thought highly of Jiang Ning. “But as long as Old Madam Ji likes you, that’s enough!”

Wen Shuang thought to herself that the Ning lady’s daughter had once dated Ji Shen for a while too, yet she could look at her so calmly.

Ning Su even took the initiative to bring up Jiang Ning.

“My daughter, Ning Ning, is out running around all day now, saying she’s busy with her career. Sometimes I even feel as though I don’t have a daughter at all. Shuangshuang, if you have time in the future, could you come sit with Auntie more often?”

Just then, with Ning Su back in the country, she wanted to stay for a while and look for inspiration for next year’s designs.

Wen Shuang also really liked Ning Su, and immediately agreed with a bright smile.

Jiang Hongdong returned home.

He suddenly discovered that there was a female guest in the house.

When he saw Wen Shuang’s face, he froze on the spot.

Wen Shuang really looked too much like the young Ning Su.

It was not only the five parts of their faces that were similar, even the hair color was alike... perhaps even more so than Jiang Ning!

A frown unconsciously crept onto his brow. Could it be that girl from back then...

“You’re back,” Ning Su said, looking up.

The instant Jiang Hongdong saw Ning Su, he smiled. Every movement and gesture was gentle and considerate. “And who is this young lady?”

“This is Miss Wen, Wen Shuang, whom I just met. I really like her,” Ning Su introduced.

“Hello, Miss Wen.” Jiang Hongdong politely extended his hand. Wen Shuang nodded and shook it. For some reason... she could sense dislike and resistance in this man’s eyes.

It was not obvious, but she still caught it keenly.

Now that the master of the house was back, Wen Shuang could not stay any longer and got up to take her leave.

Watching Wen Shuang’s retreating figure, Ning Su said, “Hongdong, don’t you think Miss Wen looks a lot like Susu? Could she be Susu?”

Jiang Hongdong drew Ning Su into his arms to comfort her. “So many years have passed. Susu should have long since been gone... A Su, let it go. Don’t we still have our precious Ning Ning? Stop overthinking.”

Ning Su lowered her head in sorrow.

Her Susu...

Poor Susu. She had barely seen her even a few times since the day she was born...

......

After Wen Shuang returned home, she told Ji Shen that she had met Ning Su today.

When Ji Shen saw the dress on Wen Shuang, he froze for a moment.

Wen Shuang noticed. “This is Jiang Ning’s clothes. What is it, Police Officer Ji? Does seeing this bring back memories?”

Ji Shen said earnestly, “I simply think you look beautiful in it.”

“Hmph!” Wen Shuang turned her head away. “A man’s mouth is full of lies!”

Ji Shen coaxed her for a long while before Wen Shuang finally said that she and Madam Ning got on extremely well, and that Ning Su was very good to her. They had only met twice, yet she had already helped her teach He Suosuo and Xia Anran a lesson.

“He Suosuo came to provoke you again today?” Ji Shen frowned.

“Yes. She happened to be drinking coffee in the cafe next to my theater today, and then one of her friends spilled it all over me. But I’m not one to be bullied, so I immediately poured the coffee back over her friend’s head and kicked them both to the ground!”

Wen Shuang spoke of this with undisguised pride.

“My Shuangshuang is amazing!” Ji Shen pulled the little enchantress onto his lap. “Looks like when I have time, I’ll have to teach you a few more fighting moves. To deal with those bad women!”

“Exactly! I want to beat them all flat on the ground!”

Wen Shuang rested her chin in her hand again, and Ning Su’s gentle face surfaced in her mind.

“But Madam Ning really is beautiful, like a fairy! Today she even took me to her house and showed me so many gowns she designed. They were all like priceless treasures...”

Ji Shen said, “Madam Ning truly is a genius when it comes to designing clothes. She was already a famous prodigy in fashion from the age of nineteen.”

Wen Shuang’s eyes lit up.

So impressive.

Still, she could sense a faint sadness around Madam Ning.

Ji Shen explained in a low voice, “Actually, there was another reason Madam Ning returned to the country this time. It was not only to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday, but also because she wants to find her biological daughter, who has been lost for many years.”

“Her biological daughter?” Wen Shuang was startled. “Didn’t Madam Ning already have one...”

“Jiang Ning is not Madam Ning’s first daughter. Before her current husband, Madam Ning had another relationship. But because of certain reasons, they separated, and Madam Ning gave birth to a daughter. Then she went missing... so all these years, Madam Ning has been in great pain.”

At first, Ji Shen had also thought the child had truly gone missing.

But some time ago, Yu Tian, at the request of Ning Su’s former lover, had set out to search for his biological daughter.

That was when Ji Shen finally connected the two matters.

It turned out that after Madam Ning gave birth, President Bo could not bear to part with his daughter, so he secretly took the child away. Only recently did he discover that the child he had taken was the one who had been swapped out.

He had raised the wrong child all these years, and now he had begun searching for his biological daughter.

But Ning Su knew nothing of this. She simply believed that her daughter had truly gone missing.

She had also suffered from postpartum depression for a period of time.

Only after giving birth to Jiang Ning did she gradually recover.

After hearing this, Wen Shuang could not help feeling sorry for Madam Ning.

Her own flesh and blood, carried for ten months and lost from her life—any woman would be driven nearly mad by that kind of pain.

She leaned against Ji Shen’s shoulder. “Then when I have time, I should keep Madam Ning company more often.”

“No.” The man’s large hand unconsciously slipped into her collar. “Teacher Wen, you should spoil me more.”

Author’s note:

Yesterday’s update requests reached three hundred, so today Yaoyao is giving an extra chapter~

Today there are three chapters in total!