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Chapter 306: Chapter 304: Are You Forgetting Loyalty Upon Seeing Beauty?!
Pei Huai didn’t even lift his head as he responded dejectedly, "You didn’t let me give my contact information to Avril."
He didn’t find it surprising; Avril was the match the Xia Family arranged for Xia Wenyan.
Last time, Avril had clearly expressed interest in him, so it was normal for Xia Wenyan to be upset.
He could understand.
But what he didn’t know was that when Xia Wenyan heard this, the original irritation in his heart instantly vanished without a trace.
He smugly raised an eyebrow, "Then you also better not pay attention to her later. I’m telling you, that woman Avril is no good; even if you’re looking for a partner, you can’t pick someone like her. Just seeing her annoys me."
Pei Huai’s hand, which was flipping through clothes, suddenly paused, and he turned to look at Xia Wenyan, his eyes filled with surprise.
He... doesn’t like Avril?
Seeing that Pei Huai remained silent, Xia Wenyan jabbed him with his elbow, "What? You don’t want to?"
Pei Huai quickly shook his head, "No, I thought you liked her, which is why I shouldn’t have paid attention to her."
"What a joke, with someone like Avril, I wouldn’t take her even if you paid me!" He rolled his eyes, "Marrying her would be worse than death."
Pei Huai’s heart finally settled down, he clutched Xia Wenyan’s wrist, and muttered somewhat helplessly, "Last time, I thought I got in the way of your arranged date, and you got angry..."
"I was angry seeing you flirting with her! She’s not even as attractive as I am, yet you praised her for looking good!" Xia Wenyan said, poking Pei Huai’s chest with his finger indignantly, "Are you not betraying loyalty at the sight of beauty?!"
Pei Huai pressed Xia Wenyan’s finger against his chest, laughing softly, "You are attractive, you are the most attractive, no one is more attractive than you. I should not have complimented others in front of you; I won’t do it anymore, don’t be angry."
His dark eyes twinkled with mirth as he apologized, yet he was extremely sincere.
Xia Wenyan now felt somewhat embarrassed.
Previously, it was Pei Huai who had helped him with the herbal medicine, and not only had he not repaid him, but he had also thrown a tantrum over Avril.
And now, without saying anything, Pei Huai just apologized, leaving Xia Wenyan feeling even more uncomfortable.
He pursed his lips, "I’m not angry, I just... don’t like you praising others when you’re outside..."
Xia Wenyan had intended to explain, but the words seemed to change as they reached his lips.
He quickly amended, "What I mean is, it’s the same with me too; I would definitely not praise others in front of you because you are the best in my heart, you understand, Brother Pei?"
"!!!"
Pei Huai felt like he was about to faint.
He had thought that having Xia Wenyan’s forgiveness was enough, but he didn’t expect to hear such a direct confession.
Even though ’the best’ to him meant something different in his heart, this was enough.
Pei Huai suddenly felt at peace.
He reached out and pulled Xia Wenyan into his embrace, "Mhmm, I understand, you are the best for me too, no one can compare. I will not make the same mistakes again."
The familiar scent in his arms, this feeling of getting back what was lost, he was experiencing it for the second time.
He even felt that a rupture between Xia Wenyan and him would be harder to bear than hearing the news of his own death.
He didn’t want to lose him, neither in spirit nor in any other way...
While the two were looking for clothes in the props department, Lu Zhaozhao had already changed Avril’s clothes and returned to the dressing room.
Lu Zhaozhao glanced at the time on the phone, feeling somewhat apprehensive.
I didn’t know if it was the right choice to create opportunities for them.
"Zhaozhao, I want to ask you something." Suddenly, Avril, who had changed her clothes, propped up her chin and looked at her, "Are you familiar with Pei Huai?"
She was not interested in Lu Zhaozhao.
Just as she was not interested in Xia Wenjin.
She had been pampered by her family since childhood and had never taken much liking to the same sex; to her, these women were all potential rivals.
Especially someone as attractive as Lu Zhaozhao.
Fortunately, she was already married, so it wasn’t impossible for her to get along with her.
Her father had insisted that she get along well with the men from the Xia Family, but they were either workaholics or workaholics, and she had no desire to find such dull men.
If she were to choose, it would be men like Pei Huai—gentlemanly and with eyes only for her.
Lu Zhaozhao blinked her watery eyes and put on a polite, shallow smile, "Not that familiar, not very close."
With just a glance, she saw through Avril’s thoughts.
There was no need to step on her to curry favor with Pei Huai.
Even if her fourth brother and Pei Huai didn’t work out, she didn’t want someone like Avril to trouble Pei Huai.
Avril’s eyebrows knitted slightly, and her expression turned unfriendly in an instant as she looked at Lu Zhaozhao.
Although she had recently joined the cast, she knew from Sun Qian’s behavior towards Pei Huai and Lu Zhaozhao that Lu Zhaozhao was on good terms with Pei Huai.
To claim that they weren’t close in her presence was clearly a brush-off.
Avril scoffed, "I never had much regard for the Xia Family’s daughters to begin with, whether it was the earlier Xia Wenjin or you, always so disagreeable."
"..."
Lu Zhaozhao hadn’t expected that a single comment would make Avril turn on her so directly.
She looked at her, speechless, and silently turned on the recording function on her phone.
The frequent visits of Avril to the Xia Family were something she learned from Xia Wenyan.
Although the Xia Family didn’t like Avril, the girl who acted high and mighty, they tolerated her out of courtesy, having said nothing against her.
After all, their family had also had to deal with the high and mighty Xia Wenjin before.
It was a draw; neither side had lost out.
Therefore, the Xia Family hadn’t inquired further, but now that Xia Wenjin had left the Xia Family, there was no one left to stand up to Avril, who became even more arrogant.
Lu Zhaozhao had no desire to waste time on Avril; since she wanted to be arrogant, it was enough to let everyone know how she was.
Hopefully, Avril wouldn’t restrain herself too much and would perform well, so that the Xia Family wouldn’t have to entertain this petulant young lady anymore.
Lu Zhaozhao glanced at Avril, "Since you don’t like the children of the Xia Family, yet you still want to visit us, do you have a crush on one of my brothers?"
"Heh!" Avril laughed derisively, "Them? Are they worth it? If it weren’t for my parents forcing me to come every year, do you think I’d want anything to do with your Xia Family? Either workaholics or frigid, I really don’t know what’s wrong with the Xia family, every single one has a serious issue."
Lu Zhaozhao’s expression also darkened, "Since you’re not interested in any of my brothers, you might as well not visit us anymore."
Avril seemed taken aback by Lu Zhaozhao’s blunt words and shot her a disdainful look, "Of course I wouldn’t wish to visit your family, but haven’t I yet to find a suitable man? The brothers of the Xia Family are annoying, but if I can’t find anyone better, wouldn’t I also need to marry a dependable man?"
Lu Zhaozhao’s face turned completely sour.
She wondered how her brothers would feel knowing that they were seen as dependable men only fit for being someone’s fallback option...
