Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 996: Chapter 992: Secret Discovered

The plan was crazy, but to really implement it, it still needed meticulous planning.

After some investigation, Huo Sining called Gu Xu and sent him a portion of the documents.

”I need forgeries of these things. Help me gather them, and then find a way to get them to Dongyang.”

Huo Sining didn’t hold back with Gu Xu and directly stated her request.

Gu Xu sensed something off about Huo Sining’s request. People who dealt with antiques wouldn’t ask for forgeries; it was unreasonable. But since Huo Sining didn’t tell him, Gu Xu didn’t ask further.

Seeing Gu Xu didn’t ask what she intended to do, Huo Sining felt relieved, ”It needs to be quick, preferably within a week, otherwise there might not be enough time.”

”Okay.” Gu Xu agreed almost without thinking, suddenly recalling something Ouyang Jun had told him recently about Huo Sining’s senior brother helping him smuggle machines. He hesitated, then instinctively asked, ”How old is your senior brother in Dongyang? Such a capable person, why didn’t you introduce us when I went to Dongyang last time?”

Black lines formed on Huo Sining’s forehead; she had just casually made up a person and didn’t expect Gu Xu to still be fixated on it.

Noticing the jealousy in Gu Xu’s tone, realizing that he was probably overthinking things again, Huo Sining felt a wave of tenderness and couldn’t help but comfort him, ”That senior brother of mine is even older than Senior Brother Ji Kun, old enough to be my father, so he definitely wouldn’t be interested in meeting you.”

Gu Xu didn’t really intend to meet Huo Sining’s senior brother. Upon hearing he was so much older, he felt relieved; such an old man wouldn’t try to steal his wife. As long as no one was trying to snatch her away, he could choose to ignore it.

”Whether he’s interested or not, he’s still your senior brother. An elder brother is like a father, and I just wanted to make a good impression, to let him meet me, so he can feel confident entrusting you to me.”

Feeling at ease again, Gu Xu started joking around, and Huo Sining playfully rebuked him, ”Get lost, I’ve only been out of the country for two months, and you’ve already started talking like this. Did you learn this from Song Hui?”

Gu Xu immediately nodded and said, ”Yes, it’s all that shameless Huizi who taught me.”

Next door, Song Hui inexplicably got dragged into it, sneezing several times, thinking his little tiger at home might be missing him. He immediately picked up the phone and happily texted Zhang Shuang, ”Shuang Girl, let’s go out tonight, I’ll take you to a place, guaranteed fun and exciting!”

Song Hui eagerly waited for a reply, but after a few hours, Zhang Shuang finally responded with a single word.

”Get lost.”

Being a masochist, Song Hui saw the blunt reply and imagined Zhang Shuang with her eyebrows raised, glaring at him in exasperation, her face flushed. Just picturing that delighted him, and he couldn’t help but smile and chuckle to himself.

Meanwhile, Gu Xu didn’t know that someone who always claimed to ”go through the flower garden without touching a leaf” had already fallen. He was still on the phone with his wife, but instead of discussing poetry or philosophy, the focus was on Qin Lianshan.

Huo Sining didn’t directly bring up Qin Lianshan’s serious illness, as she learned he was secretly hiding it from Zhou Shitao. But surprisingly, as soon as she veered towards Qin Lianshan’s issue, Gu Xu already guessed what she wanted to ask.

”You’re asking about Elder Qin’s illness, right?” Gu Xu discerned Huo Sining’s hesitance and said it outright.

Huo Sining was startled, her grip on the phone tightened subconsciously, and she asked, ”You knew too?”

”Something that significant, how could Elder Qin keep it hidden? If he really hid it and something happened, could the attending doctor be held accountable? He’d probably lose his life. So, Elder Qin only thinks he’s hiding it. We actually found out long ago.”

Gu Xu’s tone was also somber, clearly troubled by Qin Lianshan’s situation.

Huo Sining’s emotions became complicated, ”So Ouyang Jun and Qin Tian also know?”

Gu Xu replied gravely, ”They’ve been busy with projects on Song Xiaochen’s island lately, at a critical stage. No one told them, both the Qin Family and the Ouyang Family instructed to keep it under wraps, planning to tell them when they return at the end of the year.”

Huo Sining couldn’t help but sigh. On the other side, after a few seconds of silence, Gu Xu suddenly asked, ”Wife, when you return, if it’s possible, could you help Elder Qin?”

Huo Sining’s heart skipped a beat, her breathing quickened. What did Gu Xu mean by that?

”I know you’re keeping a lot from me. You’re my wife; as long as you’re not doing anything against principles, I will unconditionally protect you and won’t deliberately seek out your secrets. I won’t let anyone harm you.”

”Wife, I know the methods you used to save Huang Chengyi and Lu Ruiqi weren’t the Qigong massage you claimed.”

”I never told you this, but in that alley in S City, that rainy night when you exhausted yourself saving me, although my consciousness was a bit blurry, I wasn’t unconscious. So, I know the person who saved me was you.”

When Gu Xu revealed this secret, Huo Sining’s mind went blank for a moment.

But quickly, she came back to her senses and silently smiled.

At this moment, she felt that all her secrets were nothing more than a sham in front of Gu Xu. Yet, somehow, when Gu Xu revealed these things, she didn’t feel panicked. Instead, she felt a sense of relief, as if it was inevitable.

Perhaps it was because she had truly accepted this man, seeing him as her lover and closest companion. So when he exposed this secret, she didn’t feel lost or scared.

This man, so intelligent and perceptive, had noticed her unusualness long ago. But he was very tolerant, accommodating her lack of frankness, cautiously safeguarding her secrets, giving her enough understanding and respect.

It was precisely this cautious accommodation that gave Huo Sining a sense of security and belonging. She thought, perhaps this is love.

Because they love each other, they trust each other.

Her secrets were less important in this man’s eyes than she was, so he intentionally overlooked the illogical details;

And when he truly uncovered these secrets, she didn’t feel overwhelmed or frightened. Instead, she had an impulse to confide, to lay everything bare to him.