1238 How Was She Better Than Her
“There’s still no one else suitable for him? ” His tone changing, Huo Xuenong’s eyes flashed as he said regretfully, “Actually, I can understand Shaoheng. The Huo family’s men are all hopeless romantics. Since he wants to be together with that young orphan with an unknown background, he won’t let her go that easily.”
At this moment, he thought of the head nurse Zhang Feng, who had followed him for many years.
Huo Jialan glanced at Huo Xuenong and nodded slightly.
Huo Xuenong sighed and patted her hand as he said, ” … then I’ll have to trouble Jialan.”
Huo Jialan said with a smile, “Don’t say that. It’s my honor to be able to help you and Uncle Huo solve your problems.”
Huo Guanchen was very surprised to hear Huo Jialan call him “Uncle Huo” instead of simply “Uncle”.
Ever since Huo Xuenong’s accident, Huo Jialan had been by his side for more than a year now. He had become more and more fond of this “granddaughter” who wasn’t related to him.
He said kindly, “It’s like this. Shaoheng and that young orphan can’t be separated, but we don’t want this to affect Shaoheng’s future career. Jialan suggested that she can regain her status and marry Shaoheng. ”
Huo Guanchen: ” … ”
Was he r.e.t.a.r.ded or was his father r.e.t.a.r.ded?
Why couldn’t he understand what he was saying?
Huo Xuenong saw Huo Guanchen’s blank expression and continued, “Actually, Jialan has already changed her name. She now uses her mother’s surname, Luo, instead of Huo. She has also been removed from the Family Register. ”
Huo Jialan wasn’t the biological daughter of Huo Guanyuan, Huo Xuenong’s eldest son, but the youngest child of one of his war comrades.
At that time, Huo Guanyuan was entrusted to take care of his fallen comrade’s fiancee, Luo Xinxue.
He didn’t expect that Luo Xinxue was pregnant at that time.
In that era, women who got pregnant out of wedlock were ostracized by socieety.
For the sake of her reputation, as well as so his comrade’s orphan to be able to grow up with dignity, along with the fact that Huo Guanyuan had no intention of finding another woman to date and marry, he proposed to Luo Xinxue that the two of them fake marriage to kill two birds with one stone.
Luo Xinxue would have a home to protect her and her child.
He would also have an excuse not to be pressured into marriage by his parents.
Huo Jialan, no, Luo Jialan, thought of what her mother, Luo Xinxue, had once told her, and she felt upset inside.
She really didn’t expect that although her father, Huo Guanyuan, had been married to her gorgeous mother, Luo Xinxue, for decades, he hadn’t touched her once. It was a genuine fake marriage.
Of course, from Huo Guanyuan’s point of view, there was nothing wrong with this.
Luo Xinxue was the widow of his war comrade. He had married her to cover up the fact that she got pregnant out of wedlock. He wouldn’t get involved with her unless he was trying to take advantage of the situation.
Luo Jialan’s biological father was an orphan. Both of his parents died and grew up with distant relatives.
After he got killed in action, his distant relatives took all of his pension and inheritance. No one cared about Luo Xinxue at all.
Luo Xinxue was only his fiancée in name at that time. Legally, she had no rights to the inheritance unless she gave birth to the child and used the child to fight for the right to inheritance.
However, Luo Xinxue wasn’t so strong-willed and tough.
If Huo Guanyuan hadn’t proposed to have a fake marriage with Luo Xinxue to save her reputation, Huo Jialan might not have been born, or she might have been living at the bottom of society after she was born.
Luo Jialan knew that her mother was quite useless.
Her greatest luck in life is to be able to marry Huo Guanyuan.
Huo Guanyuan was such a good man with a distinguished family background and good looks. From his photos, he was extraordinarily handsome, only slightly less handsome than Huo Shaoheng, and much better than her biological father.
No wonder her mother, Luo Xinxue, couldn’t help falling in love with Huo Guanyuan in the end..
It was a pity that both of them had died early.
Luo Jialan lowered her eyes, and said softly, “The Huo family has raised me for so many years, so I have a responsibility to lessen the burden for Uncle Huo and grandfather Huo. Even though Brother Huo loves Gu Nianzhi so much, it’s alright. He can be with her. As long as they don’t get married, no one will gossip about it.”
Huo Guanchen still didn’t understand.
Huo Xuenong rolled his eyes at him. “What Jialan means is that she only wants status. If she gets married to Shaoheng in name only as a fake marriage, Shaoheng can still be with Gu Nianzhi, even for the rest of his life. He just needs to be discreet about it so no one will find out. That way, he can be with the person he likes without affecting his career. Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?”
Huo Guanchen couldn’t help but frown when he finally understood.
The words “fake marriage” reminded him of his eldest brother, Huo Guanyuan.
As expected.., Luo Jialan continued, “For my sake, Uncle Huo was willing to fake lifelong happiness with my mother in a fake marriage with my mother. I am also willing to have a fake marriage with brother Huo for the sake of Brother Huo’s and the Huo family’s reputation. “Brother Huo doesn’t need to actually care about me or treat me as his wife. We only need to get a marriage certificate, and it won’t affect his relations.h.i.+p with Gu Nianzhi in the slightest.”
So many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen had mistresses on the side. So won’t they be moved to tears by her indifference?
Gu Nianzhi was an arrogant, brazen, and uncivilized woman that didn’t deserve to marry into the Huo family.
Luo Jialan’s gaze grew slightly chilly. Before Huo Guanchen’s contemplative gaze met her eyes, she quickly lowered her head and took a sip of the soup.
“Yes, it’s just a marriage certificate. This way, it will look better on Shaoheng’s resume for a future promotion. He’s already getting old, so if it still says ‘unmarried’ on his resume, people will think he has a problem.” Huo Xuenong waved his hand in discontent.
Huo Guanchen remained silent for a long time before he said, “This is no small matter. I still have to think about it.”
He wasn’t a fool. Needless to say, who would benefit the most with Luo Jialan doing this?
His own son, Huo Shaoheng, was going to take over General Ji’s position in the future. Why would he get himself a wife who was as ungrateful and pa.s.sionless as Luo Jialan?
Even if it was a fake marriage, with his son’s ident.i.ty and status, as long as she was his wife, she would receive the same benefits all the same!
Upon seeing that Huo Guanchen didn’t immediately agree, Luo Jialan was a little caught off guard and anxiously looked to Huo Xuenong.
Huo Xuenong felt somewhat dissatisfied as well. He said to Huo Guanchen, “What’s more to think about? It’s just a marriage certificate. We’re not asking him to really marry Jialan, right? If we’re talking about losing out, it’s our Jialan who will suffer from this disservice.”
The veins on Huo Guanchen’s forehead throbbed.
How dare he say that marrying his son would be a disservice to Luo Jialan. This old man was getting old, so was this an early onset of dementia?
He could no longer differentiate between family and outsiders, acquiantances and strangers, and now he can’t even differentiate between right and wrong!
Huo Guanchen suppressed his anger and said bluntly, “This is not a trivial matter. We need to see this in the long-term. Although I’m not too pleased with Gu Nianzhi, Jialan’s situation is not much better than Nianzhi’s. In fact, it’s far worse than Gu Nianzhi’s.”
Besides Luo Jialan’s biological father being a war hero killed in action, there was nothing about her family background that could help Huo Shaoheng.
Even though Gu Nianzhi’s background was unknown, she was at least independent and capable.
Even Huo Guanchen couldn’t deny or dismiss this point.
What talents and capabilities did Luo Jialan have?
She probably only had the ability to spend money..
Huo Guanchen’s lips twitched, but he didn’t refute him.
Luo Jialan grasped what Huo Guanchen’s insinuations, and she grew so angry that her chest heaved up and down while her hands trembled as they held her chopsticks.
This was outrageous!
They actually thought that Gu Nianzhi was better than her?!
How was Gu Nianzhi better than her?
The only thing she did better than her was get better grades.
But what did Gu Nianzhi, who had grown up in the military, know about the ways of the world and socializing with the upper cla.s.s?!
Luo Jialan felt indignant, but Huo Xuenong appeared indifferent.
Huo Guanchen got up and was about to leave the dining room when he suddenly heard his phone ring.
He took out his phone and looked at it. Seeing that it was a call from General Ji, he quickly picked it up and asked, “General Ji, have you had dinner yet?”
General Ji chuckled and said, “I just finished. By the way, Guanchen, what are your plans for Shaoheng’s wedding?”
Huo Guanchen was bewildered.” … Wedding? Shaoheng doesn’t even have a fiancee. How can there be a wedding?”
“He just got a fiancee.” General Ji laughed heartily. “Guanchen, you haven’t watched TV or went online yet, right? You can’t be like this. You’re out of touch with the times and it’s not good for your career. Hurry up and turn on the TV to watch the news. You’ll know what I mean.”
There was a wall-mounted TV in the Huo family’s dining room.
In bewilderment, Huo Guanchen picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.
It was already past the news hour, but all the major television stations were still broadcasting this breaking news.
Major General Huo Shaoheng and his fiancée, Gu Nianzhi, got engaged at the tomb of an unknown warrior in Moscow, Russia. Not only was Russian President Pus.h.i.+n a witness to their engagement, but he is also going to serve as a witness at their wedding!
Clang!
The wine gla.s.s in Luo Jialan’s hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Red wine splashed all over her body.
However, she was completely in a daze. She stared fixedly at Gu Nianzhi’s fair-skinned and delicate-featured flawless face on the television screen. She could hardly resist the urge to pull out a knife and slash it!