The Restless Spirit’s Father - Chapter 342

Just earlier, something blocked Liu Xiaodan’s path to get his food. It only had a magician’s hat on top of a blanket that covered its entire body. There was nothing to it but a dirty white cloth and a black hat. The hat even looked like it was stolen from the children’s department store.

Liu Xiaodan didn’t make an obvious look at it, but he really would like for it to move. It would be hard to explain to ‘Miss Chuan’ that someone was sitting next to him. If he broke off of the roleplay, then Chuan Nayi would be frightened because she knew about these things.

She did tell Liu Xiaodan to get rid of those things, but… how could he do so in such a very public place?

“Excuse me, I have to get my food later. Do you want to swap seats with me?” Liu Xiaodan murmured, but the thing didn’t even pay attention to him. He wanted to push it below the table to make his ability known, but…

“Oh, shit, Xiaodan, is that you?”

A voice called out from the side, and Liu Xiaodan froze. He didn’t know anyone else who would know him and still speak with him as if he wasn’t an ex-convict. However, a man sat across him, taking up Chuan Nayi’s space. He chuckled as his three friends surrounded him from behind. “Damn, it really is Xiaodan.”

Liu Xiaodan’s eyes rose from the phone to take a look at the faces in front of him. However, he didn’t recognize any of them. His silence then dampened the enthusiastic grin of the person from earlier. The newcomer spoke again but with a darker tone this time. “Oi, Pinocchio, you don’t remember us?”

Ah… that nickname reminded him of his primary school days. So this person was from those days?

Liu Xiaodan smirked very coldly, which was actually out of character for him. He only turned back to his phone and even leaned against his seat. “I do now… but you’re one of those forgotten faces that serve no importance in being remembered. Hence, you have space in my memory.”

“What?” The man was even shocked. Was this reality?

The timid pushover kid that the class didn’t even bother inviting to reunions had become so brazen and arrogant like this? He then frowned deeper. “You’re Liu Xiaodan, right? Why are you acting like a big shot now, huh? You think you’re so good now that you live in the capital?”

“But I am a big shot.” Liu Xiaodan only smiled at the man, but his smile was bone-chilling that the men at the back had to retreat by a step. It seemed that these people didn’t know him at all. Then again, he took another look at the revolting face of the other guy. “Didn’t you hear anything about me? You do watch the news, right?”

“You mean that court trial? Yeah, even at this age, you’re still a Pinocchio.” The man spread his legs like some young master and leaned on his seat as if trying not to be undermined by the other. “No one believes shit like that. You’re a sheep; how could you even kill fifteen people? I bet you can’t even slap a girl.”

The transcendent narrowed his eyes in disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e at the man’s analogy before shifting his eyes to the phone again. “If you’re done saying ‘hi’, you should leave now.”

A whistle came from the other man. “Why? Did I catch you at the wrong time?”

By then, Chuan Nayi was slowly walking towards their table. She actually got Liu Xiaodan some food as well so she took so long. When she got closer, she realized that the other man was trying to pick a fight with her boyfriend. It was not the time for games anymore.

She took a deep breath and prepared her most amiable smile that—as she was told—could collapse cities. Releasing her feminine flair, she directly walked up to the table like a decent lady—not a man killer.

“Oh, I didn’t know Xiaodan has some friends over. Are you eating with us?” Chuan Nayi placed down the plates on her arms and went to sit next to Liu Xiaodan, and she sat very close to him as if leaning against him even. Since they were not yet eating, who needed personal space?

“Nayi.” Liu Xiaodan turned to the woman who came and kicked the blanket thing before Chuan Nayi could even sit next to him. He wanted to be gentle, but he didn’t want Chuan Nayi being hurt by such a thing. Neither did he want Chuan Nayi to be sitting on someone else’s l.a.p.

‘No way someone else would have the opportunity before I could. Sorry, I already warned you to move.’

The blanket thing felt aggrieved when he was pushed away from his normal spot, but he was attracted to the shining eyes underneath the table. He quickly fled the buffet upon detecting the demon hiding underneath.

At the sight of the beautiful woman, the other men’s mouth almost watered. Liu Xiaodan—the timid, lie-driven Pinocchio—undeniably struck gold. The one seated then suddenly erased his malicious aura and was instantly tamed by the woman. “H-Hi, I’m Ma Rui. We used to be Xiaodan’s classmates from primary school. Hehe, are you his girlfriend? Wow, this man caught a very good one.”

He actually wanted the woman to feel embarrassed. Even if they were sitting very close, there was no guarantee that she was actually his girlfriend. Even if she felt proud and shy at the same time, she would be wriggling in her seat. However, those things didn’t happen.

“Thank you. I’m equally lucky like him, don’t you think?” Chuan Nayi only continued to smile as if it was an effective tool for deflecting him. “We’re going to get married, too, but we don’t have solid plans yet. The house and the company wouldn’t be a problem so we only have to start thinking about the wedding. How about you, Mr. Ma, do you have plans with your girlfriend, too?”

Ouw, right in the ego. Ma Rui almost flared as if he was actually being mocked. This woman was vicious as if parading her incoming wealth for them to envy. Then again, Ma Rui couldn’t say anything. Didn’t Liu Xiaodan’s father own a lumber and furniture company back in the province? It was even part of Li Enterprise. There was no way that they couldn’t branch out here in the capital.

Ma Rui only pouted. “I only have plans for the future. Do you have a sister for me to share my plans with?” He was reduced to acting stupid in an attempt to spite the other person.

It’s just that Chuan Nayi only crinkled her face cutely. She then replied, “My sister is still in high school. Also, she probably wants a big shot young master like my husband over here.”