Grandfather Huo was trembling so hard that he could barely stand. He supported himself against the back of the sofa and sat down.
Huo Guanchen hurried over and asked, "Dad, are you alright?"
"Alright? I'm so mad at you! " Grandfather Huo glared at Huo Guanchen and raised his hand to slap him. He pointed at his nose and asked loudly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier if you knew?!"
He vented all his anger on Huo Guanchen.
Huo Guanchen didn't dare dodge and took the hit.
"Haha, you two appreciate each other. I won't keep you company. "Huo Shaoheng calmly adjusted his coat." Goodbye. "
He turned around and strode towards the door.
"Stop!" Huo Guanchen quickly stopped Huo Shaoheng and said sternly, "That's enough! Don't you think our family has embarrassed ourselves enough? "
Huo Shaoheng stopped in his tracks and remained silent. He put his hands in his pockets and turned around. His lips curled into a smile as he shook his head. "If you had known that you would embarrass yourselves, you wouldn't have done something like this in the first place.
"It's one thing for you to teach your father a lesson, but you actually want to teach your grandfather a lesson?!" Huo Guanchen was furious. "I'm going to ask Song Jinning how she raised her son!"
"That's where you're wrong." Huo Shaoheng bowed slightly and said politely, "Grandmother raised me. Father, are you going to ask Grandmother how she raised me in the afterlife?"
At the mention of his mother, Huo Guanchen immediately deflated like a deflated balloon. His entire being seemed to dissipate.
He fell down next to grandfather Huo and supported his head with his hands. He said helplessly, "If Mother was still alive, so much wouldn't have happened at home. Mother loved Eldest Brother the most. If Eldest Brother was still alive … "
Huo Shaoheng looked at his watch and said calmly, "My mother is going to restart the experiment soon. Uncle won't die in vain."
He had grown up with his grandmother and was very familiar with his uncle, Huo Guanyuan. Huo Guanyuan was close to his mother, Xie Ziyan, while Huo Guanchen was close to his father, Huo Xuenong.
Huo Guanchen stood up abruptly. "Your mother is going to restart the experiment? When? Is she still living at your place? "
Huo Shaoheng glanced at him and shook his head speechlessly before turning to leave again.
This time, no matter what Huo Guanchen said behind him, he didn't turn around.
Huo Guanchen saw that he couldn't stop Huo Shaoheng, so he could only persuade Grandfather Huo. "Dad, Shaoheng's like this. Over the years, his prestige in the army has been growing, and his thoughts are getting deeper and deeper. Even I can't figure him out. "
"… I know. Shaoheng was promoted to major general at such a young age and was the most promising in our family. He's smarter than Guanyuan and more tolerant than you, so his achievements are naturally greater than yours. "Grandfather Huo sighed and curled up on the sofa, unable to get up for a long time.
"Regarding Head Nurse Zhang …" Huo Guanchen glanced at Grandfather Huo. "What do you plan to do?"
"I'll go see her tomorrow. For the last time, I want to ask her some questions." Grandfather Huo's eyes were originally very energetic, but now it was as if all the blood in them had been sucked out. He couldn't even lift his eyelids.
Huo Guanchen didn't know what to say. He walked over to the coffee table and poured Grandfather Huo a cup of tea. "Have some. Don't get too worked up. Your blood pressure is rising again, isn't it? "
Grandfather Huo slowly finished his tea and placed the gold-rimmed bone china teacup with a pale butterfly pattern on the coffee table. He looked down at it and said, "This was your mother's favorite tea set. Didn't I say to put it away? Why is it being used now? "
Huo Guanchen was speechless.
It had been used for a long time, but he only saw it now.
"All the utensils in the house were arranged by Jialan." Huo Guanchen coughed. "But this tea set was indeed used by Head Nurse Zhang because she said she liked it."
Grandfather Huo was speechless for a long time.
Huo Shaoheng sat on the sofa like a statue. After a long time, when the sky outside was darkening, he finally whispered to Huo Guanchen, "… Shaoheng said that you also know … what your mother did all those years ago?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Huo Guanchen poured himself a cup of tea uncomfortably and gently blew on it to hide his embarrassment. "I just gave Head Nurse Zhang a reminder when she was being evaluated."
"… A reminder?"
"Yes, Head Nurse Zhang was indeed tempted at that time. Father, you were at a critical juncture of being promoted to Major General, so Mother let her know that if word got out about her illegitimate child, she wouldn't even be able to keep her position in the army, let alone get married. She would definitely be persuaded to retire and go home to live on her own. "
Huo Guanchen immediately continued, "But Mother didn't do anything. She only asked Sister Chang to chat with someone for a while. Head Nurse Zhang is a smart person and immediately understood what was going on. She never appeared in front of Mother again. "
"It's like this …" Grandfather Huo closed his eyes. "Your mother is indeed very smart. Although she came from a good family and was pampered since she was young, she's not ignorant of the ways of the world."
What he actually wanted to say was that Xie Ziyan was stubborn and had never been willing to bow down. When they had conflicts in the past, it was always Huo Xuenong who took the initiative to apologize.
But this kind of person actually tolerated the incident with Zhang Feng …
Grandfather Huo felt indescribably sad just thinking about it.
"Father, don't be too sad. Mother is stubborn, and Shaoheng has the exact same temper as his grandmother. " Huo Guanchen comforted Grandfather Huo. "It's been so many years since Head Nurse Zhang's incident. You already have a son and a grandson. Don't worry about it anymore."
Time could not be turned back. Everything that had been done and said would leave a mark.
Not to mention a living person.
Grandfather Huo knew that he would never be able to rest in peace for the rest of his life.
He stood up. "I'm going to rest. You should sleep early too."
Grandfather Huo was actually not asleep when he returned to his room.
He tossed and turned the entire night and woke up before the sun rose the next morning.
He hurriedly ate breakfast and called for a taxi to take him to see Zhang Feng.
Huo Shaoheng received the news and personally followed behind to the reception room where the military police temporarily held the prisoners.
When Grandfather Huo met with Zhang Feng, Huo Shaoheng had already ordered Zhao Liangze to take over all the surveillance cameras in the reception room.
If the two of them were to argue and bring up any inappropriate topics, he would be able to shut off the cameras in time.
Grandfather Huo and Zhang Feng knew that their meeting was under strict control, but they did not know that Huo Shaoheng was the person under strict control.
"Half of your assets have been auctioned, but it's only enough to pay off half of the debt." Grandfather Huo sat down and looked at Zhang Feng. "What do you plan to do with the other half?"
"Auctioned?! Why would it be auctioned?! Who agreed to it?! "Zhang Feng couldn't stop screaming." That's for my son and grandchildren's living expenses! How could you be so heartless?! "
Grandfather Huo's eyelids drooped as he said in a low voice, "You think I'm heartless?"
"Elder Huo, that money is for Baochen and his two children." Zhang Feng begged softly. "Please, they don't have the Xie's backing like Shaoheng. My parents are counting on me to make ends meet. They can't be relied on at all. "
"Don't you have the other half?" Grandfather Huo reminded her coldly. "Can't you leave the other half for them?"
"I can't give them the other half now." Zhang Feng's entire body ached at the thought of half of her assets being auctioned. She begged Grandfather Huo bitterly. "Elder Huo, I beg you. I've never begged you in my life … "
"You've begged me for many things in your life. Every time you beg me, you have to say this. You've never begged me? "Grandfather Huo raised his eyebrows." Zhang Feng, is your memory really that bad? "
Zhang Feng blushed at Grandfather Huo's words. The corners of her mouth twitched as she lowered her head and said sadly, "I don't have anything. I only have you … I can only beg you …"
"You only know how to make trouble for me, don't you?" Grandfather Huo snorted coldly. "Weren't you very scheming back then? You even purposely leaked information in front of Ziyan's bed … "As he spoke, Grandfather Huo's voice turned cold." Zhang Feng, how dare you! "
Zhang Feng was shocked. She raised her head abruptly and covered her face. She stared at Grandfather Huo in shock and retorted instinctively, "I didn't!"
"You didn't? It's fine if you think I'm an idiot, but if you think Ziyan is an idiot, then you've miscalculated. " Grandfather Huo's heart ached at the thought that Xie Ziyan, who was lying on the bed, already knew about him and Zhang Feng.
"Elder Huo, Elder Huo, you have to save me!" Zhang Feng saw that the situation was dire and began to cry. "I only have you, I don't want to go to jail! I've been with you for so many years, and I have a son. If you don't help me, I can't think of any other way. I can only … "
"Can only what?" Grandfather Huo slammed the table angrily. "Are you going to tell everyone about the shameful things we did back then?!"
Zhang Feng cowered and leaned back. She stammered, "If you get me out, I won't tell anyone."
In other words, if Grandfather Huo stood by and did nothing, Zhang Feng wouldn't let him have it easy either. She would expose everything that had happened between him and her.
At this point, compared to Xie Ziyan's tolerance for the big picture, Zhang Feng was like a blood-sucking worm attached to him.
Grandfather Huo looked at Zhang Feng's evasive gaze and wondered why he still wanted to officially marry this woman.
He stood up and said in a hoarse voice, "You're on your own now. If you dare to say anything, I'll be the first to deal with you. "
"Elder Huo!" Zhang Feng couldn't believe her ears.
Huo Xuenong, who had taken care of her for more than a decade, was saying such heartless things to her!
"What's wrong? Whose rumors did you hear? They're all lies! I'm the only one who has your best interests at heart! " Zhang Feng stood up and lunged forward to grab Grandfather Huo's sleeve across the long table. "Have you forgotten what you said before?"
Grandfather Huo pushed Zhang Feng away without a word and turned to leave. At that moment, the door to the reception room opened. Huo Shaoheng crossed his arms and leaned against the door frame with a flash drive in his hand. He shook his head at Zhang Feng. "If it wasn't for me today, you would've made this public."
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