Chapter 562 - You are crazy (1/2)
Old Master Huo had not noticed Zhang Yichen’s tension. He twitched his lips and pointed out, “If you want to see flowers, you should go to the greenhouse over there.”
The greenhouse had been set up by his wife in the past, but she had passed away. Liu Tongjia did quite a lot of gardening in it too, as she liked flowers and plants as well. There were more varieties of plants in the greenhouse now then there had been under the management of his wife. There were some rare species of plants that were well taken care of too.
Truly, besides the fact that she was being extremely stubborn about Huo Jinyao, Liu Tongjia actually had few faults one could pick on.
“Well, now that you are here, let’s have a meal together. I had hoped Qingsang would stay, but she said she has something to do and left.”
Old Master Huo couldn’t help but glance over at Zhang Yichen when he finished that sentence. “Yichen, you don’t mind eating with this old man here, right?”
“Of course not.”
Zhang Yichen looked down, and his expression was gentle. Still his thoughts were of Su Qingsang – it did seem like she wanted to tell Old Master Huo something when she had come in.
Had she run into some trouble again?
He felt his heart aching somewhat. She seemed to be having a hard time after marrying Huo Jinyao.
His compulsion to care for Su Qingsang was growing out of hand and Zhang Yichen though had tried his best to restrain it, his instincts always revealed themselves at the very least opportune moment.
This was not a good thing, either for her or for himself.
Zhang Yichen pursed his lips and by the time he looked up at Old Master Huo, his emotions were back under control once more.
…
it was Sunday and at the Tianyu Group, there was practically no one in the entire office building. However in the President’s Office on the top floor, both Huo Jinyao and Yang Wenchang were still working.
Huo Jinyao looked at the arrangements he had previously set, seeing that everything was going as planned.
He was quite pleased with Yang Wenchang’s capabilities at work.
“You said Su Peizhen came to Rong City right after we did?”
When they left the Huo Mansion two days ago, he had asked Yang Wenchang to check up on Su Peizhen’s movements over the past few months.
It was easy enough to look into about Su Peizhen’s activities these few days, as she wasn’t even bothering to be discrete.
Huo Jinyao knew that she had taken over the supermarket chain that belonged to Xiang Caiping and was now its general manager.
It was only in the last month that she had gotten together with Huo Yifan. She followed Huo Yifan to his house the night they had left the Huo Mansion.
“Yes.” It was easy enough to find out which day Su Peizhen had entered Rong City.
“Su Peizhen came to Rong City, not long after she was reunited with Xiang Caiping. She has been contacting major suppliers since then.”
There was a supplier, by the last name of He, who used to work with the Tianyu Group. Through this supplier, Su Peizhen got in touch with a member of staff from the Tianyu Group.
And then, working her way through the staff progressively, step by step, she had eventually managed to make contact with Huo Yifan.
“She played her cards quite well.”
Huo Jinyao chuckled, but he was hardly being complimentary. With all the deliberate moves she had made, who could think that Su Peizhen did not have a larger scheme in mind?
“President Huo, the next…”
“Just keep an eye on her. Take note of who else she is in contact with, other than Huo Yifan.”
“Yes.” Yang Wenchang nodded. Then he thought of another person. “What about Vice President Huo Yifan?”
“Don’t worry about him.” Huo Jinyao sneered. “He is in this together with Su Peizhen. So if you keep an eye on Su Peizhen, it’ll be equivalent to keeping an eye on Huo Yifan.”
After instructing Yang Wenchang on how to proceed, Huo Jinyao decided to go home.
It had initially seemed like it was going to be such a good weekend. If it weren’t for his objections to speaking of company matters at home, in order to avoid causing Su Qingsang any misunderstandings, he would have preferred to stay at home.
Huo Jinyao drove home, after leaving his office. He passed by a flower shop and was suddenly reminded of something.
They had just spent the Lunar New Year in Lin City, due to Su Qingsang’s reunion with Li Qianxue. Those few days of the Lunar New Year were quite close to Valentines’ Day.
He realized he had not yet given any flowers to Su Qingsang, so he stopped his car and bought a big bouquet of roses for her.
He had not expected to see someone else in his living room when he entered the door roses in hand.
“Uncle?”
Why was he here? A hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.
Su Qingsang came out of the kitchen when she heard his voice. The first thing she saw was the big bouquet of roses Huo Jinyao was holding.
“You’re back?”
Su Qingsang wasn’t upset for not getting the answer to her questions the previous day as she had already expected as much.
Nonetheless, she felt that it was such a shame. She wanted to resolve the conflict between Huo Jinyao and Liu Tongjia as soon as she could. It would be a wonderful thing if the conflict could be resolved, and the two of them buried the hatchet.
Right now, it was looking like things were not going to be easy.
Su Qingsang was distracted by all that she had on her mind, and so had forgotten entirely that Zhang Yichen had told her only yesterday that he would be coming over the next day.
It was only when Zhang Yichen arrived, shortly after Ms. Yu had returned from the market, that she remembered what Zhang Yichen had told her.
Well, that had been awkward. She had not only forgotten to inform Huo Jinyao of Zhang Yichen’s visit but in fact, completely forgotten all about it.
Su Qingsang felt rather sheepish. In order to gloss over her chagrin, she asked Ms. Yu to go and get more ingredients. Meanwhile she went into the kitchen, got the rice cooker started, and proceeded to clean and prep the ingredients that Ms. Yu had bought.
She had just begun, when Huo Jinyao came back.