Chapter 466 Qi Zhao Meets with Han Mingyu
The next day, Qi Zhao and Qi Mingxuan set off for the Qi Family Cemetery in the morning.
After the ceremony, they returned to the Qi family home.
Today is the day Jin Huaimin comes to the pear orchard to examine her pulse.
After Qi Mingxuan left, Qi Zhao looked at Uncle Qi and said, "Call Han Mingyu."
Uncle Qi nodded: "Yes."
Han Mingyu received a call from Qi Zhao and immediately rushed to the Qi family home.
Uncle Qi was waiting for him. "The eldest young master is in the study. I'll take President Han there."
Han Mingyu nodded and followed Uncle Qi upstairs to the study.
Outside the study, Uncle Qi knocked on the door, "Young Master, President Han has arrived."
"Come in."
Uncle Qi pushed open the door. "President Han, please come in."
Han Mingyu stepped into the study.
Uncle Qi closed the door.
In the study, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Qi Zhao, sitting in a wheelchair, faces out the window.
"Big Brother," Han Mingyu greeted him in a low voice.
Qi Zhao remotely controlled the wheelchair to slowly turn around.
His gaze was indifferent. "I can't accept being called 'Big Brother' by President Han."
Han Mingyu frowned. "I know you hold a grudge against me, but Xiaoxuan and I are husband and wife. I should call you 'elder brother'."
"I already know pretty much everything about you and Xiaoxuan from Uncle Qi last night."
Han Mingyu's expression was heavy. "I know I've wronged Xiaoxuan."
"Do you think you can just brush aside all the harm Xiaoxuan suffered with a simple 'sorry'?"
"That's not what I meant!" Han Mingyu hurriedly shook his head. "I know that nothing I say now can make up for the hurt Xiaoxuan suffered back then, but I really love Xiaoxuan now, and I really want to be with her. We also have two children. Brother, can you give me another chance for the sake of the children?"
Qi Zhao scoffed, "Haven't you had enough chances, Xiao Xuan?"
Han Mingyu was taken aback.
Qi Zhao looked at him and said, "Han Mingyu, I didn't sleep a wink last night. I kept thinking, what exactly does Xiaoxuan see in you? Why is she so stubborn about accepting you?"
Han Mingyu was speechless.
In fact, it was Qi Mingxuan who was the one giving in their relationship.
"You say you love her? Han Mingyu, I don't see how much you love her. I've investigated, and all I see is a selfish man trying to control a woman with a child. Han Mingyu, is your feeling for Xiaoxuan control or love? Ask yourself with your own conscience!"
Han Mingyu lowered his head.
"I saw in the news online that you were pursuing another woman not long ago, and you even had a child with that woman!"
"That's not how it is!" Han Mingyu raised his head and explained, "It's a misunderstanding. That child isn't mine. Shen Qingshu and I were just acting, playing along. We were just business partners!"
"Really? Then how do you explain spending 2 billion on that Lin Xiaoyue?"
Han Mingyu was taken aback.
Qi Zhao sneered, "Han Mingyu, eighteen years ago, because of Lin Xiaoyue, Xiaoxuan suffered unfair treatment. And because of a few words from Lin Xiaoyue, you, Han Mingyu, cruelly abandoned her when she needed help the most! Han Mingyu, if I were you, I really wouldn't have the face to say I love you! Your love is too casual and too cheap. Our Xiaoxuan can't afford it! If you really feel guilty towards Xiaoxuan, then be quick and sign this divorce agreement!"
Han Mingyu looked in the direction Qi Zhao was pointing—
A divorce agreement lay on the desk.
“I’m not as magnanimous as Xiaoxuan. Because of you, I’ll hold you responsible for all the hurt and grievances Xiaoxuan suffered! And I’ll settle all the scores for the two children she gave birth to for you. In the divorce, besides the cash and property compensation, I also want you to give Xiaoxuan 20% of the shares.”
Han Mingyu shook his head, "I won't get a divorce."
"What?" Qi Zhao sneered, "You can't bear to part with these assets?"
"I can give all my assets to Xiaoxuan, but I will not get a divorce."
Han Mingyu looked at Qi Zhao with a firm expression: "Big brother, I know you want to avenge Xiaoxuan, and I know that what I did in the past is unforgivable, but Xiaoxuan and I have a child together. Besides, I really didn't know about what happened back then. If I had known, I couldn't have stood by and watched Xiaoxuan die..."
"Do you know what the first thing Xiaoxuan said to me was when I found her? What did she say to me?"
Han Mingyu's nerves suddenly tightened.
He looked at Qi Zhao, and Qi Zhao looked at him.
Both of them had a look of pain in their eyes.
Qi Zhao said, "Xiao Xuan cried and asked me why I didn't save her when you turned around!"
Han Mingyu's pupils contracted sharply!
The dimly lit alleyway of that night flashed into his mind, and the girl's cries seemed to echo in his ears...
He did turn around, but it was too dark, and he couldn't see clearly. He thought she was acting and fooling around again...
"You left because you believed what that Lin Xiaoyue said!" Qi Zhao glared at Han Mingyu, her eyes bloodshot. "You'd rather believe that bitch than Xiao Xuan! Even if you don't like Xiao Xuan, just for the sake of our acquaintance, just because she's a girl, shouldn't you have gone up and verified things in that situation? Just because of a few words from that Lin Xiaoyue, you left!"
"Han Mingyu, you left! You abandoned that girl who loved you so much in that alley, you let her suffer such unbearable humiliation, and now you're telling me you didn't know? Do you want me to understand you? Or are you going to tell me you're innocent too?"
Han Mingyu staggered back a few steps—
His back slammed heavily against the wall.
A tearing pain shot through my chest.
He clutched his chest.
That night, Qi Mingxuan's cries echoed in his ears like a demonic sound.
“Xiaoxuan suffered severe post-traumatic stress because of that incident. You really don’t care about her at all. If you cared about her even a little bit, you should have noticed that the girl who always followed you was gone that summer.”
Han Mingyu suddenly looked up at Qi Zhao, "I thought, I thought you took her on a trip abroad..."
"You think, Han Mingyu, that you've always been like this, recklessly hurting Xiaoxuan because of your ignorance and arrogance!"
Qi Zhao pointed at Han Mingyu, his anger causing the veins on his forehead to bulge. "She got sick after that incident! She was very sick. She kept dreaming about the scene from that night and was afraid to sleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she would think of those images. Later, she started to have frequent suicidal thoughts. In the end, I had no choice but to take her abroad for psychological treatment and use hypnosis to make her forget that experience."
"But I really didn't expect that Xiao Xuan, who had forgotten that memory, would still like you. Even without that incident, she wouldn't hate you and would still love you passionately! Why did I suddenly approach you and tell you to stay away from her? You didn't even ask why, and just said with a look of disdain that you could never love Xiao Xuan. You, Young Master Han, are really so proud!"
"how so……"
Han Mingyu crouched down, buried his face in his hands, and burst into tears, "I really don't know, I really don't know how things happened..."
"It's also my fault." Qi Zhao sneered with red eyes. "I should have been more ruthless and let her stay abroad. But she kept crying and making a fuss, saying she didn't want to be separated from her friends in China. But it wasn't that she couldn't bear to leave her classmates in China, it was that she couldn't bear to leave you!"
Qi Zhao remotely controlled the wheelchair, picked up the divorce agreement on the desk, and threw it in front of Han Mingyu: "I've said everything I need to say. If you really care about Xiaoxuan's feelings, then sign this agreement and let Xiaoxuan go from now on."
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