When Gu Sisi opened her eyes and saw the white ceiling, she suddenly sat up.
However, her head hurt so badly that she grimaced and lay back down.
Fragments of yesterday's memories came flooding back. She recalled in disbelief that she had actually run into the third young master of the Huo family yesterday.
Moreover, she had even drunk alcohol with him.
Gu Sisi's expression grew increasingly dull. It seemed that her memory of last night was fragmented. She was quite certain that she was now in the Huo residence.
How did she get back yesterday? What did she say while drinking? Gu Sisi couldn't remember a thing.
She threw back the covers. She was still wearing her pajamas, so someone must have changed her clothes.
As her memory gradually returned, Gu Sisi's head didn't hurt as badly as before.
She looked at the other half of the bed. It was empty and cold.
She got up, fumbled for her clothes, and went downstairs.
"Madam, you're finally awake!" Sister Hu saw the dazed Gu Sisi and quickly went to help her.
She helped Gu Sisi to the table and muttered, "I was just about to wake you up because you wouldn't get up."
Gu Sisi forced a smile, looking a bit weak.
Sister Hu quickly placed the hangover soup she had specially cooked in the morning in front of Gu Sisi.
"Madam, drink this quickly. It'll make you feel better. This is a recipe from my hometown. It's guaranteed to work."
Gu Sisi never doubted Sister Hu.
She picked up the soup and asked, "Where's the baby?"
Her voice was hoarse and dry. It was extremely difficult for Gu Sisi to speak.
She quickly took a sip of the soup, and sure enough, she felt much better.
"Sister Hua is taking the baby for a stroll. The baby loves looking at the scenery," Sister Hu said with a smile.
Gu Sisi was relieved. Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.
"Quickly bring my baby to me!"
Gu Sisi was stunned. She remembered that she had even asked the third young master of the Huo family about the baby yesterday.
As for how he had replied, Gu Sisi couldn't remember.
She propped her head up and managed to finish the effective but unpalatable soup.
Slowly calming down, she said to Sister Hu, "By the way, Sister Hu. What time did I come back yesterday?"
What she was really curious about wasn't the time. She was more curious about who had accompanied her back.
Could it have been the third young master of the Huo family?
"Around eleven or twelve o'clock," Sister Hu estimated. Then she frowned and complained, "Madam, you really shouldn't have drunk so much and not called a driver. You insisted on coming back alone."
"Alone?" Gu Sisi was shocked.
"Yes! I heard the doorbell and opened the door. I saw you drunk and leaning against the door. It scared me to death!"
Gu Sisi thought about what Sister Hu had said and realized that Sister Hu must have asked someone to change her clothes.
So she didn't ask any more questions and said, "I'll drink less next time."
She said it casually.
"Has Huo Cheng come back?" Gu Sisi's voice sounded a bit dreamy.
Sister Hu replied, "No, the young master didn't come back last night."
Then she seemed to remember something and continued, "The young master said he's been very busy these days, so he might not come back often."
Gu Sisi didn't know what she was thinking. She just nodded and didn't ask any more questions or think about it anymore.
She was about to return to the filming crew soon, and she wanted to make good use of this time to spend more time with her baby.
...
"Mr. Huo, this..." Chen Fang rushed in nervously, holding a newspaper.
Huo Cheng glanced at it and didn't pay much attention. He said indifferently, "Put it down!"
Then he continued to be busy.
"But Mr. Huo, the headline on this..." Chen Fang reminded him again. "I think it's very strange."
It was a newspaper. For such a big TV festival yesterday, the award - winning crew wasn't on the front page. Instead, it was Mr. Huo and a woman.
He thought it was strange. He even suspected that someone had deliberately bought the hot headline. That someone couldn't be Mr. Huo, so there was only one possibility.
It was that woman.
"Don't worry about it," Huo Cheng said indifferently.
"But..." Chen Fang still couldn't ignore it.
This was the first time Huo Cheng had seen Chen Fang like this. Usually, Chen Fang wouldn't insist on his own opinion.
He put down his work, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Do you have something to say?"
Chen Fang hesitated for a moment but still nodded.
"This headline must be someone using you, Mr. Huo. And Madam might misunderstand."
"Misunderstand?" Huo Cheng murmured. Then he said, "I'll explain it to her later."
He looked calm, but Chen Fang was so anxious that he was sweating.
"But there are so many reports. Even if it's false, Madam will believe it when she sees them," Chen Fang said anxiously.
Huo Cheng fell silent.
"So should I withdraw the news?"
"..." Chen Fang was silent.
Huo Cheng became even more confused. He thought Chen Fang was acting strange today.
Chen Fang stood there, hesitating for a long time. Then he lowered his head and said, "Mr. Huo, I have to confess something. I actually went to the TV festival yesterday, and I saw you too."
Huo Cheng raised his eyebrows, signaling him to continue.
"This ticket was given to me by Madam, and I also left one for you," Chen Fang said, full of regret. He wished he had never been involved in this.
Huo Cheng took out the unused ticket from the drawer and nodded.
"There were a lot of people. Madam was also at the scene yesterday. I looked for her carefully and saw her. But later, after you left, I couldn't find her no matter how hard I looked."
The meaning of this sentence was quite obvious.
Chen Fang looked up. "Mr. Huo, I think Madam must have misunderstood."
This was his conclusion and the reason for his abnormal behavior.
He didn't want to see a bad result later. He believed in Mr. Huo, so he thought it must be a misunderstanding.
But Madam was the person involved. When such a thing happened right in front of her, she would surely lose her temper.
Huo Cheng's hand that had been tapping on the table stopped after hearing the last sentence.
"Then go and withdraw these things first," Huo Cheng said coldly.
Chen Fang's face was full of determination. "Okay, I'll go and do it right away."
He was very decisive and left quickly.
Huo Cheng kept thinking about what Chen Fang had just said, looking at the ticket in his hand and the newspaper in front of him.
The headline on it read: The CEO of the Huo Group Enters the Event with a New Actress. Is It Friendship or Love?
It was extremely eye - catching.
He closed his eyes and stopped looking. He made a phone call. After waiting for a while, it was answered.
"What are you doing?" he asked directly.
Gu Sisi let out a soft sound and evaded the question. "I'm not busy. Why?"
The baby in her arms was looking at her expectantly. Gu Sisi touched the baby's little face and smiled.
Then her smile gradually turned bitter.
"Have you seen today's news?"
Gu Sisi didn't know what Huo Cheng was going to ask. She simply turned on the TV in the living room and saw the morning news.
It was exactly the short clip of Huo Cheng entering the event with Wen Meiling.
"I'm watching. What's up?"
Gu Sisi's tone had been normal from beginning to end.
This normality made Huo Cheng feel something was wrong.
"I want to explain."
"No need. I know," Gu Sisi interrupted him.