After breaking up, I picked up a beautiful vampire girl.

But Li Muhan was not relieved yet, after all, Su Xue had just said "backup plan".

Although Su Xue looks more stable and reliable, there is a saying that goes.

The pink ones turned black when cut open... Who knows if she has any other tricks up her sleeve waiting for me.

"So don't try to shirk your responsibility. From the moment you enter this room, you must eat your meal here tonight."

Lin Ziyu patted Li Muhan on the shoulder.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was 7 o'clock in the evening. Lin Ze and Su Xue had already prepared a table of food. Originally, Lin Ziyu was planning to stay, but he received a phone call and heard that someone was attacking the firewall he set up, so he left in a rage.

Just a few minutes after Lin Ziyu left, Li Muhan received a call from Aunt Jiang.

"Xiaohan, we're already on the 35th floor. Where are you?"

"Wait a moment, Auntie, I'll come pick you up right away."

Li Muhan covered the phone and said something to Lin Ze who had just come out of the kitchen.

"Director Lin, my adoptive parents are here."

"Then what are you still standing there for? Go and answer it."

Lin Ze brought out the last dish and waved to Li Muhan.

Li Muhan gently pushed open the door. Winter nights always come quickly.

Although it was only 7 o'clock, the sky became a little dark and the lights in the corridor came on.

He looked towards the end of the corridor and caught sight of those familiar figures.

Uncle Gu and Aunt Jiang were standing near the elevator discussing something. Beside them was the girl who looked familiar yet unfamiliar—Gu Ruoxi.

Li Muhan frowned slightly. She used to be the person on whom all his expectations and hopes lay, but now she made him feel a little annoyed.

"Uncle, aunt!" Li Muhan waved his arms, looking particularly friendly under the warm light, "Here!"

Li Muhan waved to the three people and then led them into the room.

When the two elders and Gu Ruoxi stepped into this simple yet warm home, they couldn't help but be stunned.

The air was filled with the subtle scent of incense and a hint of homemade cooking oil.

This was completely different from the business style of a private restaurant they had expected; no matter how they looked at it, what they saw was just an ordinary living room with simple decoration, warm and comfortable.

But just when the two elders were puzzled, a table full of delicious dishes, neatly arranged, attractive in color, and emitting a fragrant aroma of mixed meat and vegetables, attracted everyone's attention.

Each dish seems to be the work of a skilled chef: the braised ribs are rich and oily in sauce; the steamed sea bass is white, tender and smooth with curling steam; the stir-fried seasonal vegetables are colorful, fresh and delicious...all of them are mouth-watering.

Only then did the two elders believe that this might really be a private restaurant.

To be honest, when the first dish was served, Xia Yue was already sitting at the dining table, looking at Lin Ze with a begging look.

But every time, Lin Ze would stop her restless little hand that wanted to pick up the food with a smile full of "kindness".

Now seeing Li Muhan bringing people in, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Open, let's eat!"

Chapter 36 Declaration of Sovereignty

"The dishes are all here, everyone, please take a seat."

Lin Ze looked at Uncle Gu and Aunt Jiang with a smile. Her temperament, indifferent smile and beauty made the two elders feel a little at a loss.

This doesn't look like the owner of a private restaurant at all.

"Xiaohan, did you choose this place specifically? It feels like home. You really thought about it."

Although Uncle Gu felt a little strange, he was a generous man after all. He smiled and patted Li Muhan's shoulder.

Little did they know that Li Muhan was already more embarrassed than both of them at this moment.

As for Gu Ruoxi, she also felt quite uncomfortable.

There are four girls in this room now.

Xia Yue, Lin Ze, Su Xue, and her.

She has always been the epitome of beauty in the eyes of her friends, but now, in front of these three girls, her appearance has become the most ordinary.

Especially when compared with Xia Yue, she even felt a little ashamed of herself.

Xia Yue's fingers exerted a slight pressure, holding her chopsticks straight and in an orderly manner, like a warrior preparing for battle. Her gaze shifted to Li Muhan, his eyes clear as water, gleaming with excitement and anticipation. She softly asked the most pressing question in her mind: "...Shall we have dinner?"

"...dinner?"

"Wait a minute, be good." Li Muhan's response was both warm and doting.

He quickly took out a can of ice-cold cola from the refrigerator and handed it to Xia Yue with a hint of playfulness and affection, gently rubbing her hair which was slightly disheveled.

After temporarily calming Xia Yue down, he turned to the two elders and said respectfully, "Uncle and aunt, please sit here."

He pointed to the comfortable and elegantly furnished chair next to him.

At the same time, during the entire welcoming process, Li Muhan was as indifferent to Gu Ruoxi as if he were invisible.

From beginning to end, he never paid any attention to the girl who once occupied a place in his heart - as if she didn't exist in this space at all.

Only then did the two elders really take a look at Xia Yue. Aunt Jiang was a meticulous person, and she recognized that Xia Yue's voice was the same as the girl who was talking next to Li Muhan on the phone just now.

She found that the girl was petite and delicate. Even her daughter, of whom she had always been proud, was not one-tenth as beautiful as this child.

But what made them even more curious was who this girl was and why she was acting so intimately with Li Muhan.

After the two elders sat down, Lin Ze and Su Xue also sat down.

This made the two elders a little confused.

In their opinion, Lin Ze and Su Xue seemed to play the roles of chef and waiter respectively - preparing the banquet thoughtfully and low-key behind the scenes.

But at this moment, the two of them were not standing in their preset positions and busy with something; instead, they sat down and shared the dinner time with everyone else.

Amidst the confusion, Uncle Gu smiled and broke the silence: "Are these two your friends, Xiaohan?"

"Ah? Ah...ah! She, she, she, the two of them..."

Just when Li Muhan was about to say that this was her superior and colleague, Su Xue suddenly spoke with a smile.

"Uncle, aunt, hello, my name is Su Xue, and I'm Mu Han's senior in college. Mu Han has helped me a lot, so when I knew you two were coming today, I wanted to keep you company. I hope I won't disturb your fun."

Su Xue spoke in a gentle and polite manner, and her every move and gesture had the demeanor of a young lady, making the two elders feel like they were in spring breeze when talking to her.

"Of course not, of course not. Sister, you are Mu Han's senior, so you should also be our Ruoxi's senior, right?"

Aunt Jiang smiled and looked at her daughter beside her, wanting her daughter to join in the conversation as well.

"Oh, sorry, I don't know your daughter."

As a result, as soon as she mentioned Gu Ruoxi, Su Xue's gentle expression suddenly seemed a little distant, and her tone became much colder.

Of course, Gu Ruoxi didn't know Su Xue either. She always chose friends who were uglier than herself and could bring out her own beauty. How could she possibly look for a beauty like Su Xue? Wouldn't she just be her supporting role then?

"Hello, I'm Li Muhan's homeroom teacher."

In order to avoid an awkward atmosphere, Lin Ze took over the conversation. She held a cup of coffee in her hand, crossed her legs, and kept stirring the liquid in the cup.

The smile on his face was still gentle, but it looked a little distant.

"Teacher?"

Uncle Gu was surprised and looked at Li Muhan with some resentment.

"Xiaohan, how could you bring us to our teacher's house and let the teacher cook for us?"

Li Muhan was speechless. Is this Su Xue’s plan?

Never mind, at least it's much better than having two maids...

"Please don't blame him, uncle."

Lin Ze smiled and helped Li Muhan out of the predicament.

"Li Muhan is an excellent student in school, both in character and academics. He is a rare good student. I like him very much and I also want to meet the kind of adoptive parents who can raise such an outstanding child. That's why I really want to meet you two today. I hope you can forgive me for being so intrusive."

As expected of a public servant, he spoke so many rhetoric that he soon fooled the two old men.

But only Gu Ruoxi was extremely disdainful and didn't believe it.

How could she not know that Tianhai University had such a beautiful teacher? Li Muhan’s homeroom teacher was just a bald middle-aged uncle, who had nothing to do with the beautiful girl in front of her.

Finally, the two elders' eyes fell on Xia Yue, who was also the girl that Aunt Jiang paid the most attention to.

Because some of the interactions between Li Muhan and her seemed so intimate, almost like a couple.

"Oh, this, this is Xia Yue."

Li Muhan noticed that the two elders' eyes were focused on Xia Yue.

He understood that Xia Yue's situation was not so easy to explain, because Gu Ruoxi saw that Xia Yue lived in her house, so he acted decisively and raised his hand to hold Xia Yue's delicate and gentle wrist as she was about to pick up some food.

At that moment, Xia Yue clearly felt her heart tighten.

Her heart beat faster at the sudden movement - just like a thief who was caught off guard while stealing.

She turned her head slightly to look at Li Muhan; her eyes met his, and her affectionate and gentle eyes, like the warm sunshine in late autumn, were full of affection and comfort.

"Uncle, Auntie." Li Muhan began in a gentle but firm tone, "Please take this opportunity to formally introduce you two."

He took Xia Yue's hand and stood up from the chair, but Xia Yue still looked at the table of food reluctantly.

"This is my girlfriend, Xia Yue."

Everyone present reacted in their own way. Lin Ze held his chin with his hand, smiling as he admired the scene, while Su Xue covered her mouth in feigned surprise.

Aunt Jiang and Uncle Gu looked at each other, as if they didn't expect Li Muhan to be so direct.

As for Gu Ruoxi, she clenched the chopsticks tightly in her hands, and the emotions accumulated in her heart finally couldn't help but burst out at this moment.

Chapter 37 A mistake

"Muhan, are you...going to say something to me?"

Just when Li Muhan pulled Xia Yue to introduce himself, Gu Ruoxi suddenly said with a sneer.

"what?"

Li Muhan looked at Gu Ruoxi for the first time, and then seemed to understand something. He sneered and said.

"Well, you're welcome."

This time it was Gu Ruoxi's turn to say "Huh?"

She had thought that Li Muhan was being reserved and turning a blind eye to her, but she didn't expect him to say such a thing.

Before she could ask further questions, Li Muhan had already continued.

"It's probably you who wants to say something to me. I saved you this time, so you should thank me, but I've already told you that you're welcome, so we don't need to continue talking about this topic."

After saying this, Li Muhan didn't waste a second on Gu Ruoxi. He immediately looked at the two elders and said with a smile.

"Uncle, aunt, Xia Yue is also a student at Tianhai City University. We live together now."

"Ah... ahem, um... you, how long have you known each other?"

Aunt Jiang asked somewhat awkwardly, still somewhat unwilling to accept that the relationship between Li Muhan and her daughter Gu Ruoxi was really over.

This girl named Xia Yue is really much prettier than his daughter. If you only look at her appearance, I guess no man would choose Gu Ruoxi.

Perhaps because the conversation between his daughter and Li Muhan was too straightforward, it felt like Li Muhan was asking Gu Ruoxi, "Who are you? Do you know me well?"

Uncle Gu also felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Su Xue had a very high EQ. She asked everyone to start eating and even went out to get a bottle of good wine to fill Uncle Gu's glass.

The atmosphere finally eased a little, but Gu Ruoxi seemed to be holding her breath. Xia Yue didn't pay any attention to her at all. Her attention was always focused on the delicious food, and she enjoyed eating every bite.

"Xiaohan, uncle is really happy to see that you are doing so well now."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, this topic also became a topic of conversation.