I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Making Shiyan Withdraw Investment from Mi Chen

Little Guying raised her head and looked at Gu Nuan, “Mom, what does ‘illegitimate child’ mean?”

The Gu Family was a top-tier elite household in Jiang City, and no one dared to utter the words ‘illegitimate child’ in front of Little Guying.

It was the first time Little Guying had heard the term ‘illegitimate child’.

Gu Nuan gently told Little Guying, “You’re not an illegitimate child, you are Mommy’s treasure.”

After pacifying Little Guying, Gu Nuan approached Gu Qingyi and slapped her hard on the cheek.

Having slapped Gu Qingyi, Gu Nuan then took out a wet wipe from her bag and wiped her hand.

Gu Qingyi, having been slapped, couldn’t believe Gu Nuan had dared to hit her and moved to strike her back…

Yuan Xi gestured to the bodyguards beside her to step forward and block Gu Qingyi’s attempt.

Gu Nuan smiled lightly at Yuan Xi, “Thank you. After returning home, I’ll bring Little Ying to play with Shihuo.”

As the bodyguards stopped Gu Qingyi, she said angrily, “Do you know who I am? Where did you get the audacity to side with Gu Nuan and offend me!”

Huo Shiyuan didn’t even pay attention to Gu Qingyi, instead, returning to their residence in New York with Yuan Xi.

Once home, Yuan Xi hurriedly washed up and lay down on the bed.

Huo Shiyuan was also on the bed, video chatting with an elderly person. Yuan Xi glanced at the elder in the video, and the elder’s voice came through the phone with delight, “Is Xiao Xi by your side?”

Huo Shiyuan nodded, “Mhm.”

Huo Shiyuan turned the camera to Yuan Xi, freshly bathed and bare-faced. Yuan Xi, feeling slightly awkward, greeted the elder, “Hello.”

Huo Shiyuan said to Yuan Xi, “This is my Granny.”

Yuan Xi was slightly stunned, “Your Granny?”

She remembered Huo Shiyuan’s granny looking different; while Huo Shiyuan had changed enormously since childhood, his granny shouldn’t have changed so much.

Huo Shiyuan explained, “The granny you know is actually my maternal grandmother; I have two grannies, and we also call my maternal grandmother ‘Granny’.”

Yuan Xi understood and smiled faintly into the camera, “Hello, Granny.”

Granny Huo chuckled, “Xiao Xi, we really wanted to visit you in Jiang City, but Shiyuan was afraid we’d frighten you. You’re almost three months along, right? How is your health?”

Yuan Xi replied, “I’m quite well.”

Granny Huo said, “We saw you on the news today, so we won’t disturb you in Jiang City. When you two have some free time, come back to City A for a visit.”

Yuan Xi responded, “With Mi Chen’s IPO and the new game’s launch, I’ll have a bit of free time soon. I’ll definitely visit you in City A when I have the chance.”

Granny Huo smiled happily.

Huo Xue appeared behind Granny Huo and said to Huo Shiyuan, “You’re in New York? Persuade your brother to come back to the country sooner. He left without a word five years ago and never returns even for holidays. What is he really thinking?”

Granny Huo spoke up, “You can’t blame Xiao Yun for this; you’re the one in the wrong. That Gu Qingyi drugged someone and got pregnant stealthily; she’s clearly up to no good!

And you even went ahead and let Gu Qingyi marry into the Xiao Family with Xiao Yun. That was foolish!

If you ask me, such a scheming woman shouldn’t be acknowledged, not even a DNA test should have been done!”

Now nearly sixty years old, Huo Xue felt wronged by her mother’s reprimand, “The child is innocent, after all! Wasn’t I thinking of Little Yingying?”

“And then, Gu Qingyi threatened to expose the matter, saying Minister Xiao ignores his own granddaughter. If this were to be exposed, Old Xiao would be ruined!”

Huo Xue was also full of regret now, “If I knew it would drive Xiao Yun away from home for five years, I would have thought of another solution back then.”

Huo Xue said to Huo Shiyuan, “Shiyan, please help your aunt persuade your brother to come back to the country sooner.”

Huo Shiyuan said, “I’ll try my best.”

Yuan Xi visited New York for the first time, so she stayed a few extra days as a tourist, but there was still a pile of matters to deal with back home.

The celebration banquet for Mi Chen’s IPO back in the country had to take place too, and by the time she returned home, she would only have a week to prepare.

There were no direct flights to Jiangcheng Airport from overseas, so she needed to go to City A.

Since she would arrive at City A at ten o’clock at night, and it happened to be a weekend, Huo Shiyuan asked Yuan Xi, “Do you want to take a trip to the old house in City A and see grandpa and grandma?”

Yuan Xi nodded and said, “Sure.”

Since they were going to City A, she had no reason to pass by her home with Huo Shiyuan without stopping by.

Gu Hanchen also hitched a ride on Huo Shiyuan’s private jet on his way back to the country.

Once Gu Hanchen was on the plane, he lay back on the sofa and sighed, “I thought I was going to have to squeeze into a business class seat for the return trip, as there were no first-class tickets left. I didn’t expect to catch a ride on your plane.”

“Where’s your private jet?” Huo Shiyuan asked.

Gu Hanchen replied, “Mine? It belongs to my parents. Gu Nuan said Xiao Ying was visiting New York for the first time and wanted to take her around the city for a few more days, so they’re using that plane.”

Huo Shiyuan then asked Gu Hanchen, “Do you know who Xiao Ying’s father is?”

Gu Hanchen answered, “I really don’t know that. I just know my sister really hates Xiao Ying’s biological father.”

Hearing this, Huo Shiyuan did not ask any further questions.

The plane flew for sixteen hours before arriving in the country, right at ten o’clock at night, when the sky was very dark.

As soon as they left the airport, they were hit by a wave of heat.

Gu Hanchen called for a car back to Jiang City, while Yuan Xi went with Huo Shiyuan to the Huo Family’s ancestral home.

By the time they reached the Huo Family’s old house, everyone had already gone to bed.

Huo Shiyuan then led Yuan Xi back to his room.

In all these years, Huo Shiyuan had seldom stayed here, but everything seemed to have changed little.

Once Yuan Xi entered the room, she saw the photos of her and Huo Shiyuan from when they were children at an amusement park.

Huo Shiyuan had completely lost the traces of his childhood.

Yuan Xi even found the snow globe she had given to Huo Shiyuan as a child. Although more than a decade had passed and the snow globe had turned yellow, it still played music when turned.

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan, and he had actually preserved it all this time.

Huo Shiyuan said to Yuan Xi, “Let’s sleep first, these past few days have been tiring.”

But Yuan Xi, due to jet lag, had already slept on the plane and now couldn’t fall asleep at all.

Yuan Xi lay in a room that was completely out of sync with the mansion’s decorative style and asked, “Did you live in such a big room when you were little? Why would you envy my tiny room?”

Huo Shiyuan looked at Yuan Xi, “Because you were in that room, and now I don’t need to envy it anymore, since you’re already here in this room.”

The music from the snow globe slowly played again, and Yuan Xi gradually fell asleep in Huo Shiyuan’s arms.

Early in the morning, Yuan Xi was woken up by the loud crying of a child.

The soundproofing of the Huo family’s old house was quite good, but it couldn’t hold back the piercing wails of the child.

Seeing Yuan Xi wake up, Huo Shiyuan asked, “Did the crying wake you?”

Yuan Xi nodded and said, “A little, but it’s time to get up, anyway.”

Yuan Xi took out clothes from her suitcase, dressed, and followed Huo Shiyuan out the door, only to hear the crying of a little girl coming from the downstairs hall.

Gu Qingyi also wept bitterly in front of Huo Xue, “Mom, that Gu Nuan from Jiang City is too much. She slapped me on the face. I heard that Shiyan is the biggest investor in her brother’s company. Talk to Shiyan and ask him to withdraw his investment from Mi Chen!”