Ch17 - Let’s discuss whether sheep or foxes are easier to raise (1/2)

2.9 – Let’s discuss whether sheep or foxes are easier to raise

translator: xiin

editors: BlueBug & alamerysl

Although Xue Ling had no control over the major events of this world, everything that happened around him or was related to him was all within his grasp. Based on what he knew, it was simple to infer what would happen next.

So when he saw Mr. Cole Owens coming in with Elaine in his arms, Xue Ling was not at all surprised. He nodded and said hello very calmly. Doyle was disappointed for a while, having wanted to see a bit of a show.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

“This is my brother and the patriarch of our family, Cole Owens. The one in his arms is our little princess, Elaine Owens. She is Cole’s daughter.” Seeing that the situation did not move in the direction he had envisioned, Doyle came forward to introduce the two sides.

On the surface, it seemed like everyone did not know each other and was meeting for the first time tonight. But in fact, the waters here were very deep, and everyone present, other than Wen Xiuting and Elaine who truly didn’t know anything, was a high level actor.

Even Wen Mo could smell a hint of blood from this dinner party, feeling deeply that it was a good thing he had listened to his uncle’s words and eaten something to pad his stomach.

Whether or not this meal could be eaten properly was still up in the air.

The food was still on the stove and Wen Xiuting was a little timid when facing her boyfriend’s dignified and difficult-to-approach older brother. After gracefully welcoming him, she found an excuse to leave the settling in of the guests to Xue Ling and pulled Doyle with her back into the kitchen.

Xue Ling had not seen his sister act so immature in a long time and inexplicably felt somewhat relieved. He could also get the satisfaction of taking care of someone through occasional gestures from Wen Xiuting, since that never happened with Wen Mo…

It was probably because his sister was really too gentle and kind…

Please visit chrysanthemumgarden.com

No wonder Doyle had fallen for her despite their schemes. If his sister hadn’t been blinded by love before, she would definitely have always been as happy and cheerful as she was now, finding the whole world exceptionally beautiful. There would be no shadow on her heart, because there would always be someone to shelter her. Their parents had done it before, and now it was Xue Ling. In the future, it would be Doyle.

Although she had experienced such misfortune, she did not seem to have let those things influence her. Instead, she became even more sunny and bright, almost like she carried a halo…

However, her gentleness was never seen by anyone other than Xue Ling and Wen Mo. Having been hurt before, she guarded her heart much more carefully. Otherwise, it would not have taken almost two years of knowing each other before she brought Doyle back to meet them.

Elaine could walk already and didn’t like being held all day long. Cole let her down; after she greeted everyone sweetly, she timidly came to say hello to Xue Ling.

At only three years old, it was pretty amazing for her to be able to articulate herself so well. Xue Ling laughed and picked her up, then turned towards Mr. Cole Owens. “How about we go to the living room and have a proper chat?”

Mr. Cole was stoic on the surface, but his heart was beating like a drum.

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

He was not actually calm, but made himself appear so out of habit as he didn’t want to lay all his cards on the table.

It had been one year, and his brother had already found himself a wife, but Cole was only now formally introduced to the other party. When their gazes met, he felt awkward to the point of not knowing what to say.

Even a three year old child could get his personal phone number, but he could only sneak around, following Wen Xiuyuan like a stalker and spying on the other’s whereabouts without clear intentions.

Oh, his recent actions were truly abnormal – even his butler Wenbert couldn’t look on anymore, not wanting to follow him when he went out…

The Wen family had their own way of showing hospitality. After bringing his guest to the sofa, Xue Ling brought out a tea set.

“Does Mr. Cole like tea? Would you like some tea from Country H?”

Not everyone liked that kind of tea, so Xue Ling asked out of courtesy.

Although, even if his guest said no, Xue Ling was not going to offer him anything else.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Fortunately, although he was a great aristocrat, Mr. Cole was not particular and nodded his head to show he was amenable.

Wen Mo had already taken Elaine to explore the apartment. The two were walking together hand in hand with Wen Mo occasionally reaching out to steady the little princess who was still learning to walk. The scene was unexpectedly very harmonious.

Xue Ling’s method of making tea was very old-fashioned and proper. Heat up the water, measure the tea leaves, pour hot water, then the tea; the whole process was very natural and smooth. He sat next to Cole, and it seemed that if he closed his eyes and sniffed, he would be able to smell a subtle fragrance of tea from his body – a little cool, slightly different from the full bodied fragrance of the tea in front of them.

Mr. Cole felt like he was a little drunk.

Xue Ling had split part of his attention towards Mr. Cole while making tea, but found that the other party‘s eyes were hooded and did not speak. It was a bit strange. He thought about it and found a topic to defuse the awkward situation: “The Owens family seems to have always been based in Country E, but Mr. Cole has been very busy in Country M in the past two years. Is it in preparation for transferring Country E’s business?”

Cole shook his head when he heard the words, not expecting him to start talking about work. On second thought, realizing that the only connection between them was work, he became annoyed at himself. Although unhappy, he still maintained his superficial calmness and replied honestly: “I have been staying here to deal with personal affairs.”

Doyle alone was enough to handle things like work. There was no need for Cole to come here. But for some inexplicable reason, he kept finding himself heading in this direction… Looking at this building from afar, but never once attempting to approach.