Fu Qingyan's face flushed red and then turned pale, making her look extremely unattractive as she stood to the side.
Huo Zhixing gave a signal, and the servants immediately stepped forward to clear away the pile of things on the table and throw them into the trash can.
"I overheard you at the door saying that since it was your first visit, you didn't know what gift to bring, so you bought these breakfasts?" Huo Zhixing looked at Fu Qingyan with a cold gaze.
Fu Qingyan, unaware of his intentions, quickly nodded.
"Bringing this on your first visit?" Huo Zhixing sneered. "Didn't your uncle and aunt teach you proper etiquette when visiting someone's home?"
Fu Qingyan was startled, "Cousin..."
"Although you're not your uncle's biological child, you still grew up in the Fu family." Huo Zhixing glanced at her expressionlessly. "If you need to know how to handle this, go back and ask your elders."
"This time it was just me and your sister-in-law, but if you're this rude next time you visit someone else's house, the entire Fu family will be implicated and become a laughingstock!"
Fu Qingyan's shoulders trembled slightly, and her hands gripped the hem of her clothes tightly.
"Butler," Huo Zhixing ordered coldly, "Show the guests out."
Two butlers, a man and a woman, dressed in high-end business suits, approached with smiles, nodded politely, and asked Fu Qingyan to leave.
Fu Qingyan took a deep breath and, in the instant she turned around, caught a glimpse of Huo Zhixing carefully pouring red date porridge into a bowl and feeding it to Jiang Can little by little.
Jiang Can's rosy face was full of a happy smile.
Fu Qingyan bit her lip, clenched her fists, and ran out of the villa without looking back.
Jiang Can finished eating and drinking, and it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
"Aren't you leaving yet?" she asked Huo Zhixing. "Is everything alright at the company today?"
Huo Zhixing smiled. There was always something to do at the company, but spending more time with her was more important to him.
"Mom has passed away, I don't have anything to do now."
"You should go soon, don't tire your mother out!" Jiang Can carefully straightened his tie and took his suit.
Westerners are generally tall and have more defined and three-dimensional features.
But her husband stood out among that group of Westerners, and he was in no way inferior; in fact, he was more dazzling than them.
Jiang Can's eyes were full of admiration.
"Honey, actually, it wouldn't have made any difference if I went today." Huo Zhixing put his hand on her shoulder and chuckled. "Today's meeting was held by several senior members and veterans of the company. I usually don't attend meetings like this."
"Oh..." Jiang Can nodded, "An elder in the company? Your uncle is one of them, right?"
"have."
Jiang Can hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Huo Zhixing saw through her thoughts and whispered, "Do you feel that my uncle is a rather special person in the family?"
Jiang Can was taken aback, then smiled sheepishly.
Does this man have mind-reading abilities?
In fact, she had noticed this problem as early as that family dinner, and she had several questions in her mind as well.
For example, Fu Chengwei's words and actions have an inexplicable strangeness, and sometimes his honesty is surprising.
For example, he would secretly criticize Fu Xiuyu and Huo Zhixing, while outwardly being extremely respectful to them. But this "extreme respect" was clearly an act, and it was very unnatural, as if he was being instructed to do so.
Furthermore, the marriage partners of the Fu family were all prominent and wealthy families. Fu Chengwei, on the other hand, married a divorced woman with a child. His wife, Sun Meifen, came from a poor family and even relied on welfare at one point.
Fu Xiuyu, who has always had a fiery temper, seems to be quite tolerant of her younger brother.
Huo Zhixing looked at Jiang Can and gently explained everything to her.
“My mom told me that when she was little, she learned horseback riding with my uncle. At the riding arena, the horse my mom was riding suddenly got frightened and ran off. My uncle immediately chased after it and blocked the horse. My mom was saved, but my uncle fell off the horse… Ever since that fall, he… was injured.”
"Did it break?"
"Hmm," Huo Zhixing licked his lips, "It's just that my brain isn't working very well."
"His mental age is equivalent to that of a ten-year-old child. He understands a little about various things, but not too much."
Jiang Can nodded.
So there's a reason why he sometimes speaks rudely and is difficult to communicate with.
Therefore, Fu Xiuyu felt guilty towards him, which is why she didn't hold it against him.
“Not only my mother, but my maternal grandfather was also very tolerant of him,” Huo Zhixing said in a low voice. “Later, my uncle married Sun Meifen, who is Fu Qingyan’s mother.”
“But he listens to whatever Sun Meifen says and has her completely under his control, which has caused my grandfather a lot of headaches over the years. My mother has talked to him about it a few times, but he actually talked back to her. So their relationship has become more and more distant.”
Jiang Can understood now.
Perhaps Fu Chengwei's less-than-ideal behavior and reputation were not his own doing, but rather orchestrated by someone behind the scenes.
"Can Can," Huo Zhixing patted her head, "I'm telling you these things so you can be on guard, not so you can worry about them."
"Yes, I know!" Jiang Can smiled. "My task here is to take good care of myself during my pregnancy and give birth to my son!"
...
Fu Qingyan has been trying to get close to Jiang Can these days.
Sending greetings via text message morning and evening has become a must, and there are always various expressions of concern and care. He even volunteered to accompany Jiang Can to the hospital for prenatal checkups.
He always appears harmless, both in public and in private.
Jiang Can showed her phone to Huo Zhixing.
The red number in the upper right corner of the messages is 99+ every day, and 80% of them are from Fu Qingyan.
She would even send photos of a cat she encountered on a street corner to Jiang Can.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
