Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 861: Chapter 871: Truly Her Good Foster Father

A single sentence from Huo Shaohua further confirmed An Youcai’s suspicions.

Distinguished guests? He knew full well the identities of An Ran and Xiao Xiao. Two medical students who hadn’t yet graduated, one from a single-parent family, the other an orphan separated from foster parents—what’s so distinguished about that?

Today’s university students, faced with a materialistic society, often go astray. He couldn’t let his daughter fall into degeneration like this.

Even though Huo Shaohua was the Vice President of the Wenshan Group, and his involvement was crucial to the An Family’s investment proposal, if he had such intentions toward his daughter, An Youcai would rather ruin the deal than see his daughter dragged into it.

”Mr. Huo, Ran is my daughter. The two of them are still young and don’t understand many things. They’re just playful for a moment, and this kind of gathering is not suitable for them. I’d appreciate it if Mr. Huo would let me take them away.”

Huo Shaohua raised an eyebrow, having already suspected something, but hearing An Youcai declare An Ran as his daughter still surprised him.

However, An Ran heard the implication in An Youcai’s words. Did he not only think she was unqualified to attend this kind of banquet but also considered her one of those party girls?

Ha, indeed, her wonderful foster father, her dear dad.

In An Youcai’s mind, was An Ran just such a despicable person?

Someone willing to shamelessly become a party girl for money?

”Thank you for your concern, Mr. An, but Mr. An seems to have forgotten that our adoptive relationship ended long ago. I’m no longer the adopted daughter of the An Family. As for whether I should be at this kind of gathering, it’s entirely my own business. Besides, with Mr. Huo taking care of us, Vice President Huo wouldn’t let us suffer here, right, Vice President Huo?”

With that, An Ran gently linked her arm with Huo Shaohua’s.

Although Huo Shaohua didn’t know the specifics between An Ran and An Youcai, he could still read the room. Seeing that An Ran intended to oppose An Youcai, he naturally had to support his company’s leader.

Hearing An Ran direct a question at him, he replied with a warm smile, ”Of course, with me here, naturally Miss An and Miss Xiao won’t suffer the slightest bit.”

He said this for An Youcai to hear, yet it was also his sincere belief. How dignified was Miss An? Since he had brought her here, he wouldn’t let her endure any humiliation, including when facing someone who claimed to be her father.

Sun Xuehui saw from a distance that An Youcai was speaking with the Vice President of Wenshan Group and thought he was networking with Huo Shaohua for the An Family’s case. But increasingly, she realized that An Youcai seemed to be continually speaking to the woman beside Vice President Huo.

She knew the position An Ran held in An Youcai’s heart. If An Youcai found out An Ran had become a party girl, he would stop at nothing to intervene. Considering that the deal with Wenshan was still pending resolution, if they offended Vice President Huo because of that little wench, it would be a huge loss.

”Jiajia, come over with mommy.” Sun Xuehui nudged An Sijia and stood up first.

An Sijia had been watching An Ran’s side as well. Seeing An Ran adopt an arrogant posture towards her father made her itch to tear apart that face she found so annoying. Hearing Sun Xuehui’s words, she knew her mother was about to act, so she stood up as well, smoothing out nonexistent creases from her dress, and walked over gracefully.

An Ran’s gesture of linking her arm with Huo Shaohua deeply stung An Youcai’s eyes. Her form of address pierced his heart like needles, ”Ran, do you hate me that much? Can’t you even call me Dad?”