Chapter 115: The Moon Will Come After the Clouds Clear
"Who can say it's not true?" Old Madam Huo smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Life was not easy before, but now the clouds have finally cleared and the moon is shining. Things change over time, so don't laugh at each other."
Ms. Zhou gritted her teeth, and the smile on her face became distorted.
She glanced at the hairpin behind the two people, her eyes shifted, and she seemed to have an idea.
Xu Qingsui watched her every move and instantly realized that she had bad intentions.
She turned sideways, revealing the hairpin completely. She smiled and asked, "I heard from my mother-in-law that this hairpin was given to her by my father-in-law. How did it end up in Ms. Zhou's hands?"
"Really?" Ms. Zhou pretended to be surprised and said, "I only know that this hairpin was given to me by Brother Qian. When did he give it to my sister?"
"You didn't know before, but you know now, right? Just state your conditions. What will it take for you to give it up? We want this hairpin." Xu Qingsui said forcefully and calmly.
Even Mrs. Huo standing by looked at her with admiration. Her previous impression of Xu Qingsui was that this woman was very gentle, even a little weak. One of the reasons why she didn't like her was because she vaguely saw the shadow of Zhou in Xu Qingsui.
But Xu Qingsui's tough performance just now made Mrs. Huo change her mind. To be honest, she didn't really understand her.
Ms. Zhou was stunned for a moment, as if she had heard a huge joke, and said, "Mrs. Huo, I won't sell my things! Even if I sell them, I won't sell them to your family. No conditions will work!"
"Really?" Xu Qingsui said calmly, "Now I'm giving you a good talk. You know, the Huo family will definitely get what they want. My mother-in-law just didn't want to argue with you before, but I'm sorry, I'm not my mother-in-law, and I'm not as magnanimous as her. If Ms. Zhou doesn't believe it, we can just wait and see!"
Ms. Zhou was stunned and her heart began to panic, because what Xu Qingsui said was true. There was nothing the Huo family couldn't get if they wanted it.
Now that she no longer has Huo Qian's protection, how can she compete with the Huo family?
It would be as easy for the Huo family to deal with her as it is to deal with an ant. Just as this woman said, maybe Mrs. Huo didn't bother with her because of Huo Qian's last words, but her son and daughter-in-law would not let her go easily.
Now if she wants to avoid getting into trouble, she has to bow her head.
After Ms. Zhou figured it out, her smile suddenly became friendly: "It's just a kingfisher hairpin. If you want it, I'll give it to you."
After Ms. Zhou finished speaking, she called a staff member, opened the display cabinet, packed up the hairpin, and then handed it to Xu Qingsui.
"Mrs. Huo, you are a great man and don't bear grudges. Please don't tell your husband about what happened today."
Ms. Zhou was actually very worried that the current president of the Huo Group would come after her later. After all, it was a matter of the older generation, and Mrs. Huo must have kept her promise and not told her son.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have lived so comfortably for so many years.
But now that she was discovered by Mrs. Huo's daughter-in-law, she was not sure whether the daughter-in-law would convey the message, so she had to humble herself and try to please her.
Otherwise, she would not have handed over this hairpin so easily today.
Xu Qingsui took the hairpin and faced with Ms. Zhou's plea, she just smiled and did not answer directly.
Ms. Zhou immediately became anxious: "Is it OK or not? Please give me a definite answer."
"That depends on your future performance. I may not tell anyone about what happened today, but if you dare to offend my mother-in-law again in the future, as a junior, I will definitely protect you. I hope you don't mind if you tell others about it then, Ms. Zhou."
"You!" Ms. Zhou felt very uncomfortable being threatened. She nodded with a sigh of relief: "Okay, from now on, we will not interfere with each other. Don't worry, I won't take the initiative to provoke Mrs. Huo again."
Coming out of the exhibition hall, Xu Qingsui handed the hairpin to Madam Huo. She said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Madam Huo, I can't call myself your daughter-in-law in that situation just now."
Madam Huo smiled and shook her head: "It's me who should thank you today. Actually, seriously speaking, you are indeed my daughter-in-law. My son has already obtained a marriage certificate with you. It's just that I have always been prejudiced against you and I don't want to admit it."
"You helped me today. I admit that my opinion of you has changed a lot. I finally understand why my son chose you. I believe you must have your merits."
Madam Huo paused and continued, "Perhaps I am really old, and I shouldn't interfere in the affairs of you young people anymore, but I have only one thing to say. When I choose a daughter-in-law, I don't care about family background, education, appearance... These external factors are not important, but she must have good character, be of the same mind as my son, and never harm him at any time. Can you do this?"
Are you of one mind?
Xu Qingsui felt a little bitter. She could agree to other conditions proposed by Mrs. Huo, but she could not agree to the oneness.
Because being of one mind requires two people, it is a tacit understanding, a two-way effort. No matter how hard one person tries, it is useless.
"Why? Is my request difficult?"
Xu Qingsui thought for a moment and said, "Madam, the only thing I can promise you is that I will never harm Mr. Huo at any time. He has helped me. As long as he needs it and as long as I can do it, I will do my best and will never let him down!"
"That's fine." Old Madam Huo was moved by Xu Qingsui's firm attitude: "It's great that you can do this."
"Don't call me Madam anymore. Just call me Mom when no one is around. It's time to change your way of addressing me." Madam Huo looked at the hairpin in her hand and returned it to Xu Qingsui: "This is a token of love between Xiaolin's father and me. I'm giving it to you now. It can be regarded as a meeting gift for you, my daughter-in-law."
"Madam, this is too precious. I can't accept it." Xu Qingsui felt that she was unworthy of it. She herself couldn't be sure. Maybe one day she would no longer be Huo Xilin's wife.
"Besides, this hairpin has a special meaning to you, so I can't accept it."
Madam Huo looked at her step-shaking hairpin and sighed, "It's time for me to let go of the past. I've lived for most of my life and have experienced all kinds of ups and downs. I should have let go of it a long time ago."
"I have always been obsessed with it, but now when I hold this hairpin, I don't feel the way I imagined. At this moment, I suddenly realized that I am no longer in the same state of mind as before."
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