Chapter 25: He's Jealous
Sang Lin was pushed away, but fortunately, Ke Lin helped her and helped her regain her balance.
Lu Xiao slightly turned his head, glancing sideways at Sang Lin, his expression unreadable, but his voice was extremely cold:
"You just said...she seduced your beastly husband?"
Sang Lin straightened her clothes, her expression somewhat excited.
Isn't the Marshal the former beastly husband who abandoned Nan Jiao? Needless to say, he must also despise Nan Jiao to the extreme, otherwise why would he have divorced her?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Sang Lin immediately began gesturing wildly, exaggerating Nan Jiao's "crimes": "Yes, Marshal, you must know what kind of person she is, right? But there are some things you don't know. Back in school, she'd always been eyeing my beast husband! Every day she'd block him from coming home, and she'd constantly harass him with messages and roses, crying and begging him not to abandon her..."
Lu Xiao paused slightly, a dark glint flashing in his eyes, his face visibly pale.
Sang Lin thought she was right and became even more aggressive: "She's gotten even more outrageous lately! Not only has she been contacting my beastly husband in private, but she's also been groping him, acting like she wants to force herself on him..."
"That's enough." Lu Xiao interrupted her, not wanting to hear any more.
His gaze swept across Klin's face.
Aside from his face, he's nothing special; just an ordinary pretty boy.
"So...you're very charming."
His tone was indifferent, making it impossible to discern his emotions.
Even though it's meant to be a compliment, it always carries a hint of ambiguity.
Klin didn't know how the topic had turned to him.
The person opposite him was a Star Marshal, a renowned figure in the interstellar world; everyone had to show him respect. Klin immediately nodded humbly and said, "You flatter me."
For some reason, he felt that the male opposite him was looking at him with even more hostility.
Where exactly did things go wrong? Wasn't he praising himself?
Klin coughed lightly, clenched his fists, and felt inexplicably embarrassed.
Sang Lin immediately pressed her advantage, saying, "Marshal, since you're here, you can help us set the record straight. This kind of female who steals other people's partners is morally depraved! She seriously disrupts the interstellar social order! In my opinion, she should be arrested and imprisoned for eight years!"
"She couldn't possibly have seduced your beastly husband."
Sang Lin's pupils widened: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Lu Xiao's gaze shifted to Nan Jiao, his eyes sweeping over the sachet hanging from her waist. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Ms. Nan is incredibly devoted; she only wants one beast husband in this lifetime. Aside from the male she desires, no one else can possibly catch her eye..."
Whether it was the people around them's imagination or not, they all felt that Lu Xiao's words sounded somewhat harsh and resentful.
Sang Lin was dissatisfied with what Lu Xiao said, but due to his status, she quickly defended herself, saying, "No, Marshal..."
"Not what?"
He had clearly lost his patience.
Lu Xiao's face was naturally cold and hard, and when he frowned, the murderous aura that had accumulated on the battlefield would unconsciously be revealed, making people tremble with fear.
The rumor circulating in the interstellar world that Lu Xiao ate children alive originated from this.
"You say she seduced your beastly husband, where's the evidence? Did anyone else see her touching your beastly husband inappropriately?"
Sang Lin was stunned and speechless.
Because she was far away at the time, she could only vaguely see Nan Jiao and Ke Lin entangled together, and she didn't know who made the first move, but she assumed that Nan Jiao was seducing Ke Lin again.
As for the others, the place was so remote and dark that probably no one would notice them.
"It seems not."
"No, Marshal... although no one saw it, but..."
Lu Xiao waved his hand and signaled, "Throw these two people who are disrupting the banquet out."
Sang Lin and Ke Lin were quickly helped up. She protested, "It's not brother-in-law, it's...it's my cousin Feng Ran, it's my cousin Feng Ran..."
As the two were carried away, Sang Lin's voice faded into the distance.
"What happened?" Feng Ran walked over with a wine glass in her hand. She was wearing a gorgeous gold dress and a small crown on her head.
Hearing the explanations from those around her, she remained expressionless, turned to Lu Xiao and smiled, "Thank you so much. My cousin is a bit unruly; she's always yelling and shouting. If you hadn't handled it in time, this banquet would have been ruined."
Lu Xiao glanced at Nan Jiao, then followed Feng Ran back to the center of the banquet.
Nan Jiao, what are you thinking about again?
Did he presumptuously believe that he was there to help him out of a predicament?
Hearing the commotion, the employees rushed to Nan Jiao's side and asked with concern:
"Boss, are you alright? We heard that a conflict broke out at the banquet, and we didn't expect it to be you involved. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Nan Jiao smiled at them. "I'm sorry to have worried you all."
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Returning to the center of the banquet hall, Feng Ran, noticing Lu Xiao's less-than-pleasant expression, extended an invitation:
"Are you feeling down? How about we dance together to cheer yourself up?"
Lu Xiao refused: "No."
"Then... shall we have a drink together?" Seeing that he was about to refuse again, Feng Ran laughed, "Really? You won't even give me this much face? I thought we were friends. I've been looking after that little devil of a man for you, haven't I? You won't even give me this much face?"
Lu Xiao was feeling annoyed, so he raised his glass and clinked it against hers.
The next second, a child's voice came from the crowd, and Lu Xiao's subordinate led Lu Yanyan over.
"Young Master doesn't like to stay in the garden."
Lu Xiao lifted Lu Yanyan high and held him in his arms. Looking into his big eyes, which were so similar to those of his beloved, his heart melted.
This was his only solace.
It was the only, and most important, gift she left him.
He gently patted the dust off Yan Yan's clothes, then took out a tissue and expertly wiped Yan Yan's little face clean, but his tone was not gentle: "You little rascal, you always get all dusty. I'll have someone take you to change your clothes later."
Lu Yanyan leaned on his shoulder, her bright and lively eyes constantly looking around, as if searching for something.
Feng Ran looked at the two extremely similar faces in front of her, and her heart stirred slightly.
To be honest, she really admired Lu Xiao.
He was indeed a good father. He raised Lu Yanyan single-handedly and took her with him wherever he went. Only when he needed to go to the battlefield would he entrust Lu Yanyan to his care.
Because Yan Yan strongly resists other people getting close to her.
Feng Ran admired Lu Xiao quite a bit, but considering that Lu Xiao had been married before and still had someone in his heart, she decided to let it go. There were plenty of men in the world, and she didn't need to make trouble for herself.
She felt a headache coming on when she thought about the task she had to complete. How could she achieve the ending in the original book?
"I just saw the marshal and the princess drinking together. They are such a perfect match!"
"You can't just randomly bump into someone. I seem to remember that the Marshal has a wife. Aren't their children already several years old?"
"This happened ages ago. Don't you know they're divorced? The Marshal used to share photos of his life with his wife all the time, but look, his account hasn't been active for a long time now."
"Is the one the marshal is holding his cub? With the princess included, the three of them standing together look like a family of three."
...
Listening to the discussions around her, Nan Jiao felt a little upset. After greeting the people around her, she decided to go out for some fresh air.
What she didn't notice was that a little tail was quietly following behind her.
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