"Yang Lu, are you alright? Where is that person?"

As soon as Nian Xixi opened her eyes, she saw Yang Lu looking at her. Thank goodness, he's alright! She thought she was going to die this time!

Nian Xixi searched around but couldn't find any trace of the Blood Demon, which surprised her.

"I don't know, my weird uncle just left suddenly after receiving a phone call."

"Looks like we're lucky!"

Upon hearing Yang Lu's words, Nian Xixi felt relieved and quickly led Yang Lu away from there.

"Can't contact Blood Demon?! Could something have happened to him?"

Having just finished his battle with Fang Suyun, Huang Zhang listened to his subordinate's words and immediately asked in confusion, "In the past, Blood Demon would definitely have given me a response at this time. Could something have happened?"

After hearing this, Fang Suyun shook her head and said.

"I think you're overthinking it. After all, he's ranked 101st on the Dragon Battle Ranking. Who can do anything to him? He probably has some urgent business to attend to."

"That's true, let that idiot live a little longer. By the way, have you found out the identity of the person who took Yang Luren away?"

"We found out. The person who took Yang Luren away is Nian Xixi."

"The Nian family, Nian Xixi? Could it be that the Nian family is secretly opposing us?!"

Huang Zhang began to ponder. The Nian family was once a prominent family in Anzhou, and Nian Xixi had countless admirers. Speaking of which, he himself was one of those admirers back then! Unfortunately, Nian Xixi didn't even glance at him.

This time, he and the Fang family were being secretly targeted. Could it be that the Nian family was behind it all?

"It shouldn't be the Nian family; they don't have the guts now. Not long ago, the Nian family was trying to curry favor with our Fang family, hoping to get some help from them! If nothing unexpected happens, taking that idiot away was Nian Xixi's own private action."

The Nian family is now in dire straits. The patriarch has passed away, the current head of the family is missing, and the family's investments have failed. Calling them a third-rate family wouldn't be an exaggeration. Not long ago, the Nian family even asked the Fang family for help.

A family like that has no chance of opposing the two major families. If nothing unexpected happens, it was Nian Xixi's own doing.

"Her private actions? Why would she do that?"

"I don't know, but I'll find out soon. This Friday is the day of our Fang family's new product launch. I'll have the Fang family come over. Oh, and I'll make sure they bring Nian Xixi and that idiot too!"

Fang Suyun's face shone with the look of a victor. In Anzhou, she was just an ordinary woman, while Nian Xixi was the most beautiful of the five, with at least a reinforced platoon of suitors.

Back then, when I saw her at the ball, I felt ashamed of myself.

But things are different now. Wherever she goes, she's the center of attention, while she's left only to pick up her own trash! It's utterly ridiculous!

And that idiot Yang Lu, he's the main character this Friday, how can he be absent? The product the Fang family is about to release is made with his blood.

I must make him see just how popular this product is because of him!

"Wow, that must be really exciting!"

Huang Zhang found the thought of Yang Lu and Nian Xixi having to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy in front of everyone in Anzhou amusing!

"Yang Lu, don't say anything later, just say 'hmm,' okay??"

"Um."

"You... your learning ability is really impressive!"

Nian Xixi took Yang Lu to a nearby shopping mall to buy him a set of clothes, then got him a handsome haircut. When they returned to their home, she didn't rush in but instead gave him some instructions.

I was worried that he wouldn't understand what I was saying, but now it seems I was overthinking it.

Nian Xixi took a deep breath and pushed the door open to enter.

"Girl, you're finally back! How did I get your number...? Uh, who is this?!"

Just as the two entered the house, a middle-aged woman who looked somewhat similar to Nian Xixi and had a slightly haggard face came out. She was Nian Xixi's mother, Zhang Mingyue.

Zhang Mingyue was about to scold her daughter for not answering her calls when she suddenly saw Yang Lu standing behind her.

Yang Lu was already tall and handsome, and now, with his high-end suit and flowing hairstyle, he looked incredibly dashing. Zhang Mingyue was stunned for a moment.

"Mom...this is Yang Lu, my friend. He's staying at our house tonight."

"friend?!"

Upon hearing her daughter's words, Zhang Mingyue's eyes lit up, and then she looked at Yang Lu and said.

"Xiao Yang, you've known my Xixi for a long time, haven't you?!"

"Um."

Are you two in a romantic relationship?

"Um."

Yang Lu nodded and said "Mmm," while thinking to himself, "This isn't my fault, you're the one who made me say 'Mmm.'"

"Mom, please don't ask such questions..."

Nian Xixi's forehead was immediately covered in cold sweat. She hadn't expected her mother to ask such questions right away. What a misunderstanding!

"What nonsense question! I've never seen you with someone of the opposite sex!"

"Waaaaah..."

"I knew it! No wonder you kept refusing blind dates, you had someone in mind! Why didn't you just tell me sooner?! Why did you keep it a secret!"

Zhang Mingyue burst into tears of joy. You see, she had worried herself sick over the years for her daughter's future.

I've introduced her to countless people, both myself and those around me, but her answer has always been the same: she doesn't like them. I even thought she was destined to live a lonely life.

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