Chapter 017: Stay the Night_1

"You child, why don't you tell when you have a stomachache?" As soon as Yuan Xueshan heard her say she was in pain, she hurried over, "Does it hurt? I can take you to the clinic."

Huo Jinlan's expression became a bit stiff, "I, I...just..." her face gradually reddened as she spoke.

Yuan Xueshan immediately understood and hurried into the kitchen to make her a cup of brown sugar.

"Mom, do you think grandma might have gone to Jiang Nanfei's house?" Huo Jinlan held the cup of brown sugar, biting her lip hesitantly, "Grandma hasn't come back for such a long time. I don't know what the Jiang Family is up to!"

"Do you two think that I'm as simple-minded as you?" Zhou Yongxian entered from the door, with a cold look in her eyes. Unlike Guan Rufang, she was an introvert who kept things to herself in her youth. In her old age, she became sharper by the day, and she could scold anyone who displeased her.

"Don't compare me to your own stupidity."

Huo Jinlan stood up immediately, startled. Upon seeing Jiang Nanfei, who was trailing behind Zhou Yongxian, she wished she could throw the brown sugar water in her hand at her face.

"Mom!" As soon as Yuan Xueshan saw Jiang Nanfei, her tone changed. Her daughter was right, her mother must have been brainwashed by the Jiang Family. Why would the Huo Family need such a restless daughter-in-law when there are so many better choices?

"I've been to the Jiang Family and I've settled on Nanfei's marriage to Bei Jiang. I'll let you know the specific date."

"Mom!" Yuan Xueshan shrieked and almost fainted, "Mom, you must be crazy!"

"I am not crazy," Zhou Yongxian replied coldly, "but you sure seem to be."

"If I am, it's because you drove me mad," Yuan Xueshan pointed at Jiang Nanfei's nose angrily, shouting, "Why should a woman like that marry my son? I do not agree, I absolutely do not agree."

"You don't get a say," Zhou Yongxian did not mince her words and then turned around with her expression changed and smiling, "Nanfei, it's already dark outside. I told you that there is no need to escort me home, but you insisted. I can't let you go home alone. Why don't you stay here tonight?"

Jiang Nanfei deliberately ignored Huo Jinlan's venomous look and peered outside; it was indeed so dark that one could hardly see their fingers. Having accustomed herself to the city's brightness in her previous life, she had long forgotten how dark the rural areas were in the '90s without street lights.

She really couldn't see her hand in front of her face. The path through the fields was truly very dark.

"It's okay, I can go home," she said, feeling uneasy to stay in the Huo Family house.

"No way!" Zhou Yongxian held her hand tightly refusing to let go. There was a hint of cunning in her eyes, "I can't let you go. Bei Jiang's room has been vacant ever since he started working outside. You can stay in his room."

"No way!" Before Jiang Nanfei could reject, Huo Jinlan had already jumped up furiously, "Grandma, you can't let Jiang Nanfei stay in my brother's room."

Zhou Yongxian raised an eyebrow, "As a lady, it's not your place to interfere in your brother's matters." She always felt that this granddaughter of hers was a bit off.

"Grandma." Tears started to stream down Huo Jinlan's face, creating a pitiful sight. "You know about my brother's habits. If he knew someone was staying in his room, he would be enraged."

Her brother had been domineering and autocratic since their childhood, not allowing anyone to touch his things. No one could enter his room except for their mother when she was cleaning. When they were kids, she had once sneaked into her brother's room to play and was almost beaten by him.