Birthday party
Just then, someone outside announced that Young Master Xi was here. Nie Mianmian walked out in a hurry.
However, the moment she went out, she saw that Xi Ting had actually brought Qin Yan and the little burden with him, her smile immediately stiffened.
As she looked at the family of three, she felt unexplainably gloomy. Thereafter, she began to get angry.
Nie Mianmian just told people that Xi Ting was here. She was very satisfied to see everyone's envious gazes.
However, she didn't expect him to actually bring another woman with him. If those people saw this, they would be uncertain and think that she was just bragging.
Just as she was thinking about kicking Qin Yan out, she saw two little figures rushing towards Qin Yan like cannonballs.
They called out to her happily in their cute voices, "Sister Yan Yan! Sister Yan Yan is here!!"
Lin Shuang followed behind them with a smile and yelled, "Slow down…"
"Tong Tong! Little Ye!"
Qin Yan kneeled down slightly and spread her arms to welcome them.
But…
The result was different from expected.
Two big hands suddenly stretched out from behind Qin Yan and a little body blocked her view. The big hands grabbed the two little buns—one in each hand—and headed straight into the hall.
"Waaa!"
"Sister Yan Yan, save me!!"
Qin Yan was surprised as she realised that along with Xi Ting, the little guy had also blocked the two children from hugging her.
She quickly chased after Xi Ting, "Ah Ting, you…"
"Huh?"
As the crystal chandelier shone down on the man's face, he looked particularly handsome.
He raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"
There was a dangerous vibe.
Qin Yan shrunk her neck and shook her head, "Nothing!"
She spread her palms at Tong Tong and Little Ye, expressing her helplessness.
The two buns' expressions immediately sunk as they stopped moving. They were too afraid to yell in front of Xi Ting. In fact, they barely retaliated at all…
"Oh? Is Mr. Xi bullying children again?"
Before the person arrived, his voice arrived first. The voice was familiar. Qin Yan turned around to see Yan Jingheng.
Yan Jingheng stretched out his arms and rescued Tong Tong from Xi Ting as he handed her a gift, "Here, Princess Tong Tong, this is for you."
"Wow! What is it? Uncle Yan, can I open it now?" Tong Tong blinked happily as she looked at the gift with excitement.
"Hm…you're so cute! You can do whatever you want~"
Yan Jingheng looked at her lovingly as she gave her a cheeky wink.
From the corner of his eyes, he spotted the beautifully dressed Qin Yan. His eyes lit up and his smile increased, "Hi sister-in-law!"
Tong Tong stretched her hand toward Qin Yan, "Sister Yan Yan, carry me~"
Meanwhile, Little Ye who was being neglected was placed on top of the shoe cabinet. The shoe cabinet was really high: at least, 1.5m. Little Ye glanced down. He pouted and his eyes turned red in anger.
Tong Tong who was being doted on, held onto her gift. Yan Jingheng pretended to sigh, "Sigh, am I not Tong Tong's favorite person anymore? You used to like it when I carried you!"
"No! I still like Uncle Yan!" Tong Tong quickly shook her head as she patted his shoulder comfortingly. "But, compared to Sister Yan Yan, it's just a little less~ Really just a little~" she said as she gestured with her fingers.
Yan Jingheng: "…That hurt me even more."
It would be better if she didn't explain.
"Pfff—" Lin Shuang couldn't help but laugh. She looked at her pitiful son and shook her head. She was both heartbroken and amused.
"Don't be sad, Uncle Yan. I like you~!"
"Then…" Yan Jingheng leaned in close, "Give me a kiss and I will feel better."
Xi Ting laughed in disdain and walked inside.
Tong Tong furrowed her brows. "But Daddy said…"
Before she finished speaking, a figure came rushing towards them, "Yan Jingheng, if you lead my daughter down the wrong path, I will paralyze you!"
Nei Yehai glared at Yan Jingheng who raised his hands up in surrender, "I was just joking! I was just joking!"
Nei Yehai looked at Tong Tong and picked her up. Meanwhile, Lin Shuang also carried little Ye down. Their attention was then drawn to Xiaobao.
"Xiaobao, how are you? When did you return back?" Lin Shuang smiled at the little gentleman.
"Today, 8 am," the little guy replied to just that what was asked.
"You are just like your father, treating your words as pearls, not even giving one away randomly," Yan Jingheng said.
"Tong Tong, Ye, go play with Xiaobao," Lin Shuang sent the kids to the play area.
Ye was not happy to play with Xiaobao. It was because he thought of him as a pervert. Although Ye was very smart and outstanding than most of his peers, Xiaobao was on another level.
Amongst the group of his father's friends, Uncle Xi loved learning the most. When he was young, he had studied overseas, and even after he returned, he did not rest on their laurels. Who knew how many foreign languages that perverted Uncle Xi knew by now.
Xi Xiaobao was the child of this pervert. He had grown up with that kind of perverted environment and had become a pervert among perverts.
Uncle Xi had kept Xi Xiaobao by his side from a young age. Who knew what he had learnt. Since young, the child had been so sharp that he was not child-like at all. Besides other things, the bastard was especially fluent in foreign languages.
And it was not just one foreign language.
They had been learning English since young, and after so many years, their English was not bad. But they could not quite keep up when it came to other languages.
He especially could not keep up with Xi Xiaobao's speed. He could not understand all that gabbling, ah ah ah ah ah!
Tong Tong looked at her brother sympathetically. Brother was so pitiful Although she was also expected to study hard, the expectations from little Ye were on different level as he was the eldest grandson of Nie family.
On the other hand, Xiaobao was very calm. He didn't know that Ye had such feeling about him. However, he too wasn't interested to play. His eyes were on Qin Yan the entire time.
On Qin Yan's side, Nie Qinyu's eyes caught the sight of Qin Yan. He walked towards her, "Miss Qin, you are here."
"Yes, Mr. Nie. How are you?" Qin Yan greeted back with a smile.
"I am fine. What about you?" Nie Qinyu looked at Qin Yan, "It's so hot today. You must have gotten a sunburn standing outside. Come in and see what you want to drink and eat. I'll have them prepared for you."1
Qin Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, sir. I can eat anything."
"It's alright. Treat this place like your own. You don't need to worry about troubling me. It's rare for both of you to come."
Qin Yan's heart warmed at this. They met by pure chance, but the old man was indeed very doting on her. He was really a heartwarmingly nice man.
She also laughed warmly and said, "Thank you, sir."
"Good girl. Come, sit down, and eat. What would you like to have? I'll get the chef to prepare whatever you want."
Xi Ting was also silently watching and never spoke a word. Suddenly, he said, "It seems like Mr. Nie is very fond of Qin Yan?"
Nie Qinyu turned to him and smiled, "Yes. Qin Yan is really not bad. She's good-hearted, honest, and especially understanding."
"Yes. She has always been so pure. And she is naturally sociable."
"I simply like this kind of people," Nie Qinyu remarked.
Xi Ting said, "I only feel that it can't be simply because of purity that made you dote on her so much."
Nie Qinyu sighed and looked at Xi Ting. This was indeed Xi Ting, the sensitive Xi Ting, the uncheatable Xi Ting.
Nie Qinyu said, "Actually, yes. I liked her and wanted to dote on her the moment I saw her. It's also because she looks very much like an old friend of mine."
"Old friend?" Xi Ting frowned.
Nie Qinyu said, "It's been a very long time. During those days, I was more popular in the business world. A friend dragged me to become a university lecturer for a few years."
"Oh, I've heard about it."
"Back then, I spent some time teaching in the countryside."
"Okay."
"At that time, I had a student at the little community I was assigned to. She was very good, very obedient, and she loved to learn. I could tell that she had the ability and was only limited by this small place. So I groomed her hoping that she would be able to learn well and become self-reliant. I hoped that she could enter a good university. After that, she really worked hard… She was also actually very gifted and was admitted into the university that I was teaching at."
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