Chapter 92 Fasting

With a loud crash, the bowls and chopsticks fell to the ground.

Upon hearing the commotion, the group of guards outside rushed in and surrounded Xia Ningxi.

"Get out!" Huo Nanxiao said sternly.

Upon hearing this, the guards exchanged glances and then withdrew.

Huo Nanxiao stood up and walked step by step toward Xia Ningxi. He looked down at Xia Ningxi's face and said in a deep voice, "I haven't settled accounts with you for secretly taking Huo Yuan away. And you still dare to throw a tantrum at me?"

Xia Ningxi remained silent.

Huo Nanxiao pinched her cheek; "Look at me!"

Xia Ningxi took a deep breath, slowly raised her head, and met Huo Nanxiao's eyes.

Her clear eyes were very clean and beautiful, which Huo Nanxiao had always liked. But now, seeing those eyes filled with stubbornness and no remorse, Huo Nanxiao was annoyed.

She didn't think she had done anything wrong at all.

"If I hadn't come back early today, would you have kidnapped Huo Yuan?" Huo Nanxiao gritted his teeth.

Xia Ningxi couldn't keep up the act any longer, and she was too lazy to pretend anymore: "Yes."

"How dare you!" The man's hand gripping her chin tightened abruptly.

Xia Ningxi said, "Huo Yuan is my son."

"You dare bring this up again!"

The man was furious.

Xia Ningxi smiled slightly: "Why can't I mention it?"

Just because Huo Nanxiao deprived her of the right to be a mother, does that mean she is no longer Huo Yuan's mother?

Xia Ningxi truly regretted not leaving a day earlier. If she had left sooner, she could have taken Huo Yuan away from Huo Nanxiao completely.

At this moment, Xia Ningxi was filled with regret, and her gaze towards Huo Nanxiao was frighteningly cold.

“What you’ve done can’t remain unknown forever. Sooner or later, Huo Yuan will find out that I am his biological mother. Huo Nanxiao, if you don’t love him, why can’t you let us go?”

She questioned him.

One sentence enraged Huo Nanxiao.

His eyes burned with fury: "It seems you still naively believe you can become Huo Yuan's mother. Let me tell you, I will never make Huo Yuan acknowledge you in this lifetime. If he hadn't fallen ill, do you think you would have had the chance to stay by his side and take care of him?"

"From today onwards, Huo Yuan's condition will be taken care of by others, and you will be locked up here for the rest of your life. I will never give you any more opportunities to contact Huo Yuan."

Huo Nanxiao has a limit to his patience.

Now, we've reached our limit.

He had always known that Xia Ningxi harbored other fantasies about Huo Yuan, but Huo Nanxiao felt that as long as Xia Ningxi was willing to take good care of Huo Yuan and not have any other ideas, Huo Nanxiao could keep her.

But Xia Ningxi was unwilling to behave herself and insisted on taking Huo Yuan away. In that case, she would never see Huo Yuan again in her life!

Lanyuan is located halfway up the mountain and is heavily guarded. If Huo Nanxiao speaks up, Xia Ningxi will truly never be able to leave.

Looking at the man's cold face, she knew he wasn't joking.

“What Huo Yuan needs is his mother. Have you thought about Huo Yuan when you locked me up here?” she asked.

Huo Nanxiao said, "He can recover just fine without you."

"Kang Fu? Heh, Huo Nanxiao, open your eyes and see what your son has become. If you truly care about him, you shouldn't be stopping me! I am his only mother, and I am the only one in this world who will love him forever. If you still have even a shred of guilt towards Huo Yuan, you shouldn't be stopping me."

She was hysterical, tears welling in her eyes: "I'm begging you, please let us go. I promise I'll take good care of Huo Yuan. If you want a child, you can have one after Xia Wanwan wakes up. I only ask that you let me raise Huo Yuan. I don't want the position of Huo family's young mistress anymore, okay?"

She really didn't want Huo Yuan to go back to that suffocating environment he used to live in.

She firmly believed that they had not treated Huo Yuan well over the years, otherwise Huo Yuan would not have become so timid and extreme with so many injuries.

She regretted marrying Huo Nanxiao. If she hadn't insisted on marrying Huo Nanxiao, would he not have been so cruel to Huo Yuan?

Xia Ningxi felt a pang of pain in her heart. She no longer dared to pursue how much injustice Huo Yuan had suffered in the past. She only hoped to keep Huo Yuan by her side, which was already her biggest compromise.

Even with such a request, Huo Nanxiao could not agree!

Huo Nanxiao coldly told Xia Ningxi, "Impossible."

Her heart sank to the bottom, and her tearful eyes lost all their light.

The light shone on her face, making her beautiful cheeks appear deathly pale.

For some reason, Huo Nanxiao felt a strange, indescribable feeling when he saw her despairing expression.

However, the thought that Xia Ningxi had secretly taken Huo Yuan away while he was away filled Huo Nanxiao with rage.

He glanced at the mess on the ground and said to Xia Ningxi, "Since you don't want to eat, then starve to death here. Huo Yuan can still grow up safely without you."

He turned and left.

Huo Nanxiao did not grant any of Xia Ningxi's requests.

Xia Ningxi refused to eat, as if protesting Huo Nanxiao's decision, but Huo Nanxiao ignored her and continued to let her go hungry.

And so, Xia Ningxi went hungry for a day and a night, and she didn't even know how she fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning.

The bright sunlight streaming into the room from outside the window was so precious, like the faint light in a cage. Xia Ningxi wanted to go out, but everything around her was sealed off, and there was no way out even through the window. She felt futile and suddenly didn't understand why she had married Huo Nanxiao in the first place.

Is it all just to be trapped in this dark and hopeless cage?

If she had known it would be like this, she wouldn't have chosen Huo Nanxiao without hesitation.

Her stomach was rumbling; she was starving. She hadn't eaten for a day and a night and was now so hungry she was dizzy. She was sleepy and wanted to continue sleeping.

Xia Ningxi didn't notice when someone came in to deliver breakfast, and she didn't touch any of the food on the table.

When Butler Li saw this, he had no choice but to tell Huo Nanxiao about it.

"Young Master Huo, the lady in the guest room hasn't eaten anything."

"Didn't you eat the food that was delivered last night?" Huo Nanxiao frowned.

Butler Li nodded: "Yes, I went to check this morning, and nothing has been touched."

"Ha, she thinks she can fight me by going on a hunger strike? Take away all the food and let her starve to death." Huo Nanxiao was furious.

Butler Li said, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Huo Nanxiao cast a cold, sharp glance at him, and the butler immediately shut his mouth in fright. He had no choice but to obediently do as Huo Nanxiao instructed, removing all the food that had been given to Xia Ningxi.

Huo Nanxiao didn't believe that Xia Ningxi could go hungry indefinitely.

But Xia Ningxi didn't get up until evening, and didn't eat or drink anything, which made Huo Nanxiao a little anxious.