Rebirth: Pampered by My Children and Husband Chapter 176 – Chapter 176: Chapter 176: I Didn't Expect the Love

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: I Didn't Expect the Love-struck Fool to Be Right Beside Me

Perhaps after getting a response from Lin Xu, Xie Changyan's gloomy mood has dissipated over the past few days, and he hasn't been hounding Su Linzhou anymore.

“How come you haven't asked me to go drinking recently?” Su Linzhou hadn't received an invitation to drink for a long time and had nothing better to do, so he took a detour to Xie's to find him.

“No time,” Xie Changyan said, sitting in the swivel chair in his office, idly spinning a pen with his fingertips before lazily responding.

“No time? Is your company really busy lately?” Su Linzhou inquired suspiciously.

Looking at him like this, he seemed pretty relaxed.

Xie Changyan appeared to be in an exceptionally good mood, his lips slightly curving, “Busy with dates, no time.”

Su Linzhou fell silent for a few seconds, “…You've made up again?”

Xie Changyan replied, light as a feather, “Mhm.”

Su Linzhou suddenly burst out with a swear word, as if in disbelief, his tone filled with shock, “You don't care that she treated you as a substitute?”

Xie Changyan lifted his eyes to him and explained, “She didn't treat me as a substitute.”

“…And then you just believed her and made up with her? Don't you suspect she's deceiving you?”

“She said she wouldn't lie to me.” Xie Changyan's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes looking at Su Linzhou with a hint of displeasure, “She's not the kind of person you think she is.”

Su Linzhou opened his mouth, the words stuck in his throat, his expression as if he had eaten something disgusting.

He had heard such stories from beautiful women around him before–girlfriends crying to him about their boyfriend's scummy behavior, and while he consoled and urged them to split up, the next thing he knew, they were back together.

Back then, he didn't take it seriously and smugly said that men didn't have this kind of trouble.

It wasn't that there was no payback, just that the time hadn't come yet.

Every time Xie Changyan encountered something related to Lin Xu, it was as if it was a life or death situation.

From initially enduring the agony of trying to poach someone to playing the role of a substitute…

And when Xie Changyan was in a bad mood, he always liked to drag him into his misery. Just like the last time at the racetrack, he nearly lost his life trying to advise Xie Changyan to break up with Lin Xu.

Turns out, Xie Changyan bounced back and made up with Lin Xu just like that.

After all the talk, it seemed not a single word had gotten through to Xie Changyan.

The more Su Linzhou thought about it, the angrier he became, his chest heaving dramatically, “I never expected to encounter a love-struck fool in my own circle.”

By rights, he and Xie Changyan had grown up together.

Surrounded by beauties, he had the potential never to pin all his hopes on one person. How come Xie Changyan hadn't picked up even a bit of that from him?

Su Linzhou clutched his chest as if frustrated with Xie Changyan's stubbornness, took a deep breath, and said harshly to Xie Changyan, “If I ever pay you any mind again, I'm a dog!”

“Oh? So you don't want this project either?” Xie Changyan pulled out a file from the drawer, and placed it on the table, eyebrows arching subtly.

“What project?” Su Linzhou glanced at it, his eyes instantly lighting up, “I want it, I want it, I want it!”

He excitedly picked up the project proposal.

With it, he would be able to one-up his older brother.

Xie Changyan's eyes carried a hint of mockery, “Didn't you say if you paid any more attention to me, you'd be a dog?”

“…Get lost,” Su Linzhou rolled his eyes and sworn at him irritably.

Xie Changyan chuckled, standing up to walk out.

“There's still half an hour before quitting time, where are you going?” Su Linzhou watched his receding figure.

“A date.”

“…Never mind, forget I asked.”

Xie Changyan followed the address sent by Lin Xu and arrived at a luxurious store. Just as he entered, he saw Lin Xu just coming out from trying on clothes.

She was dressed in a light blue skirt paired with an off-white coat. Her long, lustrous black hair was tied into a ponytail, cascading down her back and framing her stunningly beautiful face.

“Does it look good?” Lin Xu spun around a few times for the person seated in the sofa area.

Ji Yuqiao, with her cheek resting on her hand, scrutinized carefully.

Just as she was about to speak, a man with a straight posture walked up to Lin Xu and affectionately wrapped his arm around her waist, “It looks very good.”

“If you think it looks good, then go pay for it already,” Lin Xu puffed her cheeks and poked his chest.

Xie Changyan placed a light kiss behind her ear, his voice muffled with a chuckle, “You're right, I will do that right now.”

Seeing the two so intimate, Ji Yuqiao suddenly stood up, as if only just realizing, and came to Lin Xu's side, asking, “He's not my uncle, is he?!”

She had originally thought that Xie Changyan and Lin Xu were simply friends.

Plus, Lin Xu had not introduced Xie Changyan's identity, so Ji Yuqiao hadn't given it any further thought.

Now that she saw them kissing, Ji Yuqiao realized belatedly.

“Well… you could say that,” Lin Xu nodded.

“Then why don't you go home with him and live there instead of staying at the Ji family's place?” Ji Yuqiao's curiosity surged, and after asking, she quickly added, “I don't mean to drive you away, you can stay as long as you like!”

Lin Xu was suddenly at a loss, unsure of how to smooth over this matter.

Ji Yuqiao voiced her guess, “Is it because he's too fierce, so you don't want to go back?”

It seemed that Ji Yuqiao's impression of Xie Changyan was just one of fierceness.

A hint of helplessness tinged Lin Xu's smile.

Then Ji Yuqiao continued, “We're not going to have dinner with him later, are we?”

“Don't you want to eat with him?” Lin Xu saw the reluctance on her face.

“He's too fierce; I don't want to eat with him,” Ji Yuqiao pouted.

He was even fiercer than her older brother.

“Don't worry, if he continues to be fierce with you, I will help you beat him up,” Lin Xu continued to tempt her, “And didn't you say you wanted to go to Wangjiang Pavilion? This is a good opportunity to have him take you there.”

Wangjiang Pavilion could be described as an establishment that combined entertainment and dining, but it was not open to the public. Their VIPs were by invitation only, and additionally, customers were required to pay a hefty annual fee for the reservation of a private dining room.

Once reserved, that private dining room was to be used exclusively by them.

Many high-society individuals had their own private dining rooms there, and it seemed that Ji Tingyang also had one.

Ji Yuqiao had previously asked Ji Tingyang to take her to see it, but Ji Tingyang had a condition.

“As long as you give up on Xiao Yu, I will take you there.”

Ji Yuqiao was immediately indignant, “If I don't go, it's not a big deal. It's just a restaurant. Not going there won't kill me. What's so great about it.”

She talked tough, but these past few days, she couldn't stop mentioning it to Lin Xu.

Moved by her persistence, Lin Xu ended up calling Xie Changyan.

Sure enough.

Upon hearing what Lin Xu said, Ji Yuqiao's eyes sparkled with excitement, and she vigorously shook Lin Xu's arm, “Let's hurry up then, let's go right now!”

However, Lin Xu did not expect the totally unaffiliated Xiao Yu to show up at Wangjiang Pavilion.

Chapter end