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Zhao Shuyao watched for half an hour before washing up and going to bed.
The next morning, her phone was filled with Huo Yanxue's missed calls and several text messages.
"Zhao Shuyao! Don't think that just because you're pulling strings behind the scenes, no one knows about the mess you made back then. I'll tell Grandpa about this, just you wait!"
Even just reading the text, one could see Huo Yanxue's furious demeanor.
Zhao Shuyao sneered and deleted the messages.
After breakfast, Zhao Shuyao left the house.
She found the hospital where Huo Yanxue had her miscarriage.
Although it was a private hospital, everything was well-equipped.
"I am Huo Yanxue's family member. Please retrieve a record."
Zhao Shuyao produced Huo Yanxue's old medical records and handed them to the doctor. The doctor glanced at them and printed a receipt and the itemized list from that year for Zhao Shuyao.
Zhao Shuyao thanked him and left with the folder.
Although it was early autumn, after two days of continuous rain, the sun had finally come out, making it a rare, good day. The sunshine was bright and warm.
In the afternoon, Zhao Shuyao was woken up by a phone call.
It was Qin Yusheng calling.
Seeing Qin Yusheng's name on the caller ID, Zhao Shuyao's sleepiness vanished instantly.
She propped herself up on her arm, sat up halfway, and answered the call.
"Come home for dinner tonight."
Zhao Shuyao waited quietly for Qin Yusheng to hang up.
At this time of day, the man would usually finish speaking and hang up.
Why was he so strange today, with the call not being disconnected from the other end?
"Hello?" Zhao Shuyao called out.
"Didn't hear it?"
A hint of annoyance was revealed in the man's cold voice.
"I heard it! I'm not deaf! Hang up!" Zhao Shuyao didn't want to waste words with the man.
"Why should I hang up? You hang up!"
Qin Yusheng was determined to argue with her.
How childish!
Zhao Shuyao abruptly hung up the phone.
Putting down her phone, she lay back on the bed, intending to go back to sleep.
Her phone buzzed.
Zhao Shuyao was extremely annoyed. She let out a yell, sprang up like a carp, and grabbed her phone!
It was Qin Yusheng calling again!
"Are you done yet!" Zhao Shuyao was furious.
Beep, beep, beep.
The man hung up without a word.
Zhao Shuyao held her phone, feeling utterly bewildered.
She could spit blood!
This man was so vengeful and so childish!
He could hold a grudge over this!
Zhao Shuyao took a deep breath to suppress her anger.
She couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up to wash up.
Being called home for dinner tonight...
Zhao Shuyao already had a plan in mind, anticipating some drama.
As night fell, Zhao Shuyao got out of the hotel. By the time she reached the entrance, a valet had already parked the car. Zhao Shuyao opened the door and got in.
Although Qin family's headquarters were in Beijing, they also had businesses and properties in Haicheng. Today, she was going to the hot spring resort where Old Master Qin lived for dinner.
Because it was a hot spring resort located in the suburbs, it was a bit far. Fortunately, she had slept in the afternoon, so the half-hour journey didn't make her feel drowsy.
It was already 7:30 PM when she arrived at the hot spring resort.
As Zhao Shuyao pushed open the car door, she immediately saw the man standing outside the entrance.
Because he was backlit, his face was unclear, and she could only see his perfect physique.
She muttered to herself, wondering why Grandpa had hired such a handsome security guard.
Zhao Shuyao closed the car door and stood still, only to find the "security guard" walking towards her.
She vaguely felt a sense of familiarity, but because it was too dark to see his face clearly, Zhao Shuyao took off her jacket and threw it and her handbag to the approaching "security guard."
"Thank you!" Zhao Shuyao was about to leave.
But her hand was caught by the "security guard."
"What are you doing!"
Zhao Shuyao was startled.
"Zhao Shuyao, what do you take me for?!"
When the man spoke, Zhao Shuyao realized that the man in front of her was not a security guard.
It was Qin Yusheng!
Damn it!
"How could it be you!" Zhao Shuyao was startled, her soul almost flying out of her body. She patted her chest, "Why aren't you inside sitting down? What are you doing out here playing security guard!"
Qin Yusheng let out a laugh, "I'm playing security guard? Do I look like a security guard? Is it meaningful to slander me like this?"
He gritted his teeth.
Zhao Shuyao said righteously, "Why wouldn't you look like one? Why are you standing outside to welcome me? There's no need to be so polite, go inside and sit down!"
Qin Yusheng felt an urge to strangle this woman, "What did you say?!"
"Go inside and sit down! What did I say? Who are you still waiting to welcome here!"
This was a hot spring resort, and she figured Qin Yusheng wouldn't dare do anything to her.
Zhao Shuyao spoke with confidence, her voice particularly loud.
Qin Yusheng sneered, "Waiting for you? Zhao Shuyao, can you be any more narcissistic? What makes you think I'd wait for you?"
"Whatever! I don't care about you!" Zhao Shuyao snorted and turned to leave.
However, the man grabbed her arm and stopped her from leaving.
"What are you doing! Let go of me! I'm hungry, I want to eat!" She hadn't eaten lunch after waking up, and Zhao Shuyao wanted to go in and eat something to fill her stomach.
"You've gotten so fat, and you still want to eat?" The man looked Zhao Shuyao up and down.
Is he kidding me!
She's fat?
Zhao Shuyao puffed out her chest, "You call this fat? This is called having a voluptuous figure, a perfect body! Look at your skinny frame, like you haven't eaten in centuries! You have no grip, just bones!"
Although this woman's behavior had always been bold, Qin Yusheng never expected Zhao Shuyao to be so audacious as to shout it out loud.
His handsome face darkened, and his eyes looked as if he wanted to kill Zhao Shuyao, "Shut up!"
"What, you don't like it when I talk about your little lover? Did I say something wrong? I'm just stating facts, I'm not slandering her!"
Zhao Shuyao poked the man's chest forcefully, shook off his hand that was holding her, and then walked inside.
Qin Yusheng touched the spot on his chest that Zhao Shuyao had poked.
It felt as if it had been seared by a hot iron, faintly burning.
The hot spring resort was vast. Upon entering, there was a magnificent lobby, several meters high, comparable to a five-star hotel lobby. Although spacious, it wasn't empty; it was designed like an exhibition of antiques and calligraphy, with display cabinets filled with antique vases, jade articles, and other curios.
They were dazzling, even more so than those in an antique market.
Zhao Shuyao picked up a jade antique and weighed it in her hand.
This thing must be worth quite a lot of money!
"Do you like it, girl? If you like it, take it. Take whatever you like here, as long as you like it."
A loving voice sounded from behind her.
Old Master Qin, pushed in a wheelchair by his attendant, slowly approached them.
"Grandpa! Really? I can take it?" Zhao Shuyao began to calculate the value of these items and how much they could sell for.
"Heh, have you never seen money in centuries? Your eyes light up at the sight of money? Even if you take these antiques I've collected, no one will dare to buy them! Don't even think about reselling them. Forget it."
An untimely voice suddenly sounded from behind.