Chapter 4 Why did you do this to me!
She then realized that she had barely eaten or drunk anything since she was reborn and woke up.
In her previous life, during the days leading up to her death, she was tormented by illness and medication, unable to eat, and had long forgotten what food tasted like. Now that she has regained a healthy body, she will cherish it and never again mistreat herself.
She pressed the intercom on the table and instructed the maid, "Ah Cai, go to the kitchen and make me a bowl of hot red bean soup. Add plenty of dried tangerine peel and stew it until it's very soft."
"Yes, madam."
The warm, sweet taste seemed to linger on the tip of her tongue, and Fang Lanxin's tense nerves relaxed slightly.
However, this rare moment of tranquility was soon shattered.
"Bang!"
The study door was pushed open roughly.
"Mom! Did you send someone to warn Ah-hao again?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
A young girl wearing a fashionable red puff-sleeved dress and sporting an exaggeratedly large wavy perm stormed in angrily.
It was Huo Siya, Fang Lanxin's most beloved youngest daughter.
She wore exquisite makeup, her hands on her hips, her eyebrows raised, and her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with anger.
Fang Lanxin slowly raised her eyes, looking at the daughter who had personally given her poison in her previous life, her gaze growing colder and colder.
“What’s wrong with Ah Hao? He’s good to me, that’s enough!” Huo Siya’s voice was sharp with accusation. “I know you just look down on him because his family is poor! You look down on him because his father is just a truck driver! But Mom, what era are we living in? We believe in free love!”
"Free love?" Fang Lanxin chuckled softly.
In her previous life, she was the same, worrying herself sick over her love-struck daughter. She tried her best to persuade her, even resorting to methods to force the man named Chen Hao to leave, but all she got in return was Huo Siya's increasingly rebellious behavior. In the end, she was used as a pawn and personally took her own life.
“I’m not saying he’s poor because I don’t care. I just want to tell you that whether a man is worth entrusting your life to depends on his upbringing and his background.”
"That Chen Hao, his father Chen Dequan is a gambling addict, drowning in debt at the docks, and has been chased to his home and beaten countless times. His mother Wang Meijuan used to work in a dance hall when she was young, and although she's reformed now, she's secretly involved with several bosses—everyone in the neighborhood knows that. Growing up in such a quagmire, surrounded by such influences, what kind of sense of responsibility or accountability can you expect from him? He's nice to you today only because he values your status as a Miss Huo, which allows him to avoid thirty years of hard work. Once he's squeezed you dry, what are you worth?"
When Fang Lanxin exposed Chen Hao's past, Huo Siya's face flushed red and then turned pale. She protested, "No! You're talking nonsense! Hao isn't that kind of person! He truly loves me! Let me tell you, if I can't be with Hao, I... I'll die!"
It's the same old routine again.
But now, Fang Lanxin felt no emotion whatsoever.
That's all.
She's hopeless; since she's determined to jump into the fire, why should I play the villain?
"Alright. Since you've thought it through so clearly, then your mother will grant your wish."
Huo Siya's crying stopped abruptly, and she stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Mom... what did you say?"
"I said, I agree." Fang Lanxin leaned back in her chair, her expression as indifferent as if she were discussing a business deal. "You can decide when you want to get married. From now on, you don't need to ask me about your relationship with Chen Hao anymore, and the Huo family will no longer interfere."
Seeing her daughter still standing there in a daze, she added, "Didn't you always like that villa on Situ Road with a full sea view? After you register your marriage, I'll transfer that villa to your name. In addition, I'll also give you five percent of the Huo Group's shares as your dowry."
"Mom! Are you serious?" She grabbed Fang Lanxin's arm excitedly, her voice trembling. "The villa...and the shares...you're really going to give them all to me?"
She was so overjoyed that she completely missed the deep, unyielding disappointment and coldness in Fang Lanxin's eyes. She also had no idea that what her mother was giving her wasn't a dowry, but rather severance pay to end their relationship.
From then on, whether she lived or died, whether she was blessed or cursed, had nothing to do with Fang Lanxin anymore.
"I always keep my word," Fang Lanxin said, withdrawing her hand with a distant tone.
"Thank you, Mom! You're so wonderful! I knew you loved me the most!"
Huo Siya was overjoyed and couldn't wait to hum a song as she ran out of the study to tell Chen Hao this wonderful news.
The study was deathly silent.
After a long while, Fang Lanxin's lips curled into a cold, mocking smile.
"Madam..." When Huo Fu came in, he noticed that Fang Lanxin's expression was strange, and he comforted her, "Miss is still young and doesn't understand. Don't get angry with her. It's not worth getting sick from it."
"Young?" Fang Lanxin withdrew her gaze, the coldness in her eyes making Huo Fu's heart tremble. "She's twenty years old this year, not two. She chose this path herself; whether she lives or dies is up to fate."
Let's call it even and call it even.
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Meanwhile, in Kenneth Fok's office.
His trusted subordinate, Ah Kuan, was reporting the results of his investigation.
"Young Master Bang, we've investigated... The new cook who makes soup for the young master was introduced by a distant relative of Uncle Fu, but the guarantor is Sister Cai, who has been serving the old lady for over ten years. The maid who changes the young master's clothes has always worked in the old lady's courtyard. Also, Dr. Huang said that the person who called him that day and insisted on taking leave was... All the clues... all point to the old lady."
Ah Kuan's voice grew softer and softer, and the atmosphere in the office became increasingly tense.
Huo Qibang slowly raised his eyes, his dark eyes filled not with anger, but with a bottomless, icy pool.
Pointing to the mother?
Ha, what a clever tactic.
If his mother hadn't used the Life-Saving Pill to save Tianle, he might have really suspected that his mother wanted to kill him.
Kenneth Fok stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray, stood up, and said, "Prepare the car, let's go back to the mansion."
Repulse Bay, the Fok family mansion.
The afternoon sun was scorching, warming the water in the outdoor pool. The azure water shimmered, reflecting the meticulously manicured tropical plants around it, creating a scene of luxurious tranquility.
Fang Lanxin had just come out of the pool, wrapped in a thick white bath towel, revealing her still toned and beautiful calves.
She is only forty years old and well-maintained; the years have only added a touch of worldly wisdom to the corners of her eyes.
"Madam, here's your ginger tea." The maid, A-Cai, respectfully handed over a cup of warm tea.
Fang Lanxin took it, took a small sip, and the spicy warmth slid down her throat into her stomach, dispelling the slight chill from the water.
Before she could put down her cup, she saw her son, Kenneth Fok, tall and imposing, hurrying towards her through the garden archway. He had changed out of his sharp suit from the company and was now wearing only a simple white cotton-linen shirt, the cuffs casually rolled up to his forearms, but his aura of unapproachability remained unchanged.
"You may all leave," Fang Lanxin waved her hand.
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