Chapter 948 I Allow You to Negotiate with Me
"What if she dislikes you like this for the rest of her life?" Gu Yang asked.
“Then lock him up for life.” Huo Sinian said without any hesitation. “The world is so big, it’s not difficult to hide someone.”
Gu Yang: "Aren't you afraid she'll hate you?"
Huo Sinian: "She doesn't hate me now?"
Gu Yang: "..."
That makes sense.
"What if she tries to kill herself?" Gu Yang asked again. "After all, the information you gave her and the choices she had to make were quite difficult, especially now that she sees no hope of escaping at all."
"He won't die." Huo Sinian's tone remained flat.
Gu Yang was surprised: "So confident?"
Huo Sinian: "There will be someone watching her 24 hours a day. If she does anything suicidal, the bodyguards will immediately break down the door and bring her out for rescue."
"Why didn't you keep an eye on her yourself?" Gu Yang asked curiously. "Normally, shouldn't you sleep with her?"
“She will kill me,” Huo Sinian said calmly.
Gu Yang: "?"
Gu Yang: "It can't be that bad."
Huo Sinian: "He may not die, but he will be half-dead."
After all, her chances of escaping would be greater if he fell.
For her, his presence only caused her stress.
"Then why are you keeping her here?" Gu Yang really couldn't understand her. "And telling her those kinds of things that really incite hatred."
Huo Sinian glanced at him but said nothing.
That evening.
Lin Tan didn't sleep all night.
Huo Sinian also stayed up all night.
The next morning, he quickly washed up and went to call her for breakfast. Lin Tan sat on the bed, looking lost and listless, showing none of her usual vitality or sense of life.
"Lin Tan," Huo Sinian called her name.
Lin Tan's empty eyes gradually focused, and she asked the question she had asked so many times: "Why?"
Huo Sinian: "There's no reason why."
Lin Tan: "Can't you choose someone else?"
Huo Sinian: "I can't accept other people."
Lin Tan gave a self-deprecating laugh.
She seemed more broken than before.
She should be happy that Mrs. Mingjun and Mr. Xie are her parents.
But the bad news that followed kept her up all night.
"I wish I had never met you." Lin Tan said with red eyes and a hint of determination, "I would rather have been bullied by others than have you come to my rescue."
This was the first time she had said those words.
This is the first time I've been this serious.
Before meeting Qin Mo, her feelings for Huo Sinian were complicated.
She could feel his kindness, but she was also aware of his control over her, so all she wanted to do was escape.
But now.
She truly loathed him.
"Huo Sinian, I hate you."
"I don't dislike you." Huo Sinian's eyes remained unchanged, but a closer look would reveal a subtle fluctuation in the depths of his eyes behind his glasses. "I'm so glad I helped you out of that predicament and got to know you."
Lin Tan bit her lip hard.
She thought about it all night.
I couldn't think of a single foolproof plan.
To protect her parents, she would once again become Huo Sinian's caged bird.
But if they don't agree, they will be in danger.
She wouldn't even blink if it were anyone else.
But it was Aunt Jun, someone she had always liked and wished was her mother.
"Have you made up your mind?" Huo Sinian stood at the door. "If you haven't, go down for dinner and keep thinking. You have half a day to consider it."
Lin Tan didn't move.
Huo Sinian rarely spoke more than a few words: "This time, I'll allow you to negotiate with me."
Lin Tan's bloodshot eyes immediately looked over.
“But if you set conditions, you have to pay the corresponding price,” Huo Sinian reminded her.
"You really want me to stay by your side?" Lin Tan asked.
Huo Sinian: "Yes."
Lin Tan: "Then why didn't you do this sooner?"
Huo Sinian: "?"
“If you hadn’t threatened me with my sister from the beginning, and hadn’t forced me to stay by your side, I would have fallen for you based on all the good things you’ve done for me.” Lin Tan analyzed her feelings. “Because before you offered to take me as your sugar daddy, I already had feelings for you.”
Back then, Huo Sinian was gentle, gentlemanly, and polite.
His speech and manners were mature and refined.
He helped her out of the predicament, handled the aftermath to prevent further harassment, and invited her to dinner.
That process made her think they were dating.
She even developed a strong liking for him.
Just as that initial attraction was about to turn into love, he took her to his home and to a banquet, where she heard him introduce her as a friend.
Later on, they even became bed partners.
She suggested breaking up with him, but he threatened her to stay by using her sister as leverage. This went on for three years.
"You severed this relationship yourself, so why are you doing all this now?" Lin Tan said these words to him for the first time.
“If it hadn’t been severed, you wouldn’t exist now,” Huo Sinian said bluntly.
Lin Tan: "Are you saying you did this to protect me?"
Huo Sinian: "I guess so."
Lin Tan: "Don't you think I'm only after your money?"
Huo Sinian did not speak.
That's what he really thought at the time.
She always had a friendly smile on her face, but she was always thinking about leaving him.
At that time, Zhi Zhou was a formidable enemy, and Huo Cheng was keeping a close eye on him.
He cannot have any preferences or weaknesses.
If she likes money and power.
As long as he gets it.
But she left with Qin Mo, leaving decisively and treating him as an enemy.
"Let's eat first." Huo Sinian walked over and took her hand, but Lin Tan quickly dodged away.
Huo Sinian wasn't angry.
The two of them arrived downstairs.
It was as if the conversation had never happened.
It wasn't until almost noon, when Lin Tan was sitting in the garden outside basking in the sun, her face showing no ease, only worry and numbness, that Huo Sinian went over to talk to her: "You used to know how to beg me, but now you don't even know how to beg anymore."
Lin Tan did not speak.
Huo Sinian: "Maybe if you beg me, I'll agree."
“You’ll agree to it, but it’s all things I don’t care about,” Lin Tan blurted out.
She wanted to go out.
I want my parents to be alright.
But Huo Sinian would not agree to these things.
“I was lying to you last night,” Huo Sinian said.
Lin Tan: "?"
Huo Sinian: "I did not plant bombs in your parents' car or house."
Lin Tan looked at him with suspicion in her eyes.
She seemed to disbelieve that he would give up such an opportunity to manipulate her.
"Lin Tan, no matter if you hate me or despise me, I sincerely want to spend my life with you." Huo Sinian reached out and smoothed her hair, his whole demeanor gentle and refined. "I hope you will behave and come back with me."
Lin Tan: "Impossible."
Huo Siqing chuckled, "It's alright, you'll agree in a bit."
Lin Tan frowned.
I don't understand what he meant by that.
Just then.
Secretary Ye walked over, her face as calm and composed as ever: "Boss, Dr. Shen is here."
"Please take him to the examination room upstairs," Huo Sinian said unhurriedly.
Lin Tan had a gut feeling that this was not a good thing.
But I don't know what he's doing.
"Let's go." Huo Sinian stood up and looked at her. "Let the doctor give you a check-up."
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