Chapter 77: Chapter 77 The First eting with the Mother-in-Law
Yu Fu stared intently at the pink diamond displayed on the television when his shoulder was suddenly patted by a young man with blelonde hair.
“Uncle Yu Fu, when do you plan to repay the 200,000 you owe ?”
Yu Fu replied, “Soon, soon, what’s the hurry? After I make a trip to Jiang City and co back, not to ntion 200,000, I could even co up with 20 million!”
A woman around fifty stord over, fuming, “Yu Fu, quit your bullshit! It’s ti to pay our son’s high school fees again, and that private school has said we must pay next sester’s fees by the end of this term. Where are we going to find the 10,000 for this term’s fees?”
Yu Fu said, “After my trip to Jiang City, when I return, what’s 10,000 in school fees? At that point, our son might even go abroad for his studies. Isn’t that sothing to consider with a wealthy brother-in-law like that?”
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Star Island’s night sky was stunning, the crescent moon surrounded by stars and the endless sea reflecting each other’s brilliance.
Yuan Xi, lying on the balcony’s couch, took in the beautiful scene outside, free from all the hustle and bustle.
No Mi Chen’s data, no Gu Hanchen’s irritable temper, no need to worry about how many unanswered emails there were today, she could fully relax…
Huo Shiyuan approached Yuan Xi and asked, “What are you looking at?”
Yuan Xi replied with a light smile, “I haven’t seen such a starry sky in a long ti, not since I was very, very young.”
Huo Shiyuan looked up, “Indeed, such star-filled nights are rare in the city.”
Huo Shiyuan’s phone rang; he frowned as he answered, “What’s the matter?”
Huo Ting said, “Shiyan, your mom is mad at ; she just flew off, and I have no idea where she went. I asked her bodyguards, and none of them would tell . I’m really worried about her.”
Huo Shiyuan frowned, “How often is she not upset?”
“This ti she’s genuinely angry. A few years back on our wedding anniversary, I had won a bid for a pink diamond. Coincidentally, Lawrence also ntioned how much his late wife loved pink diamonds and wanted to have that diamond accompany her in burial. A gentleman would not envy what others adore, especially the deceased. Their love moved , so I sold the pink diamond I had bid for to Lawrence.”
“Who would have known that today your mom saw a video on so marketing account where that diamond was used by so entertainnt company’s CEO as an engagent ring. She insisted that I was too stingy to spend money on her, conjuring up this story of Mrs. Laurence’s pink diamond burial to insult the diamond, and alleging I don’t love her anymore…”
“I’m really wronged here. If I had known Lawrence wasn’t using it for his wife’s burial, I would never have sold it to him.”
“Now she’s convinced I’m lying, that I don’t love her anymore, and won’t spend money on her…”
Huo Shiyuan was genuinely helpless with his parents’ love and quarrels; they were nearly a hundred years in total age.
Two forty-seven-year-olds were still playing tricks that young couples would, more immature than middle school sweethearts.
Huo Shiyuan said, “My mom probably hasn’t blocked yet, you should go and coax her yourself.”
Huo Ting sighed, “I wasn’t counting on you to coax her, just help find out where she is, will you?”
Huo Shiyuan replied, “I’ll ask.”
He then hung up the phone.
Yuan Xi noticed Huo Shiyuan frowning and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Huo Shiyuan replied, “My parents had a fight.”
“Ah?” Yuan Xi was taken aback, “Aren’t you going to try to diate?”
“I’m not close with them; no need to diate, let’s go to sleep.”
Listening to Huo Shiyuan, Yuan Xi felt he seed to have a sowhat distant relationship with his parents.
Indeed, if they were close, how could he only find out that he had a younger brother who was almost five years old?
“When did you go abroad for school?” she asked.
Huo Shiyuan said, “During junior high.”
“Alone?” Yuan Xi inquired.
Huo Shiyuan nodded, “Yes, I originally wanted to go with a childhood friend, but her parents wouldn’t agree to let her go abroad.”
Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan with sympathy, “I have a friend who also went to study in the United States in junior high. When he left, he was crying, clinging to the old tree at the entrance of the village, insisting not to go to the United States. If he had to go, he wanted to accompany him. It would have been good if you two knew each other; you’d have had company.”
Huo Shiyan: “…”
At that ti, I didn’t weigh 200 pounds, at most just 160 pounds.
And there definitely wasn’t any scenario of sobbing and clinging to a tree, refusing to leave.
Huo Shiyan: “If your friend wanted you to study abroad with him, then why didn’t you go to the United States with him?”
Yuan Xi chuckled: “I like the river delicacies from Ruohu, the bayberries from the hills around Ruohu. These are things you can’t find in the United States.”
Truthfully, the food was a secondary issue; it would have been quite difficult to apply to those Ivy League schools in the United States.
Although my family was financially okay, they couldn’t afford the expenses of my studying in the United States from middle school onwards.
Huo Shiyan: “In your eyes, is he less important than river delicacies and bayberries?”
Yuan Xi curiously looked at Huo Shiyan, even though Huo Shiyan treated her as a replacent, after all, they were a legally married couple now.
It would be improper to say that another man was more important.
“Yep, less important than food.”
Huo Shiyan spoke softly: “Go to sleep.”
Yuan Xi fell into a deep sleep to the sound of the waves at the beach, vaguely feeling Huo Shiyan kissing her. She was too tired to even open her eyes.
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In the early morning, when sunlight stread through the floor-to-ceiling windows,
Yuan Xi woke up, having forgotten to pull the curtains last night.
Feeling a bit hungry, she went downstairs looking for sothing to eat, only to see a fuming woman sitting at the dining table.
The woman looked to be around thirty, with long, wavy hair, exquisite makeup, fiery red lips, and a commanding presence.
The previously warm and smiling Filipino maid didn’t dare to take a deep breath in front of her.
“Mummy, mummy, my dearest mummy!”
Xiao Shihuo rushed down the stairs and threw himself into Shi Zhen’s arms.
“Mummy! You’re back?! I’m so happy!”
Hearing Xiao Shihuo’s cries, Yuan Xi stood frozen in place.
An ugly daughter-in-law will eventually et her mother-in-law, but Yuan Xi had never expected it to happen like this.
Still in her pajamas, having only brushed her teeth in the morning, she hadn’t even properly washed her face, nor combed her hair…
Now, she couldn’t just leave to get ready without saying hello, so she had to tough it out and make pleasantries.
“Mom.”
Yuan Xi tried to control her nervousness, maintaining the flawless smile she used in the workplace as she greeted.
Shi Zhen glanced at Yuan Xi, “Good morning. Little Huohuo hasn’t been troubling you these past days, has he?”
Yuan Xi quickly shook her head: “Not at all, I really like Huohuo, he’s just like Shiyan when he was young.”
Shi Zhen curiously looked at Yuan Xi, fondly kissing Xiao Shihuo’s face: “Huohuo is different from Shiyan as a child. Obviously, my Huohuo is much cuter than Shiyan was.”
Huo Shiyan ca down from the staircase, speaking up: “Ms. Shi, you’re about to beco a grandmother, it’s about ti to stop this drama with dad, getting angry and having cold wars at the drop of a hat.”
Shi Zhen scoffed, “You only know you’re a Huo, your heart is with those who share the Huo surna!”
“Let Yuan Xi be the judge, should I be angry or not? I have liked the Pink Aurora Diamond for a long ti, if your dad hadn’t bid on it, then fine. But he did, and then said it was for Mrs. Laurence’s burial with her dead husband. That couple had deep love, and it was their dying wish, so giving it away is okay.
But now, what happened? The Pink Aurora is being used by that adulterous CEO Fan Yan for a wedding ring. An adulterer using the Pink Aurora is an insult to the diamond, don’t you think I have a right to be angry?”
Yuan Xi heard the words ‘Pink Aurora’ and rembered the tweet soone had @’ed her in yesterday under Chu Yan’s post.
The pink diamond Chu Yan flaunted was the Pink Aurora…
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