"What?" Huo Linsheng replied.
He stepped closer and looked at Ling Nuan. His heart skipped a beat.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Huo Linsheng's tone was still gentle.
Hearing his tone, Ling Nuan suddenly let out a bitter laugh. She lowered her head and instantly lost the strength to question him.
How could he speak to her in such a gentle tone after ruining her plan?
She didn't say anything more. Instead, she turned over and lay down on the bed, with her back to Huo Linsheng. She pulled the quilt over herself, as if this could isolate her from this hateful world.
Huo Linsheng was taken aback by Ling Nuan's actions.
She would indeed get angry and sad. After all, he had made her stay in the old mansion against her will.
Huo Linsheng didn't move. He just stood in front of the bed, looking down at her. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and said, "I'll help you solve Qing Nuan's problem."
When Ling Nuan heard this, she felt it was extremely ironic.
Solve it?
How?
Solve the troubles for Huo Xiao and Shen Shaoqing?
For the first time, Ling Nuan found that Huo Linsheng's words could be so hurtful. She closed her eyes and didn't even want to respond to him.
Whatever. He could do whatever he wanted. She wouldn't give up her own thoughts. She would definitely make Huo Xiao and Shen Shaoqing pay the price. Even if everyone tried to stop her, including Huo Linsheng, they couldn't change her mind.
Huo Linsheng had softened his attitude, but Ling Nuan didn't take it. Seeing this, he couldn't help feeling angry. He didn't say anything more to Ling Nuan. After simply washing up, he lay down beside Ling Nuan.
Although they were on the same bed, there was a distance between them.
They were lying on the same pillow but having different dreams. Ling Nuan never thought that this would finally happen to her and Huo Linsheng.
Maybe because she had too many things on her mind, Ling Nuan fell asleep quickly instead.
On the contrary, Huo Linsheng tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Seeing Ling Nuan sleeping soundly, he was extremely angry. But in the end, he sighed and pulled Ling Nuan into his arms.
It was only when he got closer that Huo Linsheng noticed something was wrong with Ling Nuan.
The light was dim. Huo Linsheng couldn't see clearly and didn't dare to turn on the big light for fear of waking Ling Nuan up. He could only pick up his phone and use the phone's light to examine Ling Nuan's body.
Only then did he find that Ling Nuan had a lot of red rashes on her body. It was even more horrible under her clothes.
Huo Linsheng was so angry that his eyes turned red.
He couldn't lie down anymore. He immediately got up and woke up the old butler in the middle of the night.
The old butler was still confused and hadn't figured out the situation when he heard Huo Linsheng ask coldly, "What did Ling Nuan do today?"
The butler didn't dare to hide anything and told the whole story: "This morning, the second mistress woke Miss Ling up. Because Miss Ling was slow, she exceeded the time set by the second mistress. So the second mistress punished Miss Ling to make a breakfast for the old master. Miss Ling seemed to mistakenly think that the second mistress was insulting her and smashed the breakfast for the old master."
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng's face darkened even more.
He knew exactly what kind of person Ling Nuan was. This was definitely not something Ling Nuan would do!
He was so angry. He also thought that since Ling Nuan was already his wife, she should indeed understand the affairs of the wealthy family. But he didn't expect that this matter would end up in the hands of his second sister - in - law!
This second sister - in - law usually seemed quite sensible. He didn't expect that she would attack Ling Nuan on the first day!
However, just knocking over the breakfast couldn't have caused all those rashes on her body.
"And then?" Huo Linsheng asked.
The butler continued, "Then the second mistress took Miss Ling out. It seemed they went to some studio and asked Miss Ling to try on wedding dresses and so on."
"Which studio?" Huo Linsheng asked.
The butler thought for a while before giving the answer.
Most of the red rashes on Ling Nuan's body were probably caused in the studio. Huo Linsheng couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to find out the situation immediately.
However, before leaving, Huo Linsheng cast a cold look at the old butler and asked, "Why one is called the second mistress and the other is called Miss Ling?"
The old butler was stunned for a moment and replied, "The second mistress said that since Miss Ling and the young master haven't gotten married yet, calling her Miss Ling would be more respectful."
Huo Linsheng sneered.
It all depended on how people heard it.
Ling Nuan and he hadn't had the wedding yet. If Ling Nuan just came to visit occasionally, this address wouldn't be a problem. But now that she had moved into the Huo family's old mansion, what did this different address mean?
Respect?
No, it was exclusion.
The people in the family couldn't be all blind to this, but they all did it. Huo Linsheng's eyes darkened slightly.
"I've been away from the old mansion for too long. I've almost forgotten who's in charge of this family," Huo Linsheng suddenly said meaningfully.
The old butler's face changed slightly.
Everyone knew that as long as the old master of the Huo family was still alive, the old master was naturally in charge. But Huo Linsheng was the future head of the family. It was just that the old master was still alive and Huo Linsheng didn't want to overstep. But if it really came down to it, whether it was the Huo family or the Huo Corporation, the power was already in Huo Linsheng's hands!
But Huo Linsheng usually didn't like to return to the old mansion. On this side of the old mansion, only the old master and the second mistress were there. As a result, whether it was the butler or others, they subconsciously listened to the second mistress.
It was not until Huo Linsheng said this that the old butler realized one thing: the only mistress of this family was Ling Nuan!
"I'm really old and muddle - headed," the old butler quickly admitted his mistake.
Huo Linsheng wasn't interested in listening. He just instructed, "Recognize your status. Know what you can do and what you can't. Ling Nuan has a good temper, but it doesn't mean anyone can bully her."
Hearing this, the old butler quickly nodded in agreement.
After saying these words, Huo Linsheng didn't stay any longer. He turned around and left. He went to that studio in the middle of the night.
Regardless of the time, he woke up all the employees of the studio in the middle of the night. They all stood in a line in the studio in front of Huo Linsheng.
"Speak up. Who was in charge of my wife's clothing and styling today?" Huo Linsheng said. His eyes swept across the people present, and his voice was so cold that it seemed to freeze.
No one could withstand Huo Linsheng's aura. The words "my wife" in his speech scared everyone half to death.
No one moved.
Who dared to move?
But although they didn't want to step forward themselves, the others around them wouldn't help them hide. If they all tried to hide, they would all die. Of course, whoever did it should be responsible!
"Her!"
"And her!"
There were a total of four people.
The stylist, the costume designer, the makeup artist, and an assistant.
The four people were pushed forward a step and stood in front of Huo Linsheng, trembling.
"Mr. Huo, I know I was wrong. I didn't know she was Mrs. Huo. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have dared even if you gave me a hundred guts."
"Mr. Huo, we really know we were wrong."
Huo Linsheng sneered slightly. "Not going to talk?"
The four people closed their mouths tightly again.
Huo Linsheng was determined to get to the bottom of this today. He randomly pointed at a person and said, "Now, you guys treat her as your service target. Do exactly what you did to my wife today on her! I want a 100% restoration. As long as there's the slightest error," Huo Linsheng stopped speaking and looked coldly at the four people in front of him. The implication was self - evident.