Chapter 158 Losing Chips

Huo Qichen curled his lips slightly, "Very convincing."

"So, I'm just holding you up, won't you thank me?"

The man raised the teacup beside him and clinked it with the camera. "Thank you, Mrs. Huo."

Jian Mo smiled and stared at the man in the video intently.

"When will you return to Haicheng?"

He remained calm, "Just these two days."

The next day, Jian Mo dressed up specially and went to a social event with Mrs. Liang.

There were women at the dinner party, and it was clear at a glance who was the lady and who was the hostess.

Jian Mo and Mrs. Liang held hands, their eyes fixed on the woman sitting at the mahjong table. "Boss Qiao, we meet again?"

Qiao Xia had a cigarette between her lips. When she saw her, her eyes showed shrewdness. "Who are you?"

Jian Mo choked. She didn't expect her to be so disrespectful.

Mrs. Liang immediately tried to smooth things over cleverly, "This is Mrs. Huo from the Huo family. She's here with me today. Old Liang, you won't be angry, will you?"

She coquettishly pushed Liang Chu's arm, just right.

Director Liang touched Jian Mo's face and immediately shook his head, "How could that be? Since there are so many women, I'll give this to you to play with. Have fun."

Jian Mo was pulled to sit down and looked at Qiao Xia. She knew very well that these people were not giving face to her, but to Huo Qichen.

"Can you play mahjong, Mrs. Huo?" Qiao Xia asked casually while looking at the cards.

"I know a little bit, but I'm not good at it. Don't blame me, Mr. Qiao."

"It's just for fun, don't take it seriously." Mrs. Liang said quickly, while looking at Qiao Xia's face.

"This is Wenhua. Since we are going to play, we should play big. If it's a small game, I won't play." Qiao Xia showed no mercy, and there was only Jian Mo in her eyes.

The latter pretended to be calm, "That makes sense." She called the waiter over, "Go and exchange a box of chips, and put them in Mr. Huo's name."

Qiao Xia raised her eyebrows. "Mrs. Huo is really willing to spend Mr. Huo's money. It seems that she lives a happy life."

"There's nothing I can do, I'm just lucky." Jian Mo also smiled.

While waiting for the waiter to come back, Qiao Xia was discussing business with Director Liang. In a few words, the contract was signed. Jian Mo was sharp-eyed and pressed a button on her phone to send a message to Huo Wan.

The waiter returned and the chips were piled on the table.

Qiao Xia asked, "I heard that Mrs. Huo went to Jiangcheng a few days ago. What did she gain?"

"Boss Qiao is so well-informed." Jian Mo's heart skipped a beat. She had never expected that her actions were under her control. "I've been running around for a man, but I haven't gained much. I've only made some connections."

Qiao Xia threw out a card and said, "Mrs. Huo studied design, how did it get linked to e-commerce?"

"There are always things in common. Just like Ms. Qiao, she was just a housewife before, but now she has a successful career, right?" Jian Mo replied slowly while feeding her cards.

Mrs. Liang was still unaware of the affair between the two and only thought that Jian Mo was venting her anger on her behalf.

Qiao Xia looked at her with a hint of amusement in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Such a promising young woman. It seems that the future of the Huo family is likely to be in the hands of Mrs. Huo."

Jian Mo didn't answer. She didn't want to fall into the trap.

"When are you planning to have a child?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Jian Mo finally looked at Qiao Xia straight in the eye. She didn't know for a moment whether Qiao Xia was asking from the perspective of a mother-in-law or from the perspective of an outsider.

"…I don't have any plans to have children for now."

"Mrs. Huo is still young, there's no rush to get pregnant," Mrs. Liang interrupted. "Unlike us, who are old and faded, we don't even have the chance to have children even if we want to."

Everyone laughed.

Jian Mo felt a little embarrassed and did not join in the teasing.

Qiao Xia kept looking at her. "While you're still young, you should have a child soon. A man, especially a man of Mr. Huo's status, can't be tied down without a child. What do you think, Mrs. Huo?"

She knocked down the cards and won.

Jian Mo had no power to fight back and lost all the chips in an instant.

"I'm not in a hurry about this. I still have some confidence. If I rely on a child to tie a man down, wouldn't that be a failure?" She didn't lose her temper. Only Qiao Xia could understand her sarcasm.

The latter sneered.

The waiter continued to bring in chips. Jian Mo was surprised and said, "I don't want any more."

"I know, these are orders from President Huo. He means that you can have fun and he will cover the consequences."

Everyone exclaimed that Huo Qichen really doted on his new wife.

Qiao Xia's face looked unhappy, but Jian Mo's mood improved a lot, "Okay."

Unfortunately, her luck with cards was really bad. In less than two hours, she lost both boxes of chips. Everyone joked that Huo Qichen had married a stupid beauty.

Jian Mo smiled, but her heart was bleeding.

Although it is not her money, it is still money after all.

Having almost lost, Jian Mo put on her bag and said goodbye to everyone. Mrs. Liang felt a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you very much for today, Mrs. Huo."

She forced a smile and shook her head, "No problem."

Qiao Xia put out her cigarette and said, "I'll go with Mrs. Huo."

Wenhua was brightly lit, and the two women walking together were very eye-catching.

Qiao Xia is full of vigor and very experienced, while Jian Mo standing beside her looks like her daughter.

"The car is waiting for me downstairs. I'll leave first, Mr. Qiao." Jian Mo said as he walked out of the box.

"What's wrong? You were so sharp-tongued just now, but now you don't dare to face me?" Qiao Xia tilted her head provocatively.

A message was received on the phone from Huo Qichen: I have got off the plane.

He came back today? Jian Mo was surprised.

She was about to reply, halfway through typing, when Qiao Xia interrupted her, "Didn't your family teach you not to use your phone when your elders are talking to you?"

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