Chapter 403 Sister
"What's wrong?"
Su Nanzhi couldn't help but blurt out, but as soon as she said it, she realized that she had lost her composure.
Huo Boyuan looked serious. He glanced at Gu Xizhou before looking at Su Nanzhi.
"I want to talk to you alone."
Seeing this, Su Nanzhi immediately spoke up, "It's okay, Gu Xizhou is my husband, I trust him very much."
Seeing her serious expression, Huo Boyuan had no choice but to continue: "Comrade Su, or to be more precise, I want to call you sister."
Although this was his first time back in China as an adult and he didn't know anyone here, it didn't mean he had no way to investigate Su Nanzhi's identity.
Although it took a few days, he confirmed yesterday that Su Nanzhi was the Su Nanzhi he was looking for.
He originally thought that he would have more time to dispel Su Nanzhi's vigilance, but he didn't expect the accident to come so soon.
"My stepmother Miao Jingyi's health hasn't been very good since she married my father, but life in the Huo family is very complicated and involves a lot of things."
"For so many years, she has been thinking about her ex-husband and daughter in China. Later, she unexpectedly became pregnant and gave birth to my brother, and her health became even worse."
Su Nanzhi thought Miao Jingyi was living a good life in Hong Kong City, but she didn't expect to hear such a fact from Huo Boyuan.
Although Su Nanzhi was a little angry because of Miao Jingyi's "abandonment" before, it doesn't mean that she will be happy to hear the bad things about Miao Jingyi.
"What's wrong with her?"
Su Nanzhi thought it would be difficult for her to say it, but after she said the first sentence, the next ones became easier to say.
"What did the doctor say?"
When Huo Boyuan heard Su Nanzhi's words, the anxious expression on his face eased a little, but when he thought of the telegram he received, his brows unconsciously frowned again.
"Because of my depressed mood and heavy thoughts, my health is not very good."
In fact, he didn't know whether he should tell the truth to Su Nanzhi. He had just learned that his mother, whom he had not seen for many years, was still alive, and then he was told that his mother was in poor health and might die.
But Su Nanzhi has the right to know, and after several contacts with Su Nanzhi, he feels that Su Nanzhi is very strong.
Su Nanzhi's whole body stiffened, but she quickly regained her composure.
She nodded, turned and walked into the room, quickly took out an envelope from the room and handed it to Huo Boyuan.
"It's not convenient for me to visit her. Please give this letter to her and ask her to take good care of herself. I will go to Hong Kong to see her when I have the chance."
Su Nanzhi didn't continue. She was a little afraid that the reason Miao Jingyi didn't come to find her in her previous life was because she had died.
Suppressing her fear, she pulled another vial of medicine from her pocket.
"This is a pill an elder gave me to nourish my body. Take it to her."
Huo Boyuan took the pill, took out a thick red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Su Nanzhi's pocket.
"I noticed that Gu Xizhou has been buying wedding items recently. Are you planning a wedding? I don't have time to prepare a gift, so this red envelope will be my gift money."
A red envelope was suddenly stuffed into Su Nanzhi's hand, and she was a little slow to react.
"I wish you a happy wedding in advance."
Huo Boyuan said as he looked towards Gu Xizhou, his tone carrying a hint of threat.
"Gu Xizhou, if you dare to let my sister down, our Huo family will have plenty of ways to deal with you even in Hong Kong City."
Gu Xizhou's expression was stern, "I won't give you this chance."
Even if Su Nanzhi didn't open the envelope, she could tell from its thickness that there was a lot of it.
But before she could return the red envelope to Huo Boyuan, Huo Boyuan had already waved at her and said, "I asked the staff at the guesthouse to upgrade your room to a suite this morning. I'll prepare a gift for you next time we meet."
After saying that, he hurried away with his luggage.
Su Nanzhi held a thick red envelope in her hand, and her original sadness was relieved a lot because of Huo Boyuan's action.
When she returned to the room, she opened the red envelope, which contained banknotes of various denominations and sizes. It was probably all the money Huo Boyuan had found on his body and stuffed it in.
There was more than a thousand yuan in it, which was a huge sum of money.
After stuffing the red envelope, Su Nanzhi's thoughts unconsciously returned to what Huo Boyuan had just said.
Gu Xizhou looked at Su Nanzhi in a daze, and while tidying up the things in the room, he said: "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to meet your mother-in-law when you have the chance in the future."
He couldn't say anything to comfort her, but he would support whatever Su Nanzhi wanted to do.
Su Nanzhi let out a long breath and suppressed her worry about Miao Jingyi. She just hoped that Miao Jingyi's health was not as bad as Huo Boyuan said, so that she could see her.
“I’m going to work hard to make money.”
***
Su Nanzhi shouted slogans loudly, and encountered trouble the next day.
There were not many questions in her test book, so several teachers helped her check it, and she also asked the senior high school students in the school where she worked to do it again. Basically, she was able to confirm the test book to be published.
During this period, I got along very harmoniously with several teachers.
Halfway through the morning work, Jiao Chuan, who was "fired" on the first day, walked into the office with a proud look on his face.
When several teachers saw him, they had different expressions on their faces.
"Hey, what's everyone busy with?"
Jiao Chuan was holding a large porcelain jar in his hand, looking very proud.
If you don’t know him, you might think he is a staff member of a publishing house.
Su Nanzhi looked up at him, then lowered her head to continue the work in her hands.
Seeing that Su Nanzhi ignored him, Jiao Chuan showed an angry expression on his face and coughed heavily.
"I'll be working in the office next door for the next while. If you need any help, you can come to me."
He said this and glanced at Su Nanzhi.
Teacher Zhu, the most gossipy of the teachers, immediately asked, "Teacher Jiao, what do you do next door?"
Finally waiting for these words, Jiao Chuan showed a proud expression again.
"With the support of the vice president, I have also published a book for the college entrance examination. By then, we will be competitors."
Teacher Zhu didn't expect to hear such an answer. An embarrassed expression appeared on his face, and he looked at Su Nanzhi like the other teachers.
Isn't it obvious that Jiao Chuan is here to challenge Su Nanzhi?
Su Nanzhi was not panicked. She had heard about this matter from Zhao Han a few days ago.
There are many people in the publishing house, so it is naturally impossible for them to be united. They can be divided into two factions, headed by President Li and Vice President Hong of the publishing house respectively, and they are not easy to get along with.
Although President Li had agreed to Su Nanzhi's publishing conditions against all odds, many people, led by Vice President Hong, were discussing it privately.
In addition to criticizing the poor sales of Su Nanzhi's book, he also suspected that there was an immoral relationship between Su Nanzhi and President Li.
"Thanks to the vice president for not looking down on me, an old man with ugly looks, otherwise I, Jiao Chuan, would never have been able to publish a book in my lifetime."
Jiao Chuan's sarcastic words immediately brought the already awkward atmosphere to a freezing point.
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