Rong Yanqiao dropped these two words and left the room under Rong Qingze’s gaze.
The moment she descended the stairs, Huo Yanshu on the living room sofa was stunned; at this moment, he seemed to see the lively Wenming, who could smile and move, so radiant and no longer the motionless vegetative person lying in the hospital bed.
Especially at that moment when Rong Yanqiao called his name.
Huo Yanshu shifted his gaze away.
He took Rong Yanqiao to her destination.
The place where Rong Yanqiao was headed was a jade shop.
She had come to pick something up.
Huo Yanshu didn’t expect that what she picked up would have something to do with him.
It was a Jade Guanyin.
"This is a piece of stone I bought at a high price. I had it carved into a Guanyin and am giving it to you," said Rong Yanqiao as she took the Jade Guanyin in her hand, carefully admiring it before tiptoeing to put it around Huo Yanshu’s neck.
Huo Yanshu didn’t refuse, but instinctively asked, "Didn’t you make something for yourself?"
"I did. A bracelet, a Jade Buddha."
"Give me the Jade Buddha. It just so happens I can gift it to someone."
Rong Yanqiao obliged, handing over the Jade Buddha to Huo Yanshu.
She just wore the jade bracelet.
As she exited the jade shop with Huo Yanshu, she was in no hurry to get in the car, "I’m really tired from filming these past few days, I want to take a walk, and this area is residential anyway."
Just an ordinary residential area, devoid of media journalists.
Huo Yanshu didn’t pick up the conversation but accompanied her nevertheless.
"When my adoptive father died, he wished for my well-being. Also, my second uncle has been seeking me out recently, wanting to get some things started. I’m thinking of starting with the Lin family’s side."
Rong Yanqiao took a few steps, then slowly broached the subject with Huo Yanshu.
Huo Yanshu was familiar with the Lin family; the Lin family’s daughter planned to marry her boyfriend, and her father, Lin Haidong, was keen on a partnership with an overseas H company.
If they could reach an agreement, along with Huo’s company, the three companies could collaborate.
Lin Haidong has also been recently ingratiating himself to him.
"So you’ll be able to handle that? Won’t it be very tough for you?"
The relationship between the Huo and Rong families was not only because of Rong Qingqiao; to Huo Yanshu, what mattered most was Rong Yanqiao’s face.
Rong Yanqiao smiled, "Comfort is for the dead. But I’m thinking, with my identity, it might not be appropriate for me to just show up at the wedding banquet, and figuring out what gift to bring is problematic."
"If you really want to go, I can take you."
Rong Yanqiao had been waiting for Huo Yanshu to say this, her eyes filled with anticipation as she looked at him.
Huo Yanshu nodded, "Of course, you’ve given me such a valuable gift, wouldn’t I have to give you something in return? And considering the relationship between you and me, whether or not to bring you to such a banquet, is there even a question of authenticity?"
Rong Yanqiao smiled, "I was actually worried that you wouldn’t go. If there is a partnership with the Lin’s, and you need to give face, you can go, but if there’s no cooperation... "
"Lin Haidong has been pursuing an H company partnership recently as well; it’s possible that in the end, all three companies will collaborate," Huo Yanshu picked up the conversation where Rong Yanqiao left off.
Rong Yanqiao tensed inside.
If the Lin’s were also pursuing a project with the H company, then Zhao Yixing, the soon-to-be son-in-law, would be thrust forward.
She would have to seek out Rong Er.
"I don’t really understand the business world; when you talk to me about it, it feels nebulous. I think, while I’m not filming for the next half a month, I should learn properly from my second uncle."
"If you want to learn, I can teach you. Yanqiao, actually, there’s another reason for my return this time," Huo Yanshu’s thin lips slowly moved, and at the same time, his gaze drifted towards Rong Yanqiao.
Rong Yanqiao frowned slightly, "What is it?"
Now she was curious about what Huo Yanshu was going to say.
Huo Yanshu remained silent for a few seconds, then continued, "We’ve been together for a while now, we could just go ahead and get engaged."
His father hadn’t stopped urging.
Saying that Rong Yanqiao’s status was self-evident, even if she were an adopted daughter, she was still part of the Rong family.
Being involved with Rong Yanqiao meant becoming entangled with Rong Er and Rong Dad; with the help of the Rong family, the Huo’s company would surely climb to even greater heights.
Once engaged, his father wouldn’t keep pressing the matter.
Rong Yanqiao hesitated, "I feel I’m still young; I want to seize more career opportunities. Yanshu, the same goes for you, I think you’re being influenced by your father."
Becoming his girlfriend was Rong Er’s idea.
Now with Huo Yanshu talking about engagement, without Rong Er’s permission, she didn’t dare rashly agree.
"Just getting engaged doesn’t necessarily mean that we must rush into marriage." He was willing to get engaged to Rong Yanqiao, at the very least her face was quite pleasing to him.