The next day, while Mu Qian was still sleeping, Ye Xi called her out angrily and made an appointment to meet.
The two met in a coffee shop. Mu Qian drank a cup of coffee and yawned eight times, while Ye Xi looked at her with an unreasonable expression.
"I really admire you. I can still sleep at a time like this!" Ye Xi gritted her teeth, "There are so many people on the Internet scolding you, but you can't see it?"
Mu Qian held her chin up and looked at her, "It's not the first time, what should I be afraid of?"
"How can this be the same?" Ye Xi said, "In the past, you were trying to investigate Lin Su's case, so you endured the humiliation. Now, what's going on..."
Mu Qian was amused by the words "bearing the humiliation and bearing the burden" in her mouth.
"Still laughing!" Ye Xi angrily stretched out his hand to pinch her face, "I told you a long time ago that you should go back, right? Lin Su's case has been investigated, why are you still here? Is it possible that you are still here?
Are you settling here?"
"I want to stay with grandpa." Mu Qian said, "He is old, so I can stay with him for a while as long as I can."
After hearing this, Ye Xi couldn't help but murmur: "It would be great if you really did it for Mr. Huo."
"Otherwise, what would I do for?" Mu Qian asked.
Ye Xi paused for a moment before speaking again: "Are you doing it for Huo Jinxi? How long do you want to stay with him?"
Mu Qian couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, "Where did you see that?"
"You will meet Ye Jingwei's father for no reason, and you will be beaten by him. This matter was on the hot search last night. Do you think I can't see it?" Ye Xi said, "Do you want to use this?
Something happened to stimulate Huo Jinxi."
Mu Qian held her head and thought for a while, then said: "It really has nothing to do with me being on the hot search. I don't know who helped me buy the hot search."
"Look at you! How many people have you offended without realizing it!" Ye Xi was so angry that she pinched her hard, "Then who did it when the hot search was removed?"
Mu Qian chuckled softly: "It's just a stakeholder, I don't have the financial strength anyway."
"So you still admit that you are using this incident to stimulate Huo Jinxi? What on earth do you want to do? I really want to stuff you into a luggage bag, pack it up and send it back to the United States!" Ye Xi's eyes were full of excitement.
Worried, "Don't cause trouble again. Huo Jinxi is really not that easy to mess with."
Mu Qian was quiet for a moment and then spoke again: "Zi Zi, I have been carrying this crime for seven years, and I also want to clear my name. Since I'm back, why not give it a try? It doesn't cost money anyway."
Ye Xi looked at her careless look, thought about her words, and couldn't help but sigh heavily, "It's fine that you are trying to clear your grievances, but don't get involved with Huo Jinxi anymore, it's no good!
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Mu Qian nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, I know, I know."
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In the afternoon, Mu Qian returned to the Huo family's old house and found that the driver was preparing the car.
As soon as he saw her, the driver immediately said: "Miss Mu, you are back. The old man has been waiting for you for a while."
"Grandpa, are you going out?" Mu Qian asked.
"Yes." the driver replied, "I have to go back to my new home."
Mu Qian was confused, and when she walked in and asked, she found out that today was Huo Bainian's birthday.
Mr. Huo said: "If you want to go, just go back with grandpa for a meal. If you don't want to go back, forget it."
"Go!" Mu Qian immediately took the old man's arm, "Uncle Huo loves me so much, how can I not go to his birthday? I will go to the mountain of swords and the sea of fire!"
Mr. Huo glared at her, "That's nonsense!"
Facts have proved that this trip to the Huo family is not like going up a mountain of swords and going down into a sea of fire, but it is almost like going down a frying pan.
Probably because Ye Jingwei's matter was mentioned again, the Huo family seemed to recall Mu Qian's evil deeds seven years ago. The way they looked at her had changed a lot compared to last time. Before that, they were eager to give her money.
The little aunt who introduced her boyfriend also stayed away from me as much as possible. It was annoying to even look at her.
Fortunately, Mr. Huo and Huo Bainian were here, and Mu Qian felt comfortable having someone to talk to.
Halfway through dinner, Huo Jinxi came back with Huo Qiran.
When everyone saw their father and son, their expressions changed naturally. Although Cheng Manshu was not friendly to Huo Qiran, he was still very happy to see Huo Jinxi.
"I called you this afternoon and said I wasn't sure if I could come back." Cheng Manshu looked at Huo Jinxi angrily, "If you are sure, don't tell me earlier so that I can prepare two more of your favorite dishes in the kitchen."
Huo Jinxi sat down opposite Mu Qian. Hearing this, he simply replied: "I canceled a trip temporarily, so I came back."
Mu Qian didn't look at Huo Jinxi, but just said hello to Huo Qiran.
Huo Qiran suddenly ran to Mu Qian and wanted to sit next to Mu Qian.
"Look, our Qi Ran is kissing Qian Qian." Mr. Huo said with a smile, "Come on, come on, sit next to your Aunt Qian Qian."
Mu Qian immediately corrected her righteously: "It's my sister!"
Mr. Huo gave her a disgusted look.
Next to him, Huo Jinxi's fourth aunt suddenly said: "It's not good to be close to anyone, but you have to go there... Of course Qi Ran doesn't distinguish between good and bad at a young age. Dad, you should always think about your great-grandson.
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"Qi Ran doesn't know the difference between good and bad at such a young age, and I, a bad old man with old eyesight, don't know the difference between good and bad, right?" Mr. Huo suddenly slapped the table and his face darkened.
"Grandpa!" Mu Qian quickly grabbed him, "What are you doing? If you lose your temper because of me during Uncle Huo's great days, Uncle Huo will probably not like me in the future."
Hearing this, Huo Bainian laughed and said, "You will always be that little girl who doesn't grow up in Uncle Huo's eyes. How could Uncle Huo not like you?"
Mu Qian suddenly laughed triumphantly, "That's good!"
After saying that, she happily took care of Huo Qiran and went to eat.
Mr. Huo lost his temper, and after Huo Bainian smoothed things over, no one stopped making sarcastic comments. Someone quickly changed the topic and no longer focused on Mu Qian.
Huo Jinxi sat opposite and stared at Mu Qian quietly for a moment, then quickly looked away again.
From the beginning to the end, Mu Qian didn't even look at him.
After dinner, Mr. Huo planned to stay overnight, and Mu Qian naturally stayed.
But as soon as she stayed, the task of taking care of Huo Qiran fell on her. Mu Qian stayed with him after dinner until she sent him back to his room to sleep at nine o'clock, and then he was relieved.
The bustle in the mansion has dissipated. Because the house is so big, it feels particularly deserted when it gets quiet.
Mu Qian sat on the sofa and enjoyed the silence for a while, then suddenly stood up, walked to the wine cabinet and pulled out a bottle of red wine.
She was looking at the red wine in her hands when footsteps suddenly came from the stairs. Mu Qian recognized who it was and turned around to hide behind the wine cabinet.
However, what she didn't expect was that Huo Jinxi's footsteps stopped next to the wine cabinet, and then his voice came -
"The house is very big. If you want to hide, just hide as completely as possible."