119: Chapter 119 Conditioned Reflexes

Feng Rui, as the person involved, didn't seem to notice anything unusual.

She continued to chatter incessantly about her experiences performing abroad, with a fair amount of showing off.

Especially when mentioning that many handsome foreign men had been pursuing her over the past two years, which made her cheeks flush.

The Lin Family responded half-heartedly, clearly distracted.

They were only thinking about how to completely draw a line with Feng Rui without damaging the reputation of The Lin Family.

At this moment, the nanny walked over.

Looking apologetic, she said, "Madam, I just realized I missed one ingredient for tonight's dinner. I'll go out and buy it now, so dinner time might..."

"It's fine, no rush."

Su Xiumei didn't mind at all and even cast a grateful look at the nanny.

She no longer wanted to keep Feng Rui for dinner and was still worrying about how to get her to leave by mealtime.

Delaying a little more time might give her more opportunity to think of a solution.

Lin Xiao, just wanting to go out for some fresh air, stood up and said, "Let me go instead. Tell me what you need to buy."

"Ah, this..."

It was her own mistake, so how could the nanny dare to let the young master go out to buy things himself?

But Lin Xiao had made up his mind and was already walking towards the entrance.

However, to everyone's surprise, Feng Rui also stood up.

"Then I'll go with you! It's still early anyway, A-Xiao and I can stroll to the nearby supermarket together."

Without waiting for anyone around to stop her, Feng Rui skipped along after Lin Xiao and went out the door.

Watching the door close, Su Xiumei asked worriedly, "Will A-Xiao... be okay?"

"He's sharp! I'm afraid it's Feng Rui who will be in trouble."

Lin Chuge leaned back on the sofa with her arms crossed, looking certain.

Lin Ran thought of Lin Xiao's methods during the previous show and chuckled, "I think so too. That damn white lotus is likely going to have an accident."

Outside the Villa, Lin Xiao walked on his own.

Feng Rui followed behind. At first, she seemed quite happy, asking endless questions.

But gradually, she noticed something wrong.

"Wait a second, A-Xiao, are you planning to walk there?"

"Yeah, the driver has already finished work. It's not far anyway, walking a bit is good exercise."

Lin Xiao said indifferently.

Not far?

Feng Rui remembered that this Villa area was huge; it would take a while just to walk out of it.

Let alone walking to the supermarket...

Besides, to wait for The Lin Family to return today, she had stood outside for over two hours, and her feet were still aching.

But since she was already out, no matter what, she had to bite the bullet and continue.

Feng Rui took a deep breath, smoothed her brow a little, walked over to Lin Xiao, and acted familiar, "A-Xiao, you're twenty this year, right? Are you dating anyone?"

"No."

"Listen to your sister's advice: those little girls at school are too immature and don't know how to cherish people at all."

"..."

"If you want to find someone, it's best to find someone a bit older than yourself, who is especially understanding."

The implication in Feng Rui's words was practically begging Lin Xiao to consider her.

After speaking, she acted like a caring older sister and deliberately patted Lin Xiao's shoulder affectionately.

But Lin Xiao just nodded expressionlessly, without any extra reaction.

To be precise, he didn't even look her in the eye.

Feng Rui didn't care.

Based on the fact that she had hooked so many suckers abroad, she didn't believe she couldn't handle this green kid!

Passing by a green belt, her eyes darted, and she let out a very affected "Ah!"

She deliberately pretended to twist her ankle and fell towards Lin Xiao.

At this angle, as long as she leaned on Lin Xiao, she could press certain soft parts of her body directly against his arm.

She firmly believed that any hot-blooded young man couldn't resist such temptation.

However, she was wrong.

Lin Xiao seemed startled by this exclamation; he immediately dodged to the side and kicked out with his leg!

"Ah—"

This time, the exclamation was much more genuine.

Caught completely off guard, Feng Rui was kicked directly into the green belt!

"Ah, Sister Feng Rui, I'm so sorry. It was a reflex. Are you okay?"

Lin Xiao suppressed his laughter and asked with feigned concern.

"I, I..."

Feng Rui was stunned from the fall and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Oh, I'm really, really sorry!"

Lin Xiao continued to apologize, but he had absolutely no intention of helping Feng Rui up.

After a while, a patrolling security guard passed by and discovered the situation.

When she was helped out by the security guard, Feng Rui was in a sorry state.

Her face and head were covered in dust, and her hair was messy.

Her pink, delicate dress was covered in mud and dog feces, emitting a foul odor.

There were scratches of various sizes on her arms and legs, with one or two deeper ones oozing blood.

With the help of the security guard, Lin Xiao and Feng Rui returned to The Lin Family.

"Eh? Why are you back so early... Ah? What happened?"

Everyone looked over in confusion.

When they saw Feng Rui's state, they were all shocked.

Even though they had already guessed that nothing good would come of Feng Rui following Lin Xiao out.

But this was too...

"Sister Feng Rui suddenly screamed while we were walking, which startled me, and I accidentally kicked her into the green belt."

Lin Xiao acted like a good boy, his attitude very sincere.

"You are too careless! Why don't you apologize to Feng Rui?"

Lin Chuge scolded him on the surface, but actually turned to explain to Feng Rui, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, my brother was bullied at school before, so he... I'm really sorry!"

Bullied?

With such a powerful kick, who could bully him?

Feng Rui was practically on the verge of a breakdown, but looking at Lin Xiao's apologetic face, she couldn't lash out.

She could only say it was fine while following Lin Chuge upstairs to change her clothes.

Just before Lin Chuge entered the room, The Lin Family heard Lin Xiao's inner voice again.

[This woman will definitely take the opportunity while they are alone to speak well of Young Master Bai Feng to Eldest Sister.]

[Heh, she's in this state and still won't give up!]

[As long as Eldest Sister hasn't lost her mind, there's no way she'll listen to a word of it!]

Lin Chuge rolled her eyes in annoyance.

She hoped Feng Rui had some self-awareness and wouldn't bring up sensitive topics.

If she really wanted to plead for that scumbag, she shouldn't blame her for being rude!