I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Is Huo Shiyuan Your Husband?

Chu Yan’s words brought total silence to the hall, with various speculative glances cast towards Yuan Xi and the handsome young man beside her.

Chu Qing angrily said with a darkened face, “What nonsense are you spouting? What mistress? What kept woman?”

Chu Yan turned to Chu Qing and said, “Chairman Chu, you disregard the goodwill of twenty-five years we have shared, and for the sake of your precious daughter, you kicked me out when I was most helpless. But you don’t know that the treasured daughter you took back is just Huo Shiyuan’s plaything, Huo Shiyuan’s mistress!”

“Ah!” Yu Xiaoxiao covered her mouth with her hand, “Yuan Xi, I had no idea you were that kind of person!”

Chu Yan looked arrogantly at Gu Hanchen, tilting her head up at him, “Are you sure you want to kick out the true young mistress of the Fu Family for her, this kept mistress?”

Amidst everyone’s gazes, Gu Hanchen suddenly burst into loud laughter, “Hahaha, hahaha! Chu Yan, who told you Yuan Xi is a mistress? Hahaha!”

Chu Yan looked at Gu Hanchen, “Just now Yuan Xi herself admitted that the huge shares of Mi Chen under her name were given to her by Huo Shiyuan. If she’s not a mistress, why would Huo Shiyuan give her so many shares?”

Chu Yan then looked at Yuan Xi, “Being an indecent mistress and still so brazen? You really aren’t afraid of losing face!”

Among the guests, gossip-filled eyes turned towards Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan, whispering to each other.

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan beside her and asked, “Shiyan, why did you give me the shares of Mi Chen?”

Huo Shiyuan gave a light chuckle, “The shares of Mi Chen after its IPO were originally our marital property. It doesn’t make much difference whether they are under my name or yours. The main thing is, with you owning shares of Mi Chen, you can be Gu Hanchen’s boss.”

Gu Hanchen frowned at Huo Shiyuan, “No wonder you got Mi Yi to buy up all the shares after your investment, you had planned from the beginning to have Yuan Xi be my boss, hadn’t you?”

Huo Shiyuan said, “Yes, after Mi Yi knew that I was investing in Mi Chen for Yuan Xi, she voluntarily sold her shares to me, allowing Yuan Xi to become the chairman after the IPO was also Mi Yi’s idea.”

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan; she really didn’t know that Mi Yi wanted her to become the chairman.

Gu Hanchen muttered under his breath, “Damn, no wonder Mi Yi was willing to sell her shares to you at a low price but not to me at a high price!”

Chu Yan pointed at Huo Shiyuan and asked, “Yuan Xi, what did you call him? What did you just call him?”

Yuan Xi spoke indifferently, “Shiyan, Huo Shiyuan!”

Another moment of silence fell over the hall.

Yu Xiaoxiao said, “Huo Shiyuan? The Huo Shiyuan from Shixi Finance? He’s your husband? Isn’t your husband supposed to be living in the countryside, named Shi Dazhuang?”

Bo Fan was also taken aback, “He’s Huo Shiyuan? Then who is he? Isn’t he Huo Shiyuan?”

Bo Fan pointed at the man beside Chu Yan, Fu Yi.

Gu Hanchen looked at Bo Fan’s shocked expression, “Him? He’s an actor I hired to play Huo Shiyuan! You targeted Fan Yan with your marketing accounts, blasting me online just to get close to Huo Shiyuan, didn’t you? So I found you a fake Huo Shiyuan to meet, haha, you actually believed it, hahaha!”

Bo Fan’s face turned the color of iron as he glared at Gu Hanchen, “Gu Hanchen!”

Bo Fan looked at Huo Shiyuan, who was beside Yuan Xi, and he was plain-faced, but Bo Fan saw a hint of mockery in his expression, and the surrounding gazes were filled with ridicule and irony!

Gu Hanchen ran a hand through his slicked-back hair, finding great satisfaction in Bo Fan’s pale face.

Chu Yan shook her head in disbelief, “Impossible! Absolutely impossible, Yuan Xi, how could you possibly marry Huo Shiyuan?”

Before her pregnancy, Yuan Xi had not even returned to the Chu Family.

How could Huo Shiyuan possibly marry a secretary? The Huo Family elders certainly wouldn’t allow someone with Yuan Xi’s background to enter the Huo household.

Gu Hanchen said, “Why is it impossible?”

Chu Yan said, “Yuan Xi, are you having hysterics? You married Huo Shiyuan? How could that be? Is it because I revealed that you were kept by Huo Shiyuan, and to avoid losing face, you claim that your husband is Huo Shiyuan?

If your husband really is Huo Shiyuan, why didn’t you explain yourself when you were ridiculed earlier for marrying a country husband?”

Yuan Xi shrugged, “We indeed live in the village; that’s not wrong.”

Chu Yan still didn’t believe her, “Impossible! Yuan Xi, you must be lying. Everyone in the circles of Jiang City knows that Huo Shiyuan has a childhood sweetheart who he intends to marry, and no others. Since you’re not his childhood sweetheart, how could he possibly marry you?”

“Yuan Xi, don’t think Huo Shiyuan won’t clear up such absurd rumors in public and that you can just spout nonsense, pretending your husband is Huo Shiyuan.”

Yuan Xi looked at Chu Yan’s changing face with a light laugh, “With cousin Huo Shiyuan right here, if my husband isn’t Huo Shiyuan, shouldn’t he come forward to clarify?”

Chu Yan remembered the earlier mockery of Yuan Xi’s husband, and Yuan Xi had never explained herself; she must’ve been laughing at Chu Yan’s own ignorance!

Chu Yan, with furrowed brows, watched Yuan Xi’s light laughter, feeling both ashamed and angry, her face flushed red.

How could Yuan Xi be worthy of the Huo Family’s prestigious threshold?!

Chu Yan exclaimed loudly, “Yuan Xi, don’t laugh too soon! Huo Shiyuan has always denied being himself and didn’t even give you a wedding. This just proves that the Huo Family doesn’t acknowledge you as their daughter-in-law at all!”

Having dropped this statement, Chu Yan turned to leave amidst the amused and mocking gazes of the guests, fleeing in utter disarray.

Yuan Xi must’ve been hiding her husband’s identity all this time just to slap Chu Yan’s face today, right?

Chu Yan was filled with extreme jealousy. Just now, she had confidently claimed Yuan Xi was kept by someone…

Yuan Xi did this on purpose to humiliate her!

Fu Yi hurried to Chu Yan’s side: “Yanyan.”

Chu Yan, looking at Fu Yi who caught up, said, “Didn’t you say Huo Shiyuan was fat? Didn’t you say he would only marry his childhood sweetheart? How could Yuan Xi’s husband turn out to be Huo Shiyuan? How could he possibly be Huo Shiyuan?”

Fu Yi frowned and said, “It’s true that Huo Shiyuan would marry no one but his childhood sweetheart, and I don’t know why Yuan Xi’s husband turned out to be Huo Shiyuan. But you were right earlier, even if Yuan Xi really did marry Huo Shiyuan, it won’t be easy for her to enter the doors of the Huo Family in A-City.”

Chu Yan bit her lower lip and said, “Yuan Xi’s pregnant now. Once she gives birth to a child for the Huo Family, what would be difficult then?”

Fu Yi said, “Having a child doesn’t guarantee entry into the senior Huo Family residence. The elders of both the Huo and Shi families have high standards, not to mention that Huo Shiyuan has his beloved childhood sweetheart.”

Chu Yan suddenly smiled, “That’s true, Yuan Xi must’ve used some tricks to marry Huo Shiyuan!”

Fu Yi simply stated, “You might be right. Perhaps the child is Yuan Xi’s bargaining chip to marry Huo Shiyuan.”

Chu Yan asked Fu Yi, “Do you know who this childhood sweetheart is that Huo Shiyuan insists on marrying?”

Fu Yi admitted, “I don’t know, some speculate it’s Qian Yiren.”

Chu Yan declared, “No matter who it is, when I return to A-City, I will find this childhood sweetheart. I will repay the humiliation Yuan Xi gave me today. She shouldn’t dream about securing her position as the Young Madam of the Huo Family!”

Inside the hall.

After Chu Yan left, Bo Fan stared at Huo Shiyuan, Yuan Xi, and Gu Hanchen, gripping his wine glass tightly, his eyes filled with hatred.

After Huo Shiyuan’s identity was revealed, many entrepreneurs from Jiang City came over to toast Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan. Yuan Xi, being pregnant, was using a beverage as a substitute, greeting each one in turn.

A wave of gasps swept through the crowd, and Yuan Xi looked up at the stage to see the number one boy group in the circle, Young, five young men in black and chained clothing, singing into their headsets.

Yuan Xi was never too enthusiastic about chasing stars, mainly because she spent high school buried in books. University was supposed to be the age for star-chasing, but she had faced a twist of fate.

Later, consumed with work, it was hard for Yuan Xi to find any interest in star-chasing again.

Young was performing at the evening gala, causing quite a stir among the female staff of the company. Even the secretarial office of the president was abuzz. Yuan Xi had not understood what there was to be so excited about until now, when she saw their stage performance, and realized their appeal.

These five guys were only two or three years younger than herself, but under those spotlights, their youthful energy and their singing and dancing had an infectious and inspiring effect.

“So handsome! Baby is so handsome!”

“Qin Che is absolutely adorable!”

“Too handsome; I want to have Zhao Yiming’s babies.”

Shrieks erupted intermittently from the Mi Chen staff tables.

Gu Hanchen frowned and said, “This is really embarrassing for Mi Chen’s female employees. Seeing my handsome face every day, how could they have the decency to shout that those few men are handsome. Had I known, I would’ve never invited Young to perform.”

Yuan Xi countered, “Those five younger brothers are indeed handsomer than you, especially the center one. Why not sign them as the spokespeople for Ocean Dominator? They all have good figures; dressed as pirates with their abs and chest muscles on display, they would fit well with the Ocean Dominator game theme.”

Gu Hanchen dissented, “I disagree!”

Yuan Xi insisted, “My agreement is enough.”

Huo Shiyuan spoke in a deep voice, “I disagree as well.”