"How I raise my child is my business, it's none of your concern. If you dare to take my child, then you'll have to step over my dead body." Xiaohua stared sharply at He Yan, her tone suggesting, "If you dare to take my child, I'll fight you to the death."

Her child is her bottom line. She can have nothing but her child; her child is the driving force that keeps her moving forward.

He Yan could tell that she meant what she said. After that, Xiao Hua and He Yan barely spoke to each other in the private room.

When Kang'an took a nap, she wanted Xiaohua to read her a story. Xiaohua took out a storybook from her bag and read the story to her in a lively and expressive manner. After reading several stories, Kang'an finally fell asleep contentedly in her arms. Looking at her daughter's cute sleeping face, Xiaohua couldn't help but lower her head and kiss her little face a few times, gently stroking her daughter's soft hair with her fingers.

He Yan looked at her with surprise. Four years ago, Ye Xiaohua was completely illiterate. In the past four years, she may have learned to recognize some characters, but he did not expect that she could read a story in its entirety, and even read many stories in a row. It was clear that she must have learned a lot of characters.

Can four years really change a person so much?

The child is now a little over three years old. Xiao Hua left the He family when she first became pregnant, and He Yan has never seen her since. It has been four years since they last met.

"How have you been raising your child in Haishi these past few years?" Perhaps out of guilt, He Yan took the initiative to ask her how she had managed to make a living while raising her child.

Seeing how thin she is now, it must have been very difficult and arduous for her these past few years.

When He Yan spoke to her, Xiao Hua acted as if she hadn't heard him and didn't want to pay any attention to him at all.

The woman who used to chase after him relentlessly is now unwilling to even acknowledge him.

He Yan suddenly remembered that when they first got married, Ye Xiaohua was like a leech, following him wherever he went and he couldn't shake her off. Back then, he felt disgusted and annoyed just looking at her. Now, the tables have turned. When he takes the initiative to talk to Ye Xiaohua, she ignores him and won't even look at him.

Regarding the child, he actually wanted to talk to Ye Xiaohua calmly. He wasn't the kind of irresponsible man. Now that they had a child, if Ye Xiaohua didn't want a divorce, he could live with her respectfully for the sake of the child.

They might never have feelings for each other in their lives, but with that sense of responsibility, he felt that he could grow old with her.

If Ye Xiaohua wants a divorce, that's fine, but she must have custody of the child. He believes he can provide the child with a better education and future, and what future can the child have with Ye Xiaohua?

He was doing it for the child's good, but now it's clear that Ye Xiaohua is unwilling to let go, unwilling to give him the child, and unwilling to have a calm talk with him. Now He Yan feels that this matter is giving him a headache, and he doesn't know how to solve it.

When the train arrived in Haishi, He Yan's subordinates came to pick him up in a military jeep.

Xiao Hua carried a large bag on her back and a small bag on her shoulder. She held Kang An's hand with her other hand, and walked past He Yan without even glancing at him. She planned to take the child back to her rented place.

He Yan reached out and grabbed Xiao Hua: "Where are you going?"

Xiaohua frowned in annoyance: "None of your business, let go of me."

He Yan disliked girls who swore all the time. She felt that girls should be gentle, quiet, and speak politely and properly.

Ye Xiaohua didn't care what kind of girl he liked; it was none of her business anyway.

"You and the child come back to the He family home with me first."

He Yan didn't let go, holding Xiao Hua's wrist tightly, afraid that if he let go, Xiao Hua would run away with the child.

"You bad uncle, let go of my mother right now, or I'll have the police arrest you."

When Kang An saw He Yan holding her mother, she went up and bit He Yan's hand.

"Sss~~" He Yan frowned as Kang An bit him, but he still didn't let go of Ye Xiaohua's hand.

He said firmly, "You must come back to the He family with me. I can't let my child wander outside with you."

“Three years ago, I had just finished my postpartum confinement and my baby was only a little over a month old. It was the middle of the night on a cold day when I got off at the train station. No one from your He family came to pick up my baby and me. I had to ask the police to take me to your door. I held my baby and asked people to report to your family several times at your door, but your family members all said that there was no one in the He family, including my baby. They wouldn’t even let me in the gate. Now you want me to go back to the He family with you? He Yan, are you kidding me?”

She didn't want to bring up the past grievances, but seeing He Yan's resolute attitude that he insisted she come back to the He family with him made her feel ironic when she thought back to three years ago.

"I...I don't know, there's a misunderstanding."

He Yan felt a little guilty.

He now understood that it was definitely his mother who felt Ye Xiaohua was not good enough for him, and his mother also knew that he was a very responsible person.

Although he loathed Ye Xiaohua, he would still take responsibility since Ye Xiaohua had his child.

So his mother lied to him, saying that Ye Xiaohua's child had already been miscarried.

Moreover, she was living with other men in ambiguous relationships, and he actually believed it to be true, thinking that his mother could not possibly lie to him.

That's why we have the current situation.

He felt very sorry because he had blindly trusted his mother and hadn't investigated the situation himself, leaving Ye Xiaohua and her child to wander outside for three years, causing them immense suffering.

To put it bluntly, he also felt that Ye Xiaohua was the kind of person his mother described, so he believed everything his mother said.

"What misunderstanding? Your mother and sister came to the guesthouse twice to find me, just to get me to sign the divorce agreement. Don't tell me you didn't know. They didn't even look at the child. In their eyes, my daughter, Ye Xiaohua's daughter, doesn't even deserve to be a member of your He family. I will never forget how your family treated me and the child. I'm not someone you can just give me a piece of candy now and expect me to forget the humiliation and pain I suffered, or to follow you like a fool who doesn't hold a grudge."

After saying that, Xiao Hua forcefully shook off He Yan's hand, picked up Kang An, and strode forward.

He Yan realized what was happening and quickly chased after her, no longer daring to pull her back. He directly blocked their home and compromised, saying, "Fine, fine, you don't have to come back to the He family with me. Just tell me where you live now, and I'll drive you and your daughter back."

Xiaohua said with annoyance, "We don't need you to take us. There are buses right outside the train station. Don't follow us. We have nothing to do with you."

He Yan continued to block the way, and seeing Ye Xiaohua's unyielding attitude, he became somewhat annoyed: "Then what exactly do you want from me? You've seen my dad's attitude and your parents' attitude. They will never agree to our divorce, and we still have a child. If you want to divorce me, I only have one condition, and that is to give me the child. I will definitely take responsibility for my child."