"Xiangxiang, this is my sister Xu Yan."

After Xu Nuo finished speaking, she said to Xu Yan, "This is Mei Xiang. You can call her Xiang Xiang, just like I do."

Liu Meixiang said with a smile, "Hello, Comrade Xu Yan. Nuonuo said her sister is a beauty, and she was right."

Li Xian naturally didn't participate in the girls' chatter. He silently retreated to the back, standing quietly like a very eye-catching statue.

Xu Nuo finished talking and turned around to see him.

He stood tall and straight, and the gazes fixed on her were focused.

He reached out his hand to her.

Xu Nuo naturally abandoned her old friends and sisters and threw herself into the arms of the handsome man.

Liu Meixiang took Xu Yan's hand and walked forward, muttering softly, "They're going to start being all lovey-dovey again, let's hurry up."

Xu Yan nodded, amused.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that Brother Li had this side to him.

That's really strange.

Because of the couple's happy occasion, everyone was in high spirits, and dinner was naturally enjoyed to the fullest.

The men even had a couple of drinks.

When it was over, Xu Jin'an was a little drunk. He held up his glass and swayed back and forth, showing Xu Nuo a wronged expression: "Oh dear, my daughter ran away with someone else. Now I'm a poor man without a daughter."

Liu Zhao patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, don't think like that. Your daughter will always be your daughter."

Xu Jinan was really drunk. He was thinking about how his precious daughter, whom he had raised with so much care, was going to be sent to someone else's house and wouldn't be able to stay by his side when he had free time. He felt lost and sad.

"My daughter, whom I raised with so much care, has been given away to someone else. Now I'm all alone."

Xu Nuo ran behind Xu Jin'an, wrapped her arms around his neck, and said coquettishly, "Dad, don't think like that. We're not at a loss. Look what a great son-in-law I've brought back for you. He's handsome and good at making money. We're not at a loss."

As she spoke, Xu Nuo winked at Li Xian from a distance, looking playful and cute.

Li Xian gazed at her, his eyes so tender they seemed to overflow with tears.

Seeing the two of them exchanging glances again, Xu Jinan felt even more like crying. He grabbed a handkerchief from the hotel and covered his face with it, his voice truly choked with sobs: "You little ungrateful wretch, you can't forget your old man. You have to come and see me and your mother often."

Seeing that he, a grown man, was actually crying, Xue Ping felt both amused and embarrassed. She patted Xu Jin'an's arm and wiped his face with a towel, saying, "Alright, alright, Lao Jin, stop crying. Look, there are so many people watching you cry."

Xu Jin'an's face was violently washed by Xue Ping, which made him a little more awake. With a dizzy head, he looked at Li Xian with a very serious expression: "Li Xian, you're not at a disadvantage either. My Nuonuo is very good. She's beautiful and has a good temper. Although she can't cook and is a bit lazy, she's just good. She's the best in the world. You have to treat her well, do you hear me?"

Li Xian stood up and replied very seriously, "Don't worry, I will."

Xu Jinan didn't know what was wrong with him, he just wanted to cry. Afraid that he would actually cry, he covered his face and lay down on the table, thinking he would lie there for a while before getting up.

After a while, Xu Jinan began to snore very evenly.

When they got back that night, Xu Jin'an pulled Li Xian aside to talk, and Xue Ping also quietly pulled Xu Nuo aside to remind him: "A man as good as Xiao Xian is hard to find even with a lantern, you have to cherish him and not take advantage of him."

Xue Ping was worried about this and that last night, but today she's praising him? Xu Nuo said in surprise, "Didn't you complain last night that Li Xian was too cold-hearted?"

Xue Ping clicked her tongue and pulled her in, saying, "I originally thought he was cold-hearted and was afraid that he wouldn't care enough about you if you lived together."

But Xue Ping knows now.

Li Xian was incredibly accommodating, taking meticulous care of her every need, from clothing to water, to the smallest details that even her, as her mother, felt somewhat ashamed of.

Xue Ping glared at her: "Meixiang told me that you even let others wash your clothes. Is that reasonable?"

Xu Nuo shrank her neck and said innocently, "It was Li Xianfei who insisted on washing me."

"They're just being affectionate towards you. Let me ask you, when you're together, who cooks?"

Xu Nuo replied matter-of-factly, "Li Xian."

"Then who will wash the dishes after we finish eating?"

Xu Nuo replied without hesitation: "Li Xian."

Who will mop the floor?

"Li Xian."

Who cleans the toilet?

“…Li Xian.”

…

In the end, Xue Ping gave high praise: "Li Xian is a really good kid, honest and hardworking. Don't bully him, okay?"

When Li Xian and Xu Jinan finished their conversation and came out, Xue Ping pulled him aside and said, "Xiao Xian, don't spoil her too much. If she gets up and starts climbing on the roof, just tell me, and I'll make sure she gets in trouble."

Xu Nuo couldn't understand how her usually loving mother had changed so much, becoming a member of Li Xian's camp overnight.

She tearfully told Li Xian, "My mom might not be my mom anymore. She seems to love you more."

Li Xian walked over and chuckled as he ruffled her hair: "Don't talk nonsense."

It was getting late, and the full moon hung high in the sky.

Before leaving, Xue Ping reminded Xu Nuo, "Get some rest early when you get back to school tonight, you'll be busy tomorrow."

Why?

Xue Ping remained mysterious and refused to say anything.

Xu Nuo found out the next day because Li Xian dragged her out of bed early in the morning, carried her to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face, and then, still half asleep, took her to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a marriage certificate.

When Xu Nuo held that bright red and professional marriage certificate in her hand, she was still a little dazed.

She blinked her big eyes: "I'm really married?"

In another time and space, I found my life partner.

Have they entered the hall of marriage?

Li Xian held her hand tightly, his fingertips trembling slightly.

Those eyes, dark and sparkling like the starry sky, stared straight at her: "Nuonuo, we're married."

The two of them took their marriage certificate and went to get some snacks.

The entire street of Yunan Ancient Alley is lined with snack stalls.

Pan-fried buns, pork rib rice cakes, fresh meat mooncakes, Shanghai-style steamed buns, crab shell pastries, small wontons, savory soy sauce, and glutinous rice balls with sesame filling…

It has everything.

Xu Nuo had eaten the crab roe soup dumplings from the first shop several times, and Li Xian always made a detour on his way home to buy them for her.

The freshly steamed buns fell neatly one by one into the steamer, emitting an enticing aroma.

Xu Nuo was afraid of getting burned, so Li Xian took a small spoon to catch the heat for her, blew on it twice, and then handed it to her, saying, "Be careful."

She took it, first carefully testing the temperature with her soft lips to make sure it wasn't too hot, then took a small bite of the bun skin, quickly covering the opening and sucking the delicious broth into her mouth.

Um…

Xu Nuo's eyes narrowed in enjoyment, a blissful smile playing at the corners.

"tasty!"

While they were enjoying their meal, the atmosphere at NomiBio's headquarters was somewhat somber.

“Really, Sister Feng, several people have asked about it in the past two days.”

Liu Xiaofeng frowned: "What did they say?"

"They say that our core patent for Nuomei was plagiarized from a prescription by an old Chinese medicine doctor named Chen Feng."