In the huge living room, the air was stagnant for a moment.
Huo Bainian remained silent, not even looking at the woman.
When Huo Jinxi's eyes fell on that woman's face, he couldn't help but pause.
He immediately turned his head and glanced at Mu Qian, and sure enough, he saw Mu Qian looking at the woman blankly, thoughtfully.
Huo Jinxi's heart suddenly sank.
It was the woman who broke the silence first.
She smiled awkwardly and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you had guests here, I'll leave first -"
After saying that, she glanced at Huo Bainian again. Huo Bainian was trapped in his own emotions and still didn't look at her. When she met Huo Jinxi's deep gaze, her heart suddenly became confused and she turned around in a hurry to go downstairs.
But at this moment, Mu Qian slowly stepped forward, smiled slightly and said, "Auntie, I'll see you off."
Even though it was just her first time here, even though this woman was obviously much more familiar with this place than she was, Mu Qian still said that and stepped forward.
The woman smiled softly, turned around and went downstairs.
Mu Qian immediately went downstairs with her.
After walking downstairs, Mu Qian said softly: "Auntie, is she Brother Xiaobei's mother, right?"
The woman was startled for a moment, then nodded sheepishly, "Do you know Xiaobei?"
Mu Qian laughed and said, "Yes, Brother Xiaobei and I are quite familiar. Although I have never met you, auntie, I can tell that Brother Xiaobei looks very similar to you."
The woman smiled lightly and said, "My name is Ruan Yin."
"Aunt Ruan." Mu Qian called, looked upstairs again, and then said, "Thanks to you for taking care of me when dad was not at home, right?"
Ruan Yin looked at Mu Qian deeply, and was a little unsure of how to answer.
Although Mu Qian's attitude was gentle and kind, she was Huo Jinxi's wife after all, and the upright daughter-in-law of the Huo family. I don't know what she would think of her, a nameless and unknown lover who had been with Huo Bainian for many years.
Mu Qian seemed to see her concerns and said, "Aunt Ruan, don't worry, I don't have any other intentions. Dad is not happy living at home. He is alone outside for a long time. With your help and care, Huo Jinxi and I can't live together."
not worried."
After hearing this, Ruan Yin sighed slightly and said: "I only come here occasionally. He is so busy, so he doesn't stay here often. I am satisfied if I can come here to see him occasionally."
Mu Qian smiled slightly, "It can be seen that Aunt Ruan is a gentle and considerate person, otherwise she would not have stayed with dad for so many years. It's just..."
"What?" Ruan Yin couldn't help but ask when she saw her change of subject.
Mu Qian hesitated for a moment and then added: "You should have seen the news about dad in the past two days... Huo Jinxi's mother was a little irritated and went to the hospital..."
When Ruan Yin heard this, her face suddenly changed, and her eyes became guilty and anxious.
"Is she okay?" Ruan Yin asked quickly.
"It's not life-threatening at the moment." Seeing her sighing in relief, Mu Qian added, "Aunt Ruan and her actually know each other, right?"
Ruan Yin felt a little embarrassed for a while, and then she said after a while: "When I was young, I met twice..."
In the early years, Huo Bainian was very playful and did not know how to restrain himself when he was young. When they first met, he always took her with him to go to places frequented by people in various circles. Cheng Manshu and Huo Bainian were in the same place.
In the same circle, I bumped into each other twice, and both times I almost got into a fight, which was very unpleasant. It was probably because of these experiences that Huo Bainian restrained himself in the open.
After hearing this, Mu Qian already knew what was going on.
Cheng Manshu had already met Ruan Yin when he was young, more than once.
And for so many years, Ruan Yin has been by Huo Bainian's side. She also gave birth to Huo Jinbei and trained him to be a doctor.
With how much Cheng Manshu cared about Huo Bainian, how could she not take such a threatening woman to heart?
For Cheng Manshu, Huo Bainian's betrayal was an inescapable pain, and she had become terminally ill over the years.
And that year, when she saw Ye Jingwei and saw the teardrop mole under the corner of Ye Jingwei's eye that was very similar to Ruan Yin, she didn't know how she would react?
Her mental state is already unstable. Could she be temporarily stimulated, associate Ye Jingwei and Ruan Yin together, and uncontrollably... attack Ye Jingwei?
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Upstairs, Huo Jinxi faced Huo Bainian, who had always been silent, and finally said only one sentence.
"If you really can be indifferent to your mother's life or death, then you can continue like this." Huo Jinxi said, "Anyway, the most important thing is that you live happily, so why should you care about other people?"
After saying this, Huo Jinxi stood up and went downstairs.
On the dining table downstairs are the soup and vegetables that Ruan Yin brought just now, but the people are no longer there.
Huo Jinxi walked straight to the gate and saw Mu Qian standing outside.
Ruan Yin should have left, but Mu Qian stood alone at the door with her arms folded, looking straight in the direction Ruan Yin left.
Hearing Huo Jinxi's footsteps behind him, Mu Qian didn't look back.
It wasn't until the driver drove the car over that Huo Jinxi stretched out his hand to shake hers and said, "Get in the car."
Mu Qian glanced at him and sat in the car obediently.
Huo Jinxi told the driver to go home.
Mu Qian turned to look at him, "Aren't you going to the hospital?"
"I'll take you back first." Huo Jinxi replied.
Mu Qian thought about it and realized that if she went to the hospital at this time, Cheng Manshu would probably have woken up, and he would be unhappy if he saw her.
Although Huo Jinxi seems cold-hearted, as Mu Qian said, he cares about too many people and things.
Especially Cheng Manshu, he has always been protective and caring over the years.
This is how children should be born.
Mu Qian sat quietly and looked out the window for a moment before speaking again: "Have you seen that Aunt Ruan?"
She didn't look at him, wondering how he would react when he heard this question. It took a while before she heard Huo Jinxi's reply: "I've seen it."
"When did we meet?" Mu Qian asked again.
"A few years ago."
Mu Qian silently calculated in her heart.
A few years ago, that is to say, after Ye Jingwei's accident.
Also, if Huo Jinxi had met Ruan Yin before, when he saw Ye Jingwei, he would definitely have thought of the teardrop moles under the corners of their eyes.
With his carefulness and caution, how could he bring such a Ye Jingwei home to stimulate Cheng Manshu?
However, if Ye Jingwei was really pushed downstairs by Cheng Manshu, did he know about it?
Thinking of this, Mu Qian couldn't help but turn her head and look at Huo Jinxi quietly.
After a moment, Huo Jinxi turned to meet her gaze.
She didn't speak, and he didn't speak either, just looked at her quietly.
Mu Qian suddenly thought, Huo Jinxi, who never bothered to tell any lies in front of her, if she asked him, would he answer her question truthfully as always?