Suddenly, something popped into her mind.
In the book, it was said that Huo YanXiao died from some sort of virus infectious that he contracted overseas.
Nie AnAn had only seen that in a spoiler thread. Plus, she didn't like that part at all so she never read it in detail.
Now that she had given it more thought, another thread also popped into her head.
It said, "Why was it that Huo YanXiao went overseas with his assistant but he was the only one who got sick? Plus, the author had made a point that there was no quarantine in the hospital, meaning the virus was not air-borne. Did that mean it's from a blood-borne pathogen?"
Nie AnAn was quite angry when she read that. She felt that the author just wanted to kill Huo YanXiao off to allow a happy ending between the male lead and the female lead. But now that she had given it more thought, there just might be more to it than that.
Huo YanXiao was not one to have messy relationships, so naturally, he didn't have relationships with any woman overseas. She had skimmed the story up to the point that he went overseas. Back then, his company has been growing and he was at the high point of his career.
Who stood to benefit the most with him gone?
Nie AnAn could feel the racing of her pulse. She removed her gloves. Looking at the man who was just now hanging up his phone, and thinking about how he was carrying her on his back not too long ago, she felt a pang of sadness.
Huo YanXiao saw Nie AnAn walking toward him and a smile appeared on his face. "What's the matter, AnAn?"
Nie AnAn smiled at him and looking at how full of vigor he was, she couldn't help but reach her arms out and said, "Hug me, big brother."
Huo YanXiao was surprised for a second but then broke into a smile.
He squatted down a little and picked her entire body up like he was holding a child.
Nie AnAn was 1.6 meters after all and with the way he picked her up, she started losing her balance a little. She quickly reached her arms out and wrapped them around Huo YanXiao's neck.
"Still afraid?" he asked.
"A little," replied Nie AnAn.
Huo YanXiao carried her into the kitchen. As they walked past the entryway, Nie AnAn reached out and was able to touch the ceiling.
She felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Big brother, you can put me down now."
A sweet aroma has already started coming from the oven. Huo YanXiao put Nie AnAn down and rubbed her on her head as he asked, "AnAn, are you still going to join the next season of 'Gold Medal Inn'?"
Nie AnAn immediately had a troubled look on her, "I don't know yet…"
Having said that, she looked up. Her eyes were clear and bright. With the most serious tone that she could muster, she said, "Big brother, I really don't like Qin ZiMing anymore!"
Huo YanXiao nodded. "Mm. I believe you."
You were not the same souls. Naturally, you wouldn't like the same person.
Nie AnAn let out a big smile immediately.
"My assistant just called me and told me that 'Gold Medal Inn' invited me to be their secret guest for their next season. I haven't given them my response yet," said Huo YanXiao.
Nie AnAn's eyes widened and said immediately, "I'll go if big brother is going."
Huo YanXiao pinched her face a little and said, "Okay."
It didn't take long for the cake to be read.y Nie AnAn also made a salad and a corn, ribs, and Chinese yam soup.
As they were eating, Nie AnAn's cellphone chimed. It was a Wechat friend request.
She picked it up and saw the memo as: Nie ChengFeng.
She hesitated a little but finally accepted it.
A message came quickly from the other end, "AnAn, this is Nie ChengFeng. We have met before. Well, it so happened that my grandpa is not in his best of health and the doctor suggested for him to get some good rest. My family and I have been looking to hire a nutritionist for him and after my parents had watched 'Gold Medal Inn', they asked me to ask you to come over to our place and develop some nutritional meals planning for my grandpa."
Nie AnAn was a little hesitant upon reading that.
She wasn't the original owner. She was fine with just knowing who her birth family was, but she had no intention to make it official.
Would they discover her real identity if she were to go to the Nie's?
And Huo YanXiao has always been alone. It was mentioned in the book that he didn't have anyone close to him even to the day that he died.
He continued to grow his wealth, but that may not necessarily reflect how much he loved money. Rather, it was the security that he could gain from having a career. Nie AnAn had always thought that since she read about Huo YanXiao's childhood.
If she went to the Nie's and they found out about her identity, she wouldn't be able to live with Huo YanXiao anymore. After all, they were not related and it would draw a lot of gossip if they continue to live together.
Thinking about that, Nie AnAn stared at the screen as she started thinking about how to turn it down.
Huo YanXiao seemed to have noticed that she wasn't all there and asked, "What's the matter, AnAn?
Nie AnAn recollected herself, hesitated for a moment, and felt that she should be open and honest with Huo YanXiao, so she pushed her cellphone over.
Huo YanXiao's heart sank a little after he read the message.
The Nie's were one of the top families in Capital City. They could have anyone as their nutritionist so why were they fixated on Nie AnAn? Did they have an inkling about something?
He looked up at Nie AnAn and asked, "AnAn, you don't want to go?
Nie AnAn shook her head, "Not really. I just want to stay home to be with big brother."
Huo YanXiao was a little surprised by Nie AnAn's answer. His deep eyes locked into her clear ones and a shred of light seemed to have shined into a dark corner of his heart.
In light of the dangerous plan that he was about to carry out, he rubbed her head and said, "You should go."
"Huh?" Now it was Nie AnAn's turn to be surprised.
"You won't be there 24 hours. I am mostly in the office during the day time. You can just be home in the evenings," said Huo YanXiao.
"Oh," Nie AnAn nodded and changed the script that she had in her mind and typed, "Okay, Mr. Nie, but I am not available the next couple of days. I might join the cast of 'Gold Medal Inn' again for the next season. But we can set up a time for an interview and if everything works out, I can start next month?"
Nie ChengFeng's reply came quickly, "Okay!"
Another message from him came two minutes later, "Do you have time tomorrow for an interview?"
Nie AnAn replied, "Sure, does tomorrow morning work for you?"
"Not a problem," said Nie ChengFeng as he sent her the GPS location.
As soon as he had put away his cellphone, Mother Nie, on one side, asked anxiously, "You set it up? Tomorrow?"
Nie ChengFeng looked at the beam inside his mother's eyes. Almost speechless, he nodded. "Yes, tomorrow morning."
Mother Nie was very excited, "I am going to skip breakfast tomorrow and save my appetite to try my AnAn's cooking!"
"Your AnAn?" Nie ChengFeng caught onto her choice of word.
Next to them, Father Nie chuckled and looked up from his newspaper. "Chengfeng, I think you are about to fall out of favor."