Next day, at the Flower City International Airport.
Nan Xing, dressed in a white suit, exited through the VIP passage with his assistant.
He looked around for reporters, but did not see any.
“I, Master Nan Xing, returning to Flower City is such an important event. How can there not be a single reporter? Where have they all gone?” Nan Xing frowned.
“Mr. Nan Xing, the reason we are using the VIP passage is to avoid the reporters.” His assistant reminded him.
“Why should we be avoiding the reporters? Am I not dashing enough for the cameras?”
“Of course not! Mr. Nan Xing has good looks that are against heaven’s will. We are avoiding the reporters because we need to keep a low profile.” The assistant said.
“Why should I keep a low profile? Isn’t my brother the one who should be keeping a low profile?”
“Mr. Nan Xing, it was you who gave special orders for us to keep a low profile.” The assistant answered.
“Did I say that?”
“Yes.”
“Ok, then a low profile it shall be.”
After saying that, Nan Xing pointed to the area opposite them. “See that big LED screen over there? Contact the airport, train stations and bus terminals. I want the best locations to display the announcement for my wedding.”
“Loop the announcements non-stop, twenty-four hours a day. I want the entire country, no, entire world to know that I am getting married!”
“Errr……” The attendant appeared reluctant.
“Is there a problem?”
“Didn’t Mr. Nan Xing want to keep a low profile? If that’s the case……”
“Isn’t this already considered low profile? It is only outdoor advertisements. If I am not keeping a low profile, I would have wanted the advertisements to be on TV! Although I do want to keep a low profile, after all, I am Nan Xing. Does it make sense if no one knows about my wedding?!” Nan Xing yelled.
The assistant did not dare utter another word. He was just a salaried employee and did not want to get into any trouble.
“Ok, Mr. Nan Xing. I will do as you instructed immediately.”
“Oh, and don’t let my brother know about this.” Nan Xing added.
“This could be quite challenging. Once the advertisements are out, there is always a chance that Mr. Nan Chen would see it. After all, they would be displayed twenty-four hours a day at all the prime locations in the city.”
That made sense to Nan Xing. If the advertisements were going to be displayed all over the city, what were the chances that Nan Chen wouldn’t see any of them?
“Then let’s do this. Make it the advertising company’s idea instead. Say that the advertising company insisted on giving it to me as a wedding gift. I knew nothing about it!”
Nan Xing was pleased with his idea. He felt like a genius.
“Errr……”
“Just do as I say. This is it!” Nan Xing decided.
Half an hour later, at Nan Chen’s office.
“Brother! I am back!” Nan Xing slumped onto the sofa. “I’m dead beat! Brother, please don’t deploy me to Africa again after I am married. It’s way too tiring!”
There was no reply.
Nan Xing suddenly realized that Nan Chen didn’t look happy; it felt like dark clouds were looming above.
He tried to look more serious. After all, they were at Nan Chen’s office. He could not appear to be too frivolous.
“Mr. Nan Chen, Nan Xing has successfully completed his mission to Africa, please give me your next instructions!” Nan Xing pretended to say in a serious tone.
“You are intending to display the announcement of your wedding all over the city? Marriage is your private affair. You shouldn’t be using the company’s resources.” Nan Chen said without lifting his head.
Which bas***d let out the news! Nan Xing silently cursed. He already knew about it before the advertisements were even displayed?
“Stop wondering who told me. The advertising companies are all subsidiaries of the Nanshi Corporation. You think you can hide it from me? What a joke.” Nan Chen said coldly.
Nan Xing hurriedly put up a smiling face. “The assistants were the ones who came up with the idea. I kept emphasizing on keeping a low profile, but they just won’t listen! I would have never agreed to kicking up such a big fuss!”
“It has already been cancelled.” That was all Nan Chen said.
“Oh, that’s great! That was what I intended to do. It is just a wedding ceremony, no need for all that!”
“I don’t mean that. I meant that the wedding has been called off.”
“What?” Nan Xing was stunned.
Cancelling the announcements was not a big issue. But what did he mean by the wedding being called off?
“Brother, what do you mean by that?”
“It means exactly that. The wedding has been called off.” Nan Chen said.
“Why is that so? I had already planned out the wedding ceremony when I was on the plane. How can it be cancelled so suddenly?” Nan Xing grew anxious.
“I’m sorry.” Nan Chen started to feel bad about it.
“Don’t say sorry. I don’t want to hear that. I want to get married!” Nan Xing yelled.
Nan Chen stood up and paced about the office.
“Nan Xing, do you trust me?”
“Of course, you are my brother, if I can’t trust you, who else can I trust? I have looked up to you since young, you know that.” Nan Xing said.
“Ok. Have I been wrong in any of the decisions I made on your behalf?” Nan Chen looked at Nan Xing.
Nan Xing pondered over it. “Nope……other than deploying me to Africa.”
“Your deployment to Africa is a part of your training. Don’t you think that you have matured in your abilities while holding the fort there?”
“Brother, you can’t be thinking of sending me to Africa again, right?” Nan Xing was horrified.
“Let’s not talk about this first. If you trust me, then you have to trust me again this time. Don’t marry that woman.” Nan Chen said coldly.
Nan Xing stood up too. “But you were the one who asked me to marry her. How can you change your mind like that? Why don’t I have any say at all in this matter. I am the one getting married. Why should I listen to everything you say? Brother, no matter how much I trust you, this is my private affair. Don’t you think you are too much?”
Feeling pained, Nan Chen shut his eyes.
This was exactly what he worried most — that his relationship with Nan Xing would be strained because of this situation.
Indeed, Nan Xing had always listened to him since young.
What’s worse was that although they were twins, their positions in the company were totally different.
Nan Chen held the highest position in the Nanshi Corporation and had absolute power over the company’s matters.
Under usual circumstances, this would cause feelings of jealousy and hatred among brothers, and even power struggles.
However, Nan Xing was never like that. He had always been a strong support to his brother. When Nan Chen was under stress, Nan Xing would do anything to share his burdens and never added to it.
They were two people who looked exactly the same. However, one was like a blooming flower while the other happily assumed the role of an accompanying leaf. What a rare occurrence that was.
Nan Chen was well aware of that, so all along, he had doted on his brother very much.
Because he cared for his brother so much, he would never let that woman cause any harm to his brother.
That was the first time his brother lashed out at him. And it was all because of that woman.
He let out a long sigh. “Nan Xing, I am not trying to control your life. But I can’t possibly push you into a trap when I know that will send you to your grave.”
“What grave? Don’t tell me you also believe in that kind of nonsense where marriage is the grave of love? But even if it is really a trap, I will still willingly walk into it!” Nan Xing was angry for real this time.
