"Forget it." Mrs. Huo put down her soup spoon and pointed to a seat. "You can sit there. We don't need to be so formal for a family gathering anyway."
At the dinner table, the others were all stunned.
The first one to speak wasn't the eldest sister but a young man who looked somewhat similar to Huo Cheng and the eldest sister. Gu Sisi couldn't help but think of the people in the photos.
"Mother, saying so will break the Huo family's rules. For just one person after all these years?" The man raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of hostility as he looked at Gu Sisi.
Gu Sisi had only taken a few steps when she was stared at like this. She felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't stand still, as if ants were crawling all over her body.
However, Mrs. Huo didn't turn her anger towards Gu Sisi again because of this.
"Just pay more attention in the future." Her face turned stern. Even the angry young man couldn't say anything more.
He still seemed indignant. "The fourth brother really found a woman who knows how to please others."
"Exactly." The eldest sister chimed in, making her knife and fork clatter.
Gu Sisi sat there nervously with a pounding heart. It seemed that she had been disliked by many people all of a sudden.
But this nervousness didn't last long. Huo Cheng and Mr. Huo slowly came downstairs. Mr. Huo sat in the main seat, and Huo Cheng sat down beside Gu Sisi.
Suddenly, Gu Sisi let out a sigh of relief and felt a sense of security.
"Let's start eating!" Mr. Huo said calmly.
His tone and aura were almost exactly the same as Huo Cheng's. They were like two peas in a pod.
Gu Sisi now knew who Huo Cheng took after.
For a moment, the dining room was silent. It was probably the best example of "eating in silence".
Gu Sisi ate carefully. In fact, she felt very uncomfortable sitting there. After all, she was used to being free. Even when she lived with Huo Cheng, he always let her do as she pleased. Suddenly entering such a place full of rules, she couldn't help but feel a bit unaccustomed.
"Second son, how's your company?" Mr. Huo suddenly asked.
Gu Sisi slowed down her movements and heard the angry young man reply obediently, "It's okay. Both the market demand and the internal operation of the company are quite adaptable."
"Um." Mr. Huo didn't ask any more questions. He gently chewed the food in his mouth, put down his knife and fork, and said, "I heard that you, the fourth son, are planning to enter the overseas market."
"Yes, father." There was no trace of pride in Huo Cheng's words like before. It seemed that he was deliberately suppressing it.
"How's it going?"
"Just so - so." Huo Cheng said calmly.
Mr. Huo nodded in satisfaction and looked at the other side. "Second son, you should learn more from the fourth son."
The second son, who was suddenly named, twitched the corner of his mouth involuntarily.
"Yes, father."
Gu Sisi could sense a hint of gritted - teeth resentment.
The meal passed in such a "pleasant" atmosphere.
When they returned to their room, Gu Sisi relaxed. She hugged Huo Cheng's waist, shook her head, and asked pitifully, "How long do we have to stay here before we can go back?"
She suspected that if she stayed any longer, she would surely be oppressed to death by the atmosphere here.
Huo Cheng pushed aside the stray hairs on her forehead. A flash of guilt crossed his eyes and then quickly returned to normal. He lifted the corner of his mouth slightly. "Let's talk after I finish one thing."
"Will it be soon?"
"Um, very soon." Huo Cheng answered firmly.
Gu Sisi felt relieved. It wasn't that she didn't like this big family, but she just felt that she really couldn't adapt to it. Since what she had seen was already very complicated, her sixth sense told her that this big family was definitely more complicated than she imagined.
She couldn't adapt to this kind of environment.
Then Huo Cheng became even busier.
Gu Sisi never expected that the hostility at the dinner table was neither the beginning nor the end.
She lay on the bed boredly, staring at the ceiling. At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Gu Sisi opened the door. It wasn't the butler she expected but a young woman with her head down. She whispered, "This is the chicken soup specially made for Miss Gu. Please don't let this kindness go to waste."
Sure enough, the woman took a tray from another person behind her. There was chicken soup on it. Gu Sisi couldn't refuse, so she took it.
"Okay, thank you!" Gu Sisi said awkwardly.
After closing the door, she looked at the bowl of soup on the table and frowned.
Forget it. The atmosphere at the dinner table was so oppressive that she could only focus on eating. She had eaten too much. Even after a few hours, she still felt overly full.
She could only leave it there.
Gu Sisi didn't take this little episode to heart.
But more than ten minutes later, there was another knock on Gu Sisi's door. This time it was the butler, Lao Chen.
As soon as he saw Gu Sisi's face, he quickly said, "Miss Gu, did someone just bring you chicken soup?"
Before Gu Sisi could answer, Lao Chen sniffed. Sure enough, it was the smell of chicken soup.
"Yes." Gu Sisi just nodded when she was suddenly interrupted.
"Miss Gu, did you drink it?"
Did they even need to check if she had finished it? Gu Sisi felt a bit guilty. Looking at the butler, she found that his face looked strange.
"What's wrong? Why are you asking this?" Gu Sisi forced a smile.
At this time, Mr. and Mrs. Huo also rushed over.
"Lao Chen, how's the situation?" Mrs. Huo asked anxiously.
Lao Chen shook his head. "I haven't found out yet."
The eldest sister was suddenly dragged over by two tall and strong men. She struggled and scolded, "Let go of me! Do you know who I am?"
The two elders looked over and seemed to get angry.
Mr. Huo leaned on his walking stick and tapped the ground. "Just throw her here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eldest sister fell to the ground. Unlike her previous delicate appearance, she now looked a bit disheveled.
She stood up, full of indignation, and questioned, "Why are you treating me like this?"
"Because you drugged her." Mrs. Huo raised her voice and stared at the eldest sister on the ground.
The eldest sister suddenly burst out laughing, laughing so hard that tears came out of her eyes, as if she had heard something really funny.
She squinted her eyes and asked, "Then why didn't you say anything when the fourth brother ruined my right - hand men? Now you're helping the fourth brother. I think you're just biased towards him."
"Slap!" The eldest sister covered her face.
Mr. Huo stood in front of her and said word by word, "First, take a look at where this is! You're not allowed to be so presumptuous!"
Mr. Huo's tap of the walking stick seemed to make their anger rise even more. Mrs. Huo supported Mr. Huo and said to Lao Chen beside her, "First, see how much she drank. If necessary, take her to the hospital for gastric lavage immediately."
Gu Sisi, who had been ignored for a long time, said weakly, "Actually, I didn't drink it."
Everyone's eyes turned to her.
She continued in a low voice, "I ate too much just now, so I..."
"Don't explain." Mrs. Huo said. "It's better this way. You should be more careful in the future. After all, you're pregnant."
Only then did Gu Sisi realize something was wrong. Her face turned pale, and she asked, "What kind of drug was it?"
The scene fell silent again.
"Humph, you're just lucky this time." The eldest sister suddenly said.
"I think you're just deliberately trying to make us angry!" Mr. Huo roared.
The eldest sister seemed even angrier. She stood up, turned around, and walked away, leaving a sentence behind, "It's already kind of me not to put poison in it. I wish she would just die!"
"Absurd! Foolish!" Mr. Huo's anger flared up even more. He covered his chest.
Mrs. Huo quickly took Mr. Huo away, worriedly saying, "Watch your heart. The doctor said that your mood shouldn't fluctuate too much..."
Only Lao Chen was left at the scene.
Seeing Gu Sisi's worried look.
Lao Chen lowered his eyes. "Miss Gu, it was an abortion pill. You should be more careful in the future."
With that, he took the untouched chicken soup in the room and left.