Afterlife Department

Chapter 182 – Favoritism

Li Fei was given a fright when Xiao Lianhua suddenly collapsed and fell off from the bench, and hit the floor of the hospital. She frantically called the nearest doctors and nurses to send her a stretcher to take her away and check what happened to her. Meanwhile, Huo Xuaner, who now knows the true self of his white lotus wife, just sneered and had an indifferent expression on his face while Huo Zhansan who now knows what Xiao Lianhua truly is, was slightly frightened when she collapsed but, seeing his elder brother who looks like he doesn't give a care what happens to Xiao Lianhua now, immediately calmed down and walked towards his wife to appease her.

Huo Xuaner, after suppressing his raging emotions, walked towards Huo Zhansan who was pacifying Li Fei that's now crying because of fear. "What is happening now?" he heard her ask, fear filled her eyes. "First, it's Wang Yan. Now, it's xiao Luan…" she cried.

Wang Yan is the wife of Huo Chengyi, their eldest brother, who's now missing.

"It'll be okay. It'll be okay…" Huo Zhansan told Li Fei. He didn't tell her about Huo Jinghua, who's also in the hospital, to not frighten her more. Hearing Huo Xuaner's footsteps approaching, he told her.. "Why don't you go accompany Lianhua-saozi?" he asked.

"I will." Li Fei sniffed. She rose from her seat and met Huo Xuaner's gaze.

Hua Xuaner immediately changed his expression into a sorrowful expression, which evoked Li Fei's sympathy.

She choked back a sob patted his shoulder to comfort him, giving him an encouragement in life after his 'daughter' got in an accident, and now his wife collapsing. However, right now, she looked like she's the one who is suffering and wallowing grief instead of him.

Women are emotionally weaker than men. "Watch over xiao Luan. I'll go accompany Lianhua." She told him before she went to the direction where Xiao Lianhua was taken. She covered her mouth and her shoulder were shaking as she walked away.

As Huo Zhansan is closer to Huo Xuaner, Li Fei naturally became close to Xiao Lianhua. Eventually, the two, aside from being sisters-in-law, became best of friends. Thus, she was hit hard after hearing Huo Luan was stabbed. Aside from being her son's favorite tangmei, Huo Luan was a daughter to her, since she has no daughter.

Huo Zhansan sighed, full of emotions, as he watched his wife left. "Feifei ah…" he muttered as he grimaced.

After he heard of Huo Xuaner's story about his wife, Xiao Lianhua, he doesn't know what to think of her now. He has always thought that Xiao Lianhua is a virtuous wife. He even thought that she's better than his wife, thus he lets his wife, Li Fei, interact with Xiao Lianhua.

However… "What should I tell Feifei?" he asked Huo Xuaner.

Huo Xuaner sighed as he patted his younger brother's back. "Just leave it be. It's not as if xiao Fei was the one Lianhua wronged." He told him.

"En." Huo Zhansan nodded. Relationships between women will naturally be left to their hands. "How about you, er ge?" he asked. His eyes are filled with worry.

"I'll decide after the result of the paternity test comes out." Huo Xuaner answered. Although, seeing Xiao Lianhua's alarmed expression earlier, and her fake collapse, his suspicion was already confirmed.

Huo Zhansan sighed in sympathy as he patted his elder brother's back in comfort.

Meanwhile, Huo Dakuan almost collapsed when he heard his family's successive misfortunes in one night. His private doctors were immediately called to stabilize his condition.

"They… they…!" he said as he clutched his chest that heaved up and down because of anger and fear. If all of his sons died, he will leave no heir. He's already has a one foot on his grave! How can he have another child at this age! And he's left no time to cultivate them!

Huo Dakuan, like any other businessmen, sees his children only as a form of interest. He never liked useless people. Thus, when his sons provoked him by insulting Huo Meiying and Huo Jinghua, he wanted to discard them, intending to leave them out in the cold.

Huo Meiying, his dear daughter born from his late beloved wife; Huo Jinghua, his excellent son. Despite both have dull personalities, but he liked their intelligence.

Huo Meiying has been married to Gerard Jackson, this fox who lives in a world filled with guns and smoke, for more than twenty years. If she isn't a careful and smart woman, never mind her being from a royal family, but with many enemies of Gerard Jackson has from the underworld, she would've long since lost her head from her neck, along with her son.

Unfortunately, her son finally died. As to the cause of his death… that remains to be seen.

On the other hand, Huo Jinghua, as the last person in the line of successors, for him to finally gotten Huo Dakuan's permission to inherit the company instead of any of his three brothers, who knows which methods did he use? In a wealthy family that is full of schemes and intrigues, is there really one person that could remain white?

If there really is, then it is only a matter of time before they would be dyed black.

The door opened and revealed Huo Meiying standing outside with a usual somber expression on her exquisite, as smooth and fair as a jade, face. She arrives and leaves as quietly as a ghost. She always wears that expression as if someone died. If one would see her, they would think her life is always plagued with misfortunes as if she's not someone born from the royal family, and a wealthy family like the Huo family.

"Father." She called, her voice as quiet as a desolate land. "Are you okay?" she asked as her eyes that are like a calm lake, gazed at his father whose face is red from anger suffocating him.

If one wouldn't know what her personality is like, they would think she's an emotionless woman as she wore a wooden face and spoke in a flat voice, asking a question which should've asked with concern, yet coming from her, it resulted strangely.

"Meiying." Huo Dakuan called when he noticed her arrived. The gloominess and anger in his eyes dissipated a little when he looked at his favored daughter. "Your first younger brother is missing, and his wife was hospitalized after she was burned." He said. "Your second younger brother's daughter was stabbed, and your youngest brother was attacked." He told her. "My people are now looking for Chengyi, and xiao Dong was accompanying his mother. Meanwhile, Xuaner and Zhansan, along with their wives, are watching over xiao Luan. Jinghua is alone. Go and accompany him, see how he is now." he explained in one breath.

The doctor immediately checked Huo Dakuan's pulse, afraid he'd faint from exhaustion.

"Oh." Huo Meiying answered. Her expression is indifferent. "I'll go see Jinghua, then." She said.

Huo Dakuan nodded, his expression relieved. "Yes. Be careful." He told her before he glanced at his bodyguards. They immediately nodded and followed Huo Meiying who quickly disappeared.

The doctors who were left were puzzled of Huo Dakuan's attitude towards Huo Meiying. Clearly, a son is more valued than a daughter, since the son will inherit his father's possessions while the daughter is married off to another family. However, Huo Dakuan is the opposite. He favors a daughter more than a son, not to mention, he has four sons!

Despite the various questions filling their mind and suspicion eating their heart, they didn't dare ask Huo Dakuan about it. After all, they are just mere hired workers. Their job as a private doctor of Huo Dakuan is easier than working in a hospital or setting up their own clinic. They just had to ensure Huo Dakuan won't fall ill.

Thus, they shut their mouth up and resumed checking Huo Dakuan's blood pressure. They're afraid they will be fired if they'd run their mouth off.

S City General Hospital.

The bodyguard on the lead, closely following behind Huo Meiying, knocked on the door of Huo Jinghua's private room before he respectfully opened the door after hearing a response inside.

Huo Meiying nodded at him. She doesn't need to tell him for them to not follow her inside. They are all familiar with Huo Jinghua's people, especially his bodyguards. After all, Huo Jinghua was in control of the Huo family and the company in the dark. On the surface, Huo Dakuan has the full control when, in fact, he has long lost his touch, eventually, the heart of his people. And Huo Jinghua seized them without anyone knowing, aside from Huo Meiying.

It was right for their brothers to say, Huo Jinghua is a wolf in sheep's clothing!

Huo Jinghua's eyes lit up when he saw Huo Meiying appeared. "Jie!" he cried. His face showing glee as he watched Huo Meiying approach him. Despite aged thirty-one already, yet his heart is still a child when it comes to Huo Meiying.