After breakfast, Huo Zhanxing held the girl’s hand as they went to try on the engagement attire.
In addition to the custom-made Zhaoxi Hanfu, three more sets of formal dresses were prepared for the engagement banquet.
Xiao Ye finally got to see the face of his future mistress.
Oh my!
She’s so beautiful!
Is she even an adult?
She looks so young.
Is the boss breaking the law?
Oh, no wonder it’s an engagement and not a direct marriage.
Could the mistress be under eighteen?
Xiao Ye quietly asked the butler beside him.
Butler: Do I look like I’m eighteen?
Xiao Ye: … Seriously, he doesn’t get it. Why is an old butler like you starting to act vain?
Could it be a second spring?
Xiao Ye couldn’t help but glance at Shu Fei nearby.
What an old butler, not even embarrassed!
You could be Shu Fei’s father!
Wen Qiansu came out wearing the dress.
Huo Zhanxing tilted his head back and covered his nose, feeling something warm and liquid trickling down.
The butler brought over a cup of chrysanthemum tea: “The weather is hot, Master. Don’t get too worked up.”
The girl asked shyly, “Does it look good?”
“It looks beautiful.”
The man’s tall, slender figure loomed behind the girl, his gaze mesmerized as he stared at her flower-like, delicate face in the mirror.
Her fair, slender shoulders were smooth and soft, her delicate collarbones straight and pretty, the pure white dress hugging the soft fullness of her chest.
With just a gentle tug of Huo Zhanxing’s large hand, he could slip the dress off the girl’s body.
Down to her slender, soft waist.
His large hand would wrap around her slim waist, turning her around to kiss her, caress her, cherish her.
“Sir? Sir? Should I go change into the next set?”
The girl’s soft, sweet voice called to him.
“Alright.”
Huo Zhanxing’s dark eyes cleared, and he abruptly turned around, the trousers of his suit nearly bursting, not wanting the girl to think of him as a pervert.
The engagement ring and dresses were finalized.
The jewelry and accessories were also settled.
The morning passed just like that.
In the afternoon, the guest list was confirmed.
Dou Keke was the first on the list.
As for the Wen family, Wen Qiansu had no intention of inviting them.
In her family’s social circle, she had few friends, after all, no one wanted to play with a little mad girl who had been unloved since childhood.
She thought of Butler Wen.
Only Butler Wen in the Wen family cared about her.
But he was still in the Wen family, and if he attended her engagement banquet, Wen Qiansu worried that Wen Biesheng would make things difficult for him.
Better to find another opportunity to invite Butler Wen out to meet later.
Actually, she wanted to inform her mother’s relatives.
Her maternal grandfather, her uncles.
When her mother was still alive, during her lucid moments, she would hold her, teach her to draw, tell her about her grandfather’s home, and recite some of her grandfather’s poetry.
She vaguely remembered a few lines.
But she couldn’t find their source no matter how hard she tried.
Perhaps they had never been published.
With her mother gone, it became even more impossible for her to find her grandfather and uncles.
Huo Zhanxing: “I’ll help you find them, alright?”
“What?” Wen QianSu suddenly looked up.
Huo Zhanxing’s expression was complicated.
In his past life, he had taken the girl away, leaving the Wen family for ten years, far away overseas.
He didn’t even learn about her mother’s passing until years later.
The girl… hating him was only natural.
In this life, having been reborn, he had been paying attention to her mother’s whereabouts from the start.
When the girl was sent to the rural sanatorium, her mother was locked away in a mental hospital. Wen Biesheng told the girl, however, that her mother was recuperating and didn’t want to be disturbed by anyone, not even her own daughter.
At that time, the girl felt a despair as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.
Huo Zhanxing found a doctor, infiltrated the psychiatric hospital, approached her mother, collected some information, and provided her with treatment.
At that time, the girl’s mother’s mental condition had clearly improved significantly.
Huo Zhanxing wanted to make the girl happy, so that when she returned to the Wen family, she could see a healthy and normal mother.
Little did he know, something went wrong.
Her mother passed away unexpectedly.
Huo Zhanxing investigated for a long time.
Even the doctor he sent couldn’t find anything suspicious.
Now, the only people he could turn to were the girl’s grandfather and uncles.
Her mother became a permanent regret.
“Mr. Huo, why are you so kind?”
Wen Qiansu had no idea about the truth of the matter.
She only felt that Mr. Huo understood her so well. She hadn’t even said anything, yet Mr. Huo could tell she missed her mother and even promised to help her find her grandfather and uncles.
“Thank you, sir.” The girl wiped her eyes hard.
Huo Zhanxing’s heart softened with a pang of emotion. He gently patted her head with his large hand: “It’s what I should do, baby. No need to thank me. I should do anything for you.”
No, it’s not.
Wen Qiansu silently thought to herself.
Mr. Huo was too good to her.
She was deeply moved.
Not wanting Mr. Huo to be affected by her sad emotions, she forced a smile and looked at the list Mr. Huo had prepared.
“Oh my, did you invite an entire company?”
Huo Zhanxing’s list spanned more than two full pages.
“I said I would let the whole world know that you, baby, are the fiancée I, Huo Zhanxing, openly and rightfully want to marry.”
Wen Qiansu was deeply moved.
“But this… isn’t it a bit too extravagant?”
Huo Zhanxing: “No.”
This was only the list of prominent families.
There were also major media reporters and celebrities from all walks of life.
All of them would attend.
“And…” Huo Zhanxing’s eyes suddenly darkened, staring intently at the girl’s reaction, “Lu Xiaoting will also be there.”
Wen Qiansu’s little face froze for a moment.
The next second, her cheeks puffed up.
“Good! Mr. Huo said you would make Lu Xiaoting watch with his own eyes as I leave him, reject him, and find someone better! Mr. Huo is a hundred times better than him. Let him be furious!”
The girl wasn’t the least bit affected by the mention of Lu Xiaoting’s name.
Huo Zhanxing slowly broke into a smile.
Gently pinching her puffed-up cheeks with his large hand:
“Good, Mr. Huo is good, Lu Xiaoting is bad. Let him be furious!”
Wen Qiansu felt a bit embarrassed. Mr. Huo’s tone sounded like he was coaxing a child, and he even pinched her cheeks.
The girl rubbed her cheeks with her small hands: “What about Mr. Huo’s parents?”
Huo Zhanxing: “My parents are abroad. I do have an older brother in the country, but his situation is a bit special right now…”
“They might not be able to make it. I’ll notify them. If they can’t come in time, I’ll have them meet you over video. When it comes to the wedding, they’ll have to come back even if it kills them.”
Wen Qiansu quickly covered his mouth with her hand.
How could he say the word “die”?
Huo Zhanxing was taken aback. The girl’s small hand was fragrant and soft, pressing gently against his lips.
His eyes darkened slightly, and he couldn’t help but lightly move his lips.
Wen Qiansu’s soft, gentle eyes widened in surprise.
How… how could Mr. Huo kiss her?
The girl’s face flushed instantly, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand: “I… I’ll go send an invitation to Keke.”
The girl fled in embarrassment.
Huo Zhanxing let out a low, soft chuckle.
Wen Qiansu: And he’s laughing!
Mr. Huo didn’t do it on purpose. She was the one who covered his mouth first. Mr. Huo definitely didn’t kiss her intentionally.
Dou Keke saw the invitation sent to her phone and immediately called.
“Which jerk! Baby, you’re not going to get engaged to Lu Xiaoting, are you?”
Wen Qiansu: “No, no, it’s a master.”
Dou Keke: “? The master you mentioned last time?”
“You weren’t tricked by him, were you?”
“He helped you once, and now you’re going to get engaged to him? What does he look like—tall, short, fat, thin? He’s not an old man, is he!”
“Sweetie, don’t be impulsive, wait for me to come back! I’ll ask for leave right now. If my advisor doesn’t give me leave, I’ll beat him until he crawls out of his grave!… Hey, hey, my ear, my ear! Advisor, I’m sorry, advisor, I was wrong…”
Dou Keke’s pitiful wails came through, and Wen Qiansu hung up the phone, praying for her.
The news of Huo Zhanxing’s engagement spread.
It immediately caused a sensation.
Lu Xiaoting’s heart skipped a beat.
So sudden?
“Who is the engagement partner?”
The assistant replied, “I don’t know. It wasn’t written on the invitation.”
“Investigate. It’s impossible that no information has leaked at all.”
“Yes.”
Marriages among wealthy families are not easily arranged, especially for top-tier families like Huo Zhanxing’s.
Just like Lu Xiaoting himself, his marriage alliance with the Wen family was carefully considered and deliberated multiple times.
He may not like Wen Qiansu.
But he would never refuse to marry her.
In the world of businessmen, profit outweighs everything.
As the assistant was about to leave, Lu Xiaoting said, “Wait, have you found out Wen Qiansu’s whereabouts these past few days?”
The assistant replied, “…We only found out that on Thursday, Miss Wen went to the mall and had a minor conflict with Miss Sisi.”
“Sisi?”
Didn’t she say she hadn’t met Wen Qiansu?
“Show me.”
What the assistant found was a surveillance video.
On Thursday, at Baolu Mall, Wen Sisi, fully armed, rushed up and grabbed Wen Qiansu.
But Sisi claimed that the photos from that day were sent to her by a friend and that she hadn’t met Wen Qiansu?
What was she trying to do by grabbing Wen Qiansu?
In the next moment, the woman beside Wen Qiansu seized Sisi’s wrist and twisted it, breaking it.
Lu Xiaoting’s heart tightened: “Who is this woman?”
So this is how Sisi’s hand was injured?
Even through the screen, Lu Xiaoting could feel the murderous aura emanating from the woman.
The assistant felt it too, wincing at the sight. He cautiously reported, “We couldn’t find any information about her.”
It was a joke. Since Shu Fei had come to work as a maid, her identity as an assassin had long been erased. The Huo family’s work was flawless; if Lu Xiaoting could find out, it would be a miracle.
Lu Xiaoting had a bad feeling.
In the surveillance video, the woman fiercely protected Wen Qiansu and escorted her away from the scene.
A bodyguard like that—no, she was likely more than just a bodyguard, possibly even a… top-tier assassin. Such a person was not someone ordinary people could afford to hire.
Where did Wen Qiansu get such connections?
Lu Xiaoting frowned in thought and suddenly said:
“Send an invitation to the Huo family. I need to visit the Huo residence in person!”
He had to confirm that the person engaged to Huo Zhanxing was not Wen Qiansu!