Song Qianying saw that Huo Junyao remained silent for a long time, so she couldn't help but continue to speak: "If we can't deal with this video from the source, I'm afraid we won't be able to live in peace."

This is a really disturbing question.

Huo Junyao stretched out his hand to rub her head and sighed softly: "Give me some time and I will find that person."

"What are you going to do if the person behind the scenes is really your mother?"

Although such a result would make people very upset, Song Qianying still asked.

"..."

Huo Junyao was silent for a while, then shook his head, "It shouldn't be her."

"Why?"

Song Qianying was a little confused.

In her opinion, Mrs. Smith was the biggest suspect.

First, she hated herself to death. Last time at Chelsea Castle, if Huo Junyao hadn't appeared in time, he might have become a dead soul under her knife.

In addition, she called herself before to warn herself that if she didn't divorce Huo Junyao, the video would be exposed. Then, the video actually appeared on the eight o'clock prime time in major theaters, and she was fully capable of doing so.

Therefore, Song Qianying really couldn't believe it if Mrs. Smith didn't do it.

"Since she gave you a three-day deadline, she will not take any action in advance before the time is up. This is what I know about her."

Speaking of this, the man's handsome features couldn't help but reveal a hint of deep sadness.

Even though she had abandoned him, even though her great image in his mind no longer existed, even if he still hated her now, Huo Junyao stubbornly believed that human nature would not change easily, and she was so trustworthy. man of……

When I was a child, my mother said to herself countless times: "Ah Yao, you have to become a man of uprightness and a person who contributes to society in the future!"

"Ayao, trustworthiness is the foundation of being a man, and being responsible is the foundation of a man. Mom hopes that when you grow up, you can be a person who keeps your promises and is optimistic!"

"Ayao...Ayao..."

Her gentle and sincere teachings seemed to be still swirling in his mind. Huo Junyao seemed to be immersed in some kind of thoughts and couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

"Huo Junyao? Huo Junyao..."

Seeing that he was in a daze, Song Qianying couldn't help but reached out and patted his shoulder gently, "What's wrong with you?"

Huo Junyao came back to his senses and raised his eyes to meet her worried eyes. He curled his lips and smiled softly: "I'm fine. Don't worry, baby."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Song Qianying's reply, he directly picked up the phone and dialed a certain number.

Song Qianying frowned, and subconsciously glanced at the screen of his mobile phone with her big crystal eyes. Seeing that it was an overseas number, she half-squinted her eyes, secretly guessing the other party's identity.

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.

Just when Huo Junyao was losing his patience and wanted to hang up, Mrs. Smith's furious voice finally came from the other end of the radio wave: "Who is it? Don't you know it's midnight now?"

"Sorry to bother you."

Only then did Huo Junyao remember that it was past three in the morning in the UK.

Although he made the call at this time with the mentality of "provoking an investigation", when he heard her displeased questioning, the man's deep eyes were unconsciously stained with a ray of apology.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his magnetic voice, the other party's sleepiness disappeared instantly, and was replaced by full of surprises: "Ayao? Is it really you? Why did you want to call your mother?"

He didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that Mrs. Smith's fanatical attitude caused ripples in Huo Junyao's heart.

It is always my mother...

Even if you want to hate it, you can't completely ignore it, right?

Not wanting her to see through his thoughts, Huo Junyao coughed lightly and said coldly: "I have something to ask you!"

"What's up?"

Mrs. Smith had climbed out of bed, put on a coat and walked to the balcony.

Looking at the quiet night outside, a touch of sadness appeared on her delicate and beautiful face unconsciously.

"Did you do the video?"

Although Huo Junyao didn't think she would really do such a thing, he still asked as usual.

"yes!"

Thinking that he was asking her about threatening Song Qianying, Mrs. Smith admitted it calmly.

When Huo Junyao heard this, he was filled with disappointment in his heart.

He squeezed the phone tightly, and veins burst out on his sculpted handsome face. He tried his best to resist the urge to smash the phone. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Why are you doing this?"

Why do you have the heart to destroy me too?

He wanted to say this, but it was stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it.

"She doesn't deserve you!"

Mrs. Smith's answer was decisive.

"Whether you deserve it or not, I have the final say!"

"Ah Yao——"

"Don't try to interfere with my affairs in the future. No matter what you do, there is no way I will divorce Xiaoying. Also, if there is any follow-up to the video incident, I will never let you go!"

Huo Junyao warned her angrily, and then cut off the call without waiting for Mrs. Smith to speak.

"Hello, Ayao? Ayao——"

Listening to the busy tone on the radio, Mrs. Smith's already bad mood hit rock bottom.

Not wanting to get into such a tense situation with him, she suddenly wanted to explain that she just wanted to scare Song Qianying and didn't really want to make the video public.

So, she hurriedly dialed his number back, but unfortunately, what greeted her was a mechanical female voice that the number you dialed was temporarily unavailable.

"Ah Yao——"

She whispered his name in a low voice, and her thin figure looked particularly pitiful in the breeze.

On the other side, City H.

After hanging up the phone, Huo Junyao simply set Mrs. Smith's number on the blacklist, threw the phone aside with a livid face, and nestled his tall body on the sofa, silent.

The air in the living room seemed to feel the coldness radiating around him, and it solidified in an instant.

Song Qianying saw the gloomy expression on his face, frowned slightly, and asked, "Did she do it?"

"Um!"

The man nodded lightly, "I didn't expect it was really her!"

Not disappointed?

How can it be!

However, there is always a process of death, and today, after 23 years, he finally gave up on his so-called mother.

Knowing that he felt uncomfortable, Song Qianying stretched out her hand to hold his arm tightly and comforted her softly: "Let's forget about the video. Anyway, you have to express your position to her. If she still has a little bit of mother-child affection for you. If you do, we will definitely not make trouble anymore. So, Huo Junyao, let’s be more open, eh?"

She heard the stern warning he just gave to Mrs. Smith.

As a mother, Song Qianying thought to herself that no matter how bad the other party was, he would never really want to destroy his son, so this should be enough, right?

"Um!"

Huo Junyao nodded, stared at her with deep eyes, and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, it's all because of me that you were hurt."

"Oh, don't keep saying you're sorry. This is a different story, okay?"

Now that she knew who the mastermind behind the scenes was, Song Qianying felt a lot more relaxed now.

"Okay, listen to you!"

Huo Junyao finally stopped worrying.

After lunch, Mrs. Huo called and asked the couple to rush to the Huo Family Villa immediately.

The two of them rushed there after a long journey. As soon as they entered the main room, they saw in the hall that in addition to Mrs. Huo, there were also the second uncle, the third uncle, and the Huo Group's Queen's Lawyer Cheng Dazhuang.

Song Qianying didn't know this Cheng Dazhuang, but when she saw that several elders still had dark faces, she couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart, and felt that something was wrong.

When Huo Junyao saw Cheng Dazhuang also present, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly.

After leading Song Qianying to them and saying hello respectfully, Huo Junyao looked at Mrs. Huo with a serious look: "Grandma, come to us, do you have the answer?"

In the morning, when they left, they told him to wait for news.

Huo Junyao thought it would take at least two or three days, but he didn't expect the results to come out so quickly. It was really surprising.

He didn't know how stubborn these old people in the Huo family were, so at this moment, the first thought that flashed through his mind was that they asked Cheng Dazhuang to come over and ask him to sign an agreement to withdraw from the Huo Group.

Well, if this is the case, he will end up easily.

"Second uncle, it's up to you to talk about this matter."

Mrs. Huo did not directly answer Huo Junyao's words, but gave the right to speak to her second uncle who was sitting on the other sofa next to her.

"Ahem!"

The second uncle coughed twice, his old face a little reluctant, but he finally said bravely, "After our discussion, as long as you don't resign as president, we can temporarily agree to keep your marriage. But - "

When he said this, he paused deliberately, and a pair of sharp eyes circled around the couple, and finally settled on Song Qianying's bright white face, and said, "You must agree to one condition."

"no!"

Before Song Qianying could answer, Huo Junyao had already spoken before her.

Just kidding, who knows what unreasonable conditions they will put forward, it would be weird if he would let Xiaoying agree!

The more the man thought about it, the more he felt that they had ulterior motives, and his handsome face instantly became frosty.

The second uncle was very unhappy with Huo Junyao's attitude.

He knocked the crutch in his hand hard and almost gritted his teeth and said, "You don't agree even before you listen to the conditions? You bastard, the Huo family raised you for nothing!"

"Second uncle, if you have anything to do with me, come to me. Xiaoying doesn't need to agree to any conditions!"

The man subconsciously protected Song Qianying behind him, his expression extremely serious.

When Mrs. Huo saw this, a ray of light quietly passed through her sharp eyes, but she still chose to remain silent.

The third uncle on the side also didn't intend to speak.

In fact, before Huo Junyao and Song Qianying arrived, the three of them had reached a consensus that the second uncle would have full authority to handle this matter, and the others would only have to watch.

"Only she can agree to this condition."

"No, I won't agree!"

"Bastard——"

The second uncle was so angry that he stood up directly.

Afraid that their quarrel would become more tense, Song Qianying hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Excuse me, what are the conditions?"

Since the other party asked her to take over, why should she be a coward?

As my second uncle said, it is indeed inappropriate to refuse without even listening to the conditions.

"Xiao Ying, don't be ridiculous!"

Huo Junyao stopped her immediately.

Song Qianying shook his head, and there was a touch of emotion in his clear eyes that only he could understand.

Huo Junyao knew that she was trying to reassure him!

Can you rest assured?

cannot!

But out of respect, he still chose to let her face it.

"Second uncle, tell me, what conditions do you want me to agree to?"

She walked slowly to her second uncle, and Pingting bowed to him politely.

The second uncle secretly observed her movements. Although he hated her, he had to admit that this girl had a temperament that was only found in ladies.

If she was not an orphan of unknown origin, if she did not cause such a scandal, maybe, as time goes by, he could still reluctantly accept this grandnephew's wife.

But now, if he was asked to admit her identity like this, especially when Huo Junyao was forcing him to leave the group, how could the second master of the Huo family, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, be able to swallow this?

Therefore, no matter what, he would not give her a good look.

So, he deliberately ignored his appreciation for her deep in his heart and looked at her coldly: "I will give you three months to increase the turnover of LY Hypermarket by 30%. If you can do it, we will do it." By agreeing to this marriage, not only will you be promised a glorious wedding, but your name will also be included in the Huo family tree."

"..."

When Song Qianying heard this, he couldn't react for a long time.

"What? Don't you dare accept this challenge?"

The second uncle snorted coldly, his tone full of ridicule, "When my sister-in-law married into the Huo family, she pushed the entire Huo family to a new level, and you just took over such a small supermarket and then backed down? With such courage, How can you be qualified to be the mistress of the Huo family?"

Huo Junyao frowned fiercely and turned his eyes to Mrs. Huo who was standing aside, but she didn't look at him and deliberately looked away to the other side.

Unable to guess what grandma meant, Huo Junyao cursed in his heart and retorted angrily: "Second uncle, aren't you trying to embarrass Xiaoying?"

"What's so hard about this?"

The second uncle did not admit at all that he was trying to embarrass Song Qianying.

This was the result of a discussion between him, his sister-in-law, and his third brother, but he was the only one who expressed it on his behalf.

"Not difficult?"

Huo Junyao couldn't help but smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "You asked a little girl with no business management experience to take over a large-scale store and turn it into a profit by 30% within three months? Ha, like this Things that even professional managers would find difficult to achieve, let alone her!"

Huo's actually started with retail. After a hundred years of development, it expanded from retail to hotels, tourism, real estate, energy and oil, entertainment... Slowly, retail became the least popular business format of the entire group, and therefore, it was gradually Forget.

The LY brand of hypermarkets used to be the best in H City, with chain stores all over the city. However, in recent years, with the booming development of e-commerce, foreign-funded supermarkets have sprung up like bamboo shoots. Business has plummeted, and many stores have been closed one after another. .

Let me ask, in such a bad situation, no matter how capable Song Qianying is, no matter how hard she tries to turn the tide, she can't do it!

Therefore, Huo Junyao is not optimistic. He has every reason to believe that the elders are deliberately making things difficult.

Huo Junyao's accusation hit the nail on the head, and his second uncle was suddenly unable to refute.

His eyes flashed, and he quickly put away the strangeness in his eyes. He held his neck and shouted loudly: "That's the condition anyway. If you don't agree, you will completely sever ties with the Huo family, and we won't beg you. snort!"

"Then there's nothing I can do. We won't accept such unreasonable conditions. Xiaoying, let's go!"

It is a waste of time to talk about something that is obviously not going to work.

Huo Junyao walked to Song Qianying and directly grabbed her hand to walk out.

At this time, Song Qianying pulled her hand back from his thick palm.

"Xiaoying, you——"

Huo Junyao was obviously shocked by her actions.

God, this silly girl, is she really going to agree?

"Huo Junyao, I'm quite interested in the retail industry. Why don't you let me try it, eh?"

Knowing his concerns and worries, Song Qianying smiled slightly at him, but her eyes and brows were filled with determination.

"The result of trying is failure. How can you still agree if you know that?"

Huo Junyao disagreed.

Song Qianying said, "What if it succeeds?"

"impossible!"

What a joke, so many elites have been trying hard for several years but they can't save this supermarket, but she, a little lay girl, can?

If you say something, no one will believe it even if you beat him to death.

"Maybe there is a miracle."

This is the only chance for the elders of the Huo family to truly accept her. No matter how difficult it is, she doesn't want to give up.

Although Song Qianying also understood that there were mostly elements of making things difficult, it was really not her style to give up without trying or working hard.

So she wanted to give it a try.

It's good to succeed. From now on, Nini can become the little princess of the Huo family openly and honestly.

What if it doesn't work?

A certain woman suddenly thought shamelessly, let's go back to the starting point in three months.

Well, it seems like she has nothing to lose!

Maybe the couple really had some understanding at this moment. Seeing that she kept insisting, Huo Junyao didn't stop her anymore.

After reaching a deal with the elders of the Huo family, Cheng Dazhuang, who came here specially, finally came in handy and immediately showed them the drafted contract.

Song Qianying couldn't understand these dense words, so Huo Junyao did the whole process for her.

After carefully signing the agreement, everything settled.

Seeing that their goal was achieved, the second uncle and the third uncle stood up and left one after another.

However, before they left, they couldn't help but take a look at Song Qianying, their eyes full of inquiry.

Song Qianying gritted her teeth and smiled politely at them, "Second uncle, third uncle, you two go slowly!"

"snort!"

The second uncle snorted coldly and left without looking back.

But it was her third uncle who, for the first time, said to her: "You can take care of yourself. If I can really bring LY back to life, I will definitely give you a wedding gift."

Song Qianying was a little surprised by his attitude. Just as she was about to say thank you, Huo Junyao spoke before her, in a not very good tone, "Then let's thank our third uncle first."

"Huh, let's go!"

After seeing off the two elderly people, only the Huo family's grandparents and Song Qianying were left in the huge living room.

Seeing that grandma didn't say much from the beginning to the end, Song Qianying felt a little frightened.

Just as he was hesitating what to say to her, he heard grandma's voice: "Xiaoying, follow me to the study!"

-End of this chapter-

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