I Became Super Rich After Resigning-Chapter 26 - Isn’t Huo Shiyuan Yuan Xi’s Husband?

Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Isn’t Huo Shiyuan Yuan Xi’s Husband?

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At dusk, as the sky gradually darkened, more and more guests arrived at Chu’s Mansion.

Chu Yan found Yuan Xi in the makeup room touching up her makeup. “Sister.”

Yuan Xi turned around and asked, “What’s up?”

“Sister, the guests have almost arrived, and your cocktail dress really isn’t suitable. I’ve prepared a haute couture gown for you, please change into the gown I prepared.”

Yuan Xi said, “Thank you, I have prepared one myself; my husband helped me get it from the car.”

Chu Yan frowned and said, “Sister, you know the significance of today’s event, right? It’s attended by influential figures. If your gown looks subpar, others might think less of the Chu family. I prepared for you a DIOR haute couture gown from last autumn’s season.

This gown was worn by Fan Yan’s artist in March at an award ceremony.

You know Chao Qing, right? The TV series she stars in is currently a hit. The gown she wore is very popular. I know her stylist, and that’s how I managed to buy this gown she wore, specially prepared for you.”

Yuan Xi didn’t mind wearing a gown worn by others; when she previously accompanied Hanchen to banquets, it wasn’t possible to always buy new gowns. They were often rented.

Even the exhibition hall Liang Suisui introduced yesterday had clothes worn by others.

Yuan Xi, having grown up in an ordinary household and having been poor during college, couldn’t accept spending five to six hundred thousand or even a million for a gown to wear only once.

Indeed, renting a gown worn by others was more cost-effective than buying.

However, although she rarely accompanied Hanchen to banquets, she knew that wearing a haute couture gown worn by a famous actress was a major faux pas in these circles.

There are several reasons for this, with two major ones being: first, after a star has worn a gown, various online platforms will frantically produce imitation gowns.

Second, others may feel that wearing the same gown as a celebrity indicates a lack of personal taste and a tendency to merely imitate. Previously, even when she was only accompanying Hanchen as his partner, Yuan Xi made it a point to avoid renting gowns worn by famous actresses.

A gown worn by Chao Qing wouldn’t enhance the gown’s allure, and even if it were the same model, it wouldn’t be suitable to wear, let alone this one that Chao Qing had worn…

Yuan Xi looked up briefly and said, “Chu Yan, this isn’t my first time at such an event. I know well what I should wear, but thank you.”

After Chu Yan left with the gown, she bumped into Yang Ying, looking distressed. “Mom, I specially spent three hundred thousand to buy a DIOR haute couture gown for my sister, hoping she’d look stunning today, but she actually despised my intentions and said no…

Mom, I feel like sister has always disliked me. I know everything I have should have been hers; I’ve been trying hard to make it up to her…”

Yang Ying patted Chu Yan’s shoulder. “Let me go have a look.”

“Xinxin.”

Yuan Xi looked up at Yang Ying and Chu Yan.

Yang Ying asked, “Xinxin, didn’t you like the gown Yan Yan prepared for you?”

Yuan Xi responded, “Well, I made my own preparations. John should be bringing it up soon.”

As soon as Yuan Xi stopped speaking, Huo Shiyuan arrived at the second-floor makeup room with the gown.

After Yuan Xi unzipped the gown’s garment bag, the style of the dress was revealed.

Chu Yan, seeing the gown, said, “Isn’t that DIOR’s new spring-summer collection? I haven’t even gotten it yet! How’s that possible? Sister, you haven’t picked a fake dress, have you?”

Yuan Xi: “I wouldn’t wear a counterfeit at today’s event, Mom, I need to change.”

Yang Ying pulled Chu Yan out of the room saying, “Your sister doesn’t dislike you; she was just prepared. Go down and attend to the guests.”

Chu Yan said, “Mom, was sister deceived? I also ordered that gown, and it’s still being made. How could she have received it so quickly, unless it’s a counterfeit? Please, tell sister to change it.”

Yang Ying replied, “Xinxin has been Hanchen’s secretary for five years; she’s not lacking that discernment. Let’s go, let’s attend to the guests.”

Inside the makeup room.

As the stylist was helping Yuan Xi change into the gown, Huo Shiyuan said, “You all can leave; I’ll help Yuan Xi change.”

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan, shyly letting him help her into the gown.

“Has Gu Hanchen arrived yet?”

Huo Shiyuan took a deep breath and said, “He was in a car accident.”

“Is it serious?” Yuan Xi asked anxiously, It was not a good time for anything to happen to Gu Hanchen with Mi Chen’s IPO pending.

Huo Shiyuan smiled faintly and said, “He’s fine. He was rear-ended in the city. Wanting to do a good deed, he took the driver who hit him to the hospital, so he will be a bit late.”

“Oh, that’s good.” Yuan Xi was relieved then.

Yuan Xi opened her phone and asked Liang Suisui where she was.

Sui Sui: The subway line 5 broke down today, and during rush hours, it’s impossible to hail a cab. I just got on a car, I will probably arrive in about half an hour.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: Be careful on the road.

Jiangcheng First Hospital.

Gu Hanchen was waiting in the hallway while Ren Tian was having X-ray photos taken in the emergency room.

When he saw the young girl hurrying over, Gu Hanchen asked, “Xiao Yi, why are you here? Didn’t I ask Mrs. Zhong to come?”

Zhong Xiaoyi panted and said, “My mom is old, and she doesn’t understand how to operate many of the machines here. I was at home, so I came in her place.”

When Ren Tian was wheeled out, Gu Hanchen handed his phone to Zhong Xiaoyi, “Quick, take a few photos of her and me.”

Zhong Xiaoyi hesitated for a moment, then took photos of Gu Hanchen and Ren Tian.

Gu Hanchen took his phone back and said, “Xiao Yi, take good care of her, arrange the best ward for her. It’s getting dark, and I need to go to Chu’s Mansion now.”

“Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu!” Ren Tian called after him repeatedly.

Gu Hanchen didn’t look back; Ren Tian turned to the young-looking girl beside her and asked with a displeased tone, “Who are you to Gu Hanchen?”

Zhong Xiaoyi answered openly, “I am the daughter of Mr. Gu’s housekeeper.”

Ren Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Hanchen called his driver only to find out that Jiangyi Road was completely blocked, and the driver couldn’t make it to the hospital.

Gu Hanchen waited at the hospital entrance for a taxi, but every taxi that came was already full of people.

Until a white electric car stopped in front of Gu Hanchen, “Mr. Gu, are you also going to Chu’s Mansion?”

Gu Hanchen looked at the young woman inside the car, dressed in an elegant gown and wearing delicate makeup, “Do we know each other?”

“I am Yuan Xi’s friend, Liang Suisui. If you are heading to Chu’s Mansion, you might as well ride with me. The subway line 5 is down, and it’s hard to hail a taxi now; booked rides are queued up beyond a hundred spots.”

Gu Hanchen got into the car, his height of six-foot-two making it somewhat cramped inside the rideshare, “Did Yuan Xi ever talk badly about me in front of you?”

Liang Suisui asked, “Why would you think Yuan Xi would talk badly about you?”

Gu Hanchen nervously touched his nose, “Have you met Yuan Xi’s husband?”

“I have.”

Gu Hanchen looked at Liang Suisui and asked, “Is he better looking than me?”

Liang Suisui said, “Mr. Gu, don’t you think it’s a bit presumptuous to ask that when we just met?”

Gu Hanchen responded, “I get it now, Yuan Xi’s husband is definitely not as handsome as me! I should have gotten a makeover today too.”

Liang Suisui said, “Even if you had a makeover, you wouldn’t be as handsome as Huo Shiyuan.”

Gu Hanchen said, “Huo Shiyuan? Well, I certainly am not as handsome as Huo Shiyuan, the great hero who saved Mi Chen from distress, but I am definitely more handsome than Yuan Xi’s husband.”

Liang Suisui: “Isn’t Huo Shiyuan Yuan Xi’s husband?”

Gu Hanchen: “???”