Chapter 18 he said, "call me by my name. "

Guan Xi didn't want to talk to this person so she declined the call.

Clearly, the person didn't take the hint as her phone rang again seconds after she declined the call.

She declined it again. Seconds after, her phone rang again... and again, and again, and again...

After the sixth call, Guan Xi figured that they weren't going to leave her alone until she answered so with a heavy heart, she finally picked up.

She greeted dryly, "Hello, brother."

Guan Yihan's gentle, but slightly irritated voice came from the receiver. "Xi Xi, why did it take you so long to answer my call?"

Guan Xi's grip on her phone tightened. "I didn't see it."

"Really?" Guan Yihan chuckled.

He knew that she was rejecting his call, but he chose not to call her out on it. "Oh, I thought you didn't want to talk to me."

She didn't have a good feeling about this. "Brother, what's the matter? If there's nothing urgent, I'm going to hang up now."

She was adopted by the Guan family in the orphanage.

Guan Yihan was her brother by name.

"Xi Xi, why did you call me brother?" Guan Yihan's voice was unbelievably pleasant. "Didn't you say that you'll only call me by my name for the rest of your life?"

Guan Xi's mind went blank for a moment.

How could she forget what she had said?

At that time, her hands had grabbed Guan Yihan's arm and she had said, "Guan Yihan, I don't want to call you 'brother' anymore. I'll just call you by your name."

Did that still apply today?

"Brother, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now," she said again, changing the subject.

"Xi Xi!" Guan Yihan said in a sweet tone. "Come to dinner tonight. Mom has been asking for you."

She pursed her lips and thought about it for a moment before saying, "Okay. I'll come."

She then promptly hung up.

Guan Yihan knew that she would refuse to go home if he was the only one asking so he used their mother to persuade her.

AT THE GUAN RESIDENCE...

Guan Xi was in the bus for more than an hour. By the time she reached the Guan residence, it was almost 7 p.m.

She knew it would take about an hour to have a meal and another hour or even more to get back to the Xiao mansion. Theoretically, if she could avoid any heavy traffic, she could make it to the Xiao residence by 9 p.m. It was nearly impossible to avoid any traffic, though, so there was a good chance that she'd be late. It would take about an hour to have a meal, and then it would take more than an hour to go back to the Xiao Residence from the Guan residence. Theoretically, she could return to the Xiao residence before nine o'clock, but if there was any traffic jam or something like that.. She might be late.

Xiao Jiuyan, that cruel man, would punish her if she was even a minute late.

To be safe, Guan Xi called Xiao Jiuyan.

The phone rang.

Soon, the phone was picked up.

Guan Xi cleared her throat. "Master Jiu..."

She was just about to say that she'd be home late tonight when he spoke, "Who is this?"

Guan Xi was speechless.

How could he not recognize her voice? She was his wife!

Didn't Xiao Jiuyan save her number?

She wanted to knee him.

"Master Jiu, it's Gu Wenxi," Guan Xi said softly. "Master Jiu, my mom asked me to visit tonight. I might not be able to make it back by 9 p.m. I hope that's okay."

"I'll allow it."

Since she had told him her schedule in advance, Xiao Jiuyan decided not to make things difficult for his little wife this time.

Guan Xi rolled her eyes.

'He'll allow it?' He was treating her like his pawn.

He added, "Call me when you're about to leave. I'll send someone to pick you up."