An Nuan left the Yugan Dynasty. As she was about to get into her own car to go back, she suddenly thought of something. She took out her phone and made a call.
The other end picked up.
It was noisy beyond belief.
"Nuan Nuan, why are you calling me so late at night?" Came Xia Qiqi's somewhat excited voice.
She was probably drinking and having a good time.
"Where are you?" An Nuan asked.
"At a nightclub!"
"The Yugan Dynasty?"
"How did you know?"
"I'm at the entrance, come out."
An Nuan would never go to places like this.
"Why did you come here?" The other end was immediately angered.
"Come out first, then we'll talk." An Nuan didn't explain much.
Xia Qiqi hurriedly hung up the phone and rushed out.
She really saw An Nuan standing not far from the front door, waiting for her.
"You didn't come here just to see me, did you?" No matter how Xia Qiqi thought about it, it didn't seem likely.
"Come back with me." An Nuan said directly.
"I can't do that! I was having a good time drinking, how can I just leave like this?" Xia Qiqi's face was full of reluctance.
"I have something to discuss with you."
"What is it?"
"I'll tell you in the car." An Nuan got into the car first.
Xia Qiqi was unhappy. But she had been used to listening to An Nuan since she was little. Even though An Nuan was only half a year older, she had always called her "Sister", and after calling her that for so long, she really treated her like an older sister, listening to her in everything.
She got into the car with a pout.
An Nuan told the driver to head to the Xia family villa.
Only then did she say, "My mom's birthday is coming up in half a month."
"So...?"
"At that time, upper class society, including the four major families, will be invited to attend the banquet."
"So..." Xia Qiqi was totally confused.
The elders' birthday banquets were the elders' business, right?
The younger generation like them only needed to dress beautifully and properly to attend.
"At the banquet, around 10pm, you take the initiative to invite the younger generation of the four major families to go drink together at the Yugan Dynasty."
"Why would I do that?" Xia Qiqi asked.
"Just say we haven't gotten together in a long time, and we must gather together." An Nuan was making up a reason for her.
"An Nuan, what exactly are you trying to do?!"
"The people you invite must include An Zhao, An Xiao and Gu Yan Sheng." An Nuan reminded her.
"An Nuan! I'm really mad now!" Xia Qiqi flared up.
She had said a whole bunch that made no sense at all to her.
An Nuan ignored Xia Qiqi's emotions, "Just do as I said, nothing else matters."
"You're really going to suffocate me to death." Xia Qiqi's whole body puffed up in anger.
"Don't tell anyone about this." An Nuan urged her.
"You're really possessed!" Xia Qiqi felt she could no longer communicate normally with An Nuan.
An Nuan didn't explain too much.
Because saying too much, no one would believe her at this point in time.
The car drove into the Xia family villa and stopped at the front gate.
Xia Qiqi was about to cry, "I wanted to play at the club some more!"
An Nuan opened the car door and pulled Xia Qiqi out.
"Be good, go back and rest early." An Nuan pulled Xia Qiqi to her family's front gate.
Reborn into this world.
She was really afraid Xia Qiqi would repeat the same mistakes.
"Hmph." Xia Qiqi was very unhappy.
It was only a little past 10pm now. Every time she went out to play, it was never before midnight that she came home.
"Aren't you afraid Xiao Nanchen will come back and take your family's assets?" An Nuan persuaded her.
As soon as Xia Qiqi heard Xiao Nanchen's name, her expression obviously changed.
She said, "Please don't mention that person's name in front of me, okay?! I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep."
"You live under the same roof as him." An Nuan exposed her.
"That's why I'm thinking of running away from home!" Xia Qiqi said indignantly.
An Nuan frowned.
"I'm thinking of moving out and living together with Ziming." Xia Qiqi said, still a little excited.
"No!" An Nuan rejected outright.
Xia Qiqi was about to have a breakdown, "Nuan Nuan, something's definitely wrong with you. Ever since you came back from Qingxi Mountain I feel like you're not normal. Should I go find the Taoist master to read your fortune to see if you've provoked some unclean things?!"
"I'm fine."
"You're fine, yet you oppose me at every turn!" Xia Qiqi felt wronged, "You weren't like this before."
Because before, she didn't know anything.
That's why she indulged her in one mistake after another.
She said, "Qiqi, how far have you progressed with Nie Ziming?"
"Why are you suddenly asking about this?" Xia Qiqi still revealed a young girl's shyness.
"When we were young we promised that our first kiss and first time would be shared with each other. Are you trying to hide it from me now?" An Nuan acted dissatisfied.
In fact, Xia Qiqi had never been able to refuse An Nuan anything. She didn't know if it was because An Nuan was half a year older, she had always called her "Sister" since she was little. After calling her that for so long, she really treated her like an older sister, listening to her in everything.
She answered, "Kissing, what else could we have progressed to?"
"You haven't gone to bed?" An Nuan confirmed.
"I wanted to, but Ziming is more traditional. As you know, he's an orphan, and lacks a sense of security. I'm afraid if I'm too easygoing, it'll scare him away."
"I see." An Nuan nodded.
"What do you mean 'I see'?" Xia Qiqi really felt An Nuan was nitpicking.
"Anyway, you definitely can't sleep together before getting married."
"What about you?" Xia Qiqi asked An Nuan.
She kept talking about her.
How far had she progressed with Gu Yan Sheng?
An Nuan paused for a moment.
At this moment, Xia Qiqi's questioning made her feel a little lost for a second.
According to the timeline.
Not yet.
She had saved her first time for their wedding night.
She thought that was the best gift she could give Gu Yan Sheng.
An Nuan's eyes tightened.
In this lifetime.
She would never let Gu Yan Sheng touch a single hair on her again.
"Could it be you've already slept with Gu Yan Sheng?!" Xia Qiqi was extremely excited seeing An Nuan silent for so long.
"No." An Nuan denied.
"Oh, I thought you already had. But I feel Gu Yan Sheng is so scholarly and righteous, he wouldn't do something like premarital sex either." Xia Qiqi murmured.
She really had a very high opinion of Gu Yan Sheng.
It wasn't just Xia Qiqi.
Everyone in Qingcheng felt Gu Yan Sheng was a perfect man.
He was loyal, ambitious, scholarly, noble...
The moment such a perfect man's facade was torn apart would probably feel amazing!
"Alright, go back and rest early." An Nuan urged.
Xia Qiqi reluctantly still walked through her family villa's front gate.
After seeing her leave, An Nuan also turned around, preparing to return to her car.
At that moment.
"An Nuan." Suddenly a familiar male voice appeared not far away.
An Nuan was startled.
She turned her head to see Xiao Nanchen walking out from the darkness.
Xia Qiqi's half brother who was born to a different mother and father. Xiao Nanchen was half a year older than Xia Qiqi, and a few days older than An Nuan.
The three of them had grown up together.
No matter how much Xia Qiqi hated Xiao Nanchen.
From the moment 8-year-old Xiao Nanchen walked into the Xia household, Xia Qiqi had no choice but to interact with him.
Even.
They went to elementary, middle and high school together, until college when Xiao Nanchen left to go abroad.
And now, he had come back!