Chapter 693: Chapter 556: If You’re Willing, We Can Register Anytime_2
Well, this is nobody else’s fault.
The blame can only be placed on oneself. When you decided to tell others about your personal matters, allowing them to criticize or make unwarranted judgments about your life, it’s tantamount to willingly surrendering the autonomy of your originally solitary life, placing yourself in a passive position.
So, when New Year’s Eve came that year,
The entire Ning family, both young and old, returned home for the celebration, but found that Ning Youguang was still missing. Even when her father called her to come back, saying the family was waiting for her return to have New Year’s dinner, she disregarded etiquette and the bigger picture, staying out without returning.
She even said she was vacationing abroad and couldn’t come back.
Going overseas during the New Year celebration, it was already planned that she wouldn’t return home for the holidays.
This child, she is so stubborn, just because Grandma said a word, she’s been sulking for so long.
Gu Xihuo, who was accustomed to being the authority at home, went crazy!
...
While vacationing abroad with Zhuang Yijing, Ning Youguang couldn’t help but express to her companion, "There’s something advantageous about living a life where dignity and elegance are valued above all. No matter how angry one might get, they don’t lose their temper or hurl insults, making others even more upset."
Zhuang Yijing laughed then, "I don’t understand those noblewomen. Do they never have emotions or anger?"
"How could they not get angry?" Ning Youguang chuckled softly, "They do get angry, quite fiercely actually, but they don’t vent in a disgraceful manner."
As someone who was an orphan since childhood and then spent a long time in a nouveau riche family, Boss Zhuang couldn’t understand, "What is a disgraceful way of venting? Swearing? Fighting? Crying?"
"All of those count." Ning Youguang said, "To sum it up, any behavior that seems inelegant and lacks decorum is disgraceful."
"Inelegant? Lacking decorum?" Boss Zhuang still couldn’t comprehend, "Is there a standard? Is there?"
Ning Youguang said, "I’m not sure about other families’ standards, but in my family, being someone who has had dignity and elegance engrained in their bones, you must always keep a high stance, never revealing personal emotions. Even if you’re desperate or on the verge of collapse, if you want to cry, you must hold back in front of others until you return to your room, shut the door, and cry alone. While crying, you must also ensure that no one else hears you. Likewise, no matter how happy you are, you must manage your image in front of outsiders, not laughing too freely to avoid appearing poorly bred. In short, no matter how intense your emotions are deep down, you must maintain calmness and restraint on your face."
"Oh, got it." Boss Zhuang curled her lips, "Anyway, you have to endure."
"Excellently summarized." Ning Youguang praised.
Boss Zhuang couldn’t help but shake her head, "Being a dignified, elegant noblewoman or something is really demanding."
She said, "Living, the only connection to this world is one’s feelings. If a person has to sever and erase even this sole connection with the world, then what’s the purpose of living?"
"Yeah, what indeed is the purpose of living?" Sitting beside Zhuang Yijing, Ning Youguang said, "This has been a question I’ve contemplated since my teenage years, and I’m only now starting to understand."
"What is it?" Zhuang Yijing asked curiously.
"Healing and saving others." Ning Youguang declared.
Zhuang Yijing was momentarily stunned, "Isn’t that what you’re doing now?"
"Yes." In a seaside café in Barcelona at the time, Ning Youguang looked up to meet the sunset, her eyelids half-closed in contentment, "I am currently living out my life’s purpose."
Zhuang Yijing was surprised, "Is there anything else?"
"No."
"Nothing else?"
"That’s right."
"What about things concerning you personally?"
Like expectations and plans for your future, relating solely to you or to you and your family...
Although Zhuang Yijing did not finish, Ning Youguang understood —
"No, this is my sole purpose for living."
After finishing her statement, Zhuang Yijing remained silent for a long, long time before asking, "What do you do when your grandma gets angry?"
Ning Youguang said, "She’s likely to try every possible means to achieve her goal."
"The goal of successfully marrying you off?" Zhuang Yijing found herself at a loss for words.
