Xia Chujian thought for a moment and said, "Is anyone at your house?"
Huo Yushen: "..."
His cool, detached voice seemed devoid of emotion as he said evenly, "My mother is there, along with Aunt Zhu Que."
Xia Chujian knew them. Her impression of both of them was quite good.
But her naturally suspicious nature still made her unable to resist confirming it. "Aunt Huo and Aunt Zhu Que... won't turn me in, will they?"
The corner of Huo Yushen's eye twitched as he said, "Why would my mother and Aunt Zhu Que turn you in?"
"Do they lack money, or do they lack brains?"
Xia Chujian felt embarrassed by what Huo Yushen had said, but she still forced herself to lay out the ugly truth first.
She said, "I know they don't lack money, and of course they don't lack brains."
"But one is your mother, and the other is your aunt. In short, they're both your closest family."
"What if there were an opportunity where betraying me could get you promoted three ranks before the Emperor?"
"In the web novels I read, parents will stop at nothing to get their children official positions!"
"What's betraying a friend or two? Even if it means betraying their own family, they wouldn't hesitate!"
Xia Chujian had genuinely angered Huo Yushen into laughter. He could not help saying, "Read fewer of those worthless web novels when you have nothing to do!"
"Those massive serials run to millions of words, padded so badly you could fish across an ocean with them!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She said unhappily, "Reading web novels is the only pleasure in my boring life! Whoever tries to take away my hobby of reading long novels, I won't let them off!"
Huo Yushen: "..."
There was really no need to