Lan Yu Xi threw herself into her mother's arms, "Mom, why are you here?"
"You've been bullied to this extent, and if we didn't come, would you ever tell us?"
The speaker was a tall, middle-aged man. His black eyes, as bright and clear as obsidian, flashed with an imposing, sharp aura. Beneath a seemingly calm gaze, lay the keenness of a hawk. Combined with a dignified, resolute face with sculpted, deep-set features, he exuded an imposing presence, brimming with danger.
Lan Yu Xi pouted aggrievedly, "Mom, Dad is being mean to me!"
Tang Wan glared at her husband playfully, "Don't be mean to my daughter!"
Seeing his wife angry, Lan Hao Lin quickly plastered a smile on his face and embraced her, "My dear, I was wrong."
Lan Yu Xi looked up at the sky speechlessly. Her father's fear of his wife was something else.
"What are you looking at? Is Dad or Mom up in the sky?" Lan Hao Lin, seeing his daughter wasn't looking at him, pulled her into his embrace. "Why have you lost so much weight? Have you run out of money for food? My daughter, Lan Hao Lin's daughter, shouldn't be this poor, right?"
Lan Yu Xi twitched her little nose, "The Dad who doesn't talk is the cutest."
Lan Hao Lin looked at his wife, aggrieved. "Wife, my daughter dislikes me."
Tang Wan smiled, "I also think you're cuter when you're quiet."
Lan Hao Lin's face immediately fell. With a sweep of his large arm, he pulled his wife and daughter into his embrace and shouted to the plane, "Your sister doesn't want me to talk, so you all come down and talk to her."
Lan Yu Xi's shoulders instantly drooped.
You all!
How many of them had come?
She could barely handle one father, and if they all showed up, would she still want to live?
Lan Hao Lin affectionately ruffled her hair, "Don't be afraid, I didn't bring them all."
Lan Yu Xi's lips twitched, and she lifted her small face to look at the spiral staircase.
The first to descend was a handsome young man wearing glasses. The curve of his lips was perfect, as if he were always smiling.
"Second Brother~" Lan Yu Xi waved with a smile. She had intended to go over and hug him, but her father, sensing her intention, held her tightly in his arms.
"Little Sister, Second Brother is here~" Lan Mu Si walked over with a smile.
Following behind him was a young man with a mischievous grin. The moment the young man saw Lan Yu Xi, he smiled and called out, "Xi'er, Fifth Brother is here too."
Lan Yu Xi smiled and called out, "Fifth Brother~"
"Little Sister! Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother are here too."
"Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother~" Lan Yu Xi looked at her twin brothers, a smile on her face, but her heart pounded. These two ancestors looked so much like Chao Chao and Mu Mu. She wondered if they would be suspicious when they saw the two children later.
Lan family's second son reached Lan Yu Xi first. As soon as he extended his hand, Lan Hao Lin shot him a glare.
Lan Mu Si looked to his mother for help.
Lan Hao Lin, afraid his wife would scold him again, preempted her, "I'm not letting you hug Xi'er because your strength is too great, and Xi'er is so delicate, she can't withstand your rough handling."
The bodyguards standing not far away almost dropped their jaws when they heard his words. Their Queen Xi was delicate? Then who was that woman who had single-handedly stormed their headquarters?
Tang Wan nodded in agreement, "What your father said isn't without reason. If you miss your sister, just hold hands."
"Pfft—" Lan Yu Xi couldn't help but burst out laughing. How old were they to be holding hands!
Lan Mu Si's lips twitched. Just as he was about to speak, he was pushed aside by the sixth and seventh brothers.
"Little Sister, where are the two little ones you adopted? Hurry and let us see them!"
Lan family's fifth son looked at his two younger brothers speaking at the same time with a headache. "Are you here to see your sister, or illegitimate children?"
"Fifth Brother, what are you talking about! Illegitimate children?"
"Of course, we're here to see our sister! But Eldest Brother said those two children look very much like us, so we're just curious and want to take a look."
The sixth and seventh brothers spoke at the same time again. Fortunately, they didn't say the same thing this time.
Lan Yu Xi dryly tugged at her lips, "They're having breakfast and will be able to see them later."
"Then let's hurry," the seventh son of the Lan family said impatiently.
"I want to see them too," Tang Wan pulled her husband's hand and said playfully, "The children are all here, don't be like this all the time."
Lan Hao Lin's embrace was now only half-full, and he felt quite disappointed. Since his wife wouldn't let him hug her, he'd hug his daughter.
But, in the next second, Lan Yu Xi wriggled out of his arms like an eel.
Lan Hao Lin looked at his empty embrace and instantly became as aggrieved as a child.
The Lan brothers, seeing their father's frustrated expression, smiled and looked away.
Lan Yu Xi glanced back at her father, smiled, and linked arms with Tang Wan, "Mom, I'll take you to see those two little ones."
Tang Wan said worriedly, "I've prepared a lot of gifts for them. I wonder if they'll like them."
"As long as they're from you, they'll like them."
Lan Yu Xi deliberately slowed her pace to stall for time, and Tang Wan wasn't in a hurry either. They chatted as they walked.
Lan family's Tian and Lan family's Bao weren't in a hurry, so naturally, no one else was. The group walked and stopped, and it took them more than ten minutes to reach the main entrance.
However, the moment she turned the corner, Lan Yu Xi froze.
Nan Xiao hadn't left!
Not only had he not left, but he was walking towards them, holding Chao Chao in one hand and Mu Mu in the other.
Lan Yu Xi's head immediately pounded. The hand holding Tang Wan's arm tightened due to her nervousness.
Tang Wan gently patted her hand, feeling the pain. Lan Yu Xi realized she had hurt her mother and quickly withdrew her hand.
Tang Wan looked at the tall, straight-backed man walking towards them and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Her sons were already stunningly handsome, but in front of this man, her sons were clearly a little inferior.
Also, why was this person so familiar?
Could he be Nan Xiao?
Her eldest son had shown her a photo of Nan Xiao, but the impact Nan Xiao had on her in the photo was far less than in reality.
As Tang Wan's mind raced, Lan Hao Lin's voice, as cold as quenched ice, reached her ears.
"You must be Nan Xiao? You've got some nerve, bullying my daughter and then daring to show up at my doorstep. Very well, that saves me the trouble of going to the Nan family to find you!"
Lan Hao Lin was about to charge forward, but Lan Yu Xi grabbed his arm, "Dad, don't scare the children."
Tang Wan also held his other arm, "We can talk after we go inside."
When his wife spoke, Lan Hao Lin dared not act rashly. He stood there in silence, but his eyes were filled with hostility as he glared at Nan Xiao.
Xi Bao called this man Dad!
After a moment of shock, Nan Xiao walked towards the Lan family, meeting their hostile gazes.