“What do you mean, repay him with marriage? Ningning, don’t listen to that lecher. Let’s go.”
Lin Meijia’s jealousy temporarily made her forget her fear of this man. She didn’t want him and Jiang Wan’ning to have any further contact, so she hurriedly pulled Jiang Wan’ning away, putting on the concerned tone of a protective older sister.
“Mm.”
A perfectly timed blush appeared on Jiang Wan’ning’s face. She looked both embarrassed and flustered.
Instinctively, she chose to listen to the older cousin who was supposedly looking out for her.
“Wait.”
The man’s voice revealed neither anger nor happiness, yet it carried an intimidating authority that made people instinctively afraid to disobey.
Lin Meijia’s entire body trembled like a leaf, and her expression turned terribly pale.
She remembered what this man had done in her previous life, and her heart began pounding anxiously.
By comparison, Jiang Wan’ning, who had just had such “intimate” contact with the man, seemed far less frightened. Her watery doe eyes were filled with confusion.
The danger had already been resolved.
Why was he stopping them?
“My name is Lu Xiaolin. Remember that?”
Blood was still slowly winding down the wound on the man’s arm, yet he acted as though he couldn’t feel the pain.
Behind the lenses of his glasses, his eyes held an inexplicably seductive quality.
Jiang Wan’ning lightly bit her pearly teeth and looked toward her cousin for help, as though asking for her opinion.
Should she remember him?
It was obvious that this was not a man she could afford to offend.
Lin Meijia felt a murderous gaze fall upon her, making her scalp go numb.
Damn it, Jiang Wan’ning! Are you deliberately trying to get me killed?
“Ningning, this gentleman did just save you. I don’t think he’s a bad person.”
The implication was clear:
Just agree.
She had already resigned herself to it.
Today’s blind date had essentially become a wedding dress sewn specifically for Jiang Wan’ning!
With her cousin’s permission, Jiang Wan’ning nodded rather perfunctorily.
“I-I’ll remember.”
She had originally thought getting close to this man would be extremely difficult.
She hadn’t expected him to openly show his interest in her so directly.
Outside the window, the rain had stopped at some point.
Just like that, this small-scale disturbance had come to an end, and aside from one unfortunate person, not a single ordinary civilian had been injured.
Zhao Xuan had just handed the two robbers over to the police when he heard a gunshot from upstairs.
Without even thinking, he sprinted back.
On the stairs, he had caught sight of the frightened beauty from earlier, timid as a little rabbit.
Unfortunately, she hadn’t even glanced at him before brushing past him.
“Boss, your arm—”
“Just a minor injury.”
Lu Xiaolin answered indifferently.
His dark eyes fell upon his palm, as though the soft, delicate sensation of the girl still lingered there.
The corners of his lips curled into a faint smile.
What an ungrateful little thing.
He had saved her, yet she was afraid of him.
“Uncle? Why are you here? Oh, right—there were robbers!”
A figure stumbled out from the direction of the restroom.
His face was covered in bruises and swelling, red and puffy like a pig’s head. It was almost impossible to recognize his original appearance.
Only his voice made it possible to tell that the man was Lu Jinchao.
“And why are you here?”
Lu Xiaolin simply wrapped a bandage around his injured arm.
When he saw his nephew, he showed no particular concern.
In his eyes, this nephew was good for nothing.
All he ever did was eat, drink, and fool around with his equally useless friends, tinker with motorcycles, and cause trouble. He had no sense of propriety whatsoever.
Lu Xiaolin despised foolishness.
If Lu Jinchao hadn’t been the Lu family’s eldest grandson, and if his father hadn’t asked Lu Xiaolin to keep an eye on him, he wouldn’t have bothered giving the boy a second glance.
“Uncle, my mom arranged a blind date for me today.”
Facing this capable and powerful uncle, Lu Jinchao instinctively became as timid as a quail and immediately told him everything.
In the past, if he spotted his uncle, he would definitely hide somewhere and wait until the man left before pretending nothing had happened.
But this time was different.
He was worried about the future mother of his children.
He needed to ask his uncle personally before he could put his mind at ease!
“Uncle, did you see a girl wearing a simple moon-white qipao?”
“Hmm? What? Is she your blind-date partner?”
Lu Xiaolin’s eyes darkened slightly.
The girl he had set his sights on was not someone just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could be worthy of.
“N-No, she isn’t my blind date. But I fell in love with her at first sight. I’ve already made up my mind. I’m going to marry her!”
Although Lu Jinchao was nervous around his uncle, the moment he thought about the girl he had fallen for at first sight, he overcame his fear.
“Love at first sight?”
Lu Xiaolin repeated the words.
His tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, and his molars tightened slightly.
He almost laughed from sheer anger.
Nephew, have you looked in a mirror lately?
Who do you think you are, daring to compete with your uncle for my wife?
Jiang Wan’ning could never become his nephew’s wife.
She could only become his wife.
Otherwise, the family would never have peace.
He might just have to put family loyalty aside and eliminate the competition himself.
“Yes, Uncle! I really like her. The moment I saw her, my heart practically bloomed with joy. She’s exactly the kind of woman I’ve always wanted. I swear, I’ll never marry anyone else!”
Lu Jinchao had absolutely no idea that he was repeatedly dancing on his uncle’s landmine.
He didn’t even notice that Lu Xiaolin’s expression had already darkened to the color of the bottom of a cooking pot.
Nearby, Zhao Xuan was desperately suppressing his laughter. He had lowered his head, his shoulders shaking.
He truly admired the boss’s nephew.
Who else would dare openly steal the boss’s woman right in front of him?
Although…
That beauty wasn’t technically the boss’s woman yet, was she?
Lu Xiaolin interrupted his nephew’s lovestruck rambling.
He deliberately avoided the subject and instead asked coldly,
“That’s enough. Have you looked in a mirror? You got beaten up this badly and you still haven’t embarrassed the Lu family enough?”
“Uncle…”
Lu Jinchao muttered timidly, not daring to argue.
He certainly didn’t dare raise his voice.
Although his uncle was only six years older than him, Lu Xiaolin had connections and influence that seemed to reach everywhere. His achievements were extraordinary, and from childhood, he had been the nightmare of all the privileged children in their military compound.
For a moment, fear won out.
Lu Jinchao completely forgot why he had come looking for his uncle in the first place.
“Shut up. Zhao Xuan, take him back to the Lu residence and hand him over to my father. Have him keep a close eye on him. One month of house arrest.”
Lu Xiaolin issued the order in a tone that brooked no argument.
Anyone could tell that he meant it.
“Understood!”
Zhao Xuan immediately followed the order and dragged Lu Jinchao away.
Heh.
Zhao Xuan could see exactly what his boss was doing.
Lu Xiaolin was using his authority to lock his nephew Lu Jinchao at home for an entire month!
That way, the boss would have the time to make his next move and monopolize—
No, win the beauty’s heart.
“Uncle, mmmph—!”
Under Lu Jinchao’s incredulous gaze, Zhao Xuan covered his mouth and dragged him away.
There was absolutely nothing he could do to turn the situation around.
He hadn’t even gotten to ask whether his uncle had seen the future mother of his children!
He hadn’t confirmed whether she was safe!
He didn’t even know the name of the woman who would become the mother of his future children!
How was he supposed to find her later?
What Lu Jinchao didn’t know was that, for his uncle, all of this was merely a matter of saying a single word.
With Lu Xiaolin’s abilities, finding one person in the capital was an incredibly simple task…