Forced to Date a Big Shot

26: Claim Sovereignty

Seeing that everyone looked over, the old patriarch then slowly enunciated a name: "Lu Chao."

Lu Chao?

The name was very normal.

Seeing that the old patriarch had nothing more to say, Xue Xi picked up her chopsticks and continued eating.

Xue Sheng frowned. "I haven't heard of anyone exceptionally important from the Lu family. Who exactly is this person?"

Old Master Xue shook his head. "Anyway, just take note if you guys meet someone with this name. Apparently, he hides in some unknown corner and no one knows why he is here in Bin City. Just don't offend him!"

Xue Sheng thought a little deeper. "Is Elder Gao preparing anything?"

The old patriarch replied, "It will be Elder Gao's 69th birthday soon and he will invite the man. Mhm, everyone can start preparing their outfits."

The latter was meant for Ye Li.

She quickly nodded her head.

After dinner, Xue Xi returned to her room to practice her questions. At exactly 10 PM, someone knocked on her door. Ye Li then walked in with a bowl of bird's nest with milk upon receiving her acquiescence.

She placed the bird's nest soup on the side. When she spotted the thick stack of papers, she could not help but say, "Xixi, don't force yourself too much. You must rest too."

"...Okay," Xue Xi replied without even raising her head.

Ye Li: "..."

After stuffing the bird's nest into her hands, she said, "You must rest for a while."

Xue Xi sighed. She was a little helpless against Ye Li and quickly devoured the bird's nest soup. After that, she could not help but peer at the mathematics questions again, then Ye Li said, "Xixi, do something else first. Take a ten-minute rest."

The girl was confused. "Do what?"

Ye Li was also lost. "Right, what should you do?"

She eyed Xue Xi's phone. "Don't you chat with your boyfriend?"

Xue Xi: "...No need."

The former could not help asking further, "You didn't go out during the weekend either. Why didn't you guys go watch a movie?"

Ye Li felt fatigued inside. In other families, they were worried that dating would cause their child to neglect their studies, but as a mother, why was she always encouraging her child to go out to date?

Still, before she could say this, Xue Xi quickly answered, "Watching a movie is a huge waste of time. It affects my studies."

Ye Li: "?"

Xue Xi blinked, then asked slowly, "Mom, may I continue with my questions?"

Ye Li: "..."

She picked up the bowl and moved for the door. "Fine. Remember to sleep early."

...

As Xue Xi studied until late at night every day, Ye Li would habitually let her sleep a few more minutes and pack her breakfast for her so that she could eat on the road.

Watching her walk out with her breakfast in hand, Old Lady Xue could not help but mock, "Do you really think you're a study god after getting first place just once? Other than participating in the Mathematical Olympiad, you even registered for the Physics one. Heh, are you sure you have enough time? Humans should not be too greedy, lest you end up failing on both ends."