An Nan’s lips immediately curled into a brilliant smile as she answered the call.
A familiar male voice swiftly reached her ears: "Nannan, have you arrived?"
"Yeah, got here early, just getting ready to rest. What are you up to?" A joyous grin spread across An Nan’s face, transforming her formerly tired expression into one full of radiance.
The voice from the other side continued: "Just finished playing chess with the little guy."
As soon as Lin Mubai finished speaking, An Nan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Lin Mubai, holding the phone, could imagine the person on the other end surely wearing a brilliant smile, even more dazzling than the sun.
An Nan didn’t tease him for long and quickly revealed the answer: "I bet you lost."
"Why do you say that?" Lin Mubai’s voice carried a slight doubt; he indeed had lost, but this little woman’s words were too confident, as if it was inevitable he would lose when playing chess with the little guy.
An Nan swiftly provided a reason that made him convinced: "That little guy won the world chess championship at the age of ten. Later, he suddenly said he didn’t want to play chess anymore, found it boring, and his teacher tried hard to keep him, but he refused in the end."
This time it was Lin Mubai’s turn to be surprised: "Wow, the little guy is that impressive."
"Yeah, he’s been smart since he was little, learns everything quickly, but few things hold his interest for long." Except for computers, she kept the last part to herself.
"That’s something you both have in common." The time spent together was enough for him to understand the many aspects of this woman—high in IQ, but her EQ was embarrassingly low, his feelings so clearly expressed that everyone understood except her.
That’s also An Nan’s thought; indeed, the little guy seemed a lot like her, perhaps due to living together for so long, or maybe it was an unavoidable connection from their blood relations.
They continued chatting for a while, and Lin Mubai, considering the little woman had just disembarked from a flight, needed a good rest, ended the conversation.
It wasn’t until she hung up that An Nan recalled she hadn’t mentioned running into Jesse today to Little White.
Then, she thought of something and seemed to mutter to herself: "It’s just as well not to say it; if told, that guy might not be able to sleep tonight. Worse, he might fly overnight to Paris."
Thinking of this, An Nan secretly shook her head, deciding to keep her encounter with Jesse a secret until returning home.
As for Lin Mubai, bringing Little Jia You back to the Lin Family was something he intentionally kept from her, fearing the little woman would blame him for doing such a thing without her permission.
So he played the shrinking turtle, planning to think of an explanation when the little woman eventually found out.
In the same villa, An Nan slept soundly. In the living room downstairs, someone was frowning in thought; this person was none other than Jesse, whom An Nan had run into at the airport. The source of thɪs content is ɴovelfire.net
After a long time, the person on the sofa seemed to think of something and reluctantly chuckled: "Such a carefree woman, just like that, she goes home with a stranger, all as if nothing’s amiss. Does my face really say ’I’m a good guy’?"