Chapter 26 That was the young mistress just now.

Xia Ningxi's heart was pounding very fast, especially when she met Huo Nanxiao's eyes; her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

The man's domineering kiss left her powerless to resist.

Xia Ningxi was going crazy. She didn't know why Huo Nanxiao wanted to kiss her. She tried with all her might to pull away from him, but the more she struggled, the angrier Huo Nanxiao became.

The man forcefully grabbed her hands and bit her sweet lips hard.

Xia Ningxi winced in pain, her eyes turning red.

She didn't know why Huo Nanxiao did this. Wasn't she the person Huo Nanxiao hated the most?

Xia Ningxi's heart was in turmoil at this moment.

The defenses she had painstakingly built up in her heart crumbled completely under the man's intense kiss. She struggled, her voice muffled as she tried to warn him:

"Huo Nanxiao, I am no longer your wife. Have you forgotten Xia Wanwan? How can you treat me like this? How can you face her?"

The man's body stiffened.

Xia Ningxi sensed Huo Nanxiao's unusual behavior and immediately realized that she had hit a nerve. She continued, "If Xia Wanwan knew that you were still entangled with me, she would be heartbroken."

"Enough," the man hissed.

Xia Ningxi took a deep breath and said calmly, "If you don't want to disappoint Xia Wanwan, please let me go."

Huo Nanxiao angrily pinched Xia Ningxi's face, staring at her coldly. He saw disgust on her face; this woman actually hated him.

Huo Nanxiao felt a sudden surge of anger for no reason: "Xia Ningxi, it's your good fortune that I've chosen you."

"Didn't Young Master Huo choose me to stay because A Yuan needs Mommy's company more? If Xia Wanwan could stay by A Yuan's side in my place right now, you would definitely kick me out without hesitation, right? I'm just a tool you use to maintain Xia Wanwan's status. Why talk about good fortune? There aren't many people in this world who are willing to be a pawn." Xia Ningxi sneered fiercely.

Huo Nanxiao sneered: "This is all you owe her."

"Heh." Xia Ningxi's eyes welled up with tears. She slowly raised her head, looked directly into Huo Nanxiao's eyes, and asked, word by word, "If one day you find out that I didn't do what happened back then, will you regret saying these words to me today?"

"No." Huo Nanxiao replied without hesitation.

Xia Ningxi's heart shattered. She should have gotten used to it by now, but she didn't know why she still felt heartache when she heard Huo Nanxiao say those words with her own ears.

At this moment, Xia Ningxi didn't know what to say to Huo Nanxiao, so she just forced a strong smile.

It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Xia Ningxi's heart, which had been beating rapidly, fell silent at this moment. She simply looked at the man in front of her with great calmness. He was tall and handsome, but the coldness between his brows made him seem as indifferent as a stranger.

He never smiled at her, and he never showed her any tenderness.

Xia Ningxi didn't know why she felt heartbroken at this moment. Actually, she should have gotten used to it a long time ago, shouldn't she?

After taking a deep breath, Xia Ningxi said, "A Yuan is my son. Even without your orders, I could not abandon him. But if you really care about A Yuan, come to the hospital to visit him more often."

"Okay," Huo Nanxiao agreed.

Xia Ningxi said, "I will leave after you arrive; it's better for everyone that way."

Huo Nanxiao frowned, but did not refuse.

Xia Ningxi widened the distance between them: "You stay and watch over A Yuan tonight, I need to go home."

"What are we going back for?" Huo Nanxiao asked, displeased. "If A Yuan wakes up in the night and continues to cry, who will comfort him?"

"Dr. Yang is on duty at the hospital tonight. If A-Yuan wakes up and becomes emotionally unstable, call Dr. Yang. He is more experienced than me and is a very capable doctor. I'll be going now."

Xia Ningxi pushed Huo Nanxiao away with all her might and ran out.

At that moment, Lu Qi had just seen Xia Luoluo off when he returned and saw a person in a white coat rushing out of Huo Yuan's ward. She had tears in her eyes and seemed afraid of being discovered. She covered her face and left, but Lu Qi was startled.

He stared intently with wide eyes, limping forward, trying to stop the young doctor who had run away, but he failed.

"Was that the young mistress who just ran out?" Lu Qi excitedly grabbed the bodyguard at the door.

The bodyguard looked bewildered: "What young mistress?"

"Was the person who ran out of the young master's ward just now the young mistress?" Lu Qi continued to ask, his eyes wide with shock.

However, the bodyguards guarding the door were so sleepy that they didn't even notice who came out of Huo Yuan's ward. They only knew that the person was wearing white clothes.

"It should be Dr. Xia, but I couldn't see clearly," one of them replied.

Lu Qi stumbled forward a few steps, saying, "Strange, could it be that I was seeing things? That person really looked like the young mistress."

The bodyguard said, "The young mistress has been dead for many years, how could it be her?"

“Yes, but I feel like something’s not right. Could it be that I’ve been working too much overtime these past few days and my eyes are playing tricks on me?” Lu Qi was very suspicious.

The bodyguard said, "You must be seeing things. Yesterday you said you saw the young master outside the hospital, and today you say you saw the young mistress. I know the young mistress was good to you back then, but you can't say things like that to scare people in the middle of the night. It's so late, do you think the young mistress would turn into a ghost to come and see us?"

"I must be seeing things. I'll go get some reading glasses tomorrow," Lu Qi muttered to himself, staring at Xia Ningxi's departing figure.

Xia Ningxi was unaware that Lu Qi was watching her, and she returned home that very night.

The lights were still on. When Xia Ningxi went in, she found Xia Xingxing sitting alone in the living room, holding a small Rubik's Cube and turning it around.

"Mommy, you're finally back!" Xia Xingxing ran up to Xia Ningxi with great joy.

Seeing his smiling face, Xia Ningxi put down her backpack and gently hugged him: "It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet, Xingxing?"

"I'm waiting for Mommy," Xia Xingxing said with a sweet smile.

"It's alright, not too tiring." Xia Ningxi hugged Xia Xingxing in her arms: "Where's Uncle?"

“My uncle is already asleep,” Xia Xingxing answered truthfully.

"Then why aren't you asleep yet?"

Xia Ningxi tapped his brow, her words full of affection.

Xia Xingxing said aggrievedly, "I was asleep, but I just had a nightmare. I dreamt that there was a little boy who looked exactly like me lying in the hospital. He was badly injured and kept crying. I wanted to help him but I couldn't. I didn't know what to do, so I woke up."

Xia Ningxi was very surprised. How could Xingxing have such a dream? Could it be because he and Ayuan were twin brothers and therefore had a telepathic connection?