Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 534 Xixi, It’s Mom

Chapter 534: Chapter 534 Xixi, It’s Mom

Qiao Xi’s fingers hovered over the phone screen, hesitating for a long time without pressing down.

When the call automatically disconnected after a minute.

She recognized this number.

But she never added a contact name for it, because she didn’t know what kind of feelings to have for the owner of the number.

Huo Xingzhou saw her like this and said, "You rest first, I’ll go downstairs to check."

"Okay."

"Remember to drink the porridge, this nourishing porridge has been simmered for over three hours, it’s very beneficial."

"I know."

Qiao Xi’s voice was soft, somewhat distracted.

Huo Xingzhou left the room with his long strides and closed the door behind him, giving her a space of solitude.

Qiao Xi glanced at the lit-up phone screen again, it was still that call.

Human nature is strange.

It always craves for a mother’s care when one is most vulnerable and sick.

But Qiao Xi could not afford such thoughts, her heart was a bit softer than usual nonetheless.

She paused and then answered the call.

On the other end was a brief silence, followed by the hoarse and choking voice of a woman: "Xixi, it’s Mom."

It was a call from Liu Huimin.

Qiao Xi didn’t know what to say.

Liu Huimin, however, started speaking on her own, "I wanted to come to Imperial Capital to see you, but your maternal grandmother told me not to cause you trouble. We saw the latest news online that you have an unrelenting fever, so we were very worried. I couldn’t get through to your phone, so I called others, Young Master Sun said you were still unconscious..."

She looked haggard, having stayed up the whole day and night.

That stone in her heart could never be put down.

She was the one who caused this grievous mistake.

If she had insisted on Qiao Xi taking over the treatment for her second brother, maybe Qiao Xi wouldn’t have suffered so much from underhanded schemes. Now with her right hand injured, how was she going to get through the third round of tomorrow’s competition?

Losing comes with serious punishment!

Liu Huimin was tortured with guilt, as though a dull knife was cutting her heart out bit by bit, leaving her bleeding profusely!

A suffocating pain!

"Are you feeling better now? Is the fever gone? Your hand... does it hurt a lot?" By the end, Liu Huimin’s voice was already drowned in tears.

She was still so prone to crying, that spoiled demeanor couldn’t be changed.

But the regret she had previously felt now made her restless every night, living in self-reproach and pain, treating Qiao Xi with extreme caution.

Complex emotions surged within Qiao Xi’s clear eyes.

She lowered her head and stared at the phone screen, saying, "I’m much better, thank you for your concern."

The word "Mom," she couldn’t bring herself to say.

She could easily consider others from the Liu Family as her own, and treat them with due respect.

But she just couldn’t bring herself to feel indifferent toward Liu Huimin.

"About tomorrow’s competition, your uncle is already in contact with some old friends. Hoping to cancel it or postpone it, the topic for the third round is unknown, and the Lu Family will surely make things difficult for you there."

Liu Huimin spoke softly, "Or you could come back to Haicheng tonight? No matter how powerful the people of Imperial Capital are, the Liu Family’s protection in Haicheng can guard you for a lifetime."

As soon as she said this, she felt Qiao Xi would definitely refuse.

"I won’t go back to Haicheng, and I won’t be a coward who retreats. Win or lose. I can’t be laughed at, and I can’t let people around me be subjected to ridicule."

She is Qiao Xi, she is also Huo Xingzhou’s wife.

If she was perceived as an unreliable coward, who would want to do business with Huo Xingzhou after that?

In the business world, trust is of paramount importance.

"All my ideas are lousy," Liu Huimin covered her cheeks, suppressing her sobs, "You’re different from her, you’re independent and strong, smart and sensible and upright. You couldn’t possibly run back home looking for support when facing difficulties like she would, you are so much better than her!"

Who this "she" is.

They both knew very well.

It was the deceased Xu Xingluo.

"Sometimes I really wish you would lean on us a bit more, but seeing how outstanding you are fills me with pride!"

Liu Huimin took a deep breath, "Since you’ve chosen a path, we won’t stop you. Just don’t forget, whether it be Imperial Capital’s Bell or Haicheng’s Liu, we will do everything in our power to protect you. Xixi, don’t be afraid."

Liu Huimin felt extremely powerless.

Listening to her talking so much, Qiao Xi also felt somewhat oppressed.

She said softly, "Thank you."

It was very polite.

"If there’s nothing else, I’m going to hang up. I have some calls to return, you should rest early."

After saying this, Qiao Xi directly hung up the call.

She touched her cheeks and found them to be covered in cold tears.

Turns out she too could be moved by those words, but sadly she had no right to long for that pure maternal love. What had been given to Xu Xingluo, now felt insipid when given to her.

Yet occasionally, she envied Xu Xingluo’s childhood.

Imagining how she grew up surrounded by adoring stars, adored and protected by everyone.

Thinking of her when she was learning ballet, piano, and noble etiquette, while she was worried with her grandmother in the countryside about where next term’s tuition fees would come from.

Thinking if Liu Huimin had discovered the truth earlier, maybe her grandmother would have had much better care and not suffered from overexertion to the point of being burnt to death in a fire.

But these were all "ifs," what should have happened had already taken place.

Qiao Xi wiped away the tears on her cheeks.

There was still a competition to face in the morning.

She picked up the bowl of carefully simmered nourishing porridge and drank it all up, sip by sip.

...

In the villa’s living room.

Old Chen was reporting matters related to the Li Family to Huo Xingzhou.

"When we arrived, Li Nianqi was using binoculars to watch our villa, and calling Lu Yan on the phone. Old Madam Li saw it herself and in a rage decided to send her abroad to appease us. She’s already on the plane now..."

"Hmm."

"Also, Li Songwen has been detained by us, Xiang Mingzhu still doesn’t know, thinking he left Imperial Capital. Young Master, do you want to go over and question him now?"

Old Chen had arranged for the person to be held in Master Fang’s villa.

Sun Weimeng was grinding traditional Chinese herbs on the side, murmuring, "Why do they all have the surname Li? Can’t there be a good Li person?"

Huo Xingzhou glanced at him and said, "Let’s go over right now, anyway, all of the Li Family’s spies are gone. Lu Yan won’t be able to detect our subsequent moves, consider this early stage a smokescreen for him."

"What a great smokescreen!" Sun Weimeng clapped his hands and stood up, "Now the internet is going crazy, saying that Qiao Xi is running a high fever and is in constant pain. She’ll be absent from the competition tomorrow, I bet the Lu Family will wake up laughing in their dreams tonight. All thanks to that old man..."

Huo Xingzhou looked at him coldly.

Sun Weimeng slapped himself, "What old man! Forget about it, don’t listen to my nonsense."

The matter of Old Master Huang can’t be leaked.

Huo Xingzhou ignored his antics, and followed Old Chen out.

Sun Weimeng hurried after them, "Wait for me, I want to see the excitement too!"

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