Chapter 286 Struggle
Huo Xilin looked at Xu Qingsui who was about to go out and asked in surprise, "Awake?"
Xu Qingsui felt a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look him in the eye. Perhaps it was because he felt guilty and was afraid that he would notice something.
Under his gaze, she could only nod as a response.
"Where are we going?" Huo Xilin naturally took her hand and pulled her into the house.
Xu Qingsui tried to break free with some resistance, but her strength was not worth mentioning in Huo Xilin's eyes, so he easily brought her to the living room.
"Where are you going? I'll take you there." Huo Xilin said in a firm tone.
"No need, I'm just going out to buy some things. Aren't you going to work today?" Xu Qingsui's tone was a little unpleasant. Obviously, she didn't like Huo Xilin's tough attitude towards her.
She is no longer the former Xu Qingsui, and the two of them are no longer partners.
Faced with Xu Qingsui's impatient tone, Huo Xilin was not angry. He just sat on the sofa, still treating her condescendingly as he did last night. He was clearly looking up at her, but the oppressive aura emanating from him made Xu Qingsui want to escape instantly.
Seeing that he didn't answer his question, Xu Qingsui said, "Mr. Huo, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'm going out now."
Clearly, she didn't want to be with him.
Huo Xilin raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a creepy smile: "Xu Qingsui, have we become so unfamiliar with each other? President Huo?"
She hadn't called him Mr. Huo for a long time, and this title really felt unfamiliar to him.
Xu Qingsui closed his mouth and refused to answer his questions. He just lowered his head and didn't look him in the eye.
But it was precisely this look of hers that seemed to be ignored and indifferent in Huo Xilin's eyes.
He couldn't bear it any longer and stood up suddenly. The feeling of oppression came over him instantly, and every step closer made her subconsciously start to retreat.
She remembered that he treated her the same way last night.
When Huo Xilin put his hands on her waist and made an embrace, Xu Qingsui instantly became like a hedgehog with its hair standing on end. She took a defensive stance, put her hands on his chest, looked at him in horror and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"What do you think I'm going to do?" Huo Xilin slowly lowered his head.
Xu Qingsui quickly turned his head and faced him from the side.
Her evasive action made Huo Xilin stunned for a moment. Although it was expected, it still made his heart ache, as if being pricked by a needle.
In this world, there is probably no other woman other than Xu Qingsui who can truly hurt him.
His eyes were instantly covered with ice and snow, and even the smile on his lips became bloodthirsty.
"Xu Qingsui, do you hate me so much?" Huo Xilin whispered in her ear, "You really enjoyed it last night!"
Xu Qingsui was so angry that she glared at him fiercely, and the blood rushed to her head. She struggled to push him away, but he pushed her down on the sofa during the struggle.
Xu Qingsui was really scared. After all, what happened last night was still vivid in her mind. She knew him and herself better. In front of him, she would always be defeated.
She didn't want to crawl before him so undignifiedly.
So at that moment, Xu Qingsui cried and said to him in a pleading tone: "Boss Huo, can you please let me go? Just consider it as me begging you!"
Her humble appearance made Huo Xilin stop all his actions instantly, and the emotions in his eyes became complicated, with disbelief, hurt and sadness, but more of it was pity.
Unfortunately, Xu Qingsui didn't dare to look him in the eye, so he naturally ignored his complicated emotions.
Xu Qingsui felt the force pressing on her body gradually ease, until Huo Xilin completely left her and walked to the window sill not far away.
She suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, quickly sat up straight, and hurriedly tidied up her messy clothes, hoping to calm her messy heart.
As the sound of a lighter rang out, Huo Xilin smoked a cigarette. He opened the window, looked at the world outside, and wondered what he was thinking.
Xu Qingsui raised his head and looked at him, feeling an atmosphere of loneliness surrounding him.
Perhaps the strong have always been alone. She had seen Huo Xilin like this many times. He always made her feel soft-hearted and wanted to forgive him for everything he had done.
But this time, she hardened her heart and just looked at him quietly without approaching him.
After finishing a cigarette, Huo Xilin put out the burning cigarette butt on the windowsill, then turned his gaze back to Xu Qingsui and said lightly: "I know what you are thinking. Are you going to leave this time like last time and never come back?"
Xu Qingsui was a little surprised. She didn't expect that he could really see through her thoughts. Last night, he was also sitting on the sofa, looking at her with a look that saw through everything. It seemed that she never had any secrets in front of him.
She didn't answer his question, nor did she know how to answer it.
Do you admit it?
Then there's no way you can get away.
Are you lying?
How could I possibly deceive him?
Facing Xu Qingsui's silence, Huo Xilin remained indifferent. He seemed to have expected that he would not hear the answer from her.
He still said to her in a light tone: "Do you think I will let you leave me?"
His tone was so calm, so calm that it seemed to have no deterrent power at all, but only Xu Qingsui understood that he was definitely not asking her, but informing her.
With his means and abilities, he wanted to imprison her by his side. She had no way to stop him and she couldn't leave at all.
Xu Qingsui once again felt a deep despair, which was exactly the same feeling she had when her brother was sick and hospitalized and she was at her wit's end.
It was just that she was lucky at that time and met Huo Xilin who could save her, but this time, no one could save her.
So, when she realized this fact, she became anxious instantly, stood up suddenly, and said to him: "Mr. Huo, I am free, not your canary! We are not in the unequal relationship we used to be. You tore up the contract with your own hands. Do you want to regret it now?"
She spoke in a weak tone, and she knew in her heart that she was just making a futile struggle.
"If I say I regret it, what can you do to me?"
Such shameless words came out of Huo Xilin's mouth, but they sounded so righteous and natural.
Xu Qingsui was speechless for a moment. In the face of absolute strength, any resistance would be futile.
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