Chapter 469: She Found The Family Ties so Complicated
Old Master Huo’s words gave her a guarantee. Hearing that, both Li Qianxue and Old Master Li were quite relieved. Without Liu Tongjia, the rest of the meeting proceeded much more easily.
Old Master Huo and Huo Mingguang convinced Old Master Li and Li Qianxue to stay for lunch. Meanwhile, Liu Tongjia did not return for the meal.
After lunch, neither Old Master Li nor Li Qianxue wanted to stay much longer. Old Master Huo once again invited them to stay at the family house, but they refused. In the afternoon, they went out with Su Qingsang to explore the city.
It was the time of year where Rong City was covered in snow. There wasn’t much you could see other than the snow.
Thankfully, neither Old Master Li nor Li Qianxue cared what they were looking at; they only really cared about who was keeping them company.
Part of the reason they had come to Rong City was that they wanted to spend more time with Su Qingsang.
They showed Su Qingsang the house they had bought for her, and after spending another night in the hotel, Old Master Li and Li Qianxue went to stay at that house.
It was in the same area as the Huo family’s house and was only about a fifteen-minute drive away.
Su Qingsang and Huo Jinyao would be able to live comfortably, together in that house, if they wanted to. It would also be convenient enough for them to visit Old Master Huo at the Huo family estate from there.
Huo Jinyao had work to do at the company, so it was just Su Qingsang who went to the house with her mother and grandfather.
Li Qianxue put down her luggage, then she gave Su Qingsang a tour of the place.
“Qingsang—I know you said that you don’t like big houses, so this house isn’t very big. There are three stories, and it has seven bedrooms and one living room. That’s enough s.p.a.ce for you and Jinyao. You have a small yard at the front and two garages at the back.”
“I’ve also bought you two cars.” Li Qianxue pointed to the back of the house and said, “Both of those cars are yours, so it’ll be more convenient for you to get to work.”
“Mom… thank you.” Li Qianxue had been so thoughtful—Su Qingsang didn’t know what to say.
“You don’t have to thank me, I’m your mother.” Li Qianxue patted her hands and said, “I have nothing else to give you.”
“You’ve already given me a lot.”
She wasn’t talking about money or property. Li Qianxue had given her life. She’d brought her into the world.
Before knowing that Su Qingsang was her real daughter, Li Qianxue had never been cruel to her. At the very least, she’d grown up safely.
Since learning the truth, she had been doing everything in her power to provide the best for Su Qingsang.
Su Qingsang had always wanted to be close to Li Qianxue. Now she was, and she couldn’t help feeling gratified.
“Qingsang.” Li Qianxue was still a bit concerned. “The other day, I found your mother-in-law very hard to get along with. I’m worried for you.”
“Mom, relax. She seems mean, but in reality, she can’t do anything to me. All of the other family members are on my side.”
As long as Old Master Huo and Huo Jinyao supported her, she wasn’t afraid of Liu Tongjia, no matter how much she disliked her.
Li Qianxue nodded, but she didn’t feel any more at ease.
She patted Su Qingsang’s hand again and said, “That’s good. But why do I feel like Huo Jinyao has a bad relations.h.i.+p with his mother?”
She felt that the animosity between Huo Jinyao and his mother was not all because of Su Qingsang.
Twenty years in the business world had made Li Qianxue a perceptive person.
“I think you’re right,” Su Qingsang agreed, having found out about it previously. “Huo Jinyao has issues with his mother, and it’s not because of me.”
“Haven’t you asked him why?”
“No.”
Su Qingsang had brought it up to Huo Jinyao before, but he wasn’t keen on talking about it. After a while, she gave up trying to figure out what had happened.
“I think you need to talk to him about it.” Li Qianxue was anxious for Su Qingsang. She thought about it some more, then said, “You have to figure out exactly what the issue is between Huo Jinyao and his mother. You don’t want to accidentally hit a nerve there and cause Huo Jinyao to get angry with you.”
“I don’t think that would ever happen,” she replied, but Su Qingsang was also curious about what the issue was. “But I’ll talk to him about it later.”
Li Qianxue nodded as something else crossed her mind.
“Oh,” she said, “will you be going back to work after we leave?”
“Yes.” Su Qingsang had intended to tell Li Qianxue about that. “My tutor, Director Bai, wrote me a recommendation letter before I came here. She talked to someone at Central Hospital of Rong City, so I’ll be going there to enroll tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?” Li Qianxue was surprised to hear that. “Why is it so urgent?”
“I’m just going for enrollment tomorrow,” Su Qingsang explained. “Then, I still need to talk to the hospital about when I will begin working. I don’t think there are many positions available in their department, and since I came here so suddenly, I guess it’ll take them some time to make arrangements for me.”
“You have to wait for them to make arrangements? I believe that your capabilities are more valuable than that.” Li Qianxue thought for a moment and said, “I have a few friends who are also running hospitals. If you don’t like that hospital, let me know. Actually, I think that it might just be better for you to work at one of my friends’ hospitals.”
“Mom.” Su Qingsang put a hand to her forehead. Why did everyone want to pull strings for her?
“Don’t worry about me. If you believe in me, you should believe that I would do well at any hospital.”
“You’re right.” Li Qianxue nodded and said, “Let’s go find your grandpa.”
“Alright.”
Su Qingsang returned to the Huo family residence to learn that the dinner party they’d discussed would happen the next day.
This time, it wouldn’t just be Huo Yangyuan, Huo Jinyao’s granduncle, and his children. In addition to them, Huo Yangxiu, Huo Jinyao’s grandaunt, and her children would also be attending.
When night fell, Su Qingsang finally had the chance to ask Huo Jinyao to tell her about his relatives again. They’d had a short conversation about them previously, but by then, she had almost forgotten everything she’d memorized.
“Darling, are you nervous?”
Huo Jinyao let her sit on his lap. Seeing how serious she looked, he resisted the urge to laugh.
“Stop it, I’m serious!”
During the past several days, she had spent a lot of time with Li Qianxue and had been given quite a lot of advice.
She wouldn’t need her mother’s wisdom if she had married a man from an ordinary, simple family. However, she had chosen to marry Huo Jinyao.
The Huo family was very big, and Huo Jinyao was Old Master Huo’s oldest grandson.
As Li Qianxue had told her, there were important responsibilities she would have to take on as Huo Jinyao’s wife. To start, she decided to learn about the members of his family.
“So, I’ve told you before, my grandfather has one younger brother and one younger sister.”
Old Master Huo actually had many cousins and other relatives; unfortunately, they all lived in their hometown and rarely reached out to Old Master Huo.
“Huo Yangyuan, my granduncle, has two sons. They both have successful careers.”
Huo Yangyuan’s sons were Huo Mingfan and Huo Mingqi. They had inherited their father’s wisdom and ambition, and they were both doing well in the political world.
“Wait, wait a second. Slow down, I can’t remember all of that.”
Su Qingsang knitted her brows with a deep frown. She found family ties so complicated.