Nan Xiao offered the ice cream to Mu Mu again, "Good girl, eat it. It's not poisoned. If you're scared, I'll take a bite first."
Mu Mu licked her small lips. After a moment's hesitation, she still took it.
Zhao Zhao frowned and glared at her, "Traitor!"
Mu Mu's voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum as she defended, "He doesn't look like a bad person."
"Have you forgotten what you saw?" Zhao Zhao reminded her.
Thinking of those photos, Mu Mu's eyes immediately turned red.
She stubbornly placed the ice cream on the coffee table, then jumped off the sofa and sat next to her brother.
One adult and two children looked at each other in silence.
After a long while, Nan Xiao wearily pinched his temples, "Zhao Zhao, did you really buy those stocks? Then can you tell me how you bought them? And, you're so young, where did you get so much money?"
Zhao Zhao crossed his arms, his face full of arrogance, "Of course I bought them! As for how I bought them... it was naturally a case of fighting fire with fire! And you don't need to worry about where I got so much money!"
Nan Xiao was shocked, "Wu Tian Ci is dead, do you know?"
Zhao Zhao looked at his eyes full of worry and asked with some unease, "Do you think I killed him?"
Seeing Nan Xiao not reply, he roared, "I didn't kill anyone! My mother would never allow me to do such a thing. I just invited Wu Tian Ci's family for a few days in Dubai."
"Then that coward Wu Tian Ci sold me the stocks."
"You should be thanking me, not suspecting me!"
"If I hadn't bought those shares, today's shareholders' meeting would have been a different scene!"
Nan Xiao stared at him. The little boy spoke so dominantly and coherently. Was he really a child?
"How old are you?"
Zhao Zhao snorted, "Four years old! But don't judge my intelligence by my age, because age and intelligence are not proportional. For example, you are incredibly stupid!"
Stupid!
This word made Nan Xiao think of the person who called Nan Xiang Dong. That person had also called him stupid.
Zhao Zhao looked up and saw Huo Ding walking in through the revolving door.
The little boy looked coldly at Nan Xiao, "I've said what I needed to say. Never see you again!"
After speaking, Zhao Zhao pulled Mu Mu and left.
Huo Ding happened to glance over and saw Nan Xiao looking at the two children with an overly doting gaze. He gasped in surprise.
Wasn't this doting gaze exclusive to his own Little Tail?
Who were these two children?
Anyone looked at with such affection must be extraordinary.
Could they be the boss's illegitimate children?
Huo Ding, full of gossip, walked towards them.
However, before he even got close, he was stopped by the two little ones.
Zhao Zhao tilted his head and sized him up. The more he looked, the more displeased he was!
Mu Mu only glanced at him and listlessly drooped her little head.
"Little friends..."
Before Huo Ding could finish speaking, Zhao Zhao interrupted him coldly.
"Uncle Huo, hello. I am Zhao Zhao, son of Lan Yu Xi. Grandpa Huo wants to set you up with my mother, but I regret to inform you that you won't pass our test."
What was all this?
Huo Ding opened his mouth, blinked, and finally looked to Nan Xiao for help.
Nan Xiao walked over with a thunderous expression.
He had heard it all. Old Huo wanted to set up his brother with Xi Bao. How could that be?
One was his brother, and the other was his...
Zhao Zhao shook his and his sister's tightly clasped hands, "Uncle Huo, this is my sister. In other words, my mother has two children. I think no man would be willing to marry a single mother with two burdens, right?"
Huo Ding glanced at Nan Xiao, who had his lips pressed shut, and then at the upright little boy. He suddenly felt playful.
He squatted down to be at Zhao Zhao's eye level and smiled, "What if I am willing?"
Mu Mu became anxious upon hearing this, "You can't be willing! My brother, my mother, and I are not willing!"
"Hahaha... Boss, how does this girl look when she's angry so much like Lan Yu Xi?"
"I am my mother's child, so of course I resemble her!" Mu Mu blurted out when she got anxious.
Nan Xiao's hands, hanging at his sides, instantly clenched. Could they really be Xi Bao's children?
Zhao Zhao glanced at his clenched fist and quickly tried to cover up, "My grand-master said, whoever raises them makes them resemble him."
"Little one, you know quite a lot!" Huo Ding smiled and playfully poked his little nose.
Zhao Zhao dodged with disgust.
Huo Ding stood up with a smile, "Don't worry, your mother and I can only be the best of friends in this life. We will never become husband and wife."
Mu Mu patted her little chest, "Then I'm relieved."
Huo Ding picked her up with a chuckle, "Let's go, we're going to eat."
Mu Mu's eyes widened instantly, "We already said we wouldn't become husband and wife, why are you still going to eat?"
"Isn't it normal for good friends to have a meal?"
Mu Mu twisted her small body and looked at Zhao Zhao, "Brother, is it okay?"
Zhao Zhao nodded faintly.
He had said enough for the whole day and was too lazy to speak further.
Seeing Zhao Zhao agree, Huo Ding smiled and looked at Nan Xiao, "Boss, want to join us?"
Nan Xiao shook his head, "I have an appointment. I won't be coming. Please send my regards to Old Huo and Master Hong."
Hearing this, Huo Ding didn't try to persuade him further. Holding Mu Mu and pulling Zhao Zhao along, he walked towards the elevator.
Mu Mu, perched on his shoulder, secretly watched Nan Xiao, who was still standing in the same spot, her eyes feeling a bit sore.
That was her father!
But she couldn't acknowledge him.
It was all that woman's fault. If it weren't for her, perhaps her parents would have been together long ago.
Shortly after they arrived at the private room, Lan Yu Xi came.
Seeing her mother arrive, Mu Mu threw herself into her arms.
Lan Yu Xi smiled and picked her up. Before she could greet Old Huo and Old Hong, she heard her daughter whisper in her ear, "Mom, my brother and I don't want a stepfather."
Lan Yu Xi paused for a moment, then gently patted her head, "Okay, we won't have a stepfather. Mom has you and Zhao Zhao, and that's enough."
Lan Yu Xi's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the private room heard it clearly.
Old Huo's heart sank. It seemed this dinner he had arranged was in vain.
Lan Yu Xi greeted Old Huo and his master with a smile, then looked at Huo Ding, "Brother Ding, long time no see."
"It's been a long time since you've seen me, but I see news about you every day. I didn't expect you to go from Little Tail to a strong woman in four years!"
Huo Ding said this as he pulled out a chair for her.
Little Tail!
As a child, she was Nan Xiao's human pendant. As she grew up, she became his Little Tail.
Lan Yu Xi's gaze darkened for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.
"You're not bad either, you're already a dean." Lan Yu Xi sat down with her daughter in her arms. "Brother Ding, from now on, I'll have to trouble you with my students' internships."
Huo Ding waved his hand dismissively, "No problem! My grandfather told me long ago, this is all on me!"
"Brother Ding, you're generous!"