Chapter 1278 - Huo Mian, I Love You (9)
My Youth Began With Him-Webnovel
Translator: Noodletown Translations  Editor: Noodletown Translations
Upon hearing this, Huo Mian quietly got on Huo Siqianâs car; she hadnât seen Huo Zhenghai in such a long timeâ¦
During the Huo Familyâs civil war, she didnât help Huo Zhenghai, so he was quickly defeated.
Afterward, Huo Siqian put him on house arrest, making his life more pathetic than ever.
To Huo Mianâs surprise, however, he was dying alreadyâ¦
Neither of them said anything as the car drove forward.
Huo Mian was careful around Huo Siqian, so rather than sitting in the passengerâs seat, she sat in the backseat.
âYou drank?â Huo Siqian asked with a chuckle.
âHow did you know?â
âThe smell is really pungentâ¦â
Huo Siqianâs car was filled with the smell of alcohol, but Huo Mian, being the one who drank, didnât notice it at all.
She didnât answerâ¦
âQin Chu let you drink with another man in the middle of the night?â
âHow did you know I drank with another man?â Huo Mian was curious; how did he know? Was he magical?
âI saw Ni Yangâs sportscar outside the restaurant just nowâ¦â
Huo Mian didnât know what to say; she had to admit, however, that Huo Siqian was so attentive to details that he was borderline scaryâ¦
âWonât Qin Chu get jealous?â
âWhy would he? Ni Yangâs like a little brother to me,â Huo Mian answered, rolling her eyes at him.
Huo Siqian smiled but didnât respondâ¦
âHowâs life after marriage? Is it going well? Howâs Song Yishi?â Huo Mian suddenly gossiped.
âItâs been pretty good.â
âReally?â Huo Mian asked, obviously doubtful.
He married Song Yishi! How can someoneâs married life be good with her as a bride?
âOf course⦠but I was saying that my life was good⦠I never asked her how she felt.â Huo Siqianâs smile seemed to have some kind of deeper meaning.
Whenever Song Yishi saw Huo Siqian, she looked at him as if he was a ghost, ready to run away at any timeâ¦
He wasnât someone to spoil a woman, and he was even capable of beating and whipping themâ¦
Song Yishi would never forget how his belt felt on their wedding nightâ¦
After twenty minutes in Huo Siqianâs car, he parked outside a desolate mansion.
Huo Mian looked outside; they seemed to be in the northeast of C City, somewhere even the government hadnât yet developed.
The Huo Family owned a piece of land here but never did anything with it.
Later, Huo Zhenghai built a mansion here to live with his mistress but was now being held in captivity, like a prisoner. How ironicâ¦
âWhat happened to him?â worried, Huo Mian asked as they walked up to the doors of the mansion.
âHis health was never that good to begin with, but he knew no limits⦠Heâs been trying too hard to have a son and ultimately overindulged⦠No one can save him nowâ¦â
Huo Mian was speechlessâ¦
âDonât look at me like that, I didnât do anything to him. At the end of the day, heâs still my foster father. Iâm not cold-blooded enough to try to kill himâ¦â
Huo Siqian explained, trying to shake blame off himself.
Huo Mian didnât say anything and followed him inâ¦
âSir, youâre here.â An old woman, around 50 years old, opened the door to greet them.
Her outfit was plain and her hair was grayingâ¦
âYeah,â Huo Siqian led Huo Mian into the mansion as he casually asked, âhowâs he doing today?â
âHeâs⦠not doing very well. He only had some porridge but threw it all up in the afternoon. Dr. Wang came to give him a shot of nutrition a while ago.â
âOkay, I got it.â
Then, he and Huo Mian went upstairs and into the master bedroom.
Huo Zhenghai lied on a giant ivory bed with an IV in his arm. His expression was pale and lifelessâ¦
Huo Mian didnât expect to see him like this, since it had only been a month since they last saw each other.
He had lost a lot of weight and both of his cheeks had sunk into his bones.
âGo check on him. I donât think heâll want to see me, so Iâll wait outside,â Huo Siqian said outside the door.
Feeling a little uncomfortable, Huo Mian slowly headed towards Huo Zhenghai. After pausing for a second, she called out, âMr. Huo.â
This was probably the most suitable name she could call him right nowâ¦
Huo Zhenghai slowly opened his eyes to look at Huo Mian. âYouâre⦠here?â