5 Jiang Cheng a fickle and superficial man.

Holding his crying daughter in his arms, it took him everything to hold back his urge to turned and give a good beating to that certain rogue, he could only accept his fate and wipe the dirty drool off of his daughter's cheeks. Mother Wei also came forward to sooth her daughter's back and coaxed her with her gentle and soft reassuring words.

While the perpetrator who had caused all these chaos was hanging from his father's neck and grinning from ears to ears as if he had gotten his favorite candy. There were no remorse could be seen on his face after taking advantage of a little girl who was not even half of his age.

"Pedophile. You shameless creature. You dog. How dare you take advantage of me? You dog Cheng. Wuhu." The more Wei Ning looked at Jiang Cheng's smug face, the more harder she cried making everyone feel as if hell had fallen upon her. They couldn't help but feel worried about her health.

Even Jiang Mingyan who had once praised his son for being proactive with his future wife started to regret his decision of bringing his son with him today.

He tried to give an apologetic smile to his good friend but one glance at him and Jiang Mingyan already knew, if he was not the Crown Prince and his son imperial grandson, the stunt his son had pulled on his daughter, Wei Jingchen surely would have beaten them into a pulp.

'Smack'

Looking at his son who was smiling silly after causing troubles, Jiang Cheng couldn't control himself from smacking his son's little head.

Jiang Cheng: "...."

Ignoring his son's flabbergasted face, Jiang Mingyan turned to the Wei Jingchen "Umm.. that... Wei Jingchen-" Jiang Mingyan tried to speak but was forced to stop after getting a threatening glare from his good friend. It was not that he feared that Wei Jingchen would truly beat him, the Crown Prince of the Empire, up but it was the fact that his son had bullied his daughter and as the father of the two years old bully, he had come out and give an explanation to his future in-laws otherwise he feared; his son would lost his wife before he could get his hands on her.

"Sister-in-law-" Seeing that his good friend was giving him and his son a murderous glare, Jiang Mingyan could only mustered up his courage and turn to gentle Madam Wei. "Umm... Xiao Cheng is still a child, I'm sure he didn't mean that-" Jiang Mingyan tried to create some excuse when he was interrupted by a scoff.

"Hmph. Who was the one who was praising his good son just a few minutes ago?" Wei Jingchen sneered and looked at the little perpetrator and looking at his drooling little face, he truly couldn't ignore the fact that he was still a kid... but his father was surely not. "Forgive me for being blunt, your highness but please, try to teach some good manners to the little prince next time. Otherwise, if he ended up being some rogue, I don't dare to give my precious daughter to him." Wei Jingchen loudly declared and flicked his sleeves to show his determination.

"Ah!" Immediately, countless gasps sounded in the Duke's Residence but it was not one in surprise but rather in awe because in the whole Empire, besides His Majesty, Her Empress and Crown princess, if there was someone who could threaten The Crown Prince with such words then it was only the general Wei from the Duke Dinghai's mansion.

While everyone was in awe and his own father flinched after hearing such remarks from Wei Jingchen, Jiang Cheng finally sensed danger in the air and pulled his grinning lips into a pout and tried to show his most innocent face.

"Ning Ning looked pretty, Xiao Cheng liked Ning Ning." A little childish voice sounded from those pouted, cherry like red lips.

"You rogue, I never knew you were so fickle and superficial in my past life. Only now I understand why you didn't appreciated my efforts." Wei Ning thought, she had suddenly been enlightened and her glare immediately intensified at Jiang Cheng. "Hmph. To think, I wasted my 23 years of life, trying to serve you, please you and protect you, heh, Jiang Cheng oh Jiang Cheng, how foolish I'd been in my past life? How easy it would have been for me to win you over, as long as I've tried to be a pretty vase like Lin Yin or Gu Yin or some Feng Yin?" Wei Ning inwardly sneered and let out a mocking, bitter smile and finally stopped crying.

Seeing her stopped crying, Madam Wei and others finally let out a sigh of relief.

After crying so much, little Wei Ning's little body was exhausted and as Madam Wei's hand never stopped soothing and caressing her back, enveloped her mother's warm and gentle embrace, Wei Ning soon succumbed into deep sleep.

Even though Jiang Cheng wanted to stay with Wei Ning more, but it seemed his father and father-in-law both were not entertaining his wishes and one said his goodbyes and another couldn't wait to chase them out of his home as soon as possible.

Wearing a sad and wrongful expression, little Jiang Cheng could only follow his father back inside the high walls of the imperial palace.

'Wei Ning, wait for me until I grow up and can run around on my own, I promise I'll come to find you soon. Even if you hate me for what I did to you in our past life, I'll make sure to turn that hate into love. The way you seeped into my cold heart and melted it, I promise, I'll break down all guards you have built against me. Even if you don't love me, as long as you let me stay by your side, I promise, I'll won't force you for more.' Giving a last glance in the direction where Madam Wei retreated with Wei Ning, little Jiang Cheng silently but with determination, promised to Wei Ning.

But what that little fella didn't know was, the future is uncertain and greed has no limits. Today when he promised, he would be content as long as she forgive him and let him stay by his side... but was that truly the case? Will he be content with only this much and won't desire for more?

Well, let the future give us the answers.