(BOOK 2) MAdam is a Sensational Figure in the City

409-410

Your friend?" Ren Hanxuan asked in surprise.
"Why? Is that not allowed?"

Ren Hanxuan sized up Tan Sangsang before looking at Yan Jinyi in disdain.

'Indeed, birds of the same feather do flock together. What is Huo Xishen thinking? He actually married such a woman.'
"Sangsang, come sit over here."
Yan Jinyi pointed to the seat beside her and put all the meat in front of herself. "Miss Ren gets fat easily,she can't eat meat all the time. Seems like we have to finish the meat."
Ren Hanxuan was furious. 'Who said that I get fat easily? Even if I don't have to eat, what about Chengyu and my father?'
"Second Young Mistress Huo, if you like meat so much, just order more, don't you think you're being selfish by taking all the meat?"
"Selfish? What's that?" Yan Jinyi asked.
"You..."
"By the way, Chengyu, are you paying for this meal?" Yan Jinyi asked, looking at Huo Chengyu.
Huo Chengyu nodded.
"I can't let you do that, the bill is going to be so expensive. Sangsang and I can buy several outfits with that amount of money." Yan Jinyi frowned and slammed her hand against the table. "Miss Ren and Mr. Ren, since we're not related to each other, let's go Dutch on this meal. Remember to chip in for your share when we're picking up the tab later."
'Since you called me selfish, I'll show you what it's like to be selfish!'
'Who spoiled you rotten and let you sponge off others all day?'
Ren Hanxuan was in disbelief and she even thought that she had heard wrongly.
She asked with bewilderment in her eyes, "Second Young Mistress Huo, it's just a few thousand yuan. You're representing the Huo Family after all, there's no need to do this, right?"

"Who are you? Are you a Huo? The Huo family's business may be prosperous but it's because our ancestors worked hard to establish and expand it, what does it have to do with you? Look at how kind your father looks, how did he give birth to a selfish brat like you? Tsk, tsk, I feel so ashamed for your father."
After saying that, Yan Jinyi shook her head seriously.
Feeling a little embarrassed, Mr. Ren said, "Hanxuan was the one who went overboard, don't worry, Second Young Mistress Huo, this meal's on me."
Yan Jinyi suddenly raised the pitch of her voice. "Mr. Ren, you're going to treat us to a meal? Okay then, Waiter, I would like to have a seafood set please."
Tan Sangsang sat at the side quietly, viewing Yan Jinyi in a different light.
If Yan Jinyi used to be like that in the past, her high school classmates wouldn't have bullied her all the time.
Huo Chengyu watched them while resting his chin in one hand, as if he wasn't involved at all.
Halfway through dinner, Huo Xishen called.
Reminded of Ren Hanxuan's remark about their unharmonious marriage with Huo Xishen, Yan Jinyi pressed the loudspeaker button.
Soon Huo Xishen's unique, clear voice came from the speaker of the phone. "Darling, when are you coming home?"
"Oh, I'm with Chengyu."
Huo Chengyu moved close to her cell phone and greeted Huo Xishen.

On the other end, Huo Xishen stayed silent for a moment before saying, "I'll have to trouble you to send my wife home then."
He emphasized on the words "my wife."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely bring her home safely."
Huo Xishen expressed assent and said, "Have fun, Darling."
Yan Jinyi grabbed the cell phone and asked flirtatiously with some ambiguity, "Mr. Huo, do you miss my body?"
After she said that, everyone turned to look at her.
Yan Jinyi remained calm and said, "Be good, I'll satisfy you when I get home."
Huo Xishen didn't answer and hung up the call instead.
"My husband is shy, don't mind him."
Ren Hanxuan pulled down the tablecloth with her heart full of jealousy and she said, "It seems that Second Young Mistress Huo has a loving relationship with Mr. Huo Xishen."
Yan Jinyi said shyly, "Ah, of course, he won't be at ease unless he hugs me to sleep everyday!"

She originally wanted to use the opportunity of this meal to get closer to Huo Chengyu but to her surprise, Yan Jinyi showed up out of nowhere, making her unusually peeved.

Ren Hanxuan wished she could chop Yan Jinyi up

She always felt that Huo Chengyu wasn't as nice and amicable as he seemed to be on the surface.

He was often gloomy and stern.

Shaking off the goosebumps on her body, she leaned close to Tan Sangsang and said, "Sangsang is timid. My godson wants me to send her home so Big Brother, go home first."

Huo Chengyu had just sent Ren Hanxuan and her father away and was getting ready to open the car door. When he heard her words, he said with a gentle smile, "It's alright, I can send Miss Tan home first."

Tan Sangsang hurriedly shook her head and refuted, "No thank you, Mr. Huo, I have some things to say to Jinyi."

"Xishen insisted that I send Jinyi home."

Han Jinyi suddenly realized that at some point, Huo Chengyu had also started called her by her name instead of 'Sister-in-law'.

'How rude.'

She glanced at the brick beside the stone pier.

"Chengyu, come with me."

Despite being bewildered, Huo Chengyu tagged along nevertheless.

Yan Jinyi was doing some stretching exercises and she asked, "Look guys, what's this?"

Tan Sangsang was the first to answer, "Half a brick."

Yan Jinyi nodded and chopped the brick with her hand, causing it to shatter into pieces immediately.

Tan Sangsang blinked and Huo Chengyu's eyelid twitched.

Yan Jinyi patted the dust on her hand and said, "Look, they've turned into rubble now."

"..."

Yan Jinyi glanced at Huo Chengyu again. "Chengyu, just protect yourself well, I'm not a pushover."

Huo Chengyu finally recovered from the shock and suddenly recalled Huo Zihang mentioning before that Yan Jinyi performed an act of brick-smashing during the first variety show she participated it.

She...was indeed quite capable of smashing bricks.

"Miss Tan is quite vulnerable, Jinyi, protect her well."

After saying that, Huo Chengyu coughed and got into the car to start the engine.

When the car vanished out of sight, Tan Sangsang shuddered and asked, "Jin...Jinyi, what exactly have you gone through?"

"Huh?"

"Did the Huo family hire a martial arts teacher for you? Are the fees expensive? Why don't you let me learn some self-defense skills?"

'So cool! No wonder Jinyi's fans put her on a pedestal and hold her in such high regard.'

'Ah, Jinyi's fans must feel such a strong sense of security. I want to be the leader of her fans!'

Tan Sangsang had already made up her mind that she would join Yan Jinyi's fan club.

Yan Jinyi reached out to put an arm around Tan Sangsang's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll protect you."

Tan Sangsang couldn't help but raise her head and stare at Yan Jinyi's pretty face while her heart pounded rapidly.

She suddenly realized that she was very much in awe of her childhood friend.

Tan Sangsang lived in an old neighborhood where all the buildings were more than two decades old. It had a retro vibe to it.

She lived on the first floor and she had planted some plants on the courtyard outside her home.

Yan Jinyi liked her house very much.

"Jinyi, it's quite late, why don't you stay over at my place tonight?"

Holding a cup of water in hand, Tan Sangsang looked at Yan Jinyi who was standing in the courtyard, wrapped in a thick rug while white snow landed on her hair.

She couldn't help take out her cell phone to snap a photo of Yan Jinyi as it was a beautiful sight.

"Sure."

Yan Jinyi agreed. She had never slept on the same bed as Mu Mu before.

Tan Sangsang was a little excited but when she considered the fact that Yan Jinyi had been living in luxury, she asked her mother to change the bedsheets.

"Where's your son?"

"Mu Mu has already gone to bed. You will see him tomorrow.

Yan Jinyi nodded and took the opportunity to move a small stool to the entrance of the courtyard where she began to play with her cell phone.