Chapter 534 Xixi, It’s Mom

Qiao Xi's finger hovered over the phone screen, and she hesitated for a long time before pressing it.

Wait until the call is automatically hung up after one minute.

She knew this number.

But she never gave the other party a note, because she didn't know how to treat the owner of the number.

Huo Xingzhou saw her expression and said, "You take a rest first. I'll go downstairs and take a look."

"good."

"Remember to drink the porridge. This healthy 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 and closed the door, giving 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 or sick.

But Qiao Xi didn't think about it, and her heart became softer than usual.

She was stunned for a moment and then 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 your mother."

It was Liu Huimin calling.

Qiao Xi didn't know what to say.

Liu Huimin spoke to herself, "I wanted to come to the capital to see you, but your grandmother told me not to go and cause trouble for you. We saw the latest news online that you had a high fever, so we were very worried. I couldn't get through to you, so I called other people, and Young Master Sun said you haven't woken up yet..."

She looked haggard and endured the whole day and night.

I can never let go of the huge 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 would not have suffered so many plots. Now that her right hand is injured, how can she survive the third round of the game 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 blood to flow profusely!

The pain of suffocation!

"Are you feeling better now? Has the high fever subsided? Does your hand... hurt?" By the end, Liu Huimin was already sobbing.

She is still as crybaby as ever, and can't change her spoiled little princess temper.

But the regret she felt at that time had already made her unable to sleep every night. She lived in the pain of self-blame and was 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, "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 that it can be cancelled or postponed. The questions for the third round are unknown, and the Lu family will definitely make things difficult for you here."

Liu Huimin said softly, "Or you can go back to Haicheng tonight? No matter how powerful the people in the imperial capital are, you have the Liu family to take care of you in Haicheng. We can protect you for the rest of your life."

As soon as she said this, she felt that Qiao Xi would never agree.

"I will not go back to Haicheng, nor will I be a shrunken turtle. Win or lose. I cannot be laughed at, nor can I cause the people around me to 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 business, the word "trust" is important.

"All my advice was bad." Liu Huimin covered her cheeks and tried to stop herself from crying. "You are different from her. You are independent and strong, smart, sensible and upright. You can't go home and seek support when you encounter difficulties like her. You are much better than her!"

Who is this?

They all know it.

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, we are the Liu of Zhonghai City in the imperial capital, and we will do our best to protect you. Xixi, don't be afraid."

Liu Huimin felt very weak.

After hearing what she said, Qiao Xi felt a little depressed.

"Thank you," she whispered.

Very polite.

"If you have nothing else to say, I'll hang up. I have some calls to return, so you should go to bed early."

After saying this, Qiao Xi hung up the phone.

She touched her cheeks and found cold tears.

It turned out that she would also be moved by those words, but unfortunately she was not qualified to expect that kind of pure motherly love. The things that had been given to Xu Xingluo seemed to be boring when given to her.

But sometimes, she would envy the young Xu Xingluo.

Imagine how she grew up with the utmost attention, and how she was loved and protected by everyone.

I remember when she was learning ballet, piano and aristocratic etiquette, she was in the countryside and she and her grandmother were worried about where to get the tuition for the next semester.

I thought that if Liu Huimin had discovered the truth earlier, maybe grandma would have been well taken care of, and would not have worked herself to death and ended up being burned to death.

But these are all "hypotheses" and what was supposed to happen has already happened.

Qiao Xi wiped away all the tears from her cheeks.

There is a competition tomorrow morning.

She picked up the bowl of carefully prepared health-preserving porridge and drank it mouthful by mouthful.

…

In the villa living room.

Old Chen was reporting the Li family's affairs to Huo Xingzhou.

"When we arrived, Li Nianqi was looking at our villa through binoculars 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 to give us an explanation. Now she is on the plane..."

"Um."

"We have also detained Li Songwen. Xiang Mingzhu is still unaware of this and thinks he has left the capital. Young Master, are you going to interrogate him now?"

Old Chen arranged for the people to stay in Master Fang's villa.

Sun Weimeng was grinding Chinese herbs laboriously while muttering, "Why are they all surnamed Li? Is it possible that there is nothing good about people 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 treat this as a smoke bomb for him in the early stages."

"This smoke bomb is great!" Sun Wei clapped his hands and stood up and said, "Now the Internet is going crazy, saying that Qiao Xi has a high fever and constant pain. She will miss the game tomorrow. I think the Lu family will wake up laughing in their dreams tonight. Thanks to that old man..."

Huo Xingzhou looked at him coldly.

Sun Wei slapped himself in the face, "What old man! That'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 Weiming ran after them, "Wait for me, I want to see the excitement too!"