Under Lan Yu Xi's astonished gaze, Nan Xiao carefully picked up his son, then gestured with his eyes for her to swap his pillow with Chao Chao's small pillow.
Lan Yu Xi stifled a laugh and swapped the two pillows.
After putting Chao Chao down, Nan Xiao took the makeup chair and placed it by the bed.
Lan Yu Xi whispered, "Chao Chao sleeps very soundly, he won't fall off."
Nan Xiao made a shushing gesture and tiptoed around the foot of the bed to get onto it.
Lan Yu Xi consciously shifted inward. However, she had barely moved a foot when Nan Xiao pulled her back.
Nan Xiao applied a little force, and Lan Yu Xi flipped over, facing him.
Lan Yu Xi looked at him with a flushed face, her heart pounding like a drum.
"What are you doing, the children are still here!"
"I'm not doing anything, I just want to look at you."
"Haven't you seen enough after all these years?"
"I'll never get tired of looking even if I look for a lifetime!" Nan Xiao curved his lips and kissed her cheek. "I often dreamed of scenes like this more than ten years ago. Now that it's a reality, I feel a little unreal."
Lan Yu Xi raised her hand and pinched his waist.
Nan Xiao smiled and held her hand.
Lan Yu Xi asked with a smile, "Does it hurt?"
Nan Xiao nodded, "It hurts!"
"Is it real?"
"Real!"
The two of them bumped noses and burst into laughter.
When Nan Xiao had laughed enough, he slightly raised his head to look at the two children. Seeing that they were still asleep, he finally lay back down with relief.
"Don't worry, they're easier to manage than I am. Once they fall asleep, they basically sleep through till morning."
"Sleep through till morning? But Mu Mu said back then that they were woken up by their grandfather."
Lan Yu Xi pouted, "They weren't asleep at all, they were just waiting for you to come back."
Nan Xiao nudged her nose and chuckled, "Then it was the right decision for me to come back today. Otherwise, my big treasure and little treasure would both be disappointed."
Lan Yu Xi leaned her head back, "Disappointed? I'm not disappointed! By the way, did the An family give you a hard time?"
Nan Xiao's eyes instantly darkened. "No, they wouldn't dare to give me a hard time even if they had the guts. However, they do have opinions about me."
When Lan Yu Xi heard that the An family had opinions about Nan Xiao, she immediately became anxious. "You're not competing with them for family assets, so why do they have opinions about you? Are they upset that you arrived late? Didn't they just notify you, and you went right away?"
"I didn't compete, but my grandfather gave me the jade mine. This jade mine's annual income accounts for thirty percent of the An family's total income. With such a large piece of the pie falling into my hands, how can they not be envious?"
Lan Yu Xi frowned slightly. "Envy is pointless. Since Old Man An gave it to you, you should keep it. If it falls into the hands of those prodigal sons, they'll squander it sooner or later."
"Mm, that's what I thought too."
"Who ended up with control of the An family?"
Nan Xiao replied with a frown, "An Ziling. If I hadn't arrived in time, even with my grandfather's will appointing him as the family head, An Laoda would have ousted him. You didn't see the scene at the time; I was afraid my grandfather would come back to life from anger."
Lan Yu Xi reached out and smoothed his furrowed brow.
"Don't be sad. Guarding these unfilial sons, Old Man An is finally at peace."
"I'm not particularly sad. After all, my grandfather was very old. It's just a bit vexing..."
Lan Yu Xi patted his back comfortingly until his brow had completely smoothed out, then she said softly, "During dinner, Mom told me that they want to go pay their respects to Old Man An."
"Perhaps it's better not to go, with them..." Nan Xiao paused, meeting Lan Yu Xi's gaze. "Does Mom want to go to the An family to back you up?"
Lan Yu Xi nodded. "Dad thinks so, but Mom said that Old Man An is your relative after all, and your paying respects would be a form of comfort for you. Also, regarding the old lady, she said since they're in-laws now, all past grievances are forgotten. So, she also wants to visit her in the hospital."
Tang Wan's magnanimity deeply touched Nan Xiao. He stroked her back and said in a husky voice, "It will suffice if I show up at my grandfather's memorial service. As for my mother, she hasn't woken up yet, so it's best not to visit her."
"Mom will talk to you again tomorrow morning. You can tell them then."
"Okay." As Nan Xiao was stroking, his hand slipped under her clothes. "Wife, why have you become so much thinner?"
Lan Yu Xi grabbed his mischievous hand and said exasperatedly, "With all these things happening one after another, if I could still gain weight, my heart would have to be made of iron."
"Do you think I wanted this? It's all the old man's fault for causing such a huge misunderstanding. Feel me, I've lost about 20 pounds since six years ago."
As Nan Xiao spoke, he took her small hand and placed it on his body.
Lan Yu Xi's eyes turned slightly red, and she burrowed into his embrace. "I don't need to feel it, I know you've lost a lot of weight."
Nan Xiao felt the dampness on his chest, knowing she was crying. He quickly rubbed her little head and coaxed her softly, "Don't cry, it's all over now. Everything will get better from now on."
Lan Yu Xi sniffled and said, "I've never asked, why did you transfer out of the military early?"
"..." Nan Xiao's body visibly stiffened.
Lan Yu Xi looked up at him. "If you can't say it, then don't."
"It's not that I can't say it. When I was on a mission, I encountered the group who murdered Sister Yun and her husband, and then I abandoned my team to chase after them myself."
Lan Yu Xi waited for a long time and, seeing he had nothing more to say, couldn't help but ask, "And then?"
"I annihilated all of them and was severely injured myself. If everyone hadn't strongly vouched for me, it wouldn't have just been an early transfer; I might have faced a military court."
Lan Yu Xi hit him with concern, "Are you stupid!"
"It's not stupidity. I just didn't want to live anymore. I thought that after avenging Sister Yun, I would rest in peace there forever. But Xiang Dong desperately pulled me back. When I woke up, instead of being grateful, I beat him up."
"Xiang Dong is the most loyal to you. Don't lose your temper with him unnecessarily in the future."
Nan Xiao hesitated and looked down at her. "Do you think any of those four people might have betrayed me?"
Lan Yu Xi blinked her long, curled eyelashes. "After knowing there was a mole in the Nan family, they were the first four I investigated. So far, I haven't found any evidence of them betraying you."
Nan Xiao visibly relaxed. "Then I can rest assured."
"That's not to say. Until the mole is found, we can't let our guard down. However, you can trust Xiang Dong as much as you trust yourself."
"Mm, he's my body double, you knew that long ago, right?"
Lan Yu Xi nodded. "Once, I went to his room to look for you and accidentally discovered the mask he hid under his pillow. It startled me at the time. I knew it was a Nan family secret, so I kept it to myself and didn't dare to tell anyone."