NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 974 Lost and found
974 Lost and found
After an entire day of playing and fooling around, Alix was finally able to satiate the little Ailun and the other kids.
"Today was so fun pastry aunt!" His eyes twinkled with delight.
I could hardly get any work done…
Alix wasn't really sure what to think about it. Ailun still looked energetic as if he could continue with another round of the same games whereas she was very close to collapse.
Liu Hai, who had barged his way in to join their games, chuckled. "Aish, you are so weak, Ren Alix. You should build up some strength."
Alix stared at him.
Then there was Liu Hai, who even at his tender and old fragile age, also looked as if he would be able to continue this for the remaining night.
What do these people eat?
Then there were Zhou Yichen and Xie Nuying, whose bickering and bantering throughout the day felt endless like the endless stars in the sky.
Yet everybody still had the energy to laugh. In all this chaos, she couldn't get the time to meet Jing at all and her original purpose of coming to the Liu villa remained unfulfilled.
She cleared her throat at Ai. "I will take my leave now."
"So soon?" Ailun and Liu Hai's expressions dropped.
"...Soon? I was here the entire day."
Liu Hai pouted. "It didn't feel that way at all! And, and, you are such an all rounder player!" He gleamed. "I knew it. Teaming with you was the right decision. We hardly lost~"
Ailun nodded in all seriousness. Zhou Yichen, who was in the same team as Alix's, held the winner's glow on his face.
Xie Nuying, on the other side and who was on the opposite team, threw displeased glares at him.
And then they say that he is being so romantic to win me back. Yes, I can see how much he wants us back.
Zhou Yichen asked, "But seriously, Ren Alix. How do you know how to play so well?"
Xing Bi cried. "No kidding! She hardly gave any opening!"
"Opening?"
Jin entered the living room, done with his exhausting work day. His gaze fell at Alix and he blinked in surprise.
"You are still here?"
Liu Hai slapped his arm. "Hey! Talk with respect, brat. We won all the games thanks to her!"
"Games? I thought she was here to meet Uncle."
Zhou Yichen and Liu Hai shared glances, a bulb lighting on top of their heads in realization.
"Ohhhhh yeaahhhh."
Jin was left dumbfounded. "What…You forced her into your tomfoolery so much that she forgot her main purpose?"
They sheepishly grinned. "The games were very intense. B-But on our defense, Alix was playing very well! It's like she can read our minds and think two steps ahead!"
Jin thought about the spy cameras she set in her sister's bedroom and smiled.
"Yeah, she can think two steps ahead all right."
Alix raised her brow. "Why do I hear disdain in your voice?"
"It's just your imagination."
She sneered.
She then looked at everybody and said, "I will take my leave now. It's getting late."
Liu Hai gasped. "What do you mean? We haven't had dinner yet! You didn't meet Jing either."
"I will have my dinner at home and I will talk to Mr. Liu tomorrow."
"I-Is the food as delicious as what Nana makes?"
Her brow twitched.
Xie Nuying got up. "I will have to take my leave too."
She hugged Ai with a warm smile. "You take care, okay?"
"Mom, you are not staying back for dinner? Jun will be back anytime," Ai pouted.
"No, dear. I have lots of pending assignments to grade," she smiled. "I will have dinner some other time."
Liu Hai said, "Jini-boy. Drop Alix and Miss. Xie home."
He glared. "Stop with the Jini-boy!"
"Aish, so sensitive."
Alix said, "No, I will go on my own-"
"Non, non," he shook his finger dismissively. "How can I let you find a cab at this late hour? Jini-boy is free anyway."
To Alix's surprise, Jin didn't protest. He instead replied. "Yeah but she wasn't free and yet you wasted all her day."
"..."
Suddenly, Zhou Yichen sprang up on his feet too. "I just remembered I have some work to get done too."
He cleared his throat as he glanced at Xie Nuying. "I am heading the same way. We can go together."
Jin raised his brow.
Huh…Somebody wants some privacy.
"Why the trouble, Mr. Zhou? We weren't on the same team in the first place," she saltily expressed her grievances.
"..."
Ai coughed.
"Mom, don't be like this. They were just games. Let Dad drop you home. I won't have to worry then."
"Tell him to keep his distance from me then."
Zhou Yichen glared. "With pleasure!"
The four headed out in the night and Jin said, "Wait here. I will bring the car."
Zhou Yichen quickly walked away too to book the cab. A minute later, Ailun came running out of the house.
"Grandma!"
Xie Nuying turned, surprised. "Ailun."
"Grandma, you dropped something."
"Oh my. What is it?" Her eyes widened.
Ailun held a shiny object in between his fingers and grinned. "It's your ring, Grandma."
Xie Nuying blinked once. She slowly took it in her hand and stared at the shining golden band.
"...Where did you find this?"
He chirped. "It fell near the table. I read your name on the band so it's Grandma's right?"
Alix took a glance at it. "Is it a wedding ring?"
Xie Nuying pressed her thumb along the metallic band's circumference, her heart pounding faster.
This is Yichen's ring…Why was it here?
A realization struck her and she fell silent.
Ailun scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. "But it looks too big for Grandma's finger. How do you wear it, Grandma? It's a loose size for you, that is why it fell off," he nodded earnestly.
Alix said, "It is not her ring, kid."
He blinked. "But Grandma's name is written on it."
Jin honked his car from a distance. "Get in."
Alix waited a moment and turned to leave. "Ask your father to show you his ring sometime. You will understand," she smiled at Xie Nuying. "Right, Miss. Xie?"
"H-Huh?" She slightly jolted. "I…"
Zhou Yichen exclaimed from a distance. "Hey I got the cab!"
"Good night, Miss. Xie. Your ride is waiting."
She walked around Jin's car and opened the door to the passenger seat. Jin had noticed Xie Nuying's odd countenance.
"Why does Aunt Xie look so lost?" Jin didn't understand.
Alix put on her seatbelt and paused. "Maybe because she seems to have finally found her way."