Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Disliked

Sure enough, when Huo Chi went back and recounted what had happened, the whole family was furious.

Shen Xiuqin supported Xu Qinghuan, looking up and down, and asked, “Are you alright? Don’t worry, I’ll go to the Jiang Family tomorrow to demand an explanation. Why are they bullying people like this? I want everyone in Yan City to know that my Huanhuan is not that easily bullied.”

“Godmother, I’m fine, but what exactly did the Jiang Family lose that called for such a big fuss? What’s going on?” Xu Qinghuan quickly shifted everyone’s attention.

Huo Fuhai was also quite curious, “Zhenqing, find out tomorrow what exactly made that old fellow make such a fuss?”

Ordinary money and goods certainly wouldn’t make the Jiang Family go to such lengths.

“Alright, I’ll find out tomorrow.”

Xu Qinghuan let the old man lie down in his room, took off his top, and lay on the bed as she came over to use the needles on him.

The old man happily went along. Huo Zhenqing, being very filial, naturally had to stay by his side, while Huo Chi was purely there for the spectacle, and Jiang Xingye stayed close to Xu Qinghuan without leaving her side.

The old lady also followed to watch the show.

Xu Qinghuan sterilized the silver needles, then densely inserted more than ten of them into the old man’s back. She picked, shook, or flicked them with great skill.

Huo Zhenqing found it somewhat incredible. This skill could not be executed without twenty or thirty years of experience.

But some people with extraordinary talent had to be an exception.

Everyone chatted in the room, waiting, when suddenly a piercing scream erupted, and before everyone could react, they heard continuous wailing.

The old lady was startled, never expecting it was her eldest grandson, “Who is it, screaming so frighteningly!”

Xu Qinghuan wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

If she had known he was so afraid of pain, she wouldn’t have changed Huo Zui’s medication.

When Jiang Xingye had taken that Bone Tempering and Muscle Strengthening Pill, the pain was unknown multiples of what Huo Zui was enduring, yet he never made a single sound throughout.

Shen Xiuqin’s cries came, “Zui’er, what’s wrong with you? Boohoo, quickly tell mom, what’s happening to you?”

Huo Zhenqing leapt up, being the first to rush out the room, followed quickly by the old lady. Even Huo Chi could no longer stay calm.

The old man couldn’t lie still either, but Xu Qinghuan quickly reassured him, “Grandpa, don’t move. There’s nothing wrong with Huo Zui. For him to recover quickly, I adjusted his medication. It will hurt a bit, but he’s just being overly dramatic.”

She would never admit that the pain was worse than childbirth.

Huo Zui was just too much of a coward!

Compared to Jiang Xingye, he was such a coward!

Xu Qinghuan prepared her mental fortitude, as her reassurance also calmed the old man, “Useless fool. If this happened on the battlefield, would he start calling for his parents if he got shot?”

Xu Qinghuan chuckled, “You just lie down; I’ll go take a look.”

“Don’t go, what’s there to see? Ignore him!”

Of course, Xu Qinghuan could not ignore it. When she got there, Huo Zui was sitting on the bed, clutching his injured leg, drenched in sweat and wishing he could cut it off.

Seeing Xu Qinghuan arrive, Huo Zui felt embarrassed to cry out again and gritted his teeth.

Xu Qinghuan casually handed him a towel, “Bite it. It will be fine once the pain passes. I told you not to switch medication, but you insisted. You claimed you weren’t afraid of pain, but it really is quite painful.”

Jiang Xingye took the opportunity to say, “Was it as painful as I had?”

Xu Qinghuan shook her head, “Not even close, not even a tenth.”

Huo Zui’s face was pale and he was panting, “It doesn’t hurt, who said it hurts!”

Xu Qinghuan replied, “That’s good then!”

Shen Xiuqin didn’t know what happened, but seeing Xu Qinghuan so calm, she opened her mouth but finally said nothing.

But the old lady, not knowing, asked directly, “Huanhuan, what exactly is going on?”

Xu Qinghuan replied, “Grandma, well, it’s all because of Zui… Big Brother. He insisted on recovering quickly, so he asked me to prescribe the fastest-working medicine, which naturally comes with a bit of a price. It really does hurt.”

She didn’t know how to address the two sons of the Huo Family. She had intended to call him Brother Zui, but a light glance from Jiang Xingye made her change her words.

However, he still seemed unsatisfied.

Yet she couldn’t just call them by name; that would be too impolite. But continuing to call him Huo Camp Commander given the current relationship seemed too distant, and she was afraid the elders might misunderstand.

The old lady immediately scoffed at Huo Zui, “Serves you right!”

She still cared for him, but this was self-inflicted; what else could it be but deserved?

Shen Xiuqin was furious, “If you want to mess around, mess around with yourself. It’s the middle of the night, and you’ve made the whole family restless!”

Huo Zhenqing originally thought his eldest son would be a capable figure in the future, but now, he was beginning to have some doubts.

The people came rushing in, and then rushed out again.

Huo Zui was still writhing in pain, wanting to call out “Mom” when seeing no one paying attention to him, but swallowed the words back down; he just didn’t believe he couldn’t surpass Jiang Xingye.

Half an hour passed, Xu Qinghuan removed the needles from the old man and asked, “Grandpa, how do you feel?”

The old man turned over briskly, “Great, I feel comfortable all over, and I’m getting sleepy.”

“Then rest well, you should feel much better tomorrow. For the next few days, I’ll give you a session every day. Tomorrow morning, I’ll do it when the yang energy is strong. After it’s done, stand in the sun for a while to gather some strength.”

In the medicine Xu Qinghuan used for both the old man and the old lady, she had added a bit of Qi Blood Pill powder, which was quite effective.

Seeing Xu Qinghuan finish, Shen Xiuqin personally took her to the third floor, opened the room with the floor-to-ceiling windows at the west end. It was a large room, about forty to fifty square meters, with a private bathroom and a small living area.

In the center was a large bed with light green mosquito netting, with matching light green floral embroidered sheets and quilts, bedside cabinets on both sides, a dresser against the wall, and large wardrobes filling two walls. The doors and furniture were all off-white.

It was different from the walnut-colored furniture style downstairs.

Xu Qinghuan was quite pleased with the room’s arrangement and was also a bit curious, given that the Huo Family had no daughters, why this room was decorated in such a style.

“From the moment I entered the Huo Family, the old man and the old lady hoped for a girl. Later when we moved to this compound here, just when I was pregnant with Huo Yuan, the old lady said it had to be a girl, so when decorating the room, this largest room on the third floor was done in this style.”

Who knew, the child born was Huo Yuan, a boy.

Huo Yuan came running over, circling the room, “Sister Huanhuan, my mom, my grandma, they all dislike me.”

Xu Qinghuan rubbed Huo Yuan’s little face, still chubby with baby fat, “I don’t dislike you, I like you the best!”

Huo Yuan looked a bit proud, casting a challenging glance at his mom, as if to say, if you don’t like me, there are others who do.

Shen Xiuqin glared at him and turned to leave.

Jiang Xingye came upstairs after his bath to find Xu Qinghuan chatting with Huo Yuan on the sofa.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Xu Qinghuan asked, hugging a pillow and sitting cross-legged on the couch, appearing very comfortable and at ease.

She seemed to adapt well to such a privileged environment, as if she was inherently someone who belonged in it, like a princess living in a luxurious castle.

Jiang Xingye’s eyes were fixed only on her.

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