Chapter 211 - I’ll Be Right Over (1/2)
Chapter 211: I’ll Be Right Over
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“A New Year’s party?” The woman on the other end of the line sounded hesitant “I just came back, I still have a lot of data to process, numbers to crunch I may not have the tiled the phone towards the garden below and pressed the Record button
Five minutes later, Huo Jialan sent the short video she had just recorded to the person on the other end of the line
In the video, a wo beneath a plum tree, her head tilted backwards to admire the plued nified He s a rose red suit; the elegant, tasteful cut of the dress complemented the woman’sto the woht nod
The man extended a hand, snapped the most beautiful plum blossom off the tree, and handed it to the woman
The woman accepted it and sarden archway When she reached it, she suddenly stopped to lean against the archway She bowed her head, sniffed the plum blossom, and looked towards the man, a beautiful smile on her face
The ’s father, Huo Guanchen, director of the Military Political Depart, who had lived the life of a secluded hermit for many, many years
The woFinally, she asked in an incredulous tone, “Jinning recovered from her illness?! When did this happen? Why didn’t you tellhasn’t recovered; she’s still sick” Huo Jialan gave a s out, cold andto our New Year’s party?”
“Forget the New Year’s party, I’ll co looks so much better now We should act on it, quickly, and hopefully find a cure for her” With that, the wo up; “Aunt Bai” was clearly a no-nonsense person who had never wasted a minute of her time
Huo Jialan looked at her phone, her lip curled in distaste She put away her phone and folded her arered briefly on Huo Guanchen and Huo Shaoheng in the garden below, beforeon tiptoe behind Huo Shaoheng, trying vainly to pluck a plum blossom off the tree
Huo Jialan watched Gu Nianzhi for a while She waited until she was sure Aunt Bai was about to arrive, before heading downstairs to the rear garden She interrupted the conversation between Huo Guanchen and Huo Shaoheng, s as she said, “Second Uncle, Cousin Brother, sorry to intrude, but there’s so I need to tell you—to Second Uncle, specifically”
“What is it?” Huo Guanchen was in hisHis te hair did not detract fro under the plulance at Gu Nianzhi, as standing behind Huo Shaoheng She smiled and said, “Miss Gu, can you please leave us, just for a
Huo Shaoheng gestured at her Gu Nianzhi nodded in reply, and said, “I’ll go see what Auntie Song is up to then” With that, she walked towards the archway in the garden
Huo Jialan watched Gu Nianzhi’s retreating back for ato say, “Aunt Bai just returned from her research expedition She is very happy to hear that Mrs Song is getting better, and insisted on coht away”
Everyone in the Huo family knew very ho this “Aunt Bai” was
But in the last 12 years, no one in the fa was at ho would only ever interact with “Aunt Bai” on official business, when it was strictly necessary; he never met or spoke with her in private
Huo Guanchen, too, had never received her at hos and pride
Huo Jialan ell aware of the strained relationshi+p between Huo Shaoheng and “Aunt Bai” She said to Huo Shaoheng, “Cousin Brother, I know you’ve never liked Aunt Bai, but she’s co, that’s all I’ all these years She was absolutely ecstatic when I told her that Mrs Song’s condition has iht away, to hopefully get Mrs Song on the road to recovery as soon as possible”
Huo Guanchen could barely keep his composure when he heard what Huo Jialan had said
He had longed for Song Jinning to recover froain They had tried practically everything in the last 16 years, to no avail
He was hardly able to believe his ears when Huo Jialan said that Song Jinning’s condition had improved He quickly asked, “Jialan, is it true? Is she really getting better?”
“I think she’s htly “Didn’t you just give Mrs Song a pluht of you, but not this time That’s quite the improvement, isn’t it?”