That had been a miscalculation.
He had never expected his damn brother to not only trip him up while making his escape, but also kick him while he was down with a surprise counterattack.
Fang Ran obediently sat still, his expression probably twice as dark as before.
If Xia Yao's reaction was merely some inexplicably subtle, awkward embarrassment, then Fang Xiaoran's was outright pressure. After all, he had not even told his family that he was attending Jing University!
If his "Yi Mo Duo" happened to be in a bad mood someday and casually tattled on him,
then slapped him with charges like living with other girls during school or skipping classes for a month, Fang Ran felt certain Father Fang would break his legs when he went home for winter vacation.
So, as Xia Yao spoke with a light smile and Fang Xiaoran calmly questioned him from the other side now and then, Fang Ran desperately signaled Tang Bing with his eyes not to say anything strange.
But for some reason, perhaps because she was too timid,
Tang Bing did not look his way at all.
Gourd!!!!
Perfectly ignoring Fang Ran's cries in his heart, Tang Bing did her utmost to describe to Xia Yao just how outstanding and perfect Osphia was—a former noblewoman from Italy,
with hair as radiant as gold, and an upper-class bearing and presence proportional to her beauty. While striving to portray herself as mere air,
she still muttered one last unnecessary addition:
"At first, she and Senior seemed to have some conflicts, but their relationship slowly got better along the way."
!!!(°Д°*) Gourd! I'm begging you! Could you stop saying unnecessary things!?
"Oh, I see."
Seeing the strange gleam in Xia Yao's eyes and Fang Xiaoran's calm gaze, Fang Ran sighed in despair, his