After arranging everything, Lan Xi went out for a walk.
Surprisingly, there was no snow on New Year's Eve. Lan Xi was walking alone in the compound, her cell phone vibrating non-stop with New Year's greetings from various groups and individuals.
Lan Xi frowned and turned on the do not disturb mode. When she looked up, she saw Shi Tinghan standing not far away.
Putting the phone in her pocket, Lan Xi smiled sweetly, her upturned eyes looking like she was in a good mood.
"Brother Shi!"
Shi Tinghan stood there and looked at Lan Xi for a long time. Today was New Year's Eve, and she was still wearing a black coat, a black turtleneck sweater and a woolen long skirt. Her slender calves were exposed, and she was wearing a pair of high-heeled short boots.
The hair was blown by the breeze, sticking to the cheek, and was smoothed away by slender fingers...
She seems to love wearing skirts!
Shi Tinghan thought...
"Why did you come out!" Lan Xi walked slowly to Shi Tinghan and turned to look at the Shi family mansion not far away.
Shi Tinghan looked at Lan Xi, who was one meter away from him, his eyes darkening: "Shanshan! That man is back!"
Lan Xi raised her eyebrows in surprise, then covered her mouth and laughed: "What a headache!"
Shi Tinghan had expected Lan Xi to be gloating. Ever since she came back, she had been happy to join in the fun and watch jokes!
The two walked together, and their shadows became longer and longer under the street lights. Lan Xi's skirt was intertwined with Shi Tinghan's pants from time to time.
"Grandpa didn't say anything, he just said Shanshan is still young and wants to stay for two more years."
Shi Tinghan spoke in a low voice, looking at the silvery-white ground in front of him illuminated by the moonlight.
Lan Xi nodded in agreement: "With Grandpa Shi here, you don't have to worry too much!"
"You... want to poach Qin Xiangnan?" The two took two more steps. Lan Xi turned her head to look at Shi Tinghan with a smile on her face.
Shi Tinghan nodded, not hiding his thoughts: "Qin Xiangnan really told you everything!"
Lan Xi didn't respond to him. From the moment she found Qin Xiangnan, it was all for this day.
"Qin Xiangnan's style is the best match for the Shi family's design company. If you keep her by your side, you won't be able to give her what she needs!"
Shi Tinghan spoke again, he wanted to persuade Lan Xi not to keep holding Qin Xiangnan.
Lan Xi paused and stopped where she was. Shi Tinghan turned around and looked at her. She was standing in the shadows and her expression was hard to discern.
"Where Qin Xiangnan wants to go is her business. As long as you can persuade her, I have no objection."
"Although I can't give her what she needs, the Shi family can, so I proposed a cooperation between the two families!"
Lan Xi paused and continued. She took a step forward and looked at Shi Tinghan with her light brown eyes, which were filled with an expression that he could not understand.
Shi Tinghan suddenly had a strong idea. He felt that Qin Xiangnan should be a member of the Shi family.
"You knew I would want to poach her? So Qin Xiangnan was your way of containing the Shi family?"
"What are you talking about?" Lan Xi laughed, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her smile curved:
"The Shi family can be contained by Qin Xiangnan alone? How is that possible? She doesn't have the ability to do that!"
Shi Tinghan was also frightened by his own idea, and after hearing what Lan Xi said, he felt that he was a little too nervous.
"Brother!" Shi Tingshan's voice rang out. No one knew when it appeared, nor how long it had been heard.
Shi Tinghan took back what was on his lips and turned to look at his sister.
Lan Xi didn't move. She leaned over to look at Shi Tingshan and extended her hand to greet her: "Hello!"
"Why did you come out? It's so cold outside!" Shi Tinghan frowned and walked towards his sister.
Lan Xi looked down at her own attire, then glanced at Shi Tingshan, who was wrapped like a rice dumpling, without saying a word.
Shi Tingshan smiled, waved and greeted Lan Xi, and pointed in the direction of home to her brother: "Grandpa wants to talk to you!"
Shi Tinghan didn't think much about it. He said hello to Lan Xi and turned to leave.
Lan Xi watched him leave and stood there without moving.
"You've been so busy these past two days that you didn't even reply to my messages!" Shi Tingshan muttered as she stepped forward and put her arm around Lan Xi.
Lan Xi did not refuse and let her hold her arm, and the two continued to stroll.
"Why don't you speak?" Shi Tingshan asked again when she didn't hear Lan Xi's response.
Lan Xi fumbled with her phone in her pocket with her other hand before she said calmly, "I don't know what to reply!"
Shi Tingshan didn't expect Lan Xi to say such a thing. She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly showed an exaggerated expression:
"Lan Xi! You wouldn't hold a grudge like that, would you? I was just joking that day!"
Lan Xi stopped and pulled her hand out. She looked at Shi Tingshan and suddenly felt very tired.
"We are friends who grew up together. You know I hold grudges!"
Her words reminded Shi Tingshan of her childhood. After she turned 10, Lan Xi started to act very strange. Although she was still as cheerful as before, she was obviously different from before.
At first, Shi Tingshan couldn't figure out what went wrong, until one day she saw Lan Xi taking a knife and cutting open a dog's stomach with her own hands.
She remembered that dog had bitten a flower that Lan Xi was raising...
Thinking of this, Shi Tingshan shuddered. She had always been close to Lan Xi. She was one year younger than Lan Xi. When facing the sweet and soft beautiful sister, she always clung to her and wanted to hug her.
But the older he got, the weirder he seemed to become. Lan Xi started to become weird and taciturn.
She began to be afraid of her sister, but still couldn't help wanting to get closer.
The appearance of Zhu Lingling made her jealous. That timid and quiet girl actually got involved with Lan Xi. What right did she have?
Shi Tingshan felt jealousy on her face as she thought about it, and she stubbornly wanted to reach out and hold Lan Xi again.
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