Compared with Huo Xiao, as a daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, Mrs. Huo clearly had more tricks up her sleeve.
At this moment, with red eyes and a look of accusing someone while pretending to be doing it for their own good, she played her part to perfection.
She and Mrs. Huo were the only ones in the kitchen. No one else saw what happened. But people tend to be preconceived. After hearing Mrs. Huo's words first, they would assume that was the truth!
Ling Nuan saw that Mrs. Huo was trying to frame her, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Huo had even calculated the timing.
Mr. Huo kept a very regular schedule. There was not much deviation in the time when he got up and had breakfast.
So, Mrs. Huo staged this show just for Mr. Huo to see!
Mr. Huo appeared at the kitchen door. Looking at the mess in the kitchen, his face suddenly turned cold. When he looked at Ling Nuan again, there was already dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"I, an old man, am not blessed enough to bear this," Mr. Huo said angrily as he tapped his walking stick and turned away.
After he left, Mrs. Huo still had tears in her eyes, but a smile appeared on her face.
"Ling Nuan, we have a long way to go. There's still a lot for you to learn," Mrs. Huo reminded with a smile and then turned away.
Ling Nuan's face darkened.
Having dealt with the brainless Huo Xiao for so long made her let down her guard. Whether it was Huo Zhen or Mrs. Huo, although they had been suppressed by Huo Linsheng before, it didn't mean they were without tricks. Moreover, the Huo family's old mansion was originally Mrs. Huo's territory.
This start was very unfavorable for her.
Ling Nuan couldn't help but take out her phone.
There was still no news on it.
However, it was still early, and the company hadn't opened for business yet.
Ling Nuan comforted herself, but she still felt a bit aggrieved. She opened Huo Linsheng's WeChat. After hesitating for a long time, not knowing what to send, she finally typed out his name and sent it.
Huo Linsheng didn't sleep well that night either.
Just as he was barely falling asleep, he was woken up by the vibration of his phone.
Looking at the message from Ling Nuan, Huo Linsheng's expression paused for a moment.
After a whole night, he did start to regret again that he shouldn't have left Ling Nuan alone in the Huo family's old mansion. But this time, he was really angry.
Huo Linsheng was a real son of heaven. When had he ever been humble or so magnanimous to others?
He always only cared about his own happiness and never had to care about other people's emotions. But when it came to Ling Nuan, he had used the most patience in his life.
She deliberately got close to and used him for revenge. He felt sorry for her and accepted it. She caused chaos in his company and dealt with his family. He endured it too. But Huo Linsheng was still Huo Linsheng. He was willing to lower his head for Ling Nuan, but he hoped there would be a limit and a degree.
When he had nowhere to retreat and set his final bottom line, Ling Nuan still didn't take it seriously.
Ling Nuan thought he was angry about Shen Shaoqing. In fact, he was more angry that in Ling Nuan's heart, everything between them was not worth mentioning and could be easily and casually denied because of other things.
Thinking of this, the anger in Huo Linsheng's heart got out of control again.
He didn't reply to Ling Nuan's message. He got up to wash up and prepared to go to the company.
...
Ling Nuan didn't have an easy time in the old mansion.
Huo Xiao was suppressed by Mrs. Huo. When Ling Nuan faced Mrs. Huo, considering their current identities and situations, Ling Nuan was bullied.
After breakfast, Mrs. Huo took Ling Nuan to her usual makeup studios.
Under the pretext of "As a daughter-in-law of the Huo family, there will be many occasions to attend banquets. To attend a banquet, one first needs a certain sense of aesthetics and knowledge of evening gowns and jewelry. I may not be able to convey this well to you in words. So I'll just take you directly to the studio to experience it."
At first glance, what Mrs. Huo did seemed right.
On the first day of teaching Ling Nuan, she took her to the studio to try on all kinds of evening gowns and do makeup and matching.
But in fact -
"Miss Ling, please suck in your waist a bit. The dress won't zip up," the costume designer reminded with a smile.
Ling Nuan looked ugly.
Ling Nuan's figure was definitely not fat. There were also many evening gowns in the studio that fit her. But how could Mrs. Huo really be kind enough to let her try on evening gowns?
The studio was a place Mrs. Huo often came to, and all the people there were hers. So, following Mrs. Huo's instructions, the costume designer brought evening gowns that were deliberately one size smaller. Ling Nuan simply couldn't put them on.
But the costume designer, having received the order, deliberately tried to make Ling Nuan put on the dress.
The zipper was almost dragged up along Ling Nuan's skin.
Red marks soon appeared on her fair skin.
Moreover, no one knew where the studio had found these low-quality evening gowns. The fabric felt prickly when worn on the body. Ling Nuan's skin was originally delicate. After such torture, she felt uncomfortable all over.
She could have resisted.
But Mrs. Huo looked at her innocently with a smile and said, "Are you not satisfied? Do you want to tell Dad?"
Ling Nuan: "..."
Ling Nuan simply couldn't complain.
This was a high-class studio. Could she just say the evening gowns were of low quality?
Ling Nuan had no choice but to endure it.
After finally choosing a dress, she was then forced to sit in front of the dressing table for makeup.
There were too many ways to play dirty tricks in this kind of thing.
After being tugged on the scalp painfully for I don't know how many times, Ling Nuan covered her head and looked coldly at the makeup artist.
The makeup artist was really startled by Ling Nuan's look, but she quickly asked with a smile, "Miss Ling, what's wrong?"
Before Ling Nuan could question her, Mrs. Huo said beside them, "Ling Nuan, don't worry. I've been to this studio many times. The stylists here are very gentle when doing hair. They definitely won't hurt you."
Ling Nuan: "..."
Ling Nuan couldn't vent her anger.
Unless she wanted to completely make Mr. Huo dislike her, didn't want to go back to the company, and didn't want to continue with Huo Linsheng, otherwise, for the time being, she had no choice but to endure it.
But she wouldn't endure it for long. She would definitely come up with a way to suppress Mrs. Huo!
With this thought in mind, Ling Nuan almost sat in front of the dressing table in humiliation, letting these people torture her.
Several parts of her skin were rubbed red. And no one knew what was wrong with that dress. When Ling Nuan returned to the old mansion, there were red rashes on her body. Her scalp had been tugged hard, and it still hurt a bit at this moment.
However, what made Ling Nuan feel the most uncomfortable was that there was no news from the company, and Huo Linsheng didn't even ask about her.
Ling Nuan couldn't wait any longer.
She had a pretty good relationship with Lin Lan during this period. After much thought, Ling Nuan sent Lin Lan a message to inquire.
"Lin Lan, I didn't go to the company today. Has anything happened in the company?"
Lin Lan had absolutely no idea what was going on. When she saw Ling Nuan sending her a message, she was even a bit flattered.
"Nothing happened. Mr. Huo said that from now on, you'll be in charge of family affairs and won't come to the company anymore. Everyone has been very busy today, but Mr. Huo said he'll give everyone a bonus!"
Lin Lan had the idea of getting on good terms with Mrs. Huo. She thought Ling Nuan felt guilty because she had made everyone take on more work, so she deliberately added an extra sentence.
But in Ling Nuan's eyes, these words shattered her hopes completely.
This time, Huo Linsheng was serious.