"Huo Mian, which Huo Mian? Is that the bastard my father once had with a wild woman outside?" These words were said by Huo Yanyan, the daughter of the second wife. This girl was pampered so much that she would not let anyone go. In his eyes, the words he spoke were also so vicious.
"Who said he is a bastard? If you want to put it like that, then sister, you are also the offspring of Er Niang and Dad. Are you also a bastard?" Huo Siqian was smiling when he said this, so it seemed that he was a bastard. Just kidding.
After hearing this, Shen Jiani's face changed slightly...
Huo Yanyan also looked unhappy, "Brother, how can she and I be the same? I grew up in our Huo family, and my mother is well-known. Who is her mother? She ran away with the driver in the end. Bitch.”
After hearing this, Huo Mian just glanced at Huo Yanyan and said coldly, "Educated people don't open and close their mouths with swear words. It seems that the education of the ladies of the Huo family is nothing more than this."
"Who are you saying is uneducated?" Huo Yanyan became furious after hearing this and almost got up.
Shen Jiani pulled her back, "Yanyan, don't make trouble, and don't look at the occasion."
"Since she's here, let's keep watch together. Ah Quan will bring her a mourning cloth." Huo Zhenghai, who had been silent for the whole time, said.
"Yes, sir."
Then, the servant brought a long white filial piety cloth, Huo Mian took it and tied it on her head.
Then he slowly knelt down beside the mourning hall...
In the middle of the mourning hall is the portrait of the old lady, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes.
Huo Mian felt uncomfortable in her heart, but not to the point of bursting into tears. That would seem too fake.
The Huo family also knelt for a while and then rested for a while. Huo Yanyan only knelt for a short while before she felt dizzy and was helped into the villa.
Huo Siyi also escaped on the pretext of entertaining friends. From then on, the only ones left in the mourning hall were Huo Mian and Huo Siqian.
"Xiaomian, take a rest when you are tired. You don't have to kneel all the time."
"I'm not tired." Huo Mian replied while burning paper in the basin.
"Dinner will be eaten soon. You should get up and wash your face first."
"I'm not hungry." Huo Mian refused again.
Huo Siqian stared at Huo Mian's face quietly...
After a while, he added, "If it weren't for the nurse's funeral, you probably wouldn't have entered this house, right?"
"right."
"You are really direct." Huo Siqian raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Huo Mian stopped talking and just silently recited some blessings.
Half an hour later, dinner time
Huo Zhenghai looked around and didn't see Huo Mian, so he asked, "Where is the child?"
"The child is still keeping vigil. I asked Si Qian to call her, but she said she was not hungry and had no appetite." Madam Jiang Hong said.
"Why aren't you hungry? I think she's just pretending. She wants to perform well so that her father will have a good impression of her. Such a woman is the most hypocritical." Huo Yanyan interjected.
"Yanyan, don't talk nonsense."
"Mom, I'm telling the truth. Our classmates said that people from commoner backgrounds may seem innocent, but in fact they are the most scheming. Because they live at the bottom, they have seen many ugly things, and people are not too simple. , Dad don’t believe her.”
Huo Zhenghai glanced at Huo Yanyan without saying a word...
"I don't think Huo Mian is just pretending. She doesn't need to please her father. After all, he hasn't given her any benefits over the years. She seems to be used to it."
Huo Siqian's words made Huo Zhenghai's expression change slightly...
Indeed, he seemed to have forgotten this daughter. If his mother hadn't told him before she died, she would have let Huo Mian come back.
He would not take the initiative to make that call to Yang Meirong...
"Let's eat." Huo Zhenghai said after a long silence.
Twenty minutes later, everyone continued to gather in the mourning hall.
The eldest lady Jiang Hong said slowly, "Zhenghai, the Feng Shui master said that tonight someone must keep vigil day and night, and the person cannot be replaced. It must be kept by one person, preferably a female. Males are afraid of confrontation. Mom liked Yanyan very much during her lifetime. I think I’ll let Yanyan keep watch.”
Huo Yanyan's face changed immediately after hearing this, "Aunt, I can't do it. I have low blood sugar and often faint. My mother made an appointment with a health care doctor for me, and he came to give me fluids soon. You asked the eldest brother and my younger brother Let them keep it.”
How could she do such a terrible thing while keeping vigil alone? She is the little princess of the Huo family.
Shen Jiani also responded hurriedly, "Yes, eldest sister, Yanyan is not in good health, otherwise I will guard her for her."
"How can that be done? You need to be a junior."
"Mom, let Huo Mian stay." Huo Siqian said proactively.
At this time, everyone looked at Huo Mian. Huo Mian also heard their conversation. It was just a vigil, and it was her wish to send her grandma on her last journey.
"Can you do it alone?" Madam looked at Huo Mian and asked.