Liang Youli's Complaints

Huo Qingning left her stranded as he had more important business to tend. He had no intention of wasting any more time, not to mention how his impression of Liang Youli was awful in the first place. He instructed his men to standby at the hospital at Liang Yan's disposal, for he was planning to take the matters of the welfare home into his own hands.

His nonchalance made Liang Youli frustrated. Neither force nor soft measures could change his mind, and she stomped her feet in vexation. But she gave it a thought, realizing she wasn't defeated yet. Wasn't Old Master Huo still in the hospital?

In front of the mirror, Liang Youli mustered her emotions before she bolted into Old Master Huo's room. She put up an act: the fear of disturbing his rest mixed with the expression that someone treated her wrongly.

Old Master Huo had always favored her. Seeing how depressed she was, he started comforting her. "What's the matter? Did Qingning say something?"

Liang Youli shook her head. "You shouldn't blame him on this. If it weren't for Liang Yan, I wouldn't have been this upset."

Old Master Huo cued his assistant, to which he nodded and moved a stool, pouring a glass of water for her. "Sit down and tell me. What did they do to you?"

Liang Youli held onto the glass, but she didn't drink it. She wiped her tears away. "Wasn't it pouring? My sister has always been ill, and I was worried about her. So I went to her to ask if she was okay. But I didn't think that Qingning would take things wrongly. He thought I triggered her heart condition."

She sniffled and took a sip. Then, she continued, "I tried to explain, but Qingning won't listen to me. He told me he was going to terminate our partnership. Grandpa, what should I do about this?"

There were only a few people who knew about this matter, and the men Liang Youli had brought along would've kept their mouths shut. Since Liang Yan was in the middle of an operation with Huo Qingning gone, wouldn't this be a great chance to make up stories the way she wanted?

When Old Master Huo heard this, his anger flared up. "That b*stard!" He was not only mad because Huo Qingning always had the back of an outsider. It was also because Huo Qingning was incompetent, not taking their family business seriously. All those years teaching him, he failed as his mentor.

As he stayed silent, tears immediately filled her eyes again, and they were ready to fall. "If my father knows about this, surely he'll think I didn't work hard enough. But how could anyone blame me?" Her eyes turned red from the excessive crying. And perhaps it was because of her mental exertion her hands trembled wildly along with the water in the glass.

How could Old Master Huo stand watching a girl sob? He spoke words of comfort, promising her with his flatters before her cries gradually came to a stop. It was until he'd promised her further that he'd handle the situation before Liang Youli left in reluctance.

Old Master Huo was distracted by the chaos going on in their family. He pressed his fingers against his temple, pointing his free hand at his assistant. "The partnership she mentioned was the one with the welfare home, yes?"

"Yes, sir," his assistant answered, pulling out a document from his bag.

"Didn't we have a proposal to turn the welfare home into a commercial street?" Old Master Huo was not in the mood to read anything on a paper. He waved his hand when his assistant held out the document. "We've always been soft-hearted, so we put the plan on hold. I need you to go and look into this and put this item on our agenda!"

At first, he thought as long as Huo Qingning would divorce the girl, Liang Yan wouldn't cause trouble again. Right now, it seemed like his intervention was necessary, or she'd pour their family's wealth down the drain.