Nan Xiao smiled and put his arm around her slender waist, "I just wanted to try if this tattletale trick works."
Lan Yuxi looked at him, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Your son tattled on you and you hit me, so I have to find someone to tattle on you."
Lan Yuxi rolled her eyes ungracefully, "If you want to try, find a time when there are fewer people! With so many people watching, are you still going to care about your old face?"
Nan Xiao narrowed his eyes dangerously, "You say I'm old? Am I old? If I'm old, who was it that made you beg for mercy every night?"
Lan Yuxi felt his dangerous aura and shrunk her neck in a cowardly manner. She wasn't afraid of not being able to beat him, but she was afraid of not being able to get out of bed tomorrow.
"Hmm?" Nan Xiao tightened his grip around her waist.
Lan Yuxi replied obediently, "Not old, you're not old at all... Hurry up and call second martial uncle, otherwise he'll really fall asleep."
Nan Xiao knew she was forcibly changing the subject. After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone from his pocket, but he only used one hand to press the buttons, while the other hand tightly held her.
Lan Yuxi squirmed restlessly.
Nan Xiao's expression changed, "Don't move around, or I'll deal with you right here and now!"
Seeing that the call was connected, Lan Yuxi quickly and obediently pressed her little head against his solid chest.
Nan Xiao curved his lips and put the phone to his ear.
After this call lasted for nearly an hour, the two of them finally came out of the study.
After coming out, Lan Yuxi, with a flushed face, found an excuse and went upstairs first.
Nan Xiao, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, chatting with everyone in the living room, as if he hadn't been the one complaining an hour ago, or as if he hadn't been doing those inappropriate things in the study just now.
From that day on, Lan Yuxi never hit him in front of the two children again because their son, Chao Chao, complained. She knew that this old man was very petty and held grudges. He would deal with her, not because he was really angry with her, but because he wanted to compete for their son's favor!
Fourth Uncle and the others sat until three in the afternoon before leaving.
As soon as Fourth Uncle and the others left, Mu Luxi's family of three arrived, along with Huo Ding, who had left that morning.
Lan Yuxi and Nan Xiao exchanged glances. Neither of them asked, but they both knew that this marriage was likely settled, otherwise Huo Ding wouldn't have come along.
Lan Yuxi smiled and appraised Mu Luxi. This girl was indeed beautiful. If she were a man, she would also be smitten. After all, highly educated and beautiful women were very rare these days.
Mu Luxi's family of three had dinner at the Half-Mountain Villa and then returned to the villa they had purchased in the Imperial Capital. Huo Ding personally sent them there.
Jiu Wan didn't return, and Lan Yuxi found out the reason that night.
It turned out that the Huo family not only fancied Mu Luxi but also Jiu Wan, intending to introduce Huo Ding's cousin to Jiu Wan. Jiu Wan only found out after returning to the Imperial Capital.
Jiu Wan became angrier as he spoke, drinking glumly, "What are they thinking? What era is it now, and they're still playing this exchange marriage game."
Luo Shi Yi smiled and patted his shoulder, "Miss Huo is the cream of the crop among the socialites in the Imperial Capital. If it were me, I'd accept even an exchange marriage!"
Jiu Wan angrily slapped her hand away, "Go away, what do you know, you little brat!"
Luo Shi Yi rubbed his hand and looked pitifully at Lan Yuxi, "Senior sister, Jiu Wan hit me!"
"Pfft—" Lan Yuxi sprayed all the juice on his clothes.
What a day!
How did Eleven learn to tattle too!
Luo Shi Yi looked at the juice stains on his clothes, feeling heartbroken, "Senior sister! This is the new outfit you bought for me!"
Nan Xiao took a tissue and wiped the juice from Lan Yuxi's lips, then said to Luo Shi Yi, "Go to the walk-in closet on the third floor and change yourself."
Luo Shi Yi pouted and started to leave, pulling at his collar.
"Wait a moment." Lan Yuxi took a fruit platter and handed it to him, "Take this to the storage room on the third floor. Don't let Nai Nai see it."
Luo Shi Yi understood immediately and gave her an OK gesture.
After he left, Lan Yuxi said to Jiu Wan, "You'll be twenty-nine after the New Year, it's time to sort out your personal matters. Huo Ziyin is a good person, you can consider her."
Jiu Wan's head immediately shook like a rattle drum, "She's almost thirty. If she hasn't gotten married yet at this age, there must be a reason! I don't want to bring a troublesome woman home."
Nan Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Lan Yuxi, wanting to say something but stopping.
San Wan glanced at him, "President Nan, do you know something?"
San Wan's question made everyone look over.
Lan Yuxi suddenly thought of something, turned her head and grabbed Nan Xiao's hand, "She's not still holding onto hope, is she?"
Nan Xiao clasped her hand, "Don't talk nonsense. Since she agreed to the blind date, she must have let go."
Jiu Wan propped his head up and stared at them, "She has someone in her heart?"
Lan Yuxi pouted, "Mmm."
Everyone understood from her expression. The person who could capture the attention of the Imperial Capital's foremost socialite could only be Nan Xiao!
Jiu Wan scoffed, "Her heart is with someone else, yet she agreed to a blind date with me, what do you take me for!"
Nan Xiao's expression wasn't good as he gulped down some red wine.
Liu Wan glanced at him, rubbed his nose, and asked with a smile, "Jiu Wan, what do you think of my little aunt?"
Jiu Wan glared at him irritably, "Don't joke, I don't want your half-butt!"
Wu Wan said with a smile, "Indeed, you can't have it. Liu Wan's half-butt is too heavy, at least eighty pounds!"
"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.
Lan Yuxi laughed and punched Wu Wan, "You're trying to kill me with laughter!"
"I'm not kidding, really, Liu Wan's little aunt is at least two hundred pounds!"
Seeing that Nan Xiao and Lan Yuxi were both laughing, Liu Wan realized that the matter of Huo Ziyin was over.
He glanced at the time and said with a smile, "It's getting late, let's stop drinking. Those who want to sleep can sleep, and those who want to play can go to the fifth floor."
Lan Yuxi pulled Nan Xiao's wrist and looked at his watch, "It's almost ten o'clock, why isn't Jia Qi ge back yet?"
Qiao Yisi came out after coaxing Luo Wanqi to sleep and happened to hear this, "I forgot to tell you, my mom said the road is slippery at night, so she asked my brother to send Duan Ting and her son back and sleep there."
"Oh." Lan Yuxi asked with a gossipy tone, "Did they make any progress? I saw them talking a lot these past two days."
Qiao Yisi took the red wine handed by Shi Er Wan, thanked him, and pouted, "If you knew what they were talking about, you'd be so angry."
"Are they talking about the research institute?"
"Of course!"
Lan Yuxi sighed, "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades must continue to work hard!"
Nan Xiao rubbed her head with amusement. This girl worried about too many things every day. Maybe he should open a matchmaking agency for her someday!