I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Going to Work after Abandoning a One-Month-Old Baby

Huo Shiyuan added the prescribed amount of salt and chicken seasoning under the standard weight, then scooped up a spoonful for Yuan Xi and asked, “How’s the seasoning, too salty or too light?”

Yuan Xi leaned in to taste it and said with a soft smile, “Delicious, it’s just missing a bit of lard, I wonder if there’s any in the kitchen?”

Huo Shiyuan asked the chef and indeed found a jar of lard in the refrigerator.

Yuan Xi scooped half a spoonful of lard into the green vegetable and rice cake, and the taste from her memory washed over her, the long-lost flavor of her parents.

Yuan Xi tasted it and said, “Very good, really delicious.”

Huo Shiyuan replied, “If you like it, I’ll make it for you again in the future.”

Yuan Xi smiled softly and said, “Okay.”

While they were having breakfast, Huo Shiyuan received a call from Qin Lang and, furrowing his brow, said to Yuan Xi, “Sorry, I have to break my promise again. There’s a meeting at Shiyi that I must attend.”

Yuan Xi knew that Huo Shiyuan taking over Shiyi couldn’t be easy.

Unlike Shixi, which was established by Huo Shiyuan himself and where the employees all respected him,

managing the old employees at a century-old conglomerate like Shiyi would be difficult.

Especially since Shiyi Group was a merger of the Huo and Shi families, there had been no shortage of power struggles among the staff.

After becoming the helmsman of Shiyi, Huo Shiyuan also had to treat the old staff from both the Shi and Huo camps impartially.

Yuan Xi said, “It’s fine, just go take care of your business.”

Huo Shiyuan kissed Yuan Xi’s forehead, “I’ll try to come back early.”

After Huo Shiyuan left, Yuan Xi also went to the company.

Not only was Huo Shiyuan busy, but she was also not taking it easy trying to expand Mi Chen’s overseas market; she had been interviewing for the position of the CEO of the overseas department recently.

Yuan Xi had long been accustomed to the busyness of work, but now as a mother, she couldn’t help but occasionally miss her baby, her only solace being able to view the surveillance to ease her longing.

On Monday afternoon, when Yuan Xi was in a video conference with the headquarters, her eyes inadvertently glanced at the monitor within the small screen of her computer, and her brows were tightly knit.

She said to her secretary, Tao Wen, “Take note of the key points of the meeting.”

Yuan Xi left the meeting room and opened the baby room surveillance video on her phone.

In the baby room were Granny Huo, Old Madam Fu, and Qian Yiren.

Old Madam Fu, who had experienced the grief of losing a son, looked visibly aged, now relying on a walking stick.

And beside Old Madam Fu, Qian Yiren was holding An An.

Old Madam Fu said with a gentle laugh, “Your two great-grandchildren really are adorable; they look more like Shiyan.”

Granny Huo said with a smile, “I also think both children resemble Shiyan more.”

Qian Yiren kissed An An on the cheek, “This baby is just too cute, I don’t understand how Yuan Xi could be so heartless, to leave her baby, just over a month old, and go off to work.”

Seeing Qian Yiren with her lipstick-covered face kissing An An’s little cheek made Yuan Xi furrow her brow even more.

Hearing the voices from her phone, Yuan Xi wished she could fly straight back to Yunsen Court.

Old Madam Fu said to Granny Huo, “Yiren is right; how could Yuan Xi go back to work just a few days after her confinement?”

Qian Yiren said, “If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be so heartless, to leave behind two adorable children for work, An’an and Lele are so young and need their mother the most right now.”

Granny Huo was also puzzled by Yuan Xi in this regard.

Qian Yiren sighed, “The Huo Family can certainly afford to take care of her; she truly doesn’t need to go out to earn money, sigh.”

Qian Yiren continued, “Poor Lele is so fragile; actually, if fed with breast milk, he should be able to gain more weight. Yuan Xi went back to work right after her confinement, without considering breastfeeding to boost the baby’s immunity; that’s just too selfish.”

Granny Huo’s frown deepened as she listened.

The Huo Family had no granddaughters, and Lele was the first little girl in the Huo Family in fifty-five years. Both Mr. Huo and Granny Huo adored her immensely.

But indeed, when the two children were put together, they didn’t look like twins at all; An’an appeared to be a size larger than her sister.

Lele was indeed somewhat too frail.

Qian Yiren put down An’an and picked up Lele, saying, “If she was breastfed, indeed it would be more nutritious. Poor little Lele, already so weak and not favored by her mother, and she can only have formula.”

Sitting in the car, Yuan Xi listened to the words of Qian Yiren coming from the surveillance through her phone and suddenly burst into tears.

Lele was frail; how could she possibly not feel distressed?

The scar from her cesarean section was still very prominent on her body, yet people were saying she heartlessly abandoned her child?

Yuan Xi had always been prone to scarring. Even though the doctor had stitched up the wound very carefully to minimize the scar, and she had used the most effective scar removal medicine given to her by Shi Zhen, her scar was still very visible…

Yuan Xi wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and urged the driver to hurry back to Yunsen Court.

By the time Yuan Xi got back to Yunsen Court, Granny Huo, Old Madam Fu, and Qian Yiren had already left.

Yuan Xi said to the nanny beside her, “Go prepare some warm water to wash An’an’s face.”

She’d never bear to kiss that little face herself, so what gave Qian Yiren the right?

For over a month, Yuan Xi had resolutely refrained from kissing the two babies, and wouldn’t let Huo Shiyuan kiss them either.

When Suisui and Yuanzi came to see the babies, they too held back from kissing them, fearing that it might affect the frail children.

After washing An’an’s face with heartache, Yuan Xi captured the segment from the surveillance footage.

Yuan Xi sent the surveillance video clip to Huo Shiyuan, furiously composing a long string of messages, only to delete them in the end and add Huo Shiyuan to the blacklist.

She created a small group chat that included only Chen Yuan and Liang Suisui, and sent the surveillance video to them.

Five minutes later, Chen Yuan sent a message, “How dare this woman kiss An’an? How dare she with her lips covered in lipstick? I’m so angry!”

Sui Sui Good Luck: “This is outrageous! I haven’t even kissed An’an’s little face, and I really want to tear that wretch’s face off. What heartless? What abandonment? Saying not breastfeeding is heartless selfishness? I’m about to die from anger.”

Sui Sui Good Luck: “Xiao Xi, who is that woman? If you don’t rip that wretched mouth of hers today, I’m really going to die of high blood pressure!”

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: “@Sui Sui Good Luck, don’t die from anger just yet, No. 99 Senhai Road, take leave and come over right now.”

Sui Sui Good Luck: “OK! On my way!”

After receiving a phone call from Huo Shiyuan, Yuan Xi hung up and also blacklisted Huo Shiyuan’s number.

Yuan Xi knew that this matter was unrelated to Huo Shiyuan, but “though I slay not Boren, Boren died because of me.”

Qian Yiren came to Yunsen Court to say those words, which were also related to Huo Shiyuan, weren’t they?

Ever since Yuan Xi first saw Qian Yiren in Jiang City, she knew that Qian Yiren was fond of Huo Shiyuan.

The last time, Qian Yiren even mentioned in front of her that she spent time under the same roof as Huo Shiyuan when they were studying abroad.

Moreover, on Valentine’s Day, when Huo Shiyuan was away on a business trip to Jiang City, she knew full well that he was on the phone with Yuan Xi, yet she spoke up, intending to make her misunderstand…

Qian Yiren said these things in front of the children today, wasn’t it all for Huo Shiyuan?

Yuan Xi was truly infuriated, and right now she was so angry, she did not want to listen to anything Huo Shiyuan had to say.

Just as Liang Suisui said, if she did not teach Qian Yiren a lesson today, Yuan Xi feared she might indeed die of anger.

Qian Yiren spent almost all day at the Fu Mansion, and today, Yuan Xi was going to the Fu Mansion to find Qian Yiren without any intention of saving face for the Fu Family.

Yuan Xi knew about the friendship between the Huo Family and the Fu Family. By blacklisting Huo Shiyuan early on, she could act without any concerns…

At the doorway, a bodyguard approached Yuan Xi with a phone, “Madam, a call from President Huo.”

Yuan Xi didn’t take the call. After applying face cream to An’an, who had been washed, she drove to the Fu Mansion.