Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1224: Time Is Running Out (8)

"When I’m anxious and sweating, I just want to eat," Little Mingli said with his innocent little eyes wide open.

Ou Yanan heard the two children’s conversation and pulled back the screen, saying, "What do you want to eat? How about noodles?"

"Okay!" Little Mingli jumped up in excitement.

Lingxin covered his little face with his hands, unable to watch. Their mother was earnestly giving them a lesson, but his food-loving little brother was ruining the atmosphere.

Ou Yanan looked at the two of them. If she were to say which child was more adorable, it would definitely be the one who acts cute, Little Mingli. But Lingxin, with a temperament like hers, also like that of Ou Yanan, inspired a tender feeling in her heart.

As she picked Mingli up off the bed, Ou Yanan reached out and patted older brother Lingxin’s head, saying, "Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. You’ve just recovered, understand?"

The gentle voice, like a mother’s scent, made Lingxin blink, watching intently as Ou Yanan turned and walked out.

On Dark Island, in the dimly lit billiards room.

Zhuang Haoxiong held a billiard cue, striking the cue ball fiercely. The white ball dashed across the table, failing to pocket.

Mu watched on the side, shaking his head at the scene, "The cue ball shouldn’t be pocketed."

He was talking about Zhuang Haoxiong’s futile effort.

Zhuang Haoxiong seized the opportunity to vent at him, "Cyclops was blown up in your place, of course, it’s not your fault, but it was done by that white lunatic!"

"So didn’t I say it before? Didn’t I warn Cyclops? Told him not to go near that lunatic, but he just wouldn’t listen." As Mu spoke, he started laying out the poker cards on the billiards table.

Luo Ke walked over, accompanied by a masked child, about a teenager, wearing a snake mask.

Zhuang Haoxiong glanced at the mask on the child and squinted, "Got it?"

"Yes," the white-haired Luo Ke said, giving his wine glass a shake.

The teenage boy opened the box he was holding, revealing a key inside.

Zhuang Haoxiong walked over to pick up the key, scrutinizing it. Of course, it’s not the golden key of his family’s Duke Philips Castle. Since his brother Zhuang Haoran took the key and disappeared, it has been utterly infuriating.

"A total of seven keys," counted Mu, dealing the cards, "We have three, they have three."

"Do they have three?" Zhuang Haoxiong questioned.

"Yes," Mu replied, "The one from the Ruan Family is temporarily with the Big White Head. As for your brother’s key, you still can’t find your brother. He might have already handed it over to them. Plus one more they just acquired."

Zhuang Haoxiong didn’t accept Mu’s explanation, nor did Luo Ke. They had different reasons for their reluctance. Zhuang Haoxiong was thinking about how the key in his brother’s hand couldn’t possibly be counted as being with Xiao Yebai, and it must be brought back by him, the Golden Fox King.

Luo Ke’s disagreement lay with Mu’s statement about the one in their possession out of the three keys, and the one that Xiao Yebai’s side just acquired.

The story of these two keys was connected to the grand wedding soon to take place in the United States.

Gu Nuan finally met the bride, Zhong Qiaohui, in the evening, Washington time.

Zhong Qiaohui must have gone to great lengths to escape from home to meet Gu Nuan. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Your two kids are going to be my flower children, I need to take them to my grandfather first," Zhong Qiaohui said as her excuse for getting away to see Gu Nuan.