Mother's teachings

  "What's your name?" I stopped in my tracks and asked softly.

  The servant looked at me first, seeming a bit embarrassed, and finally spoke up: "My surname is Wang, and the people in my family all call me Sister Wang."

  I smiled at her, and Wang's sister originally looked kind and gentle, now also faintly smiled. Before I could speak again, she began to urge me: "Go early, if you make the lady angry, there will be trouble." I nodded and followed up.

  On the way, I kept asking Wang Shu about this family's affairs from her mouth. However, in the end, the only useful message I got was that my stepmother was actually only three years older than me. As for how she married into our family and how Huo Xiao died, Wang Shu didn't mention anything at all. Whenever it came to these topics, she would directly shut her mouth.

  "Madam!" Wang's sister-in-law knocked on the door and said: "The young mistress has arrived."

  "Come in!" Yun Li's voice came from inside, I smiled at Wang Shu and pushed the door to enter. In the study, besides me, there were two men sitting opposite Yun Li. Yun Li glanced at me and stood up, and the two men also followed suit.

  "Alright, Lawyer Chen, let's stop here for today!" Yun Li stretched out her hand and shook hands with one of the men. Those two people didn't say a word to me, nor did they even glance at me, before leaving.

  Yun Li sat back in her chair, waving at me. As I walked over, she didn't ask me to sit down, so I just stood there. The words "little mom" had been swirling around my mind for a long time, but I couldn't bring myself to say them. A girl who was only three years older than me, making her twenty-four years old, had actually become my little mom!

  "Now that you've entered the Huo family, there are some things I still need to say." Yun Li picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, her eyes only glancing at me briefly.

  I remained silent, lowered my head and waited.

  She put the teacup back on the table, her hands crossed and overlapped at her chest, clearing her throat before saying: "The only thing I want to say is a word of advice to you, don't think about leaving the Huo family without my consent. You should know that the Huo family is not someone you can afford to mess with! It's best if you don't have any ideas about running away, and it's even more important that you don't make me waste my precious time looking for you. The consequences of that are not something I want to see, nor are they what you would want to get!"

  Her voice was cold. I pursed my lips and didn't dare to look at her, so I just buried my head a bit lower. I thought about running away, but it seems that this condition is not feasible anymore.

  "Great!" She looked at me with satisfaction, nodded and let out a soft sigh before speaking: "Actually, I didn't want you to be widowed so young either. If this is anyone's fault, it can only be blamed on your bad luck in life, I've checked the horoscopes of many people, none of them match Shao Ran's as well as yours do, perhaps this is just your fate!" Her voice was no longer cold like before, but soft and gentle.

  "It's actually not bad to marry into the Huo family, there's food and drink! I heard your dad say that you like reading books, after this week, you can still read your books, just one thing, at night you must come back, don't worry, someone will be responsible for picking you up." Her hand stroked mine, as if comforting me with a squeeze, then let go.

  I slightly lifted my head, still didn't dare make a sound, and just nodded.

  "This big household of the Huo family, I'm managing it all by myself, and it's really exhausting. But what can be done about it? In the future, if there's anything you need, just tell me. Your aunt is a reasonable person, as long as it's not too excessive, your aunt will satisfy you!"

  I didn't expect her to speak so politely, and she seemed a bit bolder too. She sniffled before saying: "Little... mom!" I still felt very uncomfortable, but after glancing at me, I gritted my teeth and asked: "Why do you want to marry off someone who's already dead?"

  After finishing speaking, I lowered my head. I knew her face would definitely look ugly, but I still wanted to know if it was possible for her to let me leave the Huo family!

  Bang! Her hand slammed heavily on the table, where was the gentleness before: "Being married into the Ho family made you feel wronged? Giving you a little bit of color and you actually dared to open up a dye house! You just remember this for me, although you are married into the Ho family, although you have become the young mistress, but there is one thing you'd better not forget, this Ho family has always been managed by me! What should be yours won't be lessened, what isn't yours, you'd better not think about it!"

  I don't understand! What does she mean by saying that?!