I Became Super Rich After Resigning-Chapter 54 - Huo Shiyuan is My Ex-Boyfriend

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Huo Shiyuan is My Ex-Boyfriend

Second Aunt Chu’s eyes lit up, “Shiyi Group? Is that the Shiyi Hotel?”

Chu Li leaned on Second Aunt Chu and said, “The three hundred million diamond that Yuan Xi has must be the one Huo Shiyuan gave her, right?”

Granny Chu also felt some regret about her earlier attitude toward Yuan Xi, “A three hundred million diamond ring? The Crown Prince of Shiyi Group gave it to Yuan Xi? Why would Huo Shiyuan give such an expensive diamond to Yuan Xi?”

Chu Yan whispered, “Dad, mom, Grandma, I must admit a mistake to you…”

Everyone in the ward looked at Chu Yan.

Chu Yan said in a low voice, “Actually, the reason Huo Shiyuan gave Yuan Xi the diamond ring is all because of me. Huo Shiyuan is my ex-boyfriend…”

Yuan Xi, overhearing the conversation from the hospital room and watching the elevator arrive, couldn’t bring herself to step in, wanting to listen a bit longer.

It wasn’t until the elevator operator urged her that Yuan Xi hurriedly apologized and entered the elevator.

Inside the ward, Chu Yan said softly, “I dated Huo Shiyuan back in high school, but back then, he wasn’t called Huo Shiyuan, he was called Fu Yi. We were in a relationship for a year, and then I broke up with him. Perhaps he’s harbored resentment against me ever since…

Now that he knows I’m not the Chu family’s biological child and I’m engaged to Bo Fan, he learned that Bo Fan wanted to give me the Charlotte Blue Diamond. So he joined the auction for the Charlotte Blue Diamond, grabbed it, and deliberately gave it to Yuan Xi…”

“My god, Sister Yan Yan, wasn’t that three hundred million-dollar diamond originally yours?” Chu Li said. “From what you’re saying, Huo Shiyuan approached Yuan Xi to get revenge on you, right?”

Chu Yan said anxiously, “Yes, it’s so late; there’s no way Huo Shiyuan is calling my sister for work-related reasons… I’m afraid my actions will bring harm to my sister.”

Chu Li said, “Don’t worry. Yuan Xi isn’t foolish enough to have such wishful thinking. Even if Yuan Xi is the real heiress of our family, she’s been married once before and is pregnant now. If she’s so vain as to think Huo Shiyuan genuinely likes her, then she deserves to be used by Huo Shiyuan for revenge against you.”

Yang Ying frowned upon hearing Chu Li’s words, “Chu Li!”

Chu Li dared not say any more.

Chu Yan turned to Chu Lin, “Brother, I know sister doesn’t like me. You should convince her. I support her divorce from her current husband. Sister deserves a better man. But Huo Shiyuan isn’t someone our sister can aspire to. The Huo family’s wealth and power both far surpass ours…”

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Although the Bo Family’s wealth no longer compares to the Chu Family’s, the Bo Family has been wealthy for over a century, and can truly be considered one of Jiang City’s old-money noble families.

The Chu Family’s wealth has only spanned thirty years. When Chu Yan was little, the Chu Family was even called upstarts.

Although the Chu Family now ranks among the top four wealthy families, it still lacks the heritage of the Bo Family.

The Chu Family’s marriage alliance with the Bo Family was meant to solidify its standing as an old-money noble family in Jiang City.

And both the Huo Family and the Shi Family have been wealthy since a century ago. Huo Shiyuan’s great-grandfather created Shiyi when he was young, and the Shiyi Hotel has nearly a hundred years of history now.

The Huo Family has both heritage and wealth. Even though Chu Neng’s market value is not low, it still falls quite far behind the Huo Family in the rankings of the rich.

Especially since Huo Shiyuan, so young, has established Shixi Finance.

Even Chu Yan herself dare not have delusions about rekindling her relationship with Huo Shiyuan. She is content with Bo Fan, truly fearing Yuan Xi might be confused enough to be used by Huo Shiyuan for revenge against her.

Chu Lin replied, “I will speak to Yuan Xi properly and tell her not to indulge in such fantasy.”

Yuan Xi in the elevator finally understood what Chu Yan meant when she said that Huo Shiyuan was her ex-boyfriend.

Gu Hanchen, that childish ghost, had Fu Yi pretend to be Huo Shiyuan. Chu Yan looked unnatural when she saw Fu Yi, so he was her ex-boyfriend.

Yuan Xi left the hospital and saw that it had started raining.

Huo Shiyuan came over with an umbrella, “I went to buy some tonics, shall we go up together and visit mom?”

Yuan Xi shook her head, “No need, it’s late. You should head back.”

Yuan Xi didn’t want to see Granny Chu’s demeanour again, nor did she want Huo Shiyuan to see it.

After getting into the car, Yuan Xi saw that Xiao Shihuo was also there.

“Sister!”

Yuan Xi sat down beside Xiao Shihuo, “What are you doing here too?”

Xiao Shihuo said, “I like Sister.”

Yuan Xi touched his little cheek, “I like Little Huohuo too.”

Huo Shiyan drove himself today. After fastening his seatbelt, he looked back at Yuan Xi, “Do you like Little Huohuo more, or do you like me more?”

Yuan Xi was startled; she hadn’t expected this question to come from Huo Shiyan.

Little Shihuo dangled his little legs, “Definitely like me more, I’m cuter and better-looking than brother!”

Yuan Xi nodded, “Mm, I like Little Huohuo more.”

Little Shihuo was very happy, “Brother, sister likes me more!”

Huo Shiyan furrowed his brow, clearly displeased throughout the whole trip.

Inside the Ruohu Mansion, Yuan Xi emerged from the bathroom, drying her damp hair with a hairdryer.

Huo Shiyan walked over to Yuan Xi, blowing her hair for her, “Why would you like that stinky boy more than me?”

Yuan Xi, looking at the mirror in front of her, saw that Huo Shiyan, fresh out of the shower, hadn’t put on a shirt. His six-pack abs made Yuan Xi repeatedly look away.

During the time they lived together, Huo Shiyan would wear pajamas with long sleeves and pants every day. Suddenly, he switched to wearing sports shorts and going shirtless, which made Yuan Xi somewhat uncomfortable.

Yuan Xi whispered softly, “He’s a child, if I said I liked you more, he would be sad.”

“You’re not afraid that I would be sad?” Huo Shiyan turned off the hairdryer and asked quietly.

Yuan Xi: “Ah? You’re so grown up, would you still get sad?”

“I would.”

Yuan Xi smiled lightly, “I’ve never seen you as a child. Little Huohuo looks just like you did when you were young. So if I like him more, it’s like liking you more when you were a child. In fact, it’s because of you that I like him.”

Yuan Xi looked up into Huo Shiyan’s eyes, “Okay, I like you a little more.”

Huo Shiyan reached out to hold Yuan Xi’s head and lowered his head to kiss her red lips. In the bathroom, still humid from the shower, Yuan Xi felt she had broken into a sweat again.

It was a long while before Huo Shiyan let go of Yuan Xi, glanced at her stomach, and sighed softly, “I’m going to take another shower.”

After Huo Shiyan left, Yuan Xi found herself blushing and it took a long time to calm down.

The look in Huo Shiyan’s eyes just then made Yuan Xi feel that he liked her for who she was, not as a substitute for his childhood sweetheart.

…

At the Jiangye Club, lights glowed red and green amidst a haze of drunken revelry.

Gu Hanchen sat on the sofa, watching Bo Fan toast after toast to Fu Yi, his sycophantic eagerness made Gu Hanchen almost laugh.

“Mr. Gu, what a coincidence to bump into you here.”

Liang Suisui approached Gu Hanchen.

Gu Hanchen said, “It’s not a coincidence. I’m here every day. It’d be a coincidence if you came here and didn’t run into me.”

Liang Suisui: “So while Yuan Xi is working hard all year round for Mi Chen without a day off, you get to be here enjoying yourself every day?”

Listening to Liang Suisui’s complaint, Gu Hanchen said, “Then, I’ll come less often. Since we’ve met today, let’s go to the private room. Play cards together. Do you know how to play gan da’n? Today, Chu Lin had something to do, and we’ve been one short.”

Liang Suisui: “I know how. Let’s play together then.”

Once in the private room, Liang Suisui overheard Bo Fan talking with Fu Yi. Hearing Bo Fan call him President Huo and chatting about Shixi, Liang Suisui was a bit puzzled.

Gu Hanchen leaned in and whispered to Liang Suisui the story about asking Fu Yi to pretend to be Huo Shiyan, to which Liang Suisui rolled her eyes at Gu Hanchen, “That’s really immature.”

Liang Suisui hadn’t expected the president of such a big company like Mi Chen to be so childish.

When Chu Lin walked into the private room, he saw Liang Suisui and Gu Hanchen acting affectionately and whispering to each other.

Remembering the car Liang Suisui had bumped into the other day and her telling him to go to the seventh hospital to get his brain checked, Chu Lin’s face didn’t look very good.

“Gu Hanchen, why is she here?”

Gu Hanchen said, “She’s a friend of Yuan Xi, we ran into each other at Jiangye today, it’s fate. We came to play gan da’n together.”

Chu Lin scoffed, “Is it fate, or does she want to come to Jiangye to fish for a rich husband? Who doesn’t know you’re here every day?”

Liang Suisui laughed lightly, “That seventh hospital really is something, letting a patient with an untreated brain condition out.”