Chapter 21: Having a little meeting with your grandson's wife behind my back
This is just like a small utility knife used for opening packages. Although it is small and cannot cut things, it can cut things smoothly.
The moment she heard the words, Jiang Qin felt as if the wound in her heart that had not yet fully healed was cut open by the tip of a knife. The blood flowed unstoppably, and the sharp pain instantly overwhelmed her.
After all, she is not a professional actor, and she knows clearly that the old lady has never liked to pay too much attention to her and Horsley's love life. Over the years, the old lady has allowed the two of them to develop their relationship freely.
But now that the old lady had brought it up on her own initiative, it was not hard to imagine that she had probably judged from the news she had heard that the current situation between her and Horsley was not optimistic, so pessimistic that she could not bear to see it any longer, and that was why she could not help but ask her to come over and talk to her.
The moment Mrs. Huo finished speaking, Jiang Qin's expression froze.
She didn't know how much the old lady knew, and she didn't dare to ask. She didn't know if it was because the person who said this was the elder she respected and loved the most, so at this moment, her heart was even more upset.
The emotions that had finally stabilized these days seemed to be collapsing. She couldn't control the sadness, grievance, sadness and other negative emotions that arose in her heart, filling her chest as arrogantly as the thick fog that blocked the road for people and vehicles in the mountains on autumn and winter mornings.
She wanted to say, it’s more than just staggered meal times. He also brought other women home.
Moreover, he had been treating her as a substitute for his white moonlight and kept it a secret from her for four years.
Even when she was feeling aggrieved, she wanted to ask, Grandma, do you know that he has someone else in his heart?
But when she regained her senses, Jiang Qin knew very well that she could say these words to her best friend Su Lejia, but the old lady, Huo Sili's grandmother, her great benefactor, was in current physical condition and must not be stimulated.
Therefore, no matter how much she wanted to cry to her, she had to hold it back in her heart and never tell her.
All these distracting thoughts and worries happened in a flash. In reality, after being stiff for a moment, Jiang Qin maintained a gentle and pleasing smile towards Qiu Huilan.
Her brain was working at high speed, thinking frantically about what she should say at this moment.
After a few seconds, she smiled and said, "Grandma, please don't say too much..."
Unfortunately, just as he finished his words, a phone call rang.
The sudden ringing of the bell in the silent room startled Jiang Qin, who was already extremely sensitive to her surroundings.
But before the feeling of shock had completely subsided, Jiang Qin's heart suddenly rose to her throat.
Because when she picked up the phone, she found that the person calling was none other than Huo Sili.
But her note to Horsley now...
"Mr. Huo?" Qiu Huilan asked in disbelief, her old voice choked with sobs and confusion.
Obviously, at the moment, there was something more urgent than Horsley calling her.
The note she gave to Huo Sili before was Sili, and the old lady knew it.
But now, the note clearly displayed on her mobile phone screen was two other words: Mr. Huo.
This note, polite and distant, only seems to make people think of superiors and subordinates, and boring and tiring work.
How can I feel even a little bit of intimacy between husband and wife?
And it was obvious that the old lady standing next to her saw the two words clearly and was reading them out loud.
Jiang Qin's heart suddenly began beating like a drum, and she suppressed her breathing and made it lighter.
She didn't dare to look at the old woman beside her. In fact, Mrs. Huo's face had already turned bitter at this time.
The surroundings fell into an eerie silence, except for the loud and rapid ringing of the phone.
Seeing that the call would be automatically hung up if she didn't answer it, Jiang Qin forced herself to remain calm and swiped to answer the call under the old lady's gaze.
The voice pretended to be sweet, "Hello? Si Li?"
On the other end, it was unclear whether Horsley was trying to judge the situation on her side, as the man did not speak immediately after the call was connected.
It was not until two seconds later that Jiang Qin heard Huo Sili ask, "Where are you?"
There was a flash of confusion and surprise in Jiang Qin's eyes. She asked this question, probably because she was coming here after finishing her work, but wasn't the matter just now quite urgent? How many minutes has he been gone?
How could a multinational conference be completed in such a short time?
Perhaps because he didn't hear her answer, Huo Sili's tone on the other end of the phone turned colder. "I asked you where you are. Tell me."
The cold voice made Jiang Qin suddenly realize that she was probably just being too sentimental.
"The third floor of the main building." She said in a sweet tone.
But her heart was desolate. Yes, the old lady had just been to the hospital today. Horsley was probably just worried that her talking too much would irritate the old lady's condition. What was she fantasizing about? How could she be worried about her? It was ridiculous.
Huo Sili hung up the phone directly, but under the gaze of Mrs. Huo, Jiang Qin smiled at the phone and added sweetly, "Well, okay, see you later."
Huo Sili arrived very quickly. When the elevator opened, Jiang Qin was explaining to Mrs. Huo that she was simply afraid of being seen by her colleagues and did not want to become the subject of gossip by those who did not know the situation. After all, it was a secret marriage, so she changed Huo Sili's note to Mr. Huo.
As soon as he finished speaking, Horsley himself appeared in front of her and Mrs. Hor with his long legs.
He sat down next to the old lady naturally and called her affectionately, "Grandma."
Just as Mrs. Huo was about to say something, Huo Sili looked at her again with gentle and doting eyes, examining her carefully, as if he was afraid that she would be wronged by Mrs. Huo.
Then he looked at Mrs. Huo again, with a strong sense of protectiveness towards his son, but also spoke to the old lady respectfully.
"Knowing that your grandson was in a meeting, you deliberately went behind my back to have a small meeting with your grandson's wife?"
Mrs. Huo's face was originally grim, but after hearing this, she was obviously amused.
She looked at Huo Sili kindly, then at Jiang Qin, and finally looked back at her grandson. "What little meeting? Grandma, I'm just worried that something might happen to you two."
"What's the problem?" Horsley replied with a smile.
Mrs. Huo was obviously not so easy to fool. She looked at Huo Sili in the eye, and her tone was no longer as gentle as it was to Jiang Qin. She said in a serious tone, "Since there is no problem, then tell grandma why you don't eat with Qinqin often during this period?"
After that, the old lady said seriously, "It wasn't Qinqin who reported it, it was grandma who took the initiative to ask the people on your side."
On weekdays, there are only two live-in aunts and a driver at Yunhai Huafu, but there are actually some maids who are responsible for cleaning, washing expensive clothes and taking care of garden plants. Among these people, except Liu Ma, the rest are the old lady's people.
Horsley's smile was gentle and kind, which he only showed in front of people close to him.
"Okay, I understand, grandma. Isn't it because I'm busy with work these days? But since you mentioned it, Qinqin and I will try to eat together in the future. Don't worry, we're fine."
After Huo Sili finished speaking, he said a few more words, and Mrs. Huo was obviously coaxed.
She held her and Horsley's hands together and smiled lovingly, "It seems that grandma is overthinking it. It's all right as long as you two have a good relationship."
This really surprised Jiang Qin, who had been very nervous and didn't know how to coax the old lady. But after thinking about it, it seemed reasonable. After all, if this guy didn't have good acting skills, how could she be deceived by him for four whole years?
Everything went normal in the afternoon, and the new clothes the old lady was going to wear on her birthday party were decided.
Monday passed without incident, and in the blink of an eye, it was Tuesday.
She was probably thinking about going to the hospital this afternoon to get a check-up to confirm whether she was really pregnant.
So from the time she woke up until now, Jiang Qin's mood was inevitably a bit complicated, and the most obvious feeling was that she might become a mother, a feeling of excitement but also mixed with worry and nervousness.
Fortunately, she has always kept her public and private lives separate, and these emotions have not affected her work efficiency.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, after the meeting, the president went into the inner room and handed the summary materials to Huo Sili.
Jiang Qin was about to turn around and prepare to go out to get some documents that she had prepared long ago and the bag that she had packed early and leave the company.
Unexpectedly, after Huo Sili glanced at the documents she handed in, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at her and asked.
"Besides delivering the documents to Director Wang, have you finished all other work?"
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