Chapter 670 Taking the child to seek refuge with him

This guy actually knows to come back?

Those who didn't know the situation might have thought Huo Nanxiao had died out there.

Xia Ningxi deleted the photos on her phone, logged into the medical system backend to check the patient's physical examination data, and carefully considered how to adjust the best surgical plan.

Huo Nanxiao came in and spoke to her, but she ignored him and sat quietly on the sofa without saying a word.

"Young Master Huo, you're back. Would you like the kitchen to prepare dinner?" the butler asked with a smile and great respect.

Huo Nanxiao glanced at Xia Ningxi, and seeing that she had no intention of paying attention to him, he felt inexplicably irritated. Suppressing his anger, he asked the housekeeper, "Where are the children? Where did they all go?"

"Master and Madam took the children out to play. They've been gone for an hour, and they should be back soon," the butler replied.

Huo Nanxiao: "Has the young mistress had dinner?"

"Yes," the butler nodded.

Huo Nanxiao: "You may leave."

The butler understood and left with the servants.

Huo Nanxiao sat down opposite Xia Ningxi. Seeing that she was not moving, he asked with a serious expression, "What are you looking at?"

"Inspection report," Xia Ningxi replied.

Huo Nanxiao said, "I heard from the director of Ninghai Hospital that you still have six surgeries to perform."

"Pretty much, Tang En will make a few for me. Why are you suddenly asking this out of the blue?" Xia Ningxi was very wary.

Huo Nanxiao replied, "The laboratories in the Imperial City are among the best in the world. If you stay, I can give you a billion yuan in research funding."

“Tang En’s research lab doesn’t lack that kind of money,” Xia Ningxi refused.

Huo Nanxiao said, "What Tang En can give you, I can give you too."

Xia Ningxi was completely baffled by these words. She looked up in confusion, her beautiful eyes filled with doubt: "Have you taken the wrong medicine?"

"No." Huo Nanxiao said, displeased.

Xia Ningxi curled the corners of her lips: "Then he must have lost his mind."

"Xia Ningxi, I'm talking to you properly, I'm not joking." Huo Nanxiao paused, then continued, "If you think one billion isn't enough, I can spend money to build you a new research lab. Whatever research you want to do, whatever materials you need, I'll cover all the expenses."

"I can build you the best research lab in the world, and I can invite a large number of experts to come to you. As long as you are willing to stay, you can name your terms."

Building a laboratory is simple, but purchasing the equipment for it is not cheap, often costing hundreds of millions. It's clear that Huo Nanxiao went to great lengths to keep Xia Ningxi here.

Xia Ningxi knew very well that Huo Nanxiao was willing to spend such a large sum of money to build the laboratory so that he could leave behind a few children.

Xia Wanwan is currently unable to have children. If this news were to reach Huo Xiuyuan's ears, he would probably dislike Xia Wanwan even more.

Huo Nanxiao couldn't possibly elope with Xia Wanwan. If he wanted to marry Xia Wanwan, he had to satisfy everyone in the Huo family. Regardless of the process, in the end, the three children would become Huo Nanxiao's pawns.

Xia Ningxi wasn't stupid; she could tell what Huo Nanxiao wanted, so she rejected his suggestion without hesitation.

"I refuse." Her attitude was very firm.

Huo Nanxiao looked at her and said, word by word, "Staying here is the best choice for the child."

"The best outcome is that all three children are willing to come with me. I don't know what you want to do, and I don't want to know, but I must warn you, I cannot do as you say. No matter how good the capital city is, I don't like it, and no matter how prestigious your laboratory is, I can't afford to stay there." Xia Ningxi's refusal was very straightforward.

However, this angered Huo Nanxiao, who had originally intended to have a proper talk with her.

The man slammed his teacup on the table in anger, his gaze icy and piercing.

"Xia Ningxi, do you really want to let the child lose his father?"

Xia Ningxi shrugged indifferently: "Just a father, don't take yourself too seriously. I can still take good care of the children without you, and I have indeed been doing so all these years."

She glanced at the anger in the man's eyes and added, "A-Yuan has been by your side since he was a child, but you have turned a blind eye to him. It proves that it makes no difference whether you are his father or not. Since that's the case, why bother to put on a good face? I can take good care of them without you, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Are you really going to leave?" Huo Nanxiao looked at her very seriously.

Xia Ningxi: "Yes."

Huo Nanxiao fell silent, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, then smashed the cup and left.

His huffy back looked as if Xia Ningxi owed him a lot of money.

"Strange, shouldn't this guy be happy? With me out of his sight, he can comfortably spend his time with Xia Wanwan. What's there to be upset about?" Xia Ningxi couldn't help but mutter to herself.

She didn't bother to think about Huo Nanxiao's thoughts, and simply followed her plan step by step.

She was busy every day, and although she lived under the same roof as Huo Nanxiao, she rarely spoke to him.

During the few days Xia Ningxi stayed at the old house, Huo Nanxiao came home almost every day, sometimes even leaving get off work early to go home and spend time with the children. Even the servants noticed that Huo Nanxiao had been unusually diligent these past few days.

"Young Madam, Young Master Huo has been coming home very early every day lately."

"I heard he hasn't been to Qinyuan for several days in a row, so he probably doesn't care about Xia Wanwan at all."

"Young Master Huo is probably afraid that his wife will be angry, so he is deliberately keeping his distance from Xia Wanwan."

"He must not want the young mistress to leave the capital. Why don't you stay?"

The servants kindly offered their advice.

Anyone with eyes can see that Huo Nanxiao has been exceptionally diligent these past few days and cares deeply about Xia Ningxi.

But Xia Ningxi didn't think that his coming home early every day meant he loved her.

She ignored the servants' reminders.

She left the child with Huo Nanxiao and went upstairs herself.

The matter with Tang En has been settled, and the overseas research lab has also completed the onboarding procedures for me.

After sharing the good news with Xia Ningxi, Tang En reminded her, "We still have two surgeries to perform. These two surgeries have the highest risk factor. If we work together to complete these two surgeries, we can go abroad at any time."

"I've almost finished tidying up here too," Xia Ningxi replied.

Tang En said, "Li Yancheng came to me a couple of days ago to ask about you. I guess he doesn't want you to leave."

Xia Ningxi didn't want to pay any attention to Li Yancheng and said irritably, "Don't bother with him, that bastard is up to no good."

"That's true. But you should be careful. I always feel that Li Yancheng is after you. I heard that you have already bought plane tickets to leave the Huo family with the children. He was so happy, he was practically flying. People who don't know the situation might think that you have taken the children to join him." Tang En said indignantly.