Chapter 118: evil

"I'm fine." Gu Ruochu shook her head and her eyes darkened. "Yichen, you've were hurt because of me. Don't struggle too much. Rest well."

"There's no need to talk about this between us." A smile appeared on Xu Yichen's pale face as he shifted his gaze towards the young hesitant woman who had lowered her head in front of the hospital bed. He paused for a moment.

"You... you're Xinlan?"

Chu Xinlan raised her head when she saw that Xu Yichen had recognized her. Her eyes sparkled with tears as she said, "Yichen, long time no see."

Three years ago, she left the city and abandoned all the people related to her. She didn't contact anyone.

She didn't plan to come back to the city until she heard that Bai Qi had passed away.

"Why are you still crying? You're back. You should be happy." Xu Yichen handed over a tissue, but Chu Xinlan was sobbing. "I just found out that Bai Qi is gone, but I didn't have time to see him one last time..."

Chu Xinlan cried bitterly when she mentioned Bai Qi.

She still couldn't believe that the legend was gone.

"Xinlan, the dead are gone. There's nothing we can do about it." Xu Yichen stole a glance at Gu Ruochu and could only console Chu Xinlan in a hoarse voice.

"Oh right! Xinlan, let me introduce you. This is Gu Ruochu." Xu Yichen introduced the man next to him. "This is her husband, Huo Nanchen."

Chu Xinlan was naturally familiar with the name Huo Nanchen, but she had never expected to meet such a big shot in real life.

"Just call me Ruochu."

Gu Ruochu's reaction was very calm and gave off a very comfortable feeling.

Furthermore, Chu Xinlan felt as if she had been acquainted with Gu Ruochu for a long time.

"..."

Zhou Yunxi did not expect her daughter to return from her international business trip so soon. Didn't she say that it would take at least ten days to half a month?

"Yanwei, Master Huo is back as well?"

Gu Yanwei was extremely thirsty. She took a few glasses of water and gulped them down. "He is indeed back. Master Huo was in a very bad mood this time and things didn't go as expected."

She had originally wanted to have some sparks with this him, but who knew that the journey would be so boring. Zhou Yunxi also felt regretful. She was afraid of upsetting her daughter, so she went into the kitchen to cook dinner.

Just as Gu Yanwei was about to relax on the sofa, she received a phone call from Huo Jingjing. "Sister Yanwei, did you also return to Nan Cheng?"

Gu Yanwei nodded. "I just arrived. What's the matter, Jingjing?"

"My dad is coming home for dinner tonight. He heard that you guys won the project so quickly, so he wanted to invite you and Aunt Zhou over for dinner."

Huo Zhenggang had invited them over for dinner?

Upon hearing this news, Gu Yanwei was delighted. She gently said, "Jingjing, I'll come over with my mom tonight."

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home." Huo Jingjing happily hung up the phone. She carefully looked around and found that no one had been paying attention to her. Only then did she completely relax.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Yanwei immediately informed Zhou Yunxi that the Huo family was having a dinner party tonight.

She knew that as long as they had a little helper like Huo Jingjing, they would have access to the Huo residence even if they had made fools of themselves in front of the Huo family.

"Yanwei, dress well. This time, you must leave a good impression on the Huo family." Zhou Yunxi was worried that her daughter was losing face with the Huo family.

It was really strange. Gu Ruochu was getting more favored in the Huo family while Mrs. Huo had repeatedly reprimanded and ridiculed Yanwei.