Me and My Cold CEO Wife

Chapter 2098 - 2087: Irrelevant Personnel

"I'll settle the score with you later."Ning Fan held Lan Kexin's hand and said softly, "Kexin, let me introduce you."

Looking at the few faces in front of her that were all wearing half-smiles, Lan Kexin finally came back to her senses. Her face instantly turned crimson like blood, and she lowered her head once again.

"Miss Lan…"

Before Xu Ruolan could finish, Lan Kexin, not knowing where she got the courage, yanked her hand out of Ning Fan's grip and knelt down on the spot. "President Xu, it's all my fault. I was the one who seduced Ning Fan. If you want to blame someone, blame me alone."

"It appeared, it really appeared… Ow, sis, why are you hitting me?"

Xu Xiaoqing looked at her big sister in dissatisfaction, then wilted under that sharp gaze.

"Miss Lan, please get up first."

As she spoke, Xu Ruolan hurriedly helped Lan Kexin up. "I invited you over today, not to blame you, but because there's something I want to talk to you about."

Ning Fan gave a dry laugh. "Kexin, hurry and get up."

Just then, Xu Ruolan said, "Irrelevant personnel may leave the room now."

"Who's 'irrelevant personnel'?"

Ning Fan looked left and right, not seeing any extra person here.

"Brother-in-law, what are you looking around for? She's talking about you."

"I…"

Ning Fan shamelessly said, "What is there that I can't know?"

"This is a ladies' conversation. Hubby, you're not going to be that ungentlemanly, are you?"

"Then I'll go first. Kexin, don't be scared."

"Kexin, Kexin—calling her that so intimately. You find a new love and forget the old one just like that."

Hearing this, Lan Kexin felt even more awkward. She wanted to get up and leave, but realized her hand was being tightly held by Xu Ruolan.

"Xiaoqing, stop talking nonsense, or you can leave too."

"Fine, I won't say it."

Xu Xiaoqing complained at Ning Fan, "Why aren't you going? Staying here hoping to eavesdrop?"

"Eavesdrop? Meier, I'm counting on you."

Su Meiniang gave Ning Fan a troubled look, then formed a Spell seal with both hands.

Feeling a fleeting ripple flash through the air, Ning Fan's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know exactly what Spell Su Meiniang had cast, but it definitely had to do with soundproofing.

Sure enough, when Ning Fan had retreated to his room to 'face the wall and reflect', he could no longer hear anything: not a single sound, not even the breathing of the women.

Just as Ning Fan quietly cracked the door open, he heard Xu Ruolan say, "Hubby, don't you dare peek! Otherwise I'll be very disappointed in you."

There was no way to describe Ning Fan's current mood. Staring at his watch, watching the second hand tick, he finally experienced what it meant for every second to feel like a year.

His mind was focused on only one thing: finding out the outcome, so he couldn't think about anything else at all.

Like why Xu Ruolan had brought Lan Kexin home in the first place?

After waiting almost three hours, until Ning Fan's patience was completely gone, he finally couldn't help pushing the door open.

The moment the door opened, Ning Fan was utterly stunned. He even subconsciously rubbed his eyes.

The few women, including Lan Kexin, were actually sitting around the dining table chatting and laughing.

The only difference was that Lan Kexin's smile looked a bit stiff.

"Hubby, what are you standing there for? Hurry over here."

"Oh!"

Ning Fan dazedly walked toward the dining table. Only when he got close did he notice that Lan Kexin's cheeks were flushed, and her jewel-like eyes would sneak a look at him from time to time.

Every time she looked, she would duck her head down in shy delight, then lift it again.

"What on earth is going on?"

Ning Fan was completely lost. The only thing that reassured him was that Lan Kexin didn't seem emotionally unstable.

Xu Xiaoqing grinned mischievously. "Brother-in-law, those few hours just now must've been torture, huh?"

On a normal day, Ning Fan would have to give this bold little sister-in-law a good lesson, but right now he could only keep his head down and play the grandson.

"Hubby, sit down."

Hearing this, Ning Fan instinctively glanced at Lan Kexin, but weirdly enough, she acted like she hadn't heard a thing, still sitting there with her head bowed and ears burning.

"How can this be? She's not even a little curious?"

Because that line hadn't come from Xu Ruolan—it was Su Meiniang who'd said it.

"We're going. The rest is up to you."

Xu Ruolan stood up and dragged the unwilling-to-move Xu Xiaoqing away.

Once everyone had left, Ning Fan gently asked, "What did they say to you?"

With a sudden whoosh, Lan Kexin's face turned even redder.

"Kexin, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kept it from you."

"What do you want to know?"

…

No matter what Ning Fan asked, Lan Kexin only shook her head and stayed silent. Her expression was neither angry nor sad.

"What exactly did they say?"

Ning Fan was about to die from anxiety, yet had no idea what to do.

Just then, a voice suddenly sounded in Ning Fan's mind. "Hubby, Miss Lan has already agreed."

"She agreed?"

Ning Fan froze, then his eyes lit up with uncontrollable joy. Only that could explain Lan Kexin's current state.

Ning Fan couldn't help asking, "Kexin, you agreed?"

This time Lan Kexin finally reacted, shyly nodding her head.

"That's wonderful."

The thing Ning Fan had been worrying about all along could finally be put to rest.

Whether it was Xu Ruolan or Lan Kexin, they were both irreplaceable parts of his heart.

"Wifey, thank you."

Ning Fan finally understood why Xu Ruolan had invited Lan Kexin over tonight.

"Kexin, let's go out to the yard and talk."

Even though Lan Kexin hadn't spoken, Ning Fan knew she definitely had a lot of questions for him, so he told her everything.

With no outsiders around, Lan Kexin also opened up her heart.

Everything was just as Ning Fan had guessed: Xu Ruolan had already agreed to let Lan Kexin enter the household; she'd simply left the final decision to her.

"That's great."

Ning Fan tightly gripped Lan Kexin's hand. "I finally don't have to worry about losing you anymore."

Lan Kexin looked up and asked, "Won't you think I'm a bad woman?"

Everything that happened today felt like a dream to her.

She'd thought she was in Hell, but unexpectedly, in an instant she'd arrived in heaven.

"No. You're the best woman in the world."

…

"So mushy. My teeth are about to rot from the sweetness."

Xu Xiaoqing pouted. She'd never even heard him say those kinds of things to her.

"Sis, we've got one more 'Number Five' in the house. Who knows when Number Six or Seven will pop up?"

Xu Ruolan said coolly, "We'll talk about them when they show up. Without my say-so, they can forget about getting through that door."

"Sis, badass."

"Big Sis is right."

Su Meiniang nodded seriously. In her mind, a wife is a wife, and a concubine is a concubine.

"Actually, Miss Lan is pretty good. Better than some random woman out there."

Hearing that, Xu Ruolan smiled. "Didn't you oppose it before?"

"After seeing so much of this in the Celestial Clan, I'm long used to it."

Xu Xiaoqing had never really been against this sort of thing. She was like a child, only wanting more affection and attention.

No matter how many women Ning Fan found, as long as Second Sis's position remained unshakable, it was fine.

Thinking about how from now on there'd be one more person, like Su Meiniang, getting up early to come greet her, she actually felt a bit pleased.