"Huo Mien? Which Huo Mien? Is he the bastard that my father had with another woman outside? " Huo Yanyan, Huo Siqian's daughter, said this. This girl was spoiled to the point that she didn't care about anyone, so her words were vicious.
"Who said I'm an illegitimate child? If that's the case, then you're also an illegitimate child, since you're also an illegitimate child?" Huo Siqian said this with a smile, so it looked like he was joking.
Shen Jiani's expression changed slightly when she heard this …
Huo Yanyan was also unhappy. "Big Brother, how can I be the same as her? I grew up in the Huo Family, and my mother has status. Who does her mother think she is? She's just a b * tch who ran away with a chauffeur."
Huo Mien glanced at Huo Yanyan and said coldly, "A cultured person wouldn't open her mouth and curse. It seems like the socialite of the Huo Family is only so-so."
"Who are you calling uncultured?" Huo Yanyan was furious when she heard this, and she almost stood up.
Shen Jiani pulled her back. "Yanyan, don't cause trouble. Can't you see where we are?"
"Since you're here, let's watch the coffin together. Quan, get her a mourning cloth," Huo Zhenghai, who had been silent the whole time, said.
"Yes, Master."
Then, a servant brought in a long white mourning cloth. Huo Mien took it and tied it around his head.
Then, he slowly knelt down in front of the mourning hall …
In the middle of the mourning hall was the Old Madam's portrait.
Huo Mien felt terrible, but it wasn't to the point of tears. That would seem too fake.
The Huo Family also knelt for a while and then rested. Huo Yanyan only knelt for a while before she said that she was dizzy and was helped into the mansion.
Huo Siyi also ran out, saying that he was entertaining a friend. After that, only Huo Mien and Huo Siqian were left in the mourning hall.
"Mian, take a rest if you're tired. You don't have to keep kneeling."
"I'm not tired," Huo Mien replied while burning paper in the basin.
"It'll be dinner soon. Get up and wash your face first."
"I'm not hungry." Huo Mien refused again.
Huo Siqian quietly stared at Huo Mien's face …
After a while, she said, "If it weren't for the nanny's funeral, I'm afraid you wouldn't even enter this house, right?"
"Yes."
"You're really straightforward." Huo Siqian smiled slightly.
Huo Mien didn't say anything else. He just silently recited some words of blessing.
Half an hour later, dinner time
Huo Zhenghai looked around but didn't see Huo Mien, so he asked, "Where's the kid?"
"She's still standing vigil. I asked Siqian to call her, but she said she wasn't hungry and didn't have an appetite," Jiang Hong said.
"What do you mean she's not hungry? I think she's faking it. She wants to impress Dad. Women like her are the most hypocritical," Huo Yanyan interrupted.
"Yanyan, don't say things like that."
"Mom, I'm telling the truth. My classmates said that people like her, who come from a humble background, seem innocent, but are actually the most scheming. Because she lived at the bottom of society, she's seen a lot of ugly things. She's not that innocent. Dad, don't believe her."
Huo Zhenghai glanced at Huo Yanyan and didn't say anything …
"Huo Mien doesn't look like she's faking it. She doesn't need to suck up to Dad. After all, Dad hasn't given her anything in the past few years. She seems to be used to it."
Huo Siqian's words made Huo Zhenghai's expression change slightly …
Indeed, he seemed to have forgotten about this daughter of his. If it weren't for his mother's dying instructions, he would have asked Huo Mien to come back.
He wouldn't have even called Yang Meirong …
"Let's eat," Huo Zhenghai said after a moment of silence.
Twenty minutes later, everyone gathered in the mourning hall again.
Madam Huo Zhenghai said slowly, "Zhenghai, the Fengshui master said that someone needs to stand vigil around the clock tonight. It's best if it's a woman, because men are afraid of offending people. Mom liked Yanyan a lot when she was alive, so I think we should let Yanyan stand vigil."
Huo Yanyan's expression immediately changed when she heard this. "Auntie, I can't do it. I have low blood sugar and I feel dizzy all the time. My mom made an appointment with a doctor and he'll be here soon to put me on an IV drip. You should let my brother and brother stand vigil."
How could she stand vigil alone? How could she do something as scary as that? She was the Huo Family's little princess.
Shen Jiani also chimed in, "Yeah, Sis, Yanyan isn't feeling well. How about I stand vigil for her?"
"How can that be? Only the younger generation can do it. "
"Mom, let Huo Mien stand vigil," Huo Siqian volunteered.
At that moment, everyone looked at Huo Mien. Huo Mien also heard their conversation. It was just a vigil; it was her wish to see her grandmother off.
"Can you do it alone?" Madam Huo Zhenghai looked at Huo Mien and asked.
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