Under Gu Jingxing's persistent pleading, Li Zixiao finally couldn't hold back any longer and surrendered, saying, "Okay, okay, I promise you."
"Yay! That's great! Brother is the best!" Li Qingling jumped up excitedly. Gu Jingxing, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, staring at Li Zixiao in disbelief. "What the heck, brother, you're so unreliable! Didn't we agree to stand together and never agree to Ling'er's request? How could you compromise so quickly? You've become the bad guy!"
After saying that, Gu Jingxing turned his face away angrily and ignored everyone.
Li Zixiao wasn't good at coaxing people, so he could only look to Li Qingling for help. Li Qingling understood immediately, snuggled into Gu Jingxing's arms, rubbed her soft cheek against his shoulder, and said in a soft voice, "I know that brother is all bark and no bite, and that you really can't bear to reject Ling'er, right? Right?"
Li Qingling tried various ways to tease Gu Jingxing, and after a few rounds, Gu Jingxing was so amused by her cute and gentle demeanor that he lost all his temper.
"Alright, alright, I give up. Tell me, how do you want to celebrate Nie Yu's birthday?"
Seeing that her second brother had agreed, Li Qingling was even happier. She ran to her desk, took out the surprise plan she had written in advance, and placed it in front of her two brothers.
Upon seeing the plan, Li Zixiao's face immediately darkened. "You want me to push the cake for him?"
“Brother, aren’t you socially awkward? This is perfect for you!” Li Qingling said in a serious tone.
After hearing this, Li Zixiao had no reason to refute it and obediently accepted the arrangement.
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A week passed quickly. On Saturday, Li Qingling specially instructed the family chef to prepare a sumptuous dinner, but Nie Yu's phone had been unreachable since the previous night.
The birthday party, which should have been filled with laughter and joy, suddenly became somber.
Li Qingling sat on the sofa, staring at the black phone screen, hoping that Nie Yu would call her back.
Li Zixiao, Gu Jingxing, and Tianbao stood behind her. Seeing her gloomy face, their resentment towards Nie Yu grew even stronger.
"This is the first time I've seen Ling'er so unhappy." Li Qingtian frowned, looking worriedly at Li Qingling, who remained silent on the sofa. Gu Jingxing grew angrier the more he thought about it, almost throwing the confetti canister in his hand to the ground. "What exactly does Nie Yu mean? Ling'er kindly helped him prepare a birthday banquet, and he dared to stand her up? I'm going to the Nie family right now to kidnap him!"
"Jingxing, calm down." Li Zixiao stopped him in time. Although he couldn't bear to see Ling'er suffer, if he thought about it carefully, since Nie Yu had already promised Ling'er, he shouldn't ignore her. Maybe something happened on the way. "Let's wait with Ling'er for a while longer."
"Yes, yes, let's wait a little longer, Brother Jingxing."
After being persuaded by the two men, Gu Jingxing suppressed his anger, turned around and ran to the kitchen, saying, "I'll ask the chef to reheat the food."
Meanwhile, the Nie family was holding a banquet to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Nie Family Group. Butler Han placed a custom-made suit on the bed and said respectfully, "Young Master, Master and Madam have already gone out to greet the guests. Please change your clothes and come downstairs quickly."
"Butler Han, I can't attend today." Nie Yu came out of the bathroom, already dressed in a suit. Despite his young age, he already exuded the air of a mature gentleman, with broad shoulders, a slim waist, and long legs. He was a walking clothes hanger.
"Young Master, where are you going?" Butler Han asked in shock. "This banquet is very important. You know that Master and Madam care a lot about their reputation. If you don't show up soon, outsiders will start making all sorts of wild guesses and rumors, and then Master and Madam will take their anger out on you."
"Let them do as they please, I have more important things to do now." Nie Yu glanced at the time; half an hour had passed since the start time of the birthday party on the invitation Li Qingling had sent him, and he couldn't delay any longer.
Seeing that he had already reached the door, Butler Han rushed forward to block him, saying, "Young Master, you can't go! I'm begging you, this will only make your life in the Nie family more difficult. You've endured this for so long, I beg you, please bear with it a little longer."
Nie Yu was well aware of the pros and cons involved, but if Li Qingling was among the choices, he would always unconditionally side with her.
"Butler Han, don't stop me. Today I just want to do what I want to do."
This was the first time Butler Han had looked him directly in the eyes. His eyes, which used to be like a stagnant pool, seemed to have been sprinkled with a few rays of light, and they were no longer so cold.
At this moment, he finally saw a trace of human emotion in Nie Yu, no longer like before, just a soulless shell, mechanically living in this world.
Butler Han paused for a second, then finally released his grip on the doorknob and took a few steps back.
Nie Yu nodded slightly and stepped out of the door almost without hesitation.
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Li Family Villa
The food that Gu Jingxing had instructed the kitchen to reheat had already gone cold again. He looked up at the wall clock; an hour had passed.
"Forget it, he's definitely not coming. Let's think about how to comfort Ling'er later."
As soon as Gu Jingxing finished speaking, the doorbell rang.
Before he could react, Li Qingling on the sofa seemed to have been injected with adrenaline. Without even putting on her shoes properly, she rushed to the door barefoot and opened it with a smile on her face.
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