There was a knock on the door.
"Ning'er, are you done packing?" Fu Linxiao's voice came from outside the door.
Jiang Luoning was startled by the man's voice. He glanced at the phone that hadn't been hung up yet, immediately turned down the volume, and shouted towards the door, "I'll be there soon. Go wait for me downstairs."
Fu Linxiao outside the door didn't notice anything wrong, but just stood at the door waiting for the little girl to go down together.
"Wilding! I have something to do here. If you are bored, go find Ah Xing." Jiang Luoning picked up the phone again, said something briefly and hung up.
She hurriedly put away her phone, calmed her racing heart, opened the door, and was startled by the man in front of it.
"Oh my god! Lin, Brother Lin Xiao! No, didn't I tell you to go down first? Why are you still here?"
"Waiting for you! Seeing that you haven't come out yet, I thought of waiting for you to go down together." Jiang Luoning thought that he was scared by his action of standing at the door, and didn't have any crazy thoughts; he still held the little girl's hand and walked downstairs lovingly.
Jiang Luoning followed Fu Linxiao awkwardly, feeling a strange sense of apprehension as if she were being caught. She calmed herself down and shook off the chaotic thoughts in her head, consoling herself by telling herself that she had only answered a phone call and hadn't done anything to her man behind his back. What was she imagining? It must be an illusion!
In the restaurant downstairs, Fu Linxiao brought all the little girl's favorite food to the table. Looking at the dazzling array of food, Jiang Luoning inexplicably felt a sense of guilt. He sat at the table and ate without saying a word, but his thoughts drifted away.
"Ning'er, what's going on with the AX Group charity dinner?"
Fu Linxiao remembered the conversation between Ah Xing and Han Tianyu in the office in the afternoon, and took the initiative to ask the little girl.
Jiang Luoning was stunned at first. After thinking for a while, he still didn't know how to answer. He just stared at the man for a long time but couldn't find a good answer.
"Little girl, why don't you let me guess?"
"AX Group suddenly changed its name a few years ago. You were also in Country A at that time. I remember their CEO Su Yu mentioned at the press conference that there was a behind-the-scenes helper above her position, but no one knows who that person is, let alone has ever met him. If I'm not mistaken, the person Su Yu mentioned is you!"
Seeing that the mask he had worked so hard to hide was so easily exposed by the man, Jiang Luoning felt very unhappy, so he pretended to be angry and asked, "When did you know?"
Fu Linxiao looked proud but ignored Jiang Luoning's question. Instead, he asked again, "Did you design the dress for the engagement party as well?"
"Fu Linxiao! You! Are you secretly investigating me?!"
Seeing that all her little secrets were exposed by the man, Jiang Luoning was a little furious, but she didn't want to admit defeat. She could only find another way and pretend to be angry and question, pointing the finger at the man.
Fu Linxiao was really amused by the little girl's unreasonable and adorable way of blaming others. The corners of his eyes raised slightly, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise, but he couldn't help but continue to tease Jiang Luoning: "What? You can't hide it anymore, so you start to act like a spoiled child with me?"
"I'm not going to pay any attention to you!" Jiang Luoning saw that she couldn't win the argument with Fu Linxiao, and was afraid that the man would find out more, so she threw her chopsticks on the table and stood up, intending to leave the table.
Fu Linxiao thought the little girl was really angry with him, so he quickly stood up and grabbed Jiang Luoning's hand across the dining table.
"Wrong, wrong! I was wrong! I didn't investigate you! You were the one who gave yourself away!"
After hearing Fu Linxiao's explanation, which was better than nothing, Jiang Luoning was even more embarrassed. He shook off the man's hand and walked towards the sofa. Seeing this, Fu Linxiao hurriedly chased after him.
"Ning'er, I was just being mean for a moment. Just pretend I know nothing, okay?"
Jiang Luoning felt that his method was effective, so he did not continue to make trouble. He pursed his lips and said magnanimously:
"Okay then, I forgive you!"
Fu Linxiao put his arm around the little girl's waist and pulled her hard, and they both sat down on the sofa.
"Ning'er, it was actually because of the day when we went to AX to pick up the dress, plus you and Axing's understanding of the room structure at the Hidden Cloud Hall, and some of the little secrets you accidentally let slip~"
Fu Linxiao used a tone like coaxing a child to explain to Jiang Luoning how he realized the reason.
"Then who else knows about this?" Jiang Luoning stopped struggling and could only face the reality in a deep voice.
The man thought for a moment, then told him his guess; "Your brother Tianyu should have guessed something too? He kept testing Ah Xing with me today, and that silly boy probably hasn't noticed it yet!"
Jiang Luoning felt sad and distressed about Ah Xing, this innocent and simple boy. But now that things have come to this, if you think about it carefully, the identity of the behind-the-scenes president of AX Group will be exposed sooner or later. After all, her future plans will require the assistance of AX. It seems that it is better to find an opportunity to confess this relationship to everyone.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Luoning finally made up his mind.
"Brother Linxiao, invite Brother Tianyu and my brother to come over tomorrow!"
Before Jiang Luoning could finish her words, Fu Linxiao understood what the girl was trying to do and responded, "That's good. It saves them from being so curious and making them guess all day long!"
Jiang Luoning didn't say anything and just nodded; the matter was settled.
After Fu Linxiao comforted the little girl, he gave her a few instructions and then got up to go to the kitchen to reheat the cold food.
But as soon as the man entered the kitchen, Jiang Luoning looked worried. She remembered the phone call she had just received in the room. Other things were easy to deal with, but how to deal with the eldest son of the Earl's family.
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