Chapter 767: Chapter 766: Coming to Pick You Up_1 Chapter 767: Chapter 766: Coming to Pick You Up_1 Across a road, the gate of the Huo family was left open, lightly swinging. In Qi Li Town, the villagers maintained a simple lifestyle, living with neighbors they’d known for many years. Apart from when they were asleep or not at home, door gates would generally be left open.
Invisibly as if guided by a string, Zhuanzhuan left her bike and walked towards the gate of the Huo family home.
Her steps were firm, her expression calm. She seemed relaxed and unhurried, like a child returning home from school, ready to step inside and finish their homework.
In the living room of the Huo family home, Yuan Xueshan was nervously watching the impending arrival, “Are you here to fetch me? Is it for real… Everything is true?”
A few days ago, she had received a letter from the Imperial City. The letter was from Huo Linong, inviting her to the Imperial City. He wanted her to enjoy a life of comfort there.
She had resigned herself to despair, because she was familiar with Huo Linong. She knew when he treated someone well, he did it from the bottom of his heart. But when he became completely disheartened, no one could be colder.
Never did she imagine that Linong would give her another chance. This time, she wouldn’t disregard it frivolously as she had before and let others exploit her.
Yuan Xueshan’s eyes were resolute. Over the year, she had thoroughly recognized reality and had succumbed to her previous presumption.
Without the Huo family, without Huo Linong, she was nothing. Thinking back on all the foolish things she’d done, she was filled with regret. She felt as though she had been irrational, despising this and that.
It was ridiculous that, as a fugitive, she had despised the Jiang family and Jiang Nanfei.
Considering the current state of the Jiang family, who not only opened a food factory and became the wealthiest in the entire county, but also created jobs for many locals in Qi Li Town and made many contributions, everyone was singing praises of the Jiang family.
Jiang Nanfei’s college entrance examination results were also praised by all.
These days, no one even spared her a glance. Some people even criticized her straight to her face, saying she was blind for pushing such a fitting daughter-in-law away.
She spent endless nights unable to sleep, regret consumed her whenever she thought of the foolish things she’d done.
Opposite Yuan Xueshan, sat a man and a woman. The man was tall, around twenty, young and handsome. The woman was not young, but because she had kept good care of herself, she didn’t look her age at all. She wore a proper black suit; her exposed skin was white and delicate, emitting a cold light under the lamp.
She looked Yuan Xueshan up and down, then raised the corners of her mouth in a cold sarcasm.
Yuan Xueshan’s intuition screamed at her to retreat, but the man blocked her way.
“So you are Huo Linong’s wife?” The woman asked arrogantly.
“Who are you? Didn’t you come to fetch me?” Yuan Xueshan finally sobered up and realized the newcomer’s ill intentions.
“No, I am here to pick you up.” The woman had a sinister smile, her body relaxing against the back of her chair. She looked at Yuan Xueshan with a critical eye, shaking her head in disapproval: “I really don’t know which eye Huo Linong used to judge women, how could he have taken a liking to someone like you.”
“A Rong.” She called to the young man with a cold hum, “Are all of you men so spineless?”
“Auntie!” A Rong replied helplessly, “I am not spineless.”
“Yes, you would never be spineless. I raised you single-handedly.” The woman said to herself. “But Huo Linong must be spineless. He probably finds exceptional women dangerous, so he went to a rural village to find a homely, ignorant, and foolish woman.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk… I can’t believe he’s not nauseated by this!”