"I..."

"Why are you stuttering? Forget it, I'll ask you directly, do you think you can take a beating?"

"What?"

Yan Jinyi stuffed a piece of chewing gum into Liang Fanfan's mouth, leaned against the back of the sofa, crossed her legs, and looked at Liang Fanfan with a clear look.

"If you want to become part of our family, you must first abide by the Huo family rules. Well, in short, you have to be able to take beatings."

'Beat...Beatings?'

Peng Wusheng and his wife were also stunned.

'They actually have such a psychotic family rule!'

With a sullen expression, Liang Fanfan pointed at Yan Jinyi without bothering about who the person in front of him was. He pointed at Yan Jinyi and questioned, "You are also married to the Huo family, are you resistant to beatings?"

Yan Jinyi looked up and said, "Good question."

Liang Fanfan humphed gently.

She then said again, "No one in the Huo Family has the ability to beat me up yet."

"…"

Huo Qingyuan and Huo Zihang looked upwards at the same time.

'Second Sister-in-law, you should know that most people are not your match.'

'When you use your feather duster, who can contend with you?'

"You..."

"Come on, let me try and see if you can take beatings."

As she spoke, Yan Jinyi raised the feather duster, looking as if she was about to beat Liang Fanfan to death. It gave everyone a huge shock.

Peng Wusheng hurriedly tried to stop her. "Second Young Mistress Huo, Fanfan and Zihang are just friends, not lovers. So, how can Fanfan possibly marry into the Huo Family?"

That was clearly not what he said just now.

Yan Jinyi looked at Liang Fanfan smilingly and said, "Turns out I got the wrong message. I thought that Liang Fanfan is head-over-heels in love with Zihang!"

At this point, Yan Jinyi shook her head and said, "Huo Zihang grew up lacking love. We're not conservative and close-minded people either. Since Mr. Liang doesn't have those feelings for Zihang..." Yan Jinyi immediately stopped smiling and then pointed her feather duster at the door. "Zhang Guoquan, send them out."

Zhang Guoquan had been rather tactful and smart lately, and he would try to make himself as unnoticeable as possible in front of Yan Jinyi.

After all, he was already old, and if she decides to hit him with the feather duster one day...

"Ahem, the three of you, please."

Peng Wusheng hurriedly bowed to Yan Jinyi and said, "I will take care of the matters regarding the news. Second Young Mistress Huo, I'm very sorry, I got the wrong idea of you because I believed those rumors..."

Yan Jinyi waved her hands with a look of annoyance.

Gritting his teeth, Liang Fanfan suddenly rushed to Huo Zihang, his eyes reddened and full of affection. "Zihang, I love you! Since I was a kid, I've been determined to brave all odds to be with you! I've always hated the fact that I wasn't born as a woman..."

'Wow, you're so aggressive.' Yan Jinyi thought as she widened her eyes while Huo Qingyuan quickly grabbed an apple and sat beside Yan Jinyi.

'Wow, so brave!'

Huo Zihang turned pale but Liang Fanfan continued to confess his feelings, as if he hadn't noticed his pallor.

"Zihang, I know you're fond of me too. Otherwise, you wouldn't have taken the time out of your schedule to accompany me every time I return from abroad. Zihang, let's ignore the opinions of others, okay? Same-sex marriage is already supported in some countries. We..."

Huo Zihang retreated rapidly and placed his hands in front of his chest to shield himself while looking at Liang Fanfan warily. "Liang Fanfan, I'm a straight guy, don't think about it!"

Liang Fanfan froze in shock and started tearing continuously. "Zihang, don't turn me down, okay? I can't live without you..."

While chewing some gum expressionlessly, Yan Jinyi said, "Women really do pale in comparison when men decide to be coquettish."

Huo Qingyuan commented seriously, "Second Sister-in-law, he's not being coquettish, he's digging his own grave."