Chapter 39
Her brother teased her every day, which made her especially miss Brother Xiaoxuan, because Brother Xiaoxuan never minded her being chubby.
"Mommy, can I call Brother Xiaoxuan?"
"Well~ okay, but Mommy’s not sure if he’ll pick up."
As soon as she heard her mom say she could make the call, Lu Xinyun didn’t care about anything else; just being able to make the call made her very happy.
But, the first call went unanswered, the second one too... The smile on Lu Xinyun’s face gradually faded, "Mommy~ Why isn’t Brother Xiaoxuan answering?"
Xiao Qing was also puzzled, why could the call connect but not be answered?
"Mommy will try one more time, if no one answers again, we’ll try again next time, okay?"
"Okay!"
The third time the call was made, there was a message saying the phone was turned off.
Lu Xinyun was about to cry, so Xiao Qing quickly comforted her: "It’s okay, he must be busy, he’ll call back once he sees it. Can the little treasure wait for Brother Xiaoxuan’s call, okay?"
"Okay..."
No one knew that this wait would last fifteen years. Even though the call kept saying the phone was turned off, it never connected again.
After calming Lu Xinyun, Xiao Qing went back to her room feeling frustrated and said to Lu Jinyang, "If your daughter grows up a bit more, she’ll probably be taken away by someone."
Lu Jinyang was watching, and when he heard Xiao Qing say this, he frowned and looked up, "Who would dare take my daughter?"
She sighed and lay beside him, "Who exactly is Xiaoxuan? I feel like he’s not as simple as he seems." Last time he stayed over for a few days, and when someone came to pick him up, there were so many of them, all tall men in black suits, and those high-priced luxury cars.
"Why think so much about it, he won’t have any involvement with us. You just need to stay as beautiful as a flower."
Xiao Qing gave him a playful look, "Lu Jinyang, I noticed that when you speak sweetly, your face doesn’t turn red and you’re not even out of breath, you’re getting really good at it!"
"For my wife, it’s something I should do."
"Stop being cheeky. If you don’t tell me, I’ll find a private investigator myself to check."
Lu Jinyang pulled her into his arms, kissing her as he spoke, "Even the world’s top private investigator couldn’t trace his background."
This one sentence made Xiao Qing’s heart churn; his background was that formidable?
Although he didn’t say it directly, Xiao Qing had more or less pieced together Xiaoxuan’s background, and decided to let it go for now. She thought, given Xiaoxuan’s complicated family dynamics, it’d be best to keep Lu Xinyun from interacting with him.
Upon returning from their honeymoon, Gu Chen handed Lu Jinyang his resignation, saying he wanted to travel the world for a wedding trip with Gu Li. Initially, Lu Jinyang didn’t take his resignation, but Gu Chen quietly stamped it himself and submitted it to the HR department.
Guan Juntao didn’t dare accept it, so he personally brought the resignation to Lu Jinyang’s home and handed it to him immediately before leaving, without even staying for tea.
He didn’t dare drink it.
Xiao Qing was by Lu Jinyang’s side and, seeing that he hadn’t opened it, took it from his hand, opened it, and looked sympathetically at Lu Jinyang.
"Your brother has abandoned you," she said.
Lu Jinyang shot her a sideways glance and suddenly gave a sly smile, "You can’t rely on brothers, only on your wife."
"Wha... What?" Xiao Qing looked at him in surprise, "What do you want me to do?"