So what if she's a fake heiress? She's being pampered by a powerful figure in Beijing'

The lighting was dim, and before he could see clearly, the girl hit him with a pillow.

Xie Junfei glared at those watery almond-shaped eyes, her anger and embarrassment rising:

"Who told you to turn on the light so suddenly?"

"What are you looking at? Do you expect me to sleep in a three-piece suit?!"

After saying that, the girl rolled up all the blankets and left only her backside facing Huo Shen.

After turning around, she closed her eyes tightly and pretended to be asleep. No matter how much the man called her, she pretended to be dead and didn't say a word.

Seeing her non-violent, uncooperative attitude, Huo Shen chuckled, embraced her from behind, and whispered in her ear:

"The light was too dim to see clearly just now, but I can tell that the little rabbit has grown up. It's very cute."

Before he finished speaking, the girl pulled an arm out from under the covers and elbowed the man behind her.

"Shut up and go to sleep. You talk too much."

Seeing that the girl was about to get angry if he continued teasing her, the man smiled, kissed the tip of her pink ear, turned off the light, and went to sleep.

The room fell into darkness again.

The housekeeper and servants, assuming the couple were a unit, only left one quilt.

Xie Junfei naturally knew this, and when she thought about how the man beside her had been stripped of his clothes and had only a few pieces left, her heart softened. She kicked the blanket aside and awkwardly left a bit of the blanket for Huo Shen.

But as it turns out, men are always the type to take an inch and then a mile.

The man, who was usually abstinent and self-controlled, seemed like a different person tonight. He lifted the covers and pulled the girl into his arms.

Xie Junfei was shocked and tried to get out of bed, but Huo Shen stretched out his long arm and pulled her back.

The girl had a small frame and a low body temperature, so the man easily held her in his arms, as comfortable as holding a smooth, slightly cool piece of jade.

Xie Junfei still wanted to cause trouble, so Huo Shen stroked her smooth back along her spine, soothingly saying:

"Don't worry, we won't do anything tonight."

"You've had a long journey all day, let me tell you a story so you can go to sleep early."

Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei first stared at his eyes suspiciously and sized him up.

Only after seeing the man's sincere gaze did she feel relieved and obediently nestle in his arms.

Huo Shen gently kissed her slender neck, his voice as tender as moonlight:

“I was born in the old house and lived with my parents until I was three years old.”

“After I turned three, my father gave this yard to me and told me to get out of there and not disturb their private time.”

“I was timid at the time, and Holland even scared me by saying that an aunt who had an affair with a doctor had hanged herself in this house and that she would come out every night to patrol the territory and eat the heart and liver of any child who did not go to sleep.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei burst out laughing:

"So you believed it?"

Huo Shen nodded solemnly, his eyes sincere:

"Yes, I was very scared at the time."

"This also left me with a very deep childhood trauma, which is why I am still afraid to sleep alone."

"So right now I really need a little bunny to kiss me and then snuggle close to my body to lull me to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei immediately sensed something was wrong, gently pinched the man's arm, and widened her almond-shaped eyes:

"Are you trying to trick me again, by beating around the bush?"

"You just want to kiss me, but you even use Sister Lan as a pretext. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

After saying that, she didn't want to say anything more. She kissed the man twice and then snuggled back into his arms to sleep.

The man lowered his head, gently put his arm around her waist, and reached down with his other hand to open the bedside table and take out the change of clothes that the housekeeper had put out earlier.

The weather was cool in the north, and the girl was very active. Huo Shen was afraid that she would kick off the covers at night and get a cold stomach, and he was also afraid that turning on the light would disturb her sleep. So, by the light of the faint moonlight, he put the soft bodice embroidered with mandarin ducks on the girl's body.

After he finished doing all this, he lowered his head and gently kissed the girl's forehead.

The two fell asleep in each other's arms, and slept without any dreams.

The next morning, when Huo Shen got up, Xiao Xie was still in a deep sleep, as expected.

The Huo family is large and has many rules. Early in the morning, the elders and their families waited in the main house, ready to make things difficult for Xie Junfei, who was new to the family.

Who knew she wouldn't come at all? Don't ask, the head of the family said that the young girl is still growing and doesn't need to get up so early.

The elders were furious, feeling as if they had punched the air.

In front of Huo Shen, the wife in Fifth Master's room sneered repeatedly:

"Very well, as expected of someone from a humble background, they don't know any manners at all!"

"She slept until noon as soon as she arrived at her husband's house, and wouldn't eat breakfast until the elders saw her. She doesn't act like a proper young lady at all!"

"How can such a dissolute woman be worthy of being the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huo family, and how can she set an example for the women of the family!"

The moment these words were spoken, the dinner table fell silent.

The women sitting at the lower end of the table looked at each other, not daring to breathe.

Huo Shen, sitting in the main seat, remained calm and composed.

He gracefully put down his chopsticks, picked up a hot towel to wipe his hands, and gave instructions to the butler standing beside him:

"The lady likes sweet things in the morning, so she told the kitchen to remove the Eight Treasures Vegetables from the daily menu and replace them with milk cake."

"We'll take him in after he wakes up."

The butler immediately noted it down and turned to give instructions to the kitchen.

Seeing Huo Shen's dismissive attitude, the patriarch of the fifth branch of the family sneered:

"What, Huo Shen, have you completely lost all respect for your elders now?"

"You're too lazy to listen to your elders when they talk to you, aren't you!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bowl of scalding hot tea was smashed from the main table onto Fifth Master's head!

The family members of the fifth branch screamed instantly and hurriedly used handkerchiefs to wipe the fifth master, who was soaking wet.

Huo Shen stood up, glanced down at them condescendingly, and then sneered:

"If sleeping in late is considered dissolute, then arranging for Zhao Feier to climb into my bed, wouldn't that make you a prostitute?"

"Since she's a prostitute, then you, who raised her, are a pimp, and your wife is a brothel owner? Does that mean your house is a giant brothel?"

"Fifth Master, I never imagined that your job was to be a pimp."

After saying that, the man gave Fifth Master a meaningful look.

Upon hearing these words, a younger member of the clan who disliked the fifth branch of the family couldn't help but burst out laughing.

After mocking the Fifth Master, the man looked at the sharp-tongued, fanged wife in the Fifth Household:

"Fifth Sister-in-law, times have changed. Did the founding of the People's Republic of China fail to inform you, or have you been a slave to men for so long that you can't stand up anymore?"

“It’s no longer the era where the husband is in charge of the wife. My wife can do whatever she wants in her husband’s home. Even if she causes a huge disaster, I will support her.”

"Besides, what makes you think she disrespects her elders?"

"The so-called respect for the elderly and care for the young only applies to the elderly who are virtuous and respected. You bunch of old geezers are all crooked and dishonest yourselves, how dare you ask my wife for respect?"

After saying that, he gave a sarcastic smile to the spoiled young men of the fifth branch of the family and added:

"Finally, my wife took charge of the Qin family at the age of fifteen and ranked first in the entire school for three years at Tiancheng Private School. She is far superior to you bunch of good-for-nothings who only know how to race cars and sleep with women."

"You think you can intimidate her? You're not worthy!"

After saying that, he stepped on the hem of the Fifth Master's clothes, who had fallen to the ground, in front of the whole family, and went straight out of the room.

The Fifth Master was severely humiliated in front of the whole family early in the morning and was already furious.

When the fifth wife saw her father-in-law in such a disheveled state, she was about to step forward to help him when the old man shoved her away.

The anger from being criticized by the younger generation was instantly vented on her:

"What right do you have to talk, you long-haired, short-witted brat! Do you even have a place to speak here?"

"Now look what's happened, everyone's in a mess, are you satisfied now? Huh?"

A perfectly good breakfast ended in such a farce.

The meeting ended on a sour note.

The men were worried about Huo Shen's attitude, but the women had found a new topic of conversation and were excitedly discussing who Xie Junfei was, that he could be so favored and protected by the head of the family.