ABLO Chapter 24

Lu Yang and Ruan Mian officially started their summer vacation. Under Ruan Mian’s supervision, Lu Yang finished his homework early. The two ate and slept every day, and their cheeks became a little rounder.

Ning Mixiang couldn’t help but say: “If you two continue like this, you will probably gain weight.”

Lu Yang hugged Ruan Mian’s shoulders and stuffed another small persimmon into his mouth. He then looked up at his mother and nonchalantly said, “It’s fine. Besides, we already have each other as partners. Whether we gain weight or not doesn’t really matter.”

Ning Mixiang was speechless and actually felt that it made some sense.

On the first weekend after the summer vacation, Grandpa Lu invited all the relatives in the family to come and officially held an engagement party for Lu Yang and Ruan Mian.

Ning Muxiang had bought them a pair of expensive and extravagant engagement rings, but Lu Yang found them overly flashy, and Ruan Mian didn’t like them much either. So, Lu Yang took Ruan Mian personally to choose a pair of rings that they both preferred.

The couple selected a pair of simple men’s engagement rings together. The silver bands featured a small diamond in the center, understated and minimalist, with each ring engraved with the initials of their names.

Lu Yang and Ruan Mian helped each other put on the rings, and smiled at each other. They both felt a little strange, as if something had changed, and as if everything was the same as before.

When they returned home, most of the relatives had arrived. When everyone saw them come in and greeted them, they couldn’t help but look at them often.

Some of these relatives had seen Ruan Mian a long time ago, and some had only heard of Ruan Mian’s name. They knew that Lu Yang had always had such a good friend, but had never seen him in person, so everyone couldn’t help but be a little curious.

Ruan Mian’s engagement with Lu Yang meant that he would be the partner of the head of the Lu family in the future, so they naturally attached great importance to it.

Aunt Zhao had already prepared the food and set a large table full of food, which was more festive than usual.

Grandpa Lu invited everyone to sit down. He was in a good mood today and looked kind to everyone. Everyone could see that he was in a good mood, so they didn’t express any opinions and praised Ruan Mian.

Ruan Mian looked at everyone cautiously, holding his breath slightly. So many people suddenly came to their house, and everyone was still looking at him quietly. He couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. He leaned on Lu Yang unconsciously, as if looking for support, and refused to leave.

Lu Yang observed his reaction and was quite fond of his little wife’s “rabbit pretending to be a wolf” demeanor. He gently stroked the nape of his neck to soothe him.

Everyone sat down at the table, picked up their chopsticks, and started eating.

Ning Zifei, Lu Yang’s cousin, sat opposite Ruan Mian with her arms folded. She frowned and looked at Ruan Mian for a while, and couldn’t help asking Lu Yang: “Cousin, what do you like about him?”

She has admired Lu Yang since she was a child, and thinks that Lu Yang should be matched with the best person in the world. Although Ruan Mian looks good, his family background is a mess. Lu Yang obviously has more and better choices. She doesn’t think it is necessary for Lu Yang to settle down at such a young age.

The people at the table put down their chopsticks and couldn’t help looking over. This is what they have always wanted to say but dared not say. Unexpectedly, Ning Zifei said all these words heartlessly and without restraint.

In their hearts, the partner of the Lu family’s heir should be carefully chosen from among the elite, selecting the most outstanding candidate. Marriage would only be considered after Lu Yang had grown into adulthood.

Now that Lu Yang has decided on the marriage so early, they all think that Lu Yang is too impulsive. His behavior is equivalent to rejecting other candidates. They cannot understand why Grandpa Lu, who has always been decisive and smart, would make such a decision and let Lu Yang mess around.

Grandpa Lu and Ning Mixiang sat aside, watching everyone quietly without saying a word. Although they loved Ruan Mian and wanted to speak for him, Lu Yang, as a pure-blooded arctic wolf, was not worthy of being the heir of the Lu family if he did not even have the ability to protect his partner.

When Ruan Mian heard what Ning Zifei said, he clenched the chopsticks in his hand nervously and frowned aggrievedly. He could feel that everyone’s eyes on him were not all kind.

Lu Yang’s face was slightly gloomy, and his eyes moved around the table. Whoever dared to look at his Tutu, he would glare back.

Only when everyone finally looked away did he retract his gaze with satisfaction. He picked up a piece of freshly cut carrot and placed it into Ruan Mian’s bowl, then gently tapped the bowl with his chopsticks, saying, “Eat.”

Ruan Mian obediently ignored the gazes of others, picked up the carrot, lowered his head, and ate the carrot in small bites.

Ning Zifei shouted again unwillingly: “Cousin, what do you like about him?!”

Lu Yang watched Ruan Mian eating the carrot and couldn’t help but smile, casually remarking, “He’s easy to feed.”

This was his Tutu, raised since childhood with one piece of candy at a time. Just a few carrots saved here and there were enough to satisfy his little Tutu.

Ning Zifei looked at the carrot with some disdain and had to admit that Ruan Mian was indeed easy to feed. As a wolf, she would never touch carrots.

Other people at the table were speechless when they heard Lu Yang’s answer. As the heir of the Lu family, could he not afford to support his own partner? You have to pick one that is easy to feed? What kind of reason is that!

Ning Zifei couldn’t help asking, “What else?”

Lu Yang supported his head with one hand, watching Ruan Mian finish a carrot bit by bit, reached out and picked up another carrot for him, gently poked his bulging cheek, and smiled, “He’s very cute.”

Everyone couldn’t help but hum softly. Rabbits are soft and fluffy things. Although they are cute, they are useless. They are a wolf pack. They look down on such little things without attack power. They can knock down rabbits with one claw.

Ning Zifei frowned depressedly, and couldn’t help kicking her legs irritably, and said, “Cousin, you can’t let him be your partner just for these reasons!”

Lu Yang raised his eyebrows, “Is there any problem?”

“Of course there is a problem!” Ning Zifei looked at Ruan Mian and curled her lips, “I don’t like him.”

Ruan Mian paused while chewing the carrot and hiccuped lightly. Although he didn’t look up, his chewing of the carrot was obviously much slower.

Lu Yang frowned, raised his eyes, and glanced at Ning Zifei, “You dare try to like my partner?”

Ning Zifei: “…” Who wants to like him!

She couldn’t beat Lu Yang, so she had to turn to other elders for help, pointing at Ruan Mian and asked: “Second Uncle, do you think he is suitable to be the partner of the heir of the Lu family?”

After hearing what Ning Zifei said, Second Uncle Lu coughed softly, sat up straight and looked at Lu Yang, and tactfully advised: “Yang Yang, why don’t you think about it again? Marriage is a lifelong event, you must think it through.”

Lu Yang huffed, peeled the shrimp in his hand slowly, looked up at the people at the table, and suddenly asked: “Do you think I look like the heir of the Lu family?”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and all remained silent, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Lu Yang has been spoiled since childhood, arrogant and domineering, he can’t bear hardships, can’t stand fatigue, and only likes to enjoy life. He doesn’t look like the heir of the Lu family.

They often couldn’t help sighing in their hearts. Who would have thought that such a young master who was raised as a delicate Omega would suddenly transform into an Alpha? The future of the Lu family is really worrying.

Lu Yang put the peeled shrimp into Ruan Mian’s bowl, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at everyone and spoke slowly.

“Whether you think I look like the heir of the Lu family or not, I am the heir of the Lu family. You can’t change this. Similarly, whether you like Mian Mian or not, Mian Mian will be the partner of the future head of the Lu family. You can’t change this and can only obey.”

Everyone’s face changed. When Lu Yang spoke, he had a faint sense of coercion as an heir. They had to admit that, in front of the heir of the Lu family, there was really no room for them to command.

Lu Yang tapped his fingers lightly, his face turned cold, he looked at them without questioning, and opened his thin lips: “Don’t let me see you disrespecting Mian Mian again, otherwise you will never step into my Lu family again.”

Everyone was quiet for a while with lingering fear, and Uncle Lu relaxed his expression, forced a smile and said: “Yang Yang, we’re doing this for your own good. As a family, we care about you.”

Lu Yang wiped his hands and chuckled: “If you care about me, then you should care about whether I like Mian Mian now, instead of expressing to me whether you like him here or not.”

Uncle Lu wiped the sweat from his head awkwardly, not knowing how to answer. They opposed Ruan Mian’s engagement with Lu Yang. Although they considered the future of the Lu family, they did have some selfish motives and did not consider Lu Yang’s personal feelings.

They felt that in the face of the family’s interests, Lu Yang’s personal thoughts were not important, and he should put the family’s interests first.

But at this moment, they realized that Lu Yang was the heir of the Lu family and the future head of the family, who would not listen to them. They needed to obey the head of the family, but the head of the family had no obligation to obey them. They had just overstepped the line.

Lu Yang took a sip of water and looked at everyone with a smile, “Whether you like Mian Mian or not is actually not important at all. I like him, my grandfather likes him, my parents like him, and our family lives a happy life. What does it have to do with you?”

When everyone heard his words, they all looked at Grandpa Lu and Ning Mixiang, wanting to know their opinions.

Grandpa Lu was quite satisfied with his grandson’s performance. He lowered his head to drink tea. After a while, he raised his head and smiled slightly. He spoke in a gentle voice, “Mian Mian is a child I have watched grow up. He is kind, lovely, and good-tempered. If I don’t like him, who else can I like?”

Ning Mixiang reached out and touched Ruan Mian’s head, and said lovingly: “Lu Yang’s father and I also like Mian Mian. Such a good son-in-law, whoever dares to bully him will be held accountable.”

When she said the last sentence, although her tone was light, the ending tone was slightly lowered, which made people shudder.

Everyone was silent at the same time after listening to Grandpa Lu and Ning Mixiang. It turned out that what they had thought for so long just now was all nonsense.

The heads of the Lu family were so satisfied with this son-in-law that they were willing to stand up and support him. How could they dare to oppose it? They couldn’t help but feel annoyed at themselves for being just now.

Ruan Mian smiled gratefully at Grandpa Lu and Ning Mixiang, and the tension and embarrassment in his heart quietly dissipated. As Lu Yang said just now, their family is happy, what does it have to do with others? As long as the Lu family treats him sincerely, it doesn’t matter what others think.

In the future, he will definitely work hard to grow up and become a qualified partner of the head of the Lu family, not to embarrass the Lu family, let alone Lu Yang.

Lu Yang’s attitude was so clear that everyone dared not say anything, and gradually changed their attitude towards Ruan Mian. They no longer talked about their marriage, nor expressed their opinions. They just talked about family matters and cared about Grandpa Lu’s health. No one dared to say a word against Ruan Mian, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Only Ning Zifei still frowned unwillingly. She didn’t care whether he was the head of the family or not. She just felt that her cousin should be matched with the best person in the world.

She stared at Ruan Mian for a while, her mouth tightly stretched into a straight line, as if she wanted to see what charm Ruan Mian had that could win her cousin’s favor.

Ruan Mian sensed her gaze, raised his head, and saw that she was staring at him with round eyes. He couldn’t help but purse his lips and smile.

Ruan Mian felt that Ning Zifei’s temper was somewhat similar to Lu Yang’s angry look, and he smiled unconsciously with a bit of tolerance.

Ning Zifei’s frown deepened as she sulkily turned her head away.

… Damn it, he really is quite adorable. I just want to pinch him.