The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love
Chapter 363: Nuwa’s connection

Chapter 363: Nuwa’s connection

Hou mansion.

Meng Rin peeked inside the kitchen, trying to find a helpful soul to answer her questions. Ever since she learned about Nuwa’s existence from Jia, she found a ray of hope to escape her dire situation.

If this woman Nuwa...if she was somehow connected with the Huo family and I could find evidence of it then...

She slightly clenched her fists with her heart pounding in her chest. If she could find evidence of Nuwa’s involvement with Huo family, then there was a good chance she would get a reason to break it off with Huo Tengqi.

A shudder escaped her shoulders, recalling her last conversation with him at the hospital. There was a sense of madness in his eyes of never letting her go. It wasn’t the kind of obsession that she could escape just by breaking it up with him.

I need to secure my own escape route from this hell hole...

"Miss. Meng?"

She jolted and looked back at the elderly house maid, who threw a puzzling look at her.

"Miss. Wu," she exhaled in relief.

"Why did you come to the kitchen? You should have called me."

"No, no. I was just passing and felt a little hungry, that’s all."

"Let me make some quick snacks for you."

"Really? Thank you."

"You are too kind, Miss. Meng," she smiled

She followed her inside the kitchen and as she worked, Miss. Wu said, "You can wait outside, Miss. Meng. I will bring you the plate once I am done."

"I would like to accompany you if you don’t mind. It has been a little lonely today..." she awkwardly smiled.

"Well, if you wouldn’t mind a maid’s company."

"Please don’t say that, Miss. Wu. You are not just a maid. You work so hard for the family."

She simply smiled at that and said nothing.

Meng Rin took a seat at the dining table’s chair and wondered how to strike up a conversation with her about Nuwa.

"Miss. Wu has been working here for a long time, right?"

"Close to twenty years now."

"Wow, that’s a really loyal service."

"Considering it is the Huo family, the pay is quite fancy. It helped my family’s days pass by."

"I see."

She casually tapped her fingers on the table and asked, "How was Tengqi in the past if I may ask? Is he close with his brothers? I still know so very little about him."

That made Miss. Wu pause in her actions. She pressed her lips, hesitation flashing in her eyes.

"I was a little shocked to see Hou Jielun suddenly get so aggressive and attack Hou Anming. So I just wondered..."

"It’s not that bad," Miss. Wu said, "Young master Jielun is the youngest son and you know how the youngest ones are. A little spoiled, that’s all. He is also sick so he is doted upon more. So sometimes...he can get aggressive."

"Haha. I am an only child so I don’t understand much. Must be tough having siblings. Even more so with everybody’s love interests..."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean...Sister-in-law Delan doesn’t really like me that much."

"Oh dear. Don’t take that to your heart. Until now she was the only daughter-in-law of the family so well...It is just a little challenging adjusting to a new person’s presence. Plus..." she felt awkward, "Her elder sister-in-law is actually younger than her so...But I am sure everything will be fine eventually."

Meng Rin felt that time was running out yet she couldn’t figure out how to bring Nuwa, a sex worker, into the conversation. It would be too abrupt of a topic.

Shit what should I do?

"You look worried over something. Is something the matter, Miss. Meng?"

She was about to respond when she thought of taking advantage of this question.

She continued with her stressed expression and asked, "Nothing, Miss. Wu. Just sometimes...I worry about my relationship with Tengqi."

"Why?"

"Well...it’s just that our worlds are so different and far apart. I don’t know if I will be able to adjust to this home. Plus, Tengqi is so influential. I feel that he will get tired of me one day."

Meng Rin hesitated further. "I just keep thinking about it. Many rich heirs, especially in political families have flings and affairs, especially with...sex workers."

Her eyes slightly widened, her expression immediately changing color. She looked away quickly as if she got reminded about something.

"Of course I don’t doubt his loyalty but which couple doesn’t have issues? I just wonder if Tengqi would also..."

"Oh, no, no, Miss. Meng. You worry unnecessarily."

Meng Rin’s eyes slightly narrowed seeing her tense expression.

"The Hou family is not like that. They are very reserved in these matters. You don’t have to stress about young master Tengqi unlike..."

"Unlike?"

Miss. Wu cleared her throat. "I should not be saying these things."

"Now you are making me even more curious, Miss. Wu. I promise I won’t say anything."

She hesitated for a while but eventually said, "Unlike their close family friend, the Zhuo family."

She blinked.

Zhuo family?

"Miss. Meng must know Mr. Zhuo Zihan, right? He is quite a close friend of young master Anming. The younger son of the family."

"Yes. I know him. He came to meet Hou Anming at the hospital too."

"Well...everybody here knows how Mr. Zhuo Zihan had gotten entangled with a sex worker years ago."

Meng Rin slightly straightened up. "Really?"

"Yes. It had caused quite a stir in the Zhuo family years ago. People were talking about it here too. Zhuo Zihan, being the young master of such an influential political family, got involved with a woman of such a background. He was so serious about her that he wanted to marry her too. At least, those were the rumors."

"Then what happened?"

"Nothing really. I believe the Zhuo family tried everything from their side to not get this matter leaked. Otherwise, you could imagine the repercussions on their reputation..."

"So he never got to marry her."

"Obviously not. As if his parents would have agreed."

She slowly asked, feigning a natural curiosity, "What happened to the sex worker then, do you know anything about it?"

"I...I don’t know," she averted her gaze, "But I believe that his parents shut her up with a good sum of money for her to never appear before their son again. And that’s what happened. She was never seen or heard ever again."

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