Guo Yiyang and Ilena were present.
Ilena lay on the sofa, her belly noticeably larger, and she had gained significant weight compared to her photograph.
This was a result of the fetus’s absorption over the past couple of days; otherwise, she would have been even heavier.
“Sit down,” Li Minxi said, handing her a glass of water.
“Are you all alright?” Li Minyu asked, looking at the group.
“If something were wrong, would we be sitting here chatting with you?” Li Minxi retorted.
Li Minyu glared at her. “No one thinks you’re mute if you don’t speak.”
“What are you doing here?” Li Minxi ignored her.
“I received news that someone was targeting you, so I rushed over.”
“It’s fine. The danger has been neutralized.”
“How do you know it’s fine? Do you know who these people are?”
“Our security is quite strong. We catch one, we eliminate two. It’s fine.”
Li Minxi said boastfully.
“Why haven’t I seen your security?”
“If you had seen us, it would have been over long ago,” Li Minxi said with a chuckle.
At this moment, Guo Xuyang came downstairs.
He had met Li Minyu once before, at sea.
“You?” Li Minyu exclaimed in surprise.
“Welcome, welcome. What brings you here today?”
Guo Xuyang hadn’t expected to see Li Minyu here.
Just a few days ago, he had mentioned introducing Lin Ziqi to Pi Xiaoqian, and now the person in question had appeared. This felt a bit improper.
“You know each other? Look at my memory. You’ve met.”
Li Minxi said, then patted her head.
“I’ll call Fatty and have him come back.”
“No need. I just came to see, and I’ll be leaving soon,” Li Minyu stopped her.
“Since you’re here, why not stay for dinner?” Guo Xuyang suggested.
“Exactly. Weren’t you here to catch those people?” Li Minxi asked. “Wait a bit longer, see if there are any stragglers.”
“How did you know?”
“Don’t we know we’d be sitting here?” Li Minxi rolled her eyes at her sister.
“Aren’t you afraid they’ll break in?”
“They can’t break in. I told you our security is very strong.”
Li Minxi said, then dialed Pi Xiaoqian’s number.
“You lazy fatty, where are you? It’s so late, and you’re not up yet? The person you’ve been thinking about is in the provincial capital, want to come over? Where? Where did you say? Where else could it be if I’m calling you? Yes. We’re sitting here chatting. If you want to see her, hurry up.”
Upon hearing that Li Minyu was in the provincial capital, Pi Xiaoqian quickly called Lv Liang and Wu Youzhi. It turned out they were already up and having tea outside. He put his phone on speaker, said, “Let’s go back to the villa, Li Minyu is here. Xiao Xi just called,” while getting dressed.
Wu Youzhi and the other were surprised by Pi Xiaoqian’s excitement and quickly drove over to pick him up and rush to the villa.
Li Minyu was also curious why so many people had gathered around Guo Xuyang, and even more curious about where the assassins had gone. So, she called her companions and said she would be back later.
When Pi Xiaoqian arrived at the villa, Li Minxi was introducing the people in the room to Li Minyu one by one.
“This is Guo Xuyang’s mother, Wu Shangqing. This is Ilena, Guo Yiyang, Xiao Yun, Ye Zi, Yu Er. And this is my sister, Li Minyu.”
“Xiao Yu, when did you arrive?” Pi Xiaoqian said, his bulky frame wobbling as he entered.
“Not long ago. I’m on a mission,” Li Minyu said, glancing at Pi Xiaoqian.
“Oh, why don’t you stay for lunch?”
“Sure.” Li Minyu looked at the time and saw it was time for lunch, so she agreed.
“Great, I’ll treat you to lunch!” Pi Xiaoqian said happily. “Let’s go to Junyue Lai.”
Everyone collectively rolled their eyes. If they went to Junyue Lai, there was no need for him to treat them.
As they were talking, Wu Youzhi and Lv Liang also walked in.
“I say, President Pi, you can’t abandon your friends for a pretty face, can you? The car isn’t even parked yet and you’re running off,” Wu Youzhi teased as he walked.
“I haven’t seen Xiao Yu for about half a year, so of course, I have to run quickly,” Pi Xiaoqian said shamelessly.
“What? Aren’t you going to introduce us?”
“This is Li Minyu, Xiao Xi’s sister. This is Wu Youzhi, Mr. Wu, the boss of a jade store. This is Lv Liang, who is currently doing business with President Jiang. You know him, no need for further introduction, right?” Pi Xiaoqian introduced the three.
“Miss, President Pi misses you dearly. He was talking about you yesterday,” Wu Youzhi said with a smile.
“Mr. Wu is joking. President Pi is very busy now, he doesn’t have time to think about me,” Li Minyu replied.
This statement didn’t quite sound right. Pi Xiaoqian was also confused, not knowing what he had done wrong.
“I say, sis, Fatty is genuinely sincere towards you. Saying that is too disheartening,” Li Minxi said.
“Genuinely sincere? Is being out partying every day a sign of sincerity? If this is sincerity, it’s quite lacking in genuine feeling!” Li Minyu’s statement stunned everyone.
Fatty’s actions were well-known to Guo Xuyang and the others, so they were surprised that Li Minyu also knew.
“That… that was just going through the motions, wasn’t it?” Wu Youzhi said, lacking conviction, but he had to cover for Pi Xiaoqian.
“Going through the motions? Can such a man be relied upon? If such a man could be relied upon, then pigs would really be able to climb trees,” Li Minyu scoffed.
“Oh, it’s getting late. Is everyone hungry? Let’s go eat first, and we can discuss other matters later,” Guo Xuyang quickly changed the subject, seeing how the conversation had progressed.
“Yes, yes, yes. People are iron, and food is steel. If you don’t eat, you’ll get hungry. Let’s go eat first,” Pi Xiaoqian quickly agreed.
“Eat, eat, eat. Look at all that fat on you, can you still walk if you eat more?” Li Minyu retorted at Pi Xiaoqian.
“Alright, why don’t you say a little less? You haven’t seen each other in half a year, and you’re arguing as soon as you meet. Is that interesting? Let’s go eat first,” Li Minxi said, pulling Li Minyu along.
Everyone quickly followed.
The ten of them arrived at Junyue Lai and ordered a table, which was just enough to seat everyone.
“Guo Xuyang, where did those assassins go?” Li Minyu asked.
“What assassins?” Guo Xuyang played dumb.
“Haven’t any strangers come to your place recently?”
“I really haven’t paid attention to that. There have been joyous occasions at home these past few days, and we’ve been busy, so I haven’t paid much attention.”
“Then why did Xiao Xi say earlier that they catch one and eliminate two?”
“I didn’t say anything wrong. Our security is indeed quite strong. Whether they are assassins or any other bad guys, I didn’t say anything wrong,” Li Minxi said.
“You…” Li Minyu was so angry she was about to explode.