The camera showed Chaochao’s calm little face.
When Nan Xiao saw the child’s big eyes, his hand paused while drying his hair.
The child’s eyes were so much like Xi Bao’s!
Even the lazy way he raised his eyelids was identical.
Nan Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, as if his heartstrings had been plucked.
Chaochao originally just wanted to glance at him and then look away, but when he saw Nan Xiao’s well-defined eight-pack abs, he subconsciously swallowed.
No wonder Mom liked him. Not only was his face handsome, but his physique was also top-notch.
“Grandpa, Brother, what are you doing?” Mumu saw Grandpa filming her brother and curiously came closer. When she saw Nan Xiao on the screen, she directly exclaimed, “Wow~”
Chaochao, extremely disappointed, covered her eyes, “You’re not allowed to look!”
The little girl forcefully pulled her brother’s hand down, “You can look, why can’t I look?”
“He’s not wearing clothes!” Chaochao covered his sister’s eyes again.
Nan Zhenting only then realized the issue and turned the camera to his own wrinkled old face, “What’s wrong with you! Why aren’t you wearing clothes?”
Nan Xiao’s mouth twitched. How could he have known the old man would have someone else with him?
Nan Xiao walked to the closet, took out a pure white bathrobe, and put it on. “Are you going to Banshan Villa?”
“What? Do I need to report my whereabouts to you? If you had given me grandsons and granddaughters earlier, I wouldn’t have to shamelessly come here to feel like a grandfather.”
Nan Xiao glanced sideways, subconsciously looking for Lan Yuxi. Unfortunately, besides his father’s face and the luxurious background behind him, there was nothing else.
“It’s so late, do you want me to pick you up?”
Nan Zhenting frowned slightly, “Not going back! I’m staying here tonight.”
“Is Yuxi willing to take you in?”
“What do you think!”
Nan Xiao couldn’t help but laugh. The old man was being snarky with him in the middle of the night, just to criticize him before going to sleep.
“Is there something you need me for?”
Nan Xiao was in a bad mood and didn’t want to waste time with the old man, so he asked directly.
Nan Zhenting pointed the camera at the chessboard and said with delight, “The black pieces belong to Chaochao. I’ve already lost two games to him. This child is talented. I’m afraid Yuxi might delay him if she’s too busy. Don’t you know that grandmaster? Go ask him if he’s still taking apprentices.”
Chaochao suddenly looked up at him. Although Grandpa didn’t know he was his biological grandson, his concern for him was genuine. Also, he could see that although Grandpa and Mom often argued, Grandpa’s affection for Mom was no less than that of Master Shi Gong, and Mom also cared about Grandpa.
Seeing Chaochao staring blankly at him, Nan Zhenting affectionately stroked his head, “Do you like playing Go?”
Chaochao pursed his lips and nodded, but thinking that he hadn’t discussed it with his mother yet, he quickly turned to look at the study.
“As long as you like to learn, I’ll talk to your mother.”
After Nan Zhenting finished speaking kindly to Chaochao, he turned to his son and immediately put on a stern face, “Did you hear that? The child wants to learn, you go do it quickly!”
Mumu pouted and looked over.
Nan Xiao’s glance caught her little expression, and his heart felt as if it were being squeezed. “Does Mumu want to learn? If you want to learn, go with your brother.”
Mumu shook her head, “I don’t want to learn, but I don’t want to be separated from my brother!”
Nan Xiao’s long fingers curled slightly. Xi Bao had said the same thing to him, and Mumu’s tone and expression at this moment were identical to hers.
He reached out and gently touched her rosy little face on the screen, asking softly, “Then when Brother goes to study, will you go with Brother? The grandmother there plays the piano, and her daughter is a dancer. If you like playing the piano or dancing, shall I let them teach you?”
Mumu turned to look at her brother.
Chaochao whispered something in her ear.
After hearing it, Mumu ran off with quick steps.
Nan Zhenting smiled as he watched Mumu, who had already run into the study, and said to Nan Xiao, “Let’s hang up for now. I’ll tell you after they’ve discussed it.”
The old man hung up as soon as he said it, without giving Nan Xiao a chance to speak.
Nan Xiao looked speechlessly at the darkened screen. The old man didn’t want him to see Xi Bao.
If he doesn’t see her, then he doesn’t see her. Just seeing the two children would make him lose sleep tonight. If he saw Xi Bao again, he wouldn’t be able to sleep properly for a week.
Perhaps it was because he had slept for too long then, or perhaps he had seen Xi Bao again after four years. In any case, he had been suffering from insomnia frequently during this period.
Nan Xiao pinched his temples, pulled off his bathrobe, and was about to get into bed when his phone rang.
Hearing the specific ringtone, Nan Xiao quickly pressed the answer button.
After the other party finished speaking, he changed his clothes in three seconds and was in the car five seconds later.
At Banshan Villa, Lan Yuxi typed on her keyboard while listening to her daughter imitate her.
After listening, Lan Yuxi said softly, “If you want to learn, then go. Someone approved by Grandpa and the others must be good.”
“But it was introduced by that person, aren’t you angry?”
“Why should I be angry? As long as it’s something you like, no matter who introduced it, I won’t be angry. Instead, I’ll thank them.”
Mumu tugged at the hem of her skirt and hesitated for a long time before asking weakly, “Mom, will you and Dad get back together?”
Lan Yuxi’s hands paused on the keyboard for a moment, then began to fly again. “No!”
She found men used by Xia Qianqian disgusting.
Mumu lowered her head slightly with disappointment, “He’s handsome, and his physique is great. Are you really not going to reconsider?”
“Not reconsidering!”
Because even if she reconsidered, it would be useless. He already had someone in his heart, so why would he want her!
Everyone online said Xia Qianqian had run away, but she didn’t believe it. The person even she couldn’t find must have been protected by Nan Xiao.
“Sigh!” Mumu sighed and turned to walk out the door.
Lan Yuxi looked at her daughter, feeling a little helpless and a little heartbroken. “Mumu, aren’t we a happy family of three?”
Mumu turned to look at her mother, “We are happy!”
“Then let’s continue to be happy like this, okay?”
Mumu smiled brightly, “Okay!”
“Mom still has some work to do. If Grandpa wants to rest, please take Grandpa to the master bedroom on the first floor. Also, you and Brother shouldn’t stay up late. I’ll try to finish by twelve o’clock.”
Mumu smiled and made an OK gesture, then ran out with quick steps.
After the door closed, Lan Yuxi’s eyes turned cold. She clicked on the voice changer and said to the person on the other side, “Dark Night’s people will reach the battlefield in ten minutes. Are you ready?”
“Ready!”
“I hope you won’t disappoint me and will heavily damage Dark Night’s people, otherwise, they’ll get too arrogant again.”
“Yes!”
Lan Yuxi turned off the voice changer software and, in a gruff voice, said to another team, “How much longer will it take you to fix the bugs?”
“At the earliest, fifteen minutes.”
“Dark Night’s people will reach the battlefield in nine minutes. You’re so slow, do you want them to become blind and deaf? I’ll only give you seven minutes. If you can’t finish on time, all of you get back to base!”