Zhao Xihua and Lin Rui have known each other for quite some time. He could tell from Lin Rui's expression that Lin Rui didn't know about this either. In other words, she had kept the matter between Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yanjun a secret from everyone.
Lin Xiaoxiao said calmly, "I had planned to wait until my eldest brother came back and tell them together."
She didn't say this to Zhao Xihua, but to Lin Rui.
Lin Rui felt extremely upset, but Zhao Xihua and Zhou Kai were there, and he didn't want to discuss this in front of outsiders.
"You have been dating for more than a day or two, right? Why didn't you tell me before?" Zhao Xihua asked again.
Lin Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and didn't answer Zhao Xihua. What else could she say?
Should I tell the truth? That's impossible.
At first, she also thought that Xiao Yanjun might be impulsive and might not really like her. If Lin Rui knew this, wouldn't he be even more opposed to the two of them being together?
Zhou Kai felt that Zhao Xihua asked too many questions. These were matters between them and their siblings. Why should outsiders say more?
Lin Rui is obviously in a bad mood now, why bother saying so much?
This is someone else's family affair, and outsiders shouldn't ask too much.
So he said, "Xihua, your food is almost cold, hurry up and send it over! We still have things to do in the warehouse, so the three of us will go back first."
"Okay then!" Zhao Xihua nodded, then said hello to Lin Rui and left.
Zhou Kai thought that Lin Xiaoxiao and Lin Rui would have something to talk about on the way, so he made an excuse and left first.
The journey back took about half an hour. Neither Lin Rui nor Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to take a taxi, but Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know how to tell Lin Rui about this.
After thinking about it, she whispered pitifully like a child who had done something wrong: "Second brother, are you angry?"
She knew that Lin Rui and Lin Feng loved her equally, and both of them couldn't bear to see her being wronged. Even if they were angry, seeing her like this would calm them down a bit.
Sure enough, when Lin Rui saw her like this, he felt distressed. He didn't have the heart to blame Lin Xiaoxiao, so he just spoke earnestly.
"Xiaoxiao, my brother and I have told you why we don't want you to be with Brother Xiao. Just look at his aunt and you'll understand. The Xiao family looks down on us for marrying up to theirs. If you're with Brother Xiao and get bullied in the future, what will you do?"
Whenever he thought about Lin Xiaoxiao being bullied by the Xiao family, he wanted to fight with them.
He wasn't angry that Lin Xiaoxiao didn't tell him immediately that she was dating someone. He was just afraid that Lin Xiaoxiao would be with Brother Xiao and that Lin Xiaoxiao would not live a happy life in the future.
"Second brother, I'm sorry." Lin Xiaoxiao pulled Lin Rui's sleeve and lowered her voice as she explained, "Actually, Big Brother Xiao and I were planning to tell you about this, but Big Brother happened to be out. I was afraid that if I told you, you would worry, and Big Brother would be worried too, so we wanted to wait for Big Brother to come back and talk about this together."
"It's not a question of saying it sooner or later." Lin Rui knew very well at this moment that he and his elder brother were not concerned about whether Lin Xiaoxiao was dating someone.
Now that marriage is free, they will definitely not stop Lin Xiaoxiao from finding a partner.
But... this person can't be Brother Xiao!
What he and his elder brother feared most was that Lin Xiaoxiao would be bullied.
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