Chapter 35 A Smile Unfurls
umed Li An's friends had left. Planning to take a nap, she cautiously approached the living room only to find it empty.Li An had also gone off with his buddies, leaving Yan Luoxi relieved as she brisk...Chapter 35: A Smiling Glimmer
Liyi usually held important positions and had cultivated the habit of not smiling easily. His deep gaze briefly swept over a few women from the Wives' Group, making them feel as though they were being seen through.
Seeing that not only Li'an but also Liyin, the current head of the Li family, was present, these women immediately felt uneasy and stood up from the sofa, looking at the Li brothers with a mixture of respect and humility.
Xue Liping, who had been anxious just moments ago, finally assumed an air of superiority upon the arrival of the Li brothers. Although those who arrived were not Lihao Nan and his wife, having Li'an alone was enough to make these women fearful. Moreover, there was also Liyin, whose reputation spread far and wide.
Under Xue Liping's amiable introduction, the few women nervously greeted Liyi. Liyi responded in a very easygoing manner before turning to look at Yan Luoxi who was lying ill in bed, smiling warmly as he asked, "Luoxi, how is your recovery coming along"
Liyi's arrival was entirely unexpected for Yan Luoxi. She looked at Liyi with a flushed face and appeared somewhat at a loss, like a child caught unintentionally doing something wrong, feeling both anxious and aggrieved as she murmured, "Big Brother."
Though Yan Luoxi's address of him as Big Brother sounded slightly bashful, it was clear to anyone who heard her that there was familiarity in the way she called him. Upon hearing this voice, the women from the Wives' Group immediately realized that Yan Luoxi and Liyi had met each other countless times before.
"I originally intended to visit you and your child a few days earlier, but I was engaged in negotiations abroad and couldn't make it." Liyi continued smiling at Yan Luoxi while approaching the crib where the baby girl slept soundly. With satisfaction, he said, "What an adorable little girl! Our Li family has always had more males than females; now we finally have a girl!"
Liyi is a smart man; upon entering the room, he casually glanced around and understood the situation inside. He was aware of what the women in his mother's social circle were thinking. Although Yan Luoxi hasn’t married Li An, she’s destined to be part of their family as an in-law. How could they allow others to bully her
He lifted his head from beside the crib and looked at Luoxi earnestly, "Luoxi, thank you very much. You are now a great contributor to our Li family."
"Big Brother!" Yan Luoxi's face turned even redder when she heard Liyi thanking her.
Xue Liping was delighted by the authoritative manner of Liyi at this moment, thinking that with him here and after his words today, nobody would dare to look down on her daughter again.
"Auntie, Luoxi, do you have a name for the baby yet" asked Liyi as he looked at the little one in the crib, not knowing what to call her.
"Not yet. We all just call her Baby," Xue Liping hurriedly answered and glanced sideways at the other women before approaching the crib closer, "Mr. Li, since you are the child’s paternal uncle, why don’t you give her a name"
It wasn't really Liyi's responsibility to name the baby, he wanted to leave this momentous occasion for his parents. However, listening to Xue Liping's suggestion, he understood what she was trying to do and smiled as he replied, "Since there is no official name yet, I will just give her a nickname first, and wait until my parents arrive before giving the baby an official one."
"Sure! You can go ahead and give her a nickname," Xue Liping ignored her daughter's slightly furrowed brow and encouraged Liyi to name the child.
Liyi thought for a moment and then said solemnly, "Nine months of pregnancy is incredibly arduous. Luoxi endured countless hardships from having this child to giving birth to her. My brother Li An and our family members are all well aware of the suffering she went through. This child carries half of the Li bloodline and half of the Yan bloodline. Let's name her Li Zhiyan, hoping that with a smile from her face, every day in her future will be full of happiness!"
"Li Zhiyan, Li Zhiyan..." Sch麗萍喃喃地唸了幾遍，隨後拍手叫道，“好聽，真是好聽，還有意境！”她轉頭看著太太團的幾個姐妹，似乎在征求意見，實則在炫耀，“大姐們，你們覺得這個名字好不好聽啊，厲展顏？”
"It's beautiful, a smile from Zhiyan is so poetic!" The women in the wives' group weren't stupid; they had heard Liyi propose this name themselves. How could they say it wasn't beautiful
"Yes, and her surname is also very special."
"Right, adding Luoxi's family name with a character like 'Zhi,' it’s truly ingenious!"
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The women in the wives' group echoed each other with their compliments. Liyi, on the other hand, gave a faint smile and sat down on the sofa closest to the baby's crib. Li An stood between his eldest brother and Yan Luoxi, occasionally whispering something to his brother and at other times turning around to give Yan Luoxi a flattering smile.
Seeing that Liyi was settling in for a longer stay, the women exchanged glances among themselves and decided it was time to leave this room with its low-pressure atmosphere. They quickly took their leave of Sch麗萍 and the Li brothers and others.
Xue Liping is smart and thinks that Li Yi must have come to persuade her daughter to return with Li An. Since the daughter has already had a child for someone else, it's only a matter of time before she returns to the Li family. She makes an excuse to invite several sisters from the ladies' circle for dinner, leaves Li An behind to take care of Yan Luoxi, and informs Li Yi that she is going out.
The noisy ladies' circle finally left, and without realizing it, Yan Luoxi let out a sigh of relief. She then saw Li Yi sitting on the sofa, clearly intending to have a long conversation with her, which made her nerves tense again.
When Li Yi saw Yan Luoxi's nervous expression, he happily smiled at her and said, "Luoxi, just now, I took the liberty of naming our child. You're not upset about that, right" Although the child carries his family name, he named the baby without getting Yan Luoxi's consent.
"Of course I'm not upset. Thank you for giving the child a name, Brother Li." Yan Luoxi tried her best to smile at Li Yi, though she didn't find it easy to do so.
Yan Luoxi couldn't smile because it wasn't about Li Yi naming the child; rather, since she was raised by the Li family from a young age and this child is an actual member of the Li family, bearing their family name is only natural.
In her character, there's a bit of shrewdness. She isn't one of those determined single mothers who insist on doing things their own way. She understands more than anyone that if the little girl grows up under the banner of being a child of the Li family, she will be a wealthy princess; but growing up with her would mean suffering hardships in the future.
She raises boys to endure hardship and girls in luxury. Her little girl should grow up as a rich and powerful young princess of the Li family.
The reason Yan Luoxi couldn't smile was that she felt nervous, knowing what Li Yi would say next and fearing she wouldn't know how to refuse him.men, laughed and chatted as they walked out of the restaurant, their faces flushed red, clearly having just had drinks.The others waved goodbye to Zhou Guangtao and He Yufan before heading towards the...