Chapter 124: We can live separately
Jiangcheng is about two hours’ drive from City A.

It was around seven in the evening when we arrived at the Huo family's old house, and the summer sky was just beginning to get dark.

As soon as Yuan Xi got out of the car, he saw a figure rushing over and picking up Xiao Shihuo.

Shi Zhen hugged Xiao Shihuo's face and kissed him several times, "My dear baby, mommy misses you so much."

Xiao Shihuo hugged Shi Zhen's neck and said, "I miss my mother too!"

Yuan Xi glanced at Huo Shiyan and stepped forward to greet her, "Ms. Shi."

Shi Zhen smiled at Yuan Xi and said, "Can you tell the gender of the baby in your belly? Is it a girl?"

Shi Zhen has no daughter, and hopes to have a girl who can be dressed up as a real-life doll.

Huo Shiyan: "I haven't checked yet, it's either a boy or a girl."

Huo Shiyan looked at Huo Ting who came out of the door and shouted, "Dad."

Yuan Xi followed Huo Shiyan and said, "Dad."

Huo Ting looked at Yuan Xi and said, "Is this the little sister Xiao Xi who hugged a tree and cried when you were a child and didn't want to leave her?"

Huo Shiyan frowned slightly.

Xiao Shihuo pouted in Shi Zhen's arms and said, "Did my brother cry when he was little? He wouldn't let me cry, saying that a real man shouldn't cry."

Shi Zhen: "Your brother cried a lot when he was little. Every time he left Jiangcheng, he would cry for several days, especially during the first two years when he went abroad to study, he cried every day."

Huo Shiyan frowned and said coldly: "No."

Yuan Xi saw a familiar figure coming out of the house, and she felt more certain that Huo Shiyan was her younger brother.

After not seeing her for more than ten years, Grandma Shi has aged a lot, but she is still the kind and elegant old lady she was when I was young.

Every time Grandma Shi went back to the village, she would bring them gifts, sometimes beautiful dresses, sometimes books, and sometimes cakes from City A.

Yuan Xilian stepped forward and said, "Grandma Shi."

Grandma Shi held Yuan Xi's hand and said with a kind smile, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years. You have grown so tall and big all of a sudden. Time really flies."

Yuan Xi chuckled and said, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but Grandma Shi is still the same as before."

Grandma Shi said, "It has changed a lot. It's hot outside. Let's go inside."

Yuan Xi followed Huo Shiyan into the house and saw two old men sitting on the sofa. One was Mr. Huo whom she had met before, and the other should be Huo Shiyan's grandfather, Mr. Shi.

The two old men have their own majesty.

Huo Shiyan lowered his head and said, "Grandpa, grandpa, this is Xiaoxi."

Yuan Xi smiled faintly and said, "Grandpa, grandpa."

Mr. Shi said, "Hello, Xiaoxi, we are waiting for you to come back for dinner, let's go to the restaurant."

In the restaurant, Yuan Xi also saw an even bigger shot, Minister Xiao, the father of Huo Shiyan's uncle Xiao Yun. Even though Yuan Xi was used to big scenes, he was still a little stage frightened.

Huo Shiyan held Yuan Xi's hand tightly and said softly, "Don't be nervous, they all know you."

Yuan Xi raised his eyes and looked at Huo Shiyan. They all knew him, but he didn't know them.

"Aunt, uncle, this is Xiaoxi."

Yuan Xi followed suit and greeted, "Uncle, Aunt."

Aunt Huo smiled and said, "Hurry up and sit down to eat."

After Yuan Xi sat down, she tried her best not to be nervous. After all, she had been working for five years and had seen all kinds of occasions. But in a sense, this was also her first time to have dinner with Huo Shiyan's elders.

Grandma Shi asked Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyan to sit next to her and used a serving chopstick to pick up some sweet and sour pork ribs for Yuan Xi. "I remember your favorite dish is sweet and sour pork ribs."

"Yes, thank you, Grandma Shi."

Grandma Shi looked at Yuan Xi lovingly and said, "Eat more. You look so thin."

Yuan Xi smiled faintly, "Okay."

Huo Shiyan was chubby when she was a child, and she thought it was all thanks to Grandma Shi. She remembered that when they went to Grandma Shi's house, Grandma Shi loved to feed them.

Especially when Shi Lei was a child, he was very thin. When Shi's grandmother saw him, she would always find something for him to eat. With Shi's grandmother feeding him, Yuan Xi's nervousness gradually dissipated.

After dinner, Huo Shiyan was called into the study by Mr. Shi and Mr. Huo.

Yuan Xi was chatting with Grandma Shi and Grandma Huo in the living room downstairs. The two elderly people were most concerned about the baby in her belly.

Yuan Xi didn't think it was nagging. After all, it was her first time giving birth, so she should listen more to the experiences of her elders.

Shi Zhen walked to Grandma Shi's side, put his arm around her neck and said, "Mom, I finally understand why you like Xiao Xi. She has a really good temper and doesn't seem impatient at all when she hears you nagging."

Grandma Shi chuckled and said, "You are the only one who is impatient. You are already fifty years old, but you are still acting like a five-year-old child."

Shi Zhen said: "Even if I am in my seventies or eighties, you can still act like a spoiled child in front of me."

Grandma Shi smiled and said, "You are already a mother-in-law, and you will soon be a grandmother, so you need to be calmer."

Shi Zhen: "Who says being a grandmother requires being calm? I will be the coolest grandmother who becomes good friends with my granddaughter."

Grandma Huo looked at Yuan Xi, her eyes brightening slightly, "Are you sure it's a girl?"

After all, all of Grandma Huo’s grandchildren are boys. Grandma Huo didn’t like Xiao Yun’s ex-daughter, and she has never met the real Gu Ying. She still hopes to have a great-granddaughter.

Yuan Xi shook her head and said, "I haven't checked the gender yet. I should know during the next prenatal checkup."

Grandma Huo smiled and said, "It's okay. If I can't give birth to a girl this time, I can give birth to another one next time."

Yuan Xi pursed her lips slightly. In fact, she had no plans to have a third child, and Huo Shiyan certainly didn't have any plans either.

However, Yuan Xi would not say it in front of Madam Huo, and smiled faintly: "Okay."

Yuan Xi returned to Huo Shiyan's room just as Huo Shiyan came in, but his face did not look very good.

Yuan Xi asked Huo Shiyan: "What did grandpa say to you?"

Huo Shiyan said: "They want me to officially take over Shiyi Group."

Yuan Xi asked: "Don't you want to take over?"

Although Huo Shiyan has Shixi Finance, which he founded, Shiyi Group is a century-old family business of the Huo and Shi families, so it is also very important to him.

Huo Shiyan: "Shiyi's headquarters is in City A. It's not easy to move to Jiangcheng."

Yuan Xi: "In fact, Jiangcheng and City A are not far away. It only takes two or three hours to drive there, and the high-speed rail is even faster, just over an hour. We can live separately and meet on weekends..."

Huo Shiyan frowned: "Let's talk about it later."

Yuan Xi asked: "By the way, why didn't your parents inherit Shi Yi?"

Huo Shiyan said: "When they were young, neither of them was willing to give in to the other. They hated each other and were wary of each other, fearing that the other would snatch Shi Yi away. The two of them forced the top management to split into two factions, and the internal fighting within the Haohao Group continued. My grandfather and maternal grandfather couldn't stand it and drove them both out of Shi Yi."

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyan and said, "How could they give birth to you when they hate each other?"

Huo Shiyan smiled faintly and said, "In fact, they can be considered childhood sweethearts, and they have known since childhood that they will get married when they grow up.

But in high school, they each had other boyfriends or girlfriends, and they were deeply in love with each other, in a tragic love relationship.

But because the family had to be forced to stay together, my grandfather and my maternal grandfather only asked them to give birth to a child with the blood of the Huo and Shi families. They would not care about them whether they divorced or not in the future. So my father gave birth to me before he reached the legal age for marriage. "

"But what you said is true. They can also take over Shiyi Group. Now that their relationship is good, and Shiyi Group has a complete system, it won't make any big mistakes if we let our parents manage it for a few years. We can't really let them rely on their parents for the rest of their lives."

……

The next morning, Yuan Xi followed Huo Shiyan to visit the Fu family's old house next door.

Currently, only Old Madam Fu and Qian Qingqing live in the Fu family's old house.

Mr. Fu and Fu Yadong, the current head of the Fu family, have other residences.

The wedding will be held in the Fu family's old house tomorrow. Today the whole house is very lively, and the wedding company has already entered to decorate the Fu family manor.

Yuan Xi followed Huo Shiyan to a room on the first floor facing east with excellent sunlight. Her eyes shone on the face of the man on the bed, who seemed to be fast asleep.

Occasionally, the fingertips will move slightly.

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyan: "His fingers are moving!"