"Luo Luo, let's go, I've taken care of everything."
Lan Jingyan swept up all the ice cream on the table and quickly ran to find Yan Xiluo.
"Okay, it's getting late, I have to go back."
Yan Xiluo glanced at her watch; it was past four o'clock, and she had to go back.
"Then I'll take you."
The two walked side by side on the beach, with Lan Jingyan holding an umbrella for Yan Xiluo.
The two walked in silence the entire way...
"Ayan, I've arrived. Should you go back now?"
"Okay, I'll leave after you go in."
Yan Xiluo entered the villa and saw that the girl had arrived home safely, so Lan Jingyan left.
Li Family Hall
"Luo Luo is back?"
Si Yaqin put down what she was holding, got up, and walked towards Yan Xiluo.
"Grandma, please sit down."
Yan Xiluo helped Si Yaqin back to the sofa.
"Hey? Luo Luo, where did you go?"
Li Shuwen was curious, as she hadn't seen her since the afternoon.
"Ayan came to B City on a business trip and asked me to go out for a walk."
Yan Xiluo made no attempt to hide her joy when she told Li Shuwen about going out with Lan Jingyan.
"Then why didn't you invite them to stay for dinner?"
Li Shuwen was surprised; they were already on a date, yet she wasn't bringing him home for dinner.
"I forgot..."
Oh right, why didn't I invite him to stay for dinner? But this is my grandparents' house, isn't that inappropriate?
"Hurry up and see if Jingyan has gone far. If he hasn't, hurry up and call him back for dinner. How can you not invite someone to eat when they're already at your doorstep?"
Si Yaqin quickly chimed in, saying that she also adored the child.
"Okay, I'll go now."
Once she realized what was happening, Yan Xiluo ran after him. When she saw Lan Jingyan's back, he hadn't gone far, and she felt a little excited.
“A-Yan”.
"Huh? Luo Luo, why are you out again?"
Lan Jingyan looked at the person running towards her with a mixture of surprise and confusion.
Grandma and Mom have invited you to their house for dinner.
Hearing this made Lan Jingyan extremely happy...
"But I didn't bring a gift. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to go empty-handed?"
Lan Jingyan was afraid of making a bad impression on his elders and being impolite.
"Grandma and Mom both know that I went out with you. I didn't come here specifically to visit, so it's normal that I didn't prepare a gift. They shouldn't mind."
Yan Xiluo thought this explanation seemed reasonable. Since her grandmother and mother had invited Ayan to dinner, they probably wouldn't mind if she brought a gift or not.
"Okay, let's go then."
Lan Jingyan gently took her hand, and seeing that she did not refuse, he held her hand tightly, and the two walked towards the villa together.
"Grandma, Mom, Ayan is here."
"Come, come, Jingyan, sit down quickly."
When Li Shuwen saw Yan Xiluo and Lan Jingyan enter hand in hand, she couldn't stop smiling, and she was overjoyed.
"Auntie, Grandma Li."
Lan Jingyan greeted Si Yaqin and Li Shuwen with a smile.
It's rare to see Jingyan smile, and he's definitely even more handsome and charming when he smiles. He truly deserves to be the future son-in-law I've chosen.
This kid actually smiled a bit when he was with Luo Luo, and he seemed much gentler. I've never seen him smile much before; he always had a cold, expressionless face. It seems he really likes my Luo Luo.
Si Yaqin found Lan Jingyan more and more pleasing to the eye, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Jingyan, you've come all this way to my doorstep, why don't you come in and sit down? Why are you being so formal with Grandma Li?"
The four families have a good relationship and often visit each other.
“Grandma Li, I came here mainly for work. I was worried that Xie Xun couldn’t handle it alone, so I wanted to go back first. Then Luo Luo came to find me, and Xie Xun just sent a message saying that it was all sorted out, so I came with Luo Luo.”
He certainly didn't dare say it was because he hadn't prepared a gift; if he did, Si Yaqin would say he was being too formal.
"It's all resolved now. I can relax and have dinner with Grandma Li here."
"good."
Lan Jingyan seemed rather well-behaved at this moment? Quite cute, Yan Xiluo thought as she watched Lan Jingyan.
"Grandma, where are Grandpa and Grandpa?"
Since returning, Yan Xiluo has only seen Li Shuwen and Si Yaqin; the others are not in the hall.
"Your maternal grandparents are in the backyard, maybe playing chess, or maybe drinking tea."
While Yan Xiluo was talking to Si Yaqin, Lan Jingyan quickly sent a message to Xie Xun.
"Xie Xun, please prepare some nice gifts and send them to the Li family's seaside villa."
"Yes, Mr. President."
Soon it was time for dinner, and the Li family chef served all the dishes for tonight's dinner.
"Madam, Miss, Miss Luoluo, Young Master Jingyan, dinner is ready. I'll go to the backyard to call the old master and the others."
Qinglian spoke to them with utmost respect.
"good."
Everyone took their seats, and they all noticed the addition of Lan Jingyan.
"Grandpa Li, Uncle Yan, Uncle Li, Aunt Li, Aunt Yan."
Upon seeing this, Lan Jingyan quickly stood up and greeted the elders.
"Jingyan's here too? Eat more vegetables, haha!"
Li Yaosen also thought highly of Lan Jingyan, believing that he had been outstanding since childhood and was the most outstanding among the sons of the four major families!
“Jingyan doesn’t need to be restrained here, just like before.”
Li Shangjue also admired this younger man, and his son was also good friends with Lan Jingyan.
"Okay, I understand."
"Ayan, why didn't you say anything when you came? I had no idea."
Li Shaochuan was getting anxious when he saw that his good brother had arrived without telling him.
"Brother, Yan-gege didn't come for you, he came for Luo-luo."
Li Mufei disliked Li Shaochuan for being clueless and impossible to manage.
"Luo Luo? What does this have to do with Luo Luo?"
Li Shaochuan didn't realize what was going on.
"Brother, are you stupid? Yan-gege is Luo Luo's fiancé!"
Li Mufei looked at Li Shaochuan with disdain. What a terrible teammate! He not only doesn't help, but he also sabotages things!
"Isn't Ayan's fiancée Ranran?"
Li Shaochuan remained stubborn and unable to see things clearly.
Li Mufei sighed, thinking this guy was hopeless, and looked at Li Shaochuan like he was an idiot.
"Shaochuan, you're wrong about that! How could Ayan's fiancée be Ranran? The marriage agreement between the Yan family and the Lan family elders was for blood relatives. Ranran isn't a child of our Yan family, so naturally she's not Ayan's fiancée."
Li Shuwen was anxious. She had to make this clear and announce to everyone at the family reunion that Lan Jingyan and Yan Xiluo were engaged.
Before Yan Xiluo returned, this engagement was never mentioned to the outside world; only the four major families knew about it.
“Your aunt is right! Luo Luo should be A Yan’s fiancée. Besides, the engagement between the Lan family and the Yan family has never been revealed to outsiders, nor has it been said which son of the Lan family is engaged to a daughter of the Yan family.”
Zhang Yiting also agreed, adding that the engagement had never been revealed. Furthermore, the Lan family had a younger son.
"I don't know how the rumors about Ayan and Ranran getting engaged came about. We must make it clear at the family reunion that Ayan and Luoluo are the real engaged couple."
Yan Youting also found it strange. It was indeed said that the engagement was between the eldest son of the Lan family and the daughter of the Yan family, but only the elders knew the truth.
Lan Jingyan was overjoyed. He listened to the elders discussing the marriage. In the past, he wouldn't have wanted to listen for a moment, but since it was about him and Luo Luo, it was different.
"You need to make this clear to Yan Yinran. Her personality has been like that since she was little, willful and capricious. This is only one side of her. What about the side that we don't see? Don't let her act on her whims and hurt Luo Luo."
Li Mufei had spoken her mind to her elders, so she had to be wary of this person.
At this moment, Lan Jingyan felt that Li Mufei was his god. He wanted to say these words, but it was inappropriate for him to say them at the dinner table because of his status.
“This needs to be made clear. If she continues to be willful and hurt Luo Luo as before, then she can no longer stay in this family, and I will not consider the 18-year mother-daughter relationship. Originally, I took her back because of her father’s sudden death and our 18-year relationship. Taking her in as my adopted daughter was entirely out of affection. My own daughter suffered for 18 years, while she was pampered and adored in the Yan family for 18 years.”
Li Shuwen also expressed all her inner thoughts.
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