Chapter 664

After leaving the studio, Jiang Nannan first returned to her apartment.

She tried calling her mother.

She made call after call, but no one answered.

She felt that her mother must have sensed something; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so insistent about her returning.

Her mother had truly given her a difficult problem to solve.

Meanwhile.

The Huo Family.

Huo Jingyan did not wait until the end of the workday and returned early.

Mother Jiang had arrived long ago and had been sitting in the living room waiting.

She was not surprised to see Huo Jingyan return first.

"Mom."

Huo Jingyan spoke first.

Mother Jiang responded with an "ai," then looked at Huo Jingyan, who was sitting across from her, "Have some water first; I have some things I want to ask you."

Her phone was placed to the side; Nannan had already called her many times.

Huo Jingyan drank two sips of water, set the cup down, and then looked at Mother Jiang.

"Did something happen between you and Nannan? Did she move out to live somewhere else?" Mother Jiang asked directly.

She had seen Nannan staying at the apartment she lived in before marriage two days ago.

That apartment was one that she and Nannan's father had bought for Nannan.

If something hadn't happened with Huo Jingyan, Nannan would not have moved out without a word.

Some time ago, Nannan's state of mind hadn't been right, and she had been determined to go out to work; she should have thought carefully about the situation between the two children back then.

The two children had grown up together; she knew very well what kind of person Huo Jingyan was, so she had been very at ease entrusting Nannan to him.

However, it seemed the two children had encountered some problems, and since she, as an elder, had discovered it, she could not sit idly by.

Huo Jingyan nodded with a solemn expression, "Mom, there have indeed been some problems between us. It is my fault."

"Your fault?" Mother Jiang stared at Huo Jingyan, her heart skipping a beat, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.

She understood Nannan; if it weren't a serious problem, it would be impossible for her to move out.

"Not long ago, I cheated with my secretary," Huo Jingyan said truthfully.

Mother Jiang's expression changed; she stood up abruptly, looking in disbelief at the son-in-law she thought she understood, "Cheated? Huo Jingyan, you actually cheated! Nannan left home only after discovering you cheated, didn't she?"

"Yes."

Mother Jiang's body swayed slightly, "Do you no longer like our Nannan? How could you be so foolish? You know full well that Nannan cannot tolerate any betrayal; do you want to divorce her? Or are you forcing her to move out?"

Thinking back to how she had just refused to answer the phone, she had simply assumed in her self-righteousness that the two children were just having a small spat.

As it turned out, she hadn't expected her child to be going through such a blow.

"Mom, I cannot argue against the fact that I cheated, but I do not want to divorce Nannan. If Mom trusts me, then please listen to me explain slowly. I will clarify the whole story," Huo Jingyan said with a sincere attitude.

Mother Jiang's head throbbed with pain; she looked at Huo Jingyan with reddened eyes, "The whole story?"

If Huo Jingyan did not want a divorce, then it must be Nannan who wanted one.

She understood her child; when encountering such a thing, she certainly would not be able to tolerate any betrayal.

But she also wanted to know why Huo Jingyan had cheated in the first place; he had liked Nannan so much back then and had promised to treat her well for the rest of his life, yet in the blink of an eye, less than a year after marriage, he had cheated?

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Shu Xia arrived at the restaurant a step early.

She had bought fresh flowers and balloons on the way.

She had hired people specifically to help her decorate.

The restaurant staff also came to help, and what would have originally taken an hour to decorate was finished in half an hour.

After the staff had all left, she looked around and nodded in approval, "The birthday atmosphere is definitely here."