Chapter 576 - There’s Actually Such A Person In This World (2/2)

But Su Qingsang did not want to argue him about this.

She tiptoed and kissed him gently on his lips.

She carefully outlined the shape of his lips.

His lips were beautiful and s.e.xy. They were not considered full but were slightly thin.

There used to be a saying that people with thin lips had fewer emotions.

But now she felt that his lips were just right.

Soft and bright red in color, just like his warm heart.

As she was kissing him, her tears streamed down her face again.

And then she couldn’t kiss him anymore.

Tears rolled down her face. She blinked a few times and hugged him tightly.

Huo Jinyao hugged her back, and her tears soaked into his s.h.i.+rt once again.

He locked his arms tight around her.

He lowered his head to kiss her forehead, her eyes, and her face, kissing away all her tears.

His final kiss landed on her lip, just a light peck, and he hugged her again.

They did not talk anymore. They just hugged each other.

Time seemed to have come to a standstill. He needed time, and so did she.

She slowly composed herself, and finally stopped crying.

It was just her eyes that remained very swollen.

He lowered his head to look at her and sighed softly.

“There, there. It’s alright. Let’s go wash your face and put a compress over your eyes. If not, you will feel uncomfortable later on.”

They still had to be present at dinner tonight.

She would probably attract a lot of attention if she went with her face like that.

Su Qingsang sniffled and nodded heavily.

Huo Jinyao pulled her in the direction of the bathroom.

Neither of them said anything. Su Qingsang watched him take out a towel, wet it, and wring it out, before gently wiping her face.

His actions were really gentle as if he was cleaning something he treasured dearly.

Su Qingsang blinked and she spoke after Huo Jinyao retracted his hands.

“Huo Jinyao. Have you ever thought about leaving the Huo Family? Or leaving Tianyu Group?”

Huo Jinyao’s hand paused mid-wring.

He glanced at her and nodded.

“Then—”

“It’s not that I don’t want to, but I can’t.”

Old Master Huo knew all about the incident and how much it pained him.

He knew about Liu Tongjia’s pain and agony as well.

And because he knew and understood everything, he never said a single word about their relations.h.i.+p throughout all these years.

Old Master Huo had way more life experiences, so he thought about it differently.

He was able to let it go and accept the way things turned out.

But that was not necessarily the case for the others.

Old Master Huo understood that, and although his heart ached for Huo Jinyao, he chose to never be indulgent.

“Be it the Huo Family, or Tianyu Group, they are all my responsibilities.”

If Huo Jinkai was still around, they would have been his responsibilities.

But since he had pa.s.sed away and Huo Jinyao had played a part in his death, it was the least he could do.

It was of no use for him to persuade himself repeatedly that their deaths were just an accident. He had tried that many times.

“Unless, someday, someone comes along who can really take on these responsibilities. If not, I will continue to shoulder them.”

Su Qingsang stopped talking. She understood why. She understood his decision.

But…

“How about Huo Yifan?”

“Him?”

Huo Jinyao had no bad feelings toward Huo Yifan. And, Huo Jinyao’s relations.h.i.+p with his cousin had even been quite good in the past.

He did not know when it started, but Huo Yifan and his other cousins started to harbor hostile feelings towards him.

It wasn’t just them, but the Wei Family as well. And even the Liu Family.

The main cause of all the changes in their att.i.tudes was Liu Tongjia’s apparent dislike towards him.

Huo Jinyao knew, but because of his tolerance of Liu Tongjia’s treatment of him, he had tolerated all the other opinions of him that came along with it.

“Don’t worry about him. He can’t do much.”

When it came to Huo Jinyao and his elder brother, they were both heirs who had been meticulously nurtured by Old Master Huo.

In this aspect, Old Master Huo was partial. To him, it wasn’t just the eldest son or the eldest grandchild who could take over the family.

He believed that there were different responsibilities for everyone in life.

His way of nurturing and training each grandchild had been different as well.

Huo Yifan’s capabilities were not bad at all, but his shortcoming was that he was often overconfident and would get conceited easily.

With this kind of shortcoming, Tianyu Group would be unable to expand further if it was taken over by him.

So, he could never be Huo Jinyao’s opponent.

“I know that you are better than him.” Su Qingsang was worried about something else. “But now, he is mixing with Su Peizhen. I keep having the feeling that they are coming forward with bad intentions.”

Huo Jinyao leaned forward to kiss her on both cheeks.

“Thank you for your compliments, dear. You just said that your husband is better than him. If that’s the case, so what if Su Peizhen is added into the equation? What can they do?”

Su Qingsang nodded and laughed at herself for thinking too much.

“Anyway, I am not too sure about the things related to your business, so I won’t be able to help you. I just want you to be alright.”

Huo Jinyao reached out and stroked her hair.

“Let’s go out. You need to relax a little, before we have to go and eat dinner in a while.”

Su Qingsang glanced over at the room next door when both of them were about to go down the stairs.

“Is Uncle alright?”

To avoid any misunderstanding, Su Qingsang had left the room after the doctor came to treat Zhang Yichen.

“He’s alright. But he probably won’t be able to get up for dinner.”

It would be better too if he was not there.

Up till now, Su Qingsang still thought that Zhang Yichen did those things to her because he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

But Huo Jinyao knew that it was not entirely the case.

Zhang Yichen’s inner feelings were just augmented by the influence of the drugs and alcohol.

Zhang Yichen had been really interested in Su Qingsang.

But Huo Jinyao would never tell Su Qingsang about that.

He thought about the scene just now where she was crying for him and remembered the moment when she wanted to rush over to Liu Tongjia to explain everything on his behalf.

Qingsang was such a good woman, so it was not surprising that other men liked her as well.

But even then, the fewer love rivals he had, the better it would be.

Su Qingsang nodded. She did feel sympathy, even though Liu Tongjia did something like this, but she really couldn’t understand why.

If Liu Tongjia had succeeded in framing her and told everyone that she had a daughter-in-law who cheated on her husband, how would that make her feel better?

Or did she really hate Huo Jinyao that much?

So, she not only wanted to take away his rights to the company, but she also wanted to ruin him forever?

Su Qingsang sighed internally. It would be cruel if Liu Tongjia really did think like that.

Even so, Huo Jinyao was being stubborn and refusing to clarify the misunderstanding between him and his mother about the kidnapping incident. Who knew what Liu Tongjia would try next?

“Don’t worry.”

Huo Jinyao stopped in his tracks suddenly as if he knew what she was thinking about.

“I have already talked to my mother about it. She will not do something like this again.”

Su Qingsang noticed that he was expressionless when he said this, and she could almost guess the expression Liu Tongjia had on her face when he talked to her about it.

“You mother—”

“I have told her that I draw the line at you, so there will be no more next time.”

Su Qingsang pursed her lips and nodded her head heavily, biting her lower lip.

She was suddenly flooded with the realization that she loved Huo Jinyao more and more with each day.

After today, her heart ached all the more for him, and she also admired him now, in addition to her love.

No one else would have been able to do survive such an ordeal, but Huo Jinyao did it.

He had endured so many things that he shouldn’t have had to.

He also experienced many things that he should not have had to experience.

Frankly, the heavens had been really unfair to him.

During dinner, there were several people at the dining table who didn’t look too happy.

It was obvious, especially to Huo Jinyao and Su Qingsang. Although she was able to compose herself by dinnertime, when she saw Liu Tongjia again, she was still unable to understand her behavior.

Liu Tongjia doesn’t look too good as well. Huo Mingguang did not return to the room in the afternoon.

So, she stayed in the room alone for the entire afternoon.

Huo Jinyao’s words had affected her after all.

She did not cry, but her eyes were a little red and she looked rather haggard.

If one were to look closely, she had put on some makeup to cover up her pained emotions.

Huo Jinyao did not look at Liu Tongjia, and so naturally, he did not notice the change in the look on her face.

Even though Huo Jinyao had made up his mind to tolerate everything his mother did, he just wanted to ignore her now.

Su Qingsang did not take notice of her either. She found herself still unable to forgive Liu Tongjia.

However, Old Master Huo and Huo Mingguang noticed.

But there was no suitable time to talk about it since all of their relatives were around.

Huo Mingguang leaned in towards Liu Tongjia’s ear and he said to her softly, “If you are tired, rest earlier tonight. Pull yourself together since everyone is here.”

They had been a married couple for many years, so he could sense when she was feeling down at any point in time.

Liu Tongjia glanced over at her husband and responded to him softly, with obvious exhaustion on her face.

Su Peizhen and Huo Yifan arrived late. Su Peizhen had an especially rosy complexion on her face.

She looked radiant, glowing blissfully.

Most people who were there simply thought that it was because Su Peizhen and Huo Yifan had a good relations.h.i.+p and were getting along well with each other.

But that was not the case for Nian Chunya. She frowned slightly when she saw Su Peizhen.

As someone who would be marrying her son in the future, Su Peizhen didn’t stick to her boundaries nor did she respect her as a mother-in-law either. Those aspects of Su Peizhen were enough to make Nian Chunya unhappy, even if Old Master Huo really liked her.

Su Peizhen didn’t care if Nian Chunya looked pleased or not. Natural and poised, she walked over arm in arm with Huo Yifan. When she approached the main gathering, she looked around and her eyes landed on Su Qingsang at the back.

With that one glance, she saw that Su Qingsang seemed a little different and the corners of her lips turned up.