Chapter 194: Chapter 194: Unwilling_1
Chapter 194: Chapter 194: Unwilling_1
Her words reminded He Rongxi of the passion they had when they were young, risking everything to pursue love. Throughout all these years, Jing Tong had shown him unconditional deep love.
The more he thought about it, the deeper his guilt felt.
“Come! Let’s go home.”
“No!” Huo Jinlan struggled a moment, then said seriously, “I can’t leave ! Sneaking off without saying a word—what’s the difference between that and acting in secret!”
He Rongxi thought she had a point.
“Then what do you plan to do? Huo Linong obviously knew I was coming today, but he wasn’t home. It’s clear he wanted to avoid us.” Actually, he initially agreed with Huo Linong’s approach to evade him.
After all, they were old classmates — if a real confrontation broke out, it would be embarrassing for both.
However, now that his daughter had been mistreated, he didn’t think so anymore.
“I know where Mr. Huo has gone. Let’s go say goodbye before we leave. Just say goodbye and leave.” Huo Jinlan kept her head down, quickly going over various calculations in her mind.
Huo Linong must be at Jiang Nanfei’s house now!
She was driven out while Jiang Nanfei got all the benefits. She couldn’t swallow this bitterness. Even if the He Family was better off than the Huo Family, without her brother, no place could be as good as where her brother was.
Before leaving, she would make Jiang Nanfei pay a price.
He Rongxi didn’t object. Jing Tong denied Huo Jinlan’s plan to pack her things and just dragged her to the car.
“What’s so good about those old things? Once we get to the provincial city, I’ll buy you all new stuff.”
“Thank you, mom.” Huo Jinlan leaned on Jing Tong’s shoulder, saying with admiration.
“You, ah!” Jing Tong rubbed her hair and sighed, “You are truly too naive! Just like when I was young.”
Huo Jinlan’s mouth froze just a bit.
The road from the town to the village was worse. Rains from last night had formed puddles in some places. As the car drove through, mud splashed everywhere.
The brand new car was covered in mud.
Even so, when the car entered Xiao Wang Village, it caused quite a stir.
In the nineties, it was very seldom to see such a nice import car in the countryside. Most used tractors, three-wheeled trucks, motorcycles, or minibuses.
When Huo Jinlan got out of the car, she unwittingly stood tall and proud.
Since she was a child, Huo Linong had educated her to live with simplicity and frugality. She learned from her brother to be humble, not to be inferior because of poverty or to bow to wealth. Watching her brother’s grace, she admired him in secret.
Rich or poor, her brother was always so strong, confident, and steadfast.
In her class, facing people such as Qiao Jingxuan and Gongxi Yunqi, she never felt envy or inferiority. So she thought she had learned the teachings from Huo Linong, grasping the grace her brother carried.
Now, looking at the villagers who were gawking at her, she felt a strong sense of satisfaction rise in her—her vanity had been appeased.
She wanted to shout out loud.
All that crap about not feeling inferior because of poverty, or bowing to wealth—it was all a lie. Money, power, status were most important.
She had been deceived by Huo Linong.
“Jinlan, why are you in a daze?” Jing Tong’s voice echoed behind her, pulling Huo Jinlan back from her thoughts.
“Mom.” She raised her chin with pride and softly said, “Do you think I’ve wasted the past decade or so?”
Jing Tong’s usual expression of pity disappeared from her face, replaced by with one of indifference, “You are too clumsy and nothing like my daughter. In my eyes, you are a misfit.”
The things she’d said earlier in the Huo family had fooled He Rongxi for now, but there were too many loopholes.
To fool her, one needed much more.
“I’m sorry! I’ve disgraced you.”