Chapter 371: Someone Is Investigating Our Relationship
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The butler’s thoughts ran wild, from suspecting what Huo Xiuyuan had said to whether Huo Hong had sensed that something was wrong.
As for Huo Yichen, he had always believed that nothing would go wrong with Young Master.
“No problem… is the biggest problem.” Huo Hong laughed coldly.
He didn’t hide his dissatisfaction with Huo Yichen. Instead, after knowing that Huo Xiuyuan was about to get engaged to Ruan Ying, it reminded Huo Hong of something.
He had given Huo Yichen the task of approaching Murong Qiao a long time ago. No matter how difficult it was for the other party, they should have made some progress.
Furthermore, Huo Xiuyuan was about to get engaged. In comparison, Huo Yichen’s behavior was inconsistent with Huo Hong’s understanding of him.
The butler’s expression turned cold. “Do you need me to investigate?”
“Investigate.” Huo Hong nodded.
Huo Yichen had been obedient for so long. There must be something fishy.
Huo Hong hated things that were out of his control the most. Coincidentally, Huo Yichen was in this category.
An ingrate was working under him. If not for the fact that he was his son and Huo Hong had the intention of letting him inherit the family, he would have dealt with Huo Yichen long ago.
The butler accepted Huo Hong’s suspicion and left the study after receiving the order.
He had to let the Young Master know about this.
In less than a day, the entire circle found out about Ruan Ying and Huo Xiuyuan’s engagement.
“This way, the Murong Family will be alone… With Huo Hong’s ambition, I keep feeling like there’s going to be a b.l.o.o.d.y storm.”
“Not necessarily. The Murong Family is so powerful. Even if the children of the Ruan Family and the Huo Family are engaged this time, it doesn’t mean that they will definitely join forces.”
“Besides, why is Huo Xiuyuan the one getting engaged and not Huo Yichen? Don’t forget that Huo Yichen is the legitimate heir of the Huo Family. There are many twists and turns.”
“It’s not our place to worry about such a big matter… In my opinion, the most important thing is to see how to drink the soup that others left behind.”
Such discussions spread very quickly, but these rumors couldn’t compare to the fact that they were engaged.
Similarly, the invitation was sent to the Murong Residence by the Ruan Family.
Uncle Yang looked at the invitation in his hand and was momentarily speechless.
“Uncle Yang?” Murong Qiao’s curious voice sounded behind him.
Uncle Yang turned around. “Young Miss.”
He bowed respectfully and watched Murong Qiao walk down the stairs. Then, he looked at the invitation in his hand.
“This is?” Murong Qiao was puzzled.
Uncle Yang handed the invitation over. “It’s from the Ruan Family. It’s the engagement party of the Ruan Family’s daughter, Ruan Ying.”
After he explained briefly, the invitation landed in Murong Qiao’s hand and she flipped through it twice.
“…Ruan Ying?” Murong Qiao heard this familiar name.
If she remembered correctly, she seemed to have heard this person’s name from An Nuo a few days ago.
The Ruan Family was also an existence that Murong Qiao was familiar with.
She carefully looked at the invitation in her hand and fixed her gaze on Huo Xiuyuan’s name. She frowned slightly.
Tsk, this guy’s progress was so fast?
Uncle Yang nodded. “The daughter of the Ruan Family, Ruan Ying, is famous for being naive. Even I can’t help but be a little surprised to hear that she’s getting engaged so quickly.”
He was considered an elder of the Murong Family, so he was naturally very familiar with these families or Young Masters and Misses.
“…I happened to see her two days ago with Huo Xiuyuan.” Murong Qiao pursed her lips.
She was a little surprised that Ruan Ying was actually engaged to Huo Xiuyuan.
Or rather, what method did Huo Xiuyuan use to make Ruan Ying fall for him so quickly?
Uncle Yang stood quietly at the side, waiting for Murong Qiao to continue.
Murong Qiao sighed. “Huo Xiuyuan is not a good person.”
After interacting with the other party a few times, Murong Qiao knew very well what Huo Xiuyuan was thinking and what kind of schemes he had.
As she thought about this, the face she had seen last time suddenly appeared in her mind. She recalled the unique innocence and whiteness on Ruan Ying’s face.
Murong Qiao felt that Ruan Ying had most likely been deceived by Huo Xiuyuan.
“Young Miss, are you worried about Ruan Ying?” Uncle Yang saw through her thoughts at a glance. “Then we can take this opportunity to go and take a look.”
This was also Uncle Yang’s plan just now.
It was the weekend, and there was no one at home. It was useless to send this invitation to the Young Masters, so Uncle Yang planned to look for Murong Qiao.
Murong Qiao was surprised. “Me?”
She didn’t expect to be the one to attend the banquet.
“You know how busy Eldest Young Master is. Second Young Master is in the hospital now and can’t leave. Third Young Master returned to Hui University two days ago and said that he wanted to prepare for a research project…” Uncle Yang was helpless. “As for Fourth Young Master, there’s no need to say anything. Fifth Young Master has also gone to film.”
In other words, Murong Qiao was indeed the most suitable person to go to the Murong Family.
“…” Murong Qiao finally understood.
She glanced at the studio upstairs that had yet to make a sound. It was not appropriate for her to take the invitation to Fourth Brother and ask him to partic.i.p.ate.
In the end, it was Murong Qiao who accepted the invitation under Uncle Yang’s expectant gaze and expressed that she would go.
Then, she returned to her room and sat on the bed to study the invitation when she suddenly received a call from Huo Yichen.
“All Chen?” Murong Qiao’s joyful and soft tone landed in Huo Yichen’s ears.
The coldness on Huo Yichen’s face melted a little. “Am I disturbing you?”
“No.” Murong Qiao denied. “It’s more like I wanted to call you.”
“Do you know about Ruan Ying’s engagement?” she asked.
Huo Yichen was silent for a moment. “1 just found out.”
In fact, as soon as Huo Yichen returned to the Huo family today, the butler informed him of this news. Moreover, under Huo Hong’s instructions, he also needed to attend this engagement party.
Huo Yichen could roughly imagine Huo Xiuyuan’s smug expression. After all, it was rare for Huo Xiuyuan to “surpa.s.s” him.
“I feel that Ruan Ying has been deceived. This engagement… is very suspicious.” Murong Qiao roughly explained her thoughts.
Huo Yichen frowned. “1 don’t know Ruan Ying well, but the possibility of Huo Xiuyuan really liking Ruan Ying is zero.”
“There’s something else.” He mentioned the purpose of his call. “Huo Hong asked someone to investigate our relationship…”
When Murong Qiao heard the first half of the sentence, she understood what he meant.
It was probably a chain reaction caused by Huo Xiuyuan.
Helpless, the two of them discussed for a moment and reached an agreement to maintain an image of being cold to each other to the outside world for the time being. Huo Yichen would also remove some traces to prevent Huo Hong from really finding out anything.
Based on how much the Ruan Family valued Ruan Ying, they had invited almost everyone in the circle for this engagement. It could be said that it couldn’t be more grand.
In the end, the Ruan Family doted on Ruan Ying too much.
Coupled with the news that Huo Hong would be partic.i.p.ating personally, many people wanted to squeeze in. An invitation to the Ruan Family could be sold for an astronomical price.
On the day of the engagement, the Ruan Family started to get busy early.
The venue was set by Ruan Ying. It was beside the Ruan Family’s house. It was the greenhouse that she had liked to stay in since she was young.
The flowers that had been carefully nurtured were also used. They were used by the servants to decorate the venue and spread on both sides of the road, emitting a fragrance that lingered around to welcome the guests.
“You look so beautiful,” Huo Xiuyuan praised her.
He spoke sincerely. Today, Ruan Ying was dressed like a princess in a fairy tale. She was as exquisite as a flower fairy, and her every move was so delicate that it made one’s heart beat faster..