So Strong-Minded. Why Don't You Work?

"Isn't Qing'ang also faced with Dad's coldness? If Dad says that, then both of you should leave together," Gu Pianpian said calmly as she picked up a napkin from the table and folded it into a long strip, placing it on Huo Qing'ang's legs.

After the car accident which Huo Qing'ang and Gu Pianpian were involved, Huo Yan didn't make a single phone call or send a single text message. Following that, when someone maliciously scalded Huo Qing'ang's legs with scalding coffee, Huo Yan still didn't ask a single question. Now, for Huo Qing'ang's safety, when he returned to the old family home for rehabilitation, Huo Yan showed no concern when he saw him.

With a father like this and a family like this, if Huo Qing'ang still had any love left, it would mean something was seriously wrong with his head.

Huo Yan's face gradually changed color as he was contradicted. The veins on his temples pulsed, and his anger seemed to want to burn Gu Pianpian to ashes. "People with the surname Huo are talking. Where’s your manners?"

"We're already married, and I'm also part of the Huo family," Gu Pianpian raised her eyes and said in an unhurried tone, "Dad, you're still young; you can't possibly be suffering from dementia, right?"

The words "married" and "dementia" made Huo Yan's face alternate between shades of green and white. "Impudent! Have you no respect when speaking to your elders?"

"As younger generations, it's our duty to be filial and respectful to our elders, but it doesn't mean you can trample on others and act superior," Gu Pianpian said seriously. Her seemingly calm gaze was as sharp as a knife, as if it could pierce through his innermost secrets. "Just now, when Dad told Qing'ang to leave, he didn't show any respect for himself as an elder."

Seeing the two of them confront each other without giving an inch, Li Yun stood up hastily, wearing an awkward smile. "Old Huo, this is Qing'ang and Pianpian's first meal at home after their marriage. Please say less."

Then she turned her gaze to Huo Qing'ang and said softly, "Qing'ang, you should also manage Pianpian and ask her not to speak."

"Women should be respected and loved, not disciplined," Huo Qing'ang said coldly to Li Yun, his deep eyes as cold as ice. "Humanity is constantly progressing; Aunt Li and Dad's thinking should change as well."

The implication was that Li Yun shouldn't demand that others live the way she did after marriage. As for Huo Yan, who had caused Li Yun to develop this mindset, he wasn't even considered a person.

Huo Yan's anger was boiling, and his face was on the verge of twisting into that of an enraged lion. He pointed at Huo Qing'ang's face with trembling hands and his voice became piercing. "You show no respect for your elders, you wretched thing!"

While Gu Pianpian was thinking about how to counter, Huo Zhenyun, who had hung up the phone, walked in from the courtyard. He looked at Huo Yan and said in a deep voice, "Are you reprimanding me? Have there been problems with Qing'ang's education and upbringing all these years?"

In Huo Zhenyun's anger, Huo Yan immediately ceased his attacks. "Dad, I didn't mean that..."

"It's better if you didn't," Huo Zhenyun interrupted. "Qing'ang may not be the best but you’re not in a position to reprimand him after not participating in his life from the day he was born until now."

Huo Zhenyun pulled a chair and sat down, and his sharp and deep black eyes exuded a powerful aura that was intimidating. "Every penny you're spending now is earned by this so-called 'wretched thing,' as you put it. If you have such a temper, why don't you build a career yourself?"

Huo Yan took a sip from the teacup on the table, then lowered his head and remained silent.

"Don't always rely on your identity as a father to be uninvolved in everything and just show your displeasure. The old Huo family estate that he returned to is not your Huo Yan's property!" Huo Zhenyun continued, disappointed and angry as he looked at Huo Yan. "Do you know why I had him study so much? It was to prevent him from becoming someone like you."

Gu Pianpian was taken aback, and she didn't feel happy or gloating because of Huo Zhenyun's support. That was because... Huo Zhenyun insulted Huo Yan, and Huo Yan insulted Huo Qing'ang. The three men with these relationships would be living under the same roof from now on, which was truly terrifying. Most importantly, at the moment, Huo Qing'ang didn't have a son to insult; it was only her. Gu Pianpian really wanted to escape...