"Yes, madam."

Zhan Jingting put some food on her plate. "Ruan Tang is awake?"

"That's right. Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years. People like Ruan Tang won't die easily."

Zhan Jingting said calmly, "Wanwan, it's a very simple thing to kill Ruan Tang."

“I know, but right now she’s a cousin of the Huo family, so the Huo family will definitely protect her,” Qiao Wanwan said. “Our relationship with the Huo family is very delicate right now. It would be too much of a favor to go to war with the Huo family for just one Ruan Tang.”

“I understand,” Zhan Jingting said. “But you told Huo Shiqian before that as soon as Ruan Tang wakes up, you will settle accounts with her. This matter can proceed as before.”

"Of course, I always keep my word."

Qiao Wanwan smiled brightly, "Let's eat first, don't let this person ruin our appetite."

"Um."

"Knock knock knock".

There was a sudden knock on the door of the private room.

Qiao Wanwan thought he was a waiter and said, "Please come in."

But it was Huo Shiqian who came in.

Qiao Wanwan put down her chopsticks and said with a half-smile, "Mr. Huo, it seems you already know."

"Yes," Huo Shiqian said. "I just received a call informing me that Ruan Tang has woken up, and the first person I thought of was Miss Qiao."

"You want me to plead for Ruan Tang?"

"I suppose so," Huo Shiqian said frankly. "I wonder what Miss Qiao would want in order to agree to let Ruan Tang off the hook."

“I’m just a housewife, not a horse herder, Mr. Huo, please leave.”

Huo Shiqian: "..."

"I misspoke. I just wanted to say that if Miss Qiao can let Ruan Tang off this time, please feel free to name your conditions."

Qiao Wanwan took a sip of tea and asked, "I didn't expect the Huo family to value blood ties so much. To protect a cousin with warped values, you're willing to become an enemy of the Zhan family?"