Qiao Wanwan knew that the chances of running into someone in the same hospital were high, but she didn't expect to run into them so soon.

“Wan…Wanwan…” Su Jing stood at the door of the examination room, cautiously looking inside.

Qiao Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then walked over. "Is there something you need?"

Su Jing's eyes immediately reddened. "I...I'm fine..."

"My child is undergoing a check-up, so I have to talk to you now." Qiao Wanwan turned and left.

Su Jing's tears fell in a stream. She wanted to go forward and say something, but in the end, she restrained herself, stopped, and slowly turned to leave.

The third brother was busy with doctors and nurses examining him, so Qiao Wanwan had nothing to do with it.

She sat on the sofa, gazing absently at the view outside the window.

Zhan Jingting stepped forward and took her hand. "If you're not feeling well, you should go home first. I'll stay here with the child."

Qiao Wanwan composed herself and gently shook her head. "No need. She can tell I don't want to talk to her, so she won't force me."

"Um."

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the door, "Let me in! Wanwan! Qiao Wanwan, come out!"

Zhan Jingting frowned slightly!

Qiao Wanwan quickly grabbed his hand and gently shook her head.

Zhan Jingting understood what she meant and said, "I'll go out and deal with him; I won't get into a conflict with him."

Qiao Wanwan nodded.

After Zhan Jingting left, Huo Shiqian's voice could be faintly heard outside, "I can't talk to you. Tell her to come out and see me... She's my sister, why can't I see her...?"

Hearing the increasingly intense noise, Qiao Wanwan couldn't help herself and got up to go outside.

Outside the door, two men stood facing each other, the atmosphere tense and ready to fight!

Hearing the sound, Zhan Jingting turned around. "Why did you come out?"

Qiao Wanwan looked calmly at Huo Shiqian, "Jingting, you go inside and watch the child. I'll talk to him."

Zhan Jingting did not object.

The two went to the rest room next door and sat down.

Qiao Wanwan picked up the mineral water bottle on the coffee table, unscrewed it, and drank almost half of it in one gulp before saying, "If you have something to say, then say it."

Huo Shiqian had a lot to say, but for a moment he couldn't find the words to say.

After a long silence, he finally spoke slowly, “Mom goes to Wutong Bay to look for you almost every day, but she’s always turned her away. You shouldn’t avoid seeing her.”

“I didn’t know she came looking for me,” Qiao Wanwan said truthfully. “Jing Ting probably didn’t want me to be disturbed, so he gave me some instructions.”

Huo Shiqian frowned. "Although you are already married, you have your own independent personality. Why should he make decisions for you?"

Qiao Wanwan looked at him unhappily and said seriously, "I will not allow anyone to slander Jingting. He is my husband, and all the decisions he makes for me are for my own good."

Huo Shiqian was taken aback for a moment before speaking, "I'm sorry, I'm not trying to slander him, I just think it's heartbreaking that your mother cries every day because she wants to see you."

Qiao Wanwan turned her head away, her coldness and aloofness undiminished.

"Why?" Huo Shiqian asked, puzzled. "Why are you so resistant to us after you found out you're a member of the Huo family?"

Qiao Wanwan said calmly, "I just can't accept this fact right now."

"But so many days have passed, and you still haven't digested it? Wanwan, Grandpa and Mom miss you so much. They can't eat or drink because of you."

"So what?" Qiao Wanwan asked, "So I should cry as I reunite with them and be their happy parent, right?"

"What kind of attitude is this?" Huo Shiqian could clearly feel the coldness in her eyes and was very puzzled. "The Huo family lost you, but it wasn't intentional."

"I know you didn't mean it, but have you ever thought about how much harm your unintentional mistakes have caused me?" Qiao Wanwan said coldly. "I'm standing here today unharmed because I'm lucky. If I had been less lucky all these years, I would have died countless times, or suffered a fate worse than death!"

Qiao Wanwan held back her tears and said with difficulty, "There's something I've never told anyone, not even Jing Ting. Do you know why my master kept me by his side to raise me? Before I showed any talent for medicine, before my adoptive mother abandoned her husband and daughter and left home, and before my adoptive father went to jail, he started taking care of me almost every day, because my adoptive father is not human!"

Huo Shiqian wasn't stupid; he quickly made the connection. "Your adoptive father... he bullied you?"

“I don’t know, because I was too young at the time and have no memory of it.” Qiao Wanwan’s voice trembled. “It was when I was in junior high school that my neighbor told me. She said my adoptive father was a habitual offender who often tricked little girls from the village into coming home.”

“One day, my master passed by the house and, I don’t know what he saw, rushed in and yelled at him. Then he took me away when I was a little over one year old. When I found out about this, I went back crying and asked my master. He just told me not to be afraid, that God had mercy on me and I was not harmed.”

Huo Shiqian felt as if his heart was being torn apart, as if a sharp weapon had stabbed him in the chest, making it hard for him to breathe!

Qiao Wanwan took a deep breath and said, "I didn't tell Jingting about this. Zaozao is that man's daughter. I'm afraid that if Jingting finds out, he won't even let Zaozao go."

She turned to look at Huo Shiqian, "So Mr. Huo, if anyone had appeared today and claimed to be my family, I would have felt hatred, because I really want to ask, why did you lose me? Where were you when I was almost ruined by scumbags!"

"Stop talking..." Huo Shiqian closed his eyes in anguish. "I'm sorry..."

“You don’t need to apologize, because I know you were unaware of the situation and you are innocent victims too. It’s just that for me, these past 23 years have been far too difficult and painful. I often think, if I had grown up with my biological parents, would I have experienced fewer bad things…”

"Now that you've appeared, the Huo family, the richest family in Haicheng, second only to the Zhan family in China, what an impressive status you are. Logically, I should be eager to acknowledge you as relatives, but I can't."

“I can’t help but wonder what you were doing during my darkest and most helpless moments. When I saw Su Yimo’s appearance, I knew that you were giving her all your love.”

“Mr. Huo, I’m really not that great, nor that selfless, nor that broad-minded to accept all this. So I think it’s better to go back to the beginning. Let’s pretend we don’t know each other. Su Yimo is the daughter of your Huo family, and I am Qiao Wanwan, raised by my master, Zhan Jingting’s wife, and the mother of my child. I don’t want any other identity.”

"Wanwan, listen to me..."

“By the way,” Qiao Wanwan interrupted him coldly, “there’s another reason why I’m so averse to the Huo family, do you know what it is?”