C69

Bright light shone through the gaps in the curtains.

Huo Yelin opened his eyes to the glimmering lights as his thoughts finally returned from the dream.

"Who is that girl?"

He blocked the sunlight with his hand and asked himself in his mind, but then he felt that it was ridiculous. A dream was a dream, a scene created after countless neurons trembled. It could be a world of its own, or had nothing to do with the real world.

Zhao Yilin groaned and slid down from his arm. She lay down on the mattress and curled her body, burying her chin in the blanket.

Huo Yelin turned his body to the side and slowly stuffed a pillow under her head. He pulled the blanket down to expose her face, in case she was having a short breath.

Zhao Yilin's skin was a milky white, so any dark circles or blushing would be especially obvious.

At this moment, she was soundly asleep, her cherry lips slightly parted, and her cheeks puffed up. She seemed to be having an appetite.

Huo Yelin felt an itch in his heart as he watched for a long time. He could not help but lower his head, grab the tip of her nose, and gently bite down.

Zhao Yilin wrinkled her brows. She rubbed her nose, stretched her arms, and went back to sleep.

Huo Yelin let out a low laugh. He knew that she was too tired from last night and was sleeping soundly, so he could not bear to disturb her any longer. He got out of bed softly and walked out of the room.

Zhao Yilin slept until noon. She was awakened by a series of messy knocks on the door.

"Miss Eileen, are you ready? Miss Eli. "

She got off the bed and went to open the door.

The moment the door was opened, Wen Chong's words pushed her sleepiness away. "Miss Eli, Master Huo is in critical condition. Master asked me to send you over immediately."

"Ye Lin's grandfather... "Alright, I'll change my clothes right away!"

Zhao Yilin closed the door and took a deep breath to suppress the sadness in her heart. He was an old man who had been in charge of the Huo Group since he was 22 years old. He had been through hardships for more than half a century.

He was stubborn, intelligent, amiable and magnanimous like the head of a family, and also had the cunning and doggedness of a generation of great merchants.

Now, he had no choice but to let go. He put the heavy burden of such a large family business onto his grandson who was raised by him, but was unwilling to listen obediently.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Zhao Yilin could almost guess what Huo Qiang would say when he saw her.

She did not have the heart to think of a response. She could only hope that Huo Yelin would not be so sad right now.

It was just as she had thought before. Whether they could finally walk together wasn't up to her, but rather Huo Yelin's decision.

All she could do was accompany him and support his every decision.

Wen Chong was waiting anxiously outside the door when Zhao Yilin pushed it open. She was wearing a white pleated dress and a blue coat. She looked simple and elegant.

Wen Chong sized her up and nodded his head with relief.

"Is there anything you need to tell me in advance?" Zhao Yilin asked as they got into the car.

In the car's rearview mirror, Wen Chong's face looked much older. "I'm not too sure about the specifics. The young master received a call from the lord as soon as he went downstairs in the morning, and hurried out of the house. I venture to guess that it might be related to a young master's marriage. "

Zhao Yilin's heart slowly sank. "Why do you say that?"

Wen Chong said, "After Young Master returned, Lord talked to him about Miss Huo Ning's death a few times, but nothing seemed to have come out of it. Although Miss Huo Ning was not the master's granddaughter, she was doted upon by the master. Her death was a huge blow to the master. "Miss Zhao Yueran is a good friend of Miss Huo Ning's. She has been making trouble at Master's place time and time again, and even threatened to hold a press conference to tell the public about the Huo Family breaking their word and not keeping their engagement."

Zhao Yilin looked out the window and rested her head on the back of the chair.

The sky was very dark today. It was noon, but the car seemed to be passing through the dusk. The big trees along the street flashed by, and the pedestrians' faces and backs were covered with a thin layer of grey gauze. Whether they were happy, unhappy, proud, or disappointed, they all had a tinge of bitterness.

It was no wonder that after Huo Qiang's severe illness, Huo Yelin did not call her cell phone. Instead, he had asked Wen Chong to send her there. I'm afraid this really has something to do with the engagement.

Huo Yelin was at a loss. His heart ached, but he didn't know how to face it.

Zhao Yilan pressed her hand on her chest to calm her nerves as she hoped that Huo Qiang could turn the situation around. She wanted to prove to Huo Qiang that she was the most suitable person for Huo Yelin, the real Madam Huo.

When Zhao Yilin arrived at the hospital, there were some unfamiliar faces standing in the hallway in front of the emergency room. When their gazes landed on Zhao Yilin's face, some of them looked at her with contempt, some of them looked indifferent, some of them looked friendly. However, all of them nodded in return. Wen Chong whispered to her, introducing those people to her. They were basically Huo Qiang's relatives and good friends.

Huo Yelin was standing at the front of the crowd. His feet were spread apart and his legs were stretched taut. His back was so stubborn and lonely that it was heartbreaking.

Wen Chong hurried to inform him that Zhao Yilin had arrived.

He released his grip and turned his head. "Come."

Zhao Yilin felt a pang in her heart. She took his hand and stood beside him quietly, waiting with him.

The two of them did not speak, but they both knew what each other was thinking.

The gazes of the people behind them were like swords, and many people were saying vicious words in their hearts. However, they held each other's hands and built a thick wall, and used all their strength to prevent the other party from falling.

Zhao Yilin's gaze was calm and resolute, like a rock on a cliff, unmoved by the wind or the rain.

Huo Yelin was very surprised.

A few days ago, she was still cold and grumpy with him over the matter of her ex-girlfriend.

"Eli."

Zhao Yilin raised her eyes and looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"Grandfather will be fine, I know him very well." Huo Yelin stared at the lights above the emergency room and said, "He fainted while discussing with me how I could successfully break the engagement with the Zhao Family."

Zhao Yilin was surprised. "Grandpa Huo disagreed …"

Huo Yelin put his arm around her shoulders and said, "It's not that he doesn't agree, it's just that there's no other way. In his heart, it was always his family business that was more important than love. Not long after his first wife died from illness, his great-grandfather forced him to marry a woman he had never seen before. He agreed without a word. Now whenever it comes up, Grandpa always feels guilty about her first wife. "

"This is grandpa. No matter what he wants to do, he won't just leave. There are still a lot of things for him to do, so he won't leave."

Zhao Yilin remembered the dinner with Huo Qiang and nodded slightly. "Yes, Grandpa Huo is that kind of person."

At this time, the lights in the emergency room were turned off, and the corridor instantly quieted down. Everyone was extremely nervous as they waited for the doctor to walk out of the emergency room.

Until the doctor came out, smiling and nodding towards Huo Yelin.

Zhao Yilin could almost hear the sound of everyone's hearts hitting the ground.

The nurse led Huo Qiang out of the operating room. Huo Yelin glanced at Zhao Yelin, who smiled and nodded at him.

He quickly walked forward and pushed his grandfather's bed towards the sickroom.

Zhao Yilin stood still, but she didn't follow them. Instead, her face was filled with envy.

She thought of her mother and her grandmother, the two most important people in her life. When she was very ill, when she left, she couldn't even push their beds, pour them a glass of water, and feed them.

When it came to nurturing a child and not being loved by a loved one, Huo Yelin was much luckier than she was.

Wen Chong was watching her from the side. He called out to her, and Zhao Yilin followed.

Currently, the only person who could enter the ICU to visit was Huo Yelin. The others, whether they were close or close to him, could only wait outside the door.

Zhao Yilin sat on a stool and looked at the expressions of the people around her. She asked Wen Chong in a low voice, "Why are their expressions so much more nervous than before?"

Wen Chong looked at them coldly. "Since it concerns your inheritance, you will naturally be nervous."

Zhao Yiran had thought that they were here for Huo Qiang's sake, but didn't expect it to be for the inheritance.

The doors of the emergency ward were tightly shut. He wondered how Huo Yelin was feeling right now.

About half an hour later, the door to the ward was opened, and all the people sitting in the corridor stood up in unison. The nurse looked around and asked, "Is Zhao Yilin here?"

"Here." Zhao Yilin stood up.

"Mr. Huo asked you to come in."

Zhao Yilin paused for a second, then nodded and walked in.

There was a light blue curtain around the bed. The nurse stepped forward and slowly lifted it.

Zhao Yilin saw Huo Qiang lying on the sickbed. Plenty of tubes were stuck into his mouth. He had a white oxygen mask and a light blue blanket. His skin looked especially deep and aged.

Huo Yelin stood inside and met her gaze.

The light was dim, and Zhao Yilin could see that his eyes were red and swollen. She wanted to hug him tight.

Huo Qiang opened his eyes and Zhao Yilin called out, "Grandpa!"

"I heard about Japan." Huo Qiang's voice was very soft and still carried a lot of authority as he said, "Don't blame Ah Ning. I was too lenient with her."

Zhao Yilin didn't think that the first thing Huo Qiang would tell her would be this. It turned out that Huo Ning was so important to him.

Huo Qiang seemed to know what she was thinking. He raised his finger and pointed at Huo Yelin, saying, "She looks very much like Yelin's grandmother."

In a word, he explained all the complicated emotions in Huo Qiang's glorious life.

Zhao Yilin nodded and said, "Yilin understands."

Following that, Huo Qiang pointed at her, "You've gone against Yali's wishes, Ye Lin. You've gone against my wishes. You're all disobedient children."

Zhao Yilin lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry."

She did not know why things had turned out like this. Huo Qiang had been angered to the point that he might not even be able to keep his position as chairman, and she had become a third party in the eyes of others.

Moreover, after she read the diary that her mother left her, she found that there was not a single word in it about Huo Qiang giving her the jade pendant as a keepsake, as if this had never happened before. That was to say, her mother really didn't want her to marry into the Huo family.

As she thought about it, Zhao Yilin felt even more upset. Why did she have to go through so much trouble just to get married?