After lunch that afternoon, Nie AnAn chatted a little more with Grandpa Nie about special areas to pay attention to about his health before she took off.
Everybody at the Nie's walked her to the front of the mansion and also told their chauffeur to take her home safely.
Once Nie AnAn arrived home, she thought she'd let them know that she was home safely. But she didn't have Father or Mother Nie's cellphone number, so she sent a message to Nie ChengFeng, "Mr. Nie, I have arrived home. Please relate that to Uncle and Aunty and thank them for me for having their chauffeur take me back."
Nie ChengFeng replied to her quickly, "Okay."
He looked over and over again in his contact list but he wasn't to find "Mama Nie", his mother's WeChat alias.
He frowned. For lack of any other options, he called his mother on his phone, "Mom, did you delete me from your WeChat again?"
"Delete you from WeChat? Of course not! I just stop following you is all," said Mother Nie in a matter-of-factly way, "Why do you want to send me WeChat message?"
"AnAn just texted me to have me tell you that she has arrived home safely." Having said that, Nie ChengFeng asked again, "And why did you stop following my WeChat?"
"Because all you talk about all day long was work. Why would I want to read that?" said Mother Nie full of resentment. But her attitude changed 180 degrees quickly. "Oh, I was so happy earlier I forgot to add AnAn to my WeChat. Send over her contact info, quickly!"
Nie ChengFeng, "….."
A little while after he hung up the phone, his WeChat chimed.
[The mama who wanted a little wadded jacket]: "Here. Resentment.jpg"
"Ho Ho," snickered Nie ChengFeng.
His mother had been using the same WeChat alias since the day she registered for an account 8 years ago. She had only seen Nie AnAn for the first time today and now she changed her WeChat alias?
If she wanted a daughter so badly, why didn't she have a second child back then?
Even though he was grumbling inside, Nie ChengFeng still sent Nie AnAn's WeChat contact info over to his mother shortly.
After that was sent over, his message was like a boulder being dropped into the ocean, Nie ChengFeng didn't even get so much as a "thanks" from his mother.
At the same time, Mother Nie was happily chatting with Nie AnAn. She had liked every message in Nie AnAn's friend's circle.
There weren't a lot of activities inside Nie AnAn's friend's circle. Most everything was posted after her transmigration.
There were no selfies in it at all. All of them were photos of food.
This was an extension of her habit from her previous life – using her friend's circle to record every meal and also her nutritional combination for the last month.
Mother Nie, on the other hand, had already saved all the pictures one by one into her cellphone.
It started raining that night. Rain came whether or not they wanted during the summer time, and it was raining harder and harder. Even through the sliding glass door of the mansion, one could see the vapor rising like ripples.
When Huo YanXiao arrived at home, the entire city was already enveloped in pouring rain.
He stopped the car and walked inside of the mansion. Seeing the steam and smoke coming from the kitchen side, the coldness on his face seemed to have been softened by them.
It was raining so hard outside that Nie AnAn did not hear Huo YanXiao coming into the house at all.
After dinner was ready and she was about to bring the food out, she saw him in his light-colored casual clothes, leaning against the door and watching her.
Her eyes lit up all of a sudden as she walked over to him and said, "Big brother."
Huo YanXiao pressed a little on his head because of an oncoming headache. He lifted his hand to rub Nie AnAn on her head. "How did the interview go at the Nie's today?"
Nie AnAn nodded. "It went well. They were quite pleased with my professionalism. Aunty had already extended me the offer officially."
"Ok, then you can start there next month," said Huo YanXiao. "AnAn, I accepted 'Gold Medal Inn's production today. I will be in their show next season."
Nie AnAn was a little surprised as the book had mentioned that Huo YanXiao wasn't someone who liked to be put in front of the media, let alone going on some sort of variety show.
Then why did he agree to do it this time?
As though offering up an explanation to Nie AnAn, Huo YanXiao said, "I have a somewhat complicated merger and acquisition case lately. It might be helpful to raise my image a little."
Nie AnAn blinked and thought she understood.
As Huo YanXiao had acquired a few companies in the past, his reputation had never been the best. Plus, the way he had dealt with the media in the past had always been simple and crude. It stood to reason that his reputation wasn't all that hot among his industry.
But if Huo YanXiao was to be on a show and acted in a friendly manner, it could very well improve his personal image and his company's image and increase others' confidence in dealing with Huo's Corporation.
Except that Nie AnAn thought the chance of her brother being friendly wasn't all that high.
Still, one way or another, his face that was so disgustingly handsome would most likely get him a lot of fans even if he was just being cold.
Thinking that her big brother just might gain a large group of female fans, Nie AnAn suddenly felt a little bit of jealousy.
Ugh, this type of possessiveness was not a good sign.
The brother and sister duo sat down and had dinner. As usual, Huo YanXiao took care of the dishes afterward.
But shortly after he walked inside the kitchen, she heard noises of dishes shattering on the floor.
Nie AnAn was startled and dashed inside the kitchen. Huo YanXiao had already calmly picked up the pieces and explained to her, "Just slipped out of my hand. Everything is fine."
It was nice and bright inside the kitchen, but Nie AnAn couldn't shake the feeling that the man in front of her seemed unreasonably pale.
She couldn't be certain if she was just imagining it. She looked at Huo YanXiao for a few extra seconds before she turned and left, convincing herself that she has an overly active imagination.
After all, it was mentioned in the book that Huo YanXiao has an extremely healthy body and could easily live to 99 years old if it wasn't for contracting the virus.
Plus, she had always been able to gauge one's health status from their physical appearance, so she was quite certain that Huo YanXiao didn't have any health issues.
As usual, she went upstairs to read news on her phone. After a right amount of time had passed, she did some post-dinner exercise before she headed into shower.
It was still windy and rainy outside. In the room next door, Huo YanXiao fought his headache as he took one last look at the acquisition proposition before signing his name on the document.
This was too much for him. He stood up, walked over to the couch, and put as much pressure as he could on his head.
The wind and thunder outside seemed to have brought him back to that one rainy night…
Images came flashing in front of his eyes. So much that he was starting to go numb. Black and white dots danced in front of his eyes nonstop and was about to overtake all of his vision.
Then, an anxious voice seemingly sliced through all of the darkness and forced its way into his world. "Big brother, what's the matter?"
Nie AnAn had just finished drying her hair and the more she thought about it, the more she thought something was wrong about Huo YanXiao. She recalled him pressing on his head a few times over dinner.
Besides, he had excellent strength and balance. Even if he slipped, he wouldn't have dropped the entire bowl.
This was why she put down her hairdryer and ran into Huo YanXiao's room.