Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xu Lan looked at him for a full minute before she suddenly laughed.
She shrugged, a small smile on her face. “You can marry me, but I don’t want it to be so hasty.”
“It’s up to you.”
Yan Si heaved a sigh of relief. He casually took out a ring from his pocket and forcefully placed it on her left middle finger.
“No matter what, you’re already mine.”
Xu Lan had no choice but to purse her lips.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the new year.
Father Xu took the initiative to contact Xu Lan. At that moment, she was visiting a research institute with Qi Mingyue.
Seeing that it was Xu Qiaoshan, Xu Lan hesitated for a moment before walking to the side to answer the call.
“What is it?”
“It’s almost the new year. Come home. Your auntie and Yan’er welcome you back. Our family should reunite for the occasion.”
“No need.”
Xu Lan did not accept Father Xu’s sincere invitation. Instead, she decisively rejected it and hung up the phone.
Qi Mingyue saw it and walked over. “What’s wrong?”
“Old Xu wants me to return to the Xu Family.”
With that, she continued walking forward with a cold expression.
There were only the two of them in the huge specimen room.
“If he wants you to go back, so be it. After all, your father is related to you by blood. Didn’t you always say that you wanted to get close to your father? What a good opportunity this is.”
Qi Mingyue persuaded her from the side. It was because she understood Xu Lan that she wanted to ease her relationship with her family.
Xu Lan stopped in her tracks and turned to look at her.
Her cold expression softened.
“I’ll think about it.”
The two of them stayed here for almost a day before going back.
On New Year’s Eve, Xu Lan returned to the Xu Family home with a small bag.
Li Meixiang, who was cleaning the living room, was surprised to see her.
“You…”
Just as she was about to speak, Father Xu came downstairs and saw the person standing in the hallway. He quickly removed his glasses and said in surprise, “Lan’er, you’re back.”
He took a few steps down the stairs and hurriedly took the things in her hands and handed them to the servant with a smile.
“Xiao He, send her back to her room.”
The servant was a young lady in her 20s with two pigtails. She handed the cloth in her hand to another servant and lowered her head to take Xu Lan’s small bag.
When she went upstairs, she placed the things in Xu Lan’s room and hurriedly knocked on Xu Yan’s door.
“Miss, she’s back.”
Xu Yan, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly sat up.
Her hair was disheveled and she looked groggy. “Who’s back?”
“Xu Lan.”
The servant repeated, somewhat anxiously.
Xu Yan immediately sobered up and said fiercely, “Why did she come back!”
“She’s downstairs. She should be back for the new year.”
As soon as the servant finished speaking, Xu Yan got out of bed and rushed downstairs.
Her face darkened when she saw the dignified and elegant aura in the living room.
“Who asked you to come!”
Her shout instantly silenced the entire Xu Family.
Father Xu, who was sitting opposite Xu Lan, turned to look at her. He immediately stood up and scolded angrily, “What are you doing, Xu Yan?”
Xu Yan ignored him and stared straight at Xu Lan. The anger in her eyes was about to explode.
“This is the Xu Family, not just anyone can come, especially a country bumpkin like you!”
She gritted her teeth and spoke sharply.
As soon as she ran into the living room, Father Xu slapped her across the face and threw her onto the floor, unable to get up.
Seeing this, Li Meixiang did not even have time to wipe her hands as she rushed over to help her up and glared at Father Xu.
“Why did you hit my Yan’er!”
“I hit her, I might as well kill her!”
Father Xu’s anger grew even stronger as he suppressed Li Meixiang’s arrogance.
Xu Lan sat quietly and sipped her tea as she watched the chaos in the family.
She glanced outside, leaned back on the sofa, and started playing with her phone.
The moment she opened it, she saw a text message from Yan Si: “Come to the Yan House for the new year. I’ll pick you up later.”
Xu Lan looked at it for a moment and smiled. She replied with two words: “They’re fighting.”
As expected, she received a call in a second. Without hesitation, she rejected the call and began sipping her tea leisurely.
“I came back to celebrate the new year, not to watch you guys fight.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Father Xu’s anger subsided and he turned around.
Xu Yan, who was in Li Meixiang’s arms, held her cheek that had been hit and leaned towards her, but she did not dare to say anything.
Actually, Father Xu did not know that Xu Lan was the boss of YaJie Science and Technology. The reason why he was so protective of her was partly because of their blood ties, and partly because he wanted Yan Si to marry her.
In short, the Xu Family still had a lot to rely on the Yan Family in the future.
There were two possibilities. Xu Lan preferred the latter. Therefore, she did not want to fall out with the Xu Family. After all, it was not what her dead mother wanted to see.