Her body trembled as she looked at the roses before her and the face she hadn't seen in four years. He… he had really returned!
“Boy, do you know what you’ve done?” Luo Buwei’s face was grim. This guy was ignoring his words? He was the future head of the Luo family! Although the Luo family in Shashi wasn't a top-tier power, they weren't someone an unknown brat like this could offend!
If he didn't subdue this person today, where would he put his face in the future? Where would the Luo family’s prestige go?
But after shouting several times, he noticed that the security guards and his Luo family’s bodyguards were standing there, motionless, completely unresponsive.
“What are you guys doing?!” Luo Buwei roared, but they remained unmoving. Enraged, Luo Buwei stood up directly and stared at Lin Xiao, “Did you buy them off?”
This kid was definitely prepared. Could he be an enemy of their Luo family?!
Luo Cheng had already started to sneer. “So you’re that outsider? No wonder Luo Qinghan still can’t forget about you. You do have the potential to be a kept man. What, you know to come back now?”
Luo Cheng didn’t think Lin Xiao had any real skill, even though the “groom” from earlier was kicked several meters away by him. But considering how weak the “groom” was, it was understandable to kick him that far.
Besides, if Lin Xiao truly had any ability, he wouldn’t have appeared only now.
He probably rushed back as soon as he heard the news to put on a show.
Kept man?
Upon hearing that single word, Lin Xiao didn't react much, but Ye Chen and the others turned and stomped their feet almost simultaneously.
Boom!
The sound of over twenty people standing at attention and stomping their feet was deafening in the wedding banquet hall.
The mere sound of their stomp made Luo Cheng, who had been spewing insults moments before,’s legs go weak. He almost collapsed to the ground in fear—if not for a chair nearby, he would have fallen.
Lin Xiao didn’t even look back at Luo Cheng. He continued to gaze earnestly at Luo Qinghan.
“You… are only back now…”
She, who had seemed so cold and strong before, the ice goddess envied and desired by countless people in the Luo family, now had tears welling up in her eyes. Her voice trembled uncontrollably as she spoke.
“I’m sorry, I’m late.”
Lin Xiao reached out and wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, his voice incredibly gentle.
Ye Chen, who had followed him for many years, had never heard such a gentle tone. The Dragon King, who had struck fear into the hearts of the entire world, had such a tender side?
It was at this moment that Li Xin, who had been holding Xuan’er’s hand all along, rushed onto the stage excitedly. “You’re the one who ruined my daughter! Made my daughter unable to hold her head up at home! So it was you!”
She didn’t care who Lin Xiao was. Li Xin only knew that because of this damned Lin Xiao, her daughter was pregnant before marriage. This caused Elder Luo, who had been in good health, to be so angered by the news of Luo Qinghan’s pregnancy, not knowing the father, that he was admitted to the hospital.
It was for this reason that the elder’s health had deteriorated year by year, appearing on the verge of death. This led to the wedding ceremony of "chongxi" (a tradition of marrying someone to ward off bad luck or illness) today.
“Mom!”
Luo Qinghan quickly spoke, “Mom, calm down a little!”
“Calm down? How can I calm down?! If it weren’t for him, would you have to marry such a man now? Would Elder Luo be like this? Would your father have been in a car accident?!” Li Xin shouted, as if wanting to unleash all the grievances she had suffered in recent days.
“Mom!”
Luo Qinghan quickly grabbed her mother’s hand, urging her to calm down.
Lin Xiao did not refute anything. Indeed, if not for his mistakes four years ago, things would not be like this now.
Just as he was about to speak, Xuan’er, who had been timidly following Li Xin, tugged on her mother’s hand and softly called out, “Grandma…”
Her childish voice instantly softened Li Xin’s anger. She quickly controlled her emotions and bent down to look at the little girl.
Lin Xiao also looked at Xuan’er at this moment.
Noticing his gaze, although Xuan’er was still scared and hiding by Li Xin’s leg, she and Lin Xiao met eyes instinctively.
Seeing her clear, bright eyes, Lin Xiao rarely showed a smile.
“What’s her name?”
Lin Xiao asked.
“Xuan’er… Lin Xuan’er,” Luo Qinghan said slowly.
“Lin… Xuan’er.”
Lin Xiao repeated, his voice trembling slightly. He couldn't help but instinctively lean down and pick up Xuan’er.
“You…”
Li Xin was about to speak, but she found that Xuan’er didn't struggle at all and let Lin Xiao pick her up obediently.
After all, in the Luo family, besides their own family, no one else, not even the Elder, could get close to her without her crying and being scared. Yet now, she wasn't afraid at all, looking at Lin Xiao and being held in his arms.
“Xuan’er, what a good name… Xuan’er, do you know who I am?” Lin Xiao held his daughter, a brilliant smile on his face, his heart filled with excitement. Even when he had dealt with the Black Dragon in the underworld, his heart had remained undisturbed.
Is this his daughter?
“You are… Daddy…”
Lin Xuan’er’s voice was very faint, only audible to Lin Xiao. As she spoke, the little girl instinctively clutched Lin Xiao’s clothes, her small hands tense.
“Mm.”
Although Lin Xiao desperately wanted to laugh out loud right now, he suppressed it, not wanting to scare his daughter.
He was a father.
And his daughter recognized him as her father at first sight!
This was more exciting than any title of Dragon King, the number one person in the underworld, or the invincible commander.
As a result, his hands holding his daughter trembled slightly.
Li Xin had many things she wanted to scold Lin Xiao for, but now she had to hold them all back. She didn't want to say anything inappropriate… At least, Lin Xiao's appearance was a thousand times better than the so-called “groom” from earlier.
“This is not the place for you to stage your father-daughter reunion! A little bastard, and an outsider, arrest them all!” At this moment, a hysterical voice rang out.