Chapter 87 (Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo) 一 Look, it’s love.
The recent interactions between Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo were still strange.
The day after watching the meteor shower, Ruan Yōu, Qi Zhiyan, and Wen Juxi went to the Lu family, while Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, and Fu Jiazhan, the four single dogs, went to the e-sports club.
Both groups had important tasks.
They hoped to have a perfect reunion for the couple on the eve of Valentine’s Day.
In the evening, the two groups had two small gatherings.
Ruan Yōu lay on the sofa, absentmindedly switching on the TV.
As soon as she opened the TV, an advertisement popped up.
“Don’t know what to give on Valentine’s Day? Try this~ Buy household appliances at the Lu family and give your loved one a practical gift they like.”
Wen Juxi frowned.
She had some overlap with the Lu family’s business, and as the president of the Wen Group, when she saw this advertisement, she couldn’t help but comment: “This copywriting is not good.”
Ruan Yōu: “If you don’t know what to give, you might as well skip Valentine’s Day.”
After speaking, she looked at Lu Xuan, “Little princess, don’t you have anything to say? Or do you want to be a single noble with us this Valentine’s Day?”
Lu Xuan buried her face in a pillow and said in a muffled voice: “Sister Qi, Valentine’s Day is the peak season for cosmetics sales. Why are you here instead of managing the company?”
Qi Zhiyan: “No matter how busy I am with work, I still have to care about my little brother’s personal life.”
Lu Xuan raised her eyes, her eyes looking resentful at the three young ladies sitting on the sofa, leisurely enjoying the show: “Sister Qi, why didn’t I know before that you cared so much about your little brother?”
Ruan Yōu chuckled: “So she’s making amends~”
Wen Juxi chimed in: “Exactly, she was indifferent before, but now she’s doubling her care. She’s afraid that Qi Nuo, her little brother, will stay single forever and not find a girlfriend. Isn’t this a perfect opportunity for the little princess to win him over?”
The two of them sang together, and it seemed like they could do a crosstalk with a microphone.
The TV was still playing Valentine’s Day commercials.
It displayed an advertisement for Qi Group beauty products.
Ruan Yōu muted the TV, turned to the side, and asked seriously: “Xuanxuan, there are only the three of us here. Can you honestly tell us whether you like Qi Nuo or not?”
Lu Xuan hadn’t been doing well lately.
Honestly, every time Yōuyōu, Qi Zhiyan, and the others teased her and Qi Nuo, she felt embarrassed but also strangely delighted.
一一Yes, they all thought she and Qi Nuo were a good match~!
一一Hehehe, a talented man and a beautiful woman, a perfect match made in heaven~
But she couldn’t let this embarrassing secret out.
Yes.
She liked him.
A lot.
Especially when this little brother followed her around like a shadow.
But she and Qi Nuo were friends in the same circle.
If she was overthinking things and misunderstood Qi Nuo’s feelings, she’d be so embarrassed after confessing.
Lu Xuan buried her face in a pillow.
At times, she couldn’t help but smile, and other times, she held her lips, feeling quite aggrieved.
She raised her gaze.
The three young ladies were still waiting for her response.
Lu Xuan lowered her head, fidgeting with the tassels on the pillow. Her voice was sticky, and her heart was pounding nervously: “I…”
“I like him,” she said softly, her voice as small as a mosquito.
Qi Zhiyan: “I didn’t hear it.”
Lu Xuan ran over, cuddling Qi Zhiyan’s arm and pouting: “Sister Qi, don’t torture me anymore.”
“Do you like him?” Ruan Yōu raised her eyebrows and chuckled.
Lu Xuan was less shy when she answered the second time.
“Uh-huh,” she pursed her lips and nodded in compromise: “I like him.”
Qi Zhiyan smiled faintly: “That’s normal. My little brother is likeable.”
Wen Juxi also smiled: “The little princess is also likeable. Two likeable people together, a perfect match.”
With the conversation opened up, Lu Xuan’s shyness started to fade away.
She unconsciously hugged the pillow tightly, looking expectantly at Ruan Yōu, Wen Juxi, and Qi Zhiyan: “Are we really a perfect match?”
Her lips quivered slightly, revealing her uncontrollable joy. Her round eyes were brighter than the sunlight outside, her eyelashes trembled lightly, and she blushed with a shy yet proud smile.
Ruan Yōu, Wen Juxi, and Qi Zhiyan nodded: “Yes, a perfect match.”
The moment the words “a perfect match” landed, Lu Xuan excitedly stomped her feet, her eyes squinted with joy, her snow-white teeth and red lips complementing each other, her whole body curling up in delight as if she had received the world’s approval.
Ruan Yōu and Qi Zhiyan, both single nobles, were quite curious: “Are you this happy just because of these two words?”
Wen Juxi, as someone with more experience, chuckled and nodded.
“Yes, indeed, very happy.”
It was as if her own love had received the blessing and approval of everyone.
They all hoped she could be with her boyfriend, just as she herself had wished.
Qi Qiyan was the first to regain her composure: “Okay, after all the excitement, let’s figure out how deal with this matter.”
Lu Xuan’s eyes sparkled as she sweetly asked: “How to deal with it?”
Ruan Yōu helplessly replied: “Little princess, you can’t keep fooling around like this. Now, there has to be someone who needs to come clean between you and Qi Nuo.”
Lu Xuan deflated instantly.
“No, no, what if he doesn’t like me.”
Wen Juxi chimed in: “We joked like this, and he was still able to build a castle with you yesterday. It’s clear that he’s interested. If he doesn’t like it, we can only say he’s a master of ambiguity.”
Lu Xuan: “No, no, he has a great personality, right, Sister Qi!”
Qi Zhiyan deliberately said lightly: “Probably.”
“So this is what it feels like to be in love. Big sister is not anxious, but the future girlfriend is even more anxious.” Ruan Yōu smiled.
Lu Xuan blushed but her eyes sparkled.
Ruan Yōu ignored the fact that Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, and Fu Jiazhan had come to look for Qi Nuo and continued: “Valentine’s Day is coming up. Why don’t you make him a piece of chocolate yourself? We’ve already thought of a reason. Look, now that Wen Juxi is the only one who’s in a relationship, as long as we say that ‘singles also want to have a Valentine’s Day with chocolate, without a lover, little brothers and sisters can send a token of their affection,’ both of you can make chocolate for us in the kitchen, take some photos together, and develop your relationship. If we lock you two in there, your relationship will definitely skyrocket by eight degrees.”
Lu Xuan felt something was off and asked with her rosy cheeks: “Why does it feel like your real purpose is to make us make chocolates for you?”
Ruan Yōu patted Lu Xuan’s head.
“You’re overestimating ability to make chocolate.”
Lu Xuan: !
“I make very delicious food!”
. . . . .
At that time, the four overlords Gu Fuchen, Fu Jiazhan, Jiang Huai, and Lu Jin were all persuading.
The four single dogs had no dating experience, and Qi Nuo had a calm personality. In the end, they had to follow the plan to directly pull people out of the e-sports club.
Inside the RG Club, everyone watched in amazement as Qi Nuo was taken away by the four overlords, hesitating whether to call Ruan Yōu.
一一Hey boss, your employee has been kidnapped by the four overlords.
Qi Nuo struggled to get out of the car, and Gu Fuchen frowned, “Sit down.”
Qi Nuo continued to resist.
Lu Jin said indifferently: “As your future brother-in-law, I’m very dissatisfied with your unwillingness.”
Qi Nuo: …
Qi Nuo pursed his lips and, under the watchful eyes of Jiang Huai, Fu Jiazhan, Lu Jin, and Gu Fuchen, obediently sat down by the car door.
The four overlords chuckled.
And you still say you don’t like it?
Fu Jiazhan: “It’s the future brother-in-law who has the say.”
Jiang Huai: “This status, this authority, the power to silence Qi Nuo with just one sentence, I envy that. Why can’t I become someone’s brother-in-law?”
Fu Jiazhan suddenly said: “Gu Fuchen can.”
Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, and Lu Jin switched from smiling to alert mode in a second.
Jiang Huai: “Impossible!”
Gu Fuchen snorted: “I’ll never enjoy that kind of authority in my lifetime.”
Lu Jin agreed: “No one can match my idol.”
Fu Jiazhan rubbed his temples in silence.
. . . . .
Half an hour later, the car stopped outside Gu Fuchen’s small villa.
Everyone unbuckled their seatbelts, and Qi Nuo leaned against the car window, absentmindedly fidgeting with the small cowhide seats.
Gu Fuchen: “Qi Nuo, if you keep fidgeting like that, you owe me a car.”
Qi Nuo realized what he had done and lowered his head.
In half an hour, he had managed to create a hole in the complete piece of cowhide.
Qi Nuo: …
Lu Jin patted his shoulder: “It’s alright, just go make some chocolate for us. We’ve already found the recipes for you. Go inside.”
Inside the villa, Lu Xuan was in a daze in the kitchen.
The kitchen had a transparent glass door, allowing a clear view of the inside.
Originally, Lu Xuan, who wasn’t embarrassed, immediately became embarrassed upon seeing Qi Nuo. Before making chocolate, she wanted to struggle a bit more.
“Sister Yōuyōu, you’re the sixth in age ranking. How about you join us in making chocolate for our brothers and sisters?”
Ruan Yōu: ?
Gu Fuchen: “No, absolutely not. If she starts making chocolates and associates it with a romantic Valentine’s Day, she might suddenly get all lovey-dovey and want to find a boyfriend. My world would turn as dark as the chocolates.”
Ruan Yōu: …
“Brother, don’t worry, I’m not that easily moved.”
Ruan Yōu didn’t want to be a third wheel in the kitchen: “Two people making chocolates are enough. Let’s get going, little brothers and sisters.”
Wen Juxi chuckled.
Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo awkwardly walked into the kitchen to make chocolate, stealing glances at each other.
Two people didn’t see each other’s covert glances, but一一
The seven members of the top wealthy family sat in the living room and saw it all!
一一Look, it’s love!
At that moment, Wen Juxi thought of a funny video that Fang Shu had shown her.
It was probably about a girl in a university dorm who was in a relationship. She was having a video chat with her boyfriend on WeChat, and on the screen, it seemed like only she and he were there. But in reality, outside the screen, the girl’s three roommates were sitting on the upper and lower bunk beds, craning their necks to get a good look at the other person’s appearance, gossiping while giving their friend advice.
In the video, the boy’s roommates were doing the same.
A single person’s romance in a shared living space always attracted a crowd of onlookers.
Wen Juxi felt like she had stepped into the funny video that Fang Shu had sent her.
Perhaps she was already in a relationship, so she found interest in other people’s relationships, but not as enthusiastically as Ruan Yōu and the others.
Ruan Yōu tilted her head.
She finally understood why everyone enjoyed watching romance variety shows.
The pink bubbles in the kitchen made people especially happy, and the little princess was so nervous that her hand trembled. The feeling of “liking” someone was quite magical.
It made the straightforward and fearless little princess stumble, and it made the obedient and steady little brother, who only had his sister on his mind, pay attention to someone else’s movements.
Ruan Yōu: “I’ve discovered something.”
Fu Jiazhan had been paying attention to Ruan Yōu all along and quickly asked: “Oh? What is it?”
Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, and Fu Jiazhan all looked at her. Ruan Yōu smiled, enjoying the sight of the blushing little princess and little young master getting closer in the kitchen.
“When you like someone, your gaze occasionally lingers on them, right?”
Little brother Qi Nuo took advantage of the moment when Lu Xuan was looking down at the chocolate recipe on the tablet, and his eyes occasionally stole glances, his gaze focused.
Lu Xuan stared at the tablet, moving her hand in the direction of the milk without realizing it. Her hand touched something warm.
Lu Xuan stiffly moved her head and silently withdrew her hand.
Wen Jiexi sighed softly: “At a time like this, if they confessed, Qi Nuo could just hold onto Lu Xuan’s retreating hand.”
The other six people: !!!
Ruan Yōu: Thank you.
The script you mentioned must be performed by them next time.
The author has something to say:
In the next chapter, the 3,000-word sub-CP line will come to an end.
I’m hesitating whether to write about Yōuyōu, Chenchen and Fu Jiazhan’s childhood stories on the IF line first, or start the love line first orz