northernbook Chapter 231 already says the wife is favored!
Chapter 231 already says the wife is favored!
Food poisoning?
This is definitely not food poisoning.
Knowing the inside story, Zhou Fu looked at Jiang Qin upon hearing this, his expression becoming complicated.
He really wanted to tell Jiang Qin the truth, but after glancing at Huo Sili, who was being helped to the living room sofa and was still receiving treatment from the doctor, he didn't dare to tell Jiang Qin the situation in front of his master.
But this was a good opportunity to ease the tension between the two, and Zhou Fu didn't want to waste it.
Seeing that Huo Sili didn't seem to have the energy to pay attention to anything else, he mustered up his courage and whispered to Jiang Qin.
"Second Young Madam, how about we go outside and talk?"
Jiang Qin glanced at Huo Sili, walked towards the door, and Zhou Fu quickly followed.
"Uncle Zhou, please tell me, what's wrong with him? The doctor seems quite skilled; has this happened before?"
Standing outside the gate, beside a landscaped garden with flowers and trees, Jiang Qin looked at Zhou Fu, who had followed her, and asked him a question.
Zhou Fu glanced back inside, recalling Huo Sili's situation over the past three years, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Second Young Madam, you guessed right. This is indeed not the first time the Second Young Master has experienced this situation."
When Zhou Fu looked at Jiang Qin, there was a clear sense of complex emotions in his eyes, and Jiang Qin could clearly see the sorrow in those emotions.
Jiang Qin's expression froze slightly, as she was about to ask for more details.
“Ever since what happened to you three years ago, Second Young Madam, the Second Young Master has suffered from depression, and it was quite severe at first.”
The old butler looked worried, sighed, and continued.
Jiang Qin's eyes widened slightly. Had Huo Sili suffered from depression because of her over the past three years?
Jiang Qin herself had suffered from depression, but at that time her economic conditions were really not good enough, and her understanding of depression was not accurate enough. Therefore, although she had it, she forced herself to get better.
At that time, she didn't even know that she was depressed. She just thought that she had encountered too many bad people and bad things in life and was simply in a bad mood. Later, when she grew up, she learned about depression.
Looking back, I realized that I was actually depressed during that period, and it wasn't just a normal bad mood.
However, the symptoms of this disease vary from person to person, but regardless of the symptoms, in Jiang Qin's understanding, this disease is very painful.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qin frowned again.
Zhou Fu's voice continued, "The second young master went abroad with Assistant He halfway through his trip. After returning, his condition gradually improved, but..."
The old butler suddenly paused in his speech.
Jiang Qin looked at Zhou Fu, her mind a jumble of emotions. "But what?"
Zhou Fu sighed again, seemingly feeling sad and emotional when he thought about these things. "However, although the situation has improved somewhat, the second young master has been constantly increasing his workload and exercise since returning to China."
As Zhou Fu spoke, he looked at Jiang Qin, as if he had returned to that time, his eyes filled with sorrow.
“At that time, the old lady and we were all worried that the second young master might do something rash. So I often contacted Assistant He, and then I heard from Assistant He that the second young master was either working overtime at the company very late, or exercising somewhere very late.”
"And...and they often get injured!" Zhou Fu said with a complicated expression.
Jiang Qin was once again stunned by this message—
In the years since depression has been popularized among the public, she has seriously studied this disease.
She knew that patients with moderate or severe depression might engage in self-harm, instinctively using pain to alleviate their low and numb emotions. If they did not receive timely treatment, they would be highly likely to have suicidal thoughts.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qin frowned, her mood instantly becoming extremely complicated.
She had a feeling that the housekeeper's statement that "injuries are frequent" was not a statement of fact.
Instead, she was subtly telling her that during that time, Horstley had been engaging in self-harm.
Jiang Qin didn't know what to say, and Zhou Fu looked at her.
Thinking to himself, "Second Young Master, this is all I can do to help you!"
After thinking it over, he went straight to Jiang Qin and said—
“The second young master is such a grown man, and he never used to get injured when he exercised. But during that period, he kept hurting himself. I specifically went to see a doctor, who said that this situation was very likely due to the patient experiencing self-harm.”
“During that time, the second young master was hurting himself. Second young mistress, he really missed you back then, so much so that he didn’t want to live anymore.”
Jiang Qin's long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she pursed her lips.
Zhou Fu glanced at Jiang Qin carefully before speaking again, cleverly steer the conversation back to what had just happened.
“But speaking of which, Second Young Madam,” Zhou Fu said with a puzzled tone.
"Did you mention anything to the second young master just now? Although his condition happened frequently during that period over the past three years, I've been thinking about it, and it seems that he hasn't experienced this situation much this year."
How was she supposed to respond to that?
Jiang Qin found it strange that she could say some things directly to Huo Sili, but relayed them to a third person.
"It's probably because I mentioned the time I faked my death three years ago," Jiang Qin said.
While she downplayed the issue somewhat, Jiang Qin didn't think she had said anything wrong.
After all, it was precisely because she mentioned her faked death at the beginning that Huo Sili's emotions became strange.
As for what he said later, it was nothing more than stabbing another knife into the heart of Horsley, whose emotions had become unstable, causing his condition to suddenly worsen. It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Zhou Fu asked this question not because he really wanted to know what exactly happened between the two of them, but simply to make his words in defense of Huo Sili seem less deliberate.
At least don't let the second young mistress think that he is the second young master's shill.
After saying this, Zhou Fu nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but said, "I see."
Just then, Jiang Qin's phone rang; it was Qiu Huilan calling from upstairs.
They said Sweetie was full and wanted to find her mother.
Upon hearing her daughter's voice, Jiang Qin's focus naturally shifted.
Without waiting for Zhou Fu, who seemed to want to say something, she said, "I'm going upstairs, Uncle Zhou. Please look after him."
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the house, heading straight for the elevator.
The speed was too fast; Zhou Fu only had time to respond with a simple "eh."
As you walk further in, you can see Jiang Qin's back view, which seems to have become even more dashing than it was three years ago.
She glanced again at her second young master on the sofa, whose face was still pale and whose eyes were closed as if he had a headache.
Zhou Fu: "..." Sigh! What's this called?
This is called reaping what you sow!
He's clearly a wife who's been pampered! Yet he insists on hurting her feelings!
Now look what's happened! He just said that to the second young mistress.
How could the second young mistress not understand? She must have understood how much the second young master loved her.
But look, he just left. The second young master really doesn't want him anymore!
"Mommy...!"
Upstairs, as soon as the elevator doors opened, Qiu Huilan, who was holding Tian Tian and waiting outside the elevator, saw Tian Tian stretching out her hands toward Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin came out, quickly took her daughter, and before she could say anything, Tian Tian pouted and hugged her tightly with a wronged look on her face.
Jiang Qin was taken aback. Qiu Huilan looked at her with loving concern and then at Tian Tian, who was holding her.
"Sweetie kept asking me if you didn't want her anymore," Qiu Huilan said earnestly.
"It's Grandma's fault. She should have insisted on having him kicked out. She made things difficult for you at the dinner table just now, Qinqin."
Jiang Qin paused slightly, then quickly shook her head. "Don't talk about Grandma like that, it's not your fault."
"Besides, he is now the head of the Huo family. It would be putting you in a difficult position if you were to drive him away."
Qiu Huilan sighed softly, unsure of what to say for a moment.
Because what Jiang Qin said was indeed true. Although she still had power and people under her command, her grandson was now the head of the family, and she could no longer discipline him as she had three years ago.
After all, if that were the case, the patriarch's authority would be lost.
This is detrimental to Huo Sili and also greatly detrimental to the future development of the Huo family.
Sweetie stirred in her arms. Jiang Qin gently patted her daughter's back, then looked down at Sweetie. Sweetie's face showed a look of grievance that Jiang Qin had never seen on her daughter's face before.
Since birth, Sweetie has never been unhappy.
This made Jiang Qin feel very uncomfortable, and at that moment, she really wanted to leave.
"Grandma, I'll be going now. I'll come see you again in a couple of days," she said.
Qiu Huilan looked at Jiang Qin, opened her mouth as if to say something, but swallowed her words after hearing this.
"Okay, then Grandma will see you off."
Jiang Qin wanted to say no, but she felt a pang of sadness in front of the old lady.
They did deliver it, escorting it all the way to the door.
Upon hearing the noise, Huo Sili also got up from the sofa and, ignoring Zhou Fu's advice, insisted on chasing after them.
Seemingly realizing that she was going to be taken home by her mother, Tian Tian's mood gradually recovered. When they arrived at the open-air parking lot outside, she straightened up from Jiang Qin's arms and waved to the old lady.
"See you next time, Grandma Great-Grandma~ Bye-bye~"
However, in that instant, Tian Tian, who was being held in Jiang Qin's arms, saw Huo Sili coming out of the main gate and quickly realized that the strange uncle was heading in the same direction as where she and her mother were.
Sweetie's smiling face instantly turned complicated as she cautiously looked at Jiang Qin.