"careful!"

Huo Beixiao quickly reached out, put one arm around her slender waist, and pulled her into his arms.

In the summer, with their clothes thin and their skin pressed together, Jiang Qiaoqiao could even feel the man's firm and powerful heartbeat.

She subconsciously looked up and stared at the man's well-defined jawline, momentarily stunned.

After regaining her senses, she quickly pushed the man away, saying, "Sorry, my leg went numb just now."

"Ahem..." Huo Beixiao cleared his throat lightly, "You don't need to apologize to me, we are husband and wife."

Jiang Qiaoqiao: It's not real.

Back inside, neither of them knew how to start a conversation, and an awkward silence hung in the air...

It wasn't until the two of them had finished washing up and gone to bed...

Since the incident on the day Jiang Yiran's supermarket opened, Jiang Qiaoqiao and Zhou Ling'er have been sleeping in the inner room for the past few days, while Huo Beixiao and Zhou Yang have been sleeping in the outer room.

Zhou Yang and Zhou Ling'er no longer live here.

It seemed even more awkward between them now.

"I'll sleep in the outer room tonight."

Finally, it was Huo Beixiao who broke the awkward silence.

Jiang Qiaoqiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."

But after Huo Beixiao finished speaking, he didn't move his feet to leave for a long time.

Just as Jiang Qiaoqiao was wondering, Huo Beixiao suddenly locked his gaze into her eyes and asked, "Would the Jiang family have hit you before?"

"Huh?" Jiang Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant.

It was probably when she saw Qin Haiyang hitting Jiang Yiran that she lost control of her emotions, which alerted Huo Beixiao to something.

However, she still told the truth: "No."

Although sometimes Peng Cuiying would get angry and slap Jiang Yiran because she was trying to sow discord between them.

However, there has never been a truly brutal beating like Qin Haiyang's treatment of Jiang Yiran.

"Then your adoptive parents..."

Huo Beixiao asked again.

"No." This time, Jiang Qiaoqiao quickly denied it. "They've been very good to me."

Although her adoptive parents provided her with limited material resources, it was the best they could afford.

They were really good to her; it was her fault for wronging them in her past life.

Even after being reborn for so long, she still doesn't have the courage to disturb their lives.

"Qiao Qiao," Huo Beixiao suddenly called out solemnly.

Jiang Qiaoqiao looked up and met his eyes.

Then I heard him say very seriously, "No matter what happens to us in the end, I promise you that I will never lay a hand on you."

Looking at his solemn expression, Jiang Qiaoqiao felt a sudden weight lift from her heart.

She smiled and said, "I believe you."

Based on the fact that he felt guilty and wanted to make amends to Jiang Yiran because he dreamed that she was abused by her second husband after their divorce, she believed that he was not the kind of man who would commit domestic violence.

"Bang bang bang!"

Jiang Qiaoqiao was lying in bed, just about to fall asleep, when suddenly there was a banging sound at the door.

She heard Qin Haiyang get up and open the door, so she got up too. "Who is it?"

"Jiang Qiaoqiao, you bitch! You called the police, which caused my Haiyang brother to be arrested. I'll beat you to death, you bitch!"

As soon as she stepped out of the inner room, Jiang Yiran pounced on her like a madwoman.

"Smack!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Qiaoqiao raised her hand and slapped Jiang Yiran across the face. "Jiang Yiran, don't go crazy in front of me!"

Jiang Yiran covered her face, wishing she could tear Jiang Qiaoqiao apart. "Jiang Qiaoqiao, it's you! You're jealous of how much Mom, Dad, and my brother dote on me, so you've been trying to harm me at every turn. You made Dad sever ties with me, and now you've even caused my husband to go to jail! I'll fight you to the death!"

"Smack!"

Just as Jiang Yiran lunged at Jiang Qiaoqiao, Jiang Qiaoqiao slapped her hard across the face again.

“Jiang Yiran, if you’re not thinking straight, I’ll slap you a few more times to wake you up. Me, harming you? Did I hold a knife to your throat and force you to sleep with Qin Haiyang? Did I force you to borrow money from loan sharks to open a supermarket?”

"If you're asking me what caused you trouble, it's that Qin Haiyang ended up in jail. I shouldn't have called the police; I should have just watched Qin Haiyang beat you to death!"

Jiang Qiaoqiao's words left Jiang Yiran speechless.

Unable to get anywhere with Jiang Qiaoqiao, Jiang Yiran turned to Huo Beixiao and cried, "Waaah, brother-in-law..."

Huo Beixiao frowned slightly as he looked at Jiang Yiran's swollen face.

Jiang Yiran's current appearance is exactly the same as the one in his dream after she was abused by her second husband.

But his sense of guilt wasn't as strong anymore.

Some even felt that Jiang Yiran deserved it.

Qiaoqiao kindly called the police to save her from domestic violence by Qin Haiyang, but instead of being grateful, she came to Qiaoqiao's door to cause trouble.

Huo Beixiao's cold face showed no emotion. "Comrade Jiang Yiran, since my father-in-law has severed ties with you, then you have nothing to do with my wife, and I am no longer your brother-in-law. Please leave my house now."

Jiang Yiran looked at Huo Beixiao in disbelief.

After being reborn, Huo Beixiao has always treated her very well.

Although she didn't know why Huo Beixiao was so nice to her, she felt that Huo Beixiao must like her.

Moreover, she enjoys the feeling of marrying the man she wanted to marry and being remembered by Jiang Qiaoqiao's man.

But why?

Has Huo Beixiao's attitude towards her completely changed?

Huo Beixiao had already stood next to Jiang Qiaoqiao. If Jiang Yiran went crazy again, he wouldn't be polite to her.

Jiang Yiran's eyes were filled with hatred.

It's Jiang Qiaoqiao!

Jiang Qiaoqiao is a slut who seduced Huo Beixiao, so Huo Beixiao isn't treating her well anymore!

She pointed angrily at Jiang Qiaoqiao, "Jiang Qiaoqiao, you just wait, my Haiyang will become the richest man sooner or later. When that happens, I will definitely trample you under my feet!"

A person's fate is predetermined. She believed that no matter how bumpy Qin Haiyang's life was, he would eventually become the man who stood at the top of wealth.

However, the real estate market hasn't developed yet, and Qin Haiyang hasn't met his destined benefactor, so he hasn't yet achieved great success.

After Jiang Yiran left, Huo Beixiao looked at her retreating figure with a puzzled expression. "Why was she so convinced that Qin Haiyang could become the richest man?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao shook her head. "She might have mental problems."

Huo Beixiao frowned and pondered for a moment, then said nothing more.

Meanwhile, news of Qin Haiyang's arrest by the police had already reached the Qin family.

Jiang Yiran had barely stepped into the Qin family's gate when Niu Chunhua lunged at her, yelling, "Jiang Yiran, you little slut, you ruined my son, I..."

"Mother……"

Qin Tieniu and Chen Ping quickly pulled Niu Chunhua back.

"Mom, Haiyang is already inside. Our third sister-in-law is the only city person among us; we'll have to rely on her to get Haiyang out!"

Chen Ping's words awakened Niu Chunhua.

Niu Chunhua looked at Jiang Yiran imperiously, "Jiang Yiran, my son is in trouble because of you. If you don't get my son out by tomorrow, I'll make him divorce you!"