Chapter 4

"You..." Huo Rui just felt it was unbelievable. Ever since he could remember, he knew that his father was dazzling and that wherever he went, some vulgar women would cling to him. Even their father's cold response failed to dampen their enthusiasm.

Sometimes those women even tried to win his father's favor by pleasing him, which annoyed him so much that he had to use all kinds of tricks to drive those women away.

But the woman in front of him puzzled him. She looked frank and didn't seem fake. She didn't even know her father's name. Did she really not want to be the mistress of the Huo Mansion?

He suddenly felt unhappy, not knowing why. Wait, she just said she didn’t want to be his stepmother, not that she didn’t want to marry his father. Does this mean she dislikes him?

He was a little angry and shouted at her: "How dare you despise me?"

The corners of Luo Chaoyan's lips twitched. This naughty kid's train of thought was a bit weird, and he changed his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. She thought it would be better to run away quickly. She was afraid that the naughty kid wouldn’t be able to win the argument with her and would come over to fight with her. Although she felt that the naughty kid did deserve a beating, fighting with a child was a bit unfair.

Thinking of this, she slowly stepped back, raised her smiling face to him and said, "I dare not! I dare not! Young Master, you are as handsome as Pan An, and you are so heroic. Flowers fade when they are seen. We will never meet again."

After saying that, she wanted to run, but just as she turned around, an unidentified object hugged her legs tightly.

“Mother…Mother!”

Luo Chaoyan saw a little baby who came out from nowhere and called her mother. Not only did he hug her, but he also leaned his little round face towards her.

In modern times, I have seen people who committed fraud and were asked to pay compensation, but I have never seen anyone who committed fraud and cried for help.

She asked Cantian speechlessly, whose child is this? Can he come out and claim the child? What good luck is she having today?

She pushed the baby away with difficulty, stepped back, and smacked her dry lips: "Hey, little boy, I'm not your mother." She is still a virgin.

"Mother!"

Seeing that she didn't like his closeness, the little baby pouted, his eyes began to turn red, and he leaned towards her pitifully.

Two wet nurses ran over, panting and shouting.

"Master An!"

Luo Chaoyan resisted the fat man who was about to pounce on her. After hearing what the visitor said, she felt relieved and asked the two women, "Your child?"

I saw them nodding, but they didn't go forward to carry the person away. What does this mean? You're playing tricks on her. Her patience is almost running out.

"What are you standing there for? Take the person away!"

The little baby seemed to understand what she meant, and ordered the two nurses in a baby voice, "No... come here."

The two wet nurses looked at each other and looked at Luo Chaoyan with some embarrassment.

She glared at the two of them. She had no choice but to rely on herself. She smiled and whispered to the baby, "Little...little friend, I have some candy. As long as you don't come over here, I'll give it to you."

Children all like to eat candy, and the little baby is no exception. He nodded, stood up straight, and waited for her to give him candy.

Luo Chaoyan reluctantly took out her treasured candy from her sleeve and handed it to him.

The little baby raised his fat paw, grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth, and instantly he was so happy that his teeth were showing.

"Fragrant... candy! Delicious!" As he said this, he took away the handkerchief and the candy from Luo Chaoyan's hand. Perhaps he thought this was not good, so he took out a candy and put it in her hand.

Raise a smile and say: "Mom, eat!"

She glared at him unhappily, stuffed the only remaining candy into her mouth, and felt an unbearable pain in her heart. This is milk candy, and I'm afraid there aren't many in stock in the Dayong Dynasty.

There is no other reason for this, it’s just that the milk used in this toffee was produced by a cow that my uncle got by chance when he was doing business in the frontier. No one in Dayong Dynasty had ever seen it, and it was she who told her uncle the use of this cow.

It’s a pity that this cow doesn’t give birth to calves, and the amount of milk it produces every day is limited, and the amount that can be used to make snacks and candies is even more limited.

"Come here, An An!"

Huo Rui was confused by his brother's series of actions. His younger brother, who was indifferent to everyone except his loved ones, suddenly called this strange woman "mother". Does this woman know some kind of magic?

"Brother...brother...mother, it smells good."

The little baby looked at Huo Rui reluctantly, then looked back at Luo Chaoyan, his round face full of confusion.

Huo Rui came over and stared at her for a long time before saying, "An An likes you."

"Then I won't be your stepmother." What's the point? Want to rely on her? No way! She has always been insensitive to children.

Don't blame her for being unloving, she is really afraid of making trouble. My eldest cousin's little nephew is really cute when he is cute, but when he cries, he howls like a ghost and it gives people a headache.

"you……"

"Even if you want to be one, you're not qualified!"

Huo Rui looked a little embarrassed, being despised by a woman like this. If his brothers knew about this, he would be laughed at to death.

"Brother...Brother...ball." Huo An pointed at the Cuju ball that was still beside the lotus pond in a baby voice.

Huo Rui's eyes turned, and he looked at Luo Chaoyan with a gloating look, pointed at her, and said to his brother: "Let her help you pick it up."

Luo Chaoyan ignored him directly. This naughty kid really didn't get along with her. She said to the two wet nurses who were standing there stupidly, "Your young master wants the ball, why don't you go pick it up for him."

Who are those two wet nurses? They are both shrewd people from big families. They must have seen that their young master was going to make trouble for someone. How could they dare to act rashly without his order?

Seeing the two men looked at her, they lowered their heads again. She just felt very annoyed. Well, if she couldn't afford to offend him, she could always hide away.

As if seeing through her intention to run, Huo Rui went around behind her, blocking her escape route, and asked the two wet nurses to stand on her right side, completely blocking her way.

"You can either help us pick up the ball or let An An hold you. It's your choice!"

Seeing his easy-going face, Luo Chaoyan really wanted to punch him. So she said that how could a naughty child be a cute angel? He is simply a little devil.

"Mother! Hug..."

When she saw the little baby reaching out his hand to her with a smile, she felt like it was another little devil reaching out his hand of suffering to her.

"stop!"

"I'll pick it up. Can't I pick it up?" Luo Chaoyan was so angry that her teeth were about to break. This little devil must have seen that she was afraid of water, so he tried every means to make her pick up the ball. She somewhat maliciously hoped that the little devil's father would marry a vicious stepmother who would lock him up in a small dark room, not allowing him to see the light or give him food. Let’s see if he can come out and harm others again.

She looked around, hoping someone would come out and save the girl.

Huo Rui saw the right opportunity and when she was not paying attention, he pretended to run over and hugged her, but in fact he pushed her towards the lotus pond.

Luo Chaoyan never expected that the little devil didn't want her to pick up the ball at all.

"thump!"

Luo Chaoyan fell into the lotus pond without warning and sank. After taking a few gulps of water, she felt suffocated.

She tried to kick her legs continuously, hoping to float to the surface. After a long time, she finally emerged from the lotus pond, slapping the water with her hands.

"Help!"

"I can't dance in the water!"

Huo Rui pretended to be panicked and shouted to the two wet nurses, "Go find our father quickly to come and save them." He pointed them in a direction.

Although the two of them didn't know why the young master asked them to ask him to rescue people, they didn't dare to delay and ran quickly to find someone.

Huo An shouted to the people in the lotus pond with some anxiety: "Mother..."

Huo Rui looked at his brother and became more determined in his decision.

Sure enough, not long after, he saw his father rushing towards this side.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Help! Someone has fallen into the water!"

“Help! Wuwu…”

At this time, little baby Huo An also started crying and shouting in fear.

"thump!"

When Huo Jin arrived and saw that his two sons were safe and sound, he asked Su Yi, who followed him, to look after the children, and then jumped directly into the lotus pond.

Then some more people came over after hearing the noise.

It was obvious that Huo Jin was a good swimmer. He went down the lotus pond and came to Luo Chaoyan's side. Seeing that she had no strength left and had even fainted, and was about to sink, he reached out and hugged her waist, and swam with her to the shore.

After getting ashore, Su Yi saw Huo Jin holding the unconscious girl. He took off his outer robe and covered the girl's wet clothes.

"Brother Huo, take him to the guest room. I'll ask someone to find a doctor."

Huo Jin nodded and asked him to lead the way. Before leaving, he swept his sharp eyes over Huo Rui.

Huo Rui lowered his head guiltily, he knew that with his father's intelligence, he must have guessed what he had done.

Huo Jin said coldly: "Take your brother and follow!"

After they are far away.

People on the shore began to murmur.

"Whose girl is this?"

"That's Master Huo, right?"

"What a hero saving a beautiful girl!"

"I don't know if this girl is really dizzy or just pretending to be dizzy?"