Grandpa Huo cursed away.
During the whole phone call, Huo Linsheng didn't say a word. The old man just ranted on his own for half an hour.
"Whoever you want to fall in love with is none of my business, but Ling Nuan is Shen Shaoqing's ex-girlfriend! What's the deal with you dating her? If this gets out, what will happen to the face of our Huo family?"
"Huo Linsheng, I don't care what you think. You break up with her right away and send Ling Nuan far away from here!"
"I don't care if she approached you on purpose. Anyway, with her background, it's absolutely out of the question!"
Huo Linsheng put the phone on speaker. With the old man's scolding as the background sound, he finished dealing with the documents at hand. Then he slowly replied.
"Dad, you call this 'none of my business'?" Huo Linsheng calmly retorted.
"First, you said Ling Nuan was unworthy to enter the Huo family. Now you even won't let me date her." Huo Linsheng stated the fact, which left the old man speechless for a moment.
After the moment of silence, the old man quickly tried to justify himself: "I didn't know Ling Nuan was Shen Shaoqing's ex-girlfriend before! This is a mess! You're an elder, dating your nephew's wife's ex. What will you make Xiaoxiao and Shen Shaoqing think?"
"They'll think whatever they want." Huo Linsheng replied.
Grandpa Huo was so angry that his chest hurt.
Since he couldn't win an argument with Huo Linsheng, he resorted to playing the senior card: "I don't care. I don't approve of you two. You send her away right now."
Huo Linsheng was unusually accommodating.
"Okay." He agreed very readily.
Grandpa Huo was taken aback: "You agreed?"
"Yes. Can I have some peace now?" Huo Linsheng retorted.
Grandpa Huo thought things couldn't be that simple. He thought for a while and asked persistently, "When are you going to send her away?"
Could it be that he just agreed to send her away but didn't say when, trying to drag things out?
Huo Linsheng glanced at the calendar beside him and replied, "Sometime in the next few days."
"Which days in the next few days?" Grandpa Huo was determined to get an answer.
Huo Linsheng rubbed his temples and gave a definite answer, "This Thursday. Are you satisfied?"
Grandpa Huo still felt something was fishy, but since Huo Linsheng had agreed and even given a time, there shouldn't be any problem, right?
Before hanging up the phone, Grandpa Huo didn't forget to emphasize, "Don't try to play any tricks. I'll be keeping an eye on you."
Huo Linsheng replied perfunctorily, "Okay, okay. I know."
After hanging up the phone, he called Lin Lan through the internal line, "Inform Ling Nuan that she's going on a business trip on Thursday."
...
Early on Thursday, Huo Linsheng took Ling Nuan and flew to Italy.
When Grandpa Huo heard the news, he almost fainted from anger.
Yes, Huo Linsheng had sent Ling Nuan away.
But he had gone with her!
The old man took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions before asking, "What is he going to Italy for?"
"Mr. Adrian's wedding. He invited General Manager Huo." Assistant Lin answered carefully.
Adrian was a personal friend of Huo Linsheng's and also one of the partners of the Huo Group.
It wasn't surprising for Huo Linsheng to attend the wedding, but taking Ling Nuan... Grandpa Huo covered his chest, too angry to say a word.
Assistant Lin gently advised, "Chairman, General Manager Huo always knows his limits. Why don't you trust him this time?"
Hearing this, Grandpa Huo got as excited as a mouse whose tail had been stepped on, "Trust him? If I trust him any more, he'll marry that girl! What a glorious thing it would be if word got out that the nephew and the uncle had both dated the same woman!"
Assistant Lin thought to himself that not many people knew about this anyway.
Moreover, was General Manager Huo the kind of person who would obediently follow orders?
But seeing the old man so angry, Assistant Lin could only try to soothe him, "Grandpa, you're doing this for General Manager Huo's own good, but he's used to making his own decisions. If you make such demands, it may have the opposite effect."
Grandpa Huo sneered, "If I can't do anything about him, can't I do anything about that girl? You keep an eye on them. As soon as they're back, I'll go and see her myself."
Assistant Lin glanced at Grandpa Huo hesitantly.
He really wanted to say in advance, "Chairman, it's not fashionable to offer money to get rid of someone these days."
But he didn't dare.
However, since Ling Nuan was not in Beijing now, even if the old man wanted to do something, he had to wait until she came back.
Ling Nuan had no idea what was waiting for her when she got back. Or rather, even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
The wedding was tomorrow.
After getting off the plane, Huo Linsheng first took Ling Nuan to their accommodation.
It was also the place where the wedding would be held tomorrow.
A castle full of romantic elements, a private property of Huo Linsheng's.
"How do you even have a property here?" Ling Nuan couldn't help but sigh as she entered the castle.
The castle was already being decorated for tomorrow's wedding. After the decoration, the castle seemed to have an air of unreality in its romance.
It was unbelievably beautiful.
Flowers almost covered the entire castle. When standing inside, one could smell the fragrance of the flowers. Coupled with the specially customized lights and decorations in the castle, the first adjective that came to Ling Nuan's mind was a fairytale castle wedding, with the keyword "flowers" added on top. It was so beautiful that Ling Nuan was momentarily at a loss for words.
Huo Linsheng didn't miss the surprise in Ling Nuan's eyes. He smiled and answered her question, "Maybe it's like 'a crafty rabbit has three burrows'?"
"Isn't it rather the extravagance of a capitalist?" Ling Nuan pointed at the scene in front of her, insinuating.
Was it beautiful?
It was built with money.
Huo Linsheng argued reasonably, "When it's not in use, it's just real estate. When it is, it's put to good use. Or, it can be used for a vacation occasionally, adding extra value."
To prove his point, he even gave an example, "Guess how much venue fee Adrian paid?"
"You even charged him a venue fee?" Ling Nuan was surprised. Should she say, as expected of a capitalist?
Huo Linsheng replied, "It was given back as a wedding gift."
The castle was still being decorated, and people were coming and going. Huo Linsheng found it annoying, "I'll take you somewhere."
"Where?" Ling Nuan was curious.
Huo Linsheng didn't give an answer. Instead, he took her by the hand and walked towards the garden.
If the flowers in the castle were specially transported from other places, then the large field of roses in the garden was the original local product.
The red roses gathered into a sea of flowers, bringing an indescribable visual impact.
"So beautiful." Ling Nuan was so shocked that she could hardly speak.
There was a specially reserved path in the sea of flowers. Huo Linsheng led her forward along it.
This path led all the way to the center of the sea of flowers.
Standing in the middle of the sea of flowers and looking around, it was as if one was in a world full of flowers. The bright red color dyed the world in front of them gorgeously.
Ling Nuan was so shocked by what she saw that she didn't pay attention to the person beside her for a moment. It wasn't until Huo Linsheng held out a freshly picked bouquet of roses in front of her.
"For the most beautiful Miss Ling Nuan today."
The freshly picked roses weren't wrapped or exquisitely arranged.
But Ling Nuan was very happy.
She took the flowers, her eyes filled with smiles, "You're different from usual today."
Huo Linsheng said frankly, "Because today is my personal time."
Ling Nuan was confused.
"I'm learning hard how to court you." Huo Linsheng said.