Guide the Villain Father to Be Virtuous

Chapter 35: Act Coquettishly (1)

Standing in front of her… with a belt…

This image automatically flashed in Huo Xiaoxiao’s mind, and she suddenly felt a little painful.

Hmm… It was just some documents. Her dad shouldn’t be so cruel, right?

No, she couldn’t think too nicely of her father.

No, no, no, she shouldn’t focus on this point right now. Compared to beating her, this ANZ project was more important.

If her dad was really involved in the ANZ project, would the Huo Family be facing bankruptcy in the near future?

In the original plot, Huo Suicheng suffered a severe loss of reputation in the corporate sector because of the Luming Mountain project, so he focused all of his energy on the ANZ project. Also, her dad’s Luming Mountain project had been suspended. To a large extent, he was in a difficult position, just like in the plot.

Huo Xiaoxiao looked at the ink-stained documents in the drawer.

The ANZ project must be significant to her father.

He would definitely beat her hard later.

She rummaged through all her memories but found no prior experience of being beaten.

“Xiaoxiao, are you done?” Yi Qian squatted by the door and asked her in a low voice.

Huo Xiaoxiao recovered from her reverie, closed the drawer, and climbed down the stool.

“I’m done.”

“Did you find it?”

Huo Xiaoxiao shook her head. “No.”

“Then what should we do?”

“Maybe I remembered it wrongly. Forget it, let’s go first.”

The two children quickly left the ‘crime scene’.

But Huo Xiaoxiao kept feeling anxious and frightened.

She could only deceive herself but not others. Her father would eventually find out, and it was unknown how he would react.

“Yi Qian, I want to ask you something.”

“What’s the matter?”

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“Have you… ever got beaten by your father?”

Yi Qian stared at her with wide eyes.

Huo Xiao was uncomfortable with the way he looked at her, so she took a guess. “Been beaten?”

The child couldn’t hide his emotions, perhaps because he felt it was a shame to be beaten by his father. When Huo Xiaoxiao guessed it correctly, he instantly blushed.

“You… Why are you asking this?”

“I am just curious. Tell me, how did you get beaten by your dad? Did it hurt? How did he beat you?”

“I can’t remember.”

“Liar, you definitely still remember. Tell me quickly.”

This matter was too embarrassing in Yi Qian’s mind, but Huo Xiaoxiao kept pestering him even though he wanted to avoid this question.

“It’s just… I don’t like eggs. I threw them away and lied about finishing them, so my dad hit me twice with his hand.”

“So you got spanked? Did it hurt?”

Yi Qian’s cheeks flushed. “It didn’t hurt.”

Huo Xiaoxiao looked at him thoughtfully. “Liar. It must have been painful.”

Yi Qian’s face turned even more red, like a ripe apple.

Huo Xiao Xiao started to worry.

Yi Qian’s dad seemed such a gentle person, yet he could beat his child for such a small matter. She had dirtied the documents that her dad valued so much. With her dad’s temperament, he would think that she had done it on purpose.

“…” Too much imagination wasn’t a good thing.

Yi Qian noticed her anxious expression. “Did you do something wrong?”

“I just stained my dad’s documents.”

“Ah! Then you should quickly confess your mistake and apologize to your father.”

He usually didn’t even dare to enter his dad’s study room, not to mention dirtying his documents.

Uncle Huo was so fierce. Xiaoxiao was doomed.

“He will definitely beat me.”

Yi Qian nodded. “Yes, he will.”

Huo Xiaoxiao glanced sideways.

This kid was still so young that he had no idea how and when to comfort others.

However, even Yi Qian could see her father’s cruelty. This matter was probably a bit of a cliffhanger.

‘No, I can’t just sit back and wait. Besides admitting my mistakes and apologizing, I have to think a way out.’

‘What if Daddy doesn’t accept my apology?’

What if her father, who had been finding her an eyesore for a long time, took this opportunity to beat her up?

She should do it just in case!

She must plan ahead.

Find grandpa?

No, it would only treat the symptoms but not the roots. The source lay in her dad.

“You can act pretty,” said Yi Qian.

This time, Huo Xiaoxiao stared at him with wide eyes.

“After my father beat me, my mother told me to act coquettishly, and he wouldn’t beat me anymore. But I think it suits you girls more.”

Acting coquettishly?

In Huo Xiaoxiao’s mind, she twisted her body and hugged Huo Suicheng. She deliberately pouted her lips, pinched her throat, and called her father. Goosebumps rose all over her body at once.

Was he joking? Have her act spoiled?

Even if she was killed by Huo Suicheng today, she would never act coquettishly!

“Don’t even think about it. I will just go to my father and apologize.”

Huo Xiaoxiao got up and went downstairs.

Yi Qian was a little worried, and he also followed along.

Huo Suicheng and Old Master Huo were sitting on the sofa and leisurely chatting about daily life. Thinking that her father hadn’t eaten much at the dinner table, Huo Xiao Xiao covered Yi Qian’s mouth and quickly pulled him into the kitchen.

Aunt Zhao was cleaning the kitchen.

“Auntie, can you help me cook noodles?”

Aunt Zhao smiled and asked, “You didn’t have enough just now?”

Huo Xiaoxiao shook her head. “Daddy’s not full. I want to bring it to Daddy.”

Aunt Zhao glanced outside the kitchen and gently squeezed Huo Xiaoxiao’s face. “Okay!”

After heating the water, Aunt Zhao put the noodles into the pan, blanched some vegetables, boiled some shrimp, fried an egg, and sprinkled some green onions.

After ten minutes, a bowl of fragrant egg, prawn, and green vegetable noodles was ready.

“Auntie, give it to me. I will bring it to Daddy.”

Aunt Zhao looked at her suspiciously. “Can you carry it?”

Yi Qian quickly said, “I can help her.”

“No need, I can handle it myself!”

“Okay.” Aunt Zhao put the bowl on a small tray and let Xiaoxiao hold the tray gradually. The tray was held steadily in Huo Xiaoxiao’s hand.

“Done, bring it over.”

“Thank you, Auntie.”

After she finished speaking, Huo Xiaoxiao stared at the bowl of noodles in her hand, moving to the living room step by step.

“Don’t do anything in the Luming Mountain project. The tomb is by the sea. Even if you don’t dig it now, it won’t survive for long in the humid air. If you take the risk, the Huo Group’s reputation will be destroyed in the end.”

“I will consider this matter again.”

“This kind of thing still needs to be considered? Don’t even think about it!”

Just as Old Master Huo finished speaking, Huo Xiaoxiao came into the living room with a bowl of noodles while trembling.

Old Master Huo’s serious expression changed faster than flipping a book. He smiled and asked her, “Xiaoxiao, what are you carrying?”

Huo Xiaoxiao looked at Huo Suicheng. “I made noodles for Daddy.”

“You made them yourself?”

“I personally watched Auntie make the noodles.”

She brought the noodles to Huo Suicheng. “Daddy didn’t eat much at night, so you must be hungry. Daddy, come and have noodles.”

Huo Suicheng was taken aback for a while before he took the noodles.

“For me?”

“Yes!” Huo Xiaoxiao nodded, trying to make her expression look sincere.

Old Master Huo, sitting on the sofa, smiled. “Xiaoxiao is so considerate.”

“Grandpa wants to eat too?”

“Grandpa is not hungry.”

“Then, Daddy, eat quickly.”

Yi Qian watched nervously on the side.

Old Master Huo saw him and waved his hand. “Qian Qian, what are you doing standing over there? Come here.”

Huo Suicheng raised his eyes and glanced at Yi Qian. Seeing his nervous expression, he stared at his noodles and stirred them with suspicion.

This kid didn’t put anything into the noodles, right?

Seeing Huo Suicheng constantly stir the noodles but not eating, Huo Xiaoxiao became anxious. She climbed onto the sofa, leaned in front of Huo Suicheng, and blew at the noodles in the bowl.

“Okay, it’s not hot anymore. Daddy, eat now!”

“So sensible, do you have something to tell Daddy?” She kept opposing him at the dinner table just now, and he didn’t think that the kid had suddenly changed her mind.

Huo Xiaoxiao was not shy, and she calmly nodded. “I have something to tell Daddy. Daddy should eat first.”

As soon as she said this, Huo Suicheng suddenly became interested. Under Huo Xiaoxiao’s gaze, he finished eating the noodles.

Huo Xiaoxiao handed him the tissues.

“Go ahead, what’s the matter?”

Huo Xiaoxiao knelt and sat beside him. Acting depressed, she sighed before saying, “Daddy, I am sorry.”

Huo Suicheng narrowed his eyes. “What did you do wrong?”

Huo Suicheng hadn’t gone upstairs to change his clothes. He was still wearing the shirt and trousers he had when he left in the morning, with his belt tied around his waist.

Huo Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva, a little constrained.

She was stuck in the ideological struggle of leniency to those who confessed and severity to those who resisted.

She remembered how many times her father had tried to give her a full childhood, and who knew if this time it would be for real?

To be on the safe side, at present, she could only act coquettishly.

Huo Xiaoxiao twisted her body, held Huo Sui Cheng’s arms, and kept shaking them. Her small mouth then pouted, and she sweetly shouted, “Daddy! Xiaoxiao likes you the most. What does Daddy like more: me or job?”

“…” Huo Suicheng turned silent. After a moment, he yelled, “Aunt Zhao, please bring me the feather duster.”

“Daddy, I am sorry I accidentally dirtied your documents in the study room, but I didn’t mean it!”

After speaking aloud, Huo Xiaoxiao’s heart was still beating wildly.

Sure enough!

Her father had wanted to beat her for a long time already!

Huo Suicheng’s words made Old Master Huo unhappy. “What are you scaring her for? The files are dirty, but isn’t there a back up on the computer?”

Yi Qian heard Huo Suicheng asking for a feather duster, and his palms went all sweaty. But when Old Master Huo defended Huo Xiaoxiao, another coquettish voice sounded, “Grandpa Huo, Xiaoxiao didn’t mean it. She… she just wanted to get the things in the drawer. She accidentally…”

“Yi Qian!” Huo Xiaoxiao wanted to fly over and sew Yi Qian’s mouth together.

He just said something that he shouldn’t have, revealing everything.

Huo Suicheng took a deep look at Yi Qian. “Taking something from the drawer? What is it?”

Yi Qian pursed his lips and said nothing.

Old Master Huo glared at Huo Suicheng, smiled, and rubbed Yi Qian’s back. “Qian Qian, don’t worry, Grandpa is here. Go ahead.”

Yi Qian glanced at Huo Xiaoxiao, then hesitated, and said, “Xiaoxiao said there was something into the drawer, so I went to get it. And the documents accidentally got dirty.”

“Something?” Huo Suicheng looked at Huo Xiaoxiao.

Huo Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth. “It’s the pledge that Daddy asked me to press my fingerprint on yesterday. I want to show it to Grandpa.”

Huo Suicheng went upstairs.

Huo Xiaoxiao quickly climbed on Old Master Huo’s legs.

“Grandpa, I didn’t mean it. Daddy won’t… won’t really hit me, right?”

Old Master Huo comforted her. “Don’t be afraid. Grandpa’s here; he wouldn’t dare to.”

Aunt Zhao came out from the kitchen with a feather duster in her hand and asked, “Why did Young Master want the feather duster?”

Huo Xiaoxiao panicked when she saw the feather duster and shouted at Aunt Zhao, “Take it away. Take it away. Take it away!”

Aunt Zhao didn’t know what had happened, so she was stunned for a while.

The footsteps sounded from upstairs.

Huo Xiaoxiao hurriedly climbed off the sofa, grabbed the feather duster in Aunt Zhao’s hand, and threw it under the sofa, destroying the weapon.

Seeing Huo Suicheng come down from upstairs with a calm face and a stack of documents in her hand, Huo Xiaoxiao panicked and hid behind Old Master Huo.

Yi Qian quietly sat next to her and blocked her.

Huo Suicheng’s face didn’t look very good.

The bottle of ink was empty, and a thick pile of documents was soaked with ink. However, the ink stains did not seem accidental?

“Huo Xiaoxiao, come out here! The ink was properly placed on top of the study table. Tell me, how did you accidentally open the cap of the ink bottle and pour a bottle of ink into the drawer?”

Huo Xiaoxiao was reduced to tears.

Who was she doing all this for?

Not just because of him but for this whole family!

It was too hard for her to do a good deed and not be able to explain it. And she couldn’t even mention her name!

Old Master Huo guarded Huo Xiaoxiao and sighed. “Why can’t you just sit down and say it nicely? Isn’t it just some documents? Let the assistant print out another copy tomorrow. Do you need to get so angry?

Huo Xiaoxiao poked out her head from behind Old Master Huo and nodded. “Yes, Daddy should not be angry.”

“I am not angry. I just want to hear your explanation. You said you ‘accidentally’ dirtied it. How did you accidentally dirty it?”

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“Liar!” Huo Suicheng reached out to catch Huo Xiaoxiao.

“Huo Suicheng!”

“Dad, don’t interfere on this matter.”

Huo Xiaoxiao hid behind Old Master Huo, but it was useless. Just as she was about to be picked up by her dad, in her panic, she hugged Yi Qian beside her and shouted, “Daddy, I really didn’t mean it!”

Yi Qian was also stunned. After realizing that he was being hugged by Huo Xiaoxiao, he tightly hugged her back with both hands and looked up at Huo Suicheng. “Uncle Huo, Xiaoxiao… Xiaoxiao didn’t mean it.”

“Didn’t mean for the cap to open by itself? Huo Xiaoxiao, you come out now while we can still talk about you lying. If I pick you up…”

“Huo Suicheng, talk to her properly. What are you doing? Stop it! Don’t touch her! Wait—” Old Master Huo grabbed Huo Suiceng’s hand, squinting at the pile of dirtied documents in his hand.

The word ‘ANZ’ could be vaguely seen in the unspilled areas of the document.

“ANZ? ANZ Project?”

Huo Suicheng was slightly startled. “Dad?”

Old Master Huo had a serious expression. He took the stack of documents from Huo Suicheng’s hand, flipped through it carefully, and after confirming that it was ANZ without mistake, he threw the documents on the coffee table in front of him.

“How many times have I told you before? The ANZ projects can’t be touched!”

Huo Xiaoxiao was also shocked. She turned to look at the angry Old Master Huo.

Huo Suicheng frowned. “I remember.”

“Then tell me, what’s up with these documents?”

Huo Suicheng turned quiet before calmly saying, “The Luming Mountain Project’s suspension has caused heavy losses for the company. If this project succeeds, it can make up for 90% of the company’s losses.”

“Have you turned a deaf ear to what I said? Have you ever wondered how much impact will ANZ have on local companies once it enters the domestic market? If ANZ succeeds, then it’s nothing. And if it doesn’t, it will just draw withdraw from the domestic market. But do you know how many companies will be your enemies in the future?

“Most importantly, this company has no bottom line. I don’t like it. Don’t even think about this project!”

Old Master Huo’s remarks were like a glimmer of hope in one’s darkest hour.

Huo Xiaoxiao was so grateful that she almost shed tears.

In the original plot, Old Master Huo had retired, so he knew nothing about Huo Suicheng’s decisions.

It was different now.

Her grandfather could still control her dad, and he was not entirely given free reins.

“I think Xiaoxiao spilled the ink right! If she hadn’t, I wouldn’t even know you have put your mind on the ANZ project.”

Huo Xiaoxiao nodded to one side.

Instead of thanking her, he was thinking of beating her!

Such a dad was simply hateful!

“Dad…”

Old Master Huo waved his hand. “Don’t talk to me. I don’t want to hear anything about the ANZ project. This matter ends here.”

Huo Suicheng knew in his heart that Old Master Huo was dead set on this matter. He did have an idea for this project not long ago. If cooperation could be reached, there would be a lot of profit.

But now…

He glanced at Huo Xiaoxiao, who was hiding behind Old Master Huo. Her expression had turned from pitiful and terrified to a triumphant excitement. Huo Suicheng sighed.

This bottle of ink was spilled just in time.

“Aunt Zhao, where is the feather duster?”

Huo Xiaoxiao smugly said, “Don’t have!”

Aunt Zhao hurriedly walked out from the utility room, carrying a feather duster in her hand. “What does Young Master want this for?”

“…” Huo Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth. Why did they have so many feather dusters!