Chapter 280: Chapter 280 Emperor
Xiao Jinghuai walked ahead with Song Song and Jiang Yixiu, but was quickly stopped by Huo Junting shouting from behind!
"Wait—"
The three of them turned around in confusion at almost the same time.
Song Song asked uneasily, "Big brother, do you have something to say?"
Huo Junting approached with a stern face, and his eyes seemed to conceal sharp blades as they swept over Song Song, finally landing on Xiao Jinghuai, "Is President Xiao really planning to leave it like this?"
"What does Mr. Huo mean? I’m not quite sure..."
Xiao Jinghuai gave a gentle smile.
Huo Junting spoke frankly, "Doesn’t President Xiao want Song Song to keep holding onto this issue in her heart? I think she would very much like her mother’s blessing, but obviously, President Xiao doesn’t see this matter as important."
Song Song had to admit that Huo Junting was expressing exactly what she was thinking—
To be honest, what girl wouldn’t want her mother’s blessing on her marriage? She certainly wanted it desperately.
But...
What could she do?
On one side was the man she liked, and on the other was her birth mother. Being caught in the middle was incredibly difficult.
Xiao Jinghuai glanced at the little girl beside him and saw her eyes darting anxiously, knowing that Huo Junting had guessed her thoughts—
"Mr. Huo, there’s no need for you to trouble yourself with this matter."
"Song Song, let’s go—"
After the three of them had walked a short distance away, Jiang Yixiu suddenly said, "Ha! That elder brother of Huo Huohuo really seems rigid and inflexible. I bet his daily life is really boring. Old Xiao, I always thought you were boring enough, but I didn’t expect there to be someone even more so."
As soon as he finished speaking, he received a cold glare that frightened Jiang Yixiu into immediate silence.
On the way back, Song Song seemed a bit out of sorts.
Her thoughts were transparent to the man driving beside her, "If you have something to say, go ahead."
Song Song glanced at him, "You were the one who told me to speak, so I will!"
"Hmm."
"I always thought you got along well with my mom, after all, you were the last person to see her when she suddenly left... so I thought..."
So she had always believed that their relationship wouldn’t be too strained, but unexpectedly...
What she feared the most still happened.
Xiao Jinghuai’s eyes deepened slightly. His conversation with her mother at that time wasn’t deep. Her mother’s attitude towards him was as if speaking to a peer.
Because back then, he was her friend’s little uncle.
She told him to take good care of the little girl for a while.
Now she probably didn’t expect his "care" would mean marrying her daughter.
For a mother, this gap might feel like betrayal.
She might even think he deceived her daughter.
"...Why are you silent?"
Song Song turned her head, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.
Xiao Jinghuai reached out and pinched her cheek, "Some things are beyond your emotional intelligence, so let’s not add to your worries."
Song Song: "..."
"Contact your mom and tell her I’ll be hosting her at the Dynasty, hoping she will do me the honor—"
Song Song’s heart tightened, "Are you sure? My mom... her temper is fiery and uncontrollable. If she dislikes someone, she might really do anything, and I don’t want her..."
He is a favored child of fate, how could he be reprimanded by a woman?
She really didn’t want them to deepen any conflicts further.
"Your worry makes me think your mother is unreasonable."
Song Song suddenly felt a bit awkward, "Sometimes my mom can be unreasonable, I don’t understand where she got such a personality, as if she needs everyone to revolve around her..."
"Even more than a princess, but clearly she isn’t! We’re so poor."
"..."
Xiao Jinghuai did not see it that way; her mother’s aura was clearly extraordinary—
But this silly girl probably doesn’t know anything!
...
Almost at the same time, Song Xueqin was alone in a room, holding a black box in her hands.
Inside the box was a yellowed booklet, with the word "Dynasty" prominently written on it.