Chapter 838 The Gift from Huo Sinian
Lin Tan didn't give her anything, and didn't say a word.
Just as she was about to put down her cutlery and stop eating, her gaze suddenly fell on the rectangular box that Huo Sinian had given her.
Just as she was about to pick it up and hand it to Huo Sinian, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
It's very light.
Like high heels.
Just as she was about to close the door, Xi Mo and Fang Ci appeared at the doorway.
"Huh? The door wasn't closed." Xi Mo was slightly surprised.
"Why are you here?" Lin Tan was a little surprised. She was going to ask them how they planned to spend their time later.
Xi Mo came in carrying bags and packages. She had short, neat hair that reached her shoulders, and wore a long black trench coat. She looked both beautiful and cool.
Fang Ci, who was next to her, also carried a lot of food. She was dressed in light colors, and her round face looked rather innocent. When she heard her question, she replied directly, "Of course I'm here to keep you company, you lonely old woman."
"Hey, don't say that." Xi Mo put the things on the coffee table and said meaningfully, "Our Tan'er can hardly be considered a lonely old woman now."
Fang Ci: "?"
Fang Ci: "What's going on?"
Xi Mo: "She has someone she likes."
Fang Ci: "Holy crap, really?! How would I know?"
Xi Mo: "I only found out when I was helping her prepare her medicine a while ago."
Fang Ci's gossip instantly turned into concern, and she turned to Lin Tan to ask, "Preparing medicine? Are you sick?"
“It wasn’t her who used it. It was an elder of hers who had trouble sleeping and asked me to help prepare a calming medicine pack.” Xi Mo betrayed the person without hesitation, and dragged out the last syllable, “But whether this elder is just an ordinary elder or the elder of her crush is unknown.”
Fang Ci immediately turned his gaze to Lin Tan.
As expected.
Lin Tan was grabbed and interrogated by her.
After Lin Tan explained, Fang Ci finally asked, half-believing, "She really isn't the mother of the person you're interested in?"
Lin Tan: "No."
Fang Ci snorted: "I'll trust you this once."
Seeing the two of them like this, Lin Tan felt a warmth in her heart, and the unpleasantness brought about by Huo Sinian's appearance disappeared completely during her conversation with them.
"Come on, let's eat first." As she spoke, Xi Mo walked towards the dining room with the ingredients she had brought. She was stunned when she saw the lavish feast on the table. "What's going on?"
Fang Ci followed over: "What...what's going on?"
"You bastard, you're eating delicious food behind our backs!" Xi Mo gritted her teeth as she saw the feast, which was comparable to a Manchu Han Imperial Feast. "Why didn't you call us?!"
Fang Ci: "?"
Fang Ci's focus is different from hers.
Her gaze fell on the two sets of bowls and chopsticks and the rectangular gift box.
"What do you want?" Fang Ci rolled her eyes at her. "You're trying to mooch a bite from a couple who're having a meal together?"
Xi Mo paused.
That's when I noticed the bowls, chopsticks, and gift box.
Her gossip instincts immediately kicked in, and she looked around before asking, "You like this person? That's great, he even came to have New Year's Eve dinner with you during the holidays."
After saying that, he picked up the gift box and opened it.
When they saw a ring, a check, and a brand-new necklace inside, their smiles widened.
"They're quite generous," Xi Mo couldn't help but exclaim.
“It wasn’t him,” Lin Tan denied.
Fang Ci: "?"
Xi Mo: "?"
Lin Tan paused for a moment before telling them, "It's the person who called me when I was having dinner with you guys last New Year's Eve." After pausing for two seconds, she continued, "At the time, I told you he was a difficult client, but he wasn't."
Observe her emotions and expression.
Fang Ci and Xi Mo guessed most of it.
"Where is he?" Xi Mo looked around.
"I'm leaving," Lin Tan said.
"Then what do you plan to do with this..." Xi Mo handed over the gift box.
If it were anything else, Xi Mo wouldn't ask her.
But the items inside are either of great significance or extremely valuable.
When a man gives a woman this kind of gift, the meaning is all too obvious.
Lin Tan glanced at it and said without any hesitation, "Find an opportunity to return it to him."
She wouldn't want his things.
She would not have any emotional entanglement with him.
"A ring, a check for 5.2 million, and a necklace worth several hundred thousand." Fang Ci counted them off one by one, then frowned, looking at Lin Tan with some worry, "Who is this person?"
An ordinary suitor wouldn't spend that much money.
If it were someone with power and influence, Lin Tan would be in a very difficult position being pursued by someone she didn't like.
"Huo Sinian." Lin Tan no longer hid it from them.
Xi Mo: "?"
Fang Ci: "?"
The two men's eyes widened in shock.
Xi Mo: "That Huo Sinian from Jingzhou?"
Fang Ci: "Huo Sinian, president of the Huo Group?"
Lin Tan hummed in agreement.
The two exchanged a glance.
They froze.
They wondered what kind of powerful and influential person it could be, but none of them dared to think of Huo Sinian.
That's someone at the very top of the pyramid.
"Look at all these things he sent, it's obvious he's determined to have you." Xi Mo was a little worried. "What about the person you like? Can he compete with Huo Sinian?"
"It's alright," Lin Tan said.
But more than fighting, she hoped that Huo Sinian would find a new target and stop bothering her.
He is ruthless and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
Qin Mo is too normal; it's too easy to suffer losses if you fight with him.
"It's alright." Fang Ci breathed a sigh of relief and didn't ask any further questions. "Let's leave her for now and eat first."
In the time that followed.
The three of them ate together.
During the meal with Huo Sinian, Lin Tan barely ate anything, not even half of the rice in her bowl.
An hour later.
The three of them ate and drank their fill.
Lin Tan also temporarily put those unpleasant things behind her.
The three of them lay on the sofa, and Lin Tan looked at the two of them: "Why didn't you go home for the New Year this year?"
"They're away on a business trip and haven't come back yet." Fang Ci said casually, without directly mentioning their names, but Lin Tan and Xi Mo both understood. "They don't care about things like the New Year."
Lin Tan asked Xi Mo, "And you?"
“I did go back,” Xi Mo said directly. “But they ate their New Year’s Eve dinner at noon. The old man said he and Mom were going out to set off fireworks in the afternoon and evening and didn’t want to stay with me and my brother.”
The three of them looked at each other and smiled.
If it weren't for all these circumstances, the three of them wouldn't have been able to get together.
In the time that followed.
They first found a movie to watch.
After watching, he took out playing cards again.
The three of them were having so much fun that they forgot all about it.
Until midnight, they wished each other a Happy New Year, hoping for a brighter future and a life free of worries.
At the same time.
Lin Tan received a message from Qin Mo on her phone: 【Happy New Year.】
Xi Mo and Fang Ci leaned over to take a look.
The two were both shocked when they saw the note.
"Qin Mo?"
"That one from the Qin family?"
"What was the New Year's gift he gave you?" Xi Mo asked. "It wasn't as extravagant as the one from before, was it?"
Lin Tan paused.
New Year's gift.
It seems she didn't prepare anything for Qin Mo.
"What should I give him?" Lin Tan thought for a long time but couldn't come up with anything suitable.
As for watches, Qin Mo mostly wears Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe.
The lowest price they've ever worn is several million.
With the money she had left, she simply couldn't afford it.
"Clothes, belt, tie," Fang Ci gave direct advice. "Don't give him the kind of things he'll never use. Give him these three things and he'll think of you every time he wears them."
Lin Tan thought for a moment.
That makes sense.
However, Qin Mo's clothes are mostly custom-made.
Thinking about all this, she decided to consider it carefully later, and replied to his message: 【Happy New Year.】
Look at these four words.
A gentle light appeared in Qin Mo's eyes.
But it quickly turned serious again.
Just now, after he finished his business and sent his grandfather back to Jiang Ruan's place, he saw a message from Huo Sinian on his phone.
There was no text content, only a photo of a table at the Lin Tan Restaurant.
A sumptuous dinner.
And two sets of bowls and chopsticks.
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