Chapter 22: Immediately Calling for Emergency Backup
"Brother, we can't continue like this, why don't we just call Ning Xi over?"
"We cannot call her," Lu Tingxiao replied coldly.
Lu Jingli did his best to persuade him. "Brother, Little Treasure is a child, not a work employee. Don’t be too harsh with him, there’s nothing wrong with spoiling him a bit. What child doesn't throw a tantrum?"
"It is not your place to teach me how to raise my child." Lu Tingxiao's expression was icy. It appeared that he was determined not to let Little Treasure get used to acting out in order to get his way.
It was a real headache for Lu Jingli, caught in-between this father and son pair.
If the situation got any further out of hand that the two elders heard about it, the fact that he had brought Little Treasure to a wine bar would be exposed once they started looking deeper.
God, someone quickly come and save him!
While Lu Tingxiao went to catch Little Treasure, Lu Jingli sneakily sent a hasty text message to Ning Xi’s cellphone…
…
That evening, Ning Xi was at home reading her script while messaging some people online at the same time.
Evil Fairy King: Little Ning Xi, can’t you change your old-fashioned QQ name? It irritates my eyes!
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: And Evil Fairy King isn’t irritating? You have the nerve to criticize me?
Evil Fairy King: Cough, I’m back next month, come to the airport to pick me up!
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: Not going, busy.
Evil Fairy King: Come pick me up!
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: I said I’m busy!
Evil Fairy King: Are you coming or not?
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: The other party doesn’t want to speak to you and throws a dog at you.
Evil Fairy King: The other party catches your dog and screws it.
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: The dog feels as though it’s been pierced by a needle.
Evil Fairy King: F***! How are you dirtier than me! Also, what are you saying is a needle!
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: You started it, I’m not going to banter with you anymore, I still need to take a look at my script.
Evil Fairy King: It’s just a small role, what’s there to look at! We used to date, are you really going to be so unfeeling?
Loneliness Like Neverending Arrows in the Void: I’ve dated so many, which number were you?
Evil Fairy King: Little Ning Xi! Just you wait!
Ning Xi turned off her computer to focus on her script.
After reading for a while, her cell phone suddenly rang, displaying an unfamiliar phone number.
She was worried that it might be the production team, so she instantly picked up the call.
"Hello, Ning Xi, help!!"
"You are…"
"I’m Lu Jingli, come to the Platinum Palace quickly. Something’s happened to Little Treasure!"
"What? What about Little Treasure?" Ning Xi immediately felt anxious.
"Just know it’s an emergency, please hurry, hurry… Bro bro bro, could you calm down… the child is still young… Little Treasure, Little Treasure, you can’t break that… ah…"
Lu Jingli sounded so serious, and the sound of things crashing and shattering coming through the phone made Ning Xi even more nervous. She hurriedly started to change as she replied, "I’m on my way!"
She herself didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she couldn’t sit still after hearing that something had happened to Little Treasure.
She had only known him for a few days, but in her heart she already couldn’t let him go.
The Platinum Palace was pretty far away; taking a car would take approximately forty minutes. Worried that it would take too long, Ning Xi got her motorbike out of the garage and sped over.
What would have been forty minutes took just ten.
She assumed Lu Jingli would have notified the security guards, and after giving them her name, Ning Xi was let in directly. She rushed to Villa no.8, where a maid was already waiting for her.
Chapter 23: Challenging the Big Boss
Since she had taken her motorbike, Ning Xi had worn a skin-tight black leather top and leather pants. After rushing over, she removed her helmet and gloves, her long hair falling to her shoulders like a waterfall. She looked so graceful and dashing, and was simply too beautiful.
Seeing her appearance, Lu Jingli almost couldn’t stop himself from whistling.
"Lu Jingyu, did you really think I wouldn’t dare touch you?" In a corner of the living room, Lu Tingxiao had caught his son, who had nowhere else to run. In his arms, the little guy was struggling to escape, like a crazed little beast flashing its small claws.
"Don’t!" Ning Xi hurried over to snatch Little Treasure away.
Little Treasure lifted his little head to see who it was, and froze for one second before his large eyes turned red and he dove deeper into Ning Xi’s embrace, clinging tightly and refusing to let go.
Seeing the cute and soft little bun from yesterday trembling with so much fear in his eyes, Ning Xi’s heart twisted painfully.
So angry that she no longer cared that the other party was a fearsome big boss, she fired words off at him. "Mister Lu, I know I’m an outsider and it’s not my place to say anything, but I still need to say this one thing. There’s something wrong with the way you raise him. Children this young need warmth and love, especially since Little Treasure’s condition is so unique. He’s had a huge trauma and doesn’t have a mother by his side, you should be more patient and tolerant with him. How can you be so fierce with him? Can’t you see how scared he is? And yet you would raise your hand against him!"
Lu Tingxiao: "I was wrong."
Lu Jingli: "…" Hehe.
Hearing his own big brother so plainly admit his wrongs, Lu Jingli could only laugh to himself.
When I told you that there’s something wrong with the way you raise children, you chewed me out straightaway. And yet when Ning Xi tells you the exact same thing, you obediently listen!
After Ning Xi’s arrival, Little Treasure was like a puppy who had seen its owner and obediently listened to every word, completely unlike the wild and fierce little lion from before. He allowed Ning Xi to hold his hand, and was led back to his room.
On the sofa, Ning Xi lightly caressed Little Treasure’s head. "What happened? Everything was still fine in the morning, right?"
Lu Jingli puffed up. "What else could the problem be? Little Treasure missed you and wanted to see you, but my brother wouldn’t allow it. He wouldn’t let him call you because he was afraid we would be disturbing you. In the end, Little Treasure started throwing a tantrum and running everywhere, and thrashed the living room. My brother didn’t want Little Treasure’s tantrums to become a habit, so the two of them quarreled. And that’s when you got here…"
"Just because Little Treasure couldn’t see me and couldn’t call me?" Ning Xi found the explanation a little hard to believe. Even though Lu Tingxiao had said earlier that Little Treasure was now reliant on her, did she really have that much of an impact on him?
"What do you think? You really underestimate your influence!" Seeing that she still just wouldn’t understand, he explained, "That day in the bar storeroom when you fainted, Little Treasure wouldn’t let anyone near you. In the end, my brother had to personally carry you to the hospital!"
Reflexively, Ning Xi looked at Lu Tingxiao. Lu Tingxiao personally carried me to the hospital…?
"And then in the hospital, Little Treasure saw that you weren’t there and thought you’d died. He ran riot and nearly jumped out the window. He only calmed down after my brother gave him the note you’d written for him. Last night, Little Treasure wanted to see you, so he starved himself to threaten my brother. As for tonight, because you called and told him to eat, he ate too much, so he couldn’t use starvation as a tactic, that’s why this happened…"
Ate too much? Earlier, she had told him to eat a bit more during the phone call, so was this her fault?
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