Me and My Cold CEO Wife

Chapter 1708 - 1697: The Best Friend Card

"The girl who usually seems silly and naive suddenly became smart at this critical moment."At the cashier, Ning Fan shamelessly ignored the curious glances from those around him.

At the supermarket entrance, with eight oversized shopping bags in both hands, Ning Fan was looking around, "Where did she run off to? She couldn't have just left me here alone."

"Here. I'm here."

Ning Fan's ears perked up as he looked in the direction of the voice.

Not far away, a half-open car window revealed a slender, jade-like arm waving in their direction.

Looking at the driver in the front seat, Ning Fan understood that Alice had informed Andrew to send a car to pick them up.

From the Manhattan Hotel to here, one could see how long the checkout process took and how much was bought.

"Mr. Ning."

Once Ning Fan approached, the Viscount's driver greeted him, then followed Andrew's instructions to get out and leave.

Sitting in the driver's seat, Ning Fan couldn't help but mutter, "This Andrew. What would I do if I couldn't drive?"

"I can drive."

Saying this, Alice slid from the back seat to the front passenger seat like an eel.

The entire move was done in one fluid motion, with full marks for difficulty and technique.

Ning Fan said angrily, "You still have the nerve to laugh. You left by yourself, do you know how worried I was."

It wasn't that Ning Fan was angry at Alice for leaving him alone.

Due to Alice's physical condition, Ning Fan couldn't detect her location by her aura.

So when this little girl slipped away and disappeared from sight, Ning Fan was at a loss, completely bewildered. Standing at the cashier, he was neither able to leave nor stay.

If anything happened to Alice during that time, Ning Fan really wouldn't know how to explain to Andrew.

Realizing that Ning Fan seemed genuinely angry, Alice's expression froze, and she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, it's my fault."

"I'll forgive you this time."

Seeing Alice still with an apologetic face, Ning Fan gently said, "Next time, don't leave my field of vision. Since the Grand Duke entrusted you to me, I have to be responsible for you, understand?"

How could Ning Fan actually be angry; he used the incident as an opportunity to remind Alice.

"I understand."

Alice nodded heavily, yet inexplicably felt a warmth in her heart.

"He's not angry, he's just worried about me. Like Mr. Adams, Ning Fan is a very responsible person."

If Ning Fan knew Alice's thoughts, who knows what he would feel.

Especially being compared to a hypocrite.

Yes! No matter how Ning Fan looked at it, he found Adams displeasing, believing him to be the most typical hypocrite.

On the way back, Ning Fan himself didn't even realize.

After going through some experiences, he and Alice had actually become much closer.

In front of Ning Fan, Alice gradually shed her noble lady facade and returned to being a youthful, adorable schoolgirl.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have slid from the back seat to the front passenger seat in such an unladylike manner just now.

"White, long, slender!"

At this moment, Ning Fan's mind was filled with these three words, and his eyes kept glancing somewhere now and then.

Alice lounged lazily in her seat, humming a light and melodious song, her long, slender white legs swinging restlessly.

So exquisite, they seemed to shimmer with a jade-like glow, almost blinding Ning Fan's eyes.

Especially Ning Fan's heartbeat, which matched the rhythm of the swinging.

"Youth is great, so full of energy and vitality."

Ning Fan sighed, then his expression turned a bit strange, wondering to himself, "Something's wrong! What's going on here! Why has this girl suddenly changed character?"

"Could it be that I'm approaching this wrong?"

Ning Fan widened his eyes, scrutinizing the fair skin, confirming that he wasn't mistaken.

The girl in front of him, with her "frivolous demeanor," was none other than Andrew the Duke's biological daughter, Alice from a noble lineage.

"Could it be... the Blood Clan reacts differently during their time of the month than humans?"

Ning Fan vaguely remembered that during Xu Ruolan's time of the month, she'd often be irritable and restless.

"Could Alice's odd behavior be due to this? But do Blood Clan women have this phenomenon... they probably do, after all, they're all women..."

Noticing Ning Fan's peculiar gaze, Alice asked in confusion, "Ning Fan, what's wrong with you?"

"Is your aunt visiting?"

Ning Fan blurted out, and despite the awkwardness, he didn't forget to translate the term into English.

"Huh?"

Alice was momentarily confused, then said, "In human relations, I don't have an aunt, only an uncle."

"No...it's nothing."

Ning Fan awkwardly shook his head, then hesitantly asked, "Alice, you seem different from usual?"

"Do I?"

Alice looked around for a while and then, realizing her sitting posture, immediately blushed with embarrassment.

Alice apologized awkwardly, "Sorry, my behavior must have been amusing to you."

"It's nothing. You should just feel natural."

Ning Fan continued, "Actually, I think you shouldn't care so much about others' perceptions, as long as you're happy, relax a little."

Alice's eyes lit up with delight, "Really?"

Ning Fan laughed, "Of course it's true. Do you enjoy wearing a mask in life?"

"I don't like that at all; it's too pretentious. But my daddy..."

Listening to Alice's full of complaints, Ning Fan began to understand the truth.

"I really couldn't tell. Andrew, that old rascal, is so carefree, yet he is so strict with his daughter's upbringing."

Andrew exercised strict discipline over Alice, demanding every word and action, every gesture and movement to adhere to the noble lady etiquette of the medieval period.

In terms of etiquette and behavior, no one could surpass Alice.

Unlike traditional Blood Clan, Alice grew up in human society.

As a child, Alice's etiquette and manners were often praised by teachers and emulated by fellow students.

However, as she grew older, particularly when she entered university, Alice's various behaviors became seen as rigid oddities by others.

Under the backdrop of the New Era and influenced by new waves of thought, Alice herself grew to detest the tedious and dull noble rituals.

So Alice gradually became "rebellious," appearing as a good girl in front of Andrew, but in front of friends and classmates, she was the radiant young schoolgirl she was just now.

After hearing all this, Ning Fan couldn't help but laugh, "So, am I now your best friend?"

"That's right. You're now my good friend."

Alice playfully extended her hand, happily saying, "Give me five!"

With a "slap," after the high-five, Ning Fan became a trustworthy friend to Alice.

"Andrew, I'm really going to let you down with your high expectations."

In Ning Fan's eyes, getting a "friend card" was far more tragic than being given a "nice guy card."

The "nice guy" card, at least, indicates there's some interest.