Driver Xiao Chen secretly glanced at the rearview mirror.
Although it wasn't the first time Xiao Chen had witnessed the two's way of getting along, he still found it somewhat unacceptable.
You should know that just before coming to pick up Miss Xu, Mr. Li had gotten quite angry over a minor oversight in the project.
This made Xiao Chen extremely nervous the whole way, fearing that he might be caught in the crossfire.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Miss Xu appeared, Mr. Li acted as if nothing had happened.
Xiao Chen, steeling himself, interrupted their conversation: "Sir, shall we go to Cloud Top Villa?"
Li Xian asked Xu Nuo, "Where do you want to go back to?"
Xu Nuo thought about it for a moment.
Yunding Villa is a half-hour drive from the school, so it's closer to the apartment. However, Xu Nuo stayed at the school for rehearsals for the past few days, and she didn't go back last night because it was too late.
To be honest, it's been almost ten days since I went back to live there.
I wonder how the flowers and plants I planted before are doing.
Let's go back and take a look.
Xu Nuo sat up straight: "Let's go back to Cloud Peak Manor."
"Yes." Xiao Chen nodded and immediately drove towards Yunding Mountain Villa.
Xu Nuo leaned back against him, her voice sounding a little reluctant, and poked his chest with her fingertip: "How many days are you going to be gone this time?"
Li Xian reached out and grabbed her groping fingers, holding them gently: "It will take half a month."
"Half a month?"
If she has a holiday, can she go to Meixiang's house and stay for a few days?
Liu Meixiang had long wanted Xu Nuo to stay at her house for a few days, but Li Xian wouldn't allow it, so Xu Nuo hadn't been able to stay.
Li Xian saw her big eyes blinking, and instead of reluctance to part, he could see an emotion called "happiness and excitement".
Li Xian frowned slightly, unable to resist reaching out to pinch her soft cheek: "Are you happy?"
"Hmm." Xu Nuo protested by turning her head away, rescuing her face, and threw herself into his arms, whimpering and pretending to cry: "No, I really don't want to leave you, waaaaah, how can you bear to leave me for so long? I'll be scared by myself."
Xiao Chen's teeth ached from the sweet, coquettish voice, but he forced himself to remain silent and put on an expression as if he hadn't heard anything.
Li Xian sighed and pulled the person closer: "Come with me."
Xu Nuo decisively refused: "No, it's too hot in Guangzhou."
At this time, it was almost autumn in Shanghai, but the weather in Guangzhou was still as hot as in July and August.
Moreover, Li Xian was there to discuss the development of new land, which required him to inspect the land and hold meetings, making his schedule inevitably tight.
Xu Nuo probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
He hugged the person again.
I am very reluctant to part with it.
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The Yunding Mountain Villa boasts a beautiful environment, with each independent villa built in an elegant and high-class style. The couple's home is the third villa to the right after turning right at the main gate.
Before she even arrived, Xu Nuo saw several people standing in front of her house.
Everyone marveled at the honeysuckle climbing up her house's outer wall.
The delicate white flowers, set against the backdrop of emerald green leaves, completely covered the newly built exterior wall.
Honeysuckle has heat-clearing and detoxifying properties, making it more practical than ornamental flowers. Xu Nuo planted two wild honeysuckle vines inside the wall.
I never imagined that after only ten days away, he would have grown into this state.
The white villa looked like a castle in a magical forest.
The owner has returned, and the people who were admiring the flowers turned their attention to the car as it slowly came to a stop.
A young-looking girl asked in a low voice, "Is this Li Xian's car?"
The middle-aged woman in the cheongsam hummed in agreement, smiled, and walked to the car. She first greeted Li Xian, saying, "Mr. Li."
Li Xian helped Xu Nuo down, carrying her schoolbag in one hand, and nodded to Ji Meiling: "Political Commissar's wife."
Ji Meiling has always paid attention to skincare, and her appearance is considered young among her peers. However, her cheekbones are slightly high and her nose is long and straight, making her look somewhat unfriendly.
She said to Li Xian, "My husband, Lao Liu, wanted to invite you over for drinks yesterday, but when we got there, we found no one was home."
Li Xian said, "I'm really sorry, I'll visit Political Commissar Liu in person next time."
Ji Meiling waved her hand: "It's alright. I know you're busy. I heard there's another construction project going on in Guangzhou?"
Li Xian nodded: "Yes."
Ji Meiling nodded, glancing at Li Xian's arm around Xu Nuo's shoulder, a hint of a smile in her eyes: "Is this the lover that Old Master Liu mentioned?"
I heard he came from a small county town and his family background was just average.
However, he does have a good-looking appearance.
Li Xian turned to look at Xu Nuo, his usually cold face now showing a tenderness he never showed to others: "Yes, she is my wife, named Xu Nuo, Nuonuo. This is Political Commissar Liu's wife, she lives next door."
Xu Nuo smiled at Ji Meiling, her voice sweet yet neither humble nor arrogant: "Hello."
Ji Meiling smiled and said, "Hello, hello, come here, Xiaoqin, Peiyi."
This was the first time Liu Xiaoqin and Su Peiyi had met Li Xian. They had been observing him for a while when he called them over, and Su Peiyi's face flushed slightly.
Ji Meiling said to Xu Nuo, "This is my daughter Xiaoqin, and my niece Peiyi."
Liu Xiaoqin said, "Hello."
Su Peiyi said to Xu Nuo in a graceful manner, "Hello, Mrs. Li, you are very beautiful."
Xu Nuo was in a hurry to get home to see her little flowers and plants and had no intention of chatting, but out of politeness she couldn't just turn away, so she smiled at them and said, "Hello, you can just call me Xu Nuo."
Su Peiyi then looked at Li Xian: "Hello Mr. Li, my name is Su Peiyi."
Li Xian gave a faint "hmm".
Ji Meiling paused in her smile, then looked at Xu Nuo as if nothing had happened.
Xu Nuo leaned against Li Xian, soft and delicate, as beautiful as a dodder flower, her voice full of sweet charm.
Ji Meiling watched and thought that Xu Nuo was just lucky; she had temporarily captured Li Xian's heart with her pretty face.
Men are fickle; they may say they love you now, but tomorrow they might be holding someone else in their arms.
Ji Meiling had an idea in mind. She walked over and took Su Peiyi's hand: "Peiyi, Mr. Li's wife is from Shanghai University. Don't you want to apply to Shanghai University? Come and learn from her more often when you have time."
Su Peiyi nodded: "I understand, Auntie."
Ji Meiling then said, "I don't know how you grew these flowers? I've tried growing quite a few, but they either wither or don't bloom. This is the first time I've seen someone grow flowers like this. Did you hire a gardener?"
Such a large area of honeysuckle vines is indeed not something that an ordinary person can grow.
Xu Nuo shook her head: "We grew them ourselves, there's nothing special about them, we just water them on time."
Xu Nuo simply stuck the flower branches into the soil that Li Xian had turned over, and then hopped around on them to tamp the soil down. It was all thanks to the flower and grass water.
Ji Meiling exclaimed in surprise: "You can grow it like this just by watering it?"
This is indeed a bit unbelievable. Li Xian said, "No matter what Nuonuo plants, it will grow very well."
"Really?" Ji Meiling looked at Xu Nuo again, thinking of the flower garden in front of the Liu family's house, which had recently been blooming brightly and fragrantly: "You planted the flowers at Old Master Liu's house, didn't you? I didn't expect you to have such abilities."
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