Chapter One-Hundred and Forty-Six: The World Really Is Small (1/2)
When the appointed time rolled around, Xiao Yu anxiously waited for the doorbell to ring.
Xiao Yu repeatedly checked his phone in the last minutes before Nannan was to arrive, but he still hadn’t received any notifications. As always, the impatient Xiao Yu adeptly vented all his worries and responsibilities to Yan Jin, who was leisurely perusing the newspaper. “Hurry up, hurry up. Go check outside.”
“Why?” Yan Jin was puzzled.
“Nannan has definitely arrived. Maybe he got stopped by the gate guard just like me last time.”
“Ah?” Yan Jin still didn’t get it.
It had been fine when he didn’t mention it, but now that he did, Xiao Yu’s anger began to rise again. “I came to try to find you here in March but was denied entry by the gate guard. I waited outside on the corner until it was dark and you still hadn’t come out.”
Yan Jin exhaled coldly; he hadn’t heard anything about this.
However, just as he started to move towards the cranky Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu firmly pushed him away.
“So I’m saying, hurry up and go check,” Xiao Yu said seriously.
Not discouraged in the least, Yan Jin started moving again towards Xiao Yu. Just as Xiao Yu reached out to push him away again, Yan Jin reached out an arm and trapped Xiao Yu in his embrace.
Placing his chin on Xiao Yu’s head, Yan Jin spoke, his warm breath on Xiao Yu’s ear.
“Don’t worry, he can get in.”
“Even if you’ve already notified the guard at the gate, there’s still a chance something went wrong.”
Xiao Yu uncomfortably moved his head. Even though he’d changed back to a human and his hamster ears were no longer there, the spots where they normally were were still sensitive.
Yan Jin pitied Xiao Yu for having to wait in the cold wind until dark and felt even worse for Xiao Yu’s current worries. Without considering it any further, he prepared to reveal Nannan’s identity.
“The gate guard knows him…”
Ding dong.
The doorbell rang.
Xiao Yu immediately hopped out of Yan Jin’s embrace. As he went to the door, he forcefully ran a hand through his hair as if he wanted to straighten his curls.
From the sofa, Yan Jin saw Xiao Yu’s efforts and for the first time in a while was filled with jealousy.
Xiao Yu took a deep breath in front of the door and swung open the door.
“Hey, Cousin—”
Nan Wei had fully expected Yan Jin to open the door and ended up saying the wrong greeting.
Although in the next second he added “Master,” Xiao Yu had already heard the strange greeting.
Xiao Yu felt stunned. Before he could realize that the youth in front him was rather familiar, he heard Yan Jin’s soft reply behind him.
“Hey.” Yan Jin calmly got up and moved from the sofa to the dining room. Sitting down, he casually opened up his newspaper just like a old man. “You guys go chat. Don’t worry about me.”
In this day and age, people rarely read the newspaper anymore. Yan Jin had actually dropped the habit long ago too. He’d revived it just for today partly to tease Xiao Yu but mainly so he could hide behind the large newspaper and honorably eavesdrop on Xiao Yu and Nan Wei. This way, he wouldn’t have to go back to the room either.
Nan Jin indicated his assent and grabbed himself some slippers with experienced movements. “Master, I’ll introduce myself first since it’s the first time we’re face-to-face. My online tag is Nannan. My full name is Nan Wei. Since you probably already know, I won’t hide anything. It’s the very same Nan as the Nan Family from NN. My father is Nan Kaitian. But that’s not related to me; no matter what the Nan Family does, I’ll always be the normal Nannan. This part will never change.”
Xiao Yu nodded along and said, “Mhmm.” On the surface he acted as if this was all very normal, but internally he was already on the edge of collapsing.
He didn’t even need to bring up NN. Everyone in S city knew the Nan Family.
But the more important issue was: how could Nannan possibly be from the Nan Family? Wasn’t it well known that Nannan lived off of some cheap jewelry online store? Didn’t he have the talent but lacked the means for a traditional education? Didn’t he want to become a designer but lacked sufficient funds to do so?
And not only that; Nannan, or more accurately Nan Wei, addressed Yan Jin as cousin…
Xiao Yu turned to look at Yan Jin, but all he saw was the newspaper completely shielding him from view. “Hmph!”
As Nan Wei spoke, he familiarly walked over to the sofa and even beckoned Xiao Yu over. “Master, come sit.”
Feeling like their roles as host and guest had been switched, Xiao Yu sat down with a complicated expression.
“Also, Yan Jin is my cousin. At first when you contacted me I really was surprised. I thought you were setting a trap for Cousin.” Nan Wei helped himself with the tea on the table, “Cousin did mentioned all these to you, right?”
Xiao Yu forced himself to smile. “Of course, he already told me long ago.”
It might have been his imagination, but Xiao Yu thought he heard a chuckle from behind the newspaper.
It was really soft, so soft that Nan Wei didn’t notice. But Xiao Yu was almost certain he heard it.
He ground his teeth secretly.
Yan Jin, you’re a dead man walking.
“Right, let’s talk about the important stuff first. Because I couldn’t contact you before, I gave my drafts directly to Cousin. But since then, I wanted to make a few minor modifications. Could you take a look?”
“Of course.”