PFC Chapter 21 He's having a secret meeting with your granddaughter-in-law behind my back!
Chapter 21 He's having a secret meeting with your granddaughter-in-law behind my back!
This is like a small utility knife used for unpacking packages. Although it's small and can't cut anything, it's very smooth when you're cutting things.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qin felt as if the wound in her heart, which had not yet fully healed, had been slashed open by a sharp knife, and blood was flowing uncontrollably. Instantly, a sharp pain overwhelmed her.
She wasn't a professional actress, and she knew perfectly well that the old lady had never liked to pay too much attention to her and Holmes's relationship. Over the years, the old lady had let them develop their relationship freely.
But now the old lady brought it up on her own initiative. It's not hard to guess that she had probably heard that her and Huo Sili's situation was really not optimistic. So optimistic that she couldn't bear to see it anymore, and that's why she couldn't help but ask her to come and talk to her.
The moment Old Mrs. Huo finished speaking, Jiang Qin's expression visibly stiffened.
She didn't know how much the old lady knew, and dared not ask. Perhaps because the person who said these words was the elder she respected and loved the most, her heart ached even more at this moment.
Her emotions, which had finally stabilized these past few days, seemed to be crumbling. Uncontrollable feelings of sadness, grievance, and sorrow welled up in her heart, filling her chest with a fierce fog that blocked the way for people and vehicles on an autumn or winter morning in the mountains.
She wanted to say, it wasn't just about eating at different times; he also brought other women home.
Moreover, he had been keeping her a substitute for his ideal woman for four whole years.
Even when she felt wronged, she wanted to ask, "Grandma, do you know that he has someone else in his heart?"
But when reason returned, Jiang Qin knew perfectly well that she could say these things to her best friend Su Lejia, but the old lady, Huo Sili's grandmother and her great benefactor, was in a condition that absolutely could not be agitated.
Therefore, even if she wanted to cry to her, she had to keep it to herself and never tell her.
All these distracting thoughts happened in the blink of an eye. In reality, after a moment of stunned silence, Jiang Qin maintained a gentle and pleasing smile towards Qiu Huilan.
Her brain was racing, frantically trying to figure out the best thing to say at this moment.
A few seconds later, she smiled and said, "Grandma, please don't..."
Unfortunately, just as he finished speaking, a phone rang.
The sudden ringing of the bell in the silent room startled Jiang Qin, who was already particularly sensitive to her surroundings.
Before the shock had completely subsided, Jiang Qin's heart leaped into her throat.
When she picked up her phone, she discovered that the caller was none other than Horstley.
But the nickname she gave to Horstley now...
"Mr. Huo?" Qiu Huilan exclaimed in disbelief, her aged voice tinged with sobs and confusion.
Clearly, right now, something more pressing than the fact that Horstley called her was something else entirely—
The old lady knew that she had previously saved Holmes's contact as "Sleepy".
But now, the contact name displayed prominently on her phone screen is something else entirely: President Huo.
This note, polite and distant, only evokes images of superiors and subordinates, and tedious, exhausting work.
How can you feel even a trace of intimacy between husband and wife?
It was quite obvious that the old lady standing next to her had seen those two words clearly and was now reading them aloud.
Jiang Qin's heart pounded like a drum, and she forced herself to breathe lightly.
She didn't dare look at the old woman beside her, and in fact, Old Mrs. Huo's face was already bitter at this moment.
An eerie silence descended, broken only by the loud, urgent ringing of incoming calls.
Seeing that the call would automatically disconnect if she didn't answer it soon, Jiang Qin forced herself to remain calm and answered the call under the old lady's watchful gaze.
His voice feigned sweetness, "Hello? Sili?"
On the other end, perhaps assessing her situation, the man didn't speak immediately after the call connected.
Two seconds later, Jiang Qin heard Huo Sili ask, "Where are you?"
A flicker of confusion and surprise crossed Jiang Qin's eyes. Asking this question meant he was about to come over after finishing his work, but wasn't that matter quite urgent? He'd only been gone a few minutes.
How could a multinational conference possibly end so quickly?
Perhaps not hearing her reply, Horst's tone turned colder on the other end of the phone, "I asked where you are, say it."
The cold tone made Jiang Qin suddenly realize that she was probably just being presumptuous.
“The third floor of the main building,” she said in her sweet tone.
Her heart was filled with desolation. Yes, the old lady had just been to the hospital today. Huo Sili probably just thought that her talkativeness would aggravate the old lady's condition. What was she imagining? How could it be because she was worried about her? It was ridiculous.
Huo Sili hung up the phone, but under the watchful eye of Old Mrs. Huo, Jiang Qin smiled sweetly at the phone and added, "Okay, see you later."
Huo Sili arrived quickly. When the elevator doors opened, Jiang Qin was explaining to Old Mrs. Huo that she changed Huo Sili's nickname to "President Huo" simply because she was afraid of being seen by her colleagues and didn't want to become the subject of gossip among unsuspecting people. After all, it was a secret marriage.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Horst Holmes himself appeared before her and Mrs. Holmes, his long legs carrying him.
I sat down next to the old lady quite naturally and greeted her affectionately, "Grandma."
Just as Old Mrs. Huo was about to say something, Huo Sili's gaze fell on her again, his eyes gentle and doting as he carefully examined her, as if he were very afraid that she would suffer any grievances at Old Mrs. Huo's place.
Then he looked at Old Mrs. Huo again, his protectiveness strong, but he also addressed the old lady with respect.
"Knowing your grandson was in a meeting, he deliberately held a private meeting with your granddaughter-in-law behind my back?"
Old Mrs. Huo's face was originally unpleasant, but upon hearing this, she was clearly amused.
She looked at Huo Sili with a kind expression, then at Jiang Qin, and finally looked back at her grandson. "What little meeting? Grandma, I was just worried that something might happen to you two."
"What problem could there be?" Horstley replied with a smile.
Grandma Huo was clearly not so easily fooled. When she met Huo Sili's gaze, her tone lost the gentleness she had shown to Jiang Qin, and became somewhat serious. "Since there's no problem, then tell Grandma, why haven't you been eating with Qinqin often lately?"
After saying that, the old lady said seriously, "It wasn't Qinqin who complained, it was Grandma who asked your side of the story."
Yunhai Huafu usually only has two live-in housekeepers and a driver, but there are also some maids who are responsible for cleaning, washing expensive clothes and taking care of the garden plants. Among these people, apart from Liu Ma, the rest are all the old lady's people.
Horst's smile was the gentle and refined one he only showed to those he was close to.
"Okay, I understand, Grandma. I've just been busy with work lately. But since you brought it up, Qinqin and I will definitely try our best to eat together from now on. Don't worry, we're doing great."
After saying a few more words, Mrs. Huo was clearly appeased.
She clasped her and Horst's hands together, smiling kindly, "It seems Grandma was overthinking it. As long as you two get along well, that's all that matters."
This left Jiang Qin, who had been quite nervous and unsure how to appease the old lady, speechless. But thinking about it, it seemed reasonable. After all, if this person wasn't a good actor, how could she have been fooled by him for four whole years?
Everything was normal in the afternoon, and the new clothes the old lady would wear for her birthday banquet were decided.
Monday passed uneventfully without incident, and before we knew it, it was Tuesday.
She was probably thinking that she would go to the hospital this afternoon for a check-up to confirm whether she was really pregnant.
So from the moment she woke up until now, Jiang Qin's feelings were inevitably complicated. The most obvious feeling was that she might become a mother, which was both exciting and worrying.
Fortunately, she has always kept her personal and professional life separate, and these emotions did not affect her work efficiency.
At 3 p.m., after the meeting, I went into the inner room of the president's office and handed over the summary materials to Huo Sili.
Jiang Qin then turned around to go out and pick up the documents she had prepared in advance and the bag she had packed earlier to leave the company.
Unexpectedly, after glancing at the documents she handed over, Horst suddenly looked up at her and asked a question.
"Aside from delivering documents to Chairman Wang, have you finished all the other work?"