In the cafeteria of Taizhou Academy, Huo Jinqian and his classmates were having lunch. A woman was standing next to them, chattering non-stop.

"Mr. Huo, eat the food I brought. The dishes prepared by my chef are delicious and tasty. You see, the food in the cafeteria looks bad, tastes bad, and most importantly, it's unhealthy."

The woman kept on criticizing the food in the cafeteria, not giving the cafeteria chefs any face at all and belittling them as worthless.

The two cooks looked at each other and didn't dare to say a word.

The other party was the daughter of Tian Tongzhi, and they were commoners, so how could they dare to refute?

I could only lower my head in anger and pretend I didn't hear anything.

"Ms. Tian, ​​I've told you many times that there's food in the cafeteria."

If Huo Jinqian hadn't considered that she was his classmate's sister, he would have confronted her long ago.

"Sister, why don't you care about your brother? Why is there no portion of the food you brought for me?

Brother Huo said he doesn't like it and prefers the food in the cafeteria, so don't send it to me, or I'll tell my father."

Tian Boen said as he looked at his half-sister.

Tian Boen is the eldest son of Tian Tongzhi, born to Madam Tian. His younger sister, Tian Qingrui, is born to Madam Zhuang.

This concubine Zhuang was very much favored by Mr. Tian, ​​the co-governor, and her status in the mansion almost surpassed that of Mrs. Tian.

She could act tyrannically and do whatever she wanted in the mansion without having to pay her respects to the lady.

Therefore, the daughter she gave birth to was spoiled, willful, arrogant and domineering.

Many of her brothers and sisters in the mansion had been bullied by her, but they dared not bully her eldest brother.

"You, you, who does your father help and who does he love? Don't you know, big brother?"

Tian Qingrui was so angry that her face puffed up, she stamped her feet, and could barely finish a sentence.

"Although father loves you, do you think he will still favor you when something brings shame to the Tian family?"

Tian Boen knew that his father favored his concubine over his wife and was not good to his mother, but he favored his aunt.

Although he looked down on his father, he was his biological father and he could not go against him, otherwise it would be unfilial.

Although he felt sorry for his mother and wanted to help her, he was too weak to protect her. The only way for him to become stronger was to fight against his father and protect his mother.

Therefore, he studied diligently in the academy, and he and Huo Jinqian hit it off and became good friends.

"Brother, please tell me clearly what shameful thing I have done. If you don't, I will go back and complain to father, saying that you slandered me."

After Tian Qingrui calmed down from her anger, she returned to her true nature and spoke arrogantly and threateningly.

"You came to the academy and behaved recklessly, chasing Brother Huo. Brother Huo said he didn't like you and asked you to stop sending food. You don't repent, and you still shamelessly cling to him. What a disgrace to the Tian family."

Tian Boen said to Tian Qingrui without giving her any face, he was not afraid of her, he was the eldest son, everything in the Tian family belonged to him, a concubine's daughter, no matter how favored she was, was not as important as him.

Moreover, she will get married in the future, and at most her father will help her find a good husband's family.

Gao Zhijun saw all of this. She had just witnessed a great show, which turned out to be Huo Jinqian's bad love affair.

Men are really untrustworthy. They are all pigs and fall in love with every one they meet.

People bring him food every day, but he doesn't chase them away.

Sure enough, the Pavilion Master was right. Men are unreliable. You cannot completely trust him, rely on him, or like him.

It’s better to focus on career and making money is important, and men can be put aside.

After figuring it out, she didn't go up to greet Huo Jinqian and continued watching the show.

"Miss, how long are you going to watch the show? Your fiancé is about to be snatched away by someone else, aren't you going to get him back?"

Qinglong looked at the young lady watching the show and was very puzzled. Isn't that the young lady's fiancé? Why is the young lady not anxious and still in the mood to watch the show?

Could it be that the news he heard was false? The young lady and Mr. Huo were not engaged.

That's not right! He saw the Sun family and the Huo family discussing this with his own eyes, and he heard the Huo family tell the Sun family that at the wedding banquet, the Huo family would personally announce the engagement of Huo Jinqian and Gao Zhijun.

So, tomorrow is both a housewarming party and an engagement party.

"What nonsense are you talking about? What fiancé? That's my temporary solution.

If Mr. Huo likes Miss Tian, ​​what does it have to do with me?"

Gao Zhijun explained that she went to Huo Jinqian at that time just to trick her grandmother into giving her to her cousin.

She knew that using him was a bit inhumane, and if he had someone he liked, she could withdraw on her own.

Hearing the young lady say this, Qinglong was sure that the young lady didn't know that tomorrow was the day she and Huo Jinqian were engaged: "But, tomorrow is not..."

"No buts, don't tell this joke again."

Gao Zhijun interrupted Qinglong about to say.

Qinglong had no choice but to keep silent and watch the show with the young lady.

"Xiaoqin, are you dead? Why don't you clean up the food and let's go."

Unable to argue with Tian Boen, Tian Qingrui became angry and raged at her maid Xiaoqin.

"Yes, Miss!"

Xiaoqin was so frightened that her body was shaking. She went forward timidly and put the food into the box.

Huo Jinqian finished his meal and was about to leave when he saw Gao Zhijun standing not far away. She was looking at him with an expression as if she was watching a show.

Oh no! She's been here for so long, she wouldn't have heard what Miss Tian said, right? Did she misunderstand?

Huo Jinqian's heart trembled and he felt panicked at this moment.

This woman is heartless. If she misunderstands him again, she will never give him a chance. He will never allow such a thing to happen.

Huo Jinqian was panicking and frightened at the moment, and he hated Miss Tian to the core. He also blamed himself for not chasing her away at the beginning and letting her see this scene.