Chapter 534 Xixi, It’s Mom
Qiao Xi's finger hovered over the phone screen, hesitating for a long time without pressing it.
Wait until the call is automatically disconnected after one minute.
She knew this number.
But she never left a note to the other party because she didn't know how to treat the owner of the number.
Huo Xingzhou saw her expression and understood what was happening. He said, "You take a rest first. I'll go downstairs and take a look."
"good."
"Remember to drink the porridge. This health-preserving porridge has been cooked for more than three hours and is very nourishing."
"I see."
Qiao Xi's voice was soft and a little absent-minded.
Huo Xingzhou walked out of the room with his long legs, closed the door, and gave her a very independent space.
Qiao Xi glanced at the phone screen that lit up again. It was still the same call.
Human nature is strange.
I always start to miss my mother when I am at my most vulnerable and sick.
But Qiao Xi didn't think about it, and her heart became a little softer than usual.
She was stunned for a moment and picked up the phone.
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, and then a hoarse, choked female voice rang out: "Xixi, this is Mom."
It was Liu Huimin calling.
Qiao Xi didn't know what to say.
Liu Huimin started talking to herself, "I wanted to come to the capital to see you, but your grandmother told me not to cause you any trouble. We saw the latest news online that you had a high fever and we were very worried. I couldn't get through to you, so I called other people, and Young Master Sun said you weren't awake yet..."
She looked haggard and endured the whole day and night.
I can never let go of the big stone in my heart.
This injustice was caused by her.
If she had forced Qiao Xi to take over the treatment of her second brother, perhaps she wouldn't have suffered so many plots. Now that her right hand is injured, how will she get through the third round tomorrow?
There will be severe penalties if you lose!
Liu Huimin felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. The blunt knife was cutting her flesh bit by bit, causing her to bleed profusely!
The pain of suffocation!
"Are you feeling better now? Has the high fever subsided? Does your hand... hurt?" By the end of her words, Liu Huimin was already sobbing.
She is still so crybaby and can't change her spoiled little princess temper.
But the regret she felt at the time has kept her awake every night. She lives in self-blame and pain, and she is much more cautious when treating Qiao Xi.
There was a hint of complexity in Qiao Xi's clear eyes.
She lowered her head and stared at the phone screen and said, "I'm feeling much better. Thank you for your concern."
She still couldn't say "Mom".
She could acknowledge other members of the Liu family with ease and treat them with courtesy.
But he could never treat Liu Huimin in a normal way.
"Your uncle has already contacted some old friends about tomorrow's competition. He hopes it can be canceled or postponed. The third round of exam questions are unknown, and the Lu family will definitely give you a hard time."
Liu Huimin whispered, "Or maybe you could just go back to Haicheng tonight? No matter how powerful the people in the imperial capital are, you have the Liu family to look after you in Haicheng. We can protect you for the rest of your life."
As soon as she said this, she felt that there was no way Qiao Xi would agree.
"I won't go back to Haicheng, nor will I be a coward. Win is win, lose is lose. I can't let others laugh at me, and I can't let those around me be laughed at."
She is Qiao Xi, and also Huo Xingzhou's wife.
If she is a deserter who breaks her promise, then anyone who does business with Huo Xingzhou in the future will have to think twice.
In the business world, the word "trust" is important.
"All my advice was bad." Liu Huimin covered her cheek, trying not to cry. "You're different from her. You're independent and resilient, smart, sensible, and upright. You can't go home and seek support when you encounter difficulties like she does. You're much better than her!"
Who is this she.
They all know it very well.
It was the dead Xu Xingluo.
"Sometimes I really wish you could rely on us more, but seeing how outstanding you are, I feel so proud!"
Liu Huimin took a deep breath. "Since you have chosen a path, we will not stop you. But don't forget, the Emperor's Capital Zhong Haicheng Liu, we will do our best to protect you. Xixi, don't be afraid."
Liu Huimin felt very powerless.
After hearing what she said, Qiao Xi felt a little depressed.
She whispered, "Thank you."
Very polite.
"If you're all right, I'll hang up. I have some calls to return, so you should get some rest."
After saying this, Qiao Xi hung up the phone.
She touched her cheek and found cold tears.
It turned out that she could also be moved by those words, but unfortunately she was not qualified to expect that kind of pure motherly love. What she had given to Xu Xingluo seemed to be meaningless when given to her again.
But sometimes, she would envy Xu Xingluo when she was a child.
Imagine how she grew up with everyone at her side, and how she was loved and protected by everyone.
When she was learning ballet, piano and aristocratic etiquette, she was in the countryside and worried with her grandmother about where to pay the tuition for the next semester.
I thought that if Liu Huimin could have discovered the truth earlier, perhaps grandma would have been well taken care of and would not have become ill from overwork and finally burned to death.
But these are all "assumptions", what was supposed to happen has already happened.
Qiao Xi wiped away all the tear marks on her cheeks.
There is a game tomorrow morning.
She picked up the bowl of carefully prepared health-preserving porridge and drank it mouthful by mouthful.
…
In the living room of the villa.
Old Chen was reporting the Li family's affairs to Huo Xingzhou.
"When we arrived, Li Nianqi was observing our villa with a telescope and was on the phone with Lu Yan. Mrs. Li saw it with her own eyes and was furious. She wanted to send her abroad and give us an explanation. Now she's on the plane..."
"Um."
"And Li Songwen has been detained by us. Xiang Mingzhu is still unaware of this and thinks he has left the imperial capital. Young Master, are you going to interrogate him now?"
Old Chen arranged for the person to stay in Master Fang's villa.
Sun Weimeng, laboriously grinding Chinese medicinal herbs, muttered, "Why are they all surnamed Li? Is there no good person with the surname Li?"
Huo Xingzhou glanced at him and said, "Let's go now. The Li family's spies are gone anyway. Lu Yan won't be able to detect our subsequent movements, so let's just use this as a smokescreen for him in the early stages."
"This smokescreen is great!" Sun Wei clapped his hands and stood up, saying, "It's all going viral online now. It's said that Qiao Xi has a high fever and is in constant pain. She'll miss tomorrow's game. I think the Lu family will wake up laughing in their dreams tonight. All thanks to that old man..."
Huo Xingzhou looked at him coldly.
Sun Wei slapped himself in the face, "What old man! It's not true. Don't listen to my nonsense."
Mr. Huang’s affairs cannot be leaked.
Huo Xingzhou ignored his little action and followed Lao Chen out.
Sun Weimeng quickly caught up, "Wait for me, I want to see the fun too!"
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