“My son has never lied to you! His job is real, his education is real, and his looks are real!”

Qiao Xiufen was so angry that she stomped her feet.

Someone stepped forward and questioned, "Then tell me yourself, is your son fertile?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiufen's arrogant demeanor deflated, but she still muttered softly, "How can there be no more? My son can have children."

Compared to her lack of confidence, the person opposite her was full of confidence.

"Yes, women with low sperm count or poor sperm motility can have children, but the chances are very small!"

Qiao Xiufen couldn't stand these people's comments about her son, so she started yelling.

"Well, I just haven't mentioned it yet. I'm saving my mind for when our relationship is more serious! Besides this, is there anything else?"

The person on the other end questioned him with renewed confidence.

"Why did your son's ex-wife divorce him? Did your son abort all the children?"

Qiao Xiufen was completely speechless, clearly unable to believe how they knew these things.

The person opposite her sneered when he saw that she was speechless.

"Hmph, what family would be so blind as to marry their daughter off to a man who is infertile and abusive at the drop of a hat? He must be crazy!"

Qiao Xiufen wanted to argue with her again, but Qiao Chen, whose face darkened upon hearing this, grabbed her arm.

"Go back now, aren't you embarrassed enough already!"

Qiao Xiufen immediately deflated and followed Qiao Chen away dejectedly.

As soon as she got home, Qiao Xiufen received another call from the person in charge of the matchmaking corner.

"Aunt Qiao, please don't be angry about what happened today. It was just a small misunderstanding. Aunt, to prevent this from happening again, why don't you stop coming for now? I'll let you know once things have calmed down and the other uncles and aunts are no longer angry."

Although the person in charge spoke very politely, their attitude was clearly that they didn't want the person to come, otherwise the matchmaking corner would be impossible to run.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Xiufen slapped her thigh and started crying.

"Who on earth is this heartless person who fabricated this story to smear your reputation! What's wrong with my son! My son is so outstanding, yet he wouldn't even look at their daughter!"

Qiao Chen thought about the matchmaking corner and then about the job search she had been facing these past few days, and the more she thought about it, the darker her face became.

He offered Qiao Xiufen a few words of simple comfort before hurriedly leaving home.

At an inconspicuous corner of the residential area, a few thugs strolled over, looking uncertainly at Qiao Chen, who was dressed in a respectable manner.

"So you're the one who contacted us?"

Qiao Chen didn't stand on ceremony with them and simply took out a photo from her pocket and handed it over.

"Find this woman, teach her a lesson, and the reward will be substantial."

The thug took the photo, looked it over, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Wow, this guy's really good-looking! What's his name?"

"Su Yan," Qiao Chen said impatiently, "I don't care what methods you use, I just want to teach her a lesson so she'll never dare to touch me again."

The thug immediately nodded in agreement: "Of course! But this..."

He rubbed his fingers together with a mischievous grin.

Qiao Chen took a rather thick envelope out of her bag and tossed it over.

"This is the deposit. It's all done perfectly. The final payment will be even more generous."

The thug squeezed the thickness of the envelope in his hand, and his eyes lit up.

"I'm definitely taking this order!"

···

It was time for Su Yan to see her psychologist again, and Yi An was already waiting outside her company.

The two of them, like an intimate couple, got into the car hand in hand.

The psychologist looked at Su Yan and Yi An, who walked in with smiles on their faces, and then glanced at their tightly clasped hands. The corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up.

"You look great today."

Su Yan joked, "I've come so many times already, if I don't get some results by now, how can you, a famous psychological counselor, still keep your job?"

The psychologist smiled and got straight to the point: "Let's begin."

Upon hearing this, Yi An instinctively turned to leave, but before she could take a step, Su Yan grabbed her hand.

Yi An turned around questioningly, only to meet Su Yan's smiling gaze.

The psychologist then added, "It's been so long, it's time to examine the results of my work."

She pointed to the chair next to her, "President Yi, please sit here."

In order not to disturb their normal proceedings, Yi'an chose to sit in a seat that was relatively far away.

The psychologist resumed her normal work, and, as if having a heart-to-heart talk, she took Su Yan's hand and asked gently, "Now, can you tell me what exactly happened between you two six years ago?"

Accompanied by her pleasant voice, Su Yan's thoughts drifted back to that stormy, thunderous day.

Even now, she can still clearly remember how heavy the rain was that day, how the thunder drowned out her cries for help, and how the large hand gripped her throat.

Even without closing her eyes, Su Yan could automatically picture Su Xuehai's furious eyes, a gaze that seemed to want to devour her.

The reason for that look in her eyes was simply because she said, "Dad, I think I'm pregnant."

With just this one simple sentence, the father-daughter relationship of more than ten years was shattered, disappearing into the air with the sound of rain.

In his eyes, she had completely degenerated into a shameless and despicable woman just like her mother, Ye Mei.

"Su Yan! You've completely disgraced me! What use is a daughter like you to me now!"

"He yelled like that and grabbed my neck, with such force that it felt like he could snap my neck. Just when I thought I was going to die, he suddenly let go, and I ran away for my life. I never set foot in there again after that."

As Yi An listened to Su Yan recount that painful past, her tone so casual, as if she were telling someone else's story, he deeply understood that this past had a devastating impact on her, completely blocking her path to happiness.

At that moment, he finally understood the "most terrifying" man that He Zimo had mentioned.

The psychologist was a very good listener. Although she was so shocked by the story that she couldn't speak, she listened calmly with an encouraging smile on her face.

“Honey, I’m so glad you can talk about this. It means you can really say goodbye to the past.”

Before Su Yan left, the psychologist pulled her aside and spoke to her privately.

Do you remember the promise we made to try?

Su Yan looked at her with a puzzled expression. The psychologist couldn't help but laugh, which made Su Yan even more confused.

"What's wrong?"

The psychologist glanced meaningfully in Yi An's direction and said, "He might really be your cure."