When Huo Qingyan came downstairs with a puzzled look, she noticed Wang Xinrui staring anxiously at the sofa in the living room. Following her gaze, she was surprised to find two Lan Nian figures.
However, one sat leisurely on the sofa, letting her brother Huo Qinghan and the Taoist priest Yunhe serve her tea and water, carefully attending to her needs; while the other stood behind the sofa like a bodyguard, her eyes wide open, scanning her surroundings, her hands behind her back.
"What's going on?" Huo Qingyan asked curiously, her gaze shifting back and forth between the two Lan Nian figures.
No one answered her, because no one knew who she was asking. However, everyone in front of the sofa turned to look at her when she spoke.
Wang Xinrui was still behind her when she quickly stepped forward, took her arm, and said with a smile, "Qingyan, you look so beautiful today."
Huo Qingyan turned to look at her with some surprise: Was Wang Xinrui beating around the bush? Was she implying that she shouldn't ask any more questions?
She frowned slightly, disliking the current atmosphere in the hall.
Wang Xinrui then pointed to the small chair in the corner and said, "Qingyan, let's go sit over there!" The farther away from those two Lan Nian's, the better.
Unexpectedly, as she turned to the side, she discovered that two elders of the Huo family were behind her. She was immediately startled and blushed, saying, "Uncle, Aunt, you... I'm... I'm sorry, I didn't know you were behind me."
Mr. and Mrs. Huo smiled and nodded at her. It was just a matter of etiquette, and since the other party said they didn't know that their two elders were behind them, it was no big deal for her to keep walking in front of the seniors.
Huo Qingyan asked Wang Xinrui in a low voice, "Are you confused by the two Lan Nian?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xinrui's heart skipped a beat, and her face turned even paler than before, but she still managed a forced smile and said, "Let's go sit over there!" In the end, she pulled Huo Qingyan to sit in a corner.
"Qingyan, please don't ask about or meddle in their affairs, and try to stay away from them!" Wang Xinrui advised.
Huo Qingyan asked curiously, "Why? They...aren't they good people?"
Wang Xinrui's face turned pale with fright after hearing this. She quickly glanced at the sofa and said, "I didn't say that. I just meant that they are actually... not people we can afford to offend." She paused, then added, "I think I'd better leave!" With that, she got up to leave.
Huo Qingyan quickly pulled her back, saying, "Why are you in such a hurry? Dinner hasn't even started yet!"
"I...I don't want to eat anymore," Wang Xinrui said anxiously. To be precise, she couldn't eat.
But seeing that Wang Xinrui seemed to be leaving, Chu Nian called out over, "Xinrui, are you leaving?"
Wang Xinrui trembled upon hearing her voice, nearly falling over. She turned her head, her face pale, and met Chu Nian's mocking, smiling eyes.
"Yes, I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now," Wang Xinrui said, trying to keep her voice normal.
"Let my driver take you!" Chu Nian said, raising her hand slightly and pointing to Lan Nian behind her.
Not to mention Wang Xinrui, even Lin Jingting and the others sitting next to her were so shocked by her words that they almost spat out the tea they were drinking: the way she said it gave off the feeling of a vengeful ghost coming to collect a debt!
Wang Xinrui's legs went weak, and she instinctively took two steps back, saying in a trembling voice, "No...no need."
Chu Nian smiled and said, "It's nothing." As she spoke, she winked at Lan Nian behind her.
Lan Nian understood, walked out from behind the sofa, and walked towards Wang Xinrui, her high heels making a clattering sound on the smooth floor.
Wang Xinrui felt as if the sound was the high, pointed heel of a sky-high heel stepping on her heart, stimulating her heart with each beat, and even controlling her heart to beat in rhythm with the sound.
She felt increasingly difficult to breathe, her heart began to ache, and cold sweat poured down her forehead.
At this moment, Lan Nian had already walked up to her and said coldly, "Miss Wang, let's go, I'll take you home."
When Wang Xinrui heard this, she felt that the other person was saying, "Go, you should leave." And here, "leave" means the same thing as "gone," "gone," or even "died."
"No, I won't!" Wang Xinrui screamed hysterically in fear.
Lan Nian stared at her indifferently without saying a word, but Wang Xinrui felt a strong pressure from her, forcing her to retreat repeatedly.
Huo Qingyan asked in surprise, "Xinrui, what's wrong?"
Hearing her voice, Wang Xinrui grasped at a straw and quickly hid behind her, her voice trembling as she said, "Qingyan, I won't go with this woman! She's going to eat me! She's going to eat me!"
Lan Nian frowned and said coldly, "I have no interest in your disgusting and filthy soul."
Although Chu Nian thought that Lan Nian's arrival would definitely upset Wang Xinrui, she didn't expect Wang Xinrui to be so frightened, as if Lan Nian hadn't done anything yet! She smiled faintly as she accepted the orange segment with the white lines removed from it from Lin Jingting's hand and began to chew it.
Huo Qingyan pulled Wang Xinrui over and asked in confusion, "Xinrui, what's wrong with you? Why are you so scared?"
“You don’t know, she…she…” Wang Xinrui pointed at Lan Nian, but dared not say the rest.
She had originally intended to say that Lan Nian was a cannibal, and had eaten many people, but after thinking about it, she felt it wouldn't be appropriate to say it aloud. If Huo Qingyan pressed her about how she knew about this, how should she answer?
Are you suggesting she reveal how Lan Nian, whom she brought here, harmed the original owner's family?
But if she doesn't say anything, how can Huo Qingyan know how terrifying this woman is?
Wang Xinrui thought it over and over, but she couldn't hide her fear of Lan Nian. She felt that Lan Nian had brought this Lan Nian here so that this Lan Nian could punish her.
She had always thought of Lan Nian as her ally, ignoring Lan Nian's nature, which was more terrifying than a devil. Now that she thinks about it, she was really lucky that she wasn't devoured by Lan Nian!
"Wang Xinrui, we're not strangers," Lan Nian chuckled coldly. "Why are you so afraid of me? When you first came to me, I didn't see you this scared!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Wang Xinrui quickly said, afraid that Lan Nian would reveal the scheme she had devised when she first approached Lan Nian.
Lan Nian said, "Don't worry, I'm not interested in your soul. These days, I don't even look at filthy and evil souls. Devouring you would only harm my cultivation." As he spoke, he stepped forward to pull Wang Xinrui.
Wang Xinrui quickly hid behind Huo Qingyan, letting out hysterical screams.
"Forget it," Chu Nian said coolly after watching the commotion for a while, "Since they don't want you to deliver it and they're taking your kindness for granted, then don't bother delivering it."
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