Chapter 249 When We Met Again
The noble lady did not waver in her expression despite Huo Fenglin's flattery.
She took the data from Huo Fenglin and flipped through it casually.
"You stayed up all night at the villa yesterday and only found out this much?" The noble lady casually revealed Huo Fenglin's recent movements.
Huo Fenglin's respectful expression grew even stronger.
The noblewoman was implying to him that he and his brother-in-law's every move was under her control.
Don't try anything funny in front of her.
"My nephew's actions are restricted, and he can only do this much to investigate his uncle."
He was somewhat annoyed.
The noblewoman casually tossed the documents he had compiled aside.
"Where is the patriarch's order?"
Unlike her uncle, who tried to embellish the situation, the noblewoman cut to the chase and revealed the core of the deal.
For her, the benefits she actually receives are what truly matter.
Claims of reputation and face are all superficial attacks.
As long as she holds a high position and firmly grasps power, people will naturally flock to her and try to whitewash her past.
"The patriarch's order..." Huo Fenglin said with a worried expression, "is in the Huo family's old residence."
"But now the ruins of the old house have been taken over by my uncle and the police, and I can't get involved."
"Although he hasn't been in charge for long, he's quick enough. Could he have already found it in the secret room of Father's study...?"
The noble lady finally lifted her eyelids and looked at Huo Fenglin properly.
"Huo Fenglin, you'd better not be hiding the family head's order to instigate infighting among the elders."
Huo Fenglin was quite frank, "Aunt, you are all-powerful, you can search all of your nephew's residences."
"If my nephew has even the slightest disloyalty, I will leave it to my aunt to deal with."
The noblewoman sneered, "I don't need your interference. My people have already sealed off all the properties under your name after you left."
"Including the clubs where your cronies gather."
Huo Fenglin's obsequious expression remained unchanged, and he even offered to help them open all the secret rooms in his study.
The steaming tea on the table gradually cooled down, and the waiter replaced it with fresh tea.
"Madam, there really isn't any."
When the tea had been changed for the sixth time, the bodyguard pushed open the door to the private room, walked to the lady's side, and respectfully answered her question.
By then, Huo Fenglin had already been thoroughly searched by the noblewoman's confidants.
The lady picked up her handbag and put her shawl back on. "Let's go see my dear brother."
"As for you..."
Huo Fenglin smiled and stood up to see her off, saying, "I'll do whatever you say, Aunt."
He revealed a short-sighted, spoiled attitude, saying, "As long as my nephew cashes out his share of the family business, he can live a carefree life for the rest of his days."
The noblewoman withdrew her gaze and gave him her final assessment, "I never expected that although Huo Chenglong's younger brother wasn't very bright, he still had a decent eye for things."
"For someone like you, holding cash and real estate is definitely more secure than managing your own businesses."
Huo Fenglin agreed without any backbone, displaying an attitude of utterly hopeless.
Insisting on personally escorting the noble lady to the bottom of the tower, Huo Fenglin stepped back and retreated back into the shadows of the building.
“It’s safer here than this manor surrounded by wolves,” he said with a genuine smile. “You don’t mind your nephew bothering you for a few days, do you?”
The noble lady was clearly very pleased with Huo Fenglin's pragmatic decision to volunteer as a hostage.
Feng Caijun followed beside Huo Fenglin, lowering his voice, "Young Master, are you really planning to let the First Madam..."
Huo Fenglin made a shushing gesture, "It's best not to discuss these things on their turf."
Feng Caijun stopped the conversation.
As I walked back through the lobby to the VIP elevator, I heard a voice from the front desk welcoming me to my room.
Welcome to Starseeker Tower International Hotel.
Huo Fenglin did not stop walking, but his gaze shifted slightly to the side.
Even though he knew the stranger was almost certainly not the person he was looking for, he still instinctively took a peek.
The young man stood sideways in front of the counter and took the card handed to him by the receptionist.
He was wearing a suit with a black overcoat over it, looking every bit the business elite.
In an instant, Huo Fenglin withdrew his gaze and walked straight into the VIP elevator that had already been opened.
...
The savings in your account have been completely wiped out.
Cheng Zheng sighed deeply, "[...we even owe that shop owner over 90 million yuan in outstanding payments.]"
Xin Que had already locked the door and was standing in front of the sink with a maintenance injection in her mouth.
She unbuttoned her cumbersome suit jacket, revealing her abs.
Without batting an eye, Xin Que inserted the needle of the maintenance agent into the flesh. Moments later, he destroyed the outer shell of the maintenance agent to cover up the evidence.
This medicine was able to barely keep her physical abilities at a normal level.
"The money problem is easy to solve. Whoever has ruined my life, I will settle accounts with them."
Xin Que, supporting herself on the door frame, staggered and fell onto the bed, waiting for the medication to take effect.
Cheng Zheng rolled over to Xin Que's side and saw that she had a layer of cold sweat on her forehead. She silently adjusted the air conditioner temperature.
An untimely knock came at the door. "Hello, food delivery service."
Cheng Zheng's mechanical device lit up, [Wait, you didn't order food delivery.]
Xin Que remained motionless.
After a while, she finally got out of bed.
"Turn off the lights, cut off the room's signal, and prepare to engage the enemy." She spoke coldly, simultaneously drawing a pistol from her back waist, attaching a silencer, and cocking it in one swift motion.
The spacious guest room was immediately plunged into darkness.
"Sir? Sir?"
Seeing that there was no response from inside the room for a long time, the person outside stopped knocking.
After a series of faint footsteps, silence returned outside the door.
Xin Que stood with his back straight against the wall, his breathing restrained, and his hands firmly gripped the butt of the gun.
After she silently counted a few numbers in her mind, the door lock made a sound as it was swiped open by a high-access card.
Xin Que "..."
He has improved a lot.
I thought he wouldn't realize he was in the Star-Seeking Tower anytime soon.
The door was locked again from the inside.
Huo Fenglin grabbed the silencer barrel she was pressing against his forehead and said, "Fire."
“Shoot him now, and I’ll go with you right away.”
Xin Que holstered her pistol and removed the magazine. "The matter isn't finished yet. Where are we going?"
The man reached out with his long arm to grope for the light switch, and the moment the light came back on, he finally saw the person he had been longing for.
He pulled the person into his arms.
After a long silence, the man finally found his voice, "Xin Que... how did you get so thin?"
The separation in the mental prison was too hasty; he didn't even have time to see Xin Que in the real world before Feng Caijun took him away.
"It's a miracle you're not dead." Xin Que patted his back. "Let go."
Luo Huayi knew that Xin Que was in a terrible situation.
But when I touched her thin, bony body with my own hands, I couldn't suppress the soreness.
Luo Huayi didn't ask why Xin Que didn't come to meet him.
She has her own plans.
"I have learned about Huo Fenglin's medical skills in the Huo family."
"The medical standards in your world are very high; advanced treatment can cure you."
Luo Huayi pressed her down to sit on the edge of the bed, and knelt down in front of her as before, "Don't you want to consider using his treatment device?"
"Advanced treatments aren't only available in the Upper City; they can still be used in other cities."
Xin Que stroked his hair and let him put his arm around her waist. "We should focus our energy on dealing with the Huo family right now."
Luo Huayi hummed in agreement and gradually tightened her embrace.
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