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The tailored suit Huo Qizhen wore was impeccably tailored, perfectly fitting his muscular physique as if it were made for him. Sunlight fell on his crisp trousers, reflecting a soft glow and adding to his noble and elegant demeanor.
As he approached, the surrounding air seemed to be stirred by his powerful aura, creating an invisible pressure that pressed towards Merlin.
Merlin slowly stood up. "You're Ting's brother? I've seen your picture before."
"You're Tingzhen's ex-boyfriend?"
Merlin frowned. "No."
Jian Yu and Huo Tingzhen both looked at him at the same time.
"oh?"
Huo Tingzhen's cold smile deepened.
Merlin: "I'm her boyfriend."
A cold glint appeared in Huo Qizhen's eyes. "As far as I know, Tingzhen's boyfriend is named Bao Yanbai, and he doesn't look like you at all."
Merlin: "He's just a thing of the past, a punishment Ting gave me. Ting will break up with him."
"Yeah?"
Huo Qizhen shifted his gaze to Huo Tingzhen, "Tell me what you think?"
Huo Tingzhen: "He's talking nonsense."
Merlin said, "Ting, I know I was wrong before, and I have changed. As long as you are willing to marry me, I will transfer all my assets to you."
Kenneth Fok: "My Fok family is not short of money."
Merlin: "This is my stance."
Huo Qizhen, "Your attitude is to give Tingzhen an illegitimate daughter?"
Merlin lowered his head. "It's my fault. I have no excuse. I will make it up to you."
Huo Qizhen said, "My sister is not at the point where she should be someone's stepmother."
stepmother?
Huo Tingzhen's lips twitched. "Brother, I don't know how."
Huo Qizhen glanced at her and said, "You'd better not."
Huo Tingzhen nodded, "No."
Merlin was extremely anxious. He hadn't even managed to win over Huo Tingzhen, and now Huo Qizhen had been added to the mix. Was his love life really going to end in failure again?
"Mr. Huo, you can make any requests you have to me, and I will do my best to satisfy you. I just hope you won't stop Ting from being with me."
"My only request is that you stay away from her."
Merlin shook his head. "I'm sorry, I can't comply."
Huo Qizhen looked at Huo Tingzhen and said, "You talk to him."
Merlin immediately looked at Huo Tingzhen pleadingly, "No... please don't refuse me."
Huo Tingzhen understood his gaze and slowly shook her head. "Merlin, it's over between us a long time ago. You should let it go too! You're outstanding, and there are plenty of people around you who would be willing to be with you. Choose one carefully and start a new life!"
Merlin went up and hugged Huo Tingzhen, saying, "I only want you."
Huo Tingzhen was about to push him away when her eyes inadvertently swept across the glass door, and she put her hand down again.
After hesitating for a moment, she slowly put her arms around him.
Jian Yu jumped up and reached out to pull them apart.
Huo Qizhen stopped Jian Yu.
Jian Yu said in a low voice, "When Tingzhen went to sleep yesterday, she was staring at Bao Yanbai's photo in a daze. I'm sure Tingzhen doesn't have that deep feeling for Meilin anymore."
Huo Qizhen shook his head. "Give her some time to think it through."
Jian Yu said, "Tingzhen has already thought it through very clearly."
Huo Qizhen turned his head and asked, "What's the meaning of you two hugging each other like that?"
Merlin wept with joy, "It means exactly what you saw. Ting has forgiven me, and we will continue to be together."
"Tingzhen, what do you say?"
Huo Tingzhen then removed her hands from Merlin's back. "It was just a farewell hug, brother, don't make a big deal out of it."
Merlin felt as if a thunderclap had suddenly exploded deep within his soul.
The deafening roar of thunder stunned him, leaving him utterly astonished. His eyes widened, and his mouth gaped open, unable to close for a long time. "You... what did you just say?"
"It means what you heard."
Merlin stared in disbelief at his beloved, his voice trembling as he asked, "Didn't you embrace me because you had forgiven my mistakes? But...why are you now telling me that not only have you not forgiven me, but you're even leaving me?"
Huo Tingzhen wanted to say something, opened her mouth, but before speaking, she secretly glanced at the door, shook her head, and closed her mouth again.
"pavilion......"
Merlin pleaded.
Huo Tingzhen tilted her head back to breathe, "Brother, let's go back!"
He was the first to walk towards the door.
Merlin swayed and almost lost his balance, but luckily his bodyguard had good eyesight and pulled over a stool to place behind him.
Just as Jian Yu was about to follow Huo Tingzhen, Huo Qizhen grabbed her arm and pressed her back to the spot.
Jian Yu was puzzled and was about to ask when he saw a figure not far away.
He immediately understood.
Huo Tingzhen walked to the door and looked at Bao Yanbai, who had a furrowed brow. "You're here?"
Bao Yanbai nodded, glanced at the distraught Merlin, and said, "I've come to take you home."
Huo Tingzhen also turned to look at Merlin, "You saw it all."
Bao Yanbai nodded, "Yes."
Huo Tingzhen: "Then what do you mean?"
Bao Yanbai: "You've been separated for five years."
"So what? You saw Merlin and I hugging and you're angry?"
Bao Yanbai shook his head. "No."
"No?" Huo Tingzhen didn't believe it at all. "I remember the first time I saw you, you were chasing after your ex-fiancée's lover and beating him up. You even told others that your future wife must only have you in her heart. How come you're not angry now when you see me hugging Merlin?"
"He's just an ex."
"Um?"
Shouldn't Bao Yanbai be very angry and break up with her?
"A good ex should be like they're dead."
"..." Huo Tingzhen asked tentatively, "You mean I should never see him again?"
Bao Yanbai nodded.
"I'm sorry, but I can't control whether other people appear in front of me."
Bao Yanbai frowned more and more deeply. "Then don't talk to him."
"..." Huo Tingzhen almost burst out laughing. What an adorable comment.
Bao Yanbai, "Is it okay?"
"not good."
Huo Tingzhen continued walking forward, "I have a house that he lives in, and I haven't asked for it back yet, so it's impossible for me not to talk to him."
"The house?" Bao Yanbai looked angrily at Merlin. "He's not moving?"
“I didn’t let him move.”
"..." Bao Yanbai, "Why?"
"It's nothing, I just hadn't thought about it before."
Bao Yanbai whispered, "Then I'll help you get it back?"
"On what grounds are you asking for it?"
"Of course it's your boyfriend."
Huo Tingzhen didn't speak, but looked him up and down before asking with a puzzled expression, "Why aren't you angry?"
Bao Yanbai said very seriously, "I chose you."
"What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is that you're different from my ex-fiancée. She was arranged for me by my elders, and my feelings for her were just a responsibility. You're different; you're the one I chose myself, and I can tolerate whatever you do."
"..." Huo Tingzhen's heart turned wicked. "Including giving you the same treatment as your ex-fiancée?"
Bao Yanbai glared at him, "You dare?"
Huo Tingzhen pointed inside the door, "There!"
Bao Yanbai went up and pulled her into his arms. "If you dare to even think of going with him, I'll tie you up, hide you away, and never let anyone else see you again."
"......"
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