The blind boss's nanny

The once crowded and noisy apartment suddenly fell silent, leaving only a mess on the floor and two people facing each other in silence.

Lin Xiaoman bent down, picked up a dusty cushion from the floor, and gently patted it. Her voice was very low:

"Thank you, Lu Tingzhao. And thank you to your family."

She knew his gaze was fixed on her, heavy and carrying a temperature she couldn't respond to, making her inexplicably afraid to look up and meet his eyes.

Footsteps approached. Lu Tingzhao stopped in front of her, reached out and gently pulled her into his arms.

"Xiaoman,"

His voice came from above her head.

"Don't say thank you to me anymore."

He stepped back slightly, grasped her shoulders with both hands, and forced her to look up to meet his intensely focused gaze.

"They can be your family if you want."

He paused, his gaze fixed on her, and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for so long:

"Xiaoman, are you willing?"

Lin Xiaoman stood in the middle of the ruins, her heart pounding violently in her chest.

Are you willing?

The Lu siblings are not considered "good people" in the conventional sense.

Lu Xingyuan is an unruly and carefree young man, Lu Tingzhou is a willful and reckless playboy, Lu Tingxi is a proud and willful young lady, and even Qin Xiu, who is always meticulous, each of them has their own distinct and strange edges.

But one thing is absolutely clear... their respect and protection for Lu Tingzhao comes from the bottom of their hearts.

Because of Lu Tingzhao, they also showed her the greatest acceptance and protection as an "outsider".

Everything that happened tonight is the best proof.

How can you not be lucky to have such a family?

A warm feeling washed over Lin Xiaoman, and the answer almost burst out of her mouth.

However, at the last moment, she forced herself to detach herself from it.

Lin Xiaoman shook her head.

A soft shimmer was now floating in the man's cool eyes.

"Xiaoman, are you still angry with me? Or... do you still not believe me, not believe I can change?"

Lin Xiaoman gently broke free from his embrace.

"No, I just... don't like you anymore."

She shrugged and said nonchalantly:

"It's that simple."

"Lu Tingzhao, you can leave now. I'll be moving. Yuanbao and Yuanman... they'll stay with you from now on."

The man frowned slightly, remained silent for a long time, his gaze lingering on her face, as if trying to discern something from it.

"Lin Xiaoman,"

He finally spoke, his voice low and deep.

Look me in the eyes and say it again: you don't like me.

He took a step closer.

"If you can say it, I'll leave immediately and never bother you again."

Lin Xiaoman raised her eyelids to meet his almost murderous gaze. Her heart skipped a beat, but she maintained a calm expression.

"Lu Tingzhao, you should leave. I don't like you anymore."

The man's breath caught in his throat. He stared at her intently for a few seconds, his eyes flashing wildly. The next second, he turned and actually took a few steps toward the door.

As his leather shoes crunched over the fine dust on the ground, Lin Xiaoman watched his straight back, her tense nerves just beginning to relax.

The footsteps stopped abruptly.

Lu Tingzhao quickly turned back. He stopped a few steps away, his hands in his coat pockets.

"Lin Xiaoman,"

He spoke again, his tone calm.

"Last week, a netizen filmed you arguing heatedly with a driver who parked on the tactile paving for the visually impaired. May I interview you? Why did you react so strongly to something like this—a driver blocking the tactile paving for the visually impaired?"

Lin Xiaoman's pupils contracted slightly.

"besides,"

Lu Tingzhao seemed not to notice her reaction and continued his calm statement.

"Leng Feng contacted me a few days ago, saying that you rejected him again on the streets of Italy. Why is that?"

He tilted his head slightly, getting straight to the heart of the matter:

"You still love to lie. You lie to others, and you lie to yourself."

"you……!"

Lin Xiaoman's cheeks flushed instantly, a surge of embarrassment and anger at being exposed welling up inside her. Her voice unconsciously rose, an attempt to mask her panic with force:

"I can do whatever I want! It's my freedom to argue with whomever I want, to refuse whomever I want! What does this have to do with whether I like you or not?! What right do you have to tell me what to do?!"

She grew angrier as she spoke, her fingertips almost piercing his chest:

"You're not lying to me?! Lu Tingzhao! Who is he?! Your eyesight has clearly been healed for a long time, yet you've become addicted to pretending to be blind?! You've been playing me for fools, haven't you?! What right do you have to question me here?!"

Lu Tingzhao watched her erupt, watched her furious expression as she was exposed, watched the pretense in her eyes shatter completely, revealing the truth beneath.

"Yes, I lied to you."

"I pretended to be blind, I meticulously planned, and I brought this upon myself. So you see, we're even."

He took a small step forward, lowering his voice:

"Lin Xiaoman, I admit defeat."

"I give up, okay?"

"I admit that I made you suffer. I admit that I didn't understand your fear sooner and didn't give you enough security."

He looked at her, his eyes clear and unfathomable.

"You say you no longer like me, and I have no choice. You say I lied to you, and I have even more irrefutable evidence against you."

"But,"

He paused slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing softly.

"I can't leave."

He twitched the corner of his mouth.

"When I see you arguing with someone about the tactile paving, I think, you're still the same you. When I hear you rejected someone, I feel... secretly happy. I know it's childish and unreasonable, but I just can't help it."

"You told me to walk, and I tried. But my legs won't obey me."

He shrugged.

"It has to turn back, it has to look at you again, it has to... ask you again."

His voice grew softer, yet each word was clear, striking a chord deep within her heart:

"Lin Xiaoman, I like you, I love you. Can you... give me another chance?"

Lin Xiaoman lowered her eyelashes, her long shadow falling on her cheek. After a long while, she slowly spoke:

"Lu Tingzhao, haven't you realized yet? We... are completely different."

"I've never thought that way!"

Lu Tingzhao immediately denied it, his tone urgent.

"We share a similar sense of responsibility and commitment. Perhaps our lives before weren't purely about living for ourselves. But after meeting you, I want to change, I want to live a different way."

He stepped forward, his gaze fixed intently on her:

"We can build a happy family, we will be great parents, and give our children the warmth and love we once lacked..."