Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

"Ahem, ma'am, that's going too far."

"Why must you impose your grudges and feuds with Fifth Master Dog on Wu Xie?"

"In the end, there was a reason why Fifth Master chose Grandma Wu instead of you back then. The women of your Huo family are too domineering!"

"Not everyone can tolerate this."

"I know you and Wu Xie have a deal to discuss, but business is business, why bring up the past?"

Hu Ming coughed lightly and said softly.

He didn't care at all about the power and influence of the Huo family matriarch.

Compared to Huo Xiangu, Wu Xie was undoubtedly closer to her. After all, he had a falling out with the old lady before, and if he hadn't found Huo Ling, the old lady probably wouldn't have even let him in the door.

Hu Ming had his own ulterior motives for coming here and didn't care at all whether he would offend Huo Xiangu.

Nowadays, in this industry, Hu Ming's status and position are truly not afraid of Huo Xiangu at all!
Moreover, he and Huo Ling had already broken up long ago, and there was no tangled and messy relationship between them!
"Wow, these young people these days are all so amazing!"

"You, Wu Sansheng, and that guy, the three of you are really something! We old folks are probably no longer worth your attention."

Huo Xiangu glanced at Xiao Hua, whose face remained unchanged, and looked at Hu Ming with cold indifference, but her words were full of sarcasm.

"Why bother? As the saying goes, the new wave pushes the old wave aside. Your era as an old wave has long since ended."

"Why make things so difficult for yourself? If I remember correctly, among the younger generation of the Huo family, only Xiuxiu is truly outstanding, right?"

"What if you, this rising star, ruin yourself? Wouldn't the Huo family be doomed?"

Hu Ming smiled dismissively, then retorted sharply with a pointed, sarcastic remark.

"Uncle! Grandma! We didn't come here today to talk about this, did we?"

"Grandma, didn't you have something important to discuss with Brother Wu Xie?"
Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two, Huo Xiuxiu felt a slight tremor in her heart and quickly tried to change the subject with a laugh.

"Do we know each other? Also, that pink shirt, I feel like I've seen you two before."

Seeing that the topic had returned to him, Wu Xie frowned and looked at Huo Xiuxiu and Xiao Hua.

"You're really something else. After all these years, if Xiuxiu and I hadn't been keeping an eye on you, we probably wouldn't have recognized you either, right?"

“Wu Xie, do you remember when I was eight years old during the Spring Festival? Xiu Xiu and I stayed at your Wu family for a while. At that time, we were very good friends.”

"Oh, by the way, my name is Xie Yuchen! Do you remember me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hua, who had been silent all along, sighed softly.

"Huo Xiuxiu, Jie Yuchen... Eight... I remember now, it's you, Xiaohua!"

Wu Xie frowned and pondered for a long time. Fragments of childhood memories surfaced from the depths of his mind, and two long-unseen figures overlapped with Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu.

"Little Flower? Okay!"

Xiao Hua's lips twitched slightly. This nickname... it doesn't matter, I'm used to it anyway.

"How rude of you, Brother Wu Xie! You only remember me and Xiao Hua now? That's too much!"

Huo Xiuxiu's delicate nose twitched slightly, and she gave a soft snort of dissatisfaction.

"Alright, you young people can catch up later. Now it's about time to talk about our business."

Grandma Huo gave Xiaohua and Huo Xiuxiu a meaningful look before bringing the topic back to her maternal grandparents' house.

As for Hu Ming's mockery...
Although somewhat upset, Huo Xiangu had to admit that Hu Ming had become a force to be reckoned with, and she really couldn't do anything about him now. Of course, she couldn't do anything about Hu Ming even back then, after all, Hu Ming and Hu Bayi's fathers were no ordinary people, and even if her husband were alive, he wouldn't dare to lay a hand on Hu Bayi, Hu Ming, and Wang Kaixuan!
No matter how upset I was, there wasn't much I could do but ignore it and pretend I didn't hear it.

"Young man, could you do me a favor? I've prepared some things and left them in the 'Celebrating Longevity' private room. Could you please bring them to me?"

Hu Ming smiled slightly, not caring about the old lady's attitude, and whispered to the young man behind him.

"Okay, wait for me!"

The young man nodded slightly and left the private room without the slightest hesitation.

These past few days, the young man has been staying at the New Moon Hotel, in the "Celebrating Longevity with Immortals" private room; he knows where it is.

Watching the young man's departing figure, Huo Xiangu frowned, unable to figure out what the two of them were up to.

"Have you decided whether you're going to sell that thing or not? Why do you have to see me about something so simple?"

"Could it be that your grandma sent you to meet me, to see how old your old friend has become?"

Turning her attention back to Wu Xie, Huo Xiangu asked in an annoyed tone.

"Please don't misunderstand, I came here for our business deal. I just didn't expect that the mysterious buyer would be you."

"As for my grandma, you know what, I haven't seen her in a long time. After my grandpa passed away, she stayed at home in our hometown and never left."

Despite the sarcastic remarks, Wu Xie's expression remained unchanged, but he chuckled inwardly.

I'm so curious about what kind of love, hate, and grudges happened between the three of them back then. I'm itching to find out.

Unfortunately, now is not the time for gossip.

"That's because she had poor taste and married a short-lived man!"

"When you say you're discussing a sale, are you ready to deliver the goods, or do you want to negotiate the price further?"

Huo Xiangu snorted coldly, her words constantly mentioning Fifth Master Dog.

"To be honest, I still don't know what that thing is. It doesn't mean much to me, so selling it to you wouldn't be a problem."

"However, my intuition tells me that this thing is related to what I'm currently investigating. As long as you tell me what it is, I'll deliver it to you cleanly and without any problems!"

With the thought that "only a fool would pass up a chance to make money," Wu Xie decisively changed his mind and didn't say "give it away for free."

"You want to know what Yangshi Leilihua's old house was?"

"Why don't you ask your second uncle? He's incredibly resourceful; I don't believe he wouldn't know something like this!"

After pondering for a moment, Old Mrs. Huo turned the conversation back to Hu Ming, who was quietly drinking tea, trying to find out something.

"Hey, old lady, why do you have to drag me into this?"

Hu Ming was immediately amused. The old lady was indeed wary of his sudden intervention and wanted to test him whenever she had the chance.

"Alright...nephew, the Yangshi Lei blueprints you got, which were once sealed away by Qi Yu, are actually only one-eighth of the original. The remaining seven are all in the old lady's hands!"

"And the old house in that building is actually a detailed structural diagram of the Zhang Family Ancient Building!"

"During the late Qing Dynasty, the Zhang Family Ancient Building, which the Zhang family built deep in Yangjiao Mountain, was designed by the Lei family of the Yangshi family!"

"And the seven paintings that Old Madam Huo has were all sent to her by Wenjin!"

Finally, Hu Ming added mysteriously.