Grandpa Huo called Huo Linsheng.
After work, Huo Linsheng went to the old mansion.
"What on earth is going on with Ling Nuan?" Grandpa Huo got straight to the point.
Huo Linsheng smiled at the old man, his tone quite matter - of - fact. "I thought my intention was clear enough at Huo Xiao's wedding."
Grandpa Huo slapped the table angrily. "Nonsense! Whether you keep a mistress outside or have a serious relationship, I won't interfere. But a fiancée? Huo Linsheng, have you lost your mind? How can someone like her be the daughter - in - law of our Huo family?"
Huo Linsheng did have a good impression of Ling Nuan.
A completely different kind of fondness from that for others, which made him willing to spoil her and have a proper relationship with her.
But when it came to marriage, their relationship hadn't reached that stage yet.
He said those words today just to stand up for Ling Nuan.
Seeing her being excluded at the company, slandered by rumors, and constantly having to secretly dodge Huo Xiao's schemes, to put it bluntly, Huo Linsheng felt sorry for her, so he wanted to support her.
But now, after being scolded by Grandpa Huo, Huo Linsheng smiled instead.
"What's wrong with her? I think she's great. What's so special about being the daughter - in - law of our Huo family? Why can't she be one?" Huo Linsheng retorted.
Grandpa Huo said righteously, "She can get into the company. She is indeed more outstanding than many people nowadays. I don't object to you dating her, and I have absolutely no prejudice against her. But for marriage, the families must match! No matter how good she is, her family background is not good enough, so it won't work!"
Huo Linsheng sneered. "Dad, were our ancestors born rich? To put it bluntly, wasn't the first generation of our wealthy family just a poor person from the bottom?"
"You!" Grandpa Huo was extremely angry.
"This is a new era. Drop your old - fashioned ideas about family status." Huo Linsheng mocked.
Grandpa Huo was so angry that his head was dizzy. Finally, he blurted out, "I can put aside my ideas about family status, but one should be honest and keep one's promises."
Huo Linsheng thought it was a big joke.
"Dad, you don't mean my fiancée who may not even be born yet, and I don't know if she's dead or alive, do you?"
Grandpa Huo felt a bit guilty, but still insisted bravely, "This engagement was made by our older generation. We must not go back on it!"
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng looked nonchalant. "Sure, I have no problem. If we can't find her, I won't get married either. I'll just date Ling Nuan. You don't arrange other girls for me, and don't urge me to go on blind dates and get married. We'll just wait for my fiancée who may or may not exist to show up. How about that?"
Grandpa Huo: "..."
"If we really can't find her, then let other girls in the family take over." Grandpa Huo said even more guiltily.
Huo Linsheng came up with an idea. "What if I marry another girl and then my fiancée suddenly comes back?"
Grandpa Huo: "..."
"Dad," Huo Linsheng said half - smiling, "if you really want to continue this engagement, it's better for me not to get married at all, so as to avoid embarrassment in the future."
Grandpa Huo wanted to say that things couldn't be so coincidental.
But he knew that Huo Linsheng would definitely reply with "What if?"
Grandpa Huo was still wracking his brains to persuade Huo Linsheng when the butler suddenly rushed over in a hurry.
"Sir, Young Master Shen just called. The young miss has given birth prematurely!"
Grandpa Huo was so shocked that he stood up immediately. "Prematurely? She's only a little over six months pregnant. How could she give birth prematurely?"
The butler was also completely confused.
Huo Linsheng sneered lightly and replied, "With her troublesome nature, not even being obedient when in the hospital, is it strange that she gave birth prematurely?"
Hearing this, Grandpa Huo was so angry that he raised his walking stick and hit Huo Linsheng. "Nonsense! How can you curse your own niece like this?"
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng smiled enigmatically.
Was this cursing?
In his opinion, it was a miracle that Huo Xiao's child had survived until now and only then was born prematurely. If the child had been a bit weaker, it would have miscarried and been reincarnated into another family long ago.
After this incident of Huo Xiao, Grandpa Huo had no time to argue with Huo Linsheng. He rushed to the hospital in a hurry.
Huo Linsheng wasn't interested.
Although Huo Xiao was his niece, their relationship wasn't that close.
In the past, out of consideration for her being a junior, he let her have her way in insignificant matters. But now, Huo Linsheng was quite disgusted with what Huo Xiao had done, especially since she had bullied the girl he liked. The fact that he didn't go up and kick her was already an act of kindness on his part as an elder.
Huo Linsheng didn't move, but Grandpa Huo wouldn't let him off.
"What are you standing there for? Don't you even want to go and see such an important thing as your niece's premature birth?" Grandpa Huo questioned.
Huo Linsheng was too lazy to argue with Grandpa Huo, so he simply went along to take a look.
When Huo Linsheng and Grandpa Huo rushed to the hospital, Huo Xiao was still in the operating room.
Aunt Huo was sitting in front of the operating room, crying.
Uncle Huo was annoyed by her crying and pointed at her and scolded, "A doting mother spoils the child! It's all your fault for spoiling Huo Xiao like this. What's the use of crying now? Cry, cry, cry. You're driving me crazy."
Grandpa Huo heard it clearly and was so angry that he raised his walking stick and hit Uncle Huo.
"Your daughter is in the operating room. What's wrong with your wife crying a few times? Is this how you act as a father and a son?" Grandpa Huo scolded.
Grandpa Huo hit hard, and Uncle Huo grimaced in pain, extremely angry.
"Dad, Huo Xiao has done such things, and you're still protecting her!" Uncle Huo was speechless.
Grandpa Huo asked angrily, "What has she done? What can a child like her do?"
Uncle Huo suddenly fell silent.
If Grandpa didn't know about it, Uncle Huo really didn't want to say.
Seeing this, Grandpa Huo immediately asked, "Say it! What has she done? Can't you say a word?"
Huo Linsheng added casually beside them, "It's nothing major. She just leaked the company's confidential information, directly and indirectly causing the company to lose over 100 million. If the news gets out, the company's stock price will drop further."
Grandpa Huo: "?"
Huo Linsheng smiled, looking like a bystander watching the show. "The 'child' you're talking about might single - handedly wipe out the company's profits for most of the year."
Grandpa Huo: "?"
Grandpa Huo couldn't believe it.
Huo Linsheng replied casually, "Dad, Huo Xiao is still a child. You should be more forgiving. Don't be angry."
Grandpa Huo: "..."
Aunt Huo cried even more quietly, for fear that anyone would notice her.
Uncle Huo snorted angrily and didn't say a word either.
Suddenly, it became quiet outside the operating room.
I don't know how long it had passed when the doctor came out.
Aunt Huo rushed up immediately, and Shen Shaoqing followed closely behind.
"The baby is too small. The current situation is not very good. The baby has been sent to the pediatric emergency room. The mother's condition is a bit better, but she's just a bit weak." the doctor said.
Hearing this, Aunt Huo let out a sigh of relief, while Shen Shaoqing looked complicated.
The baby was born prematurely at a little over six months. It was really too small, and all aspects hadn't fully developed.
It would need to stay in the incubator for a long time in the future. Whether it could survive was still unknown.
Shen Shaoqing looked at the baby through the window.
His heart was filled with complex emotions.
He didn't know who to talk to. After much thought, he finally sent a text message to Ling Nuan.
"Huo Xiao has given birth prematurely."
"Nuan Nuan, tell me, why is it the baby in the emergency room instead of Huo Xiao?"
Ling Nuan looked at the text message, her expression strange.
Yes, why was it always the case that those who did wrong were always so lucky and could avoid disasters, while the innocent suffered so much?