CH 50

The parents’ conversation was in full swing. Actually, there were many things that happened when he was little that Lu Xu Nan himself didn’t remember very clearly. At this moment, while he felt like he was simultaneously losing face and ashamed when listening, he also felt a sense of novelty, and faintly felt like there was something a bit weird.

He actually liked Ning Yi so much when he was little? Then why did it change later? It seemed like he didn’t know when it started that he suddenly thought Ning Yi was troublesome and finicky, and no longer wanted to be in her company? If he seriously traced it back, there seemed to be no way to find the source of this change…

Compared to Lu Xu Nan, Ning Yi was more like listening to other people’s stories. She found it interesting, but didn’t have the awareness of being the protagonist.

She pulled the string of the satin pouch on the table. She suddenly remembered and asked, “Aunt Hong, did we draw the pattern on this gift pouch together?”

Zheng Yu Hong went “ya” when she heard her, and said in surprise, “You remember? Didn’t Baiqiu say that you haven’t!”

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Ning Yi explained, “I haven’t, it’s just that I felt like this was very familiar when I saw it this morning. I only knew that it turns out we drew it together when Lu Xu Nan brought it up.”

Le Baiqiu also spoke, “What can be examined has been examined, it’s still the same as before. Anyway, again and again, the doctor relays those same arguments- probably because falling in the water that year had some effect on the brain, but the medical equipment at present can’t detect it, but it won’t hinder her health either way.”

Lu Ting continued the subject, “As long as she’s healthy, that’s good.”

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To say he had forgotten it, this incident always existed in his brain, his memory. Once someone else mentioned it, it would be automatically searched for and found; but to say he remembers, he only remembered this today as if it had been blocked before. At the bottom of his heart, there was a very strange feeling that he couldn’t put into words.

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This strange feeling made him feel a bit inattentive for the latter half of the meal.

Until everyone had finished eating, Ning Yi planned to put Zheng Yu Hong’s gift in her room first. When she got to the end of the table, she accidentally kicked a chair and almost fell.

Lu Xu Nan was a dining table’s distance from her, but still suddenly pushed his chair back and stood up in fright. His worried heart only calmed down when he saw Ning Xiu steady her by the arm.

The moment he sat back down in his chair, Lu Xu Nan suddenly realized where the strangeness he was feeling was coming from.

Obviously he was so worried when he saw Ning Yi almost fall, but when his brain pulled out the memory of Ning Yi falling into the water that year, he actually didn’t have much emotional fluctuation, it was probably more blank.

It’s just like…

A non-existent hand wiping away the emotions associated with that memory.

Could it be that it has been too long, so those emotions have mellowed?

Lu Xu Nan was perplexed.

“Xiao Nan, what are you thinking about over there? You’re so out of it…” Ning Xiu’s voice pulled Lu Xu Nan back from his thoughts.

Lu Xu Nan looked around. Nanny Tang was tidying the table, the parents were all already no longer in their seats.

“My mom and Aunt Hong went to the kitchen to make dessert soup, Uncle Lu and my dad went to play chess in the tearoom. They told me to instill some enthusiasm for studying in you…” Ning Xiu sat down in the chair beside him.

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Once Lu Xu Nan heard that, his head immediately hurt. “No need, Brother Xiu, actually I have plenty of enthusiasm recently.”

Logically speaking, he really did work hard for a while because of Ning Yi and his ranking in the school rose over 200 places! It was just that his rank between 100th and 200th place was not as good as being first in the school, so everyone subconsciously neglected this progress.

“I’m not here to preach to you to properly study and make progress every day.” When he doesn’t touch the topic of Ning Yi falling in love early, Ning Xiu was still easy to talk to. He laughed, asking, “You don’t want to study?”

Lu Xu Nan heard him and couldn’t help relaxing, he said to him, “Anyway, it’s rather meaningless, it’s not like I want to be a scientist.”

“Then you want to be a financier?” Ning Xiu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Lu Xu Nan also smiled. “Brother Xiu, don’t tease me.”

Ning Xiu squinted at him and said, “Those couple of stocks that you got recently rose quite a bit, right?”

“You even know this?” Lu Xu Nan’s eyes couldn’t help widening.

“I heard it from your brother a few days ago.” Ning Xiu shrugged, then praised him, “You have pretty good vision.”

Lu Xu Nan was a little embarrassed, “I’m just playing randomly. Don’t let my mom and dad know, or else they’ll nag me again.”

Ning Xiu said, “If you have the talent and the ability, uncle and aunt couldn’t be happier.”

Lu Xu Nan kneaded the back of his neck, his expression revealing some confusion. “I know, just like my older brother that year, attending this class and that reception, it’s so annoying. Brother Xiu, I really haven’t thought that much right now, nor have I thought of just what I want to do in the future.”

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“Then slowly think about it. You’re still young, you still have a lot of time.”Ning Xiu took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, turning it between his fingers, “But…”

Lu Xu Nan turned his head to look at him.

Ning Xiu held the cigarette between his lips and lit it, took a puff, and then continued, “No matter what, you have to learn to bear responsibilities. Let’s not talk about Lu Group and all the employees under it yet, we’ll just talk about you individually. When you have a lover later and have kids, you still have to be responsible for your little family, right? Can you always be a second generation rich kid?”

Lu Xu Nan thought in his heart: Here it is, as expected, I still can’t escape the preaching in the end…

Ning Xiu exhaled a cloud of smoke, he said as if he was simply chatting, “If Yiyi ends up liking an idle hedonistic son of the rich, I’ll be the first to disagree with it.”

Lu Xu Nan was about to say, “At worst, just find a professional manager.” The words had originally already reached his lips, but was immediately swallowed back after hearing this.

“Brother! You’re smoking again!”

Ning Yi had finished putting things away and came running noisily down from the second floor.

Ning Xiu directly extinguished the just lit cigarette in the ashtray and put his hands up, “I just smoked half of it.”

“Restrain yourself a bit, Nanny Tang said you’ve been coughing a lot these two days.” Ning Yi spread her palm, “Hand it over.”

Ning Xiu didn’t move: “…”

Ning Yi sniffed and pretended to cough, and said, “I’m sick, I can’t smell smoke.”

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This was hitting Ning Xiu’s Achilles heel, he could only hand over his cigarette case.

While the two siblings were going back and forth over smoking, Lu Xu Nan on the side had pulled out some meaning in Ning Xiu’s words. He immediately felt overwhelmed.

Just now, Ning Yi said she wanted to be in math or chemical research in the future and Uncle Ning and Aunt Le were both happy and supportive. Since she was going to be a scientist in the future, her other half should need to be about as capable, right? Ning Xiu suddenly came to talk to him about the standards for choosing a younger brother-in-law, he was definitely hinting to him, right?!

“Brother Xiu!” Lu Xu Nan’s spirit rose, he said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely work hard!”

“Ah?” Ning Xiu paused, then recalled what he randomly said in their heart-to-heart and couldn’t help going “heh” in his heart. It was unexpectedly rather useful?

But immediately after, his faze stopped on Ning Yi, and he couldn’t help thinking of something: This rascal wouldn’t be purposely vying for Yiyi’s favor seeing that she was here, right?

Thinking this, Ning Xiu patted Lu Xu Nan on the shoulder and said, “Not bad, since you’re so enthusiastic, how about you come with me to the study now and I can talk to you about the operations of my game company. After that, whichever department you want to go to, I can fix an internship for you to experience it.”

This was personally cultivating him! It turns out that Brother Xiu was so mad at him in the afternoon because he misunderstood him. Brother Xiu was digging a pit for him on the surface, but in reality, he was helping him and Ning Yi along!

Lu Xu Nan was incredibly moved, and solemnly agreed.

Zheng Yu Hong and Le Baiqiu carried out the cut fruit, and didn’t see the two of them, so they asked where the two went.

Ning Yi then repeated what she heard.

Zheng Yu Hong was overjoyed, she said, deeply moved, “When the older generation speaks a few more sentences, he gets annoyed. As expected, he still gets along better with Xiao Xiu. Not bad, not bad.”

All the men and boys were busy with their own thing, Ning Yi sat on the sofa accompanying the two mothers, eating and watching TV.

She left her phone in her room to charge in the afternoon and only brought it down now. She selectively replied to Ju Meng and Mu Wanqing’s messages, then suddenly saw Xu Xing Ji’s chat showing the system’s indication that a message had been withdrawn.

Ning Yi clicked on the chat, above the withdrawal notification were the two movie titles that she saw last. Because Ning Xiu told her to rest at the time, she didn’t reply, so she replied now.

[Okay, I will watch the movies when I have time. What did you withdraw? I fell asleep before, I only saw now that you sent something afterward.]

Xu Xing Ji replied over ten minutes later.

[Nothing much, I clicked on the wrong sticker so I withdrew it. I heard from Ju Meng that you’re sick, are you a little better?]

Ning Yi didn’t think too much, replied that it wasn’t a big deal, she had almost recovered.

Xu Xing Ji responded very quickly this time.

[That’s good, remember to take medicine and eat properly. Oh yeah, it’s better to avoid eating spicy things these few days, eat a little lighter.]

[Your foot just got better not long ago, now you’re sick again. You really make people worry, I will send you reminders at fixed intervals to take medicine, eat, and drink more hot water!]

[Are you still resting at home tomorrow? I’ll go visit you! With Ju Meng and the others, do you have anything you want to eat? I’ll help bring it to you after school.]

Watching the unceasing concern from the other person, Ning Yi’s fingertips paused. She thought in her heart that Xu Xing Ji’s personality was really good.

[No need! There’s everything I need at home, my family is more concerned that I am. The nanny even specially arranged a book to record when I take my medicine and set an alarm. Thank you for your concern.]

“Ding—“

Ning Yi had half a strawberry in her mouth. When she tapped and took a look, she almost choked.

The message that Xu Xing Ji sent was written like this–

[How is that the same? This, coming from me, is a boyfriend’s concern! [Wink]]