Chapter 144 My Mother Died A Long Time ago
Jian Mo subconsciously clasped her toes. After being looked at by her, she felt that she had lost all the secrets in her body.
"We should go now. Grandpa is waiting for us to go home." Huo Qi Chen said indifferently, holding Jian Mo's hand again and sending her to the car.
Just as he was about to get in the car, Qiao Xia spoke again: "Huo Qichen, I'm back. Won't you come with me to burn some incense for your father?"
Everyone was silent.
Huo Qichen's long legs, which had just stepped onto the car, were retracted. He straightened up and replied indifferently: "Who are you?"
Qiao Xia's pupils dilated, and wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes. "I am your mother."
"Mother? She died a long time ago."
Someone gasped.
Jian Mo watched them confront each other nervously, her breathing slowing down. She watched Qiao Xia suddenly wave her hand and hit Huo Qichen.
There was a crisp "bang" sound, and the man's head was tilted aside. Jane Mo was startled and ran out of the car to protect him behind her. "What are you doing?"
Qiao Xia's eyes, filled with anger, fell on her, "Where did this wild girl come from? How dare you interrupt me when I'm teaching my son a lesson?"
Jian Mo's legs were shaking when she faced her. She didn't know where she got the courage from, but she only wanted to protect Huo Qichen. "Didn't you hear? His mother died a long time ago."
Qiao Xia was so angry that she laughed. She was very thin and looked like she would fall down at any moment if the wind blew over her. Her eyes fell on the wedding rings on their ring fingers. "You are the wife he married on his own initiative."
Jian Mo opened her mouth.
"It's really not that good."
“…”
She continued to stare at Huo Qichen: "Are you sure you want this little girl to stand up for you?"
The man extended his tongue and licked the blood from the corner of his mouth. With a solemn and murderous look, he pulled Jian Mo behind him again and said, "Get in the car first."
Jian Mo was unwilling and she looked at the situation worriedly.
Huo Qi Chen called the bodyguards, and she was forced to get in the car. The door was closed and the driver locked the entire car. She couldn't get out. She could only see Huo Qi Chen stepping back into the Huo family, and Qiao Xia following closely behind him.
I couldn't hear what they said.
Jian Mo was extremely anxious.
Qiao Xia actually came back at this time. Why? What did she want to do? Why did Huo Qichen seem unwilling to face her, yet had to face her?
Could it be related to herself? Jian Mo couldn't help but wonder.
After waiting for about half an hour, Huo Qichen and others did not come out. Just when Jian Mo was trying to persuade the driver, a waiter came out and said a few words to the driver.
"Madam, my husband asked me to take you back to Mingyuan first." After saying that, he started the car.
"No...why? What about him?" Jian Mo spoke incoherently, but couldn't stop it at all.
The driver couldn't answer.
On New Year's Eve, Haicheng was ablaze with lights and every household was bustling with activity. Mingyuan was no exception, but one person was missing, and the atmosphere felt a little off.
Grandpa seemed to know what had happened and beckoned Jian Mo to sit down. "Let's eat. Your Aunt Liu and Aunt Ju have been busy all day and have cooked all the dishes you like."
Jian Mo didn't want to appear too depressed in front of her elders, so she could only force a smile, but it was still absent-minded. Looking at her grandfather, there was also a sad look on his face.
In front of the empty dining table, she couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, what's going on?"
Grandpa sighed and felt regretful: "I thought we could have a reunion this year and have a reunion dinner, but it didn't happen..."
Seeing him like this, Jian Mo felt bad and called the servants: "Put the dishes away and heat them up first. We can eat together when Mr. Huo comes back later."
She felt that no matter what happened tonight, Huo Qi Chen would come back.
Grandpa waved his hand and said, "Xiaomo, come and have a cup of tea with me in the yard."
Jian Mo hurried to follow.
There were firecracker paper on the ground, a mess after the hustle and bustle, which seemed particularly lonely at this time.
Grandpa sat on the armchair. Jian Mo was afraid that he would be cold, so she covered his legs with a thick blanket. He poured out some tea and placed it in front of her. "Did you meet Achen's mother today?"
Qiao Xia's face appeared in Jian Mo's mind, "Hmm... she doesn't look easy to get along with."
Grandpa smiled and took a sip of tea. "The last time I saw her was when Achen was seven years old."
Jian Mo was stunned. "Hasn't she come back in all these years?"
Grandpa shook his head. "She hates our Huo family, and she also hates the son she gave birth to for the Huo family. When Achen's father passed away, the Huo family was in turmoil. If she hadn't stepped in to maintain stability, there would be no Achen today. So I turned a blind eye to all the choices she made."
Jian Mo asked cautiously: "Why does she hate so much..."
Huo Qichen's father is the youngest son of the second branch of the Huo family, named Huo Zaigui. He has been vigorously trained since he was a child. He is very promising at a young age and has fought his way out of the Huo family's side branches, making everyone jealous.
That year, his marriage with the eldest daughter of the Qiao family was not just a transactional marriage. He had feelings for Qiao Xia, but she already had someone she loved. At that time, he was paranoid, and in order to achieve his goal, he drove her lover out of Haicheng. From then on, this marriage became a cage.
Even the children born to two people cannot be considered the fruit of love.
Every time Qiao Xia saw her son, she felt disgusted.
The terrifying secret past made Jian Mo's pulse beat faster.
"This incident was caused by our Huo family's fault. We harmed a good girl." Grandpa seemed to sigh. "She had good living conditions, but she wasn't happy. Year after year, her mental health began to deteriorate. No one took it seriously at first, but after Zaigui's sudden death, her mental health became even worse."
"She could have left, but for the sake of their son, she had to stay and continue to be tortured. Over time, she began to use violence and showed no mercy to her own son."
Grandpa's narration was calm, but Jian Mo could hear the torment in it.
"I knew the Huo family couldn't keep her, so I took Achen to my side and let her go. After Achen grew up, he might have seen her a few times. I don't know what happened exactly, but I never saw her again."
So that's how it is. Jian Mo nodded, not quite understanding. She had been struggling for a long time and had many questions she wanted to ask, but the only thing she could ask was, "Grandpa, was Huo Qichen unhappy when he was a child?"
Grandpa looked at her and smiled with some relief. "...Not only was he unhappy, but he was also very miserable. But fortunately, during those years, he had a girl to grow up with him, so his life wasn't too difficult."
The girl...Jian Mo remembered, "Is it the girl...called Xiao Xiao?"
The girl that Huo Qichen could never forget.
"Well, if it weren't for her, there wouldn't be Achen today."
No wonder Huo Qichen was so obsessed with her. It turned out that there was this bond between them. That girl saved him...
Seeing her in a daze, Grandpa patted the back of her hand with his wrinkled hands and said, "I believe that in the future, without you, there will be no Achen."
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