Old Mr. Li wasn't surprised. He had already guessed that Li Xuelan and He Yunlai were coming late at night with a purpose.

His sister was just like before, never rising early without a profit in mind.

Seeing Old Mr. Li's lack of surprise or anger, Li Xuelan and He Yunlai both breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that the old man would definitely help them out!

As long as Old Mr. Li gave in, Li Yehan would agree, and things would be easy to handle.

Uncle Fu stood beside Old Mr. Li and could clearly see the barely concealed smugness on Li Xuelan and He Yunlai's faces.

Uncle Fu lowered his gaze, smiling inwardly.

Li Xuelan was still the same, these two had not changed a bit in personality.

Only today, they're going to walk away empty-handed.

With hope in their hearts, they heard Old Mr. Li say, "Don't you know, I've long since delegated decision-making? Yehan manages everything, I don't handle any of it. If you want to ask, you should ask him, not me."

"Brother, you..."

"I'm tired, you should go back."

Old Mr. Li stood up, and Uncle Fu quickly handed him his cane, assisting him upstairs to rest.

Li Xuelan still wanted to speak, but He Yunlai stopped her.

"Don't push it, brother has already made his stance clear." He Yunlai's expression was not pleasant.

After waiting so long, they still didn't get the result they wanted; it was all for nothing.

Li Xuelan wanted to lose her temper but, seeing He Yunlai's displeased face, swallowed her words.

When He Yunlai was angry, Li Xuelan didn't dare say a word.

...

When Nan Qiao and Li Yehan returned home, Liu Feng brought in two bowls of chicken soup noodles on a serving cart.

"Miss, it's made with an old hen, free-range, fed with healthy food. I also made handmade noodles. Try it."

Nan Qiao, feeling happy yet resigned, said, "I'm really going to get fat."

Liu Feng: "Miss, you're not fat at all, you're particularly slim. Try my chicken soup noodles, you'll love it once you try it."

Nan Qiao: "..."

"Can you bring me some side dishes to go with it?"

"Sure thing." Liu Feng happily went to the kitchen.

There was quite a distance to the kitchen, and Liu Feng would take some time going back and forth.

So...

Nan Qiao gave Li Yehan a pleading look.

Li Yehan loosened his tie, took off his coat, and hung it up.

He sat down, ate half of the chicken soup noodles, then pulled Nan Qiao over to sit and pretended the half bowl of noodles was hers.

Li Yehan sat back down in front of a bowl of untouched chicken soup noodles.

When Liu Feng returned, she thought Nan Qiao had finished half a bowl and happily squinted her eyes.

"Miss, you're so good."

Nan Qiao smiled without saying a word, continuing to eat the noodles.

Liu Feng didn't disturb their meal, she just put down the side dishes and left.

With appetizing sour and spicy radish, Nan Qiao finished the rest of her noodles.

"Why don't you ask me why I didn't just refuse Aunt Feng outright?"

"You probably didn't want to dampen her spirits."

Nan Qiao raised an eyebrow, Li Yehan really understood her.

Having a partner who understands her so well—isn't that happiness?

Li Yehan drank the remaining chicken soup from Nan Qiao's bowl: "In the future, anything you don't want to eat, give it to me."

Both bowls were cleaned out, believing Liu Feng would be especially pleased to see that.

"Li Yehan, thank you."

Just as Nan Qiao was about to suggest going upstairs to rest, she heard the elevator doors open and voices—it was Chen Xinwan and Bai Zhenyang coming back, with Bai Jingting behind them.

Bai Zhenyang muttered, "Jingting, don't come to me for work matters in the future. It's tedious and busy, and I want to go fishing. Catch some wild fish and cook it for my girl."

Bai Jingting was shirking his duties; Bai Jingyan and Bai Jingrui didn't want to get involved with the company either, leaving all the responsibility on Bai Zhenyang, exhausting him.

Chen Xinwan laughed, "Other families fight over inheriting businesses, but in our family, having four children with a Zen-like attitude, none wants to take over."

Bai Jingting: "So, Mom and Dad, don't you want to take back the company?"

Bai Zhenyang & Chen Xinwan: "..."

The two stopped and turned to look at Bai Jingting.

Bai Zhenyang even touched Bai Jingting's forehead with the back of his hand to check for a fever.

"This kid, you're not even feverish, so why are you talking nonsense?"

Bai Zhenyang: "..."

Chen Xinwan: "Looks like being lonely for too long makes one talk in their sleep. Jingting, get into a relationship. I'm not rushing you to have kids, take your time. Whether you want a man or a woman, it's all the same to me."

Bai Jingting: "..."

"Jingting, your mom makes sense. Whether you want a man or a woman, it's all fine with us, better than being all alone. When I was your age, your mom and I were already planning to get married."

Bai Jingting: "..."

Bai Jingting held his forehead, pretending he didn't hear them, and walked straight ahead.

Lifting his head, he saw Nan Qiao and Li Yehan, the duo enjoying the show.

Bai Jingting: "..."

How awkward.

Nan Qiao chuckled, "Big bro, I didn't hear anything."

Li Yehan: "Neither did I."

Bai Jingting: ...

"You might as well not have spoken." Feels like trying to hide something obvious.

Bai Zhenyang and Chen Xinwan saw Nan Qiao and Li Yehan in the living room, both wearing kind smiles.

Chen Xinwan said, "Qiaoqiao, have you had dinner? Want some dumplings? I made some earlier and froze them. If you get hungry at night, you can have some."

Nan Qiao: "..."

She couldn't eat another bite.

"Mom, I just had chicken soup noodles, I'm full." Nan Qiao didn't want to eat now, she wanted to lose weight.

"If you're full, don't force it. Don't overeat; it'll lead to indigestion and stomach discomfort."

Chen Xinwan, having been through it, understood the hardships of pregnancy.

Women have it tough, and pregnant women have it tougher.

"Mom, I know, I won't force myself." She'd rather force Li Yehan.

Li Yehan stood beside her, unfazed.

Chen Xinwan looked at Nan Qiao and Li Yehan standing together, thinking they looked great together, and she was increasingly fond of them.

A son-in-law and daughter standing together was quite the pleasing sight.

Thus, Chen Xinwan set her sights back on Bai Jingting, making him shiver.

Chen Xinwan said, "Jingting, think it over again. Do you want to find a partner?"

Bai Jingting: "..."

How did the conversation come back to him?

"Mom, don't you have anything else to talk about?"

"I only have one thing to say: when are you going to find a partner." Chen Xinwan laughed heartily.

Bai Jingting: "There's an early meeting tomorrow. I'm heading upstairs now, goodnight sis."

Bai Jingting took long, vigorous strides, moving quickly.

As if he ran fast enough, his potential blind date couldn't catch up to him.

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