Chapter 1297: Just What Had She Done?
Xia Yingluo looked at the door, and then at Wei Lingnan inside her room. She deliberated whether to let her brother in.
Meanwhile, it was Wei Lingnan who gracefully put his cup down and walked to the door, even before she had come to a decision. He was face to face with Li Rui.
Li Rui was holding onto a leopard cub and was dressed in satin pajamas. He raised a brow as he looked at the uninvited guest. “What are you doing here?” Li Rui had gone to the bar in the night and only returned in the wee hours. He’d only just had a shower and changed into his pajamas when his little leopard cub Rong Rong bit and tugged at his pants to drag him here.
So it was all because there was a dangerous figure in his sister’s room.
Wei Lingnan was unfazed. “I should be asking you that.”
“What a joke, this is my house and Yingluo is my sister.” Li Rui sneered. “What are you?” He wasn’t sure about Wei Lingnan’s identity, and Li Lei, Xia Ling, and Xia Yingluo had not told him about Wei Lingnan being an alien. But he could sense that Wei Lingnan was someone powerful, someone he shouldn’t offend. But so what? Whoever touched his sister was asking him for trouble.
Wei Lingnan smiled. “I’m Yingluo’s boyfriend.”
Xia Yingluo was about to rebuke, but she swallowed those words.
Li Rui scanned both of them before his eyes landed on Wei Lingnan eventually. “So what, have her parents approved of it yet? And you’ve snuck into our house in the middle of the night without approval? She’s my sister, and you listen to the father and brothers in the house. If I get you to leave, you leave.”
He looked arrogant and aggressive.
Xia Yingluo was touched that her brother was protecting her this way, but she was worried that Wei Lingnan would flare-up. This man was like Xia Moyan, existing in defiance of the natural order. He was someone that even Li Lei might not be able to handle, much less Li Rui.
It was dead silent.
Li Rui daringly kept his eyes on Wei Lingnan. Meanwhile, it was the leopard cub Rong Rong that felt uneasy. Its fur stood on end and it fidgeted uncomfortably in Li Rui’s arms. It kept its eyes locked on Wei Lingnan’s as it attempted to make threatening sounds.
Wei Lingnan glanced at the leopard cub.
The leopard cub was so startled, it leaped out of Li Rui’s arms and hid behind him.
Li Rui frowned. “You’ve scared my pet.”
Wei Lingnan calmly said, “That was unintentional.” Animals were always more sensitive than humans. While Li Rui wasn’t able to detect Wei Lingnan’s “inhuman” aspects, Rong Rong had already realized that this man was a strange and dangerous one. Its intuition told it that there was immense danger before it, which was why it had to drag Li Rui to check on the situation—it was worried that Yingluo would be at risk.
Li Rui was even more arrogant now. “Even my house pet doesn’t welcome you, shouldn’t you leave?”
“Brother.” Xia Yingluo couldn’t help but speak up. She was genuinely afraid that Wei Lingnan would lose his temper.
Li Rui couldn’t be bothered. He side-eyed his sister. “Why, your heart aches for him? Xia Yingluo, listen to this. It doesn’t matter how many girls I’m out with, but you are a girl, and that’s different. You can’t have a private meeting with a strange man in the house, those are basic rules.”
Strange man…
Xia Yingluo wasn’t too happy, how could Brother put it so harshly?
“He’s my boyfriend.” She rebuked very softly.
“Mom and Dad did not acknowledge him.” Li Rui was unhappy to hear it. “Are you foolish or what?”
Xia Yingluo felt aggrieved. She was trying to help him ease the situation, and he said she was foolish?
Wei Lingnan, on the other hand, had softened his expression tremendously after hearing her say “my boyfriend”. But he continued looking into Li Rui’s eyes. “You say Yingluo is foolish? You’re courting death.”
Li Rui said, “I’m telling my own sister off, I don’t need your input.”
They seemed like they were about to fight anytime.
Xia Yingluo realized that she had to do something about it. She pushed her brother out the door. “I’m fine, Brother. Don’t worry, just get your sleep. If you don’t leave, I’ll tell your Ying Ying tomorrow that you already have Yan Yan.”
“Hey, bad girl, you…”
Before Li Rui could finish his sentence, she had already closed her door on him and his pet.
Peace was restored in the bedroom and Wei Lingnan looked down at her tenderly. “I’m still your boyfriend.”
He was so happy to hear it from the horse’s mouth.
Xia Yingluo shoved him towards the balcony. “You should leave too. You guys are driving me mad.”
Wei Lingnan did not resist it as she closed the glass door on him. He pressed his nose against the glass and looked at her gently. “I’m leaving now, have an early rest.”
They had a glass door between them, but his voice was still loud and clear.
Xia Yingluo drew the curtains on him. “Leave!”
This time, it really went quiet.
She crawled into bed and recalled what had gone on the whole night. Had she been too fierce to Wei Lingnan? And also, Li Rui’s attitude…
She really was afraid that Wei Lingnan would take revenge on Li Rui.
With that in mind, she sent Wei Lingnan a message: [Are you back yet? Thank you for coming to see me tonight. That’s just my brother for you, don’t hold it against him.]
A while later, Wei Lingnan replied: [Are you showing concern, or curry favor with me so that I let your brother off?]
Xia Yingluo was stunned as she kept her eyes glued to the message. She cursed softly. “What a jerk!” Why was he so smart?
She had to give him a reply: [Of course I’m showing concern for you.]
His response was quick this time: [Liar.]
Xia Yingluo was so annoyed she wanted to hurl her phone.
She tossed and turned on her bed and responded more harshly now: [I just don’t like it that you and my brother are at loggerheads! I’m warning you. If you dare touch my brother, I’m never letting you off!]
This time, Wei Lingnan did not reply for a long time.
Xia Yingluo was apprehensive. She was regretting her words now. Was she being too fierce again? Could she have angered Wei Lingnan so much that he went straight for her brother to vent his anger? She was so close to going to Li Rui’s room to check that he was safe.
But she had to send Wei Lingnan another message first: [It’s my fault, don’t go to my brother.]
Just as she thought Wei Lingnan wasn’t going to reply anymore, his message came in: [I won’t touch your family.]
It was a short message and she couldn’t detect his tone, but she felt a weight off her shoulders nonetheless. Xia Yingluo let out a huge sigh of relief and found that Wei Lingnan wasn’t all that annoying actually. With a smile, she replied to that message: [Okay, goodnight.]
She did not receive a reply.
Having turned in late, Xia Yingluo slept in the next day. The moment she woke up, Li Rui and Li Lei took turns to lecture her.
Li Rui had told Li Lei about the previous night and suggested tighter security at home. Hearing that his daughter had a private meeting with a man in her room, Li Lei couldn’t just close an eye about it! Xia Yingluo was exasperated by all the lectures. Just what had she done?