Chapter 35 Huo Jing's Mission
At this time, the Huo family.
When Huo Wenbo returned home, Ye Mei was wearing a silk bathrobe and was coming out of the kitchen with a glass of warm milk. As soon as she saw him, she couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, our family's hero is back?" Her tone was full of teasing. "Scholar Huo spent a fortune today, and the news even got to my phone. He really stole the show."
Huo Wenbo paused in changing his shoes, a rare look of unease on his face. He walked to the sofa, sat down, and poured himself a glass of water.
"Stop teasing me."
"How could I dare to tease you?" Ye Mei nudged his arm. "Tell me quickly, what happened? I don't believe you're the kind of person who likes to show off. Did someone bully our Yaoyao?"
When Ruan Yao was mentioned, Huo Wenbo's expression immediately became serious.
He briefly recounted how Zhou Yayun deliberately spilled wine at the banquet and then verbally humiliated Ruan Yao.
Ye Mei's eyebrows shot up in anger, and she slammed the cup on the table with a loud "bang".
"That Zhou family is getting more and more outrageous!" Ye Mei's chest heaved with anger. "Like father, like son!"
After her anger subsided, she turned to look at her husband, her eyes sparkling with admiration.
"Well done!" She patted Huo Wenbai on the shoulder. "That's how it should be! My son is such a blockhead, but his father has to step in! Now I'd like to see who in the entire Jingbei circle would dare to be so blind as to bully Huo's future daughter-in-law again."
Huo Wenbo felt a little embarrassed by his wife's praise. He coughed and took a sip of milk to cover it up.
After Ye Mei finished speaking her mind, she glanced at him sideways and said, "Old Huo, how come I didn't know you were so generous? It costs fifty million to help me complete this mission?"
Huo Wenbo revealed a hint of smugness and lowered his voice: "What do you know? I traded a necklace for a clue to the Song Dynasty edition of 'Dongshan Ji'. I've made a huge profit."
Ye Mei was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, feeling both annoyed and amused.
"So you're making a deal with that young girl?"
"It's not a transaction." Huo Wenbo waved his hand, but his expression was very serious. "That kid is indeed quite good."
He told his wife in detail about meeting Ruan Yao in the back garden, how the two of them talked about everything from the Book of Songs to Song lyrics, and then about the Record of Dongshan.
"So, you like that child too?" Ye Mei's eyes lit up.
Huo Wenbo nodded, his face revealing undisguised admiration: "Clear, clean, polite, and neither arrogant nor humble. He is indeed a good child."
"Right! I knew it!" Ye Mei exclaimed excitedly. "I had the same feeling when I talked to her about fragrance last time! It was like we had known each other in a past life, so incredibly warm and familiar."
"Look, she not only gets along well with me, but she's even won you over, you old bookworm. So outstanding, and she's a lucky charm for her husband's family—where can you find a daughter-in-law like that? That fifty million was well spent, absolutely worth it!"
When his son was mentioned, Huo Wenbo's smile faded a little.
"What's Yanzhi's attitude?"
"What other attitude can I have?" Ye Mei's smile faded again when she thought of her good-for-nothing son.
"I really don't understand him. You'd think he'd be interested in Yaoyao, but he keeps pushing her away. You'd think he wouldn't be interested, but then he helped out behind the scenes with that Ruan family project..."
The couple looked at each other and saw the same helplessness in each other's eyes.
Huo Wenbo pondered for a moment, then tapped his fingers lightly on his knee.
"My intervention at the banquet today was a way for the Huo family to make a statement."
He slowly began, "At least for the time being, no one in the Jingbei circle will dare to be so foolish as to make things difficult for her."
“But this isn’t a long-term solution,” Ye Mei said worriedly. “You know Yan Zhi’s personality better than I do. If he doesn’t take the initiative, even if we deliver someone to him, he’ll still run away.”
Silence fell over the living room.
After a long while, Huo Wenbo seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up.
"I've got it."
"What?" Ye Mei immediately sat up straight.
"The week after next is Dad's birthday."
Ye Mei's eyes lit up as well.
Yes! It's Mr. Huo's birthday!
Although the Huo family patriarch doesn't hold a grand birthday celebration every year, a family banquet is a must.
All the core members of the Huo family will be present, and Huo Yanzhi will naturally have to attend as well.
"You mean, invite Ruan Yao to the family dinner?" Ye Mei's mind started working.
“That’s right.” Huo Wenbo nodded. “It’s a family dinner, not a formal occasion, so it won’t seem too deliberate.”
"That's a great idea!" Ye Mei thought it was brilliant. "Let her spend more time with our family, and then we can arrange for the two children to sit together. Wouldn't that create an opportunity?"
"But...a birthday banquet is a family gathering," a new question arose, "what reason should we give for inviting them?"
I have already expressed my gratitude for saving my life.
Ye Mei thought for a moment: "Why don't you let her save you once too?"
Huo Wenbo: "It's a bit difficult."
Just as the two were at their wits' end, Huo Wenbo's gaze fell on the cell phone on the coffee table.
He picked it up and dialed a number directly.
Meanwhile, on the terrace of a business cocktail party.
Huo Jing, who was enjoying the breeze, looked at the words "Sister-in-law" on her phone, raised an eyebrow, and answered the call.
"Sister-in-law, it's so late, are you missing me?"
Ye Mei's incredibly enthusiastic voice came from the other end of the phone: "Jingjing, your brother and sister-in-law have a very important task for you..."
As Huo Jing listened to Ye Mei enthusiastically recount the entire "birthday banquet support plan," her expression gradually shifted from relaxed and content to astonished, and finally, her lips twitched uncontrollably.
Arrange a blind date for Huo Yanzhi?
Was it at the old man's birthday banquet?
After listening to her sister-in-law's entire plan, Huo Jing tilted her head back and gulped down a large mouthful of red wine, only to feel a splitting headache.
At the Huo family's banquet, her brother and sister-in-law asked her to bring Ruan Yao along, using her position as a leader.
Is that right?
Her brother and sister-in-law went to great lengths to secure their nephew's marriage.
Huo Jing rubbed her forehead and, speaking to Ye Mei, who was still excited on the other end of the phone, made a conciliatory sound.
"Alright, fine."
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