Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Christmas Bonus Chapter
Gu Nian had seen people acting rogue, but she had never seen someone like Mr. Luo act like a rogue at such an old age and do it so openly and covertly.
Looking at Lin Yi, the butler the only person left in the study besides her, and his signature smiling expression, Gu Nian said solemnly, “I didn’t agree.”
Lin Yi’s smile did not change: “But sir, you said you have agreed?”
“That’s what he said, but that’s not what I said.”
Lin Yi: “Then it seems that you want to talk to him first and then….”
Gu Nian stood up and prepared to leave: “Where should I go to talk to him?”
Lin Yi bowed: “First of all, please feel comfortable and go back to your room to rest. It may not be convenient to disturb him now.”
“?”
Gu Nian, who had already walked away, slowly turned back, “So what you mean is, I just want to make it clear, that I cannot see Grandpa Luo, even though I could see that he was feeling well.”
Lin Yi smiled and nodded: “Miss Gu understands it right.”
Gu Nian sighed: “Steward Lin, do you think this approach will have a good impact on Grandpa Luo’s reputation and image?”
“This old man is not worried.”
“Why?”
“Because you and Ranran are already a part of the family, and family members don’t care about things like reputation and image that are only visible to outsiders.”
“…”
To put it in a layman’s terms, it was probably like, what kind of face did you need with family members?
Gu Nian was in awe of this transparency: “…I learnt something.”
She knew that even if she continued to be entangled, Mr. Luo would definitely be determined to not be “physically fit” till the end of today. Gu Nian did not do any more useless work and turned around to walk out of the study door.
Halfway through, she was thinking about the whole process from when she came here to when Luo Jingyuan left. What did Gu Nian feel from inside? She raised her head and asked the housekeeper Lin Yi who was leading her: “Grandpa Luo called me here today just to urge the marriage. The child matter is just isn’t true, right?”
“Yes, Miss Gu is right.”
Gu Nian asked understandingly: “But not long after the engagement ceremony between Luo Xiu and I, why does Grandpa Luo want to urge us to get married?”
Lin Yi’s steps slowed down.
The two of them walked further along the corridor.
Gu Nian asked: “Is it convenient for you to tell me?”
After turning the corner, Lin Yi smiled and said, “Actually, it doesn’t hurt to tell Miss Gu.”
“Um?”
“Master Luo has only had one headache in recent years.”
Gu Nian took two steps and said speculatively: “…Neither Luo Xiu nor Luo Zhan want to inherit the family business?”
“Right.”
“But what does this have to do with whether Luo Xiu and I are married?”
Lin Yi turned around and smiled politely at Gu Nian: “Miss Gu is not from a family like this, so she doesn’t understand that when the eldest son of each generation officially gets married and starts a family, it means the birth of a small family that is independent of the big family. Then the next step should be to separate the family and establish a business heir.”
Gu Nian was startled.
Lin Yi turned back and continued as he walked: “The Luo family’s rule is that there can be no separation of families. This rule was set by the old man’s father’s generation. The father of the two young masters is the old man’s son Luo Qingtang, Mr. Luo, who was an only son, and Mr. Luo was in his prime when he got married, so he had no problem inheriting the family business. Now…”
Gu Nian then answered: “The burden will fall on Luo Xiu and Luo Zhan.”
“That’s right.”
“So the engagement between Luo Xiu and I is still relatively influential, but if we complete the wedding, then this issue must be pushed to the two of them?”
“Miss Gu has a thoughtful mind.”
“…Don’t overpraise me,” Gu Nian came to her senses and muttered, “It’s so exquisite. If I had anticipated such a situation, I would definitely have pretended to have a stomachache today.”
Lin Yi laughed: “You don’t know the rules and situations of the Luo family, so it’s normal for you not to guess at first.”
Gu Nian sighed: “But even if I knew better, I might have just come at the beginning.”
“Huh?” Lin Yi turned around unexpectedly, “Why?”
Gu Nian raised her head and said with a dull face: “After all, before I saw him pretending to be sick like today, I would have been too embarrassed to act like this in front of Grandpa Luo.”
Lin Yi was stunned, then recovered and smiled: “Hahahaha… I heard Miss Tang Ran say Miss Gu is a very interesting person before, and it turns out that you are indeed a very interesting person.”
“…”
After hearing the name in Lin Yi’s words, Gu Nian’s eyes slowly lit up, and the psychological shadow of being cheated by Mr. Luo began to dissipate.
She quickened her pace: “Now only the little cutie can soothe my wounded heart.”
Lin Yi followed with a smile: “The young master will be jealous if he hears this.”
“Hey, how could that happen? Luo Xiu is not such a naive person.”
“Haha, I hope so.”
“…”
Luo Xiu arrived at Luo’s house in the evening.
At that time, Gu Nian was sitting in the sunroom of the main building of the Luo family. Tang Ran had just been taken back to the room to review her homework by Young Master Luo, who had just returned from the K University laboratory. Gu Nian heard that she was going to prepare for K University admissions in the middle of the year, so although she was reluctant to do so, she was also embarrassed to waste her time anymore.
So in the huge sun room, only Gu Nian was left lazily sitting on the sofa, feeling drowsy. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the vast sky and the sun that was about to set could be seen.
Dusk came over and brought with it a coolness.
Gu Nian knew that when it was dinner time, someone would come here to look for her and she would then go downstairs. Before then, she had no place to go, so she simply nestled in the sofa, motionless and sleepy.
There were no lights on in the room, and after the sun set outside, Gu Nian quickly closed her eyes. It was just that the coolness of the night was getting worse, and she unconsciously shrank her body while she was half asleep.
Until a warm blanket was placed over her.
Gu Nian woke up suddenly and raised her eyes.
Through the light in front of Luo’s house from outside the window, Gu Nian could vaguely see the profile of the man who was leaning down to cover the blanket for her.
His broken hair hung down on his forehead, just a stone’s throw away from her, and he still seemed to be smelling of the cool night in his rush to come back home.
Gu Nian couldn’t help but raise her chin, lean forward and sniff lightly: “…Luo Xiu?”
Familiar light fragrance.
Luo Xiu stopped, lowered his eyes, and smiled helplessly and gently: “Why do you look like a puppy?”
Gu Nian’s voice was still hoarse as if she had just woken up from sleep, and she said in a low voice, “Looking carefully.”
“…”
The coolness in Luo Xiu’s eyes that had lingered for a moment or two because he was tricked into coming to the Luo family collapsed and softened in front of this unintentional coquettish murmur.
After a while, Luo Xiu suppressed the surging emotions. He sighed softly, held the armrest of the sofa beside the girl, leaned slightly closer, and kissed her gently on the lips.
In her sleepy state, Gu Nian instinctively raised her chin to respond to him, still looking like a lazy cat with her eyes wide open due to sleepiness.
Luo Xiu didn’t have the heart to torment her. He straightened up restrainedly and asked hoarsely, “Why are you sleeping here alone?”
“Um…waiting for you?” Gu Nian was used to writing scripts, so she came up with love words easily, but her tone was very lazy and careless.
Luo Xiu followed her: “Next time you wait for me, remember to bring a blanket.”
“Okay.” Gu Nian finally opened her eyes and nodded slowly in agreement.
“Are you still falling asleep?”
“No,” Gu Nian shook her head, “I won’t fall asleep.”
“…”
As she said this, the little girl raised her arms consciously and wrapped them around his waist. Gu Nian put her cheek against his waist and said in a soft and lazy voice, “But I don’t want to move.”
Luo Xiu lowered his eyes and touched the little girl’s head helplessly: “Then let’s sit here for a while and then go downstairs, okay?”
“Going downstairs?” Gu Nian raised his head, “Eating dinner so early?”
“Why would we eat dinner here? I’ll cook it for you when we get home.”
“…?”
Gu Nian was stunned for a few seconds, and slowly came to her senses from her sleep-addled brain: “Have you talked to Grandpa Luo?”
“Well, I was negligent and that’s why they came to disturb you. I’m sorry, Nian Nian.” Luo Xiu’s voice was gentle, “You don’t need to worry, I will take care of it.”
Gu Nian listened blankly, then slowly frowned. Then she corrected him disapprovingly: “This can’t be called disturbing.”
“Um?”
“We agreed to be together,” Gu Nian said with a serious face, holding Luo Xiu’s hand and shaking it under his eyes, “Your matters are my business, and my matters are your business. How can you say that it is irrelevant and is an intrusion as if it has nothing to do with me?”
“…”
Luo Xiu stared blankly at the hands of the two people clasped together. After a moment, he laughed hoarsely, and then nodded: “You’re right, I was wrong.”
Gu Nian nodded with satisfaction: “You can teach our—”
Before the word “chi” could come out of her mouth, Gu Nian was gently supported by a slender hand on her chin.
The person in front of her leaned forward with the night and with the moonlight behind him, his eyes filled with a dark smile: “Who are you talking about?”
Gu Nian paused with a guilty conscience.
Luo Xiu lowered his body, and the smile in his voice was also muted. He pretended to kiss the girl’s lips, and his voice sounded like seduction: “We are already so close, but the instinct of being a mother is still there?”
Gu Nian sensed the “danger” and moved back slowly, with a serious expression: “I can change it, and I will soon change everything!”
“Can it really be changed?”
“Yes! Trust me!”
“Then why has it taken so long and the changes haven’t been completed?”
“…”
The voice in her ear became closer and gentler. Gu Nian retreated until her back was completely pressed against the backrest of the sofa. There was no way to retreat. She wilted and asked, “G-give me another chance?”
“Okay.” Luo Xiu smiled warmly.
Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Xiu: “After this time, I will work harder to help you change.”
Gu Nian choked on her breath midway through, and she raised her eyes blankly: “——?”
“It must be that what I did before was not enough,” Luo Xiu’s voice contained a dumb smile that teased her, “Let’s go back tonight and ‘correct’ it.”
Gu Nian: “…”
Gu Nian: “?!”
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