Jin Yan was in no mood at this moment and didn't want to pay attention to Su Mei. Pretending not to hear anything, she turned her wheelchair and intended to bypass her.
Seeing her silence, Su Mei let out a soft laugh. "Even if you try to curry favor with her now, it's already too late. Weren't your engagement with Brother Xiao called off long ago? Now you're regretting it and coming here eagerly. In others' eyes, you're just a clown. I advise you to give up this idea."
"Miss Su!" Jin Yan glanced at her indifferently. "You're a smart person, but sometimes being too confident can lead to a miserable end."
"I don't need Miss Jin to worry about that." Su Mei proudly raised her chin, her eyes filled with determination. "There's nothing I, Su Mei, want that I can't get."
"Your Brother Xiao is different from those things you wanted before."
Su Mei took a step closer, staring straight at Jin Yan. She sized her up arrogantly and said pointedly, "Men all like confident and flamboyant women. In terms of looks and family background, I'm not inferior to anyone. I'm the most suitable person for Brother Xiao. Once he compares, he'll naturally understand."
"Really?" Jin Yan sneered and reminded her, "So soon, Miss Su has forgotten what just happened? Your Brother Xiao doesn't seem to be very interested in you either."
Being hit on a sore spot, Su Mei's face changed.
She forced a defense. "I showed up too suddenly just now. He just didn't react in time. After he thinks it over, he'll surely treat me better."
"Are you that confident?" Jin Yan deliberately sighed. "It seems that the translator under your Brother Xiao is much prettier than you."
"She's just an employee of the company. No matter how beautiful she is, without a good family background, she's simply not worthy of Xiao Yu. The Xiao family will never accept her." Su Mei snorted, finally getting a bit angry. "How dare you compare me with her."
Jin Yan didn't say anything else. She just sneered and left without looking back.
After working for a while, Ye Yanxi stood up and stretched. Having drunk too much water just now, she intended to go to the bathroom.
After getting up and seeing that Xiao Yu didn't say anything, she walked out.
She vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a bathroom on the second floor when she came up. So, following the route in her memory, she left Xiao Yu's bedroom.
Standing in the corridor and judging the direction, Ye Yanxi walked straight towards the bathroom.
Just as she finished washing her hands and was about to go out, she bumped into someone who was coming in.
She didn't know this person. She thought that most of the people who could appear here today were from the Xiao family. So, Ye Yanxi politely nodded at the person.
Just as she was about to leave, the person called out to her, "Wait a minute."
"I heard your surname is Ye, right?"
Ye Yanxi turned back in surprise, looking a bit embarrassed. "Yes, my surname is Ye."
This person looked about fifty years old. Presumably, she was Xiao Yu's elder. Her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Xiao Yu's, but softer. She must have been a great beauty when she was young, and still retained her charm. Ye Yanxi felt nervous.
"Don't be nervous." Xiao Qingli smiled gently. She sized Ye Yanxi up from head to toe and then said slowly, "I'm Xiao Yu's aunt. You can just call me aunt."
Uh... Call her aunt directly? Ye Yanxi thought it might not be appropriate. Remembering that Xiao Yu once told her that he had an aunt who was very kind to him when he was a child, and her husband's family seemed to have the surname Mu. So, she quickly greeted, "Good day, Mrs. Mu."
Xiao Qingli's eyes lit up.
"Sure enough!"
Ye Yanxi didn't understand what she meant. She just smiled stupidly and wanted to leave. "Mrs. Mu, I still have work to do, so I'll..."
Moreover, this was still the bathroom. Standing at the door talking felt strange. Presumably, Xiao Qingli came here to use the bathroom. Ye Yanxi just wanted to leave quickly.
But before she could finish her words, Xiao Qingli interrupted her. "I heard some time ago that Xiao Yu has someone he likes. At first, I didn't believe it. Now... Is that person you?"
Caught off guard by what Xiao Qingli said, Ye Yanxi was stunned for a moment.
Then she quickly reacted and pretended not to understand her words. "Mrs. Mu, I think you must have mistaken me. I'm just... an employee of the president's company."
But Xiao Qingli looked at her with a look of "You don't need to deny it. I understand everything." "I watched Xiao Yu grow up. He never talks about family matters with an outsider. Moreover... My husband's family has the surname Mu. I'm afraid he won't tell others about this."
Was there a problem?
"Right?" Ye Yanxi was very nervous. She thought that for a family like the Xiao family, even a slight stir might be reported by the media. And her husband's family should be well - known, right?
So... It shouldn't be strange for her to know. But Xiao Qingli's expression was really hard to figure out, which made her wonder if she had said something wrong.
Finally, Xiao Qingli stopped teasing her and told her frankly, "My husband and I had a secret marriage, so the outside media didn't know about it. Later, my husband passed away, so even fewer people knew about my husband's family. If it weren't for a special relationship, Xiao Yu wouldn't have told you this."
At this moment, Ye Yanxi's mind went blank.
So that's it. She really was too talkative...
She couldn't help blaming Xiao Yu for not telling her this. Now she had exposed herself. The people of the Xiao family didn't like her very much. She didn't know how this Xiao Qingli, who was very close to Xiao Yu, would scold her.
Standing there stiffly, Ye Yanxi simply decided to face it. What was coming would surely come.
"I wonder what you want to say, Mrs. Mu?" Ye Yanxi was still a bit nervous, and her tone became solemn.
"Don't be nervous. I watched Xiao Yu grow up. Since that incident happened, this child has always looked like he doesn't want anyone to get close. He must have been very lonely all these years. Later, when I heard that Xiao Yu has someone he likes, I'm so happy."
"Ah..." Ye Yanxi didn't quite understand. "So, you don't want me to break up with him?"
"It's not easy to meet someone you truly like in your lifetime." Xiao Qingli's eyes were filled with sadness, as if she was immersed in some past memories. "When everything is lost and it's too late to save, it's too late."
Seeing the faint sadness between her eyebrows, Ye Yanxi thought that she might be thinking of her deceased husband. She was also infected by her emotions.
Realizing that she was a bit out of control, Xiao Qingli quickly regained her senses and smiled bitterly. "Although my father is old - fashioned, as long as Xiao Yu really likes someone, he won't stop him. My elder brother won't have any objections either. As for my sister - in - law, she'll accept you one day."
It turned out that Xiao Qingli was here to comfort her. Maybe she also knew what happened at the villa gate, Huo Lin's attitude towards her and the things she said.
"Thank you, Mrs. Mu."
Seeing that she was no longer nervous, Xiao Qingli winked playfully. "Won't you call me aunt?"
Ye Yanxi suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. Her cheeks turned red. She left a sentence, "I still have work to do. I won't accompany you, Mrs. Mu, to talk."
All the way from the bathroom to the bedroom, Ye Yanxi ran back in one breath. She was out of breath when she reached the door of the study. Xiao Yu looked up and glanced at her.
"Weren't you going to the bathroom? Why did it take so long?" Then he buried his head in the notebook in front of him again.
"Oh, I just met Mrs. Mu." Thinking of the teasing words Xiao Qingli said just now, the tips of her ears couldn't help but burn.
"You met aunt? What did she say to you?"
"You told me before that your aunt's husband's family has the surname Mu, but why didn't you tell me that she had a secret marriage with her husband? There's no report from the outside world, and no one knows about this." Ye Yanxi complained and stared at Xiao Yu angrily.
"Now you know, don't you?" He replied calmly.
Didn't he feel a bit guilty at all? Ye Yanxi was very angry.
"You didn't tell me before, which made me..."
"Did aunt make things difficult for you?"
"No, it's just..."
Xiao Yu gave a soft hum and then said, "Aunt has always doted on me since I was a child. She's the closest elder to me. When we have dinner later, if I can't take care of you, you can go to her."
"..." She hadn't even said anything yet. How did Xiao Yu know everything?
Suddenly, Ye Yanxi felt that she had been tricked. Not telling her this before was completely on purpose.
Still angry, Ye Yanxi wanted to say something else. Suddenly, the servant knocked on the door.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Master! Madam asked me to tell you that the family dinner is about to start. Please go downstairs for dinner now."
"Okay, got it."
It took a while for Xiao Yu to put down the materials in his hand. He got up and prepared to go downstairs.
The computer was turned off, and the materials were packed up. Seeing that Ye Yanxi was still sitting on the chair without moving.
"Let's go downstairs for dinner. You can work on the materials later. Go downstairs for dinner first."
Ye Yanxi was busy with her hands. Hearing this, she looked at Xiao Yu. "I don't need to go downstairs. It's your family dinner today. It's not appropriate for me to be there. Anyway, I'm here to work as your translator. I'll just stay here. Later, you can ask the servant to send me food, or after you're done, I'll just go outside and eat something casually."
Anyway, as long as she didn't have dinner with Xiao Yu's family, it would be okay. If Xiao Yu got angry and took her straight home, she would be even more happy.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu just stared at her with his deep eyes.
The next second, before Ye Yanxi could react, she was pulled up from the chair by Xiao Yu. Without saying a word, he dragged her outside.
"Ah, I have to work..." Ye Yanxi wailed.
But Xiao Yu ignored her and carried her away, striding downstairs. When everyone saw them coming down, several pairs of eyes all shot over in unison.