C40 I Don't Want to be like You

After hanging up, Xiao Yunyi stood by the window and looked out into the darkness. He felt a chill in his heart.

Of course he knew why the old man wanted to see him tomorrow, it was only because of Lan Xi. But no matter what he said, he wouldn't let go.

Lan Xi, you can only be one of my men. Xiao Yunyi silently made a decision in his heart.

Xiao Yunyi left the study and walked to the door of Lan Xi's room.

This time, she didn't lock the door. She probably knew that she could enter even if she locked the door, so she gave up. Placing his hand on the doorknob, Xiao Yunyi hesitated for a moment before turning around and returning to his room.

Give her some time to think about it, and she needed to think about it herself. Xiao Yunyi thought about leaving.

Lan Xi woke up when Xiao Yun reached the entrance.

Ever since she heard Chi Mo Han talk about the organization's chaos, Lan Xi couldn't help but think back to her previous life at the base. It was not so easy for people who came out of that place to return to normal lives. Some of it had already melted into his bones and blood, becoming an inseparable part of him.

Like soldiers who had been discharged from the battlefield, most of them had post-war psychological syndrome.

When a person experiences or resists major stress, his or her mental state produces the side effects of maladjustment, especially when soldiers and killers are at greatest risk for the disease. In psychological terms, they were already different from ordinary people.

Lan Xi knew that she had been staying at Xiao Yunyi's place too comfortably and that her alertness had decreased. However, she seemed to have been woken up by Chi Mo Han's words. He couldn't even get used to Xiao Yunyi suddenly appearing at his door. It clearly wasn't like this last time.

She turned off all the lights in the room, lay down on the bed, and covered her head with the blanket.

He had been through so many years of suffering. He couldn't believe that his parents had been killed and his younger brother had gone missing. He couldn't do anything about it even if he wanted to take revenge … All sorts of emotions surged in his heart at this moment.

No one knew what Lan Xi looked like. Even Lan Xi herself didn't want to know.

She covered up her weakness and faced the crowd with her tough shell until she succeeded in avenging her parents and found her brother.

The next day, as expected, Lan Xi saw herself in the bathroom mirror with red and swollen eyes.

She didn't want to bump into Xiao Yunyi, so she specifically missed Xiao Yunyi's time to go to work before going downstairs. When Jolin saw Lan Xi's eyes, she immediately went to get ice cubes for her.

"Don't tell Xiao Yunyi about this." Lan Xi said expressionlessly, "I know you will report my matter to him, but there is no need to tell him. I also need to occasionally vent my emotions. It's just a small matter, so there's no need to trouble him. "

After a few seconds of pause, Jocelin said, "Okay. I won't say it, but the boss might be able to see it for himself. "

"We'll talk about it later."

Lan Xi put down the ice cube in her hand and ate a simple breakfast. Lan Xi then went back upstairs.

Xiao Yunyi went to the company early in the morning to take care of some work. After that, he had an important meeting and skipped all the trips to the Xiao family's old residence.

"Eldest Young Master, you're here. The old man is in the garden now."

On the way, Butler Lu received a call from Lu Zihao, who waited at the entrance. As soon as Xiao Yunyi arrived, he told him that Xiao Jianan was waiting for him in the garden.

"I know." Xiao Yunyi remained as indifferent as before. He thought for a moment before saying, "Uncle Lu, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Butler Lu hadn't thought that Xiao Yunyi would call him Uncle Lu at this moment. This was something he would only call out to Lu Zihao when he had made a mistake in his childhood and had him face the consequences of taking punishment for him.

Basically every time he called him Uncle Lu, it was either for a favor or for the sake of letting him down.

And after he had grown up, Xiao Yunyi had never called out again. This time …

Sigh, Butler Lu sighed.

"Eldest Young Master, Uncle Lu can only tell you to make a good choice and not regret it."

With that, Butler Lu pulled Lu Zihao away.

Xiao Yunyi instantly understood the meaning behind Butler Lu's words.

Regret? What regret? He had never done anything to make himself regret it.

As he looked in the direction of the flower garden, Xiao Yunyi's thoughts underwent a series of changes before his eyes turned resolute. After he walked over, the old man was still waiting for him.

The Xiao family's old home originally had a thriving tulip garden, which was Old Madam Xiao's favorite flower. However, after the madame left, the old man did not manage to take good care of these flowers, causing them to die a lot. In order to protect the rest of them, Xiao Zhan had moved them all into a warm room and had someone specially look after them. This flower was the one he had entrusted to his old wife.

Xiao Yunyi walked behind Xiao Jianan, who was watering the flowers. Other than Xiao Jianan, there was no one else in the greenhouse.

The two of them stood there quietly. One of them was playing with the flower in his hand, while the other's eyes were looking into space. It was unknown what they were thinking.

"Yunyi." After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Zhan finally spoke, "Look at how beautiful my flowers are, they are your grandmother's favorite flowers."

"Yes, you did well. Grandma will be very happy even if she found out."

Xiao Yunyi looked at the tulip in the bowl, then thought about that gentle and unyielding grandma of a noble family. His eyes revealed a hint of nostalgia.

"Yeah, when she's here, she always doesn't let me put the cactus with her precious flowers. But don't you think this is pretty good? If we don't try it, how will we know if it's fit or not? Just as we were dissatisfied with each other in the beginning, so we have lived a lifetime. "

Finally, his attention was focused on Xiao Yunyi as he said while looking at him, "The first thing you met was not necessarily the most suitable for you. It's not that simple to be together. The other party's family background and identity, as well as the other party's character, are all your considerations."

Xiao Yunyi retorted, "Grandfather, I know her, and the path that suits you doesn't have to be the path that suits me."

"Understand?" Old Man Xiao asked back.

"Is that what you found out on those sheets of paper? If you say so, I can say that I know her. However, the human heart is the most difficult to determine, what kind of person she is, she grew up in that kind of environment, what kind of side her mind will have, none of us know. You said you wouldn't be like us.

Your grandmother and your parents and I are both part of a business marriage, but we have lived a very good life, because we know that we bear the heavy responsibility of each other's families, and we also know that since we are tied together, we don't have the chance to make any more choices, and we don't have the chance to be willful either. So as we get along, we get to know each other better, and that's why we spend the rest of our lives together. "

Shaking his head, Xiao Yunyi spoke again, "That's your life. I don't want to be like you."