The Villain's Younger Sister

Chapter 13

Before Nie ChengFeng even got to the parking lot, his cellphone rang. Seeing that it was a call from his mother dearest, he picked it up right away. "Mom?" "ChengFeng, was AnAn's cooking especially good?" asked Mother Nie.

"Huh?" It took Nie ChengFeng a couple seconds to wrap his brain around it before he said, "Mom, you watched the airing of 'Gold Medal Inn' too?" "Of course I did! That's our Nie's tourist area and we sponsored the show. Naturally I must watch it." Having said that, her tone changed. "You've had a few of her meals too. How come you didn't help her out at the airport today?"Nie ChengFeng, "..."

"Mom, I don't know the ins and outs of the incident. Plus, the reporters didn't interview me," explained Nie ChengFeng. "We've only watched one episode and we could see that AnAn never even gave ZiMing an extra look when they were in the same room. How could you not be able to tell when you were there in person day in and day out?" Mother Nie wasn't too happy.

Nie ChengFeng had no idea that Nie AnAn had casted a spell on his mother. He couldn't help but ask, "Mom! Why are you defending her so much? Her last name is Nie too. If I don't know better, I'd think she's your long-lost daughter!" Nie ChengFeng didn't expect his mother to suddenly stop talking from his casual words.

Mother Nie grumbled a little more before she ended the conversation with her son. When Mr. Nie noticed that his wife looked stupefied, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened?" "Do you think AnAn might be our long-lost daughter?" said Mrs. Nie deep in thought "I had such kindred feeling the moment that I saw her. The more I thought about it, the more I think she looks a lot like us."

"I don't think so? Our daughter died in the fire during the accident back in the days. I don't think she'd still be alive." Mr. Nie expressed his disbelief. "Well, in either case, I just feel this kinship towards her. And you like her too." As though suddenly remembering something, Mrs. Nie's eyes lit up. "Didn't your dad wanted to hire a nutritionist lately? AnAn seems like she'd make a good one! Let's have ChengFeng bring her here!"

Mr. Nie seemed quite happy about that suggestion as well. "Good idea. Since ChengFeng knows her, let's have him invite her over!" As the two were discussing over here, an upset appeared on the internet. As the clip posted by Huo YanXiao was viewed by more and more people, all of a sudden, the news that Qin ZiMing had made up Nie AnAn's crush quickly rose up to the top searches list.

Shortly thereafter, Director Cheng posted on Wechat. "I want to clarify that the secret guest list of 'Gold Medal Inn' was confidential prior to the airing of the show. There was no such thing as any cast member joining the show for any special guest. I met Miss Nie AnAn during the testing of a nutritionist examination and I was the one who extended the olive branch and asked her to join the show. During the filming of the show, Miss AnAn had been a very responsible nutritionist and there weren't any personal or hidden agenda. I hope that our fans online would use their own judgment and not believe in any rumors."

In addition to Director Cheng's announcement on Wechat, other guests at the Yun Lai Inn had posted their own messages. Chen Yanshu: "Our AnAn was pretty much staying in the kitchen the entire time. She was like a Chinese Martha Stewart, okay?" Feng Wei: "If little sister AnAn was the girl with those tattoos, okay, I will buy that. But I am sure that was from some cosplay event. I would like to ask our fans to not make any quick judgments. AnAn has no doubt been the little lamb on our show!"

Even Zhang ZhouYu, coming out of retirement, posted on Wechat: "I urge our fans to stop internet bullying and not to twist the truth and hurt a 20-something young girl." After that, many of the other tourists who visited Yun Lai Inn also spoke up on Wechat. Some said they have met Nie AnAn in person. As much as she was a snack herself, her cooking was even tastier. All the so-called breaking news was just irrational slandering. And they would support her forever!

In the meantime, Nie AnAn went home with Huo YanXiao. After him speaking out for her at the airport, it seemed to have changed their relationship a little bit. Nie AnAn wasn't sure how she was going to interact with Huo YanXiao, so once she arrived at home, her plan was to bring her luggage upstairs and unpack. Except that, she was just reaching out for her suitcase when a large hand with prominent knuckles cut her off.

Huo YanXiao picked up her suitcase and carried it upstairs with ease and placed it inside of Nie AnAn's room. Nie AnAn followed behind him and waited until he placed the suitcase flat on the floor before she said to him sweetly, "Thank you, big brother."

Huo YanXiao looked her up and down. Ever since he found out that she wasn't her, he also wasn't sure how to get along with her. Especially when she seemed so soft and fluffy. He worried that he would break her if he wasn't careful enough. "Take a nap if you are tired," he said. "I still have to go back to the office. I won't be home till around 6 today."

"Will you be home for dinner, big brother?" asked Nie AnAn. "Yes," nodded Huo YanXiao. "Oh, okay. You should get going then, big brother!" said Nie AnAn. Huo YanXiao looked at this sister of his that barely reached his shoulder. He wanted to reach out and rub her on her head again as he walked past her, but she had already shuffled over to her suitcase and squatted down to unpack her stuff.

He saw that everything was neat and organized inside her suitcase. It looked just like the kind of channels online where the host bragged about their ability to organize. And she was squatting there, like a little animal. For a second there, he thought she had two fluffy ears on top of her head. She was just so soft. He wondered what kind of a soul she had inside of her.

Huo YanXiao retracted his look. He has an important meeting this afternoon to attend. He decided very last minute to go and pick her up this morning, so he didn't have much time left.

"I am taking off," he said. "Okay, drive safely and have a good day at work!" said Nie AnAn sweetly. "Mmm," he nodded as he turned and left.

That night, Huo YanXiao could smell the aroma of dinner as soon as he walked inside the house. He changed quickly and came over to where Nie AnAn was. She was just about to pour the soup from the pot into a bowl. She was holding onto the pot with her thin wrists and trying to pour the soup out.

Huo YanXiao reached over and said, "Let me do it." Having said that, his strong hand took over the entire pot, poured out all the soup into the soup bowl without spilling a drop, and carried the bowl out to the dining room. Nie AnAn looked at her own soft hands and grumbled to herself. She was actually quite strong too, but he just didn't seem to believe her on that.

The brother and sister duo sat across from each other at the dining table, and the light clanging noises between the chopsticks and the bowls were all the noises there were in the dining room. That was, until Huo YanXiao asked all of a sudden, "AnAn, do you have any plans this weekend?" Nie AnAn shook her head.

Even though Director Cheng had extended her the offer to join the next season of "Gold Medal Inn" and she had received a lot of olive branches from all sorts of organizations, she has yet to decide on her career path.