Chapter 385: Chapter 385
Over the next few days, aside from secretly cultivating daily and occasionally video calling Grandma and Grandpa Shen, An Ning continued carrying her small backpack to school on time, living her carefree elementary school student life.
As for young lady Shen, perhaps having broken free from some obsession and diligently exercising to maintain her beauty, she became increasingly radiant. She either went out having fun with her girlfriends every day or went shopping everywhere.
Occasionally during An Ning's holidays, she would personally take her precious daughter out to play.
In short, she persistently followed the principle of not staying home much.
At the dinner table in the evening, father and daughter once again sat facing each other, but compared to An Ning who was leisurely eating, Lu Ting, the father, looked much more gloomy, and the specially prepared low-fat meal in front of him remained untouched for a long time.
Pretending not to notice his occasional glances toward the empty seat, An Ning looked up curiously at the dining table:
"Daddy, what's wrong? Why aren't you eating!"
"Is this food not to your taste?"
Happily enjoying her after-dinner dessert, a super sweet chocolate mousse, An Ning didn't forget to glance somewhat disdainfully at his bowl.
He didn't dare touch any carbs at night at all.
Afraid the calories would exceed even a tiny bit, he didn't even add salad dressing for flavor. Despite this, during his busy daily meetings, he still insisted on exercising for at least two hours every day.
This perseverance, this determination...
An Ning couldn't help but click her tongue. No wonder he could recover most of his figure within just a month even with her personally intervening, with even the oily shine on his face reduced significantly.
Of course, this was also because she hadn't gone all out before.
After all, as the only combat force in the family currently, without knowing the rules for obtaining supernatural abilities, she couldn't make too drastic changes to her father's physique.
What if something went wrong and turned her father from a supernatural ability user into a zombie? That would be too exciting.
It's just, sigh, somehow she felt a bit regretful about this?
While having all sorts of messy thoughts in her heart, An Ning maintained an obedient expression on her face, though her expression while enjoying the dessert was a bit too sweet.
Across from her, Lu Ting, who had strictly controlled his sugar intake for over a month, subconsciously averted his gaze:
"It's nothing, Daddy was just thinking about some things earlier."
"Oh, I see!" An Ning nodded obediently:
"I knew it, Daddy is already a mature adult, you definitely wouldn't be picky about food..."
"By the way, Ning Ning..." After struggling through half his dinner and staying silent for a moment, Lu Ting cleared his throat lightly and asked as if casually:
"Ning Ning went to the beach with Mommy yesterday to play, right? Did you encounter anything interesting?"
"Or any interesting people..."
Interesting people... Almost without thinking, An Ning quickly showed an "I know" expression and said cheerfully to her father across the table.
"Daddy, you mean Uncle Yuan, right? You didn't go that day, so you probably don't know, but Uncle Yuan is so interesting! Not only is he good at kayaking, but he can also perform magic!"
"Such a big blue rose!"
As if remembering something amusing, the little girl across the table couldn't help but brighten up. But the moment she looked up, she saw her father's face that clearly couldn't hide its darkening expression.
Seeing this, An Ning immediately wrinkled her little nose and looked at him suspiciously:
"Daddy, you're not getting angry, are you?"
"Don't worry, Mommy and Uncle Yuan are just good friends who play together! Just like you and that Auntie Jiang..."
An Ning's expression that said "Daddy, don't be so petty, you can't have double standards" successfully made Lu Ting's face turn several shades darker from anger.
Knowing how clever his daughter was, Lu Ting could only take a deep breath and patiently explain to the girl in front of him:
"Ning Ning, don't listen to your mother's nonsense. From before until now, Daddy has only met that Auntie Jiang a few times, I could count them on one hand. And before, we only met because of business matters..."
Whether she believed it or not, An Ning only nodded perfunctorily: "Don't worry Daddy, Mommy and Uncle Yuan also just occasionally meet up to play together!"
Although from what she knew, the number of these coincidences was indeed quite numerous...
Early the next morning, watching her father who had gone out to exercise before dawn, An Ning couldn't help but click her tongue.
But soon, her attention was drawn to another matter.
In the study, looking at the information provided by the private investigator, Lu Ting couldn't help but fall into prolonged silence...
Rubbing the noticeably thick stack of papers in his hand:
"You're saying that while the car accident that day was indeed an accident, before that, Miss Jiang did behave strangely, even appearing alone at that restaurant for several consecutive days, as if waiting for someone."
"And before that, Ji Er's affair was also fake. Instead, the other party suddenly and inexplicably brought up divorce, even willing to leave with nothing just to take their daughter away..."
Staring fixedly at the clear text and photos before him, contemplation once again flashed in Lu Ting's eyes:
Stockpiling large amounts of food and medicine, secretly illegally purchasing firearms, controlled knives, suddenly starting to learn boxing. And the previous almost deliberate approaches and friendliness...
What exactly is Jiang Miao trying to do?
Thinking about her earlier almost prophetic actions, Lu Ting's brow twitched violently.
For some reason, at this moment, a bad premonition suddenly crossed his heart.