Chapter 533: 340 How the Huo Family Men Coax Their Wives
The night fell quietly, with the moon bright and stars scarce, save for the rustling of wind in the mountains and
the occasional barking of a dog; within the entire house, it was so silent that one could hear each other's
heartbeat.
Zeyan coughed softly,
“I think Xiaowu is right; Miss Shen is still your aunt, a senior relative. Since something happened, we should take
full responsibility.”
“She's starting her new job tomorrow. Given her state tonight, I'm worried she might get fired. No company likes
an employee who's a hot mess and drops the ball on their very first day.”
“What happened today was indeed a coincidence and my fault, and | should take responsibility.”
The man was leafing through a magazine and looked up, “How do you plan to take responsibility?”
“I...” Zeyan didn’t really know what to do. “Maybe | can give her a ride to work when | go to the office in the
morning?”
“Your company, and New City, are not on the way.”
Zeyan’'s company was in the downtown area, while Shen Shuci’s company in New City was already close to the
suburbs.
“Didn’t you say before that if she had an issue you'd be responsible, got her phone number and address and all?
Why don’t you take her to and from work? Taking full responsibility?”
The man gave him a look that was silent but intense, making Zeyan's heart beat wildly!
“I was just joking.”
Zeyan coughed twice, knowing well that with his personality, he would never do such a thing.
Do | really have to be stared down like this? Can't even take a joke?
“I'm going to sleep; | have to work early in the morning!” Zeyan said, and hurried back to his room.
Staying at the Huo Family was truly dull, devoid of any recreational facilities. The layout and furnishings of the
house were so simple they could be seen at a glance. If it weren't for the WiFi, he might have felt suffocated...
The Jiang Mansion was quite far from Hexi. En route, Tang Wan received a call from Ruan Mengxi, and after
discussing swork matters, they talked about Shen Shuci’s injury.
“Your aunt coming to work in Beijing? Why didn’t you tellearlier?” Ruan Mengxi had thought Shen Shuci
cto Beijing to help Tang Wan with family recognition matters, and although they knew each other, they
weren't in regular contact.
“What's the use of telling you?”
“She could move in with me. If she doesn’t want to stay for free, she can just givesrent. We could keep
each other company.”
Shen Shuci had arranged everything, and Tang Wan had forgotten that Ruan Mengxi lived alone and had spare
rooms—they could indeed have moved in together.
“She's already moved into her place here. I'll ask her about it later.”
After hanging up, Tang Wan turned to Jiang Jinsang, “How did you becfriends with Brother Huo? You guys
differ so much in age and personality...”
Tang Wan had previously seen his profile at the alumni celebration event.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey were not alumni of the syear, so they couldn't have been classmates, which made their friendship
seem rather unlikely.
“His mother is a fan of my mom.”
“Hm?” Tang Wan was puzzled.
She'd almost forgotten Fan Mingyu was once extremely popular.
“My mom used to have a lot of performance opportunities, and Auntie was a fan of hers. Even though she was
already a minor leader then, she was excited every tshe went to a performance but had to keep composed
so her subordinates wouldn't see.”
“Later, to make his wife happy, Uncle Huo went out of his way to call my mom into his office. According to my
mom, it nearly scared her to death. She was just a singer, and they had never spoken before, so naturally, she
was frightened.”
“Uncle Huo didn’t say anything at first when he called my mom, just stared at her, nearly driving her insane.”
“Pfft—" Tang Wan couldn’t help but laugh.
She couldn't help imagining a certain person's face—it was indeed frightening.
“My mom thought she must have done something wrong, but even then, it wouldn't be Uncle Huo’s place to take
care of it. Anyway, she was very anxious.”
“My mom said, later, Uncle Huo pulled out a blank notebook from his drawer and said two words to her:
‘Autograph!"”
“Haha—"
“My mom must have been baffled because he didn’t seem like he wanted an autograph out of fandom.”
Tang Wan couldn’t contain her laughter any longer, “And then what happened?”
This was so similar to how Brother Huo asked for her aunt’s phone number, so blunt—it was hardcore.
“Well, my mom signed it, thinking one should be enough. But Uncle Huo stayed silent, so she asked if he wanted
more. He still didn’t say anything, so she just kept signing. In the end...”
“I signed a notebook for him!”
Tang Wan laughed, “Ah, Uncle Huo’s personality is quite similar to Big Brother Huo’s.”
“When you meet him in person someday, you'll see that they even look alike,” Jiang Jinsang said with a smile at
the corner of his mouth. “Uncle Huo called my mom to his office and they spent over an hour together. The news
spread quickly...”
“Before Uncle Huo got married, he was essentially immune to women. By then, he was already married and had
kids. Suddenly calling my mother into his office and spending so much tthere, people naturally got curious.”
“Later, my aunt found my mother and took the tto explain the situation and apologize. My mom didn’t know
whether to laugh or cry.”
“Every tmy mom had a performance, she would make it a point to greet her, and they becfriendly.”
“In the past, Old Huo used to live out of town with his parents. Then he cback to Beijing for middle and high
school and often cto our house for meals. He may seem distant, but he’s actually a really nice person.”
Tang Wan could completely imagine what kind of scene it was at that time, asking for an autograph.
Fan Mingyu must have been scared out of his wits. Who else would ask for an autograph to appease his wife?
The men from the Huo Family are really something else.
“But this Uncle Huo does seem to dote on his wife,” Tang Wan pursed her lips. “Actually, straight-laced guys can
be quite cute sometimes. By the way, how did the two of them meet?”
If father and son share a similar personality, they would normally have a hard tfinding partners, one would
think.
“It was a state assignment.”
“What?”
“They met at a group blind date. After that, he went every day to help her fetch hot water and meals. Later,
when my aunt was assigned to another place, he up and followed her. Despite that, they say he never actually
confessed. Quite reserved,” Jiang Jinsang chuckled lightly.
“But the specifics, I'm not sure about. This is all stuff my aunt complained about to my mother, who then
casually mentioned it to us.”
Tang Wan hadn't known much about the Huo Family previously, always feeling like they were an existence far
removed from her own life. Now that she thought about it, this family was quite interesting.
It's just that wrapped up in the rumors of Beijing, they were inevitably demonized or mythologized. At the end of
the day, they are just ordinary people who eat grains like everyone else.
“Speaking of which, how cBig Brother Huo didn’t end up with someone from the group blind date?”
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Jiang Jinsang tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, thinking about someone, and couldn't help but sigh:
He's the real definition of a loner, isn’t he?
“That's true. Just looking at him asking his aunt for a phone number, you can feel it. Who does that?”
Then thinking back to when Jiang Jinsang pursued her, the difference...
No wonder he’s still single to this day.
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“Don’t even mention it, your dad and Xiaowu’s dad have recently been talking about sbusiness deal,
coming and going at all hours. Tonight, there’s another social function, and they're still out drinking.”
Tang Yunxian already had business dealings with the Jiang Group; it’s just that in the past, he used to interact
with Jiang Yanting, and now it had switched to Jiang Zhenhuan.
“Did you two eat your fill at the Huo’s? If you're hungry, | can heat up something for you,” Fan Mingyu said,
ready to cook.
“Not hungry at all, we ate very well.”
After Tang Wan returned to her room, she sent a few messages to Shen Shuci, basically to tell her to get some
rest and go to sleep early.
On Shen Shuci’s side, after taking a bath and preparing the things she needed for work the next morning, she
finally picked up her phone before bed to reply to Tang Wan’s messages, then stared at the newly saved phone
number for a while.
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His expression looked like someone who was forced to cout and serve customers.
So assertive that it was hard to refuse.
She put the ice pack she brought from the Huo’s into the fridge and then zoned out while looking at the towel.
It was just a towel, she probably didn’t need to return it, but keeping a man’s towel at home... she had no use for
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Considering she probably couldn't drive the next day with her hand like this, she had booked a taxi before going
to bed.
But as soon as she went downstairs the next day, she got quite a fright...