Chapter 165 Becoming a Stepmother
The Fu and Huo families are old friends. If the two families could form a marriage alliance, it would be a powerful alliance with no downsides.
Fu Yanghui couldn't understand why Huo Xiuyuan didn't understand such a simple principle.
He was trying his best to promote his daughter: "You watched Mingyan grow up. She and Nan Xiao can be considered childhood sweethearts. If you don't like Mingyan, then Fu Xue is fine too. She's just a bit younger, but that's good too, so there won't be too much of a generation gap between her and Huo Yuan."
Huo Xiuyuan waved his hand: "No need. Nan Xiao is not good enough for your two daughters. I can't bear to let them marry into the family and become stepmothers."
“They won’t mind,” Fu Yanghui replied.
He highly valued Huo Nanxiao and was well aware of Huo Nanxiao's abilities.
Even if Huo Nanxiao had been married ten or twenty times, let alone once, there would still be no shortage of people who wanted to marry him.
Those who came to Huo Xiuyuan's birthday banquet today were all there for Huo Nanxiao.
Fu Yanghui, relying on his decades-long friendship with Huo Xiuyuan, thought he could take advantage of his proximity.
Huo Xiuyuan refused.
Fu Yanghui said, "Could it be that you've really taken a liking to that Xia Ningxi?"
Huo Xiuyuan said, "If she can really put aside past grievances and become a daughter-in-law of the Huo family, it will be a blessing for the Huo family."
Fu Yanghui said, "What's so great about her? She's just an ordinary girl, not some socialite or rich heiress..."
"You don't understand." Huo Xiuyuan was too lazy to explain.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Huo Xiuyuan, Fu Yanghui happened to see Huo Nanxiao coming over, so he greeted Huo Nanxiao, "Nanxiao, did you see Mingyan when you came?"
"I've seen him," Huo Nanxiao replied.
Fu Yanghui said, "Mingyan still thinks about you often, why don't you talk to her more?"
"There's nothing to talk about," Huo Nanxiao said coldly.
Fu Yanghui's face stiffened. How could the clever man not realize that Huo Nanxiao had no interest in Fu Mingyan? He swallowed back the words he was about to say.
"Where is A Yuan?" Huo Nanxiao asked Huo Xiuyuan.
Huo Xiuyuan said, "I went to the tea and snack area with Ning Xi."
"Uncle Fu, I'll be going now." Huo Nanxiao said politely and then walked quickly toward the tea and snack area.
This area has a large number of girls.
Most people stayed here to drink red wine and eat snacks, with three or five young ladies standing together chatting.
When Huo Nanxiao passed by, everyone showed a surprised expression.
"It's Young Master Huo!"
Why is he here?
"Oh my god, Huo Shao is so handsome, is he looking at me?"
"Why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like? How could Young Master Huo be looking at you? He's clearly looking at me!"
"Nonsense, you're looking at me!"
Several young and beautiful girls noticed that Huo Nanxiao was looking in their direction, and they were all extremely excited. Some stroked their hair and outlined their faces, some swayed their slender waists to show off their good figures, and others sat upright and proper, with the demeanor of a well-bred young lady...
They all unanimously believed that Huo Nanxiao was looking at them.
Huo Nanxiao did indeed walk towards them.
The young ladies' cheeks flushed instantly. Their hearts raced with nervousness as they watched the handsome man approach with anticipation, fantasizing that he would choose them from the crowd...
Perhaps, with a bit of luck, she might even become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huo family…
Everyone was incredibly excited, and their eyes sparkled with pink hearts as they looked at Huo Nanxiao.
However, Huo Nanxiao walked past the socialites without expression, not even glancing at them.
The anticipation and smiles on everyone's faces vanished in an instant. They turned around in great disappointment, their eyes following Huo Nanxiao's back, only to find that Huo Nanxiao walked straight up to Xia Ningxi and stopped!
Huo Nanxiao came to see Xia Ningxi!
The crowd's expressions turned extremely ugly; they never expected Huo Nanxiao to ignore them like this.
"That Xia Ningxi is so annoying!"
"Why is she everywhere?"
"She wasn't even wearing a formal dress, and no one kicked her out?"
Several young ladies were displeased and approached Fu Mingyan, saying, "Mingyan, you and the Huo family are old friends, and you grew up with Young Master Huo. What is Young Master Huo really thinking? Why would he allow such a low-class person to attend such a grand banquet?"
They were all furious.
In fact, Fu Mingyan was even angrier than they were.
She couldn't understand what was so good about Xia Ningxi.
Thinking about how Huo Nanxiao had just scolded her for Xia Ningxi, Fu Mingyan felt very aggrieved.
She said to everyone, "I guess Xia Ningxi is just unsophisticated and doesn't know that you have to wear a formal dress to a banquet. Or maybe she wants to be special and deliberately dressed like this to show that she is different from others."
Duan Rongrong said, "How shameless."
Zhang Lina: "She is a shameless woman, so it's not surprising that she would do such a thing."
Duan Rongrong said, "She's been clinging to Young Master Huo the whole time, how can we possibly have a chance?"
This statement sparked discontent among many people. Their purpose in coming here was to strike up a conversation with Huo Nanxiao, but because of Xia Ningxi's presence, everyone felt that their trip had been in vain.
The more everyone thought about it, the angrier they became, but they couldn't do anything about Xia Ningxi, so they could only sulk on the sidelines.
Just as Zhang Lina was pondering how to humiliate Xia Ningxi, she saw Xia Luoluo walk in through the front door.
Zhang Lina walked over quickly: "Luo Luo, what brings you here?"
After a few days apart, Xia Luoluo had lost a lot of weight. Her face was pale and her voice was weak: "Today is Master Huo's birthday banquet. I should come and wish him a happy birthday."
"You don't know, do you? That bitch Xia Ningxi is here too." As Zhang Lina said this, she gestured for Xia Luoluo to look into the distance.
When Xia Luoluo saw Xia Ningxi, her expression turned extremely ugly.
Fu Mingyan said, "Xia Luoluo, what's going on between you two? Isn't Huo Shao your brother-in-law? How come he's getting so close to that shameless woman? Is Huo Shao going to divorce your sister?"
Xia Luoluo clenched her fists and forced a smile: "No, Young Master Huo only has eyes for my sister. He would never get a divorce."
"Then why did the Huo family terminate their cooperation with the Xia family?" Fu Mingyan asked in return.
Xia Luoluo said, "The Xia family has its own plans for the second half of the year. Not cooperating with the Huo family is also my father's idea, not a unilateral blockade by the Huo family."
Fu Mingyan sneered: "You guys have quite a backbone, but I don't know if what you're saying is true or false."
Zhang Lina glared at Fu Mingyan and whispered to Xia Luoluo, "Luoluo, Huo Shao really went too far this time. That Xia Ningxi sneaked in without even wearing a dress and kept pestering Huo Shao. She must be taught a lesson."
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