Chapter 32 - Jealousy

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The old lady noticed Su Mubei and Su Mubai’s emotions and hurried over to comfort them. She then took out gummy bears and coaxed the two children.

She changed the topic quietly.

“Isn’t Mr. Ji less good-looking than Mr. Qi?”

Su Mubei and Su Mubai, who were obsessed with looks, instantly understood her question and nodded affirmatively.

Su Mubai said childishly, “Mr. Qi looks good even when he’s mad, but not Mr. Ji. He looks ugly.”

Her brother was smarter. He quickly covered Su Mubai’s mouth and told her not to talk nonsense, lest Ji Anren heard it.

Su Mubai could only stare at Su Mubei and the old lady with her big, watery eyes and whimper.

She said she would not speak nonsense again.

Only then did Su Mubei let go and drop his hand.

The door was suddenly opened by someone. Su Mubai heard the sound and immediately looked at the door.

Sure enough, it was Su Xiaonai.

Su Mubai hurried over, hugged Su Xiaonai, and started complaining.

“Mommy, Su Mubei bullied me just now.”

$u Xiaonai glanced at Su Mubei immediately, her eyes questioning him. Su Mubei hadn’t expected Su Mubai to be so sly.

She was clearly misrepresenting the fact. At a loss for words, he could only shake his head in denial.

Seeing that he was silent, Su Xiaonai chose to believe him.

As their mother, she had always known that it was Su Mubai who bullied Su Mubei, never the other way around.

Seeing that her plan had failed, Su Mubai pouted in disappointment and tugged at Su Xiaonais sleeve.

She pointed at the two men standing in the living room.

“Mom, they’re arguing.”

Su Xiaonai had long noticed the noise on the other side and looked displeased. She quickly walked between the two and stopped Qi Lingyan and Ji Anren’s argument.

“Stop arguing.”

After hearing this, the men were silent. Su Xiaonai heaved a sigh of relief.

Just as she thought that this verbal battle was about to end, the two men spoke at the same time.

“Don’t you worry about this; this is between us men.”

$u Xiaonai was pushed aside, and for a moment, she didn’t know who did it.

$u Xiaonai wanted to say something else, but she felt like she couldn’t get a word in. She had no choice but to back away, feeling discouraged.

She walked toward Su Mubai and Su Mubei. The old lady patted Su Xiaonai’s shoulder and comforted her gently.

“Xiaonai, don’t be sad. They’re two grown men and somehow all they know is to quarrel. Just ignore them.”

$u Xiaonai nodded and carried the bag to the kitchen. She started washing the fruits.

Bored, the children went up to help her.

After the three of them rinsed the fruits, Su Xiaonai took out a mango. Su Mubai watched from the side and drooled.

“Mommy, can you share some with me?”

Su Xiaonai pinched the tip of Su Mubai’s nose when she saw her greedy little face. She then washed her hands and began to peel the skin off Mango.

“Sure.”

A bright warm smile immediately blossomed on Su Mubai’s face.

$u Xiaonai placed most of the mango pieces on a cat-shaped plate and passed it to Su Mubai. Then, she placed the rest on another plate.

This plate was put on the living room table.

Su Mubei walked over, his face lit up when he saw the mango. Then he saw the cat-shaped plate Su Mubai was holding.

Her plate was filled with mango pieces, and he suddenly felt a little upset. He stormed over to Su Xiaonai.

His fingers pointed at Su Mubai.

“Mommy, I want as much mango as she has.”

Su Xiaonai was in a dilemma, but in order not to upset Su Mubei, she had no choice but to cut another mango and put it on another plate.

Su Mubei took it and instantly felt better. He felt like he was not being treated differently.

And so they sat on their couches, eating mango and watching Qi Lingyan and Ji Anren argue.

Ji Anren was glaring at Qi Lingyan.

“Mrr, President Qi, not everyone is connected by fate. What’s the point of being jealous and calling our encounter ‘ill-fated’’?”

Qi Lingyan could tell that he was mocking him for not knowing Su Xiaonai through some coincidence. He was upset; that didn’t mean they were not connected through fate.

He knew enough about fated encounters to need Ji to teach him about fate.

“Ha, perhaps Mr. Ji doesn’t know that Su Xiaonai and I are indeed brought together by fate. Otherwise, why would my grandmother live here?”

Ji Anren was at a loss for words. There must be a reason why the old lady was staying here.

Seeing that he had dragged her into this, Su Xiaonai quickly stood up and interrupted.

“Argue as much as you want, but don’t drag me into this.”

Ji Anren glanced at Su Xiaonai and felt that there was a lack of confidence in her words. A trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

“Got it, Xiaonai.”

Hearing the intimate “Xiaonai”, Qi Lingyan felt that he had goosebumps all over and his voice sounded angry.

“Are you close to her? ‘Xiao

Su Xiaonai didn’t expect Ji Anren to address her that way either. She immediately looked displeased and quickly declined.

“Mr. Ji, don’t call me that. I don’t like it.”

Seeing that Su Xiaonai had rejected him as well, Qi Lingyan felt a lightness in his heart.

Like a child, he childishly provoked Ji Anren.

“See? She didn’t want you to call her that, so know your place. I feel embarrassed for you.”

Ji Anren clenched his fists by his side, not knowing how to refute Qi Lingyan’s words. In the end, he lowered his head and fell silent.

Su Xiaonai was worried that Ji Anren would cry.

Just then, she heard a phone ringing. She looked down at her phone and realized that it wasn’t hers that was ringing.

A few seconds later, Qi Lingyan realized that it was his phone. He took a look at the caller ID. It was his secretary.

He answered the call.

“Hey, what’s up?”

‘The secretary heard the trace of impatience in Qi Lingyan’s tone and hurried to get to the point without saying anything extra.

“Boss, the person in charge of the Mingyao project is here. You have to come.”

Qi Lingyan frowned.

“Didn’t we agree to meet next week? Why so sudden?”

“They said that they had something on at the last minute, so they had no choice but to move it to today.”

Qi Lingyan nodded, hung up the phone, and went to the porch to put on his shoes. When he was about to leave, he looked up at Ji Anren.

“Leave this place with me.”

Ji Anren feigned a harmless smile.

“Mr, President Qi, you should go by yourself. I live upstairs. There’s no hurry.”