He Xiaoman raised her head in shock. She looked in the direction of Huo Yao.

  She watched in disbelief as the cold and distant restaurant manager smile ingratiatingly at Huo Yao and served her personally.

  Huh?

  He Xiaoman raised her hand to rub her eyes. It felt as though she had just imagined things, and none of it was true.

  How could He Xiaoman’s biological daughter, Lu Xia, not know if the Huo family was loaded? Lu Xia would certainly have told He Xiaoman if they were.

  This must be a complete lie.

  He Xiaoman’s face stiffened. She did not even have the time to bother with her friends.

  None of He Xiaoman’s friends knew what she was thinking. Since they were all respectable folks, they were neither in the mood to stay at the restaurant nor make trouble regarding the matter.

  Before long, everyone left rather angrily.

  By the time He Xiaoman gathered her thoughts, she had already left the restaurant and was seated in the car.

  The chauffeur called out to her a few times from the driver’s seat before He Xiaoman said, “Take me home.”


  She retrieved her phone to text her daughter.

  [Is the Huo family very rich?]

  Lu Xia was halfway through training when she received the text message. After the incident that transpired on Weibo, she had kept a low profile. She only wanted to lead a quiet life after suffering such a huge embarrassment.

  After she saw her mother’s text message, her sweaty face turned cold before she replied: [I’m not sure.]

  Did it have anything to do with the Lu family if they were rich or poor?

  Were they going to ingratiate themselves with the Huo family if they were loaded?

  Lu Xia’s lips pursed into a self-deprecating smile. She threw her phone on the wooden floor before she put on her earphones and continued stretching.

  He Xiaoman’s face looked a little solemn when she received Lu Xia’s reply. After going quiet briefly, she swiped through her phone book to look for a number and dialed it.

  Someone answered before long. He Xiaoman cut to the chase and said over the phone, “Help me investigate something……”


  ***

  Huo Yao and Huo Tingrui left the restaurant after lunch.

  Huo Yao undid her seatbelt and unlocked the door when they arrived home.

  After mulling over it the entire journey, Huo Tingrui decided that it would be wiser to save himself. He suddenly called out to Huo Yao. “Yao, a lot of work is waiting for me at the law firm, so I won’t be living at home for the time being.”


  Huo Yao’s hand paused at the door. She turned to look at Huo Tingrui with her bright eyes. “Huh? Do you have to work overtime?”


  Huo Tingrui coughed uneasily. He looked out of the car window at their villa and nodded. “Uh huh. You can swing by and hang out at my place since you haven’t visited yet.

  Although he would not get to see his little sister as often, he could try and convince her to come to his place.

  Huo Yao did not put too much thought into it.

  “Okay,” acknowledged Huo Yao before she added. “Don’t overwork yourself. Take care.”


  Huo Tingrui touched his nose. “Okay.”


  He could only save himself by working overtime.

  Huo Yao opened the door and got off the car.

  She did not walk straight to the main door to enter. Instead, she waited for Huo Tingrui to drive off before she turned around.

  A thought crossed her mind while she was entering the password, and she pulled her hands away.

  Huo Yao raised her head to glance at the villa next door. She stood at the door briefly before she fished out her phone to send a text message.

  [Did you mean what you said earlier today?]