That “Young Madam” made her scalp tingle. Fortunately, there weren’t many people at the airport, so hardly anyone heard. Otherwise, she’d really worry about someone reporting them.
These days, anyone who got reported would be investigated.
Outside the airport, a shiny black coupe was parked at the entrance. The airport was in a remote suburban area, not many people traveled by plane, and parking was casual.
Just after getting in the car, the car phone near Uncle Wang’s driver seat rang. He reached over and answered it, putting it on speaker: “The young master and young madam have been picked up, they just got in the car.”
Then, Uncle Wang handed the phone to Huo Jingyuan, saying, “The old madam would like to speak with you.”
“Okay.”
Huo Jingyuan took the phone. Wen Ci clearly heard a kind voice say, “A Yuan, could you wait at the airport for a little while?”
“What’s wrong?” Huo Jingyuan asked.
“The Su family girl somehow got sent back from the capital. Your aunt asked me to look after her. Her flight arrives in half an hour.”
The Su family girl.
Upon hearing this, Wen Ci immediately thought of Su Wanqing. She couldn’t help but frown slightly. Why was Su Wanqing like a piece of sticky plaster?
They ran into her everywhere.
“Wait half an hour?” Huo Jingyuan’s brow furrowed slightly. Noticing Wen Ci’s change in mood beside him, he actively took her slender hand.
His rough hand rubbed the back of hers, as if to comfort her, and he said unhurriedly, “You can just send another car to the airport. I’d like to bring A Ci back to see you first.”
“Alright then.”
After hanging up, Huo Jingyuan returned the phone to Uncle Wang and said calmly, “Uncle Wang, let’s go straight to West Lake.”
“Very good.”
Wen Ci felt the man was still rubbing the back of her hand. She glared at him and whispered, “Stop taking advantage of me.”
“This is taking advantage?”
Huo Jingyuan leaned close to her ear and replied intimately.
Although their voices were very soft, the car’s interior was small. Uncle Wang heard everything clearly. He glanced at the rearview mirror.
Although Young Master Huo hadn’t lived in Hangzhou for long,
in all his time working for the Huo family, this was the first time he’d seen such varied expressions on his face. Before, he always had a cold, handsome face,
the very picture of “keep away.”
Wen Ci asked curiously, “What exactly is Su Wanqing’s relationship with your family? Didn’t she grow up overseas?”
“The Su family was among the earliest Chinese to go abroad. Su Wanqing’s grandmother and my grandmother know each other. After moving abroad, their house was next to my aunt’s.”
Wen Ci understood.
The drive from the airport into downtown Hangzhou took about an hour. Hangzhou is a southern city, and its development was no worse than coastal cities.
Some large shopping malls in the city were even playing songs from Hong Kong. Wen Ci closed her eyes, intoxicated by the nostalgic melody.
“You like it?” Huo Jingyuan asked.
Wen Ci slowly opened her eyes and replied, “The tune is quite interesting.”
The bright afternoon sun shone on her face. Gradually, the scenery of West Lake came into Wen Ci’s view, with Leifeng Pagoda not far away.
It seemed the series The Legend of the White Snake, which would later become hugely popular across the country, hadn’t been released yet.
Wen Ci silently recalled that The Legend of the White Snake was introduced from Taiwan in the 1990s; right now, they were probably still casting actors.
Taiwan and Hong Kong are two different places.
“What are you thinking about?” Huo Jingyuan asked.
“I was thinking how beautiful the scenery here is.”
Suddenly, Uncle Wang slowed the car. He stopped at an entrance, rolled down the window, and showed his ID documents.
Huo Jingyuan looked at the security guards and the barrier by the window and said, “Is entry to West Lake this strict now?”
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