Chapter 258: A’zi is No Meek Kitten

Su Xiaoran disappeared after the death of her mother was announced.

Guan Zixuan and Guan Zijue were both rather shocked at the current state of events.

The Su family had been utterly destroyed. Even though Guan Zijue had not found conclusive evidence to prove that Su Xiaoran was a murderer, he firmly believed that he would be able to get her arrested as long as she showed herself.

The investigation on the Su family was done rather quickly. All evidence was corroborated within three days and the Su family collapsed in the blink of an eye.

Guan Mingchang looked at his older son slightly differently now. He always knew that Guan Zijue was daring and very decisive, but he never thought that his son would have the ability to make the Su family collapse overnight.

Guan Mingchang was relieved that it was actually his son. He would have feared him if it was anybody else.

Emperor City seemed to enter a lull state after what happened to the Su family.

When they were having lunch, Guan Zixuan suddenly said, “I’m bringing A’zi here for dinner!”

Guan Mingchang put him in his place immediately. “Stop your nonsense!”

Tongues would start wagging if Guan Zixuan was to be seen with Xia Zi right after what happened to the Su family. Even if he did not mind it, Xia Zi had already embarrassed their family once by running away from her wedding, so he would not agree to welcoming her into the Guan family.

Xia Xinsheng was on Guan Mingchang’s side this time. Guan Zixuan had failed to get married twice. She did not agree to Xia Zi and Guan Zixuan’s relationship, but Guan Zixuan refused to listen and he was extremely adamant.

Initially, Xia Xinsheng kept her guard up against Xia Zi because the girl looked too much like her own daughter. Even though a child’s looks might have changed after so many years, Xia Zi still looked extremely similar to her daughter.

Xia Xinsheng guarded against Xia Zi because she did not want to face her past, and no one would be able to understand that.

Five years ago, Xia Xinsheng naively thought that Xia Zi might just turn out to be her daughter. But Guan Zixuan was so protective of Xia Zi for the past five years that literally no stranger would be able to approach her.

However, Xia Zi’s personality was unlike her daughter’s at all. Xia Xinsheng was no fool. No matter how an individual might have changed, their personality was unlikely to have changed so drastically. This was why Xia Xinsheng decided that it was unlikely that Xia Zi was her child.

She had also heard rumors that Xia Zi was in Interpol. She heard of the red and white roses too, but she never expected for them to be a pair of young ladies.

Guan Zijue remained silent, not giving any opinion on this. He hoped that his brother could be with Xia Zi. He appreciated girls who were decisive, daring and responsible, and he felt that girls like that were a rarity in the current society. However, he knew that his family needed time to accept her. Xia Zi was the one who ran away months ago, causing her wedding to be cancelled and embarrassing the Guan family.

Though Guan Zixuan felt rather disappointed at his family’s reaction, he still decided to take Xia Zi home with him. Attitudes can be changed, so all he had to do was to show his family how he felt towards Xia Zi and how he would never give up on her.

Xia Zi and Luo Qiqi had been staying in Guan Zixuan’s villa after that disastrous wedding day.

After having his lunch, Guan Zixuan left his family home to his villa. Before arriving, he went to purchase some items at the supermarket. Though Luo Qiqi was Xia Zi’s friend, Guan Zixuan knew that she treated Luo Qiqi like family. He wanted to change Luo Qiqi’s impression of him.

On the day of that wedding, he felt that Luo Qiqi had probably already failed him. He was very worried she might tell A’zi that he was not a good choice.

Guan Zixuan rushed back to his villa after getting the items. However, upon arriving, there was no one to be seen. He looked around for a while before spotting a tiny note that said, “Zixuan, Qiqi and I are going out for a bit.” He then stuffed the note in his pocket and started keeping the groceries.

Emperor City, Mingcheng International, a cafe at level 1.

Luo Qiqi and Xia Zi already spotted Xia Xinsheng from a distance away.

Displeasure flashed in Luo Qiqi’s eyes. She hated women like this, those who went looking for others behind their son’s back because they were unhappy with their son’s marriage. To her, women like that were the most vicious of the lot.

Xia Xinsheng looked impeccable at her age. She was dressed in a qipao