Chapter 12; What's the hurry for?
"I want you to see her and tell me if you can cure her poison before me... And if it's not possible, it will be okay, you will still have your freedom...." Huo Shen hoarsely mumbled caressing his face mask. He didn't mind waiting, he had been looking for a cure for several years, and waiting for a few more days wasn't gonna kill him.
" What's the hurry for? And for me to cure her... Then we have to get engaged first... I can treat you for free but not her..." She snapped her eyes open gazing into his. He froze for a minute, getting engaged. She was just sixteen, he knew nothing about her,
"Miss...."
Lawyer Tang and Huo Qi exclaimed unisonly glaring at her. Wasn't she asking for too much? Did she want their master to give up something so precious?
" No, state another prize! Anything else can do...." Huo Shen declined gazing outside through the tinted windows into the highway.
"All right, what do you think can match up to you? How much money can you cost?" She squinted her eyes got off his lap and straightened her back before stretching her hands out.
She lightly yawned gazing into the streets, it felt like she was seeing a new highway after years of being in a slumberland.
Everything felt fresh and new, and this, was her new life, she would carefully choose her path to take.
"You can state the figure... Any amount, I will fulfill it..." Huo Shen was ready to give out cash, so long as he didn't get to hear anything to do with engagement or marriage.
"Forget it! I don't force people... Drop me ahead there at the bus stop... I will find you in two days and give you the medicine...." She nonchalantly yawned ruffling her hair, while her eyes turned dark purple gazing into the highway.
"Miss, Master is already being generous enough! Don't be too greedy and calculating...." Huo Qi's sharp gaze was pinned on her, she had that don't care attitude on her face and didn't seem to be fazed in any way.
"Tsk... I have already said I will get him the medicine he needs in two days, isn't that being grateful enough? Don't bargain with me anymore, I hate it the most... And I don't mind going back to prison so you know..." She coldly muttered opening the car door even though it was still moving on the road.
"Okay...." Huo Shen held her hands and dragged her over before closing the door, "we will get engaged according to your plans... But you should know and remember, you are just adopted by the Huo family and we will never get truly married...." He loathed scheming women the most.
He let go in disgust and moved a distance away from her, he had no other options, he wanted to be cured and at the same time, he wanted to see Mo Zi Jia living healthily.
"Hahaha... Men would always be men! So hypocritical! Don't worry... Just in a period of one year... I will set you free, I also don't have plans of getting married to you... But you better act better when we are outside the house... I don't want everyone thinking our engagement has some sort of secret exchange done...." She didn't care about what he thought about her but all in all, she needed a name and a title for herself.
With him, no one would easily bully her, and she would be able to have her guardianship under him.
"I don't care, just keep your distance..." He turned around and gazed out into the streets.
"Tsk..." She slightly smirked before gazing out into the streets and leaned on the window falling asleep.
She had to be independent as soon as possible and he would give her the necessary thigh to hold and climb up, achieving her goals was what she wanted.
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After a few minutes of driving, they arrived at the military hospital, the car drove in and it was parked at the reserved parking spot.
He alighted first with Lawyer Tang and Huo Qi before she alighted.
"This way miss...." Huo Qi softly muttered but you could see the dirty look he was giving her, of course, she didn't care about that.
"You lead and I follow!" She coldly mumbled crossing her arms around the chest and gazing at his eyes that were giving her a dirty look. Did they all think she wanted to get entangled with men? It was the only option a 16-year-old girl would have.
With support and changing her surname, she would be taken back to the Su family and several tragedies would occur just like in her previous life.
They strode ahead of her and she trailed behind them, they had just turned a corner when she caught sight of someone.
When she had been imprisoned, she had decided to redeem her life and became a secret agent after several years of training in a special military camp... It was for the reformed prisoners.
She squinted her eyes but strode forward and took several turns before arriving at the VIP wardroom.