Tong Zi's funeral was the next day.
Yan Qiang wore a black woolen coat and went to the funeral with Yan Ce.
There was heavy fog in Jinghai.
In the early morning, the mobile phone had already started to issue heavy fog warnings. When I woke up the next morning, the visibility outside was already less than 200 meters.
The driver drove very slowly.
Yan Qiang and Yan Ce sat in the back and talked about Tong Zi's funeral. Yan Ce looked at her and said, "Huo Qi's situation will be even more difficult in the future."
"Because of Aunt Tong's death, or will the marriage between Huo Qi and Huang Qinying fall through?"
"Isn't that a reason?"
"Is there any inside story behind Aunt Tong's death?" Yan Qiang looked at Yan Ce, "Or is it just such a coincidence that things suddenly deteriorated after Huo Qi and Huang Qinying got the news that they were getting engaged?"
There are always some inside stories in wealthy families.
Yan Ce thought for a moment and lowered his voice: "I heard that Huo Zhongkang has been visiting Ms. Tong frequently recently."
Yan Qiang frowned slightly.
Yan Ce: "As for the exact reason, perhaps only Huo Zhongkang and Huo Qi know."
Yan Qiang didn't make a sound.
She didn't care about the Huo family's affairs, she just felt a little sad when she thought that Huo Qi's relatives in this world were only Huo Zhongkang, who had abandoned him.
The funeral was held in heavy fog.
Although Huo Qi had been kicked out of the Huo family by Huo Boting, the Ning family, the Xiao family and even the Huang family in Hong Kong City were present at the condolences in the past two days, and those who were originally watching also came to express their condolences.
The scene is a bit spectacular.
But Huo Zhongkang still didn't show up.
Yan Ce went to say hello to a few business friends, and Yan Qiang found a quiet place to take him with him.
Unexpectedly, they met Huo Shirui and Huo Shiqian.
Accompanying them was Pei Buyu.
"You're here too."
Pei Buyu stepped forward to say hello to Yan Qiang.
His hair was cut short, and the hair that was slightly longer before and even tied occasionally at the back was gone. Coupled with a black suit, he looked much more upright.
The unruly look before was gone.
Yan Qiang nodded lightly, not wanting to talk to him. When she turned to leave, Huo Shirui suddenly snorted coldly.
Yan Qiang raised her eyes and met Huo Shirui's eyes that were a little disgusting but also a little gloating.
"Xiao Rui."
There was a hint of warning in Pei Buyu's voice.
Huo Shirui turned his head and stopped looking at Yan Qiang, but Yan Qiang had a bad feeling in her heart.
The way Huo Shirui looked at her just now was so weird.
Today is the funeral of Huo Qi's mother. She is just a guest who came to attend the funeral. Why does Huo Shirui look at her with such gloating eyes?
"Sorry." Pei Buyu apologized to Yan Qiang, "Xiao Rui has the temper of a child. Don't be as knowledgeable as her."
Yan Qiang looked at him.
You are already twenty years old, and you still have the temper of a child? Whose child would have such a chaotic private life? Whose child would marry another man while pregnant with another man's child?
"I heard that Mr. Pei is now taking over the project of the ecological living area in the west of the city?" she asked.
Pei Buyu just thought she was complaining to Huo Qimin and nodded, "Yes."
"Congratulations, Mr. Pei."
"Thanks."
Pei Buyu was in a good mood.
"No thanks." Yan Qiang glanced at Pei Buyu again, "That mess in the west of the city will be in trouble for whoever takes over, but Mr. Pei is so capable, he will definitely do a good job. Come on."
The smile on Pei Buyu's face stiffened for a moment.
The Chengxi Ecological Living Area project is indeed very troublesome. It has been less than a month since he took it over, and it has already been full of problems. Many hands have been stretched out here, and so many pairs of eyes are staring at it. He cannot make mistakes.
But he had to do it.
"How are you doing lately?" Pei Buyu changed the topic, "I heard that Rong Xi went to Zhouhai a few days ago? Is he causing trouble for you?"
"Why did Mr. Pei ask that?" Yan Qiang asked, "Is it possible that you knew that Rong Xi was going to trouble me?"
"Yan Qiang, I care about you, you don't have to be so thorny." Pei Buyu felt helpless.
Yan Qiang curled her lips: "Young Master Pei has this time, so you'd better take good care of your unborn child."
The smile on Pei Buyu's face completely disappeared.
He looked at Yan Qiang intently, but Yan Qiang was no longer interested in dealing with him. She said to look for Yan Ce and left.
Huo Shirui turned his head, the gloating on his face was undisguised: "Is your hot love sticking to her cold ass? Are you happy?"
Pei Buyu looked at her coldly.
Huo Shirui's heart trembled, but he still pretended to be calm on his face and snorted softly: "But she won't be able to laugh anymore after a while."
Hearing the sound, Pei Buyu looked at Yan Qiang's back.
Sorry Yan Qiang.
He muttered something silently in his mind.
…
Huo Qi hardly spoke at the funeral.
He was wearing a black suit, his angular face was pale, and there was no emotion in his peach eyes.
The process proceeds step by step.
When they were greeted and sent to the room, he just nodded lightly, more like a kind of calm numbness.
Yan Qiang stood far away.
She looked at Huo Qi quietly, thinking of his sudden hug at the door of the funeral home that night.
There was also a million transferred to her the next morning.
It's not a lot of money.
To Huo Qi and Yan Qiang, it was just a small sum, but it reminded Yan Qiang of something.
At that time, she and Huo Qi were still in love.
The combination of a pampered daughter and a male college student from an ordinary family was not favored by others.
On her birthday that year, Yan Ce gave her a bag.
It's a new model from a luxury brand, priced at one million, and it's not yet available in China.
She thought Huo Qi didn't know, so she carried him on her back when they were dating, but she didn't expect to be recognized by the girl at the next table while eating.
Several girls were chatting while eating. They talked about Yan Qiang's bag for a long time, saying that the bag was worth one million.
Yan Qiang could see Huo Qi's silence with her naked eyes, and she quickly said to the girls: "This is a high imitation, fake, and worthless."
She thought that with one imitation, the matter would be over.
Even after the meal, she explained to Huo Qi that this bag was really a high imitation.
Huo Qi reached out and hugged her.
He buried his face in the crook of her neck and said, "In a few years, I will be able to afford it."
When Yan Qiang was stunned, he added, "Miss Yan family, when did you ever carry a fake bag?"
He knows everything.
But before she could wait for Huo Qi to spend one million to buy her a bag, the two had already separated.
Later, when the Yan family fell into despair, she never bought another million-dollar bag.
So Yan Qiang couldn't figure out what the one million Huo Qi transferred to her meant.
"What, are you feeling distressed?"
Ning Huanhuan didn't know when she stood beside her.
Yan Qiang turned her head to look at her, without nodding or shaking her head, but asked her: "How is Ning Yinyin?"
"It's not good. It's been fine since the surgery. I didn't expect complications to occur. The specific situation depends on the condition of the body later. It's almost impossible to return to before. I can only treat it as much as possible."
Ning Yinyin is too young.
Not yet a year old.
Such a tiny child was lying on a hospital bed with tubes inserted into his body. The scene was so heart-wrenching.
"Haven't we already called in experts from abroad?" Yan Qiang asked.
"Yes, but his situation is special." Ning Huanhuan's face was also a little heavy, "My eldest brother is already looking for better experts, just follow fate."
Yan Qiang nodded, and there was really no other way.
As for how Ning Yinyin fell from the stairs at such a young age, Ning Huanhuan didn't mention it, and Yan Qiang didn't ask.
Every family has its own secrets.
"I just saw Huo Shirui." Ning Huanhuan talked about other things with a look of disgust, "She is really not a person. She can still smile so happily at someone else's funeral. Let me tell you, this Huo The family sent Huo Shirui here on purpose, just to let everyone know about the Huo family's attitude towards Huo Qi, the whole family is sinister."
"I thought Huo Zhongkang would at least come." Yan Qiang said.
After all, she is the first wife.
In order to pursue true love and marry Tong Zi, Huo Zhongkang even left the Huo family at the request of leaving. Unexpectedly, everyone was dead and he didn't even dare to show his face.
"He's not that courageous." Ning Huanhuan sighed softly, "Do you really think Pei Haizhu is fasting and chanting Buddha's name?"
Yan Qiang looked at Ning Huanhuan, who shrugged, "Huo Zhongkang left the Huo family for a first love, even ran away from the engagement, and finally abandoned his wife and son and returned to the Huo family. Such a person, Pei Haizhu is first class Even in seven or eight years, Huo Zhongkang actually got married as usual after he returned to the Huo family. Do you believe it is true love? "
Yan Qiang's impression of Pei Haizhu has always been in a very mysterious state, quiet and like a dignified porcelain.
She did not attend the gatherings of famous ladies in the upper-class circles of Beijing and Shanghai, and did not go out much all year round. However, the children she raised were extremely public and the other extremely reserved.
Like two extremes.
While the two were talking, Pei Buyu came over. After saying hello to Ning Huanhuan, he approached Yan Qiang and said, "Yan Qiang, please take a step to speak."
Last time at Longhua Temple, Ning Huanhuan met Pei Buyu and Liu Jinfang, so now Pei Buyu didn't avoid them and said, "It's urgent and has something to do with your mother."
Ning Huanhuan likes to eat melons.
But she didn't want to eat her good friend's melon with gusto, so she immediately made an excuse and left.
"What's the matter?" Yan Qiang asked him.
Pei Buyu looked nervous for a moment and lowered his voice: "Your mother is here."
Yan Qiang frowned and looked at Pei Buyu coldly.
"I don't know why she is here. I have arranged her in the lounge at the back. She refused to leave. I was afraid that she would make trouble, so I had to come to you."
Pei Buyu was afraid that Yan Qiang wouldn't believe it, so he pursed his lower lip and said sincerely: "You also know my current situation. Once she makes trouble and everyone knows, her situation will be very dangerous."
This was a disguised attempt to threaten Yan Qiang with Liu Jinfang's safety.
Yan Qiang once again thought of Huo Shirui's gloating look when he looked at her just now.
She looked at Pei Buyu, "Do you know what you are doing?"
"What?"
Pei Buyu didn't seem to understand what Yan Qiang meant.
Yan Qiang shook her head: "Nothing, just lead the way."
…
Yan Qiang thought Pei Buyu and Huo Shirui were planning something together, but she didn't expect that she actually saw Liu Jinfang behind them.
Liu Jinfang's face looked rounder than before.
Seeing Yan Qiang coming over, she frowned and looked at Pei Buyu: "What do you mean?"
"I don't know what you are making, but Huo Qi's mother is being buried today, and you are pregnant. You are not suitable to attend these occasions."
Pei Buyu didn't look good. He said to Yan Qiang, "Excuse me, I'll get you a glass of water."
The door to the lounge was closed.
Yan Qiang looked at Liu Jinfang, but Liu Jinfang didn't look at her. She only had a stern face, as if Yan Qiang owed her one billion.
"Why are you here?" Yan Qiang asked.
She didn't think Liu Jinfang really wanted to come to some funeral, or that she wanted to take the opportunity to put pressure on the Pei family and get Pei Buyu to acknowledge her.
From the beginning, Liu Jinfang didn't want people to know about her relationship with Pei Buyu, so that by this time, her concept would change and she would start to want status.
"Can't I come here?" Liu Jinfang looked at her, "Do you think I've embarrassed you? You can come, why can't I come?"
Yan Qiang wanted to laugh.
"I come to mourn Huo Qi's mother as Huo Qi's ex-girlfriend and as the daughter of the Huo family. What is your identity?" She looked at Liu Jinfang, "The mother of Huo Qi's ex-girlfriend is also Mr. Pei's fiancée. ?”
"Yan Qiang!"
Liu Jinfang became a little angry.
Pei Buyu opened the door at the right time and came in. He placed warm water in front of Liu Jinfang and gave Yan Qiang a cup of coffee.
Yan Qiang glanced at the coffee and heard Pei Buyu say: "You guys chat, I'll go outside and watch."
The door was closed again.
"I don't want to argue with you."
Liu Jinfang picked up the warm water and took a sip, then looked at Yan Qiang, without the cold and disgusted expression on her face when she faced Yan Qiang just now.
"I know you are disdainful of me, but the Pei family now wants me to take away the child. I am already so old. What is the difference between this and taking my life? I am here just to let everyone know that I My relationship with Pei Buyu, so if something goes wrong with my child, everyone will know that it was the Pei family who did it. I want to guard against the Pei family."
There were only Yan Qiang and Liu Jinfang in the lounge.
Yan Qiang lowered her eyes and glanced at the coffee. She didn't drink it or pick it up. Instead, she asked the question she had always had in her heart: "Is the child in your belly really Pei Buyu's?"
Liu Jinfang subconsciously clenched the hand holding the water glass.
"Otherwise?" she asked Yan Qiang.
"Just asking, I'm a little curious." Yan Qiang glanced at the coffee in front of her and asked, "Didn't you tell him that I don't like coffee?"
Liu Jinfang frowned.
She obviously didn't understand what Yan Qiang meant.
Yan Qiang looked at Liu Jinfang's increasingly rounded body and said, "If you are really pregnant with Pei Buyu's child, how could Pei Buyu let the Pei family hurt you? After all, it is the blood of the Pei family. Even if they don't They’re willing to let you in, but as long as this doesn’t come to light, they’ll default to letting you have the baby.”
"What do you mean?"
"Do you want to drink my cup of coffee?" Yan Qiang asked her.
Liu Jinfang frowned more and more, "I'm a pregnant woman, you want me to drink coffee?"
"Would you like to make a bet?" Yan Qiang asked.
"What bet?"
In Liu Jinfang's suspicious eyes, Yan Qiang gently pushed the coffee in front of Liu Jinfang, and then placed the cup of warm water in front of herself.
"I'll call Pei Buyu in later," she said. "Tell him where you bought this coffee. It tastes pretty good. Ask him to prepare more."
