Chapter 32 There's a Love Rival
After dinner that night, Xie Yanwen did not send Xu Nianyi back to the dormitory. His computer science professor wanted to see him about something, so he left early.
Ruan Yunheng was responsible for sending Xu Nianyi back.
On the way, Xu Nianyi asked about his father's situation in the past few days.
After Xu Nianyi's reminder that day, Ruan Yunheng coaxed his old man into going to the hospital for a check-up, and sure enough, he was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer.
Fortunately, it was discovered early, and after surgical removal, there was no need for chemotherapy.
When Ruan Yunheng heard the doctor say that if it was a few months later, the cancer would have metastasized, he was terrified. If Xu Nianyi hadn't come, his old man would have died young.
And his Ruan family will also be overthrown.
After saying this, Ruan Yunheng continued, "By the way, the old man and the old lady asked you to go visit them this weekend. They said they want to adopt you as their daughter. From now on, you and I will call them mom and dad."
Ruan Yunheng still told his parents about Xu Nianyi's situation.
The school was in an uproar, and inevitably rumors would spread back home. So when his family asked about it, Ruan Yunheng asked Xu Nianyi for her opinion, but ultimately chose to tell the truth.
After all, Xu Nianyi's identity in this world is safer with the help of two elders to cover for him.
Furthermore, Ruan Yunheng’s parents are very open-minded people with good personalities.
Ruan Yunheng said to Xu Nianyi at the time: "Don't worry, the two of us are very tight-lipped and will never reveal a single thing. Besides, you are already a member of the Ruan family, they love you so much. From now on, there will be two more people in this world who love our Yiyi."
Xu Nianyi was indeed born at a very bad time.
At that time, Ruan Yunheng's father had just passed away, and Ruan Yunheng's mother could not bear the blow and fell ill. Within two years, the family collapsed and Ruan Yunheng's mother also passed away.
From birth to the age of sixteen, Xu Nianyi depended on Ruan Yunheng.
Before Ruan Yunheng died, he sent her to Xie Yanwen, and she depended on Xie Yanwen for life.
Xu Nianyi had thought before that he might be a disaster star.
Even Xie Yanwen left the world so early because of her, right?
So when he came back here, Xu Nianyi wanted to do his best to change their fate.
Now that Ruan Yunheng's father's illness is under control, he should no longer be in danger for the time being. Next, Xu Nianyi feels that the problems concerning the Ruan family still need to be resolved.
Xu Nianyi asked Ruan Yunheng: "Do you know why the Ruan family, one of the three great families, fell so easily?"
Ruan Yunheng said nonchalantly: "Because the opponent is too shameless."
Xu Nianyi rolled his eyes: "Because you are not motivated."
“…”
Ruan Yunheng was speechless, but Xu Nianyi was very serious: "Do you know why Xie Yanwen chose to study computer science?"
The two of them walked slowly towards the girls' dormitory building. Xu Nianyi's gaze fell on the night, as if he could see the future through the night.
"Because the future belongs to artificial intelligence. The Xie family has already entered the emerging industry. In the future, the Xie family will almost monopolize the artificial intelligence industry in the entire F country, controlling the entire medical, transportation, and education industries. Do you know what this means?"
Ruan Yunheng's eyes gradually darkened, and he frowned without saying a word.
Xu Nianyi sighed again: "And the Ruan family still sticks to the same old ways, with traditional industries like real estate. Not to mention that it's already difficult to make money in real estate under current policies, other traditional industries are also easily replaced."
Originally, his foundation was the weakest among the three great families, and he was not motivated to make progress.
With the death of the backbone, the family members fought for power and fell apart, and almost instantly became a mess.
Being lectured by his own daughter, Ruan Yunheng touched his nose a little embarrassedly: "You can't be asking me to repair computers too?"
Xu Nianyi looked at him with disdain, "It's definitely too late. Besides, the Ruan family definitely can't compete with the Xie family on this path, and they can't compete with Xie Yanwen."
Boosting others' ambitions will destroy your own prestige.
Ruan Yunheng wanted to roll his eyes at her, but he held it back, "So what do you mean?"
Xu Nianyi: "What I mean is, although the Ruan family can't compete with the Xie family, it can still compete with the Xu family, right?"
Xu family?
Ruan Yunheng stroked his chin and thought, "The Xu family is in the entertainment industry. Do you mean to let the Ruan family focus on the entertainment industry?"
The Ruan family is now also involved in the entertainment industry, but it is not their main business. In the final analysis, it is just a small-scale venture.
The three major families are the most chaotic, perhaps because the Xu family is mainly engaged in the entertainment industry. Ruan Yunheng looks at the entertainment industry in the same way as he looks at the Xu family.
It's just a mess.
"Why else do you think I studied directing?"
Xu Nianyi didn't share his prejudices against the entertainment industry. Instead, he said, "I, Xu Nianyi, may not be able to memorize lottery numbers, but I know who the hottest stars will be in the next 30 years, and what the most popular dramas and variety shows will be. Do you think if we were to get into the entertainment industry, we'd lose to the Xu family?"
Ruan Yunheng pondered for a while and felt that what Xu Nianyi said made sense.
"But I still need to discuss this matter with the old man."
After all, it involves the entire family and it is not something that these two young people can decide.
"I'm just mentioning it now. Anyway, these things can't be done overnight. A lot of preparation is needed. When I have free time, I will first sort out the people and scripts that will be popular in the next few years."
It was a rare occasion for the two of them to talk about serious matters. They were still chatting when they reached the dormitory door until Xu Nianyi's phone rang. It was a message from Xie Yanwen, asking her what she wanted to eat tomorrow morning.
Xu Nianyi looked at his message and curled her lips slightly.
I thought he was angry.
She replied to him: I don’t want to eat milk and sandwiches tomorrow, let’s change to soy milk and pineapple buns.
Ruan Yunheng knew who had sent the message the moment he saw her expression. He leaned over to look at her phone, sighing, "Although I don't really want him to be my son-in-law, I have to say that Xie Tiantian is very broad-minded. If I were him, I would have ignored you long ago."
After Xu Nianyi finished replying to the message, he tilted his head and said, "So now you know why my mother still refuses to show up?"
Ruan Yunheng: “…”
Xu Nianyi put the phone away. "Now that I think about it, she probably doesn't like you that much. After all, you're so childish. She's probably just playing with you."
Ruan Yunheng: “?”
Xu Nianyi shrugged. "Poor dad, he died alone in his last life, and he doesn't know what to do in this life."
Ruan Yunheng vomited blood.
She was ruthless in hurting her father.
Xu Nianyi waved at him and said, "Remember to pay attention to what I just told you. I'm going in now. Bye~"
After saying that, he really walked into the dormitory without any reluctance.
Ruan Yunheng was left alone in the dark, vomiting blood.
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The next day was Friday. At five in the afternoon, the atmosphere in a small private room in an elegantly decorated coffee shop outside the school was particularly strange.
In the middle was a small square table, with Xu Nianyi, Ruan Yunheng and Xie Yanwen each occupying three sides of the table.
The boy sitting opposite Xu Nianyi with a serious expression and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who looked gentle and refined, was one of the brothers mentioned by Ruan Yunheng, a sophomore in the humanities department.
Xu Nianyi held the silver spoon and slowly stirred the coffee in the cup, looking at the boy opposite curiously.
Her appearance is acceptable, but she looks a little too well-behaved, or in other words, honest.
However, Xu Nianyi did not expect that Ruan Yunheng would meet his brother in this way. She thought he would call many people out to have a meal together, sing a song or something.
As a result, now it really feels like a blind date.
Look how scared that honest child is, his face is so pale that he can hardly breathe.
Ruan Yunheng leaned against the back of the chair unsteadily. "Don't be nervous. Didn't I tell you we're just out for a cup of coffee? What are you afraid of?"
Boy: “…”
You didn't say you were out for coffee with Young Master Xie.
The way Young Master Xie looked at him was almost the same as the way he looked at someone who had stolen his wife.
This thought made the boy subconsciously look up and glance at Xu Nianyi opposite him. The girl was looking at him curiously with her clear eyes.
The boy's mood was very complicated.
Before he came, he did know what Ruan Yunheng meant. Ruan Yunheng didn't like Xie Yanwen as his cousin's husband, so he wanted to find someone to steal Xie Yanwen's girl.
Of course, he didn't actually think he had that ability, but he just thought there would be no harm in getting to know the boss's sister.
However, he also admitted that he had some thoughts in a dark place in his heart.
Xu Nianyi is very popular in school now. Although no one dares to say anything openly due to the two big brothers, some boys are still discussing it secretly. They think Xu Nianyi looks like the kind of pure and coquettish girl who is easy to seduce.
Although he usually does not participate in these discussions, he listens to a lot of them secretly, and naturally has some thoughts in his mind.
If he could really have something going on with Xu Nianyi, would he still worry about his future job?
However, at this moment, all those thoughts disappeared. Stared at by Xie Yanwen's indifferent gaze, he just wanted to run.
"Master Heng, I..."
Before he could finish his words, Xie Yanwen, who had remained silent, spoke coldly, "What's your name?"
The boy was stunned, and when he met Xie Yanwen's calm and cold gaze, he realized that the question was directed at him.
He swallowed and looked at Ruan Yunheng again.
Ruan Yunheng just smiled and said, "It's okay. He just wants to get to know your basic situation."
“…”
The boy finally spoke in a low voice: "My name is Lin Hongan."
Xie Yanwen nodded, picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip, then lowered his eyes and stopped looking at him.
Lin Hongan breathed a sigh of relief, then heard Xie Yanwen's cold voice again: "Age?"
Lin Hongan's hand froze as he was about to pick up the coffee cup. He swallowed again and replied, "21."
"Where are you from?"
"Zicheng."
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"I have a brother."
"Is my brother married?"
"No, I'm still in graduate school."
Up to this point, the questions were quite casual. Apart from feeling a bit like an interview, the rest was not too difficult.
Lin Hongan slowly relaxed again.
However, Xie Yanwen suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Have you ever been in love?"
The expression that had just relaxed suddenly became unnatural.
Lin Hongan glanced at Xu Nianyi reflexively, but just as he looked over, Xie Yanwen's voice was faint: "I'm asking you if you've ever been in a relationship. What are you looking at her for?"
Ruan Yunheng rolled his eyes and sneered.
Xu Nianyi, on the other hand, kept curling his lips, supporting his chin with one hand, and looked at Xie Yanwen with a smile.
Xie Yanwen didn't look at her, but kept looking at Lin Hongan coldly: "Don't lie, I want to investigate you, it's very simple."
The thought that had just popped up in Lin Hongan's mind was suppressed again, and he spoke honestly: "Talked... talked to two."
This surprised both Ruan Yunheng and Xu Nianyi.
This honest man looks like the type who is devoted to reading sage books. I didn't expect that he has already dated two girls in his sophomore year.
Xie Yanwen's lips curved inexplicably: "When did you talk about this?"
Lin Hongan said weakly: "One in high school and one in freshman year."
Ruan Yunheng sat up straight in shock: "Fuck you, didn't you say before that you had never been in love?"
Lin Hongan's smile was stiff: "Well, I just..."
"Get lost! Don't let me see you again, you unlucky thing."
Ruan Yunheng was too lazy to listen to his explanation and started to chase him away with a grim look on his face.
Lin Hongan's face was pale and he left in embarrassment.
When the three of them were the only ones left in the box, Xie Yanwen dropped the coffee spoon in his hand. The silver spoon made a crisp sound as it hit the coffee cup. He sneered, "Is this your brother?"
Xu Nianyi also nodded vigorously. "You usually hang out with people like this. No wonder you haven't made any progress."
Ruan Yunheng: "...Can't I just meet the wrong person?"
This person is certainly not a good brother. In the final analysis, he is just someone who follows him around and licks him.
His brothers, who had a slightly better relationship with him, knew the relationship between Xie Yanwen and Xu Nianyi very well and did not dare to come at all.
Ruan Yunheng grabbed a handful of hair and said, "It's okay. Call the next one. The next one will definitely do it."
Xie Yanwen: “?”
You got another one.
Ruan Yunheng took out his cell phone and made a call: "I've called five people today, and you are not allowed to leave until we're done."
Xu Nianyi: "...You are so boring."
She looked at Xie Yanwen.
Xie Yanwen met her gaze, remained silent for two seconds, then lowered his eyes, still in that calm tone: "Okay."
The next few people came in just like before, and Xie Yanwen was responsible for "interviewing" them one by one.
From name, age, height to family relationships and past love history, Ruan Yunheng would immediately tell anyone who had been in a relationship to get lost.
His face looked worse and worse.
These people used to say that they were like pure white lotus flowers, each one of them was pure and flawless, but when Xie Yanwen asked them coldly, they turned out to be dirty cucumbers.
Damn it!
Could it be that Ruan Yunheng really couldn't find a son-in-law more pure than Xie Yanwen?
What's wrong with these boys nowadays? Why are they so shameless?
While waiting for the fifth boy, they had been sitting in the cafe for more than 40 minutes. Xu Nianyi drank two cups of coffee and was about to ask the waiter to refill her cup when she was stopped by Xie Yanwen.
It was a rare occasion for him not to talk to her through Ruan Yunheng in all these days, and his tone was not very good: "Don't you want to sleep tonight?"
After saying that, he asked the waiter to pour her a glass of warm water.
Xu Nianyi sighed: "I have seen so many monsters and demons. I can't sleep without drinking."
She also didn't expect that the first Lin Hongan was still normal.
The next three are worse than the last.
The guy who just got kicked out, dated five girls in his freshman year, three of them at the same time.
All time management masters want to learn from him.
Xu Nianyi slumped over the table with little energy: "Isn't the quality of the boys at Ocean University a little too poor?"
Even though she didn't really want to develop anything with these boys, she didn't expect this to be the result.
Thinking of this, Xu Nianyi became even more dissatisfied with Ruan Yunheng, "And you, what kind of people do you know?"
Ruan Yunheng was also very angry at the moment. He was the one who was badly fooled.
Xu Nianyi: "How about we not meet the last one? I'm afraid that not only will I not be able to sleep tonight, I won't even be able to eat dinner later."
Before Ruan Yunheng could say anything, there was a knock on the door of the private room. Then, a clear voice with a slight breath came from the door: "I'm sorry, Brother Heng, I'm late."
Xu Nianyi turned around listlessly, but when he saw the person standing at the door, his eyes suddenly widened and he sat up straight in an instant.
Xie Yanwen had been paying attention to her and saw all her reactions.
The little girl who was weak and lifeless just now suddenly had eyes that shone with light, even more sparkling and brighter than before when she looked at him.
Xie Yanwen's heart suddenly sank, and his gaze fell towards the door.
A boy in a red basketball uniform was standing in front of the door holding a basketball. His hair was light golden brown and he had a red headband on his forehead. He must have run here directly after playing basketball. He was panting and sweat was rolling down his forehead.
He looked completely youthful and ostentatious.
Ruan Yunheng was a little surprised: "Why is it you, you..."
Before he could finish, Xu Nianyi said with a smile: "It's not too late, not too late. As long as you come, it's not too late at all!"
Ruan Yunheng: “…”
This was the first time Xu Nianyi took the initiative to speak today.
Oh my, it seems this guy has potential.
Ruan Yunheng's eyes moved slightly, and his eyebrows raised involuntarily. When he looked at Xie Yanwen, there was a bit more of the enjoyment of watching the fun.
There is a love rival.
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