Chapter 67: Only Pigs Snort
“Hmph.”
“You really are a pig.”
“???”
“Only pigs make that snorting sound.”
“???”
Xie Xu suddenly became serious. “Not all milk is called Telunsu.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“I’m trying to say…” Xie Xu’s lips curved into a smile. “Not everyone—I only call her pig.”
Not all milk is called Telunsu, and not everyone do I call her pig? What does that mean?
Lu Yiqi’s clever little mind turned the words over.
“What do you mean by that? Are you insulting me in a roundabout way, calling me a pig?”
Xie Xu: “…”
Let me show you: Handsome guy, speechless.
Xie Xu shot Lu Yiqi a sidelong glance, sneered, “Hopelessly stupid.”
“You’re insulting me—caught you red-handed.”
“666.”
“???”
He insults me and then drops a ‘666’? What’s that supposed to mean?
Lu Yiqi was still puzzling over it when the butler came over to Xie Xu’s side. “Young master, Chairman Xie wants to see you.”
Xie Xu ignored him.
The butler tried to persuade him gently, “Young master, today is your birthday. You should give Chairman Xie some respect. Your disagreements can be settled in private…”
Lu Yiqi happened to be nearby and, hearing the word ‘disagreement,’ stopped pondering why Xie Xu insulted her yet praised her, her thoughts now focused entirely on the conflict between Xie Xu and his father.
No wonder, even though she and Xie Xu were neighbors, she’d never seen anyone else come or go from his house. She’d thought he lived alone to build up his life skills, but it turned out he simply didn’t get along with his father.
Lu Yiqi pressed her lips together, suddenly feeling a pang of sympathy for Xie Xu.
She kept silent, listening quietly.
Xie Xu spoke blandly, “I already gave him enough face by agreeing to throw this stupid birthday party and showing up, didn’t I? Everyone knows this so-called birthday banquet—if we’re being honest, isn’t it more like… a matchmaking dinner?”
The butler’s forehead broke out in cold sweat. He didn’t know what to say, but he couldn’t fail the task Chairman Xie had given him. Left with no other choice, he used his ultimate weapon.
The ultimate weapon: Reasoning and playing the victim. “Young master, your clash with Chairman Xie has dragged on for so many years. I really think it’s time you two cleared the air. Just think, what if you’ve misunderstood him? Chairman Xie isn’t that kind of person, really. I’ve watched you both all these years—you’re both stubborn, one never asks, the other never explains. Now Chairman Xie asked me to call you over, maybe this time he’s willing to bend, right? Besides, I’m just a worker. Chairman Xie gave me this task, I have to complete it. Imagine, if I fail, Chairman Xie gets angry, he might fire me, and at my age—over forty—what would I do? I have a wife and kids to feed…”
The butler spoke so vividly, he nearly broke down crying in front of Xie Xu to prove just how miserable he was.
Xie Xu: “…”
He knew the butler was playing the sympathy card. After all, the butler had worked in their home for over ten years, and his father was sentimental—he’d never fire the butler over something this trivial.
But he truly didn’t want to see his father right now, so Xie Xu hesitated.
Suddenly, someone tugged at his sleeve. Xie Xu was in a foul mood and cast a cold glance at the person, but when he saw Lu Yiqi, he froze. The hostility in his eyes vanished instantly. “What is it?”
Lu Yiqi leaned close to him and whispered…