My Black Moonlight Wife Says She Loves Me - Chapter 24

In the study, Huo Jianan rummaged through drawers and shelves, searching for any belongings of the original owner.

To her surprise, she found a golden longevity lock tied with a red string hidden among a stack of treasured game cards—clearly meant for a baby.

It was likely something the original owner had worn as a child.

As Huo Jianan examined the small gold lock, Butler He entered the room. “Miss, it’s time for your rehabilitation therapy at the hospital.”

Huo Jianan nodded and was about to leave when Wang Baobao called. “Dada, are you out of the hospital? Are you feeling better?”

“I’m fine now. I’ve been discharged for days.”

“Holy sh1t! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!”

“The wound on my head only fully healed the day before yesterday.”

“Alright, I’ll come see you this afternoon.”

After hanging up, Butler He asked, “Is Miss Wang coming this afternoon? Should I have the kitchen bake some cranberry cookies?”

“Does she like those?”

“Loves them. She always eats a whole plateful and refuses any other flavors—just cranberry.”

Huo Jianan casually remarked, “Butler He, how could she have the nerve to call herself Wang Baobao? He was a renowned general!”

Butler He paused, surprised. “Wang Baobao was a famous general? I didn’t know that. I only know that Miss Wang’s name was originally ‘Bao Bei’ (Precious Treasure), but it changed to ‘Baobao’ after you two started playing games together.”

Huo Jianan thought for a moment. She figured that Wang Baobao must be some kind of invincible character in the game. Since she was called “Dada,” she was probably playing Xu Da, another legendary general, and likely just as formidable in the game.

At the hospital, Huo Jianan finished her rehabilitation exercises with Doctor Jiang’s assistance. Exhausted and drenched in sweat, she sat in her wheelchair, panting.

“Doctor Jiang, when will I start seeing results from these rehabilitation exercises?”

Jiang Shumin smiled. “Miss Huo, you’ve only had three sessions. This isn’t a miracle cure; it will take several months to see noticeable progress.”

Huo Jianan was taken aback. “That long?!”

Jiang Shumin handed her two tissues. “Miss Huo, are you already giving up after just three days?”

“No,” Huo Jianan said, taking a tissue to wipe the sweat from her forehead. “As long as I can stand up again, I’ll endure, whether it takes months or years.”

That afternoon, Wang Baobao arrived as promised.

With her neat, short hair just covering the glands at the nape of her neck, she stood tall and broad-shouldered, a sturdy little chubby compared to the frail Huo Jianan.

She carried a long, cloth-covered object in her hand.

“Dada, this is for you! To celebrate your successful recovery and discharge from the hospital! Our golden duo is back! We can team up for games again!”

Huo Jianan took the object and unwrapped it to reveal a slender, elegantly curved sword. It was clearly a gaming peripheral.

“What do you think? Do you like it?” Wang Baobao’s voice brimmed with excitement. “It’s a one-to-one replica!”

Huo Jianan stared in silence.

You’re giving me a sword to celebrate my hospital discharge? she thought. As if I haven’t had enough stitches and cuts in the hospital! Thanks a lot!

“Thank you,” she said. “I love it! I absolutely love it!”

“Let’s go play games! Rabbit, Zhenzhen, and Softie are definitely online waiting for us!”

Wang Baobao led the way confidently into the study.

“Holy sh1t, when did you get all this office stuff?” Wang Baobao plopped down, fired up the game, and grabbed his phone to rally the troops. “We’re online! Baobao Dada is back!”

Huo Jianan found a game controller thrust into her hands and was immediately thrown into the fray.

After a flurry of button-mashing and dazzling attack effects, Wang Baobao glanced at Huo Jianan, whose character Dada had died three times in a row. “Dada, is that you?”

Huo Jianan, feeling guilty, stubbornly replied, “What? Don’t forget I’m still recovering from a major illness.”

“Fine, just play properly! Focus!”

This time, Huo Jianan gave it her all, frantically fending off the swarm of monsters. Her health bar dwindled to a sliver. Just as she reached for a potion to heal, the mini-boss suddenly transformed and swung its axe at her.

Wang Baobao frantically shouted, “Holy sh1t! Run, run, run! Dada, where are you going? Left! Left! Go left! How can you not tell left from right?! Hurry! Roll! Roll on the ground! Holy sh1t! You’re charging straight into the axe!”

Dada was mercilessly cleaved in two by the mini-boss!

Huo Jianan threw down the controller, her heart still pounding from the adrenaline rush. “I can’t play this game.”

“I can see that. Are your hands broken or something?”

Wang Baobao couldn’t understand how Dada, who used to be incredibly agile and leave her in the dust, was now moving like a complete idiot.

“Who said my hands are broken? I have games I can play.”

“Like what?”

After searching online for ages, Huo Jianan downloaded a game.

The moment they heard the classic “Ready, go!” Wang Baobao’s hand trembled so violently he nearly dropped the controller.

“Holy sh1t! You’re playing this?! After being sick, you’ve not only lost your hand skills but your brain too!”

“Want to play with me? It has a two-player mode.”

Wang Baobao angrily devoured four or five cookies and drained most of a can of cola. “For the sake of your cookies, I, Baobao, will indulge your childishness this once.”

Huo Jianan was touched that she had actually logged off her high-end game to play this old one with her, without a single complaint.

Wang Baobao found the childish game effortless. “You just got married, right? How did you hit your head?”

How was Huo Jianan supposed to know how the original owner had injured herself?

“I… I just slipped and fell. It wasn’t even that bad—no cuts or anything. Who knew it would cause a brain hemorrhage?”

“That means you were injured internally, not externally. It’s an internal injury,” Wang Baobao declared emphatically.

Huo Jianan blinked. This… this counts as an internal injury? Well, it was under the skin, so rounding up, it could be considered internal.

Wang Baobao ate three more cookies. “Did that woman harass you again after your wedding?”

Huo Jianan was confused. “Which woman?”

“You know, that one.”

“Who?”

“You’ve really knocked your brains out! Don’t you remember? Your biological mother!”

Huo Jianan: “……”

This unexpected mention of the original owner’s mother! That must be Huo Zhujun’s wife—a character who never even got a name in the original novel.

It was clear the original owner had mentioned this to her good friend.

Huo Jianan rallied her spirits and cautiously asked, “Baobao, if she contacts me again, what should I do?”

“What should you do? Ignore her, of course! She abandoned her wife and daughter when you were just a child! Did she ever fulfill her responsibilities as a mother? Your Mommy raised you all alone, working as an artist to earn money, raising you, and paying for your education. Do you think that was easy?

Now that you’ve been recognized as a Huo Family heir, she wants to swoop in and claim the rewards? No way! Let her regret it! She was so obsessed with marrying into a wealthy family—ha!—only to realize she missed out on the real Wealthy Family! I hate people like her—heartless, ungrateful, and cold-blooded!

Dada, don’t you dare soften! I know you miss your mother, but she doesn’t deserve to be called your mother! Think about all the years you and Mommy spent abroad. Did she ever visit you? You better stand your ground! Don’t acknowledge her! If she asks for money, don’t give her a cent! If you absolutely have to, give her fifty or a hundred thousand—just enough for her living expenses.”

Wang Baobao ranted on, growing angrier and more resentful with each word. He slammed down an entire can of cola as if he were the one abandoned by a gold-digging mother.

Huo Jianan: “……” This Wang Baobao is so clear-headed!

Wang Baobao talked for ages, but when he saw Huo Jianan staring blankly, showing no reaction, he panicked, fearing she might reconcile with that woman. He warned, “Dada, if you acknowledge that woman, you’ll be a fucking coward! I’ll lose all respect for you, and we’re done!”

From what he said, Huo Jianan gathered that her birth mother was a terrible person who had abandoned her wife and daughter. That alone was unforgivable.

Huo Jianan wasn’t the original Huo Jianan; she felt no longing for her birth mother. “Don’t worry, I won’t acknowledge her. The pain she caused Mommy and me can’t be erased with a simple ‘I was wrong.'”

Wang Baobao clapped her on the shoulder approvingly. “Exactly! That’s the spirit, Dada! You finally get it!”

After spending nearly the entire afternoon together and polishing off two plates of cookies, Wang Baobao suddenly realized, “Where’s your wife? I haven’t seen her.”

“She’s filming a drama. She left today.”

“Filming? What drama?”

“Something called With You, My Lord. She’s co-starring with Actress Song. They said it won’t air until the second half of next year at the earliest. I’m planning to visit the set in a few days.”

The thought of visiting the set filled Huo Jianan with anticipation.

“She’s co-starring with Song Shiyu?” Wang Baobao’s voice trembled with excitement as he stared at Huo Jianan.

“Yes, it’s Song Shiyu, her best friend.”

“Wow! Ahhh! I want to visit the set too! Take me with you, Dada! Baobao Dada, please!”

“Alright, we’ll go together. I’ll let you know when.”

“Awesome! Dada, you’re the best!”

After Wang Baobao left, Huo Jianan closed her game. The noisy chatter abruptly ceased, and the spacious study fell silent.

Sitting alone on the sofa, Huo Jianan suddenly felt a pang of emptiness. She picked up her phone, put it down, then picked it up again a moment later. After repeating this several times, she took a deep breath and finally dialed Ruan Langlang’s number.

The phone rang, but no one answered. Huo Jianan held the phone to her ear, waiting and wondering if Ruan Langlang was being secretly bullied on set. Could someone be trying to pressure her into compromising situations?

Then she chided herself for overthinking. Ruan Nianning wasn’t some naive newcomer; she was already a famous star and, more importantly, Huo Jianan’s wife—a member of the Huo Family. If anyone dared to mistreat her, Huo Jianan would have her grandmother fire the entire cast and crew! At worst, they’d just invest in reshooting the whole thing.

“Hello, Jiannan? Jiannan?”

Ruan Nianning’s voice on the other end of the line snapped Huo Jianan out of her reverie.

Huo Jianan cleared her throat. “Honey, have you arrived on set? Was the journey smooth?”

“Everything’s fine. I’ve already arrived at the hotel arranged by the production team. We’re about to head out for dinner.”

“Oh, good. I’m glad everything went smoothly. I just wanted to check in. You should go enjoy your meal.”

Huo Jianan hung up and slumped over her desk, feeling a bit bored. With Ruan Langlang not by her side, she suddenly missed her.

“Your wealthy family wife called to check on you?”

Best Actress Song Shiyu and Ruan Nianning emerged from the elevator together. One was a cool, aloof beauty, like a high-altitude flower, while the other was a striking, passionate red rose. Even with hats and masks, their presence immediately drew all eyes in the hotel lobby.

“Yeah, it was Jiannan. She just wanted to know if I’d arrived safely.”

Song Shiyu: “I’m both happy and surprised you took this role. I never thought your Jiannan would actually let you come film so soon after your wedding. If she knew I was the one who invited you, I wonder if she’d blame me for ruining your honeymoon.”

“She wouldn’t,” Ruan Nianning replied, her eyes crinkling at the corners as she smiled warmly, thinking of Huo Jianan after their marriage. “She’s not that petty. She’s actually looking forward to watching our drama. She’ll be visiting the set in a few days.”

Song Shiyu glanced at her. “Nianning, you seem different.”

“How so?”

“You seem happier than before, like you’re genuinely happy.”

Ruan Nianning nearly laughed. “It’s not as profound as you make it sound. I just got married and became someone’s wife.”

“Then you married the right person.”

Ruan Nianning suddenly thought that if they weren’t enemies, based on Huo Jianan’s behavior after the wedding, this marriage would indeed be the right one.