The Busybody's Little Admirer

Fortunately, Wang Rouxi was not eating anything when she heard Xia Jiannan's words. Not that she would have any big reaction anyway, she was just surprised.

Wang Rouxi then tilted her head to the side as she blinked a few times. Her eyes subconsciously landed on the calm as ever Xia Jiannan who looked as though this did not have anything to do with him.

Does this mean that he already agreed with her proposal?

It seems that she had to visit him again later to confirm his stand on the matter.

Subtly nodding her head, Wang Rouxi turned to the other people seated at the long table and found their reactions quite interesting.

Madam Xia, Master Xia and Xia Jinhu had a shocked expression plastered on their faces.

It was unknown what they were thinking at the moment.

Xia Jiannan's statement was like a huge bomb, blasting their minds away.

The room fell silent for a short while.

But it was indeed for a short while because at the next moment, a high-pitched scream broke the silence.

"Aaahhh!"

That scream was so loud that it resounded all throughout the silent mansion.

Everyone within the vicinity heard it and they were all startled.

The servants who were doing the household chores...

The head Butler Zuo who was leading Secretary Cheng towards the dining room...

The guards who were patrolling around the mansion...

All of them immediately stopped what they were doing and they quickly searched for the source of the scream.

The first to arrive at the scene were Butler Zuo and Secretary Cheng. They were dumbfounded at what they saw.

What the heck!

This was the first thing that passed through their minds.

Is there anyone who can tell them why the Second Young Master was rolling on the ground while clutching his head?

Had he gone insane?

Butler Zuo and Secretary Cheng shared a look, silently agreeing to hold off anyone that would like to enter the dining room.

It was to protect the Second Young Master's dignity, if there was still anything remaining that is.

But at that moment, another figure rushed inside the dining room. Butler Zuo and Secretary Cheng were not able to react in time.

They could only look on as that person breezed past the two of them without so much as a nod.

When that person saw Second Young Master Jinhu laying on the floor, writhing in pain, they immediately went over to help him up and exclaimed, "Second Young Master!"

Anxiety could be clearly seen on that person's delicate face.

Xia Jinhu who was suddenly pulled in this person's embrace froze. He instinctively tried to struggle free.

But after seeing the anxious look on that person's usually calm facade, Xia Jinhu's tense body relaxed. "Ning..."

Ning heaved a sigh of relief when she ascertained that nothing serious had happened to the Second Young Master. "I thought something bad happened to you!"

Xia Jinhu smiled cheekily at this silly young lady.

A mere bump on his head would not really kill him.

But his mother's punch surely hurt like hell!

"I'm alright! You don't need to worry about me. Someone as handsome as me would not be deterred by something as simple as this." Xia Jinhu patted his chest, giving off a heroic feeling.

In Ning's field of vision, everything faded into the background. Only Xia Jinhu's bright smile remained, silently engraving itself on her mind.

"Ahem... ahem... "

Someone coughed in the distance.

Ning shook her head to snap herself out of her daze and it was then that she realized that many people were looking at her direction.

She was so embarrassed that she could only keep her head down, her silky hair blocking other people's view of her face.

Ning did not know what came over her to do what she did earlier.

'Was I possessed?!' She internally screamed.

At this time, Xia Jinhu, who was lying in her arms, straightened up. He tapped Ning's shoulder before leaning next to her ear, "Thank you!"

Xia Jinhu then turned to Madam Xia, not noticing the dazed look on the young lady's reddened face.

It's time to exact reparation for the injustice that he was subjected to!

"Mom! You could just have pinched me or something! Why did you punch me on the head?!" Xia Jinhu expressed his resentment.

He firmly believed that he did not deserve to be hit because all he did was express his surprise by means of screaming at the top of his lungs.

Was there something wrong with that?

Xia Jinhu also glanced at the newly arrived Butler Zuo and Secretary Cheng with a look that says 'Look at me, I'm so pitiful!'

He was clearly trying to gain sympathy from them!

However, Madam Xia just innocently smiled at him and said, "Who told you to suddenly scream? I was caught off guard so my fist moved on its own."

Xia Jinhu was at a loss for words.