Chunlu shook her head and called inside again, "Xia Hong, come out and take the young master inside, don't let him get frightened again." Then, as she usually did, she stood in front of Yuefang to protect her. "I say this to Madam Shuyao, on behalf of my young mistress, Madam Yuefang is the genuine Madam Huo, and you have no child. The young master is the child of the young mistress and you. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone in the manor, and they will all give the same answer. Don't take advantage of my young mistress's kindness."

Shu Yao's face turned deathly pale. She bullied Yue Fang? She bullied Yue Fang? The maid who had once single-mindedly protected her was now standing against her, accusing her of bullying others?

Okay, okay! Now that things have come to this, what's the point of her asking any more questions? They're all giving the same story anyway.

When one person says you're crazy, you can question it, you can refute it. But when a hundred people say you're crazy, you start to doubt yourself. Shu Yao has this feeling now. Was everything before just a dream? All that past, all that love, was it all fake? Huo Jingsha wasn't her husband, Xiao Bao wasn't her son. Now she's woken up from the dream and realizes that everything belonged to Yue Fang, and she might really be a penniless widow?

No, that's not right! She couldn't let these people influence her. Shu Yao took deep breaths repeatedly. Everything that had happened before was definitely not something she had imagined; it had all truly occurred. But since they insisted on calling black white, she was powerless to defend herself.

She could give up her love affair with Huo Jingsha, her past wealth and glory, and even the title of Mrs. Huo, but she couldn't give up Xiaobao!

The child in Yuefang's arms wasn't her son. Where was her little treasure? Where had it been hidden? She looked at the familiar strangers before her. Some were people she had spent every day with, while others were people she had never met before. Everyone looked at her as if she were a madwoman, and some even showed a hint of pity and sympathy.

No! She doesn't need sympathy or pity, and she's not crazy. They're the ones who're crazy. They're acting inexplicably, and they've started a fire to take everything that belongs to her!

"Where is Huo Jingsha? I want to see Huo Jingsha! Yue Ping? Xu Chang? Come out here! I want to see Huo Jingsha!" She could no longer bear it and screamed hysterically.

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At midnight, Shu Yao slipped out of her guest room and ran quickly to the main courtyard where Huo Jingsha lived. She was puzzled. The mansion was usually heavily guarded, so why was she able to pass through unimpeded today? There was no one guarding Huo Jingsha's place. But she didn't have time to think too much and went straight to the bedroom door.

Suddenly... came a series of blush-inducing moans from inside the room.

Shu Yao stood frozen at the bedroom door. Through the open crack, she could clearly see a man with a strong chest pressing down on a woman. She stared at the scene, her eyes wide and her heart pounding. Even though tears blurred her vision, she stubbornly refused to blink.

Huo Jingsha was kissing the woman tenderly, his face full of gentleness, just like when he kissed her before. But the woman... was not her. Why was he kissing Yuefang?

When that strong chest pulled the woman into its embrace, caressing and rubbing against her, Shu Yao outside the window was already holding her breath to the limit. A wave of dizziness washed over her, and she almost lost her footing!

She thought that finding Huo Jingsha would help her regain her identity, so she waited anxiously for a whole day, but he never showed up. When she realized something was wrong and could no longer contain herself, she rushed over under cover of night, only to be met with this scene that terrified her! She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms.

This day has been enough! It's outrageous! Trembling, she kicked the door open with a bang and slowly walked inside, her eyes fixed on the two adulterers, never looking away.

She had to admit that she finally understood how much Huo Jingsha must have felt when she saw her with Qiwen, but back then she wasn't acting voluntarily at all, which was completely different from Huo Jingsha now.

The moment the door was kicked open, the two people on the bed turned around in surprise. The woman looked shocked, while the man looked indignant, as if he was deeply dissatisfied with her sudden appearance and interruption of their intimate moment.

Hmph! Bah... This is her room, her bed. They're doing these filthy things here. She's the one who should be upset!

"Get up!" she coldly commanded Huo Jing.

He frowned, looking displeased, and said, "What are you doing here so late at night?"

It was as if her presence in this room at this moment was an utterly absurd thing.

Just as she was about to scold him, she suddenly noticed a red mark between his eyebrows, as if the skin had been torn open. Shu Yao was completely stunned and momentarily forgot to be angry. She couldn't help but ask in confusion, "What happened to your forehead?"

"Get out!" Huo Jingsha didn't answer her question, but instead angrily chased her away.

"Why should I leave?" Her initial hint of concern vanished, replaced by a tidal wave of rage. "I want you off her, right now!"

But he completely ignored her and remained lying on Yuefang's body.

"Huo Jingsha, are you really going to... make love with another woman in front of me?" She gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words, then nodded defiantly, "Fine, I'll wait outside. We'll talk when you're done. You're shameless enough to do whatever you want, so I don't care either."

After saying that, she turned to leave, but after taking only one step, she heard Huo Jingsha's voice coming from behind her...

"Yuefang is not another woman, she is my wife. You... this uninvited guest who barged in in the middle of the night, is the other woman. So you don't need to wait anymore. I, Huo Jingsha, am a person of some standing. It's not good for me to leave my wife in the middle of the night to meet a widow. So please leave and don't affect my marriage anymore."