Old house.
Su Yaoyao stood by the window.
Yu Chiyan has restricted her freedom, and now she can't go anywhere except the old house.
Today, Shen Jia called her and told her that she was going back to Yuecheng.
Su Yaoyao didn't know what had happened to Shen Jia, she only heard Shen Jia give a brief account.
The two families are about to be united by marriage, and both sets of parents are delighted.
The main reason she returned to Yuecheng was to prepare for her marriage to Gu Tingmo.
Under the intense pressure from the two powerful families, Shen Jia, this little bird who loved freedom, ultimately had her wings broken.
Suppressing the complex emotions in her heart, she put down her phone, turned around, and went downstairs.
The old lady downstairs was dressed neatly, looking like she was about to go out, and a glint of light immediately flashed in Su Yaoyao's eyes.
"Grandma, are you going out?"
The old lady smiled kindly at her; "Yes, you're going for a physical exam today. Yaoyao, you should rest well at home."
Upon hearing this, Su Yaoyao swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her throat: "Can you take me with you?"
The old lady won't help her.
"Grandma, please be careful on your way."
Her obedient and well-behaved demeanor made the old lady even more fond of her.
"Yaoyao, wait for me at home. Grandma will bring you something delicious when she comes back."
His manner of coaxing a child brought a touch of warmth to Su Yaoyao's face.
"good."
After watching the old lady leave, Su Yaoyao was really bored and couldn't contact Yu Chiyan, so she simply asked Uncle Chen for some tools and planned to make a rattan swing in the villa garden.
She worked from noon until sunset, her fair forehead covered with fine beads of sweat, and stray hairs fell beside her ears as she bent over, scattering across her delicate, fair face. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her white skirt, making her seem to glow, as beautiful as a fairy bathed in holy light.
Not far away, the man's icy aura vanished the moment he saw that scene.
Uncle Chen chuckled behind him and said, "Young master, would you like to go up and say hello to Madam? She's been asking about you these past few days, and she'll surely be very happy to hear that you're back."
Yu Chiyan's gaze deepened. Su Yaoyao knew he would be happy to be back.
A self-deprecating smile curved his lips, and his aura suddenly turned cold as Yu Chiyan turned and left.
"No need, I'll just take the documents and leave."
Watching Yu Chiyan's departing figure, Uncle Chen shook his head helplessly.
What kind of documents would be kept at the old house, requiring the young master to come back in person to retrieve them?
The young master clearly just wanted to come back to see his wife, but he still had to come up with such a lame excuse.
Su Yaoyao had just finished making the swing. She was thinking of asking Uncle Chen to get some of her favorite flower seeds to plant around the swing the next day. She could already imagine how beautiful the little swing she had made herself would be next spring.
As I was packing up my tools and walking back, I ran into Uncle Chen.
"Uncle Chen, could you please have someone go out and get me some flower seeds tomorrow? I'll give you the list later."
Chen Bole chuckled and said, "Madam, tomorrow is the weekend, and many of the servants in the villa will be on holiday. If you're in a hurry, you might as well have the young master buy it and bring it back for you."
Su Yaoyao had forgotten that tomorrow was the weekend, but when she heard him mention Yu Chiyan, she couldn't help but find it funny.
"Yu Chiyan won't even answer my calls, and he won't see me. I'd better not ask him to bring me anything."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Chen immediately replied, "No, the young master came to see you just now, but he was in a hurry to get the documents and didn't say hello to the madam. If you go to find him now, the young master should still be at the villa."
A hint of surprise flashed in Su Yaoyao's eyes, followed by joy in an instant. Yu Chiyan was back?
Without a second thought, she dropped her tools and ran back to the villa, heading straight for the study.
The study door was half-open, but there was no movement inside. Su Yaoyao was stunned for less than three seconds before pushing the door open and going in.
The study faces the sun, so the light is abundant. Through the bright French windows, the golden afterglow shines on the man's handsome face, which is hidden in the bluish-white smoke. For a moment, it is like a dream, and it is hard to tell whether it is real or not.
“Yu Chiyan…”
Seeing the woman who suddenly barged in, Yu Chiyan narrowed his eyes, stubbed out his cigarette, and looked at her with cold, indifferent eyes.
"What are you doing here?"
The look in his eyes, the scene—it all made Su Yaoyao feel a little dazed. The way he looked at her now was exactly the same as when they first met.
His hands clenched slightly involuntarily, suppressing many emotions within him; "Yu Chiyan, why are you targeting the Huo family?"
Yu Chiyan paused in his actions, squinted at Su Yaoyao who was standing some distance away from him, and spoke in a flat tone, revealing no emotion.
Who told you that?
Instead of answering, he asked a question, and Su Yaoyao looked at him stubbornly: "Answer me first."
Yu Chiyan stared at her for two seconds, then stood up and gave her a cold glance.
"Business is inherently unpredictable. The Huo family has always been a business rival of the Yu family. With Huo Xiting in trouble, what's wrong with me taking the opportunity to acquire the Huo family?"
Upon hearing this, Su Yaoyao's face instantly paled.
Yu Chiyan was right. The business world is like a battlefield. Everything he did was not wrong, but this side of Yu Chiyan made her feel terrified.
Still clinging to a sliver of hope, she looked at him, her tone pleading; "Yu Chiyan, if Huo Xiting hadn't been there, I might not even be standing in front of you now. Could you please, for the sake of him saving me, not make a move now? Once he wakes up, you can have any kind of business confrontation with him you want, but could you…"
"Su Yaoyao, do you think your reputation is more important than the Huo family's? Aren't you overestimating yourself?"
Before the woman could finish speaking, he interrupted her.
He stood up and took a few steps to stand in front of Su Yaoyao. His tall shadow instantly enveloped her, and the oppressive aura made people shudder.
Yu Chiyan grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the wall, his cold eyes filled with indifference, and his voice was icy.
“Su Yaoyao, I’m warning you, stay in the old house. It’s none of your business to interfere in my affairs with the Huo family.”
After saying this, Yu Chiyan turned and left the study. Soon, the sound of an engine could be heard downstairs.
Su Yaoyao leaned against the wall, panting. The rhythm of her chest rising and falling showed that she was not at peace.
Just now, she saw disgust for herself in Yu Chiyan's eyes.
Hospital.
A thin figure lay in the ward. The nurse gave the man on the bed an IV drip, picked up the tray, and turned to leave.
As soon as the nurse closed the door and left, the man's fingers on the hospital bed twitched slightly, and then he slowly opened his dark eyes, which still held a hint of confusion.
Huo Xiting's lips slowly curled up, a strange smile appearing on his weak face.
He woke up a little later than he expected, but it was nothing serious...
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