“How did it become so serious? Have you been taking care of yourself? Are you still in love with Qi Che?”
Hehe shrugged awkwardly, caught between nodding and shaking her head. She carefully sidestepped the question. “It doesn’t matter. I was the one who gave up on him back then.”
“Fu Junxing must have forced you! That bastard.” Leng Qingge snorted through gritted teeth. Her voice unconsciously became sharp, and her eyes revealed a gleam of hatred.
Fu Junxing, she thought, Hehe's pain will definitely be repaid in double in the future. He deserved a fate worse than death.
“Since you like him, then snatch him back for me. The Xu family can't be so cowardly.” The twenty years of imprisonment Fu Junxing had inflicted could not erase her pride.
Hehe took a deep breath and slowly relaxed the hand that was holding her chest. No matter how painful it was, she did not want her mother to know and worry.
“I can't do that.” She had already hurt Che once five years ago. She didn’t want to hurt him again now.
“Miss Xu, it's time for you to leave.” Fu Junxing reminded her with a cold face.
“Oh, I forgot this was a prison visit,” Leng Qingge quipped with disdain.
Fu Junxing frowned deeply, but responded with gentleness. “Qingge, you know it isn't.” He hated her, but he also loved her more. He hurt her and doted on her, as if he was trapped in an endless cycle.
“True, it's even worse than a prison visit. How many times a year would she be permitted to visit a prison?”
Fu Junxing's expression changed drastically. He snorted and said impatiently, “if you want to make everyone unhappy, you can continue to make trouble.”
“What does everyone have to do with me?”
“Then does Xu Hehe have nothing to do with you? Do you want her to become the second Xu Huidong?”
Fu Junxing's brazen threat made Leng Qingge tremble. She turned around and glared at him. “How dare you?”
“You know I’ll do it.” In Qingge's heart he was already beyond redemption, so he didn't care if she thought worse of him.
Xu Hehe didn't want her mother to be put in a difficult position. The conversation between the two made it impossible for her to stay any longer. They said their goodbyes in a hurry. When she stepped out of the villa, it was dark outside, and it was already drizzling.
A gust of autumn wind blew, and the chill invaded her body. Xu Hehe unconsciously hugged herself tightly, and a wave of dizziness hit her. Her body swayed for a long time before she regained her balance and quickly walked forward.
Because she had been in there for too long, the taxi that had brought her was unwilling to wait. She would have to leave Sunset Lake on foot if she wanted to get a taxi to anywhere else.
In the Bentley across the road, a pair of ink-black eyes were focused on the delicate person, and a trace of heartache flashed within them.
The woman that he held in his hands and doted on had fallen to such a state. If she wasn’t happy, why didn't she return to his side?
“Miss Xu seems to be having a bad time,” Du Jue in the driver's seat couldn't help but say.
Qi Che raised his sword-like eyebrows slightly, indicating for him to continue speaking.
“President, I heard that the neighbourhood where Miss Xu lives is not ideal. There are a lot of third-rate bars and nightclubs around.”
Qi Che snorted coldly. “The range of what you've heard is very wide.”
Du Jue grinned awkwardly and continued. “If Miss Xu wants to work under young master He, she will definitely be bullied by him.”
Qi Che nodded his head in a seemingly serious manner. His ink-black eyes stared at the woman by the roadside, unwilling to move an inch.
“I heard that Miss Xu was timid in medical school back then and never participated in the experiments. With young master He's strictness, he’ll definitely drive her crazy.”
Closing his eyes tiredly, Du Jue was the only person in the world who supported Hehe.
The rain became heavier and heavier. The icy cold water droplets were so heavy that it made it difficult for people to open their eyes. Xu Hehe's entire body was drenched. The bone-piercing cold made her face pale. Her feet felt as if they were heavy with mud, and it was difficult for her to walk.
“Get in the car!” A voice filled with anger rang out behind her. Hehe turned around in a daze. She came face to face with Qi Che, whose handsome eyes in the rain became increasingly cold and noble.
She sighed, and her eyes were filled with despair.
Qi Che felt as if his heart was tightly gripped by a pair of big hands. He was in so much pain that he cursed himself for being a bastard. Why did he have to refuse to lower his dignity for the sake of saving face.
If something happened to Hehe, how could he go on living?