"Rouge, it's so late, aren't you asleep yet?"
Hearing his gentle voice, Qiao Yanzhi frowned, her beautiful brows furrowing, her voice laced with sarcasm: "If I were asleep, how would I know what you've done?"
Huo Ting's voice was somewhat low, yet still gentle: "Why are you so angry?"
“I asked you to say a word for my Yao’er, not to do this.”
He countered dismissively, "As it turns out, this approach worked very well. The rumors about Ye Junlin and Grape were completely dispelled, and some capitalist marketing accounts stopped stirring up trouble and continuing to smear her. On the contrary, it gave her enough peace and quiet to investigate, didn't it?"
He's absolutely right.
But this is really not what she wanted.
Yao'er is currently dating Lao Si, and they have already pledged their lives to each other.
Huo Ting's statement will only draw attention to Yao'er's marriage, which is not a good thing.
Suppressing her anger, Qiao Yanzhi questioned, "By now you're tying her to Lin Feng, aren't you preventing her from freely pursuing love?"
Huo Ting stated very clearly: "Yan Zhi, she doesn't need to be in a relationship."
Qiao Yanzhi: "..."
She frowned slightly, and after a long while, asked, "What makes you say that?"
"Have you forgotten about the arranged marriage?"
Qiao Yanzhi: "..."
After a long pause, I finally remembered something that I vaguely and indistinctly recalled...
Huo Ting's calm and gentle voice continued, reminding her of something she had completely forgotten.
"Twenty-one years ago, when you and Fu Jiang were preparing for your third child, what promises did we make together? Have you forgotten?"
Qiao Yanzhi was somewhat choked: "I...it's been too long, this..."
Hearing her stammering, Huo Ting interrupted her directly, pursing his lips and saying, "Since you've forgotten, let me explain it to you more clearly."
Twenty-one years ago, Fu Jincheng was making a fuss about wanting a younger sister.
Qiao Yanzhi and Fu Jiang did indeed want a daughter, and after some consideration, they decided to have another child.
Since the eldest and second eldest sons of the Fu family are both sons, this third son will also likely be a son.
That year, his wife had just given birth to a daughter, so Qiao Yanzhi came to visit and discuss with his wife how to have a daughter.
After becoming pregnant, Qiao Yanzhi practically lived at the Huo family's house for a month or two, discussing with Cen Huan every day what to eat and drink during pregnancy to give birth to a daughter.
Qiao Yanzhi was always very superstitious. She always believed that the sex of a child was related to food.
At that time, four-year-old Huo Linfeng touched her belly, patted it gently, and then said with great certainty that the baby in his godmother's belly was a little sister.
Qiao Yanzhi was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately gave Huo Linfeng five million, praising him for being well-behaved and sensible.
He also promised that if it really was a daughter, as he said, she would be his wife when she grew up.
Huo Linfeng took it seriously.
Huo Ting then discussed with Cen Huan how to finalize the matter.
I had already spoken to Fu Jiang and Qiao Yanzhi about it at the time.
Qiao Yanzhi doted on Huo Linfeng at that time. Not only was he as beautiful as a porcelain doll, but he also spoke in a way that pleased her. Therefore, she agreed.
Fu Jiang has always listened to his wife, so if she agreed, he naturally had no objections.
If a son is born, the matter is ignored; if a daughter is born, the two families become in-laws.
This was an arranged marriage, decided long ago.
However, no one expected that something like that would happen later, and everyone thought that the grape was dead.
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