Chapter 63 - Where’s Your Man? Why Isn’t He Here?
Chapter 63: Where’s Your Man? Why Isn’t He Here?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
By the time Su Qingsang arrived at the banquet hall, a lot of the guests had already arrived. She had seen the majority of them before but didn’t know any of them too well.
It was Qiu Yanbo’s birthday and she had received a call from Su Chenghui yesterday, asking her to come.
Not only was she told she had to show up, but she also had to bring Huo Jinyao along. Huo Jinyao, however, was on a business trip. He would be gone for the entire week. He had left for five days ago, so he wasn’t back yet.
Su Qingsang had been staying at the hospital overnight on the nights that Huo Jinyao wasn’t home.
It is really weird. Huo Jinyao has only been with me a couple of days and, now that he’s not here, I actually miss his presence, she thought.
She thought about how he liked to hug her while sleeping, and how it had help their relationship grow. The more she struggled, the more he scared her. Saying that he would do something to her if she moved around needlessly.
She was scared of what he would do her, so she really stopped moving. His embrace had turned out to be very warm. It was warm like an oven.
Su Qingsang had started out very uncomfortable. In the beginning, she didn’t even dare to move.
After a few nights, however, she slowly began to get used to it. Now, she slept well in his embrace.
She had been sleeping in the hospital the past few nights and, if it weren’t for Qiu Yanbo’s banquet, she would be at the hospital right now.
She watched Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue standing with the Qiu family from afar.
Su Qingsang took a deep breath and stepped forward. After she greeted her parents and the Qiu family, she handed them the gift that she had prepared.
“Brother-in-law, happy birthday.”
Her salary wasn’t considered small, but compared with the Qiu family’s, it wasn’t much either.
The gift wasn’t unique, but it was good enough for her to get away with giving to him. Qiu Yanbo accepted her gift and said, “Thank you. Qingsang, you are too courteous. It would have been fine for you to have just shown up.”
“This is a must.”
Su Qingsang’s expression was indifferent. If she really had come empty-handed, then Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue would have had quite interesting expressions right now.
Su Peizhen glanced at her and, after realizing that she had come alone, she smirked and asked, “How come you came alone today? Didn’t we ask you to bring brother-in-law too?”
The title “brother-in-law” had a hostile tone to it.
Su Qingsang glanced at her with a calm expression and replied, “He’s out on business. He’s not home.”
“What a coincidence?” Su Peizhen laughed coldly and continued. “Didn’t you say he’s jobless? How come he has to work overtime now?”
When she said the word “jobless,” people who were close to them started to exchange looks.
No way. Everyone was thinking. The daughter of the Su family married a jobless man?
Su Qingsang’s expression didn’t change. She didn’t care about how other people saw her, especially since this group of people had nothing to do with her.
“He has found a job.”
“With what company? What does he do?” Su Peizhen pursued the topic, “Maybe they have dealings with our Su family’s company. We can help him and see what opportunities we can give him, don’t you think so?”
Su Qingsang didn’t like the high-and-mighty attitude that Su Peizhen was putting on, but she had gotten used to it over the years.
Nobody could help that Su Peizhen was the official daughter and that Su Qingsang was just a shameful illegitimate daughter.
She had never talked back to her in the past but, this time, there was an unexpected pity in Su Peizhen’s words. Su Qingsang couldn’t help but reply, “No need. Huo Jinyao is a person with a lot of ideas. I believe that he will do great.”
Even if Huo Jinyao’s job was an average one, Su Qingsang still wouldn’t humiliate him in a situation like this.
She thought of how he had stepped forward to protect her at the hospital, as he had a few times in the past.
He really wasn’t a man who was afraid of taking things on, was he?
Why was there any need to worry about a man who could take things on? Of course, he would have a bright future.