Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 936: The Tender Couple Returns to the Capital, Agreeing to Meet Next Year in the Capital City

Chapter 936: Chapter 936: The Tender Couple Returns to the Capital, Agreeing to Meet Next Year in the Capital City

Huo Qi finally realized that Wu Fan seemed angry and lifted his head, revealing a stunned face.

Remembering something, he shook his head with a wry smile, "What are you wildly speculating about?"

"Answer my question!"

Wu Fan’s eyes instantly turned cold, his whole body seething with rage as if he wanted to burn him to ashes.

"No," Huo Qi gently scratched the child’s palm and spoke softly, "Since she wants to continue the Duan Family bloodline without changing her surname, let’s call her Letian—joy to forget sorrows, calm and composed."

Wu Fan breathed a sigh of relief and, recalling his disgustingly tender voice like flowing water, shook off the goosebumps on his body.

"How have I never noticed how cheesy you are before? You must be a fake, right? Has someone possessed you?"

Huo Qi pursed his lips and smiled, remaining silent.

It was as if he had found the goal of his life, finally filled with the drive to move forward.

"Where is the patient’s family? You took the child but are ignoring the patient?!"

Shouts came from outside the hospital room, startling everyone within.

Qin Ruan leaned on the balcony, not moving her feet at all.

Wu Fan stood by her side, looking at his clean and tidy fingernails as if he had heard nothing.

As for Huo Qi, his mind was wholly on the child. In the spacious single hospital room, no one cared about the noise outside.

The partially open hospital room door was pushed open from outside, and several nurses along with a doctor wheeled in a woman who had just come off the surgery table.

"What happened here, leaving the mother of the child alone?"

The person shouting loudly was the nurse who had handed the child to Huo Qi outside the operating room earlier.

Seeing Huo Qi standing in front of the baby crib, she said discontentedly, "How can you be a husband like this, not caring at all about the life or death of the child’s mother?"

Such situations often occurred in the hospital, invoking indignation from the nurse, who was also a woman.

Huo Zhi, unable to tolerate the loud noise, stepped forward and advised in a low voice, "Please keep your voice down. My Madam is delicate and cannot be frightened."

She was right; Qin Ruan had been with the Master before coming to Sea City, and what she had experienced during those three days could be inferred from the way she had come downstairs.

Just released from the room, she had hurried non-stop to Sea City.

Having drunk heavily the night before and harassed until late at night, Qin Ruan’s current physical condition was a matter of concern.

The nurse’s lips twitched in displeasure, thinking how frail the surgery patient appeared.

Just as she was about to say something more, a middle-aged doctor beside her took hold of her sleeve.

The doctor, sensing something was amiss in the hospital room, calmly told Huo Zhi, "My apologies, we need to prepare for the next surgery. The patient will be under your care now. If there’s any discomfort, you can call the nursing station, and a doctor will be available twenty-four hours."

Huo Zhi remained silent, his expressionless eyes sizing up the nurse and the doctor.

Seeing the confrontation unfold, Wu Fan mockingly said, "We are not the relatives of the patient; we came here for the child. We are not responsible for her physical condition."

"This..." The doctor, looking troubled, showed little surprise.

The woman on the hospital bed, still under the influence of anesthesia, slowly opened her eyes and saw a room full of strangers, her pupils abruptly contracting.

She clutched the blanket tightly and shouted loudly, "Who are you?!"

The voice was shrill, faintly exuding an unusual excitement.

Holding Duan Letian, who was lying in the crib, Huo Qi cradled him in his arms. This time he wasn’t as stiff as at first, though his posture was still somewhat awkward, as if he feared that any small exertion might hurt the child.

With the child securely in his arms, he walked step by step toward the woman lying on the bed.

Huo Qi’s face was covered with shadows and cold, his thin lips slightly parting, "My last name is Duan. I had already investigated thoroughly before coming. You planned to use this child to exchange for a sum of money from the Duan Family, but the Duan Family is about to fall, barely able to save themselves."

"Impossible!"

Hearing that the Duan Family was doomed, the woman’s face was a blend of shock and anxious fretfulness.

With a cold chiseled face, Huo Qi stated heavily, "You can take a look at today’s trending news to see if what I’m saying is true."

Seeing his certainty, the woman instinctively felt something was off, "What are you going to do?"

Huo Qi looked down at the child in his arms, his expression softening, "This child and I have a connection. I can offer you a sum that will secure your livelihood for the rest of your life. The child is mine now, and from now on, you will have no further connection with her."

The woman’s eyes darted around, a glint of greed flashing through them as she shouted loudly, "Why should I?!"

It was obvious to anyone that she was trying to raise her price on the spot.

With a slight smile on his lips, Huo Qi spoke in a tone both mocking and disdainful, "Of course, if you disagree, I can also take special measures to ensure the child is legally mine, and you won’t get a dime."

The woman’s eyes widened, shouting indignantly, "This is the child I carried for ten months and bore with great struggle. What right do you have to take her away from me!"

Huo Qi softly touched Duan Letian’s nose, his gesture showing deep affection.

Without even glancing at the woman on the bed, his voice emitted a chilling and oppressive feeling, "That’s why I’m giving you two choices."

The woman’s eyes whirled around as she opened her mouth wide, "I want money! Fifty million!"

Huo Qi looked up, his demeanor composed and serene, "According to my investigation, you were going to ask the Duan Family for twenty million. You’ve more than doubled your demand with me. You really dare to ask."

"With the Duan Family, this child would have been recognized by his ancestors, but who knows what you would do!"

The woman displayed an ugly countenance, speaking as if she were justified.

Huo Qi gazed deeply at her, and under her uneasy watch, he gently shook his head.

"I can give you thirty million. The extra ten million is to buy out your motherly affection, and you will not be allowed any further contact with the child. If you break our agreement, I will leave you with nothing!"

The woman struggled to suppress the urge to curl her lips upwards, speaking eagerly, "Thirty million then. When will you give it?"

Huo Qi nodded to the bodyguard standing outside the door. The latter came in and he instructed, "Give the cheque to this lady."

"Yes, Mr. Qi—"

The bodyguard placed the pre-prepared cheque on the white pillow by the woman’s head.

The woman’s eyes gleamed, disregarding the pain of her wounds, she reached out to grab the cheque.

From beginning to end, she hadn’t spared a single glance to the child in Huo Qi’s arms.

After seizing the cheque, she stared at the string of numbers on it, her pale face flushing with excitement as if intoxicated.

Seeing this scene, Huo Qi showed disgust in his eyes.

If Letian really grew up beside such a mother, who knew how much hardship she would endure in the future.

Holding the child in his arms, he felt even more determined to raise her well.

By the time she became an adult, he would probably be halfway in the grave, but before then, he planned to arrange a prosperous life for her.

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Qin Ruan stood up, hands in his pockets, "Everything’s settled, we should leave."

The Huo Family elders were waiting for her to come home for the New Year; she couldn’t miss the reunion dinner.

Huo Qi, holding the child, nodded, and Wu Fan had no objections either.

The group left the hospital room under the escort of Huo Zhi and others.

The vast hospital room was left with only the woman lying in the bed and the doctors and nurses who were dumbfounded and greatly shocked.

Just now, they had witnessed a scene of a mother selling her daughter for money.

The nurse, who had previously been indignant, stared at the woman who had just come out of surgery with a disbelief in life, her mouth slightly open, feeling as though her face had been slapped.

What a sin!

Who had she offended to encounter such a nauseating situation!

...

Upon returning home, Huo Qi immediately had the housekeeper take the child to the room next to his and hired a well-paid nanny to care for the child.

Qin Ruan and Wu Fan went to their rooms to pack their things.

Huo Yunjiao was sitting in the balcony lounge chair, basking in the sun with two children.

Hearing the door open, he turned his head towards the door and saw Qin Ruan enter, his handsome face full of tenderness, "You’re back."

Qin Ruan asked, "Hmm, when do we depart for the Capital City?"

Huo Yunjiao said with a smile, "We can leave right now."

He and the children had been waiting for her return, ready to leave any time, without needing to pack anything.

"Then let’s go."

If they delayed further, it would get later, and Qin Ruan didn’t want to keep the Huo family waiting.

"All right," said Huo Yunjiao as he got up holding the two children.

The family of four quickly went downstairs, and before leaving, Huo Yunjiao had someone go and inform Huo Qi.

Before leaving, he wanted to see him.

Hearing the news, Huo Qi hurriedly ran downstairs, but Huo Yunjiao was already sitting in the car.

He waved at Huo Qi, and when the latter approached, he said in a cool voice, "After the New Year, head to the Capital City. HEA Company has arranged a position for you, how high you climb depends on your own abilities."

Huo Qi bowed his head, his voice trembling with barely concealed excitement, "Thank you, Third Young Master. I definitely won’t let you down."

In the future, their relationship would be that of superior and subordinate.

Huo Yunjiao’s lips curved with a reserved smile, "Call me ’brother’. From now on, we are family."

Huo Qi immediately took advantage, "Yes, Third Brother!"

"Get everything at home in order, and I’ll see you in the Capital City next year."

Huo Qi nodded solemnly, "I will."

Huo Yunjiao rolled up the car window, put his arm around Qin Ruan, and commanded the driver, "Drive."

Huo Qi stood still, watching the motorcade drive away until it vanished from sight, then turned to face Wu Fan standing at the doorway.

Seeing the luggage in his hand, he asked hoarsely, "Are you leaving?"

Wu Fan, pulling her suitcase slowly, replied, "Yes, returning to the Sect for New Year."

She was indeed a disciple of the Longevity Sect, so it was right for her to return for New Year.

Huo Qi asked, "Shall I see you off?"

Wu Fan, without hesitation, declined, "No need, my junior brother is coming to pick me up."

At that moment, a black car nearby honked its horn.

Seeing the familiar license plate, Huo Qi knew who it was and said to Wu Fan, "Happy New Year."

"You too," Wu Fan replied, her tone neither warm nor cold, as she walked past him towards the black car.

Watching her departing figure, Huo Qi called out, "Wu Fan!"

The already distant figure stopped but did not turn back.

Huo Qi clenched his fist, opened his mouth but said nothing, unsure what to say.

He always felt that watching her leave like this, they would no longer have any interaction in the future.

This should have been the best outcome, but he always felt indebted to her and wanted to do something for her.

Wu Fan waited a long while but did not hear a single word, so she continued walking.

At that moment, Huo Qi called out to her retreating figure, "Wu Fan, if you ever encounter anything unpleasant, you can always come to me!"

The briskly walking figure stopped again, her tone mocking, "Come to you for what? To watch you laugh at me?"

Huo Qi earnestly said, "I’ll be your punching bag!"

"Hahaha..." Wu Fan was amused into laughter, slowly turning around, her sun-bathed smiling face as beautiful as a flower.

She said, "Alright, just wait. From now on, whenever I’m unhappy, I’ll definitely come to vent on you!"

Huo Qi, relieved, replied, "Good—"

With a carefree wave of her hand, Wu Fan said, "I’m off, I’ll contact you by phone later!"