Chapter 138: Coax Him a Little

For two days in a row, Nan Zhi had not seen Mu Sihan.

Every day when she returned to the manor, she was on tenterhooks. At night especially, she hardly dared sleep too deeply, afraid that, displeased with her, the hot-tempered man might one day strangle her to death.

Was it fortunate or unfortunate to have caught the eye of a violent man?

Xiaokai seemed to like him quite a lot. After going several days without seeing him, he asked Nan Zhi about him repeatedly.

That evening, after Nan Zhi had prepared dinner and Xiaokai had finished his examination, mother and son sat down at the table to eat.

Jun Yuan had told her the day before that the person whose bone marrow matched Xiaokai’s had returned to the country.

Nan Zhi had originally wanted to meet that person, but Jun Yuan said that he had only just returned and was very busy, so he had no time to see her for the moment.

In any case, finding bone marrow suitable for Xiaokai was good news.

If she ever met that person, she would thank him profusely.

After taking a sip of soup, Xiaokai tilted his exquisite little face and asked, “Pretty Mama, Cool Uncle hasn’t come to see Big Brother Kai for the past few days. He isn’t angry with you, is he?”

Nan Zhi thought of the dark fury in his eyes that day and answered absently, “Mm.”

“So he really is angry with you? Is it because I told him that you received a diamond ring from another uncle?” Xiaokai stuck out his tongue.

Nan Zhi froze. When she realized that the little rascal had been the one to reveal the secret of the diamond ring, she tapped him lightly on the head with her chopsticks.

“So you’re on his side now, helping him gang up on Mama?”

Xiaokai set down his spoon, cupped his tender, fair little face in his hands, and gazed at Nan Zhi with his large, dark eyes.

“Actually, I think Cool Uncle is pretty nice. If you’re going to find a boyfriend, Pretty Mama, I want you to choose Cool Uncle.”

Nan Zhi’s heart gave a start.

She had never expected that, in such a short time, the hot-tempered man would already have won over her son.

When they had been abroad, she had never lacked suitors, but the little fellow had not thought highly of a single one. In his eyes, every one of them was just some strange man trying to steal his mother away.

“What sort of potion did he give you?” Nan Zhi had never considered finding another boyfriend. Besides, her relationship with Mu Sihan was merely contractual, and she refused to think about anything deeper.

Her father’s exploitation and Fu Shaoxiu’s betrayal had made her instinctively wary of men. She always felt that anyone who approached her had ulterior motives.

Mu Sihan was a perfect example. As a man standing at the very peak of the social pyramid, what kind of woman had he not seen? His interest in her was nothing more than a passing whim. If she foolishly allowed herself to fall for him, she would be the only one hurt in the end.

Besides, she had to take back the television station, reclaim everything that had once belonged to her and her mother. What right did she have to speak of love?

Nan Zhi stroked Xiaokai’s little face, her smile soft and tender.

“Darling, having you is enough for Mama.”

No man could ever compare with her precious little boy.

Xiaokai beamed and sighed dramatically.

“It’s all because I’m too handsome. I’ve bewitched Pretty Mama so completely that she has no interest in any other strange men.”

“That’s right, that’s right. It’s all because Nan Xiaokai is too irresistible and has made me utterly devoted to him!”

Xiaokai blinked.

“So Cool Uncle’s rival in love isn’t the strange man who gave you the diamond ring. It’s Big Brother Kai, isn’t it?”

Nan Zhi curved her eyes into a smile and said nothing.

…

After dinner, mother and son went for a walk. Xiaokai then entered the playroom, while Nan Zhi was summoned to the main building by Yi Fan.

“The young master has been working very hard these past few days. He hasn’t eaten anything since he came home tonight. Take this upstairs to him.”

Yi Fan placed a tray in Nan Zhi’s hands.

Nan Zhi had not spoken to Mu Sihan for several days, and a trace of apprehension suddenly rose within her.

“Housekeeper Yi, perhaps he doesn’t really want to see me.”

“I know the two of you have had a quarrel, but the young master’s temper flares quickly and fades just as quickly. Go upstairs and coax him a little.”

Nan Zhi: “…”