Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 356 Are you itching for a beating again, kid?

In the end, Li Zhaoyang couldn't resist Xi Jingyue's insistence and obediently went to a room to talk to him alone.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Can't I contact you for no reason? I just suddenly felt like having a meal with you..."

"Come on, do you think I don't know you? Unsolicited kindness is always a trap. Get to the point, don't force me to take action."

"...Alright." Seeing that he couldn't fool them anymore, Li Zhaoyang gritted his teeth and chose to confess in order to avoid being suppressed by force.

"Cousin, do you believe there are people in this world who can hear what someone is thinking without them even moving their mouth?"

Xi Jingyue's eyes narrowed slightly, and he understood Li Zhaoyang's meaning almost instantly: "You can hear An'an's thoughts? When did this happen?"

Li Zhaoyang was speechless, never expecting Xi Jingyue to hit the nail on the head. After being stunned for a moment, he quickly came to his senses.

"Cousin, you could hear that too, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have immediately connected it to An'an. When did this happen? Why have I never heard you mention it before?"

Xi Jingyue's expression darkened slightly, and his gaze toward Li Zhaoyang became sharper than ever before: "Now it's my turn to ask you first."

Li Zhaoyang: "..." Fine, you can be fierce and you can decide what to do.

“I first heard it when I went to the airport with my family to pick her up. My parents, Yuesheng, and Azhu could all hear it. At first, we were all startled, but luckily An'an's family reacted quickly, so we didn't give anything away. Afterwards, we guessed it was because of the gifts An'an gave us during the Chinese New Year.”

"The gifts I gave you for Chinese New Year?"

“This is it.” Li Zhaoyang raised his hand, showing Xi Jingyue the red string bracelet on his wrist.

Xi Jingyue immediately recognized that the beads on the bracelet were made from one of the two rough stones that Du Anrao had previously extracted.

"Cousin, don't you have one?"

Xi Jingyue said with a hint of sourness, "No, do you think everyone can be as lucky as your family?"

Li Zhaoyang paused for a moment, then scratched the back of his head and chuckled foolishly: "That's true. Our family's greatest fortune is finding such a wonderful younger sister as Yuxi, and we also gained such a wonderful younger sister as An'an along the way."

Xi Jingyue: "..." My hands are so itchy, I can't help but want to punch someone!

“Because our whole family couldn’t hear An’an’s voice before, we were able to hear it suddenly this time. The only variable is these gifts. We heard that An’an gave similar gifts to many relatives in the family this time. Our family is an exception. So everyone is guessing that it might be because of this gift that God has recognized us as one of her closest relatives.”

"It's not impossible."

"I heard that you spent 500 million to buy two plaques from An'an and give them to Grandpa Xi and Madam Xi. I wonder if they will have the same effect. After all, you bought them with money, which is different from the ones An'an gave us personally."

"..." Don't think I can't hear the smugness in your words. Are you asking for a beating again?

However… Xi Jingyue’s eyes flickered. It seemed he needed to find an opportunity to take An’an home to meet his grandparents and see how things were going.

However, considering the elderly people's psychological capacity, he may need to give them a heads-up beforehand.

“I’ve finished explaining my business. Shouldn’t we talk about your business next, cousin? Since you didn’t receive the New Year’s gift from An’an, and those two pendants you bought were for your parents, how did you overhear An’an’s thoughts? And judging from your tone just now, it’s clear you didn’t just hear it recently.”

“That’s right.” Speaking of this, Xi Jingyue was no longer sleepy. “I heard it when I first met her.”

"Why should I?" Now it was Li Zhaoyang's turn to be jealous. "You're not a member of the Du family, and you don't have any real kinship with her. Why should you be able to hear what she's thinking the first time you meet her?"

Xi Jingyue finally won a round and said happily, "Perhaps this is a destiny that even heaven approves of."

Li Zhaoyang: "..." If this guy weren't my cousin, I would have punched him a couple of times to vent my anger!
"You don't need to be jealous. If I hadn't accidentally found out this secret, you and Yuxi wouldn't have met so soon, and those messy things at your company wouldn't have been resolved ahead of time. Your cousin's wife and your son's affairs wouldn't have been discovered so quickly either."

"You really are..." Li Zhaoyang had already noticed clues from these events, and hearing Xi Jingyue say this only confirmed his suspicions.

"So, thank that girl properly. She is your family's benefactor and your savior."

"Do you need to tell me? I just transferred five percent of the company's shares to her this afternoon."

"You're quick on your feet," Xi Jingyue chuckled, then, as if remembering something, instructed, "Don't tell the Du family about my ability to hear An'an's voice for now."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhaoyang turned to look at him as if he had sensed something, and said with a half-smile, "Don't worry, I understand, I understand."

"...What do you know?"

"If An'an's brothers and my Yu Xi find out about this, cousin, you'll be in deep trouble, if not dead. Those sister-obsessed girls aren't as reasonable as I am. If they find out about this, they'll definitely think of you as a pervert who's eyeing their little cabbage, and they'll keep a close watch on you, making sure you, this stinky pig, never get a step closer to her."

Li Zhaoyang himself also has a younger sister. Putting himself in their shoes, if his own little cabbage were to be taken by someone else, he probably wouldn't be much calmer than them.

Xi Jingyue: "..." Don't think I didn't hear you taking the opportunity to call me a pig. And even if they don't know about this, they have never let their guard down against him.

Gong Haoming's early appearance startled Du Anrao and gave her a less than pleasant experience, but it wasn't entirely without its benefits.

At least it's certain that the person who made Li Yuesheng fall in love wasn't him. Moreover, thanks to Li Qianxi's indirect assistance, Li Yuesheng already knew about Gong Haoming's plans in advance, and her impression of him had already plummeted. There's no way she could be deceived and schemed against by him like in the original story.

Du Anrao felt much relieved, but he also began to hesitate about whether to stay at the Li family home and get a glimpse into Li Yuesheng's other half of the gossip.

Hearing this, the Li family members became a little anxious. "Don't rush off! There are still many fun things to do. There's no need to rush!"
"Ahem, An'an, there's no rush for you to go back to school or work after the New Year. You can stay with us a little longer so that your sister Yuesheng and cousin can take you out more often."

Du Anrao smiled, but before he could say anything, his phone beeped with a notification.

I thought it was just another spam text message, but when I opened it, I was shocked.

【Li Qianxi? What's going on? Li Qianxi asked to meet me. Are you sure you didn't send this to the wrong person?】