Clearly feeling that she was being unconditionally protected and loved, Huo Xiaoning blinked her eyes, feeling a little sore in the tip of her nose.

She couldn’t cry, she thought, she had promised her sister-in-law that she would not cry anymore.

She will make others cry from now on.

The warm and sour heat, like a tsunami, hit her heart again and again, making her cover her chest almost unable to bear it.

The strange feeling makes people unable to stop.

She suddenly wanted to act coquettishly, hesitantly stretched out her hand, and complained softly: "It hurts. Sister-in-law, my hand hurts."

"It's normal that it hurts." Ruan Xingchen rubbed her hands with experience. "That's what they call mutual force. Silly girl, you don't even know how to hit someone. You should learn this from now on."

"Oh, okay." Huo Xiaoning smiled and nodded obediently.

Everything was warm and harmonious on their side, but Cheng Yi and Aunt Huo were completely upset.

Cheng Yi covered her mouth with her hands, crying in pain and heat. Unable to bear it any longer, she ran out: "You're going too far!"

"Yiyi!" Unable to stop her in time, Aunt Huo's face was also filled with anger. She said angrily: "Ah Chen, we are family after all. Broken bones are still connected! You let your cousin be bullied like this?"

"A family?" Huo Yan asked coldly, "How come I didn't know when Cheng Yi changed his last name to Huo?"

"You!" Aunt Huo choked and said angrily, "Okay, okay! So in your heart, you don't consider me as a relative. Han Xing is the same. I'm devoted to you, and you treat Yiyi like this? Yiyi didn't mean it, why do you have to bully her like this?"

"Whether it was intentional or not, Miss Cheng knows it in her heart, and Xiaoning knows it too." Ruan Xingchen's face was slightly cold: "Of course I trust my own family."

"I'd like to ask, who instigated Cheng Yi to adopt such an attitude?" She looked at Aunt Huo meaningfully: "I'm a very timid person. I'll think about what you said."

Aunt Huo's face suddenly froze.

She knew very well that a batch of goods had been stopped a few days ago, and she needed Ruan Xingchen's capital injection at this moment.

Ruan Xingchen can afford to delay, but she can't.

She had an ugly expression and opened her mouth: "Han Xing, you..."

"Auntie means well, but I can't bear it." Ruan Xingchen lowered her eyes: "I am grateful to Auntie in my heart. But there is nothing I can do. I am timid and I protect my shortcomings... From now on, Miss Cheng will not be welcome in the Huo family."

"You!" Aunt Huo's eyes widened in shock. "Are you saying this to represent the Huo family severing ties with the Cheng family?"

"I didn't say I was breaking off relations with the Cheng family." Ruan Xingchen shook her head. "I just couldn't bear to see my sister being bullied, so I stopped associating with Miss Cheng."

"Ah Chen." Aunt Huo's heart sank, and she was furious: "You let her do this to your cousin?"

"What Madam said reflects the Huo family's attitude." Huo Yanyun said calmly, tapping the wheelchair twice with his fingertips: "Aunt, please forgive me."

Of course Aunt Huo couldn't forgive her and left angrily.

The younger generation in the family had vaguely heard that she and Ruan Xingchen seemed to be collaborating on something, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Sister-in-law, are you okay like this today?"

"Don't worry about it." Ruan Xingchen laughed and shook her head, saying, "Don't worry, I'm not the one who's worried. Auntie will come to the door herself."

With such a big and tempting piece of cake in front of her, it would be strange if Aunt Huo, who was extremely hungry and greedy, could resist.

The "meet the parents" trip that was delayed by Aunt Huo was put back on the agenda the next day.

The gifts prepared by Huo Yan filled the trunks of two cars. When he carried the large and small bags into the house, his grandmother felt very distressed.

"Why bring so many things home? It's so wasteful." Grandma, who had lived a simple and frugal life, felt heartbroken looking at the pile of things: "What a waste of money... I'm an old woman, how can I use it all?"

Huo Yan wore a silver-gray suit, which softened his overly sharp aura, and the casual cut highlighted his youthfulness.

It only made his appearance more handsome and noble, with broad shoulders and narrow waist.

When facing his grandmother, he restrained his usual coldness and alienation, with a faint smile on his lips, appearing reliable and polite. Although he didn't say much, every word he said was meaningful.

Grandma was obviously very satisfied. She smiled so hard that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes blossomed into flowers, and she kept stuffing snacks into his hands.

The little ones all behaved politely and well-behaved. Huo Qianqian and Huo Jingxuan were the most lively. They stayed close to their grandmother and tried to please her, making her smile from ear to ear.

She got married suddenly and replaced Ruan Weisi in exchange for interests with Ruan Zeming. No matter how nice she said, her grandmother was always worried.

Bringing Huo Yan and his sister along this time, grandma finally felt relieved, and even her laughter became more hearty.

Seeing her grandmother's happy expression, Ruan Xingchen couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

"When my leg heals, I'll accompany Madam to visit the place where I grew up." Huo Yan reached out and held her hand, saying, "I'll have to trouble Madam to introduce me to someone else then."

Ruan Xingchen was slightly distracted.

She thought back to her previous life, when her origin was an open secret that the Zhong family kept secret.

Lin Rou relied on her status as a wealthy and aristocratic family to degrade the place where she grew up to the ground, and she could not stand her in any way.

Although Zhong Shaoyang's father, Zhong Dingguo, never insulted her in person, he always treated her coldly, and his disdain and contempt were evident in his words.

Zhong Sisi is like Lin Rou and has always looked down on her.

What about Zhong Shaoyang? He said he didn't care, but whenever his partners asked him about her family background and her past, he would look embarrassed and ashamed.

Compared with the Zhong family, the Huo family is the top among the wealthy families.

But no matter Huo Yan or the younger generation of the Huo family, they never talked about etiquette or face. They were polite and affectionate to their grandmother and did not show any contempt for the environment where she grew up.

I have received so much sincerity, but looking back at the past, it seems more and more ridiculous.

She held his hand in return and smiled faintly: "Okay."

Noticing their private interaction, the smile in grandma's eyes deepened, and she was very interested: "Grandma is happy today, so I will cook a plate of fried crispy pork for you personally."

This is grandma's specialty.

When Ruan Xingchen was young, his family was very poor and they could only eat meat during festivals.

Fried crispy pork is the ultimate delicacy in her memory.

She couldn't help but want to laugh, and followed forward: "I'll help grandma."

"I don't want you." Grandma refused without a second thought and pushed her: "Go and accompany Huo Yan properly, don't cause more trouble."

"Grandma, you are biased." She refused, "You no longer love me after meeting Huo Yan."

Grandma frowned out of jealousy, and the small two-bedroom apartment was filled with the warm and homely atmosphere.

Amidst the laughter and joy, the doorbell rang.

The visitor frowned, moving cautiously as if there were some germs on this land, and forced himself to ask, "Excuse me, is Ruan Xingchen here?"

Huo Qianqian wrinkled her nose when she opened the door and said loudly, "Sister-in-law, someone is looking for you."

Ruan Xingchen appeared in response, and the moment he saw the person coming, his face suddenly darkened.

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