Chapter 82: Love between men and women, unable to control themselves
"Hello."
Qiao Xi panted slightly and said to the phone, "Excuse me, who is this?"
Huo Xingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly and gently bit her earlobe, causing Qiao Xi to scream in surprise.
"Mr. Huo!"
Qiao Xi said coquettishly, "Don't..."
The person on the other end of the phone breathed rapidly and hung up immediately.
Huo Xingzhou raised his eyebrows and distanced himself from her.
"Have you received a lot of calls like this recently?" Huo Xingzhou asked thoughtfully.
Qiao Xi nodded. "Some of them answered the phone but didn't speak, while others came seeking medical advice. But my finger is so badly injured, I can't see any more patients right now. The hospital kept me on the case for a long time, and Doctor Yan told me to go back and be a paid mascot."
"They all like you very much."
Huo Xingzhou pushed her hair behind her ear and said, "I'll take you home first, and then go to the police station to deal with Huo Jianjun's matter."
"No, I can go back by myself." Qiao Xi didn't want to take up his time.
"Then I'll let Lao Chen take you back."
"Um."
During this special period, Qiao Xi did not dare to act alone.
Huo Xingzhou's eyes fell on her shoulders. His fingers gently picked up her shoulder straps, and a chuckle seemed to be hidden in his throat: "The shoulder straps are exposed."
When you are confused and lost in love, you can never control yourself.
Qiao Xi's ears turned red.
She bit her lip and straightened her clothes.
"Old Chen's car is right at the entrance of the building."
"I know. Goodbye, Mr. Huo!"
Qiao Xi walked briskly to the door and then turned back.
She stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of the man's lips: "This is a return gift."
After saying that, she ran out.
Huo Xingzhou's eyes were slightly deep. Love between men and women sometimes made it impossible to control oneself.
His patience and restraint were almost at their limit.
But she was still teasing unconsciously.
…
Qiao Xi went downstairs and returned to the Huo family villa in a very good mood.
Huo Jiancheng was sitting in the living room, feeling uneasy.
Seeing her coming, he quickly stood up and greeted her: "Qiao Xi!"
Qiao Xi paused and called out politely, "Eunuch."
"Qiao Xi, can I ask you to go somewhere with me? I have something urgent." Huo Jiancheng looked anxious, with sweat on his forehead.
"I……"
"It won't be dangerous. Please."
Huo Jiancheng interrupted her and said.
Qiao Xi frowned, but finally nodded reluctantly. Huo Jiancheng and Du Juan had always been very kind to her, even better than her biological parents.
"I knew you were a good kid. Come on! My car is parked outside."
Huo Jiancheng pulled her out.
The two got in the car and drove all the way. Qiao Xi looked at the familiar scenery and asked, "Are we going to the Huo family's old house?"
Huo Jiancheng's face looked unnatural, and he hesitantly explained, "Something's wrong with the old man, and I don't have anyone I can trust, so I can only turn to you. Qiao Xi, I'm not deliberately making things difficult for you, just think of it as helping me."
Qiao Xi's expression was calm.
She thought of what Huo Xingzhou had said to her at the Huo family.
He said that tonight, there might be a big move.
She looked outside and saw the sun setting in the west and the sky filled with rosy clouds.
It will be dark soon.
After driving for an hour, the car finally stopped at the majestic old house.
"Qiao Xi, hurry!"
Huo Jiancheng was very anxious.
Qiao Xi followed him and trotted in.
The housekeeper, Ah Zhong, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them. "You're finally here! The old man and the young master are still in the room. What a sin!"
He then led the way.
Qiao Xi found that the servants in the Huo family's old house looked hurried and frightened.
Even the usually arrogant Wang Fengxian was nowhere to be seen.
She had a hunch that something big had happened.
"Dad is in there, right?"
Huo Jiancheng sighed. He knew that Huo Jianjun had been arrested and Huo Beiting had done something like that again.
What a misfortune for our family!
He felt even more sympathy for the old man.
"She is inside. But the old man has instructed that if Miss Qiao Xi comes, she should go in alone." Butler A Zhong reminded.
Huo Jiancheng pointed at his nose and said, "I can't go in? But Qiao Xi..."
Qiao Xi pursed her lips tightly, looked at the mahogany door in front of her and said, "I'll go in by myself."
She placed her hand on the door handle and gently turned it.
The antique display cabinet on the wall makes it difficult to see what the bedroom looks like.
This was her second time coming to the old man of the Huo family's bedroom.
The door behind him was closed by A Zhong.
Qiao Xi paused and walked inside.
Huo Beiting, his expression distorted, was pinned to the ground by a sturdy bodyguard. The Huo family's old man, eyes closed, leaned back in a recliner, a bowl of dark, cold Chinese medicine on the bamboo coffee table beside him.
"You're here."
Huo Weiguo's voice was muddy and vicissitudes. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at Qiao Xi, but there was no light in his eyes.
"Did you come here specifically to see me?" Qiao Xi looked at Huo Beiting, who was pinned to the ground in a miserable state, and her gaze fell on the old man.
"yes."
Huo Weiguo's attitude towards her became much calmer.
He waved his hand and said, "Please help me see what is added to this medicine."
Qiao Xi walked closer, carefully picked up the bowl of medicine and sniffed it.
A familiar taste.
"Tampered white aconite root and angelica root... taking them directly will cause poisoning and death. This is the medicine Zhuo Feng used to treat Mr. Huo."
Qiao Xi said lightly.
After hearing this, Huo Weiguo took a deep breath and said, "Evil beast!"
He threw the glass at Huo Beiting, instantly making his forehead red and swollen.
"Grandpa!" Huo Beiting burst into tears. "It was Huo Xingzhou who wanted to kill me. He put my dad in jail, and now he's going to deal with me! I have to get 30% of the shares to compete with him."
Huo Weiguo was so angry that he coughed for a while.
"Even if you get the shares, you can't compete with him!"
"Why! Even you are on Huo Xingzhou's side. Since your 70th birthday, you have wanted to give the shares to Huo Xingzhou, right?" Huo Beiting roared. He raised his head defiantly and looked at the old man with hatred.
Huo Weiguo said in a hoarse voice: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't be partial. I cleaned up the mess for you after the car accident because I didn't want to lose two grandsons at the same time. I didn't expect you to be even worse. Haven't I been good enough to your eldest wife?"
"Good? Because we're easy to control, right? We'll listen to whatever you say. Unlike Huo Xingzhou, who has his own opinions!"
Huo Beiting laughed miserably, his eyes red with laughter.
Huo Weiguo waved his hand and said with disappointment, "I won't pursue the poisoning today. Send him out. I don't want to see him again."
I didn't expect that at the age of seventy, I would become a lonely man.
The bodyguards escorted Huo Beiting out of the room, leaving only Qiao Xi and the old man in the huge room.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Mr. Huo looked at Qiao Xi and said.
Qiao Xi looked at him calmly and said, "You asked me to come here not just to identify the poison, right?"
Mr. Huo said softly, "Go open the bedside table, the first drawer."
Qiao Xi frowned slightly and walked over.
I opened the first drawer and saw what was inside.
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