She doesn't want to pretend anymore

"We just had the noodles Gao Yuan cooked. Do you want some?"

Manshu saw Lin Nan got up and asked her quickly.

Lin Nan didn't even think about being polite.

She nodded directly: "Yes!"

Lin Nan thought she had to cook again, so she walked towards the kitchen: "Can I help Gao Yuan?"

"I don't need you. I'll help you. Go wash up."

Manshu stopped the man.

Lin Nan remembered that he hadn't combed his hair, washed his face, or rinsed his mouth, so it was indeed not appropriate for him to be in the kitchen.

When she came back from washing up, the noodles were already cooked.

Lin Nan couldn't wait to take a big sip: "Delicious!"

It's totally impossible to describe it in words.

Xi Yue and Miao Miao, who woke up shortly afterwards, also ate the noodles cooked by Gao Yuan, and their praise for her went even higher.

"Gao Yuaner said before that she didn't have any special abilities, but now it seems that she is really an all-rounder."

Miao Miao finished the last mouthful of soup and praised: "She can be a lady in the living room, a good cook in the kitchen, an embroiderer, and even an ancient scholar."

"Which girl can be better than her?"

"I'm beginning to envy the man who will marry our Yuan'er in the future."

"My flight is at 2pm, so I'm still in time. I remember Yuan'er got a train ticket for 12pm. Should we take you to the station first?"

Lin Nan's home is very close to the capital, so there is no need to rush.

However, when sending Gao Yuan away, you can send her away as well.

By the time Manshu and the others had packed up, it was already nearly ten o'clock.

Five girls went out.

"Xi Yue, do you want to go with us to see them off, or go home first?"

Manshu looked at Xi Yue.

Just as Xi Yue was about to speak, her cell phone rang.

When she saw the number, she didn't want to answer it.

It didn't pick up until the phone rang six or seven times.

"Hello?" Xi Yue's voice was cold.

The other girls probably guessed who the person on the other side was.

"Yueyue, you guys have finished your exams, right? Are you going home for lunch? I'll ask the driver to pick you up."

"I have something to do here, so I won't go back for the time being." Xi Yue refused decisively.

The aunt's voice was a little hesitant: "But, your father heard that you were going home today, so he came back specially at noon..."

Xi Yue interrupted her: "Auntie, I have something else to do. My dad will come home when he gets home. It's no big deal. You guys eat."

"That's it, I'll hang up first."

The aunt wanted to say something else, but there was only a dead tone on the other end of the line.

"This child..." Auntie's expression remained unchanged. She just smiled and said to Father Xi: "Yueyue has something else to do. She said she won't be back for lunch at noon."

Father Xi's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he still kept a straight face: "What could have happened to her? Her exams were over yesterday, and she's not coming home today!"

He went home specifically for his daughter and wanted to have dinner with her, but the child didn't think of him at all.

"The child has grown up and has his own circle. You know that."

"Mr. Xi, Yueyue is already in college. If you still control her so strictly, it will easily cause her to be disgusted."

In fact, she had long since disapproved of Xi's father always having a cold face towards Xi Yue and the fact that the father and daughter did not communicate well.

But she is the stepmother, and Xi Yue has a deep misunderstanding of her, so she has no way to mediate the conflict between father and daughter.

Not only that, she even felt that her presence was deepening the conflict between father and daughter.

But she couldn't help it, she was a woman.

She also hopes to have someone to rely on. She doesn't expect anything else, she just hopes that the Xi family can give her son a good future.

As for Xi Yue, no matter how difficult she was, she could endure it.