Chapter 857 Kick in the Face

Zhou Fenglin displayed her shamelessness to the fullest at this moment. She was very skilled at turning the tables and did not care at all what the children said in response. She insisted that Xia Wanwan was now Huo Nanxiao's wife and that Xia Ningxi had no right to live in the house that Huo Nanxiao had paid for.

But what Zhou Fenglin didn't expect was that the house wasn't something she asked Huo Nanxiao to buy, nor was it something she offered to do; it was something Huo Nanxiao begged her to do.

Zhou Fenglin wasn't insulting Xia Ningxi; he was slapping Huo Nanxiao in the face.

Suppressing his anger, Huo Nanxiao warned her, "Madam Zhou, I advise you to shut up."

Zhou Fenglin cried and said, "Young Master Huo, Wanwan is your wife. How can you do this to her? She waits for you to come home every day, but instead of spending time with her, you live with Xia Ningxi. How can you hurt her like this?"

Huo Nanxiao said, "I've given her more than enough. I advise you not to be ungrateful."

“What Wanwan wants is you as her husband, your companionship, not those false identities and money.” Zhou Fenglin began to play the emotional card.

She molded Xia Wanwan into a pitiful, helpless creature who needed Huo Nanxiao's undivided care and love.

However, Huo Nanxiao knew very well that the only thing he could give Xia Wanwan was the title of the young mistress of the Huo family, in order to make Xia Wanwan's future path easier. This did not mean that he would be manipulated by Xia Wanwan and the Xia family.

Zhou Fenglin was incredibly stupid to bring this matter into the open.

Huo Nanxiao said, "If you are dissatisfied, you can let her remarry. I have no objection."

One sentence shut Zhou Fenglin up. All her complaints turned into silence. She was afraid. She was afraid that if she continued to say something, Huo Nanxiao would get angry and divorce Xia Wanwan. Then they would really lose both their wife and their money.

Although Zhou Fenglin was greedy, he was not stupid.

Xia Ningxi noticed that half of Xingxing's cheek was swollen and asked, "Who hit you?"

Xingxing covered her face and didn't speak, her eyes were red and there were tears in them.

Huo Yuan said, "It was Zhou Fenglin; she hit my brother."

Chu Chu: "Yes, she's the one who hit him. Xingxing's face is all swollen. She even said she was going to hit all three of us."

Xia Ningxi's fists hardened. She looked at Zhou Fenglin and walked towards her step by step.

Zhou Fenglin instinctively stepped back, panicked: "What, what do you want to do? I hit them because they were disobedient. What's wrong with an elder disciplining children?"

Snap snap snap—

Xia Ningxi slapped her face three times hard.

The intense pain nearly sent Zhou Fenglin flying. She staggered a few steps, screaming in agony, "Are you crazy? I'm your stepmother! How could you hit me!"

Xia Ningxi shook her numb, aching hand and warned, "If this happens again, I'll chop your hand off."

"You, you bitch!" Zhou Fenglin was trembling with rage.

Xia Ningxi ignored her, took Xingxing's hand, and walked into the house.

Zhou Fenglin tried to stop him but was silenced by Huo Nanxiao's icy glare. She could only stop, but she was filled with resentment: "Young Master Huo, Wanwan is your wife. What are you going to do to Wanwan? If word gets out, will Wanwan still have the face to live?"

"If she dies, all the honors of the Xia family will vanish. I believe you will take good care of her." Huo Nanxiao said expressionlessly.

Zhou Fenglin was speechless at these words. She was a little angry: "Even so, Young Master Huo cannot indulge Xia Ningxi. She is already divorced, so she has nothing to do with you anymore. I think you should sever ties and keep your distance."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Huo Nanxiao asked, displeased.

Zhou Fenglin: "I'm doing this for your and Wanwan's own good. You know how Wanwan feels about you. You're the person she loves most in her life. If she finds out about this, she'll suffer a huge blow, and we don't even know if she'll recover. Young Master Huo certainly doesn't want Wanwan to stay sick, right?"

"Heh." Huo Nanxiao sneered, how could he not know that Zhou Fenglin was deliberately trying to trick him into revealing information.

He said, "It's only natural for me to take care of my own child. As for Xia Wanwan, I'm relieved to have you take care of her. If you don't take good care of her, I'll skin you alive. I believe you can do your job well."

"I..." Zhou Fenglin was speechless.

Her purpose in coming today was to keep Xia Ningxi away from Huo Nanxiao.

But Huo Nanxiao is quite something, he took the initiative to stay, isn't that a slap in her face?

She was really driven crazy by Huo Nanxiao. If it were anyone else, Zhou Fenglin would have already started cursing. How could he possibly be standing here so politely?

But Huo Nanxiao is someone you can't afford to offend!

Zhou Fenglin gritted his teeth, swallowing his anger, and said, "If Young Master Huo is worried about the child, he can take the child home. We have been taking care of Huo Yuan for many years and have raised him very well. If the child is raised by Wanwan, perhaps Wanwan will recover soon."

“I heard that sick people recover very quickly when they have a few lively and active children around them. Ah Yuan has called Wanwan ‘Mommy’ for so many years. If only he could be by Wanwan’s side.”

Zhou Fenglin sighed helplessly, glancing furtively at Huo Nanxiao out of the corner of his eye, wondering what his reaction would be.

Huo Nanxiao: "The child wasn't born to Wanwan, so it's not appropriate to leave her to raise him. If you're really bored, you can apply for a cleaning job at a kindergarten. There are plenty of children there, and you can take care of them as you please."

“That’s not what I meant,” Zhou Fenglin immediately retorted.

Huo Nanxiao: "If you don't have this idea, then shut your mouth and get out."

"Young Master Huo, do you really think you're doing this to Wanwan?" Zhou Fenglin asked excitedly.

Huo Nanxiao: "She and the Xia family have already suffered enough favors over the years. I gave you wealth and status only because she 'saved me' back then. Now that life-saving grace is fake, and you still want to use moral blackmail like before, it's no different from courting death."

Zhou Fenglin was speechless.

Huo Nanxiao didn't want to waste words with her. Remembering Xingxing's swollen cheek, he made a phone call to Ye Su.

A few bodyguards soon led Zhou Fenglin out of the villa, and accidentally kicked her in the face a few times.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Who gave you the audacity!"

"Ye Su, do you have a death wish? My daughter is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huo family, who gave you the audacity!"

Zhou Fenglin was furious and started yelling and cursing.

The bodyguards kicked Zhou Fenglin in the face a few more times. Zhou Fenglin's mouth was full of sand, so he quickly shut his mouth.

Ye Su looked down at her and said, "Mrs. Zhou, you know very well whose side I am on. Young Master Xingxing is Mr. Huo's child. You should have thought that this day would come after you hit Mr. Huo's child."

"Did Huo Nanxiao order you to hit me?" Zhou Fenglin asked incredulously. "How dare he! I am Wanwan's biological mother!"

Ye Su sneered, "So what if she's his biological mother? President Huo only married Xia Wanwan out of pity. Doesn't Mrs. Zhou know that?"

Zhou Fenglin clenched her fists and said angrily, "Even so, I am still his mother-in-law!"

"Young Master Xing is his own son. If he doesn't protect his own son, why would he protect an outsider like you? Forgive my bluntness, but if you want to have a good life, stay away from Xia Ningxi and the child. Don't end up ruining yourselves." Ye Su kindly reminded them.

After Ye Su left, Zhou Fenglin struggled to his feet and tearfully called Xia Wanwan for help.

Xia Ningxi knew none of this.

After bringing Xingxing home, she immediately gave the little one a physical examination. Fortunately, Xingxing's ears were not injured, only his face was swollen.

It took half an hour for the swelling in Xingxing's face to subside.

The little one was in so much pain that he couldn't speak and had no appetite.

Xia Ningxi felt a pang of heartache and gently hugged Xingxing into her arms: "I'm sorry, it's Mommy's fault for not protecting you well."

“It’s not Mommy’s fault. The one who’s wrong is Zhou Fenglin. She’s the one who hit me, not Mommy.” Xingxing shook her head.

Xia Ningxi asked, "How did you meet her?"

Xingxing replied, "We saw her when we came back from buying breakfast. She doesn't like Mommy, and she doesn't like us either. She wants to kick us out of this house."

Xia Ningxi looked at Huo Nanxiao: "You shouldn't have let us move here."

"I'm sorry, I didn't handle this matter well." Huo Nanxiao felt very guilty.

Xia Ningxi said, "Let's move out. At least we won't have this kind of trouble if we live in Ling Xiao's house. We're divorced now, and we really shouldn't have any connection with each other."

"I will keep the Xia family in check and prevent them from causing you any more trouble," Huo Nanxiao assured him, adding that he would also arrange for 24-hour security at the villa.

But this doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

Xia Ningxi said, "As long as I'm still in contact with you, the Xia family will try every means to make trouble for me. It's inevitable. I can take care of the child myself. If all else fails, I can hire a nanny or ask my brother for help. It doesn't matter whether you're here or not."

“Right now, you are a ticking time bomb to me. Xia Wanwan can’t accept your fickleness, and the Xia family won’t allow this to happen either. But they won’t dare to cause you trouble; they’ll just try every means to make trouble for me. Your people can protect me for a while, but they can’t protect me forever.”

"There's no need for that."

Xia Ningxi was already exhausted and didn't want to exhaust herself over such a trivial matter, nor did she want the children to suffer any harm because of her.

These three children were born at great personal risk; they were her life, and she couldn't bear any more setbacks.

The Xia family can hire someone to kill. She only escaped by chance this time, but what about next time? What if they target the children next time? These three children are still so young, and they can't even take care of themselves. How will they save themselves if they encounter danger?

They simply have no way to protect themselves.

Xia Ningxi was tired; she didn't want to have anything to do with Huo Nanxiao anymore.

"Two choices: you go back to the capital, or I'll move out with the child." Xia Ningxi said with unusual seriousness.

Huo Nanxiao said, "I will go back after I have finished my work."

"You're lying to me." She knew him.

Huo Nanxiao looked into her eyes: "I reject your offer."

Xia Ningxi chuckled: "You know my relationship with Ling Xiao. Although I lied to him before, I am useful to the Ling family now. As long as I ask, Ling Xiao will definitely help me. You have only just started cooperating. If you fight over this, it will have a huge impact on you. If I were you, I would leave."

"You are not me, and you have no right to make decisions for me." Huo Nanxiao's attitude was very firm.

Xia Ningxi was really angry, and she picked up a cushion and threw it at Huo Nanxiao.

Huo Nanxiao didn't say anything, nor was he angry. His phone kept ringing, and he didn't answer any of the calls, not knowing who was calling.

The breakfasts the children bought all ended up on Zhou Fenglin. The three little ones are now starving, each one more pitiful than the last.

Huo Nanxiao could hear the babies' bellies rumbling even while he was sitting next to them, so he got up and went to the kitchen.