Cui Jing saw Huo Wei’s Moments and immediately called her to ask what was going on. Huo Wei briefly explained what happened in the company.
Cui Jing had just finished a spa session with several other ladies and was just about to have tea together. Once she found out that her daughter had wanted to enter the company but was rejected and had her cards cut, she immediately apologized and explained to the ladies and left early to look for Huo Wei. Although Hou Wei’s voice on the phone did not sound unusual, she still thought that Huo Wei was definitely feeling down in the dumps.
The other ladies didn’t know what was happening but they didn’t inquire much after seeing that her complexion did not look great. A gathering can be held at any time, important matters still take precedence, and the ladies let her leave early.
After she left, some of them were guessing, “Why was she in such a hurry?”
“I heard that Cui Jing is temporarily living outside with Huo Wei, for Huo Wei to paint conveniently. You all know what happened before, the internet and the media are making a lot of fuss, saying that Zhao Sijia has finally moved out. Maybe that was not over yet.”
“I have no idea about what Huo Tingwei is thinking. Letting Zhao Sijia live in the Huo Family house. If you wanted to take care of someone in their twenties, why don’t you just give them a house, a card, and a job? Why kick up so much fuss? “
“Didn’t Cui Jing say something about this before? Zhao Sijia’s parents saved Huo Tingwei. Huo Tingwei wanted to repay that kindness. But I really don’t understand why it’s so messy now. Causing the relationship between the two siblings to turn stiff, Cui Jing has also moved out. How many countless people see him as a joke now? He used to seem very good, never flirting with others, and developed the company so well. Now… I just don’t understand. “
“I watched the video of Cui Jing slapping Huo Ming, that was brutal. It’s not like how Cui Jing usually is. How nice she actually is! She was that kind of silly, pretty, sweet and princess. Since she was young, she was always carefree, and once she married and had children for so many years, she still didn’t need to worry about anything, being happy all day long, maintaining her looks and health so well that she looks younger than us. Now, she can get so angry that she started to hit her own son. It seemed that Huo Wei really was in danger and Huo Ming really was too insensible.”
“Huo Tingwei has had the best reputation in our circle of friends. Who here doesn’t envy Cui Jing for marrying such a pious and capable husband? In fact, Cui Jing shouldn’t even be angry. She really made Huo Tingwei anxious and raised one of her children outside. It’s a bit too late to repent.”
“You can say that so easily. If someone like Zhao Sijia was dropped into our household, will we be able to bear it? If there is something between Huo Ming and her, as the media has said, Cui Jing should be angry. Who would want such an unreasonable daughter-in-law?
“Huo Ming too. He was a child for other people’s families since he was a child. I taught my son a lesson and used him as an example. Now this had happened, my son gloated and showed me the news. He said that all that studying turned Huo Ming’s brain dull and now Huo Ming is just a selfish man! “
The topic of the ladies turned to their own children. They joked and didn’t think much more about the Huo family. But in a way, the image of the Huo family in their hearts has changed.
As such, they will no longer think about how happy it is to marry Huo Tingwei, nor will they take Huo Ming as an example to teach their children. It’s as if the Huo family had fallen off their pedestal, where once you removed their well-known strong points, they suddenly seem to make others feel as if – the Huo’s were merely just so.
Although this subtle change has no effect for the time being, in the near future, the Huo family’s father and son duo will find that they no longer get along so smoothly with their insiders, and the things they would want to do will not be as easy as before. There may also be people who think that their minds were not clear and that they were not reliable enough.
To put it bluntly, there are a lot of dirty business among the rich and powerful families, but no one will say anything as long as they don’t come to light. It’s rare for such a fuss to be made. If the situation was not resolved properly, the Huo family’s father and son duo would be seen as incompetent. Once you are deemed as a laughing stock, how can you expect others to treat you with respect?
Now, the Huo family’s father and son duo have become a topic of spoke about in other people’s spare time. People feel that Cui Jing and Huo Wei were the ones that were wronged. Because of an old friend’s daughter, their previously leisure life has become like this, and the ladies can’t help but feel aggrieved for them.
Huo Wei had already arrived early at the private room in the restaurant where she booked for dinner. She was chatting with a small group of friends in her group chats, amusing each other and revealing more information. The novel’s original host and Cui Jing were disgraced, disdained by the people in the same circle, and ridiculed by the whole internet. Her move now is to help herself by using the same tactics against the three people, so that the three of them will experience the same outcome of treason and separation.
Now look at the attitude of the company’s employees and the attitude of these people in their circle, the foreshadowing she did in the early stages were beginning to have an effect. The opinions of the media cannot affect the rich and influential, no rich family will care about these things, but the ordinary folk will care. The employees in the company serve as half of the “insiders”, when they see the public opinions about the Huo family, they will take it to heart.
Zhao Sijia was a person that cared the most about public opinion. She has strong self-esteem but secretly also feels inferior. She cares the most about what others think of her. The online abuse has exhausted her, she was not in the right state of mind during work. Because of this, isn’t it natural that she cannot deal with the relationships with other people? The company’s staff have opinions on her, and conflicts have arisen, which lead to Huo Ming giving out punishment to the staff and making her even more famous in the company.
She is said to be a missus that no one dares to offend, in fact in everyone’s heart, she has become known as a parasite. Huo Wei hacked into Huo Company’s servers, and by understanding the influence of public opinion, she found the right time to go to the company and gave Secretary Qin an idea. Huo Wei believed that with Secretary Qin’s character, Zhao Sijia will definitely be staying put in that newbie work position until the other girl leaves!
There are also people with the same level as the Huo family in their circle. One incident would not be enough to formulate an opinion on the Huo family and two incidents are not yet enough to show them disdain. But how about three or four? No matter how good a person’s image is, it is difficult to rebuild it after a fallout.
They were proud and conceited. Before Zhao Sijia appeared, they were praised all the time. Falling from such a high pedestal, they would not be able to bear it.
Of course, these were just the opening blows she gave them when she was recuperating. To go against them, she will need real power, and being one of their commercial competitors is the prime solution. When their business is hit, combined with all that she had prepared before, they will fall into the deep dark abyss and experience what the original host and her mother suffered through.
She and her friends were almost done chatting when Cui Jing entered the private room, looking as if she was in a hurry.
Huo Wei poured lemonade for her and said with a smile, “Mom, you didn’t have to come to look for me in such a hurry. I’m OK.”
Cui Jing looked at her daughter’s face and said, “Do you think I don’t know you? You must be feeling so hurt after being wronged like this. There’s no need to hold it back, you can cry if you want to, and do anything that you want to do. Later I will go to your father and tell him to let you join the company. It’s just preposterous that Zhao Sijia has already entered the company, and yet he won’t let you.
Huo Wei took a sip of lemonade and said with a guilty heart, “Mom, actually… I’m very angry, so I… Moved all our things to our new home.”
Huo Wei lowered her eyes, afraid that Cui Jing would be angry, but Cui Jing was stunned. Instead, the first thing she thought was that her daughter really did no longer recognize Huo Ming as her brother, and even her own father also didn’t want to recognize Huo Wei as his daughter.
She frowned and said, “Zhao Sijia is such a pest! Let’s make a good home like this! It’s better to move out and be calm so that the family won’t quarrel all day and hurt their feelings. “
Cui Jing drank several mouthfuls of water, considered, and said, “Weiwei, mom knows that you are not feeling well, and so mom is not feeling well too. Let’s go sightseeing and have fun in a few more other countries… “
Cui Jing couldn’t go on because she did know what she actually wants her daughter to do. If she was Huo Wei, she would not forgive her father and brother. She would run away from home. She would rather die with dignity than live in shame. She always felt that a family should continue to live a good life together, but she didn’t know how to persuade her family members.
Huo Wei was acutely aware that her mother was thinking about her. She can’t help but reflect on herself. Was it bad that she has arranged everything in this way? Although this was all for her mother’s sake, her mother still does not know what will happen in the future, and may not have wanted to leave that home.
But Huo Tingwei and Huo Ming, one of which is trying to repay his debt to Zhao Wanyun by helping Zhao Sijia, and the other one who had fallen in love with Zhao Sijia and will do anything for her. When there is a conflict between Zhao Sijia and Cui Jing, the two will never stand on Cui Jing’s side.
Because of Cui Jing’s and Zhao Sijia’s personalities, they cannot be without conflict forever. After all, in such a book, the biggest villains set up for Zhao Sijia were vicious mother-in-law and brutal sister-in-law. Once upon a time, what many people liked to see was that men always stand on the side of the female protagonist, and the other women who didn’t like the female protagonist would never have a good ending.
From the bottom of her heart, Cui Jing never did like Zhao Sijia, while Zhao Sijia is also very annoyed with Cui Jing’s contempt for her. They have different views and preferences. They have different ideas in almost every aspect. Conflicts will definitely break out in the future. That’s why Huo Tingwei in the novel couldn’t bear it anymore and divorced such a “hateful” wife.
If you had wanted Cui Jing and Zhao Sijia to have a good mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, you would have to change one of the two’s personalities.
Huo Wei thought for a moment and tried to feel Cui Jing out in a way that her mother wouldn’t notice: “I really regret that I went on the graduation trip with Huo Ming that day. If I didn’t go, I might never know that my brother would leave me so easily, without considering my safety at all.”
Cui sighed, holding her hand, “What nonsense are you saying? It’s all over. “
Huo Wei shook her head. “It’s not nonsense. I was just thinking that I was too naïve, thinking that black is black, white is white. Now, when there is something I don’t know, I can’t help but want to know and get hurt after finding out. “
Cui Jing was amused by her daughter’s seriousness. She sat down beside her, put her arms around her daughter’s shoulders, and patted her gently. “What are you sighing about when you still so young? Something you don’t know? What’s the matter? That’s how it should be. You’re just like me. I’m going to live plainly, seeing everything clearly. What’s the point of being confused all the time?”
Huo Wei was moved. She looked at her mother and said, “But if I don’t know something, maybe I’ll live a happier life. Just like today, if I didn’t go to the company, I wouldn’t have known that my father and Huo Ming didn’t want me to enter the company, and I wouldn’t know how much preferential treatment they were giving Zhao Sijia. This way I wouldn’t have felt bad. Then, I could have continued to travel, paint, shop, play around and be a carefree person.”
Cui Jing disagreed: “That’s impossible. There is no impermeable wall in the world. What we should know, we will know sooner or later. If we are to be sad, we will be sad sooner or later.” She took a deep breath and shook her head. “Sometimes I really don’t know what to do. You and Huo Ming are both my children. Of course, I hope you can help each other and remain close. However, with his attitude, mom doesn’t want you to idolize him and admire him as before. I realized that I still hoped for you to recognize the reality. Even if you don’t want to recognize him as your brother, at least you won’t go to him in the future. You won’t have to get so angry. You yourself can be happier in the future. “
Huo Wei put her hand around her mother’s waist, rubbed her mother’s shoulders, and said in a dull voice, “Mom, you are so kind. I think you’re right. Life should be clear, bad things should be thrown away, life is so short, why should I remain stuck by these thoughts? It’s important to be happy.”
Cui Jing laughed again, “Since when did you have so many thoughts and feelings? Every sentence felt like chicken soup for the soul. “
“Mom.” Huo Wei gave a soft cry and said in a dull voice, “I just can’t figure it out. I want to know why my father is so kind to Zhao Sijia. What did her parents do for her father in those years? Father doesn’t want to tell me anything. It’s so mysterious. I want to know why dad would rather make us sad just to help her.”
“OK, mom will help you find out the whole story. Come on, let’s have a meal. The food will turn cold if you don’t start eating. You will have to unpack when you go back. You’ve brought so many things here. Just thinking about where to put them is going to take a long time.” Cui Jing never went looking out of respect for Huo Tingwei all the time, but now that her family is like this, she thinks that she should try and find out what happened back in those years. If it really was a huge debt, maybe she and her daughter can accept Zhao Sijia in their lives.
“Mom, eat this! It’s all your favorites. Eat more! ” Huo Wei laughed and put the food into her mother’s bowl. Looking at the smile on her mother’s face, she felt a lot more relaxed.
Before, when she did something wrong, she didn’t consider her mother’s feelings. She was thinking that maybe because she did not have any close relatives in the main world, so she never wondered about such things. Today, seeing Cui Jing so worried about her, she really felt as if they are really mother and daughter, who both want to protect and cherish each other. She should ask for Cui Jing’s ideas next time before doing such things.
Fortunately, this time, Cui Jing’s world is black or white. She is also a woman who can’t help not knowing what was happening around her. She can’t allow Huo Tingwei to set up Zhao Sijia and Huo Ming, just for him to realize his first wish back then. This kind of wish gave no regrets for Huo Tingwei, but for Cui Jing, it was just disgusting.
Huo Wei didn’t take out those letters, and instead let Cui Jing try and find them, to slowly understand them first before taking them out. It’s much better than throwing them at her mother directly, and it’s much easier for her mother to accept them psychologically.
Huo Wei remembered this mistake. No matter which novel she goes through, she must cherish the people around her and live up to their kindness that they showed to her.
Cui Jing was thinking that her daughter is very cute and intimate today, which made her heart feel warm. After dinner, Huo Wei took her to a jewelry store nearby and bought a pair of earrings that suit her mother. Huo Wei said to her in a small voice: “I’ve been hiding my heart for a long time. I’ve put all the money my grandparents gave me into a Swiss bank account. My father doesn’t know. It’s useless for him to stop my cards. I’m super good at this!”
Cui Jing was amused by her daughter’s proud appearance. She wore the earrings that her daughter gifted her and looked in the mirror for a long time. Then she bought a necklace for her daughter too. They went home happily.
Cui Jing saw that there were many famous paintings and antiques in the things piled up at home. She was in a good mood and felt that this was kind of funny. She poked at Huo Wei’s forehead and said, “Why didn’t you bring the safe here?”
Huo Wei blinked and said innocently: “I think it’s embedded in the wall, and I couldn’t move that here. Mom, you have to be as kind-hearted as me and put away all your important things. My father can stop my card today and your card another day. What shall we do then? “[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]
“Damn! What nonsense? Does he want to stop my card too? ” Cui Jing didn’t take it seriously. She went forward to see what belonged to her and was going to ask the servants to move them into the house later.
Huo Wei leaned over to her and whispered, “Mom, you should put away your things, too. You have no idea how many things father has given to Zhao Sijia. One day, the things you like will be gifted to that girl. How can you ask her to return them to you then? Anyway, it’s not wrong to be prepared.”
Cui Jing looked at her daughter and said, “Weiwei, we can’t be afraid of everything after getting hurt just once. Your father and I have been together for more than 20 years, and this won’t happen. How can you be happy if you are on guard every day? Listen to me, your mother. Don’t put such things in your heart. You must be happy. “
Hou Wei nodded. Of course, she knew that Cui Jing still has trust in Huo Tingwei. After keeping a pet around for more than 20 years, and it’s unlikely for one to dislike the pet just because it bit her once. What’s more, Huo Tingwei was one who has never acted out even once.
She had just planted a seed in Cui Jing’s heart. At the right time, the seed would sprout. It’s up to Cui Jing to decide whether to take back her assets or not. Anyway, she won’t let Cui Jing end up like in the novel. As for whether the Huo family will hoard all the assets, she wasn’t worried about that. Even if they did that, she won’t allow them a single chance to spend it.
The mother and daughter went back to their rooms and sorted out their things. Huo Wei occasionally chatted with her friends, and soon received a call from Lou Xiao.
She opened the curtain and looked across. The lights in Lou Xiao’s bedroom and study were still off. She asked, “You haven’t returned home yet?”
“Well, I’m on a business trip today. I just got off the plane.” After a pause, Lou Xiao asked, “Are you going to hold an art exhibition?”
Huo Wei closed the curtain, nestled down on the sofa, hugged her pillow, and said with a smile, “What I said in my Moments was true. I want to hold an exhibition; I want to display my series of paintings in the woods. I even have a theme in mind. It’s called survival. What do you think?”
“Good.” Lou Xiao’s voice showed a bit of tension, as if he was nervous, “I want to invest in your art exhibition, would you like me to?”
Huo Wei lies on the sofa and laughs. “I do. Why would I not? With Chairman Lou to help me to hold the exhibition, the guests that will come by would also be promoted several levels.”
Lou Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his lips. The manager of the branch office that came to pick him up at the airport was surprised. Since when has their chairman laughed so gently? Could it be that the phone call is from someone who would be the wife of their boss?
As if he was making a promise, Lou Xiao said, “You don’t have to worry about the exhibition. If you have any ideas, just let me know. I’ll ask someone to arrange it.” He hesitated and asked, “Do you want to work in my company? What’s are you doing now? “
“AI research and development.” Huo Wei was intending to crack down on her terrible father and brother, starting from the core of their business. Of course, Lou Xiao is the best choice. Without hesitation, she asked directly, “Is Mr. Lou interested in hiring me? I’ve been kicked out of the house today and need a job to support my family. Don’t worry, I won’t be a hindrance to you. “
“I’m setting up a research and development department. I’ll interview you when I return. ” Lou Xiao usually talked about such topics with Huo Wei and already knows that she understands it very well. When he asked her, he meant that he wanted her to come to his own company. Unexpectedly, he has already made up his mind before he started to speak.
He was happy and relaxed. He was a little worried that when Huo Wei’s cards were cut, she would be embarrassed to ask Cui Jing for help. He implicitly said that if she needed financial support, he could help.
Huo Wei said with a smile: “Do you think I’m a person that can be controlled so easily? I have prepared several backup plans just in case. There is no way I will let just anyone know about the money I secretly stored away. It was useless for my father to teach me a lesson by cutting my cards. When I said that I would be selling my paintings for a living, I was trying to deliberately make him angry.”
Lou Xiao surprisingly found that this kind of “two-faced behavior” was cute. The two talked for a long time before they both hung up reluctantly.
Yu Hai who was by his side was having goosebumps. Who could have thought that his boss, who never acted upon his feelings, would also be so lovey-dovey? Looking at Lou Xiao’s relaxed expression, he asked: “Boss, you and Miss Huo seem to get along very well. In the past, other than for work, you never did chit-chat with people.”
“Hou Wei is nice.”
Yu Hai thought that Lou Xiao would give a more meaningful reason. For all that wait, he only received four words in return. “What’s nice about her?” he asked.
“Everything about her is nice. ” Lou Xiao took a look at him and said truthfully, “When I saw her, I thought she was good in all aspects. Now that I know her, I realized that she really is good at everything.”
Yu Hai knew that Lou Xiao had painted a picture for Huo Wei. It took his boss half a month to finish it. To Lou Xiao, the painting was precious. Yu Hai did not know how to paint, so he didn’t understand the feeling of meeting your own muse. Before, he thought that only designers had muse, he didn’t expect that painting also requires feelings. He pondered for a moment, his boss was in such a state that was no different from loyal fans following their idols. Once you are a fan of someone, that person will seem good no matter what, because the person you see in your eyes is really just that good.
Yu Hai looked at his boss who had closed his eyes. Suddenly, he thought that this was very good. His boss used to be a cold work machine. When he met Huo Wei, he received creative inspiration. He gradually talked with Huo Wei more and even used the WeChat stickers. Although the boss has only sent the stickers to Huo Wei, at least he has become more energetic and livelier. It’s a good thing, a really good thing.
As Lou Xiao’s most efficient assistant, Yu Hai has a very different outlook towards the two women who have appeared in his boss’s life. In regard to Zhao Sijia, he hoped that she will never appear again. As for Huo Wei, he hoped that Huo Wei spend more time with the boss, make his boss feel more emotions, then the boss will be much happier, right?
Huo Wei did not realize that Yu Hai’s favor for her has gone up again. She was busy taking photos and sending them to her friends. In her photos, she put her hand on her painting and looked very happy. The accompanying caption said: Lou Xiao, Chairman of Lou Company has invested and wishes to hold an exhibition for me. Thank you for your concern. Come join us a week later!
As soon as Moment was sent out, a lot of comments came. Her friends were asking when she met Lou Xiao. They were all rich and idle people who don’t go to work and then suddenly, a chairman of the board of directors popped out. It was very abrupt. It seemed that Huo Wei has met up with people from other worlds and was not in the same circle as them anymore.
Huo Wei jokingly replied: Lou Xiao has a good eye. After he saw my paintings, he thought that I was really good at painting. He had an idea that he can make a steady profit by investing in me.
Her friends joked with her, but no one believed her. The paintings looked good, but it was not incredibly good. In what way was Lou Xiao moved that he would want to invest? They must be friends in private, it’s just no one knows when such a good relationship started.
Everyone then said that she hadn’t gone to a party for a long time, causing the mutual information shared to be inconsistent. Her friends then called her out to play. Huo Wei still had three paintings in the series that she had yet to finish so she refused them and agreed to get together after the exhibition.
It’s was already past 6 p.m. now. The Huo Company held a very important meeting today. The meeting lasted for a long time. It didn’t finish until after 6 p.m. Huo Tingwei and Huo Ming walked out of the conference room side by side and was talking about the meeting. When Secretary Qin saw them coming, she stood up hesitantly.
Huo Ming noticed and asked, “What’s the matter?”
Secretary Qin nodded, hesitated with her mobile phone and said, “President, General Manager, it’s about Miss Huo.”
Huo Tingwei’s face sank and he went into the office. “Was she looking for you? Don’t pay attention to her. No matter how much of a fuss she kicks up, you are not allowed to open a card for her. She’s just absurd! “
Huo Ming and Secretary Qin entered the office with them. Huo Ming stepped forward and said, “President, Huo Wei’s performance today was quite different from her usual performance. I have some doubts that she had bought a report, memorized it, and recited it. At the end of her meeting today, I specially asked her other questions, which had nothing to do with what she talked about, she didn’t give an answer, she didn’t even stop and thought about it. This is not how an expert in research and development would act. On the contrary, it’s seemed that she felt guilty and didn’t dare to answer because she actually didn’t understand. “
Huo Tingwei nodded his head. He also noticed the detail and frowned: “Secretary Qin, get someone to confirm. Who has Huo Wei been in contact with recently, and whether there were any large expenditures in her account? If there is such a capable person behind her, we can dig them up. “
It’s hard to change the impression of someone after more than 20 years. Today Huo Wei was brilliant at the meeting. Their first reaction was Huo Wei was cheating. Especially when Huo Wei mentioned the right of inheritance, it’s not surprising that people like them would do anything for the right of inheritance, so even if they did not quarrel today, Huo Tingwei would still never allow Huo Wei to come to work directly.
He should at least find out who was the one who helped Huo Wei, and then wait for Huo Wei to become clean and mature before considering whether or not to give her a job.
Secretary Qin thought to herself that the two were not even paying attention to Huo Wei. She was having a headache. Now, the Huo Wei now seems to be up to something that no one knows about. It’s much more difficult than before. She thought about the previous collapse of the public opinion regarding Huo Ming’s character, since then she always has an odd premonition that something was going to happen.
She took her mobile phone to show them, ” President, General Manager, Miss Huo sent a Moment three hours ago. I can’t see her other friends, but from her reply to others, she wanted to sell her paintings to earn money for a living. She said that you cut her card in order to punish her for venting her anger on Zhao Sijia and that she was not allowed to enter the company, and now she can only sell paintings for a living.
Then this was sent 20 minutes ago. Miss Huo said that Chairman Lou Xiao had invested in her painting exhibition. Chairman, it’s only a few days since what happened on the Internet, and the media are still paying attention and gossiping about the Huo Family. Will this be a problem? Do you want to do something first? “
Huo Tingwei snorted coldly, “Lou Xiao? If Lou Xiao is supporting her mischief, then even if she was talking nonsense with the media, it would still be hard for us to suppress it. ” He looked at Huo Ming and asked, “When did Huo Wei get involved with Lou Xiao? Didn’t you say that they just met? “
Huo Ming shook his head, “I don’t know. I’ve been busy with the company recently. I seldom see Huo Wei and she hasn’t said anything about it.”
Secretary Qin lowers her head and knows that it’s all nice words. Huo Wei doesn’t recognize Huo Ming. Why would she talk to him and tell him such things?
Huo Tingwei felt as if a fire was raging in his heart, and his voice was full of anger. “Huo Wei, what is this? Even with such impulsiveness, she should know how to draw a line. The trouble she brings is endless, the older she is the more ignorant she has become.”
He asked Huo Ming and Secretary Qin to leave, called Cui Jing, and immediately said, “What are you teaching your daughter? Have you looked at the mess she caused with her Moments? “
Cui Jing’s good mood was overturned by him. She said, angrily, “I haven’t even gone to look for you, and yet you have the gall to find me first? How did someone like you become a father? Weiwei wanted to join the company. So, what’s the matter? Why can’t she compete with an outsider in her own family company? Why are you letting her feel such a way? Also, why did you cut her cards? She’s in her twenties. How can you use such childish means? You are just so capable!”
“You have no idea how impulsive she was in the company today. She has disgraced me and her brother in front of the company’s staff. Is this her attitude towards her family? Since before, I always thought that she was too indulgent and too lax… “
Cui Jing was angry before he could finish, “What’s wrong with her attitude towards her family? Huo Tingwei, how can you say that? Weiwei has idolized you and Huo Ming since she was a child. She treated you two as her heroes. When you had a stomachache, she brought you medicine and water. When you had no time to accompany her for her birthday, she waited for you in the living room until midnight. And Huo Ming, the two are twins, since they were young, whatever Huo Ming liked, do you think Weiwei ever wanted that same thing? She has always been so sensible, and yet you still say she is arrogant?
She just saw the way you are treating Zhao Sijia and felt that it wasn’t fair. She has always been so kind to you, but you turn a blind eye and treat the Zhao Sijia as a treasure instead. What do you want her to think? “
“You are mentioning Zhao Sijia again. This has nothing to do with her… “
Again, Cui Jing was too tired to listen and quarrel with him. In the past year, such quarrels have annoyed her. She said coldly, “You stop Wei Wei’s card, you don’t allow her to enter the company, and you don’t want her to find her own way too? She majored in art and specialized in painting. Isn’t it normal for her to hold an exhibition? Don’t blame her for complaining about you with her friends. If you want her to say something nice about you, don’t even dream about that!”
Cui Jing just hung up and didn’t bother to talk to Huo Tingwei anymore. In the past, she always thought that her husband was very good. Even if he was nearly 50, he was still a middle-aged man. There was no other woman around him. He managed the company very well and never quarreled with her. She could do whatever she wanted every day. She felt very satisfied in her life.
Who knew that this year, their family has become such a mess, and their relationship has become tenser and tenser, and now their relationship has reached an irreconcilable level. In the past, she only wanted to solve the problem together with Huo Tingwei and didn’t want to find out anything behind his back. Now Huo Tingwei was not making sense at all, and he has made her daughter sad. She decided to make a good investigation of what happened in those past years.
Cui Jing stopped unpacking. She asked a friend to introduce her to a very good private detective and then entrusted that other party to check up on the past of Zhao Sijia’s parents, as well as the comings and goings of her parents with Huo Tingwei. She was a little regretful. A year ago, she should have insisted on figuring out these things. But who could have thought that an ordinary-looking girl would break apart her family like this?
Huo Tingwei became, even more, angrier when he was hung up, but Cui Jing and Huo Wei did not listen to him. There was no way he could wring the two back. Originally, it was a trivial matter for Huo Wei to hold an art exhibition, but then he saw the Moments and painting with a fire in the rainforest. That matter has just subsided, but now it will trend even more when it is mentioned again, not to mention the fact that Huo Wei was kicked out of the house this time.
Although as long as it is not murder, arson and drug abuse, this kind of public opinion will not affect them. But the Huo family has become a joke among the whole internet, causing him to feel unhappy and causing more serious hurt to Zhao Sijia. He noticed that Zhao Sijia’s mood was very unstable recently, and he didn’t want her to bear the curses from the internet any more.
Huo Tingwei asked Secretary Qin to discuss with the media, and ask the media not to pay attention to it, as well as to not make a mess like last time.
However, they were too late. After Huo Wei finished sending out her Moments, she also sent news about her painting exhibition to WeiBo and other major forums and sent emails to all media.
An exhibition held by the fair-skinned, rich and young was not very interesting, but a series of paintings about her survival seemed to draw plenty of attention. After all, it has only been a short time since the incident, and they were not so forgetful. Now they can find out whether Huo Wei has drawn down all the scenes at that time, and was immediately intrigued.
Netizens expressed that: There is still a follow-up of this rich family? The Huo’s daughter had just survived and her cards were then cut. Could it be that she is not of the same blood?
Many people began to guess whether Huo Wei or Zhao Sijia was the real family missus or not. Others guessed that Huo Ming’s reputation was damaged and Huo Wei was being cleaned up. Nevertheless, in just one night, the popularity of the art exhibition rosed drastically. Whether with good or bad intentions, everyone was looking forward to seeing Hou Wei’s paintings.
Secretary Qin was still trying to prepare for Lou Xiao who was expected to help Huo Wei, but she didn’t expect Huo Wei herself to spread it all out to the internet. Secretary Qin contacted the media and asked them not to send the relevant news, and she contacted various forums and WeiBo marketing accounts and to asked them to delete related news. However, the whole internet already knows about it. Now, except for the state apparatus, who else has the ability to clean up the web?
Secretary Qin went to Huo Tingwei to report her findings. After all, Huo Tingwei did not care as much about the things on the Internet. Seeing this, he waved his hand casually and said, “Since I can’t stop her, let her fool around and when she tastes her bad choices, maybe she will come clean and mature.”
The outsiders have never seen Huo Wei’s paintings. They don’t know how infectious her paintings actually are. After she posted on the Internet, she began to draw behind closed doors. When she was recovering from her wounds, she had already finished seven paintings. Now she has to draw three more before the exhibition. With these ten paintings, everyone can know that it was never her impulsiveness that made her go was against the Huo family, but rather it was them that forced her to find a way to survive.
They wanted to maintain a good image. When they encounter any problems, they tell people that she was impulsive and unreasonable and that everything was her fault. They even deliberately messed up when they sent a clarification letter to make people question that maybe she really was as bad as they said she was. They deserve to be treated like this.
As the victim who was accused, she had suffered a lot of abuse. This time, she will restore the real truth. At the same time, she wanted to enhance everyone’s memory, there is no way for Zhao Sijia to escape public opinion, and Huo Ming won’t end up with Zhao Sijia so smoothly.
They had used her as a stepping stone everywhere. So sorry, she’s not a stepping stone anymore.
Cui Jing saw Huo Wei’s Moments and immediately called her to ask what was going on. Huo Wei briefly explained what happened in the company.
Cui Jing had just finished a spa session with several other ladies and was just about to have tea together. Once she found out that her daughter had wanted to enter the company but was rejected and had her cards cut, she immediately apologized and explained to the ladies and left early to look for Huo Wei. Although Hou Wei’s voice on the phone did not sound unusual, she still thought that Huo Wei was definitely feeling down in the dumps.
The other ladies didn’t know what was happening but they didn’t inquire much after seeing that her complexion did not look great. A gathering can be held at any time, important matters still take precedence, and the ladies let her leave early.
After she left, some of them were guessing, “Why was she in such a hurry?”
“I heard that Cui Jing is temporarily living outside with Huo Wei, for Huo Wei to paint conveniently. You all know what happened before, the internet and the media are making a lot of fuss, saying that Zhao Sijia has finally moved out. Maybe that was not over yet.”
“I have no idea about what Huo Tingwei is thinking. Letting Zhao Sijia live in the Huo Family house. If you wanted to take care of someone in their twenties, why don’t you just give them a house, a card, and a job? Why kick up so much fuss? “
“Didn’t Cui Jing say something about this before? Zhao Sijia’s parents saved Huo Tingwei. Huo Tingwei wanted to repay that kindness. But I really don’t understand why it’s so messy now. Causing the relationship between the two siblings to turn stiff, Cui Jing has also moved out. How many countless people see him as a joke now? He used to seem very good, never flirting with others, and developed the company so well. Now… I just don’t understand. “
“I watched the video of Cui Jing slapping Huo Ming, that was brutal. It’s not like how Cui Jing usually is. How nice she actually is! She was that kind of silly, pretty, sweet and princess. Since she was young, she was always carefree, and once she married and had children for so many years, she still didn’t need to worry about anything, being happy all day long, maintaining her looks and health so well that she looks younger than us. Now, she can get so angry that she started to hit her own son. It seemed that Huo Wei really was in danger and Huo Ming really was too insensible.”
“Huo Tingwei has had the best reputation in our circle of friends. Who here doesn’t envy Cui Jing for marrying such a pious and capable husband? In fact, Cui Jing shouldn’t even be angry. She really made Huo Tingwei anxious and raised one of her children outside. It’s a bit too late to repent.”
“You can say that so easily. If someone like Zhao Sijia was dropped into our household, will we be able to bear it? If there is something between Huo Ming and her, as the media has said, Cui Jing should be angry. Who would want such an unreasonable daughter-in-law?
“Huo Ming too. He was a child for other people’s families since he was a child. I taught my son a lesson and used him as an example. Now this had happened, my son gloated and showed me the news. He said that all that studying turned Huo Ming’s brain dull and now Huo Ming is just a selfish man! “
The topic of the ladies turned to their own children. They joked and didn’t think much more about the Huo family. But in a way, the image of the Huo family in their hearts has changed.
As such, they will no longer think about how happy it is to marry Huo Tingwei, nor will they take Huo Ming as an example to teach their children. It’s as if the Huo family had fallen off their pedestal, where once you removed their well-known strong points, they suddenly seem to make others feel as if – the Huo’s were merely just so.
Although this subtle change has no effect for the time being, in the near future, the Huo family’s father and son duo will find that they no longer get along so smoothly with their insiders, and the things they would want to do will not be as easy as before. There may also be people who think that their minds were not clear and that they were not reliable enough.
To put it bluntly, there are a lot of dirty business among the rich and powerful families, but no one will say anything as long as they don’t come to light. It’s rare for such a fuss to be made. If the situation was not resolved properly, the Huo family’s father and son duo would be seen as incompetent. Once you are deemed as a laughing stock, how can you expect others to treat you with respect?
Now, the Huo family’s father and son duo have become a topic of spoke about in other people’s spare time. People feel that Cui Jing and Huo Wei were the ones that were wronged. Because of an old friend’s daughter, their previously leisure life has become like this, and the ladies can’t help but feel aggrieved for them.
Huo Wei had already arrived early at the private room in the restaurant where she booked for dinner. She was chatting with a small group of friends in her group chats, amusing each other and revealing more information. The novel’s original host and Cui Jing were disgraced, disdained by the people in the same circle, and ridiculed by the whole internet. Her move now is to help herself by using the same tactics against the three people, so that the three of them will experience the same outcome of treason and separation.
Now look at the attitude of the company’s employees and the attitude of these people in their circle, the foreshadowing she did in the early stages were beginning to have an effect. The opinions of the media cannot affect the rich and influential, no rich family will care about these things, but the ordinary folk will care. The employees in the company serve as half of the “insiders”, when they see the public opinions about the Huo family, they will take it to heart.
Zhao Sijia was a person that cared the most about public opinion. She has strong self-esteem but secretly also feels inferior. She cares the most about what others think of her. The online abuse has exhausted her, she was not in the right state of mind during work. Because of this, isn’t it natural that she cannot deal with the relationships with other people? The company’s staff have opinions on her, and conflicts have arisen, which lead to Huo Ming giving out punishment to the staff and making her even more famous in the company.
She is said to be a missus that no one dares to offend, in fact in everyone’s heart, she has become known as a parasite. Huo Wei hacked into Huo Company’s servers, and by understanding the influence of public opinion, she found the right time to go to the company and gave Secretary Qin an idea. Huo Wei believed that with Secretary Qin’s character, Zhao Sijia will definitely be staying put in that newbie work position until the other girl leaves!
There are also people with the same level as the Huo family in their circle. One incident would not be enough to formulate an opinion on the Huo family and two incidents are not yet enough to show them disdain. But how about three or four? No matter how good a person’s image is, it is difficult to rebuild it after a fallout.
They were proud and conceited. Before Zhao Sijia appeared, they were praised all the time. Falling from such a high pedestal, they would not be able to bear it.
Of course, these were just the opening blows she gave them when she was recuperating. To go against them, she will need real power, and being one of their commercial competitors is the prime solution. When their business is hit, combined with all that she had prepared before, they will fall into the deep dark abyss and experience what the original host and her mother suffered through.
She and her friends were almost done chatting when Cui Jing entered the private room, looking as if she was in a hurry.
Huo Wei poured lemonade for her and said with a smile, “Mom, you didn’t have to come to look for me in such a hurry. I’m OK.”
Cui Jing looked at her daughter’s face and said, “Do you think I don’t know you? You must be feeling so hurt after being wronged like this. There’s no need to hold it back, you can cry if you want to, and do anything that you want to do. Later I will go to your father and tell him to let you join the company. It’s just preposterous that Zhao Sijia has already entered the company, and yet he won’t let you.
Huo Wei took a sip of lemonade and said with a guilty heart, “Mom, actually… I’m very angry, so I… Moved all our things to our new home.”
Huo Wei lowered her eyes, afraid that Cui Jing would be angry, but Cui Jing was stunned. Instead, the first thing she thought was that her daughter really did no longer recognize Huo Ming as her brother, and even her own father also didn’t want to recognize Huo Wei as his daughter.
She frowned and said, “Zhao Sijia is such a pest! Let’s make a good home like this! It’s better to move out and be calm so that the family won’t quarrel all day and hurt their feelings. “
Cui Jing drank several mouthfuls of water, considered, and said, “Weiwei, mom knows that you are not feeling well, and so mom is not feeling well too. Let’s go sightseeing and have fun in a few more other countries… “
Cui Jing couldn’t go on because she did know what she actually wants her daughter to do. If she was Huo Wei, she would not forgive her father and brother. She would run away from home. She would rather die with dignity than live in shame. She always felt that a family should continue to live a good life together, but she didn’t know how to persuade her family members.
Huo Wei was acutely aware that her mother was thinking about her. She can’t help but reflect on herself. Was it bad that she has arranged everything in this way? Although this was all for her mother’s sake, her mother still does not know what will happen in the future, and may not have wanted to leave that home.
But Huo Tingwei and Huo Ming, one of which is trying to repay his debt to Zhao Wanyun by helping Zhao Sijia, and the other one who had fallen in love with Zhao Sijia and will do anything for her. When there is a conflict between Zhao Sijia and Cui Jing, the two will never stand on Cui Jing’s side.
Because of Cui Jing’s and Zhao Sijia’s personalities, they cannot be without conflict forever. After all, in such a book, the biggest villains set up for Zhao Sijia were vicious mother-in-law and brutal sister-in-law. Once upon a time, what many people liked to see was that men always stand on the side of the female protagonist, and the other women who didn’t like the female protagonist would never have a good ending.
From the bottom of her heart, Cui Jing never did like Zhao Sijia, while Zhao Sijia is also very annoyed with Cui Jing’s contempt for her. They have different views and preferences. They have different ideas in almost every aspect. Conflicts will definitely break out in the future. That’s why Huo Tingwei in the novel couldn’t bear it anymore and divorced such a “hateful” wife.
If you had wanted Cui Jing and Zhao Sijia to have a good mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, you would have to change one of the two’s personalities.
Huo Wei thought for a moment and tried to feel Cui Jing out in a way that her mother wouldn’t notice: “I really regret that I went on the graduation trip with Huo Ming that day. If I didn’t go, I might never know that my brother would leave me so easily, without considering my safety at all.”
Cui sighed, holding her hand, “What nonsense are you saying? It’s all over. “
Huo Wei shook her head. “It’s not nonsense. I was just thinking that I was too naïve, thinking that black is black, white is white. Now, when there is something I don’t know, I can’t help but want to know and get hurt after finding out. “
Cui Jing was amused by her daughter’s seriousness. She sat down beside her, put her arms around her daughter’s shoulders, and patted her gently. “What are you sighing about when you still so young? Something you don’t know? What’s the matter? That’s how it should be. You’re just like me. I’m going to live plainly, seeing everything clearly. What’s the point of being confused all the time?”
Huo Wei was moved. She looked at her mother and said, “But if I don’t know something, maybe I’ll live a happier life. Just like today, if I didn’t go to the company, I wouldn’t have known that my father and Huo Ming didn’t want me to enter the company, and I wouldn’t know how much preferential treatment they were giving Zhao Sijia. This way I wouldn’t have felt bad. Then, I could have continued to travel, paint, shop, play around and be a carefree person.”
Cui Jing disagreed: “That’s impossible. There is no impermeable wall in the world. What we should know, we will know sooner or later. If we are to be sad, we will be sad sooner or later.” She took a deep breath and shook her head. “Sometimes I really don’t know what to do. You and Huo Ming are both my children. Of course, I hope you can help each other and remain close. However, with his attitude, mom doesn’t want you to idolize him and admire him as before. I realized that I still hoped for you to recognize the reality. Even if you don’t want to recognize him as your brother, at least you won’t go to him in the future. You won’t have to get so angry. You yourself can be happier in the future. “
Huo Wei put her hand around her mother’s waist, rubbed her mother’s shoulders, and said in a dull voice, “Mom, you are so kind. I think you’re right. Life should be clear, bad things should be thrown away, life is so short, why should I remain stuck by these thoughts? It’s important to be happy.”
Cui Jing laughed again, “Since when did you have so many thoughts and feelings? Every sentence felt like chicken soup for the soul. “
“Mom.” Huo Wei gave a soft cry and said in a dull voice, “I just can’t figure it out. I want to know why my father is so kind to Zhao Sijia. What did her parents do for her father in those years? Father doesn’t want to tell me anything. It’s so mysterious. I want to know why dad would rather make us sad just to help her.”
“OK, mom will help you find out the whole story. Come on, let’s have a meal. The food will turn cold if you don’t start eating. You will have to unpack when you go back. You’ve brought so many things here. Just thinking about where to put them is going to take a long time.” Cui Jing never went looking out of respect for Huo Tingwei all the time, but now that her family is like this, she thinks that she should try and find out what happened back in those years. If it really was a huge debt, maybe she and her daughter can accept Zhao Sijia in their lives.
“Mom, eat this! It’s all your favorites. Eat more! ” Huo Wei laughed and put the food into her mother’s bowl. Looking at the smile on her mother’s face, she felt a lot more relaxed.
Before, when she did something wrong, she didn’t consider her mother’s feelings. She was thinking that maybe because she did not have any close relatives in the main world, so she never wondered about such things. Today, seeing Cui Jing so worried about her, she really felt as if they are really mother and daughter, who both want to protect and cherish each other. She should ask for Cui Jing’s ideas next time before doing such things.
Fortunately, this time, Cui Jing’s world is black or white. She is also a woman who can’t help not knowing what was happening around her. She can’t allow Huo Tingwei to set up Zhao Sijia and Huo Ming, just for him to realize his first wish back then. This kind of wish gave no regrets for Huo Tingwei, but for Cui Jing, it was just disgusting.
Huo Wei didn’t take out those letters, and instead let Cui Jing try and find them, to slowly understand them first before taking them out. It’s much better than throwing them at her mother directly, and it’s much easier for her mother to accept them psychologically.
Huo Wei remembered this mistake. No matter which novel she goes through, she must cherish the people around her and live up to their kindness that they showed to her.
Cui Jing was thinking that her daughter is very cute and intimate today, which made her heart feel warm. After dinner, Huo Wei took her to a jewelry store nearby and bought a pair of earrings that suit her mother. Huo Wei said to her in a small voice: “I’ve been hiding my heart for a long time. I’ve put all the money my grandparents gave me into a Swiss bank account. My father doesn’t know. It’s useless for him to stop my cards. I’m super good at this!”
Cui Jing was amused by her daughter’s proud appearance. She wore the earrings that her daughter gifted her and looked in the mirror for a long time. Then she bought a necklace for her daughter too. They went home happily.
Cui Jing saw that there were many famous paintings and antiques in the things piled up at home. She was in a good mood and felt that this was kind of funny. She poked at Huo Wei’s forehead and said, “Why didn’t you bring the safe here?”
Huo Wei blinked and said innocently: “I think it’s embedded in the wall, and I couldn’t move that here. Mom, you have to be as kind-hearted as me and put away all your important things. My father can stop my card today and your card another day. What shall we do then? “[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]
“Damn! What nonsense? Does he want to stop my card too? ” Cui Jing didn’t take it seriously. She went forward to see what belonged to her and was going to ask the servants to move them into the house later.
Huo Wei leaned over to her and whispered, “Mom, you should put away your things, too. You have no idea how many things father has given to Zhao Sijia. One day, the things you like will be gifted to that girl. How can you ask her to return them to you then? Anyway, it’s not wrong to be prepared.”
Cui Jing looked at her daughter and said, “Weiwei, we can’t be afraid of everything after getting hurt just once. Your father and I have been together for more than 20 years, and this won’t happen. How can you be happy if you are on guard every day? Listen to me, your mother. Don’t put such things in your heart. You must be happy. “
Hou Wei nodded. Of course, she knew that Cui Jing still has trust in Huo Tingwei. After keeping a pet around for more than 20 years, and it’s unlikely for one to dislike the pet just because it bit her once. What’s more, Huo Tingwei was one who has never acted out even once.
She had just planted a seed in Cui Jing’s heart. At the right time, the seed would sprout. It’s up to Cui Jing to decide whether to take back her assets or not. Anyway, she won’t let Cui Jing end up like in the novel. As for whether the Huo family will hoard all the assets, she wasn’t worried about that. Even if they did that, she won’t allow them a single chance to spend it.
The mother and daughter went back to their rooms and sorted out their things. Huo Wei occasionally chatted with her friends, and soon received a call from Lou Xiao.
She opened the curtain and looked across. The lights in Lou Xiao’s bedroom and study were still off. She asked, “You haven’t returned home yet?”
“Well, I’m on a business trip today. I just got off the plane.” After a pause, Lou Xiao asked, “Are you going to hold an art exhibition?”
Huo Wei closed the curtain, nestled down on the sofa, hugged her pillow, and said with a smile, “What I said in my Moments was true. I want to hold an exhibition; I want to display my series of paintings in the woods. I even have a theme in mind. It’s called survival. What do you think?”
“Good.” Lou Xiao’s voice showed a bit of tension, as if he was nervous, “I want to invest in your art exhibition, would you like me to?”
Huo Wei lies on the sofa and laughs. “I do. Why would I not? With Chairman Lou to help me to hold the exhibition, the guests that will come by would also be promoted several levels.”
Lou Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his lips. The manager of the branch office that came to pick him up at the airport was surprised. Since when has their chairman laughed so gently? Could it be that the phone call is from someone who would be the wife of their boss?
As if he was making a promise, Lou Xiao said, “You don’t have to worry about the exhibition. If you have any ideas, just let me know. I’ll ask someone to arrange it.” He hesitated and asked, “Do you want to work in my company? What’s are you doing now? “
“AI research and development.” Huo Wei was intending to crack down on her terrible father and brother, starting from the core of their business. Of course, Lou Xiao is the best choice. Without hesitation, she asked directly, “Is Mr. Lou interested in hiring me? I’ve been kicked out of the house today and need a job to support my family. Don’t worry, I won’t be a hindrance to you. “
“I’m setting up a research and development department. I’ll interview you when I return. ” Lou Xiao usually talked about such topics with Huo Wei and already knows that she understands it very well. When he asked her, he meant that he wanted her to come to his own company. Unexpectedly, he has already made up his mind before he started to speak.
He was happy and relaxed. He was a little worried that when Huo Wei’s cards were cut, she would be embarrassed to ask Cui Jing for help. He implicitly said that if she needed financial support, he could help.
Huo Wei said with a smile: “Do you think I’m a person that can be controlled so easily? I have prepared several backup plans just in case. There is no way I will let just anyone know about the money I secretly stored away. It was useless for my father to teach me a lesson by cutting my cards. When I said that I would be selling my paintings for a living, I was trying to deliberately make him angry.”
Lou Xiao surprisingly found that this kind of “two-faced behavior” was cute. The two talked for a long time before they both hung up reluctantly.
Yu Hai who was by his side was having goosebumps. Who could have thought that his boss, who never acted upon his feelings, would also be so lovey-dovey? Looking at Lou Xiao’s relaxed expression, he asked: “Boss, you and Miss Huo seem to get along very well. In the past, other than for work, you never did chit-chat with people.”
“Hou Wei is nice.”
Yu Hai thought that Lou Xiao would give a more meaningful reason. For all that wait, he only received four words in return. “What’s nice about her?” he asked.
“Everything about her is nice. ” Lou Xiao took a look at him and said truthfully, “When I saw her, I thought she was good in all aspects. Now that I know her, I realized that she really is good at everything.”
Yu Hai knew that Lou Xiao had painted a picture for Huo Wei. It took his boss half a month to finish it. To Lou Xiao, the painting was precious. Yu Hai did not know how to paint, so he didn’t understand the feeling of meeting your own muse. Before, he thought that only designers had muse, he didn’t expect that painting also requires feelings. He pondered for a moment, his boss was in such a state that was no different from loyal fans following their idols. Once you are a fan of someone, that person will seem good no matter what, because the person you see in your eyes is really just that good.
Yu Hai looked at his boss who had closed his eyes. Suddenly, he thought that this was very good. His boss used to be a cold work machine. When he met Huo Wei, he received creative inspiration. He gradually talked with Huo Wei more and even used the WeChat stickers. Although the boss has only sent the stickers to Huo Wei, at least he has become more energetic and livelier. It’s a good thing, a really good thing.
As Lou Xiao’s most efficient assistant, Yu Hai has a very different outlook towards the two women who have appeared in his boss’s life. In regard to Zhao Sijia, he hoped that she will never appear again. As for Huo Wei, he hoped that Huo Wei spend more time with the boss, make his boss feel more emotions, then the boss will be much happier, right?
Huo Wei did not realize that Yu Hai’s favor for her has gone up again. She was busy taking photos and sending them to her friends. In her photos, she put her hand on her painting and looked very happy. The accompanying caption said: Lou Xiao, Chairman of Lou Company has invested and wishes to hold an exhibition for me. Thank you for your concern. Come join us a week later!
As soon as Moment was sent out, a lot of comments came. Her friends were asking when she met Lou Xiao. They were all rich and idle people who don’t go to work and then suddenly, a chairman of the board of directors popped out. It was very abrupt. It seemed that Huo Wei has met up with people from other worlds and was not in the same circle as them anymore.
Huo Wei jokingly replied: Lou Xiao has a good eye. After he saw my paintings, he thought that I was really good at painting. He had an idea that he can make a steady profit by investing in me.
Her friends joked with her, but no one believed her. The paintings looked good, but it was not incredibly good. In what way was Lou Xiao moved that he would want to invest? They must be friends in private, it’s just no one knows when such a good relationship started.
Everyone then said that she hadn’t gone to a party for a long time, causing the mutual information shared to be inconsistent. Her friends then called her out to play. Huo Wei still had three paintings in the series that she had yet to finish so she refused them and agreed to get together after the exhibition.
It’s was already past 6 p.m. now. The Huo Company held a very important meeting today. The meeting lasted for a long time. It didn’t finish until after 6 p.m. Huo Tingwei and Huo Ming walked out of the conference room side by side and was talking about the meeting. When Secretary Qin saw them coming, she stood up hesitantly.
Huo Ming noticed and asked, “What’s the matter?”
Secretary Qin nodded, hesitated with her mobile phone and said, “President, General Manager, it’s about Miss Huo.”
Huo Tingwei’s face sank and he went into the office. “Was she looking for you? Don’t pay attention to her. No matter how much of a fuss she kicks up, you are not allowed to open a card for her. She’s just absurd! “
Huo Ming and Secretary Qin entered the office with them. Huo Ming stepped forward and said, “President, Huo Wei’s performance today was quite different from her usual performance. I have some doubts that she had bought a report, memorized it, and recited it. At the end of her meeting today, I specially asked her other questions, which had nothing to do with what she talked about, she didn’t give an answer, she didn’t even stop and thought about it. This is not how an expert in research and development would act. On the contrary, it’s seemed that she felt guilty and didn’t dare to answer because she actually didn’t understand. “
Huo Tingwei nodded his head. He also noticed the detail and frowned: “Secretary Qin, get someone to confirm. Who has Huo Wei been in contact with recently, and whether there were any large expenditures in her account? If there is such a capable person behind her, we can dig them up. “
It’s hard to change the impression of someone after more than 20 years. Today Huo Wei was brilliant at the meeting. Their first reaction was Huo Wei was cheating. Especially when Huo Wei mentioned the right of inheritance, it’s not surprising that people like them would do anything for the right of inheritance, so even if they did not quarrel today, Huo Tingwei would still never allow Huo Wei to come to work directly.
He should at least find out who was the one who helped Huo Wei, and then wait for Huo Wei to become clean and mature before considering whether or not to give her a job.
Secretary Qin thought to herself that the two were not even paying attention to Huo Wei. She was having a headache. Now, the Huo Wei now seems to be up to something that no one knows about. It’s much more difficult than before. She thought about the previous collapse of the public opinion regarding Huo Ming’s character, since then she always has an odd premonition that something was going to happen.
She took her mobile phone to show them, ” President, General Manager, Miss Huo sent a Moment three hours ago. I can’t see her other friends, but from her reply to others, she wanted to sell her paintings to earn money for a living. She said that you cut her card in order to punish her for venting her anger on Zhao Sijia and that she was not allowed to enter the company, and now she can only sell paintings for a living.
Then this was sent 20 minutes ago. Miss Huo said that Chairman Lou Xiao had invested in her painting exhibition. Chairman, it’s only a few days since what happened on the Internet, and the media are still paying attention and gossiping about the Huo Family. Will this be a problem? Do you want to do something first? “
Huo Tingwei snorted coldly, “Lou Xiao? If Lou Xiao is supporting her mischief, then even if she was talking nonsense with the media, it would still be hard for us to suppress it. ” He looked at Huo Ming and asked, “When did Huo Wei get involved with Lou Xiao? Didn’t you say that they just met? “
Huo Ming shook his head, “I don’t know. I’ve been busy with the company recently. I seldom see Huo Wei and she hasn’t said anything about it.”
Secretary Qin lowers her head and knows that it’s all nice words. Huo Wei doesn’t recognize Huo Ming. Why would she talk to him and tell him such things?
Huo Tingwei felt as if a fire was raging in his heart, and his voice was full of anger. “Huo Wei, what is this? Even with such impulsiveness, she should know how to draw a line. The trouble she brings is endless, the older she is the more ignorant she has become.”
He asked Huo Ming and Secretary Qin to leave, called Cui Jing, and immediately said, “What are you teaching your daughter? Have you looked at the mess she caused with her Moments? “
Cui Jing’s good mood was overturned by him. She said, angrily, “I haven’t even gone to look for you, and yet you have the gall to find me first? How did someone like you become a father? Weiwei wanted to join the company. So, what’s the matter? Why can’t she compete with an outsider in her own family company? Why are you letting her feel such a way? Also, why did you cut her cards? She’s in her twenties. How can you use such childish means? You are just so capable!”
“You have no idea how impulsive she was in the company today. She has disgraced me and her brother in front of the company’s staff. Is this her attitude towards her family? Since before, I always thought that she was too indulgent and too lax… “
Cui Jing was angry before he could finish, “What’s wrong with her attitude towards her family? Huo Tingwei, how can you say that? Weiwei has idolized you and Huo Ming since she was a child. She treated you two as her heroes. When you had a stomachache, she brought you medicine and water. When you had no time to accompany her for her birthday, she waited for you in the living room until midnight. And Huo Ming, the two are twins, since they were young, whatever Huo Ming liked, do you think Weiwei ever wanted that same thing? She has always been so sensible, and yet you still say she is arrogant?
She just saw the way you are treating Zhao Sijia and felt that it wasn’t fair. She has always been so kind to you, but you turn a blind eye and treat the Zhao Sijia as a treasure instead. What do you want her to think? “
“You are mentioning Zhao Sijia again. This has nothing to do with her… “
Again, Cui Jing was too tired to listen and quarrel with him. In the past year, such quarrels have annoyed her. She said coldly, “You stop Wei Wei’s card, you don’t allow her to enter the company, and you don’t want her to find her own way too? She majored in art and specialized in painting. Isn’t it normal for her to hold an exhibition? Don’t blame her for complaining about you with her friends. If you want her to say something nice about you, don’t even dream about that!”
Cui Jing just hung up and didn’t bother to talk to Huo Tingwei anymore. In the past, she always thought that her husband was very good. Even if he was nearly 50, he was still a middle-aged man. There was no other woman around him. He managed the company very well and never quarreled with her. She could do whatever she wanted every day. She felt very satisfied in her life.
Who knew that this year, their family has become such a mess, and their relationship has become tenser and tenser, and now their relationship has reached an irreconcilable level. In the past, she only wanted to solve the problem together with Huo Tingwei and didn’t want to find out anything behind his back. Now Huo Tingwei was not making sense at all, and he has made her daughter sad. She decided to make a good investigation of what happened in those past years.
Cui Jing stopped unpacking. She asked a friend to introduce her to a very good private detective and then entrusted that other party to check up on the past of Zhao Sijia’s parents, as well as the comings and goings of her parents with Huo Tingwei. She was a little regretful. A year ago, she should have insisted on figuring out these things. But who could have thought that an ordinary-looking girl would break apart her family like this?
Huo Tingwei became, even more, angrier when he was hung up, but Cui Jing and Huo Wei did not listen to him. There was no way he could wring the two back. Originally, it was a trivial matter for Huo Wei to hold an art exhibition, but then he saw the Moments and painting with a fire in the rainforest. That matter has just subsided, but now it will trend even more when it is mentioned again, not to mention the fact that Huo Wei was kicked out of the house this time.
Although as long as it is not murder, arson and drug abuse, this kind of public opinion will not affect them. But the Huo family has become a joke among the whole internet, causing him to feel unhappy and causing more serious hurt to Zhao Sijia. He noticed that Zhao Sijia’s mood was very unstable recently, and he didn’t want her to bear the curses from the internet any more.
Huo Tingwei asked Secretary Qin to discuss with the media, and ask the media not to pay attention to it, as well as to not make a mess like last time.
However, they were too late. After Huo Wei finished sending out her Moments, she also sent news about her painting exhibition to WeiBo and other major forums and sent emails to all media.
An exhibition held by the fair-skinned, rich and young was not very interesting, but a series of paintings about her survival seemed to draw plenty of attention. After all, it has only been a short time since the incident, and they were not so forgetful. Now they can find out whether Huo Wei has drawn down all the scenes at that time, and was immediately intrigued.
Netizens expressed that: There is still a follow-up of this rich family? The Huo’s daughter had just survived and her cards were then cut. Could it be that she is not of the same blood?
Many people began to guess whether Huo Wei or Zhao Sijia was the real family missus or not. Others guessed that Huo Ming’s reputation was damaged and Huo Wei was being cleaned up. Nevertheless, in just one night, the popularity of the art exhibition rosed drastically. Whether with good or bad intentions, everyone was looking forward to seeing Hou Wei’s paintings.
Secretary Qin was still trying to prepare for Lou Xiao who was expected to help Huo Wei, but she didn’t expect Huo Wei herself to spread it all out to the internet. Secretary Qin contacted the media and asked them not to send the relevant news, and she contacted various forums and WeiBo marketing accounts and to asked them to delete related news. However, the whole internet already knows about it. Now, except for the state apparatus, who else has the ability to clean up the web?
Secretary Qin went to Huo Tingwei to report her findings. After all, Huo Tingwei did not care as much about the things on the Internet. Seeing this, he waved his hand casually and said, “Since I can’t stop her, let her fool around and when she tastes her bad choices, maybe she will come clean and mature.”
The outsiders have never seen Huo Wei’s paintings. They don’t know how infectious her paintings actually are. After she posted on the Internet, she began to draw behind closed doors. When she was recovering from her wounds, she had already finished seven paintings. Now she has to draw three more before the exhibition. With these ten paintings, everyone can know that it was never her impulsiveness that made her go was against the Huo family, but rather it was them that forced her to find a way to survive.
They wanted to maintain a good image. When they encounter any problems, they tell people that she was impulsive and unreasonable and that everything was her fault. They even deliberately messed up when they sent a clarification letter to make people question that maybe she really was as bad as they said she was. They deserve to be treated like this.
As the victim who was accused, she had suffered a lot of abuse. This time, she will restore the real truth. At the same time, she wanted to enhance everyone’s memory, there is no way for Zhao Sijia to escape public opinion, and Huo Ming won’t end up with Zhao Sijia so smoothly.
They had used her as a stepping stone everywhere. So sorry, she’s not a stepping stone anymore.
