Chapter 73 Relief
That day, Xu Qingsui answered the phone from an unfamiliar number, and a familiar and disgusting voice came from the other end: "Xu Qingsui, how are you?"
Xu Qingsui frowned and was about to hang up the phone, but the other party seemed to have expected it and said before she hung up: "The day after tomorrow is my grandfather's birthday. After all, the Lu family has done you a favor, you won't be ungrateful, right?"
"I know." Xu Qingsui said unhappily, "You don't need Master Lu to remind me. I will not forget to repay Grandpa Lu, but I will also take back everything the Lu family owes me."
It’s a favor, but it’s different from the relics left to her by her grandparents.
Lu Jingyu snorted coldly: “Okay, come and get it if you have the ability, we are all waiting for you.”
Looking at the hung up phone, Xu Qingsui felt more irritated than ever before. Based on her understanding of Lu Jingyu, this birthday party of Mr. Lu was more like a Hongmen Banquet prepared for her. If she went, it would not be easy to get away. But if she didn't go, the Lu family would have something to make a scene, which might be detrimental to her getting back her grandparents' belongings in the future.
No matter what the reason, even though she knew that this banquet was a Hongmen Banquet, she had to attend.
When he got off work in the evening, Xu Qingsui put the leave application in front of Huo Xilin: "Mr. Huo, I need to take a leave the day after tomorrow. Please approve it."
"Reason?" Huo Xilin glanced at the leave application and looked up at Xu Qingsui and asked.
Now that he has become Huo Xilin's special assistant, Xu Qingsui feels that he has less and less privacy. He stays with him almost 24 hours a day, and he has to report and get his approval if he has anything to do.
Helplessly, Xu Qingsui told Huo Xilin the whole story.
Huo Xilin was silent for a while, then called his secretary: "All work schedules for the day after tomorrow are cancelled."
By the time Huo Xilin hung up the phone, Xu Qingsui had guessed what he might be going to do, and she quickly said, "It's not a big deal, I can handle it by myself, Mr. Huo, you don't have to go with me."
"Really?" Huo Xilin raised his eyebrows: "Of course I believe in your ability, but I want to go and watch a good show, do you have any objection?"
His playful look made Xu Qingsui feel depressed, and he could only say helplessly: "Okay, you can go with us, but the relationship between us cannot be exposed."
"Don't worry, there are very few people outside who know me. Even if there are, they dare not talk nonsense. No one will know your true identity." Huo Xilin's tone turned cold.
He was clearly in high spirits just now, but in the blink of an eye he became cold and sarcastic. His mood was like the weather in May and June, changing in an instant.
Xu Qingsui has been with Huo Xilin for quite some time, but most of the time she couldn't understand the man in front of her.
On Wednesday morning, Xu Qingsui slept in for a rare time. He got up around ten o'clock, packed up simply, changed into decent clothes, and then took the birthday present he had prepared in advance.
Huo Xilin got up before her. When he saw her walk out of the bedroom, he brought out a bowl of rice porridge from the kitchen: "Eat some. I don't think today's lunch will suit your appetite."
Xu Qingsui was hungry and thought what Huo Xilin said made sense, so he took the rice porridge and took a bite. He widened his eyes in surprise and asked, "Why is it sweet?"
"Don't like it?" Huo Xilin said, "Aunt Wang didn't know we were off work today, so she didn't come over yet. I made it myself, adding some rock sugar and red dates."
Xu Qingsui lowered his head and drank the rice porridge silently.
She did not answer Huo Xilin. No one knew that her favorite drink when she was a child was sweet rice porridge. Because her grandmother liked it, the rice porridge she cooked was always sweet. Over time, she got used to her grandmother's taste.
But since her grandmother left, she has never eaten sweet rice porridge again.
There are many reasons for this, the most important of which is that she is somewhat resistant to eating sweet rice porridge again, and she is afraid of recalling her childhood.
The departure of her grandparents will always be a pain for her.
But today, when she drank this sweet rice porridge, she felt mixed emotions: surprise, sadness, but more of a feeling of acceptance and relief, as well as nostalgia for her grandmother.
The person has passed away, but the living people have to continue to live well. Grandma must hope that she lives well.
Therefore, she will try her best to live every day well, learn new things, and learn to accept all the good things that once happened.
She finished the rice porridge, her eyes were a little moist, she adjusted her mood, then looked up and said to Huo Xilin: "I'm done, I'm leaving first."
"Together." Huo Xilin stood up and took the prepared birthday gift from her.
"Isn't it a bit unpleasant?" Xu Qingsui expressed his reluctance to travel with Huo Xilin.
He was too dazzling and attracted a lot of attention wherever he went, which made Xu Qingsui feel at a loss every time he followed him.
"It's nothing wrong, Mrs. Huo, you have to get used to it, there will be many big scenes in the future." Huo Xilin smiled slightly: "Besides, I just promised you not to let others know your identity as Mrs. Huo, and not to let the company employees know about your relationship with me. As for whether I am your boyfriend or husband in the eyes of outsiders, I can't do anything if others doubt me."
Looking at Huo Xilin's graceful back as he left, Xu Qingsui was almost angry to death.
How could he be such a rogue?
Is this still the famous president of the Huo Group? I’m afraid no one will believe it if I tell it to others.
But what Huo Xilin said did make sense. As long as others didn't know her identity as Mrs. Huo, he could follow her if he wanted.
Mr. Lu’s birthday party was held at the Lu family villa. The Lu family is now well-known in the business and antique circles, so many upper-class people came.
Xu Qingsui and Huo Xilin walked into the hall and saw Mr. Lu standing in the middle of the hall, dealing with the people who came to congratulate him.
"Hey, isn't this Miss Xu? We thought you had long forgotten the Lu family's kindness in raising you, and you were even unwilling to come to grandpa's birthday party. We didn't expect that you were just late." Suddenly a voice attracted everyone's attention.
Lu Jingyu walked up to Xu Qingsui in a nonchalant manner, glanced at Huo Xilin who was with her, and taunted her in a veiled tone, "You brought a wild man to attend Grandpa's birthday party. Are you deliberately trying to piss off Grandpa to death? Our Lu family raised you, and this is how you repay Grandpa?"
"Lu Jingyu, please watch your mouth. If I'm not welcome here, I can leave immediately." After saying that, Xu Qingsui was about to turn around and leave.
"Okay!" An old voice broke the quarrel between the two.
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