Lin Yao obediently picked up the hairdryer and began drying his hair.
Since Huo Boyan was sitting on the bed and Lin Yao was standing while helping him dry his hair, from her angle, she could easily see his abdominal muscles when she looked down.
She could even catch a glimpse of the blue waistband of his pants. Lin Yao glanced once, then immediately raised her head, not daring to look again.
That night, Lin Yao and Huo Boyan lay on the two-meter-wide bed, each sleeping on their own side without touching the other.
Huo Boyan’s sleeping posture was extremely proper, motionless. This wasn’t the first time Lin Yao had shared a bed with him.
But this time, she was fully conscious, and from now on, she would have to share a bed with him for five more years.
She had once fantasized about sleeping sweetly in her husband’s arms on the same bed.
Now, she was indeed sleeping on the same bed with her nominal husband, but that person wasn’t Chen Dong, and there was no sweet embrace.
The next day, Lin Yao was woken up by Huo Boyan. She had overslept. After having breakfast with Grandfather, as they were about to leave, Old Master Huo stopped Lin Yao and asked them to wait.
A moment later, Old Master Huo brought out a thick red envelope and a jade bracelet that looked extremely valuable.
“The red envelope is my gift to you as a welcome. This is the heirloom jade bracelet of our Huo family, passed down only to the wife of the eldest son and grandson. Now I’m giving it to you. From now on, you are a member of our Huo family!”
After saying this, Old Master Huo handed the jade bracelet and red envelope to Lin Yao.
“Grandfather, this is too valuable. I can’t accept it. Please take it back.”
Lin Yao was startled and tried to decline, not daring to accept it.
She was merely Huo Boyan’s excuse to appease Old Master Huo, not his real wife. Even with ten times the courage, she wouldn’t dare accept it!
“What’s valuable or not? You’re already part of our Huo family, so this jade bracelet should be yours to wear! Or are you looking down on this bracelet?”
“No, how could I look down on it? It’s just that I really can’t accept this bracelet, Grandfather.”
Lin Yao wasn’t looking down on it at all—she simply didn’t dare accept it. She looked at Huo Boyan, hoping he would speak up and help her.
“Since Grandfather gave it to you, you should accept it. Otherwise, Grandfather will be unhappy.”
Huo Boyan finally spoke, but he actually told her to accept it. Didn’t he know why she didn’t dare accept it?
“Boyan is right. You should accept it quickly, or I’ll get angry!” Old Master Huo chimed in.
Lin Yao had no choice but to accept it. “Thank you, Grandfather. I’ll take good care of it!”
Old Master Huo didn’t pay attention to Lin Yao’s words. Seeing her accept it, he smiled happily. “You two should live well together! Try to give me a great-grandson as soon as possible!”
Lin Yao didn’t dare respond to this. She only said goodbye to Old Master Huo. “Grandfather, we’ll be leaving now. We’ll come back to see you when we have time!”
Once in the car, Lin Yao immediately handed the red envelope and jade bracelet to Huo Boyan.
“Your Huo family’s things should be kept by you!”
Huo Boyan frowned and looked at the jade bracelet and red envelope in his hand. The red envelope was heavy, probably containing tens of thousands of yuan. The old master really liked her.
“Since Grandfather already gave it to you and you accepted it, it’s yours now.”
This woman really didn’t know what was good for her. How many women dreamed of having this jade bracelet, yet in her eyes, it was something she looked down on?
Huo Boyan’s face darkened as he handed the red envelope and jade bracelet back to Lin Yao. Lin Yao didn’t want them and resisted, feeling ashamed.
“Put on the jade bracelet. You’re my wife now, so you must wear this bracelet. Take the money in the red envelope and use it.”
Huo Boyan didn’t want to waste any more words on Lin Yao, so he commanded her to put it on right in front of him.
Lin Yao hadn’t forgotten that she had to obey Huo Boyan in everything, so she had no choice but to pick up the bracelet and put it on.
As for the red envelope, she still didn’t want it. She was already deeply grateful that he had lent her ten million, and she couldn’t accept this money on top of that.
“I’ll wear the bracelet, but I don’t want the red envelope. Please take the money back.”
“The Huo family isn’t so short on money that we’d take back a gift once given. This amount is nothing to the Huo family.”
Huo Boyan’s casual remark left Lin Yao with no room for rebuttal.
The Huo family truly was wealthy. Since he wouldn’t take it back now, she decided to keep it and return it to Huo Boyan after their divorce.
After dropping Huo Boyan off at his company, the driver took Lin Yao to her shop.
Su Yuqing’s people had been unable to find out exactly who Huo Boyan had married.
But they had discovered that the woman he’d recently met was the owner of a cake shop. Even though it wasn’t clear if she was the one, Su Yuqing was determined to come and clarify this woman’s relationship with Brother Boyan.
Following the information she’d been given, she arrived at a very small cake shop, looking at the cramped, shabby place with disdain.
If it weren’t for wanting to see the vixen who was seducing Brother Boyan, she wouldn’t have glanced at such a shop, let alone stepped inside.
Lin Yao was eating lunch at her own table when she heard the door open. She immediately stood up and greeted with a smile,
“Welcome! Hello, what can I get for you?”
Only then did Lin Yao get a clear look at the visitor—it was the beautiful woman she’d seen yesterday at Huo Boyan’s company. The woman’s haughty and disdainful expression was unmistakable.
It was her? The woman she’d seen in the elevator yesterday!
So she was the owner of this cake shop!
Su Yuqing found a stool that looked relatively clean in her eyes and sat down, speaking condescendingly, “What kinds of cakes do you have here?”
Even though the woman’s expression annoyed Lin Yao, business was business, and there was no reason to turn it away. She immediately picked up the shop’s cake catalog and began introducing the options.
“Miss, this is our cake selection. Would you like to see if there’s anything you like?”
Su Yuqing looked at the cake types in the catalog, which she’d never seen before.
It was hard to imagine whether these cakes were even edible. She couldn’t bear to look further and simply pointed to two eight-inch cakes at random.
“What kind of cream would you like? Animal or plant-based? And when would you like to pick them up?”
“Animal cream! I’ll pick them up whenever you finish making them!”
Su Yuqing replied dismissively.
After all, her real intention wasn’t to buy cakes but to find out more about this woman’s relationship with Brother Boyan.
But she knew that if she didn’t give these people some benefit, she wouldn’t be able to get any information out of them. That’s why she ordered two cakes.
“Alright, I’ll call you when they’re ready. Could you leave your phone number?” Lin Yao took out an order form, hoping she’d write down her number.
But the woman refused.
“I’m not in a hurry to pick up the cakes, and you don’t need to rush to make them. I have a few questions for you.”
Su Yuqing got straight to the point, looking directly at Lin Yao, hoping she wouldn’t be ungrateful.
“What questions?”
A customer was placing an order and only had a few questions. As long as she knew the answers, there was no reason not to reply. Lin Yao expressed her full willingness.
Su Yuqing stared intently into Lin Yao’s eyes:
“What is your relationship with Boyan? How do you know Boyan? Why were you in Boyan’s office yesterday? What were you doing there?”
So, it was a woman who liked Huo Boyan coming to confront her!
No wonder Lin Yao had sensed an inexplicable hostility from her the moment she walked in—the reason turned out to be her creditor.