Chapter 322: This Is My Friend, Liu Barbie
Fu Xiaohang blushed and explained, “She’s not my girlfriend yet.”
“Not yet?” Fu Xiaoxiao hooked her younger brother’s shoulder and asked with a grin, “So she’s about to be?”
Fu Xiaohang pressed his lips together and said uncomfortably, “It’s not certain yet. What if she doesn’t agree?”
Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t expect her younger brother to have the courage to find a girlfriend after the incident with Lilian, without being traumatized. His resilience was quite good.
“How could that be?” she raised an eyebrow. “Just show your sincerity and move the girl.”
Fu Xiaohang: “Then should I have her come over?”
Fu Xiaoxiao nodded: “Okay, let Grandpa meet her first.”
“Is Xiao Hang’s girlfriend coming over?” Grandpa Fu asked with a chuckle.
Fu Xiaohang said with a red face: “Grandpa, she’s not my girlfriend yet. When she comes over later, please don’t say that. I’m afraid she’ll be embarrassed.”
“Got it,” Fu Xiaoxiao said, making an OK gesture. “Don’t worry, we know what we’re doing.”
Twenty minutes later.
Jiang Yuan returned Green Hat to its ecological tank and stroked its head, saying, “Alright, be good.”
The group moved to the main hall to drink tea and chat.
Another twenty minutes passed. Fu Xiaohang stood up and said, “My friend has arrived. I’ll go to the entrance to meet her.”
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Grandpa Fu watched his back, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes filled with joy. “It seems I’ll soon be a great-grandfather.”
Fu Xiaoxiao, eating the snacks Aunt had prepared at Grandpa Fu’s instruction, suddenly remembered something and abruptly turned her head to stare at Jiang Yuan.
Sensing her gaze, Jiang Yuan turned her head and met her eyes, raising an eyebrow and asking, “What’s wrong?”
Fu Xiaoxiao softly uttered three words: “Liu Barbie!”
She had almost forgotten about this.
Could this friend Fu Xiaohang mentioned be Liu Barbie?
Her heart sank, sensing something was wrong.
After a while, Fu Xiaohang came in, carrying a fruit basket, with a girl with long, wavy black hair beside him.
Fu Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth: “It really is her…”
Jiang Yuan pressed her lips together, her expression so calm that it was impossible to discern her emotions.
Liu Barbie, wearing a pink cheongsam and walking in small steps beside Fu Xiaohang, had a shy smile on her lips.
As they approached the main hall, the smile on her face suddenly froze. Her eyes flickered slightly, and a sense of unease rose in her heart.
Fu Xiaohang, unaware of her emotional change, happily introduced her to his family: “This is my friend, Liu Barbie.”
“Barbie, this is my grandpa.”
Liu Barbie caught a glimpse of Jiang Yuan from the corner of her eye and felt extremely uncomfortable.
She squeezed out a smile for Grandpa Fu, saying, “Hello, Grandpa.”
Grandpa Fu responded with a light smile, “Hello.”
The partner his grandson liked was not quite what he had expected.
Although Liu Barbie was wearing a cheongsam, the style was very form-fitting, and her ample chest gave off a seductive impression.
“Barbie, this is my Sister Yuan Yuan,” Fu Xiaohang introduced Jiang Yuan to her.
Liu Barbie forced herself to meet Jiang Yuan’s gaze, pressed her lips together, and greeted her with a smile, “Hello, Sister Yuan Yuan.”
“Hello,” Jiang Yuan nodded slightly at her.
Fu Xiaohang then pointed to Fu Xiaoxiao, “This is my Sister Xiaoxiao.”
“Hello, Sister Xiaoxiao,” Liu Barbie said after greeting her, then asked with feigned ease, “Xiaohang, so you have two older sisters.”
“Sister Yuan Yuan is almost like my biological sister,” Fu Xiaohang explained.
Learning that Jiang Yuan was not Fu Xiaohang’s biological sister, Liu Barbie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Not a biological sister, the problem wasn’t that big.
“Barbie, sit here,” Fu Xiaohang gestured for Liu Barbie to sit down and poured her a cup of tea. “Have some tea.”
“Thank you,” Liu Barbie thanked him coquettishly, secretly appraising the mansion.
To own such a large house in a prime location like Yun Jing, the Fu family was even more powerful than she had imagined.
The main hall suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere gradually became somewhat awkward.
Fu Xiaohang gave his sister a meaningful look, urging her to start a conversation.
Fu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, pretending not to see.
Fu Xiaohang: “…”
What was going on?
After drinking tea for a while, Liu Barbie said with a smile, “Xiaohang, didn’t you send a picture of an iguana earlier? Why don’t I see it?”
“It’s in my grandpa’s study,” Fu Xiaohang explained. “The environment outside isn’t suitable for it, so it can’t be out for too long.”
“Oh, what a shame,” Liu Barbie said with regret. “I wanted to take a picture with it. It’s the first time I’ve seen this kind of animal.”
“I can take you to the study to take photos,” Fu Xiaohang stood up and looked at her. “Do you want to?”
“Is it convenient?” Liu Barbie deliberately hesitated.
Fu Xiaohang was unconcerned. “What’s inconvenient about that? Grandpa definitely won’t mind, right Grandpa?”
Grandpa Fu said lightly, “If you want to take pictures, go ahead.”
“Thank you, Grandpa,” Liu Barbie thanked him and happily stood up. “Xiaohang, I’ll trouble you to take photos for me.”
Fu Xiaohang scratched his head. “It’s no trouble, I’m just afraid my photography skills aren’t good enough to capture your beauty.”
The two walked side-by-side, talking and laughing, their figures soon fading from the sight of Jiang Yuan and the other two.
Fu Xiaoxiao stood up and walked behind Grandpa Fu to massage his shoulders, asking with a smile, “Grandpa, do you dislike Xiao Hang’s friend?”
“It’s not about liking or disliking,” Grandpa Fu frowned slightly. “I just think it’s fine for Xiao Hang to be friends with her, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for them to date.”
“Grandpa, I think so too!” Fu Xiaoxiao’s tone became a bit more excited.
Hearing this, Grandpa Fu chuckled, “You and Yuan Yuan don’t like her, I can see that.”
This girl Xiaoxiao’s thoughts were written all over her face.
If the girl Xiao Hang brought was someone she liked, she wouldn’t have had that attitude just now.
“Grandpa, the old saying is true, experience makes perfect,” Jiang Yuan gave him a thumbs-up.
Grandpa Fu was amused and laughed heartily. “Tell me, why don’t you like her?”
Jiang Yuan glanced in the direction Fu Xiaohang and Liu Barbie had left and said softly, “Grandpa, speaking ill of others here, what if we’re overheard? Wouldn’t that be bad?”
“Understood. Then let’s go somewhere else to talk,” Grandpa Fu said, pushing himself up from the armchair. “Let’s go to the backyard to enjoy the flowers.”
The study.
Green Hat heard footsteps and, thinking Jiang Yuan was coming to find him, stared intently at the study door with his dark green eyes.
Seeing who it was, he drooped his head dejectedly. “Sigh, this is boring.”
As soon as Liu Barbie entered the study, she was attracted by the items displayed on the display shelf. “Xiaohang, are all these things your grandpa collected antiques?”
“Yes,” Fu Xiaohang nodded.
“Are they real antiques?”
“Of course.”
Liu Barbie’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Fu Xiaohang walked to the ecological tank and greeted Green Hat, “Hi, we meet again.”
Green Hat replied listlessly, “Boring. You still don’t understand what the lizard is saying.”
“Barbie, didn’t you want to take photos?” Fu Xiaohang turned around and found Liu Barbie still standing by the display shelf.
