Link: https://mobile.twitter.com/hourlyxicheng/status/1595057452042850306
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- Umm, it's going great! We will be done very soon! Now that I have some fucking parameters! – she huffed unhappily.
Lan Xichen frowned a little. He had been very, very specific about his parameters.
- I am in a hurry with this thing, Kath. – he spoke seriously now.
She nodded wisely, totally getting it.
- Yup, yup! Give me a day or two! I found the perfect rings, Boss! – she replied smugly, pleased with herself.
- I am not asking about the rings, little girl. – he mumbled now.
- Oh. Oh. – she sat up more upright on the sofa now. He meant business. – But you said it's urgent... and I thought---
- It is urgent. – he reiterated. – I wish I could have the guy at my disposal even today!
- Ughh... - he groaned a little. This was more complicated than wedding bands catalogues.
- Well... - her voice purred, but she looked at him quite coldly. – It seems you only trust the boys to do your bidding for the serious stuff. And I am... I am...
She choked on her words, and Lan Huan approached her slowly, placing his hand on her cheek gently, almost lovingly.
- Kath... - he murmured now. – Katherine, there is nothing in my life that is more important than my husband, his safety. Nothing. Not money, not the case, any case, not my father, not even...
He bit his lips, but did not spoke the rest of the sentence.
The young woman's quick mind did the job, however. She could bet her head that Lan Huan was going to say "my brother", but that perhaps would have been a lie. And he was in a very peculiar mood today.
- I see. – she mumbled, wondering how to react to the big warm palm on her skin, and thankful that the blinds were down; Gao Xi would have stormed in, barging in, door and all, furious.
- His safety is my number one priority. I don't care about anything else. – he murmured softly now.
She raised an eyebrow – the hand was swiftly taken away from her, and she blinked, surprised at his tone.
- Has anything happened? – she asked, a little worried. Her boss looked... quite gloomy, but also – quite somber. – Do I need to know more? Boss?
- Yes. – he mumbled reluctantly. – And no. I am handling it. Just... I need another set of eyes. Just that.
- You are quite protective of him. What is he giving you? – she tilted her head to the side a little, curious. – You haven't been that possessive even with your own brother!
Lan Huan cast a devastating look at her, sensing her accusation, and she blushed, but endured his cruel eyes on her. It made him grin, he was pleased.
- My brother and my lover are similar in many ways, and you are right. Those two relationships are important to me. Very few things are truly important to me, but they are. – he spoke confidently, giving her a little mini lecture now. – But in many ways they are also opposites. Di needs to learn independence, responsibility, self-assertion. He needs to become stronger than he is...
