Huo Yuanchen and his father looked at each other, and neither of them gave in.

After a while, Huo Mingqi sneered and said in a cold tone, "You are my son. You will be the same kind of person as I am."

Huo Yuanchen pursed his lips and said nothing.

Huo Mingqi added, "Don't think I don't know that you've been coaxed by that girl from the Wen family recently. You're so shameless. You've clearly broken up with her, but you go back to her. I've told you long ago that just playing around is enough. Have you not played around with her enough? Do you want to go back to her?"

Huo Yuanchen licked his lower lip and said in a light tone, "After you married my mother, didn't you also go to find Aunt Li? I think my tendency to go back to my ex is hereditary."

Huo Mingqi casually threw the magazine on the coffee table to Huo Yuanchen and said in a cold voice, "How can Wen Li compare with Lili? Lili would never do anything to destroy the harmony of other people's families."

Huo Yuanchen took the magazine and was stunned when he saw that it was a food magazine. He really couldn't understand why Huo Mingqi would buy a food magazine.

However, when he opened it, he understood. There were two pages in the middle of the magazine, which recommended the cake shop opened by Michelle Yim as a gourmet shop. The reporter who visited the shop praised the cakes and also recommended the cake recipe book that Michelle Yim published at her own expense.

Huo Yuanchen said in a calm tone, "I didn't know you would still care about my mother's career."

Huo Mingqi snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "What kind of career is this petty trick of hers? How much can she earn after working so hard all day? I'm afraid she doesn't even earn as much as an intern at the Huo Group. Go tell your mother to close the cake shop as soon as possible. She is Mrs. Huo, not a laid-off female worker. The Huo family doesn't need her money. Tell her to stop embarrassing me all day long."

After a pause, he continued, "Also tell Wen Li to worry less about our family affairs. If it weren't for her instigation, would your mother, a housewife who has never worked a day, think of opening a cake shop? And she even published a book at her own expense. It really makes me lose face."

He took out a book from his briefcase and threw it to Huo Yuanchen, saying, "I bought this book too. It's such a flashy thing, I wonder who would read it? Wen Li's name is on it too. She's a photographer. She took pictures of all the boring things your mom did. Wen Li doesn't work either, right? I think the two of them are just idle."

Huo Yuanchen frowned and said calmly, "Wen Li is not not working. She opened her own studio and her business is pretty good."

Huo Mingqi sneered and said, "Isn't she the only employee in her studio? How funny, an unemployed vagrant rents a small single room and then lies to others that he is a boss? There are too many bosses in Haishi."

Huo Yuanchen frowned even more, and his tone turned cold. He said, "You seem to be in a particularly bad mood today. Is it because my mother didn't come back to make dinner for you, or because you know that Aunt Li framed my mother? I can understand that you are in a bad mood, but you don't have to vent your anger on Wen Li."

Huo Mingqi said, "You are quite protective of her. Are you attracted to her? Do you want to be the second Meng Jinnian?"

Huo Yuanchen pursed his lips and continued, "I came back to see you today because I wanted to tell you that Aunt Li went to trouble Wen Li. We have already investigated her frame-up of my mother. There are surveillance videos at the entrances of other stores that day as evidence. When Aunt Li fell, my mother and Wen Li were still standing at the entrance of the jewelry store. She fell accidentally, and took the opportunity to frame my mother for pushing her. Her current situation can only be said to be her own fault, and it has nothing to do with Wen Li."

Huo Mingqi said with an unpleasant expression, "I have already taken back the villa I gave her and demoted her position as general manager of the branch to an ordinary manager. What else do you want me to do? To vent your mother's anger, you want me to drive Lili away? And Wen Li, do you want to support her?"

Huo Yuanchen walked out of the villa. "If in your eyes, Aunt Li is your family, and my mother and I are outsiders, then what you are doing now is good. As for Wen Li, I am still interested in her and don't want Aunt Li to threaten her."

Huo Mingqi was stunned and wanted to say something to him, but he was gone.

He quickly walked out of the villa gate and his figure disappeared into the night.

Huo Mingqi was the only one left in the huge villa.

He looked out the window irritably, then looked around, and finally grabbed his phone to call Michelle Yim.

The call was connected, but there was a hint of impatience in Qi Meizhen's tone, and she asked him, "What do you want?"

Huo Mingqi pursed his lips and asked her, "When will you come back?"

Maggie Cheung said indifferently, "My shop is too busy today. All the customers came to buy cakes after reading about them in magazines. I can't leave now. I guess I won't be back until quite late."

Huo Mingqi's face was very gloomy, and it was unknown what he was feeling. He said, "You only have your cake shop in your mind now. Because I have to wait for you, I haven't had dinner yet."

Maggie Cheung said calmly, "Didn't I already notify the chef at home to make dinner for you?"

Huo Mingqi said in a strange tone, "I can't get used to it."

Maggie Cheung said in an awkward tone, "What can I do? You don't like the food I cook, and now you can't even get used to the food the chef cooks. Otherwise, why don't you ask Zhang Li to cook for you? Once she comes, you'll definitely have an appetite."

Huo Mingqi said angrily, "Qi Meizhen, are you crazy? How dare you let another woman cook for me?"

Michelle Yim said, "If it was really another woman, I would definitely not let them get close to you. But Zhang Li is not another woman either. She has been with you for more than ten years. She must know your taste best. Why don't I call her now..."

Before he could finish his words, Huo Mingqi hung up the phone.

Maggie Cheung didn't lie to him, she was really busy. The cake shop that was half dead suddenly became popular because of a magazine article, and many people flocked to her cake shop to consume in a few days .

The key is that the cakes she made are really delicious. Those customers who originally came out of curiosity became repeat customers after eating the cakes she made.

Some people even bought her cake book and followed the tutorials at home. When they encountered something they didn't understand, they would come to the store to ask her for help.

Michelle Yim opened the cake shop just for fun and to kill time. She didn't care about business secrets at all. She would answer all questions from people who came to ask for advice without holding back. She even shared her baking experiences with them and they got along very well.

Soon, someone posted a picture of a cake they had successfully made following her tutorial on the Internet. As more and more people followed her instructions, her book became a real hit.

In less than a month, the publishing house called and said that the book was sold out and they needed to reprint it.

And this time the publishing house will pay for the book, so Michelle Yim doesn't have to publish it at her own expense.

Even Wen Li received a large sum of money from the publishing house because she was a photographer. She was stunned at the time, but after she understood, she excitedly called Michelle Yim.

"Aunt Qi, congratulations!"

Michelle Yim was also very happy and invited Wen Li to dinner, and they agreed to meet there.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened during this meal.