331: Agree To Help

Agree To Help

In her nervousness, Huo You actually felt a little panicky. She seemed to not dare to face Ding Rong's answer and said hurriedly, "I'm sorry, just take it that I'm spouting nonsense. There's no need to pay attention to me…"1

With that, Huo You quickly turned around and turned the door handle, looking like she wanted to flee.

Behind her, Ding Rong sighed slowly and said in a soft voice, "I'm very sorry to have frightened you at the Hill Family's banquet. Take this as my compensation for you. I'll act according to your wishes as if the two of us still have feelings for each other, allowing you to use this as a bargaining chip to exchange for what you want."

Huo You stood rooted to the ground. After a long while, she turned around and looked at Ding Rong in disbelief. "How… How could you possibly agree to this? Don't you hate such methods the most?"

"That's right, I hate all kinds of underhanded schemes and plots. But I can't help it. This is your true nature. I wasn't able to change even after raising you for 18 years. Now, I'm even less qualified to criticize you."

A trace of sadness flashed across Ding Rong's eyes, which seemed to be filled with pity and pain. "I'll help you, but I have conditions too."

Huo You pursed her lips and asked, "What conditions do you have?"

Ding Rong slowly restrained her emotions, tried to maintain her composure, then said in a business-like manner, "I request that you not use this as a bargaining chip to do anything that will damage the Hill Family's reputation or harm Tiantian. Other than obtaining a say in the Huo Family and protecting yourself in the marriage between you and He Yu, I won't allow you to use your relationship with me to swindle others."

Huo You opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to retort that she wasn't that kind of person.

However, she didn't say it out loud because Ding Rong knew her better than Huo You thought.

Huo You was indeed someone who didn't have a high moral bottom line. If one day, she realized that she could easily get benefits from others by exploiting her relationship with Ding Rong, how could she not use this to swindle others?

Huo You's heart was filled with sadness. Under Ding Rong's gaze, she slowly nodded and promised, "I'll agree and abide by this condition."

More than half a year ago, they were still in a loving mother and filial daughter relationship. But now, they could only converse with this kind of negotiation and transaction method.

Ding Rong was filled with emotions, but she had to put things bluntly. "Huo You, this is my condition. If I find out that you've violated this request, I won't let you share any more of my glory. Do you understand?"

Huo You was silent. She knew that from this moment onwards, she had completely lost the only mother who had been good to her. The memories between them were no longer warm but shrouded with a layer of cold calculation.

She nodded sadly. "I understand."

Before Ding Rong left the dressing room, she only left Huo You with one last word. "I hope you can get what you want and that you'll do well by yourself in the future."

Half a year ago, when she left Ding Rong and returned to the Huo Family, Huo You hadn't had a formal goodbye with Ding Rong. It was because felt guilty and also that her heart was only filled with yearnings for the future.

Today, on the day of Huo You's 19th birthday, in a quiet dressing room in the bustling banquet hall, the mother and daughter, who had shared warm and beautiful times, and also had each other's hatred, officially bade each other farewell.

Huo You knew that the words "do well by yourself" were Ding Rong's final advice to her. From now on, they really had nothing to do with each other anymore.

Huo You only felt empty inside. When she returned to the banquet, she had relied on her instincts to smile and greet the other guests.

She was in a bit of a daze and didn't care if others could tell that she was in a bad state.

A man who was half a head taller than her got close to her and wrapped his arm around Huo You's waist. After a long while, Huo You finally realized that this person was He Yu, who had changed into a spare set of clothes.

It was rare for Huo You to be a little slow. She said slowly, "Were you talking to me just now? I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said."

He Yu stared at Huo You strangely for a long while. His gaze swept across her face and he realized that her makeup had returned to normal. There was nothing wrong with her appearance either, but she was still in a daze. He wondered what she had gone through in the dressing room.

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