Listening to the man's firm and powerful heartbeat, feeling the fiery heat emanating from his body.

Yang Qiaoqiao felt her eyes burning.

Huo Beixiao held her close, his chin gently stroking the top of her head.

Neither of them spoke, simply enjoying the warmth and tranquility of their reunion.

"Brother Beixiao, you're really back!"

Luo Yingzi's surprised voice suddenly came from the doorway.

Yang Qiaoqiao quickly pushed Huo Beixiao away and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

When Luo Yingzi saw Yang Qiaoqiao, she was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Qiaoqiao with some anger in her eyes, "Didn't you divorce my brother Beixiao and go to marry that Qin Haiyang?"

"What? Now that the truth is out, and that guy surnamed Qin is going to get shot, you've come back to me, Brother Beixiao. How can you have the nerve to do this?"

Yang Qiaoqiao looked at Luo Yingzi with a cold and sharp gaze.

Luo Yingzi understood Huo Beixiao's irresponsible departure from her job due to his lack of manpower, but that didn't mean she could tolerate it.

Now, they accuse her for no reason the moment they meet. Even if she's made of clay, she still has some temper.

Before Yang Qiaoqiao could speak, Huo Beixiao had already shielded her behind him, his sharp gaze fixed on Luo Yingzi. "Who gave you permission to come to my house and speak to my wife like that?"

"Brother Beixiao?"

Luo Yingzi was taken aback by Huo Beixiao's rebuke, and said indignantly, "Brother Beixiao, she has already divorced you, but she still wants to marry Qin Haiyang, the murderer who harmed you, and you are still protecting him like this?"

Huo Beixiao frowned, his cold gaze falling on Luo Yingzi. "When you accused my wife of divorcing me and marrying someone else, did you know why she did it?"

"Why do you think the police could never find any clues in a case before, but suddenly they solved it? Do you think Qin Haiyang suddenly lost his mind and confessed to the crime?"

Huo Beixiao was originally unwilling to explain to anyone.

But he didn't want his wife to be constantly misunderstood and criticized.

Luo Yingzi was speechless when asked the question.

Zhu Dong and Guo Tao, who had just followed Huo Beixiao outside the door, also stopped in their tracks.

They only felt that Yang Qiaoqiao was heartless and ungrateful for divorcing Huo Beixiao and marrying the person who harmed him during Huo Beixiao's most difficult time.

I never even considered why Yang Qiaoqiao would do something so inexplicable.

Only after hearing Huo Beixiao's questioning of Luo Yingzi did they slowly understand the reason behind it.

A feeling of guilt immediately welled up inside me.

Looking at Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao, Luo Yingzi gradually came to her senses.

She watched as Yang Qiaoqiao opened her mouth several times, but no words came out.

Finally, she lowered her head, filled with remorse, and said, "Sister Qiao, I'm sorry, I... I was too impulsive. I thought..."

Luo Yingzi blushed, too ashamed to continue speaking as she reflected on her actions.

“I understand,” Yang Qiaoqiao said calmly.

Luo Yingzi looked up at Yang Qiaoqiao with some emotion, her eyes reddening, "Sister Qiaoqiao, thank you..."

"Sister Qiaoqiao, I'm going back to work tomorrow!" Luo Yingzi said excitedly.

"No need," Yang Qiaoqiao said calmly.

Luo Yingzi paused for a moment, then looked at Yang Qiaoqiao's emotionless face and instantly understood.

Sister Qiao said she understands.

But understanding doesn't mean she can accept Luo Yingzi's actions.

"Sister Qiaoqiao, I understand. It was my fault," Luo Yingzi said.

Outside the door, Zhu Dong and Guo Tao forced themselves to enter the house. "Boss Huo, Sister-in-law, we..."

"Brother Dong, Brother Tao, I understand why you're standing up for Bei Xiao," Yang Qiaoqiao said before they could even apologize.

Zhu Dong and Guo Tao are different from Luo Yingzi.

They are Huo Beixiao's men, and it is only right that they act in Beixiao's best interests.

Therefore, they did nothing wrong, and she had no reason or right to blame them.

As for Luo Yingzi, she understood that Luo Yingzi was no longer using Huo Beixiao because of her personal relationship with him, and that it was from the perspective of a boss.

Public and private matters should not be confused.

Zhu Dong and Guo Tao knew that after this incident, Yang Qiaoqiao must harbor resentment towards them, but they didn't know what else to say.

After all, the harm they caused Yang Qiaoqiao was not just a matter of distrust and blame.

They also spread the word, causing everyone to misunderstand and blame Yang Qiaoqiao.

As a result, Yang Qiaoqiao now has a very bad reputation throughout Yun County.

All they can do now is try their best to spread the truth and mitigate the impact on Yang Qiaoqiao's reputation.

After Zhu Dong, Guo Tao, and Luo Yingzi left, Huo Beixiao carried Yang Qiaoqiao directly to the bed.

"Wife, sleep with me for a while, I'm so sleepy." Huo Beixiao rubbed his head against Yang Qiaoqiao's neck and said coquettishly.

Yang Qiaoqiao hugged his waist and said, "Okay, let's sleep together for a while."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but yawn.

She was very sleepy too.

She has barely slept since the day Huo Beixiao was taken away.

I finally fell asleep after lying in bed all night, only to be woken up by a nightmare.

Yang Qiaoqiao nestled in the man's arms, listening to his firm heartbeat. A few seconds later, she began to breathe evenly.

Looking at his wife's serene face, which had lost a lot of weight, Huo Beixiao felt both warm and heartbroken. He couldn't bear to close his eyes and wanted to imprint his wife's beautiful face deeply in his heart.

Although he was very tired, he didn't actually plan to rest.

He only managed to coax his wife to sleep because he felt sorry for her and saw the dark circles under her eyes.

Once Yang Qiaoqiao had fallen into a deep sleep, he got up and called Zhu Dong, asking Zhu Dong to arrange for people to go to various residential compounds, vegetable markets, teahouses, and other places where gossip-loving people gather to clarify the rumors circulating about Yang Qiaoqiao.

After arranging this matter, Huo Beixiao inquired about the situation of the cement plant and the shopping mall.

The cement plant, whose buildings were destroyed in the collision, has been rebuilt and production and sales can resume.

The shopping mall has also received instructions from the government that construction can resume.

But the biggest problem at the shopping mall isn't resuming construction, but rather the rumors that are now circulating among the public.

Everyone says that such a big accident has already happened before the land has even opened for business. Regardless of whether the accident was accidental or man-made, five lives have been lost there. No matter how you look at it, that land is considered unlucky.

"Brother Huo, what do you think we should do about this?" Zhu Dong's voice was full of trouble. "If this were before, we could have invited some monks and Taoist priests to perform rituals and exorcise the evil spirits. As long as the monks and Taoist priests we invited were famous enough, this matter would have been resolved."

But now…

Although the topic of destroying the Four Olds is no longer mentioned, no one in the community dares to openly engage in feudal superstitious activities.

Not to mention their shopping mall is so big.

Huo Beixiao's voice was cold and deep, "At the mall, you should first gather the workers to resume construction, and be sure to pay attention to safety issues afterwards."

As for the rumors, let's ignore them for now and deal with them when we open for business.