Rendering everyone speechless with his affection, the man disconnected the call, turning to Xi Wei.

"What the hell, brother?!", Xi Wei was officially terrified, "How are you going to convince our family? You do know how many cunning bastards are out there, eyeing your position, right? What if... they see this as an opening and attack your authority?"

"Calm down, Wei.", Xi Yuan shook his head, walking around the table, closing the open files on it, "Let Fang know that I want him in my office in half an hour."

"Brother-"

"Wei, she knows me better than I know myself.", the man cut in, "This wouldn't have been the only time that I would risk my life for her. And she knew that all along. Months before yesterday.

"She understood how trapped it made me feel to watch her go on the battlefield. Alone. So she gave me an option. She gave me a choice. Xinghe isn't pushing me to give up on Xi Corps. She has simply paved another path for me. It's as simple as that.

"Don't worry. It's not like I'll have to invest time in regular Military work. I'll be just as much an advisor in the Army, as Xinghe is in Xi Corporations. We're not switching careers here."

As Xi Wei listened to his brother's words, things became more clear to him. His brother's heart ached every time he'd notice the woman struggling with the Military, her family, and him together. But he couldn't violate Military protocols on impulse, neither could he replace her in Superfamily. Things were getting more and more complicated for her, and she knew he'd been silently observing it all.

Now that she'd rightfully demanded his legal support in her work, she had quietly yet smartly, lifted up the weight of guilt on his mind. Bravo, Sister-in-law! Xi Wei had never known how deep Xinguan's relationship was until now. Xi Yuan never uttered a word to her, and neither did she. But both of them weren't oblivious to the other person's messes. It was as if they'd never required words to interact. A glance at their partner and they could read them like a book. How formidable!

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Meanwhile, in MZX Headquarters, Jacob Andrews stared at the blank phone screen in his hands. With an understanding smile, the man passed the device back to the girl, "Any comments, Chief?", he asked, bringing the girl's attention back to the topic of the most awaited wedding of Country X.

"Huh?", the girl looked up, distracted, "Both of us are occupied with work right now. But we're working on it. We'll let everyone know once we're sure ourselves."

"Regardless of whenever that happens...", the man added, his tone much amiable now, "You've my best wishes."

"Thank you, Mr. Andrews.", the girl smiled modestly, "Any more questions?"

"Now that we're past the vital part of the interview, do you mind answering some of the fans' questions?", the man clasped his hands, excited. Receiving a nod from the girl, he pulled out his phone as he located MZX's live app, browsing through the comments section. "One of the Xinguan shippers here says and I quote, 'Military Chief Rong once said any man who'd pursue her would have to undergo innumerable interrogations and tortures from her brothers. How did President Xi escape the toughest part of the relationship, exactly?'"

Letting out a peal of relaxed laughter, her positively infectious giggles reaching every corner of the huge studio, she replied, "Well... he didn't really escape."

"Really?", Jacob was intrigued. How could the Six tigers trouble someone who was capable of intimidating literally any human soul with just his gaze?! Was it even possible?

"Yeah.", the girl answered truthfully, "You've no idea how much of glaring, and taunting, and crazy odd questionnaire sessions, he had to face. They were so picky about each one of his habits. And like kids, all of them would come to me or call me, every time they'd notice even the silliest of his shortcomings.

"He can't cook Oriental food? What kind of person doesn't like Tea? You know he doesn't like emotional movies? Xinghe! He hates social media; how will you survive with him? Look, he isn't into TV dramas!

"And all of that was coming from Six such men, who can't cook Oriental food, hates Tea, loathes emotional movies, do not care about social media, and totally against TV dramas. I mean... the height of hypocrisy!"

As the reporter burst out laughing, he could barely speak, "Really? They were that picky?"

"Yep.", the girl shrugged, "They are always that picky. Running background checks on people around me, ensuring nothing about them is remotely dangerous; it's what they do. And no matter how much I try to stop them, they never give up. All the six of them.

"But that's okay. They never make me feel that they don't trust me. They never intrude on my privacy or harm anyone I am associated with. And that's all I expect from them, honestly.

"They just don't trust people easily. They prefer to stay behind the curtains though. And provided my past, they have every right to get this protective, I feel. More than me, Yuan does, actually."

"What do you mean?"

"Every time I'd try to stop them, he would convince me not to. He says that he deserved to have a relationship with them too and that it was unfair for me to interfere in it. He believes that becoming a family requires a lot of effort and interaction and that he would like his relationship with my family to shape up with time; not because of me."

"That's very thoughtful of President Xi, don't you think?", Andrews was genuinely impressed. Initially, he'd thought that the couple had a lot of layers, which needed to be exfoliated. But after he'd truly chatted with the two today, he realized that they weren't fake. And that, the two were truly in love and were sincerely carrying out their respective responsibilities. Just because both their families preferred to stay away from the spotlight didn't mean that their morality, or personality, for that matter, were questionable.

"Yes, very thoughtful.", the girl rolled her eyes, "So much so that now he has formed teams with all my brothers, and now they are going fishing together, watching matches together, going clubbing together. And I don't know-how, but he's gotten them to spill all my secrets, or my embarrassing childhood memories, to him. And frankly? Not a fan of his thoughtfulness anymore."