Lan Haolin stopped talking and sat down at his daughter's words, even picking up the cup of tea Nan Xiao had poured and taking a sip.
Lan Yuxi glanced at him indifferently, then took the hands of the two little ones and walked over to Nan Xiao.
Nan Xiao bent down, picked up Mumu, and reached out to smooth the stray hairs on her forehead.
Mumu pouted and hugged her father's neck tightly. She had already started to like her maternal grandfather, but the moment he yelled at her father, she disliked him again.
Although Old Mrs. Nan couldn't move or speak, her ears were sharp. When Mumu called Lan Yuxi "Mom," she was astonished. When Mumu called Nan Xiao "Dad," her pupils dilated uncontrollably.
Could these two children be Nan Xiao's?
And was the reason Nan Xiao married Lan Yuxi because of these two children?
Old Mrs. Nan's gaze flickered over the faces of the two children, her expression shifting from initial doubt to final venom.
Even if these two children were Nan Xiao's offspring, she would not acknowledge them, nor would she compromise and let Lan Yuxi enter the family just because they were of the Nan bloodline. At worst...
Zhaozhao met Old Mrs. An's venomous gaze.
The little one sensitively sensed the killing intent in her eyes. His small hand instinctively gripped his mother's hand tighter, and then his dark eyes, full of hostility, met Old Mrs. Nan's gaze.
Old Mrs. Nan was startled. She had seen such eyes in her son before, the time when he insisted on taking Lan Yuxi to live in his courtyard, and she disagreed. He had looked at her with those eyes.
Lan Yuxi narrowed her eyes slightly, bent down, and picked up her son. "Old woman, are you plotting against my child? Have you forgotten that your son is still in my hands? If anything happens to my child, I will make sure your lineage ends!"
Nan Xiao looked over with a choked feeling, "Xi Bao..."
Lan Yuxi rolled her eyes at him. "Don't worry, I won't be like some people, constantly chasing and killing. At worst, I'll just give you a minor surgery so you can never have children again."
Nan Xiao hooked his lips. He already had a son and a daughter. If Xi Bao wanted to give him a vasectomy, so be it.
Old Mrs. Nan's gaze was like poison. If she could move, she would tear this slut apart. How dare she touch her son! She would ensure she died a gruesome death.
But when she saw the doting look in her son's eyes as he looked at Lan Yuxi, her heart sank.
Given her son's current state, he would die for Lan Yuxi if she asked him to. It seemed a long-term plan was needed.
Lan Yuxi completely ignored Old Mrs. Nan, who was lost in her scheming. Holding Mumu, she surveyed the room. "I apologize to you all for today's events. Getting our marriage certificate was my idea. I didn't originally want to get married, but I couldn't resist the provocation of those petty people, so I dragged Nan Xiao to the civil affairs bureau. I was actually still hesitant at the bureau, but now seeing how upset some people are, I think my impulsive decision was the right one."
Lan Yuxi glanced meaningfully at Old Mrs. An. "The more some people don't want me to marry Nan Xiao, the more I will. The more some people don't want Nan Xiao and I to be happy, the happier I will be than anyone else. And some people can only envy, jealousy, and hate!"
Lan Yuxi's small face tensed as she met Old Mrs. Nan's hateful gaze. "There are some things a junior like me shouldn't say, but if I don't, you'll always think you're the most pitiful and most deserving of sympathy in this world."
Old Mrs. Nan glared at her. Wasn't she the most pitiful one?
Nan Xiao extended a large hand, took Chaochao from Lan Yuxi's arms, and then left. The following conversation was not suitable for the two children to hear, but he did not want to stop Lan Yuxi. This was because his mother had already set her sights on the two children, and if no one enlightened her, she would go further and further down the wrong path.
After Nan Xiao left, Lan Yuxi pulled out the golden needles from Old Mrs. Nan. She hadn't removed them earlier because she didn't want Old Mrs. Nan to blurt out nonsense and embarrass Nan Xiao, making the two children even more disappointed in her.
Old Mrs. Nan's body was already extremely stiff. As soon as her acupoints were released, she cried out in pain.
Lan Yuxi didn't give her a chance to speak. With a dark expression, she said, "Back then, the old master and my maternal grandmother were deeply in love, but you used the An family's influence to snatch him away. You used the lives of my grandmother's family and the old master's future as leverage to threaten her into leaving the old master. My grandmother had no choice but to compromise and break up with the old master, but he absolutely refused. So, you forced my grandmother to leave the capital. Imagine how bitter her life was, wandering alone while pregnant. But you didn't intend to let her go. When you found out she was pregnant, what did you do? You actually sent people to hunt her down!"
Old Mrs. Nan secretly glanced at Nan Zhenting. Seeing his increasingly grim expression, she roared hysterically, "Shut up! You shut up!"
"Do you think if I shut up, no one will know what you've done? Stop deceiving yourself! I really don't want to expose everything you've done, because just one of my words would be enough for you to spend years in prison."
Old Mrs. Nan sneered, "Who can't boast? You hate me to the bone. If you could send me to prison, you would have done it long ago!"
"I do hate you, but I have to consider Nan Xiao's feelings. If people find out his mother is so vicious, how can he establish himself in the capital? I'm not saying this to threaten you, because whether you agree to me being with Nan Xiao or not, we will be together. I just want you to know that the injustices you've felt all these years are actually all your own doing! Also, stop doing such inhumane things. Consider it accumulating good karma for your descendants."
Old Mrs. Nan narrowed her eyes. Just as she was about to speak, Nan Zhenting spoke from the side.
"I had already guessed that Xiao Ling's departure was related to you, but I didn't know you used such despicable means... you even sent people to hunt her down... An Lanshu, I am divorcing you!"
Old Mrs. Nan looked at Nan Zhenting, his eyes red-rimmed. A glint of ferocity flashed in her eyes. She raised her hand and gripped her wrist, which was adorned with a jade bangle.
"Nan Zhenting, this divorce isn't something you can just decide. Have you forgotten that without me as the mistress of the Nan family, you can only control half of the Nan family?"
Nan Zhenting's body stiffened abruptly. He stared at her hand gripping the jade bangle and questioned sternly, "An Lanshu, have you..."
Nan Zhenting, mindful of the outsiders, did not finish the second half of his sentence.
Others might not understand the meaning of his words, but Old Mrs. Nan understood.
She wore a victor's smile and provocatively raised her eyebrows.
Nan Zhenting, furious, stood up and slapped her. "An Lanshu, you've truly gone mad! Do you know the consequences of what you're doing!"