"What? Demotion? How is that possible?" Huo Qing threw the watering can in his hand to the ground, where it rolled several meters away.
"Uncle, it's all that bitch Su Wantang's fault. She couldn't stand seeing me rise in rank, so she got the Lu family to step in, demote me, and promote Lu Huai'an."
Huo Zhan picked up the watering can from the ground and said, "Cousin, calm down. Promotion in the army is not a trivial matter like you think."
Huo Qing wasn't confused either, and chimed in, "Jun'er, don't rush, let your uncle go inside and make a phone call to ask."
Huo Jun clenched his fists and followed into the house with a livid face.
Huo Zhan called out to him, "Cousin, I'm not feeling well, could you help me push my wheelchair down?"
He's only been demoted, yet he dares to order him around so openly?
Once he's established himself in the Huo family, he'll definitely kick that cripple out of the house.
"Okay." Huo Jun gritted his teeth.
As soon as he entered the room, Huo Zhan suddenly lectured him, "Cousin, it's only right that you were demoted."
"Cousin, what do you mean by that?" Huo Jun's eyes were murderous.
"After all, you couldn't even beat a new recruit, and you even got beaten so badly you ended up in the hospital. You've really disgraced the Huo family—"
"I didn't!" Huo Jun suddenly grabbed Huo Zhan's collar.
Huo Zhan used the momentum to his advantage, causing the car to overturn to the ground.
"Huo Jun! What are you doing?" Huo Qing had just hung up the phone when he heard the noise and turned around, only to see this scene.
He stepped forward and slapped Huo Jun across the face: "You bastard! That's your cousin!"
Uncle, I—
Huo Jun covered half his face, wanting to explain, but Huo Zhan interrupted him: "Uncle, it's not my cousin's fault, it's my fault. I heard from my comrades that my cousin had challenged several people before the Lunar New Year, and lost repeatedly. I won't go into other details, but the key point is that he lost to a greenhorn. I think his demotion is probably related to this, so I wanted to advise him to focus on training, but I never expected him to..."
Huo Zhan paused deliberately, revealing a troubled and restrained expression: "I was too excited and pushed too fast, which caused me to lose control and fall."
“You don’t need to speak up for him.” Huo Qing helped Huo Zhan up and put him back in his wheelchair. “He’s a piece of trash, he can’t be helped.”
Huo Qing was so angry that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
It's bad enough that he's humiliated himself, but to make a real-name report is even more stupid than a donkey!
Huo Jun gritted his teeth. He knew he was right; Huo Zhan was a restless person.
Previously, he was wary of his five older cousins, but now it seems that Huo Zhan is his number one enemy.
Huo Qing waved to the guards and said, "Take Zhan'er to the hospital for a checkup."
Huo Zhan declined, "Uncle, no need, it's alright. I'll just go back to my room and rest for a while. There are a few more people in the house now, so we need to be more frugal."
"Go."
Huo Zhan turned and went into the house, a mocking smile playing on his lips as he faced away from the two of them.
Uncle, your concern is so cheap.
"Come into the study with me." As soon as Huo Zhan left, Huo Jun was called to the study by Huo Qing.
Half an hour later, when Huo Jun came out of the study, there were several more slap marks on his face, and his knees were burning with pain.
You useless old scoundrel!
"Brother Huo, what happened to your face?" Liu Cuicui had just returned home when she saw Huo Jun with a face full of bruises and swelling, so she quickly walked over.
Huo Jun's gaze swept over, and Liu Cuicui was so frightened by the fierce look in his eyes that she took two steps back.
The next second, Huo Jun hoisted her onto his shoulder, letting out a short scream, "Ah!" Huo Jun frowned and shouted, "Shut up."
Liu Cuicui's shoulders trembled involuntarily. Was she really being demoted because she was so angry?
How could that be?
After being thrown onto the bed, Liu Cuicui's chaotic mind finally came to its senses.
"Brother Huo, you really... got demoted?"
Her chin was violently gripped, and Liu Cuicui met Huo Jun's glaring eyes, which were as wide as copper bells, and trembled like a leaf.
Huo Jun: How do you know? Who told you?
Liu Cuicui wanted to hide the fact that Lu Huai'an had been promoted, so she said, "I...I was planning to bring you some snacks from the army base, I just...heard about it..."
*Smack*
Huo Jun slapped her hard, causing blood to flow from Liu Cuicui's mouth and stars to appear in her eyes.
"You jinx! Why aren't you dead yet? You bring bad luck the moment you arrive, and you've dragged me down with you!"
"No...that's not how it is. Brother Huo will definitely get promoted. Su Wantang is the real jinx—"
"Is that so?" Huo Jun sneered. "Do you know why Lu Huai'an was promoted? His wife, Su Wantang, handed over a family heirloom medicine recipe!"
"What?" Liu Cuicui was shocked.
"You slut! Who told you to arrange this marriage?! Otherwise, I would be the one getting promoted now!" Huo Jun vented all his humiliation and anger on Liu Cuicui.
An hour later, Liu Cuicui lay on the bed covered in bruises, looking like a lump of mud, with scabs forming from the tear stains at the corners of her eyes.
"ah!"
"Su Wantang, why do you always have to live a better life than me? I'm going to kill you!"
Liu Cuicui gripped the bedsheet tightly, roaring hysterically.
When Song Wanying got home, she saw Huo Jun carrying Liu Cuicui into the house with an unfriendly expression. She was very anxious, but she didn't dare to disturb him and could only wait outside.
As soon as Huo Jun came downstairs, she rushed upstairs, only to find herself witnessing a scene that made her eyes widen in horror when she opened the door.
"Cui Cui! My dear Cui Cui!" she cried.
"Shut up!" Liu Cuicui slapped Song Wanying, her face contorted with rage. "Do you want everyone to know about our illicit relationship?"
Song Wanying covered her face blankly: "...No."
"Lock the door, I have something to ask you."
"Cui Cui, the door is locked."
Liu Cuicui ordered, "There's medicine in the cabinet. Take it out and apply it for me."
"Cuicui, isn't this the first time he's treated you like this?" Song Wanying exclaimed in shock, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. "Back then, I told you not to marry into the Huo family, but you wouldn't listen. Now look at you, that slut Su Wantang is living a life of luxury, while you... what a miserable existence you're living..."
“I will definitely live a better life than Su Wantang! I definitely will!” Liu Cuicui grabbed Song Wanying’s collar and emphasized.
"The Su family has an ancestral medicinal formula—" Liu Cuicui gasped, "Be gentle."
"What ancestral prescription?" Song Wanying pretended not to know.
"You're useless too. It's a shame that Su Zhichen loves you so much, yet he didn't even tell you about this. Do you know why Lu Huai'an got promoted? It's because Su Wantang handed over the family's traditional medicine recipe."
Liu Cuicui gritted her teeth: "If you were any useful, Brother Huo would be the one getting promoted right now!"
Song Wanying and Liu Cuicui had the same thought: since it was an ancestral prescription, how could there be several prescriptions left? There must only be one.
Upon hearing that the money had been handed over, Song Wanying actually breathed a sigh of relief.
That way, no one will look for her anymore...
Song Wanying became worried again: "What should we do now?"
"What's the panic?"
Today, while suffering humiliation, Liu Cuicui was also reminded of something.
Huo Jun's real promotion came this year, after Gu Nanzhi returned and Lu Huai'an was expelled from the army.
Gu Nanzhi…
Liu Cuicui's eyes gleamed with an inexplicable light.
It's time to come back.
She smiled sinisterly: "Su Wantang, you want to have a wedding? Dream on!"
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