Chapter 254 The Big Liar
Lu Fengqing pushed the small cake that the waiter had just brought over in front of Rui Rui and asked, "What's going on?"
"What else could it be!" Huo Huai Sui said angrily, "That Xie guy is a big liar! He actually lied to me!"
Lu Fengqing asked calmly, "What did he lie to you about?"
Huo Huai Sui said angrily, "He's not a male model at all, and his family isn't poor!"
Meanwhile, in the imperial capital—
Xie Qinglan was also anxious: "Now that's bad, she knows I lied to her!"
Ji Xuesong shrugged: "You didn't tell me you were going to pull this stunt beforehand, so I'm not taking the blame for this."
"Why do you have to pretend to be poor? These days, young girls are all materialistic. Aren't you afraid they'll look down on you because you're poor?"
Xie Qinglan thought to herself, "You don't know anything."
If he doesn't pretend to be poor, how can he explain that he, the young master of the Xie family, came to the capital to sell his abs?
If Huo Huaisui were to directly say that he was bored and wanted to change jobs to experience life, he would most likely think that Huo Huaisui was crazy.
Xie Qinglan: "What were you and Mom doing going to that place for no reason?"
They're already here, but these two siblings are dressed up like nouveau riche, adorned with gold and silver, as if they wanted to hang a sign on their foreheads that says "I'm very rich." Aren't they deliberately trying to sabotage him?
“This is still your fault,” Ji Xuesong said. “You only let it slip home but never brought it home with you. Your mother was curious and asked me to take her to see it.”
Xie Qinglan was speechless. "We've only been dating for a little over two months, and things are still very close."
Ji Xuesong scoffed, "So what? Your mother was attracted to your father's good looks back then, and she wanted to marry him after only meeting him twice. In that sense, you're not as good as your father."
Xie Qinglan pretended not to hear.
Ji Xuesong asked, "Is that girl breaking up with you now?"
In the coffee shop, Lu Fengqing also asked Huo Huaisui, "So you broke up with him?"
"Why keep this big liar around if you don't break up with him?" Huo Huai Sui got angrier and angrier. "What male model, what waiter, what father tightening screws in a factory, mother washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen, and the family being heavily in debt—it's all a lie!"
"..." Lu Fengqing didn't expect Xie Qinglan to be so good at making things up.
Huo Huai Sui said sadly, "I thought we were 'well-matched' in terms of poverty, but it turns out I'm the poor one."
Lu Fengqing didn't know how to respond to this.
The Huo family was not poor, and they were considered a good match for the Xie family. However, Huo Huai Sui herself was indeed a poor man and the least like a rich heiress.
However, this can't be blamed on her family mistreating her. If Huo Huai Sui only spent her time shopping and eating, that would be one thing, but she also liked to pay for others and help out her "friends." It's said that when Huo Huai Sui was studying abroad, she was known as the "ATM" of her class, the kind who could support an entire class by herself.
Human nature is greedy. If this continues, when giving gifts becomes a habit, it will become taken for granted, and problems will inevitably arise.
Mrs. Huo was too busy with academic research to keep an eye on her daughter, so she simply packed up Huo Huai Sui and sent her back to China to be taken care of by Huo Huai An.
Huo Huai'an could control Huo Huai's wallet, but he couldn't stop her from associating with others, so he entrusted his younger sister to Lu Fengqing.
Lu Fengqing can spend money, even more than Huo Huaisui. However, unlike that fool Huo Huaisui, who is always the one being used as an ATM, Lu Fengqing will never be used as an ATM by her friends. Huo Huai'an had Huo Huaisui follow Lu Fengqing so that Huo Huaisui could learn something from her.
At first, Huo Huai Sui was not very willing to play with Lu Feng Qing because Lu Feng Qing was her brother's friend. She disliked her brother and therefore disliked Lu Feng Qing as well.
Until she discovered that Lu Fengqing was very generous to her, allowing her to eat whatever she wanted and do whatever she wanted when she was with her, she... reluctantly accepted this friend.
Lu Fengqing was generous to Huo Huaisui, but she wouldn't give her money directly.
The only person who dared to give Huo Huai Sui pocket money directly, and in such large sums, was Gu Sui Xing.
She didn't know what Gu Suixing had done to Huo Huaisui, but she didn't dare give a single penny of the money Gu Suixing had given her to anyone else.
Rui Rui comforted Huo Huai Sui, "Auntie, don't be sad."
Huo Huai Sui looked at the small hand covering the back of his hand, his face full of emotion, "If you weren't my nephew, I would have married you."
Rui Rui: "?"
Considering Huo Huai Sui's heartbreak, Lu Feng Qing didn't criticize her outrageous behavior of wanting to date a younger man, but asked, "Are you really willing to do that?"
Huo Huaisui said truthfully, "I'm a little reluctant to part with it."
Since her fourth brother returned to China, her best friend has become more than just a best friend. She has a man and a child, and spends even less time with her.
During this time, Xie Qinglan was the one who stayed by her side, chatted with her, and played with her. If Xie Qinglan were gone, she would have no choice but to go home and continue writing her novel in seclusion.
Huo Huaisui thought for a moment, then said, "Never mind. The next one will be better."
Lu Fengqing was both amused and exasperated, and reminded her, "Since you like him, give him a chance."
Huo Huai Sui pouted, "Who likes him?"
Lu Fengqing raised her eyebrows. "I don't like that you care whether he lied to you or not. Anyway, you didn't lose anything."
Huo Huai Sui opened his mouth, "I..."
Lu Fengqing continued, "Why not just keep playing dumb? People will find it amusing, and someone will foot the bill. Isn't that great?"
Huo Huai Sui remained silent.
In his office on the top floor of the Imperial Capital building, Ji Xuesong also said, "The young lady probably just got angry and made a fuss when she mentioned breaking up. She can be appeased with a little coaxing."
Xie Qinglan's face darkened. "How am I supposed to coax her? She's blocked me."
"..." Ji Xuesong suppressed a laugh and continued to comfort her nephew: "Actually, there's no need to go to so much trouble. If you really like him, you can have your mother bring gifts and go to his door to propose marriage."
As he spoke, Ji Xuesong revealed a wicked smile, "Once I marry her and bring her home, I can tuck her in under the covers and do whatever I want with her."
Xie Qinglan: "..."
-
After putting Rui Rui to sleep that night, Lu Fengqing glanced at the time.
It's past nine o'clock, and that jerk still hasn't come back. He hasn't even called.
Lu Fengqing came out of Rui Rui's room and tried to call Gu Suixing.
No one answered the phone.
Lu Fengqing dialed twice more, but still no one answered.
This has never happened before. Where did that bastard go?
Lu Fengqing entered another number and dialed it.
Assistant Fang's voice came through the receiver: "Good evening, Ms. Lu."
Lu Fengqing asked, "Where is Gu Suixing?"
"I don't know," Assistant Fang said. "President Gu didn't come to the company today."
Lu Fengqing's suspicions deepened, and she dialed Huo Huai'an's number again.
"He said he was going back to the Gu residence this afternoon." Huo Huai'an paused. "Wait two minutes."
After listening to his subordinates' report, Huo Huai'an put down the landline receiver, his feelings a bit complicated.
He hasn't come out this late and isn't answering his phone. Could it be that his father-in-law has locked him up in the company to silence him?
"After leaving the Gu residence, Sui Xing went to Chaoxing Technology and hasn't come out since. The car is still parked in front of Chaoxing Technology." Huo Huai'an coughed lightly. "Why don't you ask your third uncle?"
Lu Fengqing: "Hang up."
Huo Huai'an: "..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com