What to Do If I Become the Villain's Daughter

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Concerned that Huo Guining might catch his illness, Huo Xiaozheng briefly told her about his past with Song Qing. Then he urged her to leave quickly.

Huo Guining stood thoughtfully holding the food tray. Was this a case of Song Qing's unrequited love turning to hatred? But where did Song Tianbai come from in all this...?

Feeling she had discovered a blind spot, Huo Guining put down the tray and wanted to go back to ask Huo Xiaozheng. She reached for the door handle but found it wouldn't turn at all.

Huo Guining called out in disbelief: "Dad? Why did you lock the door?"

Huo Xiaozheng's voice came from behind the door.

"I was worried you might absentmindedly come in again." Huo Xiaozheng's voice was a bit hoarse, and he coughed a few times.

Huo Guining said in a disappointed tone: "Please unlock the door. I won't come in again."

Worried Huo Xiaozheng wouldn't believe her, she swore at the door: "If I come in again, I'm a puppy."

Huo Xiaozheng behind the door let out a short laugh, then unlocked the door.

Hearing that 'click', Huo Guining was happy and carried the tray downstairs.

Zheng Jinxiu expressed some concern, but upon learning that Huo Xiaozheng had already eaten porridge and food, she felt much more at ease. She praised Huo Guining a bit, then asked her to call Huo Yueze for breakfast.

Huo Guining obediently did as asked.

With Huo Xiaozheng ill, Huo Guining wasn't in the mood to play. After breakfast, she set up an easel in the old mansion's garden and started painting.

Huo Yueze finished breakfast and came over, inviting her to go out and play.

Huo Guining refused him righteously: "I need to take care of Dad. I can't go out to play with you."

At eighteen, Huo Yueze had grown much taller. At the last family dinner, he had boasted at the table about being 180cm tall now.

His features had also shed their former immaturity, gradually becoming more defined.

But in Huo Guining's heart, he had never changed.

"If you're not going, it won't be fun for me to go alone." Three years had passed, and Huo Yueze had gone further down the path of showing off his sister.

None of his friends didn't know Huo Guining.

Originally, some friends had invited him to play an escape room game. Huo Yueze thought Ning Ning hadn't played before and might be interested, so he agreed.

He didn't expect his uncle to suddenly fall ill, which held Ning Ning back.

So, he figured they might as well both stay at home and play video games together.

Thinking this, Huo Yueze sat down on the garden swing, playing with his phone while keeping Ning Ning company as she painted.

At nine in the morning, the sun was already high, but the siblings, sheltered under a maple tree, weren't too hot.

A sound of footsteps interrupted this moment of tranquility.

"Ning Ning, a young boy is here saying he's looking for you," the butler came over and told Huo Guining.

Huo Guining pulled herself away from her painting: "A young boy? What's his name?"

"He said his name is Song Tianbai."

Huo Guining couldn't help but frown, muttering: "What's he doing here..."

Just as Huo Yueze's friends were very familiar with Huo Guining, Huo Yueze knew all of Ning Ning's friends as well.