Lying on the bed—or should we call her Huo Jinning now?—Wei Jinning rolled around, muttering, "Boring, boring, so boring!"

[Master, there's a melon.]

[Really? Where did this gossip come from? Whose gossip is it?] Huo Jinning sat up abruptly.

【your mother. 】

"My mom?" Huo Jinning exclaimed in surprise.

Come unfold it and take a look.

[It turns out that when my mom was young, she was incredibly popular; her suitors could practically circle the entire city of Beijing.]

[This is damn charming.]

My dad really did stand out from all his suitors.

"Little Six, you don't just want me to see how charming my mom was when she was young, do you?"

No, come downstairs.

"Go downstairs?" Huo Jinning asked abruptly.

"There's a melon downstairs," Xiao Liu said mechanically.

Okay, I'll go right away.

Huo Jinning quickly changed her clothes and went downstairs.

I saw Zhao Qiuying chatting happily with a woman in her forties.

[Xiao Liu, is there any juicy gossip about this person?]

【Master, there is, and it's gossip related to your mother.】

"Quick, let me see." Huo Jinning couldn't wait to know what this woman's relationship was with her mother.

Before Huo Jinning could even get a glimpse of the gossip, Zhao Qiuying saw it.

"Ningning, get up." Zhao Qiuying was quite surprised to see Huo Jinning up at this hour.

Huo Jinning usually goes back to sleep after breakfast and stays up until lunchtime. Why did she come downstairs at only ten o'clock today?

"Mom, are we having guests?" Huo Jinning changed the subject.

"Yes, that's right. Come on, Ningning, let's get acquainted. This is Mom's good friend, you can call her Aunt Xia." Zhao Qiuying introduced her to Huo Jinning.

"Hello, Aunt Xia." Huo Jinning greeted her politely.

"This is Ningning? She looks just like you, like you were made from the same mold. I'm so envious of you having two such well-behaved daughters," Xia Qing said warmly.

However, Huo Jinning still caught a glimpse of her fleeting jealousy.

This isn't a good person, Huo Jinning thought to herself.

While Zhao Qiuying was exchanging pleasantries with her, Huo Jinning ate some melon seeds.

[This isn't a good friend; this is clearly someone trying to scam my mom out of money.]

[My mom was so naive, thinking this was her good friend, and even referred customers to her beauty salon.]

[But Mom, the beauty treatments she does for you usually only cost a few dollars, yet she charges you thousands or even tens of thousands.]

[Ah! Ah! This is even more intolerable.]

[I'm so angry! I'm so angry!]

Upon hearing Huo Jinning's true feelings, Zhao Qiuying's enthusiasm for Xia Qing cooled somewhat; it turned out that this was also a lie she had told herself.

Zhao Qiuying didn't care about the hundreds of thousands of yuan. Every time, Xia Qing said that Jiu Hai was a good friend, so she would just give her the cost price.

So Zhao Qiuying would deposit one million yuan into her account every time, and she also introduced many wives in the entertainment circle to her.

If it weren't for my help, what kind of person would Xia Qing be, to be able to connect with people in high society?

[That damned Xia Qing, she clearly knows her younger brother has inappropriate feelings for my mother, yet she always brings him along when she sees her.]

[He was even plotting to drug my mother so that her brother could get what he wanted.]

[I had considered taking action before, but I was afraid of offending the Huo family, so I never did.]

[Later, when the Huo family fell from grace, they drugged my mother and forced my father to watch her being humiliated. In the end, my mother committed suicide, and my father followed her in death.]

[It was only then that my mother truly understood Xia Qing's character.]

But it was too late.

Zhao Qiuying never imagined that Xia Qing's younger brother, Xia Tian, ​​had such filthy thoughts about her.

It's disgusting to even think about.

Xia Tian was about ten years younger than her, and Zhao Qiuying always treated him like a younger brother.

Unexpectedly...

"Xia Qing, I have some things to take care of today, so I won't keep you any longer," Zhao Qiuying said calmly.

"Ah! Okay, just don't forget tomorrow. Come for a facial tomorrow. I have a new beauty device that I got, so you can try it out."

Xia Qing hadn't noticed Zhao Qiuying's change yet, or perhaps she didn't care even if she did. In any case, she was completely fooled by Zhao Qiuying and was just a fool.

"Oh, and my younger brother just came back from out of town. He brought some local specialties. You can try them."

"My younger brother, he's been so good to you..." Xia Qing didn't forget to speak well of her brother.

If they could get Zhao Qiuying to willingly follow Xia Tian, ​​the Xia family would rise to a higher level.

This is also why Xia Qing didn't stop her younger brother.

"Aunt Xia, you can keep the local specialties your brother brought for yourselves!"

"As you know, the Huo family has no shortage of food, and not just anything can appear in the Huo family."

"It's best to stay away from some unclean things."

Before Xia Qing could finish speaking, Huo Jinning couldn't help but speak sarcastically.

"You...you..." Xia Qing blushed and couldn't speak for a moment.

"Grandpa Liu, see the guest out." Huo Jinning really wanted to slap Xia Qing twice, if only he had evidence.

"Madam Xia, please." Butler Liu gestured for her to enter.

Butler Liu could tell that Zhao Qiuying had no intention of stopping them.

"Sister Qiuying..." Xia Qing then realized something was wrong and called out to Zhao Qiuying.

"You go back first! I have something to do, so I won't see you off." Zhao Qiuying didn't even glance at her.

Seeing that Zhao Qiuying didn't stop him, Huo Jinning made a face at Xia Qing.

[I'll make you furious!]

[You lied to my mom!]

From now on, I will stay close to my mother and keep a safe distance from you all.

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