Transmigrated as the Disabled Alpha Wife of the Black Moonlight and She Said She Loves Me - Chapter 66.2

“Did you really investigate thoroughly and confirm that this actress is the daughter of the woman Sister Zhujun hit and killed back then?”

“Yes, she later changed her name and surname, and her relationship with her father was quite strained. After her mother’s death, her father remarried quickly and already had a child with his new wife. After starting middle school, she lived on campus and only returned to her hometown during holidays to stay with her grandmother.”

“What about her personally? Is she after the status of becoming the Young Madam of the Huo family?”

“Her personal life is very clean. She’s never been involved in any scandals or had any known romantic relationships. Her only close friend is the Film Empress Song Shiyu. I learned from Jianan that Ruan Nianning’s relationship with her wasn’t about money. Once, Jianan tried to gift her a house, but she declined, saying she’d already bought her own and didn’t need another. She refused jewelry, clothes, and bags, accepting only the flowers Jianan gave her.”

Grandmother Huo chuckled. “It seems she either truly loves him or has grand ambitions. I know my granddaughter well. She’s not a bad person, and she’s quite good-looking. Aside from her leg, her temper and health condition… who could endure her outbursts long-term unless they were family?”

Meng Xien offered, “Aunt Xu, perhaps Miss Ruan is using the Huo family as a stepping stone to secure a stable career in the entertainment industry. With their connections, she could pick the best opportunities.”

Grandmother Huo remained skeptical. “Perhaps. I heard her academic records are excellent, and she’s diligent and ambitious. But if she applied to X Academy, she must truly love acting.”

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Huo Jianan looked at Sister Meng. “So you must have discovered that she’s the daughter of the man my mother accidentally killed.”

“Yes. Even though she changed her name, we were still able to find out. Aunt Xu is strongly opposed to this marriage. Although your mother didn’t intentionally kill her mother, the accident did take her life. Given this unresolved conflict, it’s best for you not to be together.”

Huo Jianan nodded. “Grandmother’s concerns aren’t unfounded. In a way, to Ruan Nianning, I am the daughter of her family’s enemy.”

“Aunt Xu feared you would misunderstand if she told you the truth, so she only said that Ruan Nianning wasn’t compatible with you and urged you to be more cautious in choosing a wife.”

Meng Xien sighed. “You truly love her deeply, so much so that you resorted to a hunger strike. Aunt Xu had no choice but to yield, afraid you might really harm yourself.”

Meng Xien observed Huo Jianan, seated in her wheelchair, her demeanor surprisingly calm. Her refined features and strikingly beautiful face were unmistakably the same, yet Meng Xien felt for the first time that this Huo Jianan was fundamentally different.

“Seeing how your relationship has grown stronger, more like a real romance, and how you’ve become increasingly cheerful and radiant… it’s clear you’re truly happy. Sometimes I wonder, has everything changed? Is this dream different from the one I experienced before?”

Huo Jianan casually asked, “What dream? In that dream, what happened to Nianning and me? Did she try to kill me?”

Meng Xien’s expression turned intense, her deep eyes dark like swirling vortexes shrouded in dense mist. “That dream… it felt like a past life to me, from birth to death. Did you know? In that dream, Ruan Nianning wasn’t just targeting you; her aim was the entire Huo Corporation!”

“In the dream, after marrying you, Ruan Nianning cared for you meticulously—bathing you, dressing you, helping you in and out of bed. No one questioned her devotion. Yet, you weren’t truly happy.”

Huo Jianan asked, “Sister Meng, how could you tell I wasn’t genuinely happy?”

“Because, in the dream, the expression on your face wasn’t like it is now. You didn’t have the radiant smile you have now. You often sat alone in your wheelchair, lost in thought, your head bowed, as if consumed by some deep worry.”

I secretly asked you once if Ruan Nianning was good to you.

You said yes, she was very good to you. But I could tell something was troubling you, something very heavy.

Finally, you told me that Ruan Nianning hoped you would take over Huo Corporation, but you couldn’t. You were terrified of facing so many people, but you didn’t want to disappoint her.

You wished you had a baby between the two of you, someone to keep you company. But Ruan Nianning refused, saying you were both too young and she didn’t want to have children so early.

At the time, I didn’t think much of it. I figured, as the only heir to the Huo family, it was understandable that your wife would want you to enter the company and gain power quickly. You were indeed young, so it made sense that she didn’t want to have children right away.

The turning point came when Ruan Nianning returned from filming a magazine ad. You had a loud argument at home. It was so loud that I heard it, and I’m sure Aunt Xu did too.”

Huo Jianan: “Why did we argue?”

“It seemed you didn’t like her going out to film ads, and she didn’t like you staying home all day without working. She probably said something like, ‘When your grandmother is gone, who will you rely on then?’ Aunt Xu tried to go in, but she turned back at the door.”

The next day, you told Aunt Xu that you wanted to join the company as CEO. You insisted that you wanted to work and contribute, refusing to be just another idle playboy.

Aunt Xu didn’t stop you and allowed you to join the company.”

Meng Xien recalled a time when Aunt Xu had called her into her office privately and said earnestly, “Jianan doesn’t understand company management, and she’s eager to prove herself. She already resents me for meddling in her affairs. If I interfere further and reject too many of her ideas, she’ll resent me even more and might do something rash. Since you have a close relationship with her, I want you to observe her from the sidelines and gently guide her when necessary. But if she makes a truly outrageous decision, you must inform me immediately.”

Huo Jianan asked, “So what grand achievement did I accomplish?”

“First, you acquired Soul. Not for 40 billion, but 51 billion.”

Huo Jianan was startled. “That much money?”

“I know you love playing games and wanted to acquire Soul. But the price was exorbitant—far too high. I advised you to keep it under 40 billion, and you agreed at the time. But the next day, you insisted on paying 51 billion. You said Nianning told you that good things are always in high demand, so the price would naturally be higher. You claimed this was your area of expertise and expressed great confidence.”

Huo Jianan: “Did the acquisition go through?”

“It worked. Thanks to your persistence and repeated assurances, you forced Aunt Xu to sign the acquisition agreement.”

“And the result?”

“Not good. After the acquisition, the company’s performance plummeted quarter after quarter. The newly released game received a lukewarm market response, and people within the company began questioning your leadership as the new CEO.”

Huo Jianan wasn’t particularly surprised by this outcome. She just felt a bit puzzled and asked with a smile, “Then why did you still suggest I acquire Soul, Sister Meng? Are you testing me, or trying to sabotage me?”

Meng Xien glanced at her and replied calmly, “I wasn’t testing you. I was testing Nianning. Of course, I also wanted to see what choice you would make this time, because I believe you’re different from the Jianan in my dreams—different in many significant ways.”

Huo Jianan’s heart skipped a beat, afraid that Meng Xien would probe further and suspect her true identity. She maintained her faint smile and said, “Sister Meng, I don’t believe you’d let me act so recklessly without a backup plan. You must have something prepared, right?”

“You’re right. I do have a plan. If you had listened to Ruan Nianning and decided to acquire Soul, even if it meant falling out with you, I would have insisted Aunt Xu intervene to reject the deal.”

Huo Jianan was torn between laughter and exasperation. “Well, thank you for preventing me from ruining the company, Sister Meng. What happened after that in your dream?”

“After acquiring Soul, you must have realized your mistake. Yet instead of pulling back, you became even more reckless, snapping up a flurry of small companies and nearly bankrupting the group’s coffers. It was during this period that I discovered Ruan Nianning was urging you on, pushing you to make increasingly aggressive investments. It seemed she wanted you to ruin the Huo Corporation, yet you treated her every word as divine decree.”

“Every time I tried to counsel you, you turned a deaf ear. That is, until the day we had that explosive argument in your office.”

“Meng Xien! You don’t even share the Huo surname! What right do you have to lecture me?! You’re just an orphan my grandmother took in out of kindness! You’re nothing but a dog! A dog the Huo family keeps!”

“I’m the CEO! I decide everything in this company, big or small! What right do you have to criticize me here? Remember this: the Huo family belongs to me! I am the master of the Huo Corporation!”

At that moment, Huo Jianan’s face twisted into a grotesque mask of fury, spitting out words as venomous as they were hurtful.

Huo Jianan: “How did we end up arguing like that? Did I really say something that extreme in my dream?”

Meng Xien shook her head, her expression darkening. Her voice was flat as she replied, “It was nothing. There’s no need to dwell on the angry words spoken in a dream.”

She couldn’t help but recall that day when she was in a terrible mood and went to a bar to drink. Sitting alone in a private room, she drank glass after glass, drowning her sorrows. Huo Jianan’s words had made a stark truth bleed through: she wasn’t a member of the Huo family, just an outsider. To put it bluntly, she was nothing more than a dog!

She remembered the bitter words buried deep within her heart: You’re just a pitiful creature living off the kindness of others!

She thought of her mother, Mommy, and how both had died of illness, one after the other. She recalled Min Jiru leaving her…

Alone, she drank. That night, when she was drunk and dizzy, she received a phone call—a call that would haunt her for the rest of her life. It was that call that led her to commit the greatest mistake of her life.

“I knew I couldn’t talk you out of it or save you, so I foolishly decided to help the Huo Corporation my own way.”

Huo Jianan was curious. “What method was that?”

“I decided…” Meng Xien’s face turned ashen, her blood seeming to freeze in her veins. “No! I don’t want to say it. I really don’t want to say it. Don’t force me. Please understand me… It was a stupid, childish, utterly disastrous plan. I betrayed Aunt Xu, the Huo family… My narrow-minded foolishness harmed Aunt Xu and ruined your life.”

Huo Jianan froze, her mind flashing with the original book’s ending. It was Ruan Nianning and Meng Xien working together that ultimately led to the downfall of the Huo Corporation. Grandmother Huo died of anger, Huo Jianan’s hopes shattered, and she drowned herself in the river.

“What’s wrong, Sister Meng? What happened in your dream?”

Meng Xien’s brow furrowed deeply, her fists clenched tightly as fragments of memories flashed through her mind:

Ruan Nianning, don’t think I don’t know your game. You’re determined to destroy the Huo Corporation!

What do you want?

I want to know why you’re doing this. Wouldn’t it be better to settle down as the Young Madam? What’s in it for you if the Huo Corporation falls?

Heh, I have no interest in being the Young Madam. I want revenge! I want to ruin the Huo Corporation!

If that’s the case, let’s join forces and get what we both want. I won’t interfere with Huo Jianan’s decisions, nor will I tell Aunt Xu. You want to destroy the Huo Corporation, and I… I want to take it over.

Fine. Then let’s toast to each achieving our desires!

Cheers.

The scene shifted to Xu Weiyi collapsing to the ground, clutching her chest, gasping for breath.

Aunt Xu! Aunt Xu, hold on! Meng Xien cried out, frantically picking up the small bottle of medicine that had rolled across the floor. The medicine is here! The medicine is here!

“No, Xien, I want you to tell me honestly—did you have anything to do with this? Did you conspire with Ruan Nianning to deceive me and Nannan?”

“Aunt Xu, please take your medication first.”

“No, you… you tell me first—did you collude with her?”

Meng Xien lowered her head in shame. “I’m sorry, Aunt Xu. I kept it from you, but I… I didn’t mean to deceive you.”

“You! You! I can’t believe you actually did this… What have I ever done to you?”

“No, Aunt Xu. I only wanted to protect the Huo Corporation… Aunt Xu! Aunt Xu! Aunt Xu!”

Meng Xien suddenly let out a gasp on the bed, her face turning deathly pale. Her hands trembled violently, and she bit her lip hard.

“Sister Meng, what’s wrong?! Sister Meng!” Huo Jianan turned to run and call for help, but Meng Xien called out weakly, “No, don’t… I’m… I’m alright.”

Just then, Min Jiru knocked and entered with a fruit tea. “What’s wrong? What happened to Xien?”

“Sister-in-law, you’re here just in time. Sister Meng doesn’t look well—her face is so pale.”

Min Jiru quickly set down the fruit tea and rushed over. “Xien, where does it hurt? Is your head pounding? We’ll go to the hospital right away.”

Huo Jianan quickly pulled out her phone. “I’ll have Housekeeper He prepare the car.”

“No need, I’m fine,” she said. Seeing Huo Jianan move to call for help, she gripped her wrist, pain forgotten in her urgency. “Remember what I told you? Ruan Nianning has been seeking revenge for her mother’s death. You must remember this!”

“I understand,” Huo Jianan replied. “I’ll find an opportunity to explain her mother’s accident to her clearly. Sister Meng, you should still go to the hospital for a check-up.”

“No need. I know my own limits. Just give me a moment to recover. I don’t think I can continue this conversation today.” Meng Xien tugged at Huo Jianan’s arm. “You must stay true to your convictions. You’re the sole heir of the Huo Family. The future of Huo Corporation rests on your shoulders.”

Her words carried weight, her gaze solemn.

“I know, Sister Meng. I understand the gravity of being the Huo Family’s sole heir.” Huo Jianan gently patted her hand, noticing the lingering worry in her eyes. In a tone that was both comforting and resolute, she added, “Sister Meng, you said I’ve changed. I didn’t acquire Soul. So please, trust me. This isn’t that dream. Everything is different now.”

Meng Xien’s pupils widened, her ink-black eyes suddenly lighting up as if she had jolted awake from a dream. She stared at Huo Jianan, scrutinizing her. “Yes, you’re right,” she murmured. “You’re different. This isn’t a dream. You’ve changed, and so have I…”

Min Jiru watched her mutter to herself, repeating “changed, changed” over and over, her eyes reddening with worry. “Xien, let’s go to the hospital. Let a doctor check you over. I’m really worried about you.”

Meng Xien paused again, looking up at Min Jiru. She slowly gripped her hand. “I’m fine. Don’t worry. My head’s just a little tired from remembering so much at once.”

Jiru clasped her hand back, her heart aching. “Then stop thinking. Rest properly.”

“It’s my fault, Sister-in-law. I talked to Sister Meng for too long.” Huo Jianan apologized, her voice thick with guilt. Sister Meng had barely escaped death and should be resting, yet Jianan had kept her up for so long. “Sister Meng, please relax and rest. Call me if you need anything.”

“Mm.”

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