Huo Zhixing's face darkened, and his sinister gaze fixed on Bai Jingyuan.
"Third Brother?" Bai Jingyuan smiled, but felt very uneasy inside.
At that moment, the third brother really wanted to say: I don't know you.
However, Huo Zhixing took a deep breath, swallowed his words, and mumbled an "Mmm".
Bai Jingyuan was completely baffled. Yao Wanyin smiled and took the same sparkly hair clip from the waiter, one for herself and one for Bai Jingyuan, just like Huo Zhixing and Jiang Can.
After waiting for a while, we finally got seats and the four of us sat down together.
"It's rare to run into you two!" Jiang Can laughed. "Order whatever you want to eat today, it's on me!"
"That won't do!" Bai Jingyuan laughed as well. "I can't let my sister-in-law spend money. If anyone should be treating, it should be me!"
As they spoke, they opened the menu and began to carefully examine the dishes.
Jiang Can was somewhat surprised to see Yao Wanyin, but also very happy that she was able to come out. She kept holding Yao Wanyin's hand and asking her questions.
Are you feeling much better lately?
Do you still go to the hospital for regular checkups?
Did Uncle Yin say when you can stop taking the medication?
Yao Wanyin smiled gently, her clear eyes like a mountain stream.
“Wanyin’s health is indeed better than before.” Bai Jingyuan put an arm around her shoulder and looked at her with affection. “I’ve been accompanying her to the hospital for her check-ups lately!”
"Yes!" Jiang Can was genuinely happy for them. "So, Wan Yin's health is getting better and better, and Young Master Bai deserves a lot of credit for that!"
Bai Jingyuan scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
A slight smile appeared on Huo Zhixing's usually cold face.
"Old Bai has never done anything reliable in his life! But this is the only thing he did well!"
"Third Brother, you're bringing up my past again!" Bai Jingyuan glared at him innocently. "I'm quite reliable when it comes to helping you! I was even your cellmate before!"
Jiang Can burst into laughter upon hearing the words "fellow inmate."
Yao Wanyin, confused, looked at Bai Jingyuan and asked, "What cellmate?"
"There are many twists and turns in this story! I'll tell you about them later."
Yao Wanyin smiled and picked up a piece of foie gras, placing it on Bai Jingyuan's plate.
"You'd better tell me now. I don't even know if I'll live to see the future!"
"Look at you, talking nonsense again!" Bai Jingyuan was extremely nervous.
Yao Wanyin quickly took his hand and stroked his face like she was comforting a child.
In fact, Jiang Can could tell that Yao Wanyin's tone just now was not one of sadness and despair, but rather one of calm indifference and commonplace.
Just like ordinary people discussing eating, sleeping, and what to buy while shopping.
For Yao Wanyin, death was the word she was most accustomed to in the first twenty-odd years of her life.
Thinking of this, Jiang Can felt a slight pang of sadness for the girl.
"Don't worry, Wanyin," Jiang Can comforted softly. "Uncle Yin is the president of the Nanyang Medical Association and the most famous doctor in the Nanyang area. He has treated many difficult and complicated diseases. With him here, you will definitely get better!"
“Hmm.” Yao Wanyin smiled confidently. “By the way, speaking of Chairman Yin, he’s quite a strange person.”
Jiang Can was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
"At first... it seems that because of Yao Manning, he didn't want to treat me. It's said that he really dislikes Yao Manning."
"But later, he agreed." Yao Wanyin pursed her lips. "My mother thanked him, but he said he wouldn't have come if it weren't for his daughter!"
Bai Jingyuan chuckled, "His girl? What girl?"
Yao Wanyin guessed, "It's probably her daughter."
"But he's not married!"
"Can't you have a daughter if you're not married?"
Bai Jingyuan was now unable to answer.
Jiang Can was also somewhat confused.
Yes, we only know that Yin Ruohong is not married, but we don't know if he has any children.
In wealthy families like this, it's perfectly normal for a man to have a confidante and several illegitimate children.
Oh no, if Yin Ruohong really has a child, how am I going to introduce him to my mom!
Jiang Can was somewhat discouraged and ate her sashimi in a sullen manner.
Huo Zhixing's expression, however, was rather strange.
He looked at Yao Wanyin and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure it was his daughter who said that?"
“I’m not sure about that,” Yao Wanyin shrugged. “I only remember him saying that he came to treat me because of something his daughter said. But how would I know who that was?”
Huo Zhixing's heart pounded as he stared intently at Jiang Can.
He suddenly remembered that Jiang Can had taken him to an art gallery a while ago, where a painting called "Firefly Light" was displayed in the most prominent position.
Jiang Can proudly told him that this was her mother's work.
Huo Zhixing noticed that the signature on the painting was "Wenxi".
"Your mother's name is Wenxi?" Having lived with my mother-in-law for so long, this is the first time I've ever known her name.
"Yes!" Jiang Can replied with a smile, "Yoon Moon-hee!"
Yoon Moon-hee...
She also has the surname Yin.
There is a medicine in the port city that came from Southeast Asia, and the medicine bottle has very delicate dark patterns on it.
He felt like he'd seen this pattern somewhere before. It seemed to be on the little wooden box that Jiang Can's mother had given her.
Yin Ruohong, Yin Wenxi.
That medicine was produced by Hongxi Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of the Yin family.
Hong is the Hong in Yin Ruohong, and Xi is the one he loved but could not have...
Huo Zhixing felt a thud in his heart, as if he had stepped into thin air.
He ate the meal absentmindedly, his mind filled with these questions.
Now it seems the clues are clear and point directly to the answer.
After dropping Jiang Canyi off at home, he made an excuse about having something to do at the company and rushed to Yufeng Media to find Fu Xiuyu.
Fu Xiuyu was rushing down the corridor with a stack of documents when she almost bumped into Huo Zhixing, who was coming from the opposite direction.
"Huo Zhixing! Are you trying to scare me to death?"
"Mom..." Huo Zhixing didn't care about anything else and hurriedly pulled her to the office to ask in a low voice, "What exactly was your relationship with Yin Ruohong before?"
Fu Xiuyu glared at him for a long time, "What do you want to do?"
“You have no relationship with him, then…” Huo Zhixing’s eyes deepened, “What is the relationship between him and your best friend, Can Can’s mother?”
"..."
Huo Zhixing took a deep breath and asked, word by word, "Is Yin Ruohong Can Can's father?"
Fu Xiuyu was even more surprised. She stared at him blankly for a long time, moved her lips, but couldn't utter a single word.
Huo Zhixing naturally took this reaction as tacit agreement.
At that moment, he felt a mix of emotions, so complex that it was hard to describe.
I never expected... that old man was him...
Future father-in-law?!
What I never expected was that he had repeatedly told Jiang Can that he would put all his assets, companies, and land in the western suburbs under her name, just to show his sincerity to his future father-in-law...
But to whom is this sincerity being shown?
Yin Ruohong!
Is there anything more outrageous than this in the world?!
Does Yin Ruohong look at him like he's an idiot?
Hey, this son-in-law is pretty good, bringing so many gifts to show his respect to his father-in-law...
Huo Zhixing slumped heavily into the sofa, pinched his brow hard, and let out a long sigh.
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