Facing grandma's question, Huo Zhiyan lowered his eyes and deliberately pretended to be hesitant to speak.
He knew grandma too well. If he rushed to explain from the beginning, it would appear hasty and untrustworthy. It would be better to suppress the old man's emotions first and wait until the time is right to quibble.
Seeing his expression, the old lady couldn't sit still anymore and started a long speech with serious words:
"Ayan, the biggest failure of my life is raising two bastard sons. Your dad made a huge mistake, and I have never given him a good look to this day, let alone Mu Qing."
"Your second uncle is also a bastard. Every day Yingying Yanyan's little wives are more arrogant than the other. I didn't kill him because I was ten months pregnant, but he has no right to interfere in the Huo family's business."
"Ayan, you were raised by me personally. Your grandfather and I have taught you to respect marriage since you were a child and to be an innocent man of the Huo family."
"We have said a long time ago that if you want to truly take over the Huo family's business, you must strictly abide by the rules left by our ancestors. It is more important to be a good person than to do good deeds."
"Oh...why are you so stubborn?"
As he spoke, his tone softened again.
She still couldn't say too harsh words in front of Huo Zhiyan, after all, the child suffered too much when he was a child.
Fifty years ago, the old lady and Huo Yinghua gave birth to two sons. At that time, she really wanted a daughter, but she had no fertility, so she had to go to an orphanage to adopt a girl.
They named the girl Huo Youyi and brought her home when she was five years old.
The eldest son Huo Hongzheng was already ten years old at the time. He loved his little sister very much and would coax her to play every day when he came home from school. The two were almost inseparable.
Later, when the two children grew up, some feelings could not be hidden.
The old lady is such a shrewd person. She knows that the eldest son is just wishful thinking, and that Youyi only has brother-sister feelings for him.
He had no choice but to send his adopted daughter abroad and live with Mr. Gu's family for a while. Huo Hongzheng also married the daughter of the Mu family under the arrangement of his elders. After their marriage, Qin Se and Ming were considered to be in love.
The old lady felt relieved to take You Yi back to her country, planning to formally introduce some young talents to her.
Who would have thought that Huo Hongzheng would dare to do that to her? It rained heavily that night. Huo Hongzheng locked Youyi in the room without telling everyone, and the thunder in the sky did not stop Youyi's heartbreaking cry. Voice.
After the incident, Huo Yinghua and the old lady were furious and hung Huo Hongzheng in the ancestral hall for a whole day.
After that, Huo Youyi began to be in a trance and could not speak normally. Ten months later, Huo Zhiyan was born, and Mu Qing took the child back to the Huo family manor to raise her together.
In fact, he was targeted at every step. If it weren't for the nanny arranged by the old lady to protect him, he would never have been able to grow up.
At that time, Huo Youyi's illness was recurring, and the old lady was already unable to take care of her. At the same time, she also felt that it was not good for the child to grow up with such a mother.
Therefore, Huo Zhiyan lived under Mu Qing's nose until he was eight years old. Only the person involved knows how much he suffered.
Until one night, Mu Qing, who had always been shut up, suddenly put on her favorite skirt for some unknown reason, hugged Huo Zhiyan and talked a lot, and then she plunged into the artificial lake and disappeared.
Huo Zhiyan was only eight years old. He watched his mother die in front of him, but he was so stubborn that he didn't shed a single tear.
Later, despite everyone's objections, the old lady took Huo Zhiyan to her side and took good care of him until she reached adulthood.
Therefore, she and Huo Yinghua felt a little more guilty for this unexpected grandson in addition to family affection.
The old lady turned off the noisy variety show on the TV, pulled back her wandering thoughts, seriously grabbed Huo Zhiyan's hand, and sighed: "Ayan, grandma just doesn't want you to become a cold person."
"Although I don't have much contact with this girl An Zhi, Xiao Zhang always gives me a slap in the face over there in Xishan. She never leaves the young lady saying this is good or that is good. I feel like a mirror in my heart."
"If you chose her because of her character and abandoned the girl from the Lin family, grandma won't say anything, but you have to tell grandma the truth and let her relax, okay?"
Although she didn't say it, she still believed in Huo Zhiyan in her heart. She believed that he would not be like Shi Yu said, who was originally in love with Lin Miao but then hooked up with An Zhi.
Huo Zhiyan took a deep breath and felt that the time was almost ripe.
He sat up straighter and said frankly: "Grandma, in fact, my grandson and Miss Lin did have contact while working together."
The old lady's eyes turned: "Just contact?"
Huo Zhiyan nodded: "It turned out that the two people's personalities were not suitable, so they didn't continue."
The old lady didn't hesitate and glared at him: "Have you slept?"
Huo Zhiyan: "..."
He thought grandma would ask this question, but he didn't expect it to be so direct. He turned his eyes to the side and said frankly: "No."
The old lady relaxed and let out a long breath: "It's okay, okay, at least I didn't leave any tail, so I won't cause trouble in the future."
Although she didn't mean to blame him, there was still a hint of disappointment in her tone, and her tone became darker: "Then what happened to you and An Zhi? I heard that you got married after only a few days of knowing each other."
If it were placed in the old society, it would be reasonable for a marriage to be brought about by a family alliance or a marriage ordered by parents, and the couple would not have met before getting married, but now free love is advocated.
Ayan also has a donkey temper, and has been thoughtful since childhood. It is impossible to fall in love with someone at first sight, and then get the certificate after seeing each other again.
If that girl Shiyu really told her that he only got married to fight for the Huo family's heir, then the old lady would be the first to refuse, and the Huo family's business must not be handed over to him.
Huo Zhiyan looked at the two elders respectfully, knowing that what was supposed to come would come sooner or later.
He lowered his voice and said, "Grandma is too worried. Others may not let me be tempted easily, but Lu Anzhi has saved my life."
As soon as the words hit the ground, the old lady's pupils suddenly narrowed, and she immediately asked: "Ayan, what do you mean by this?"
What happened to the life-saving grace?
There was a faint scent of sandalwood burning by the window, and the living room suddenly became quiet. The bright crystal lamp overhead quietly shed fluorescent light. Huo Zhiyan's long eyelashes trembled, and his whole portrait was shrouded in a soft filter.
He lowered his eyes for a moment and then raised them, his stern eyebrows softened a little, and he recounted the scene when the two first met and their subsequent brief interaction.
However, he slightly changed his words, deliberately adding fuel to the emotional drama between the two, and did not mention a word about coercing Lu Anzhi into signing the contract.
In that car accident, it was said that Huo Zhiyan was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and Lu Anzhi fought to save him.
It was clearly Huo Zhiyan who went to help in the alley, but was suddenly changed to Lu Anzhi, who did not hesitate to block Huo Zhiyan's knife and scratched his arm.
I don't know if it's because this sentence has been rehearsed countless times in Huo Zhiyan's mind, or if it's because he said it with some real feelings.
Lu Anzhi's cheerful and heroic image slowly overlapped with reality, and the old lady immediately believed him.
"Oh my God!" She stepped forward and held Huo Zhiyan's hand: "There have been so many dangers, but you have been hiding it from me. Ayan, thank you for meeting An Zhi."
The man whose hand was held paused for a moment, then an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "So..."
The old lady took the lead: "So, in order to repay her for saving her life, you pledged yourself to her?"
At this moment, Lu Anzhi walked carefully into the door holding calligraphy and paintings that were more valuable than her life, and heard this sentence immediately.
She was stunned.
what's the situation?
What did she miss?
