“Go get ready. When you’re done, I’ll take you downstairs to meet the family.”
“Don’t worry. I’ve already told them about us. I said I drank too much and went into the wrong room. It was all my fault.”
Su Wanwan hadn’t expected Lu Xiao to take all the responsibility onto himself.
To defend her like that in front of his family.
Honestly, a man like that was rare.
In truth, Su Wanwan had already prepared herself mentally for the possibility that the Lu family wouldn’t accept her.
If she hadn’t entered the compound earlier, she might still have held onto some hope.
But after seeing Lu Xiao’s room, she had already guessed that the Lu family was definitely not ordinary.
Such a large family living together so many members this house couldn’t possibly be small.
Naturally, their status wouldn’t be low either.
Lu Xiao’s actions made her feelings toward him deepen even more.
Decisive, responsible, not petty, and very tolerant of her.
“Thank you.”
Su Wanwan quickly put on her clothes.
There was no hairdryer here, so she could only use a dry towel to wipe her hair.
She pushed open the bathroom door and came out, rubbing her half-dry hair.
Lu Xiao could tell she looked much better now. Her little face was fresh and dewy, no longer as listless as before.
Her long hair fell over her shoulders like a waterfall.
His eyes drifted toward her unconsciously.
Against the backdrop of her thick, dark hair, her profile looked even more captivating.
“Do you want… me to help you?”
Even Lu Xiao felt something was off after saying that but since the words were already out, he couldn’t back down.
“Huh?”
Su Wanwan looked at him innocently.
Did he know what he was saying?
Seeing the confusion in her bright eyes, Lu Xiao couldn’t help but laugh.
“You have a lot of hair. It must be tiring to dry it yourself. I’ll help.”
“That way it’ll dry faster, and we can go downstairs sooner.”
He gave both her and himself a reason.
Su Wanwan truly hadn’t expected that Lu Xiao would offer to help dry her hair.
“Do you… know how?”
“So simple.”
Lu Xiao had seen the women in his family dry their hair before.
He took the towel and began wiping.
First squeezing the water out, then switching to another towel to continue drying.
They stood face to face.
Su Wanwan didn’t know where to rest her gaze; her eyes wandered everywhere.
Lu Xiao was too tall. His dark figure loomed above her, casting a shadow that enveloped her.
There was a big height difference between them.
Su Wanwan was about 1.6 meters tall, while Lu Xiao was nearly 1.9 meters around 1.88 meters.
She only reached his shoulder.
And with her small frame and extremely slender waist, Lu Xiao could practically wrap her securely with just one arm.
Lu Xiao wore a white shirt on top and army-green trousers below, the shirt neatly tucked in.
Broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs.
Even without close inspection, just his outline alone was enough to make one’s imagination wander.
If she wasn’t careful and looked up, the first thing she’d see was his moving Adam’s apple.
Su Wanwan felt her face grow hot and instinctively tried to step back.
Unexpectedly, sensing the small head in his hands moving restlessly, Lu Xiao exerted a little force and pulled her slightly into his arms.
Su Wanwan ended up brushing directly against his Adam’s apple.
Her soft lips touched it lightly, and every muscle in Lu Xiao’s body tensed, ready to spring.
He tightened his grip on the towel.
Lowering his head, he looked at the person in his arms and saw the rosy flush spreading across her face, like the most brilliant dawn clouds.
Through the towel, his large hand cradled her delicate cheeks.
Their breaths drew closer and closer.
“Ah!”
“What are you doing?!”
Lu Ran pushed the door open while pulling Gu Ruolan with her, and this was the scene they saw her second brother about to kiss that woman.
After going upstairs, Gu Ruolan had chatted with Lu Ran for a while.
But Lu Ran was distracted, her mind fixed on this suddenly appeared second sister-in-law.
“No, I have to see what this woman looks like. How did Second Brother suddenly get married?!”
Naturally, Gu Ruolan followed along.
Without knocking, Lu Ran pushed the door open and entered.
Seeing her second brother lowering his head, about to kiss that woman, she couldn’t help but scream.
“Lu Ran!”
“Do you have any manners? Don’t you know to knock before entering someone’s room?!”
Lu Xiao’s tone carried anger.
How could he not be furious when Lu Ran barged into his room with a guest like that?
“You… you two…”
“Shameless!”
It wasn’t even nighttime yet, and they were already.
“Get out!”
“What are you arguing about?”
Downstairs, Grandma and Grandpa Lu, Father and Mother Lu, as well as the eldest aunt and Lu Zheng, had been sitting together drinking tea when they heard the commotion from upstairs.