Nan Xiao reached out and pulled her back.
Lan Yu Xi forcefully shook off his hand, "Don't even think about persuading me! You dare to touch my last line, even if it's you, it's still not allowed!"
Nan Xiao spread his arms and pulled her into his embrace, "I wasn't trying to persuade you. I just wanted to ask you, what do you mean by 'shutting up completely'?"
Lan Yu Xi looked at him coldly, "If I said I was going to kill her, would you turn against me?"
Nan Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly, "I know you won't do that. I just want to know what you're going to do, and then I'll have someone else do it. This matter is not suitable for you to handle."
"You..."
"I'm the same as you. The children and you are my last bottom line. I heard everything she just said. Since she's set her sights on the children, then let's make her shut up for now."
Lan Yu Xi looked at him for a long time, and finally swallowed her words.
He understood her too well. He first stood on the same side as her, and then said he would make his mother shut up for a while, leaving her speechless and unable to disagree with his suggestion.
Nan Xiao raised his hand and stroked his head, "Let's go out. Don't keep everyone waiting too long."
Lan Yu Xi pouted and turned to leave.
Lan Yu Xi barely spoke the entire night. After everyone else had gone to rest, she called for Ying in front of Nan Xiao.
Lan Yu Xi handed him a bottle of medicine, "Give this to the people at the hospital and have them give it to An Lan Shu. Also, assign more people to Zhao Zhao and Mu Mu. They can't go out without my permission. No matter who it is from the An family or An Lan Shu's people, if they try to harm the children, make them pay with their lives!"
"Yes!" Ying looked up at Nan Xiao before turning and leaving.
Lan Yu Xi ignored Nan Xiao and went upstairs by herself.
Nan Xiao knew she was holding back her anger, but with her mother on one side and his wife and children on the other, he had no way to satisfy both. It was already his best effort to contain the situation to this point.
Nan Xiao sat downstairs for a while before getting up and returning to the bedroom.
However, Lan Yu Xi was nowhere to be found in the bedroom. Nan Xiao frowned slightly and went out to the children's room next door. Lan Yu Xi's fluent Italian could be heard from inside.
Nan Xiao peeked through the crack in the door.
On the large bed, Zhao Zhao and Mu Mu were snuggled up on either side of Lan Yu Xi. Lan Yu Xi was holding a storybook and telling the story of Snow White in Italian.
After finishing a section of the story, Lan Yu Xi hugged the two little ones, "You've heard this story countless times, but Mom still wants to tell it to you again. I just want to tell you a principle: in this world, don't trust anyone but yourself. Even if you're small, you have to learn to protect yourself and be vigilant."
Mu Mu blinked her big, grape-like eyes and touched her mother's face, "Besides ourselves, we also have to believe Mom, because Mom won't hurt us."
Lan Yu Xi smiled, grabbed her little hand, and gently bit it, "Yes, even if I have only one breath left, I will protect you both. But if I'm gone, you'll have to rely on yourselves."
Zhao Zhao tightly gripped his mother's clothes and said word for word, "Mom will not disappear. We will always be together."
Lan Yu Xi curved her lips slightly, "Mom will try to live a few more years, because Mom hasn't seen grandchildren yet."
Mu Mu covered her mouth and giggled, "Mom, you think so far ahead. You don't even have daughters-in-law or sons-in-law yet, how can you have grandchildren?"
Zhao Zhao looked up at Lan Yu Xi without blinking, "Mom, is someone targeting me and my sister? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so nervous."
Lan Yu Xi tilted her head and kissed his forehead, "Mom is here, no one can harm you. But you still need to be careful, because Dad and Mom have too many enemies. Who knows which blind fool will run into the line of fire."
"Mom, don't worry, I will protect myself and my sister."
Lan Yu Xi curved her lips slightly, "How is your cooperation with those eight little friends going?"
"We've achieved a certain degree of cooperation, but it will take some time to achieve the seamless cooperation that Dad and those uncles have."
"No rush. You're still young, but don't relax. For the next period, stay at home and practice your chemistry with them."
Zhao Zhao nodded, "Okay, Mom."
Mu Mu pouted and asked, "Do we still want to go see our brother?"
"If you want to see your brother, Mom can take you. But your brother will be discharged soon, and we won't be able to go to the hospital many more times."
Mu Mu sat up with a gasp, "Mom, can brother live with us after he's discharged?"
"Of course. He still needs to recuperate for a while, and he can't do without his mother."
"That's good!" Mu Mu smiled and lay back down.
Zhao Zhao reached out and rubbed her soft, curly hair, "Who do you like better, me or brother?"
Mu Mu pouted and pushed his hand away, "Both are good~"
"Then why have you been mentioning brother every day these past few days?"
Lan Yu Xi suppressed a smile and looked at her son. This little guy was a potential vinegar jar.
Mu Mu knitted her little brows and said, "We're together every day, what's there to mention. Besides, as soon as I talk to you too much, you get annoyed with me, so I'd rather not say anything!"
"When did I get annoyed with you?"
"Your face is full of annoyance!"
Zhao Zhao flopped back down. Seeing her brother angry, Mu Mu quickly flipped over from her mother's body and tugged on his ear, "Are you angry?"
"..."
"Now you know I'm important, right? See if you dare to get annoyed with me again."
"I told you, I wasn't annoyed with you!"
"Then do you still call me stupid?"
"You're not stupid, you're naive and sweet!"
"Mom, brother is talking about me!"
Lan Yu Xi smiled and looked at the two of them, "If you don't tell others what your brother says to you sincerely in the future, your brother won't call you naive and sweet."
Mu Mu pinched Zhao Zhao's little nose and asked, "Nan Yin Zhe, is that what Mom said?"
Zhao Zhao pushed her little hand away and said with a frown, "Yes!"
Mu Mu hugged her little shoulders and asked, "Then I won't tell others from now on, will you still be annoyed with me?"
Zhao Zhao glanced at her, "No, but can you control your mouth?"
"Pinky swear!" Mu Mu poked Zhao Zhao's arm with her little finger.
Zhao Zhao pursed his lips and linked his little finger with hers.
Lan Yu Xi smiled and looked at the two of them, then said to Nan Xiao outside the door, "You've been listening for a long time. Are you not planning to come in?"
Nan Xiao cleared his throat, pushed the door open, and walked in, "I was afraid of disturbing you, so I hesitated whether to come in."