Upon hearing this, Huo Lian, whose temper was as explosive as a barrel, couldn’t hold back any longer. She slammed the wooden table in front of her, stood up, pointed at Huo Xuan and started cursing angrily.
“Sure, he’s really the good son that Big Brother has raised. He hasn’t even married his wife yet and he’s already siding with outsiders. All the books you’ve studied for so many years have been for nothing. Big Brother and Sister-in-law have raised you, a traitor, for nothing. You’re really an ingrate!”
Huo Lian’s dark eyes were filled with anger. Previously, on the account of Old Master Huo, she didn’t have the confidence to criticize Huo Xuan. Now that Huo Peng was here to back her up, even in front of Huo Tao and Chen Man, she had the guts to reprimand their son!
When Huo Xuan heard this, he turned his head and looked straight at Huo Lian with a dark expression. His gaze was so sharp that it made one feel a little afraid. “Auntie, we’re all members of the Huo family. We have to do it on account of the Huo family. Besides, my parents are still here. Those who don’t know might think that you’re criticizing my father and grandfather for not educating me well.”
After a pause, Huo Xuan added coldly, “I don’t need others to gossip about me and how I deal with things.”
Seeing the tense atmosphere around her, Chen Man pinched her eyebrows, cleared her throat, and replied, “Xuan’er, how can you talk to your aunt like this? You have to be a little more polite when talking to your elders.”
After saying this, Chen Man turned around and looked at Huo Lian with an unhappy expression. “Sister, don’t blame me for criticizing you. You insulted Xuan’er in front of the old master and your brother. Are you looking down on our family?”
Although Huo Lian was angry, she had grown up in the Huo family and wasn’t so brainless. Now that Chen Man had placed the blame on her, she immediately changed her tone and said, “Sister-in-law, I was just talking in the heat of the moment. I was just angered by Xuan’er’s actions.”
After a pause, Huo Lian looked at Mo Zhu with ill intentions. She turned her eyes and added, “Everyone knows that Xuan’er won the bid for the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb today, and we are all thinking for the Huo family. In my opinion, there’s no need for this girl to keep a spirit herb like the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb. We all have a share of the Huo family’s assets. We can’t let an outsider get it so easily.”
Seeing that Mo Zhu was addressed as an “outsider” by Huo Lian, Chen Man was already a little angry. She flicked her sleeve and stood up unhappily. She looked at Huo Lian coldly and said, “You’re wrong. First of all, Mo Zhu is my daughter-in-law. Although she hasn’t officially entered the Huo family’s genealogy, regardless of whether the others in the Huo family recognize her or not, she and Xuan’er are already engaged in Cloud City, so Mo Zhu is not an outsider. She is the recognized and official fiancée of the eldest grandson of the Huo family.”
“Also, the money used to buy the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb is not the Huo family’s assets as you mentioned just now. It’s the money in Mo Zhu’s own card. In other words, Mo Zhu has the final say on who should take this spirit herb. What does it have to do with the Huo family?”
After hearing Chen Man’s words, Huo Lian’s face turned red and she was speechless. She stammered for a long time but couldn’t say a word.
Chen Man took a few steps forward expressionlessly and walked to Huo Peng, who was standing quietly at the side. She gave him a cold glance and cleared her throat before saying, “It’s not that I’m being arrogant, I believe everyone knows better than I do about the business dealings of the Huo family all these years. The main source of the Huo family’s funds has always been earned painstakingly by Huo Tao and Huo Xuan.”
“If Xuan’er hadn’t been sick, the business in the capital would have been ten times better.. To put it nicely, this is the case, but to put it bluntly, even if Xuan’er really bought this medicine for Xiao Zhu, what if my son spent some money on his fiancée? Did he spend the money you guys earned?”
