Chapter Twenty-Seven

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Ni Xuanyi heard Li Yi mention Li An and suddenly remembered what had happened at school that morning. The incident was ultimately because of her, so she felt it best to tell Li Yi about it.

"Brother Li Yi, today Li An got into a fight with one of my classmates at school because of me," Ni Xuanyi said uneasily to Li Yi.

Li Yi gave a soft hum.

Ni Xuanyi didn't know what he was thinking and explained further: "Sorry, Brother Li Yi. It's all my fault that Li An got into the fight..."

Li Yi smiled indifferently: "Xuanxuan, don’t feel any psychological burden about reporting this matter immediately. Since he was a child, Li An has been a troublemaker par excellence; his knack for stirring up trouble is innate. I’ll have someone handle it. These kinds of issues are nothing new for him. This one’s just minor."

Ni Xuanyi felt rather foolish. She had thought that Li Yi would be shocked or angry upon hearing about Li An's involvement in a fight, but given Li An’s long-standing habit of causing trouble without any regard and having others clean up his messes for him, it made sense that someone would take care of this situation for him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared act with such impunity.

Seeing that Ni Xuanyi was silent, Li Yi thought she was overthinking things and continued: "This kid is always like this. In his lifetime, he’ll only show patience to one girl. Any other girls who cross him will definitely get a taste of his temper."

Ni Xuanyi had an idea after hearing what Li Yi said. “Who is it Is it that Xiaoli”

Li Yi softly responded, "Yes, but Xiaoli has left now. You mustn’t mention her name to Li An and provoke him."

"Does Li An love her very much" Ni Xuanyi asked cautiously.

"Hmm. Probably so. But Li An is too arrogant; perhaps he still refuses to admit this kind of love." Li Yi let out a faint sigh.

For some inexplicable reason, Ni Xuanyi suddenly felt envious of the girl named Yan Luoxi. Regardless of anything else, she was being silently pined for and passionately loved by a man.

"I never would have thought that Li An, with his character, could still be so resolute in love. The girl named Luoxi must feel very fortunate." Ni Xuanyi spoke with some感慨 (gǎnkǎi), but then felt that her感慨was inappropriate and tried to ease the mood by jokingly asking, "Is Li An's infatuation innate or acquired"

"Innate," Li Yi replied unexpectedly seriously. "He acts like my father did; my father treated Mother very well."

Ni Xuanyi nodded in agreement. "Yes, I've heard about this."

Li Yi was surprised. "Where did you hear it Do your classmates talk about such things"

"I didn't hear it from my classmates; I heard it when I was at the Golden Triangle," Ni Xuanyi said with interest.

"You knew about my father and mother even back then in the Golden Triangle" Li Yi was even more surprised.

"Of course, I did know." Ni Xuanyi raised her eyebrows excitedly. "In the Golden Triangle, everyone—both adults and children—knew of Mr. Li. He had a very legendary quality about him. When I was young, my grandfather would often tell me stories about Mr. Li. The tale of his romance with Mrs. Li became quite a beautiful legend, and everyone knew that Mr. Li doted on Mrs. Li."

Li Yi smiled silently to himself; it was fortunate that Father had been strong enough so that the whole world didn't know Mother was his weakness, his vulnerable spot.

Ni Xuanyi, reaching her peak of excitement, wanted to ask about the truth—Would Li Yi brother also be as infatuated as Grandpa Li and Li An But she then felt it inappropriate and bit her lip timidly asking, "Brother Li Yi, have you never dated a girlfriend I've visited your home several times but have never seen you bring one back."

Lili was exceptionally smart. Even though he wasn't good at analyzing little girls' thoughts, he still noticed Ni Xuanyi's unusual behavior. He didn't want to mislead the young girl and thus straightforwardly answered: "I don’t have a girlfriend, but I also haven’t planned on getting one recently."

"Why" Ni Xuanyi blurted out.

Lili’s lips curled up slightly. He looked at Ni Xuanyi with a complex gaze for two seconds before shaking his head and saying gently, "I don't think it's the right time yet."

When will it be the right time Wait until I grow up

A girl in love would analyze an unintentional remark made by her crush into numerous versions, most of which had a strong self-comforting nature.

Ni Xuanyi's agitated mind was in a mess. She didn’t speak for a long while.

No matter how smart Lili was, he wouldn't know what she was thinking at this moment. He順勢說道: "Xuanxuan, are you tired Do you need me to turn off the lights"

Ni Xuanyi couldn’t fall asleep at all right now. Lili was not far from her. Her heart was racing so much that she couldn't even calm down and sleep.

She turned her head to see Lili intently looking at her, feeling embarrassed and saying softly: "I can’t sleep... Brother Lili, if you’re sleepy, go ahead and sleep first."

Lili was afraid that the little girl would start imagining things again, so he試探性的問了一些有難度的問題. He frowned slightly before saying, "Then I’ll tell you a story."

Ni Xuanyi looked at Lili’s indifferent expression in disbelief. Would he actually be able to tell a story

Liyi smiled at her. "I'll tell you about some of my experiences abroad. Some are quite interesting." After saying that, he started to narrate seriously.

His voice was still somewhat indifferent and lacked much emotion, but in Ni Xuanyi's ears, it was the most moving melody in the world. The man she had been longing for could actually lie here and tell her stories just to help her fall asleep faster.

Ni Xuanyi, who already liked Liyi very much, now felt a rapid surge of affection towards him.

Unconsciously, Ni Xuanyi was drawn into Liyi's story. It seemed as if they were in the Middle East desert area, with an endless sea of sand. They drove off-road vehicles on the only road available and raced ahead...

Ni Xuanyi relaxed completely amid this somewhat monotonous story and fell asleep.

She had never experienced such a pleasant and joyful sleep before. When she woke up feeling content, it was already bright outside; a nurse was waiting nearby with a thermometer and blood pressure monitor.

Ni Xuanyi turned around to see that Liyi had long been awake. He was dressed neatly and calmly reading the morning newspaper on the sofa. Ni Xuanyi's face flushed red as she realized she had woken up late.

The nurse took Ni Xuanyi’s temperature and blood pressure and left. Ni Xuanyi quickly got out of bed to wash up.

After finishing her morning routine, Ni Xuanyi came out to see that Liyi had already arranged a sumptuous breakfast for her. He kept urging her, "You must eat breakfast on time every day and have more food. The doctor said your fainting was related to missing breakfast."

"Alright, don't worry. I'll eat more." Ni Xuanyi wanted to please Liyi, so she listened to him obediently. She watched his expression as she ate an egg, two steamed buns, and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge. Feeling full and round, she finally saw Liyi nod in satisfaction. "Yes, this is how you should eat your breakfast from now on." then felt that her感慨was inappropriate and tried to ease the mood by jokingly asking, "Is Li An's infatuation innate or acquired""Innate," Li Yi replied unexpectedly seriously. "He acts like my father...