After Huo Qijun finished speaking, he stared intently at Huo Yanzhi, not wanting to miss any expression on his face.
But Huo Yanzhi just smiled gently and said, "Brother, you're overthinking it."
Huo Qijun's face darkened. At this point, everything was self-evident. Even if Huo Yanzhi didn't admit it, he was certain that his inner guess was correct.
"You scheme like this, even at the cost of hurting her. Do you think this is love? I don't think so. Rather than love, I think you're terrifying."
Huo Yanzhi's lips curled up, a cold smile appearing on his face. He crossed his arms and looked at Huo Qijun, his eyes deep and unfathomable. He parted his thin lips and said, word by word, "Anyone can say I'm scary, but you can't, brother, because every step I've taken to get to where I am today is because of you, big brother."
If it weren't for Huo Qijun falling in love with Ye Rouxin, and if it weren't for Huo Qijun's insistence on being with Ye Rouxin, he and Ye Xinning would have had no relationship.
What he hated most was that they were not related by blood, yet Ye Xinning had to call him "uncle," which was incredibly ironic.
Without this relationship, he wouldn't have to worry about what others thought; he could pursue her openly and honestly, without needing to resort to these underhanded tactics.
Kenneth Fok kept his jaw clenched and remained silent.
After a long silence, he finally spoke, "Even if you devise this plan, what's the point? She's married now. Even if you don't marry Mu Yinjing now, can you really promise to never marry and wait for her, to stay by her side for the rest of your life?"
Huo Yanzhi still had that lazy smile, but his words were sinister: "Every marriage in this world is uncertain, and I think you understand that better than I do."
Huo Yanzhi's words had a hidden meaning, and Huo Qijun could easily understand it.
His face darkened, and he rebuked in a low voice, "Listen to what you're saying! Has Ye Xinning made you so insensitive to personal relationships?"
Huo Yanzhi's gaze was deep as he looked at Huo Qijun. "Brother, I won't interfere with you, and you shouldn't interfere with me either."
"Are you really going to cancel the wedding with the Mu family?"
"It's not me who wants to cancel, it's Mu Yinjing who wants to cancel."
Huo Qijun didn't expect Huo Yanzhi to be so determined, even though Mu Yinjing's words were said in anger, and even though he knew that Mu Yinjing's original intention was not to get a divorce.
"If I had known it would end like this, I shouldn't have let Ye Xinning come over tonight."
Huo Qijun angrily left those words behind and stormed out of the study.
Huo Yanzhi sat at his desk, tapping the table intermittently.
He believed that what was meant to be his would eventually return to her.
...
Ye Xinning and Shen Lin returned home. Xi Yuan was sitting on the sofa. Seeing them return, Xi Yuan stood up and greeted them, "Didn't we say we'd be back early? Why are you back so late?"
"We went to the Ye family's place for dinner," Shen Lin said.
"That's fine, that's fine too."
Xi Yuan looked down and noticed that Ye Xinning's hand was wrapped in gauze.
She walked over in surprise, took Ye Xinning's hand, and asked in a tense and worried tone, "What happened to Ningning's hand?"
"It's alright, Aunt Xi, it's just a small burn, it'll be fine in a few days."
"A burn? How did you get burned?"
Ye Xinning didn't want to talk about it, but Xi Yuan kept asking, so she had no choice but to.
She explained the whole story, and Xi Yuan was furious after hearing it.
"How could a young lady of the Mu family do such a thing? We should test the burn on her again to see if she'll still be so reckless."
"She did it on purpose, but it's okay, I'll find a way to get it back."
She is capable of dealing with Mu Yinjing.
Xi Yuan was concerned about the injury on her hand and worried that it hadn't been treated properly, so she suggested that she go to the hospital to have it checked.
"No need, Aunt Xi, it's just a minor injury, it's nothing."
"Girls should be more careful about these things on their hands, otherwise it won't look good if they leave scars later."
"It's really nothing, I'll be careful." She was just too tired to go to the hospital again.
"Alright, you guys get some rest. I'll come over tomorrow and take a look. If it's not working out, we'll make a decision."
"good."
Ye Xinning and Shen Lin went upstairs. Shen Lin hadn't said a word since they returned.
Ye Xinning didn't have the energy to guess what he was thinking.
He went straight back to his bedroom.
The burns on her hands were quite severe. She sat in front of her dressing table, and when the phone rang, she was thinking about how to get Mu Yinjing to return the money.
She answered the phone without checking the caller ID.
By the time Huo Yanzhi's deep voice came through the phone, it was too late to hang up.
“If you hang up, I’ll drive to the Shen family right now.”
Ye Xinning gripped her phone, gritting her teeth, "Huo Yanzhi, what do you want?"
How is the burn on your hand?
Ye Xinning sneered, "Calling at this time to feign benevolence, as if this matter has nothing to do with you."
Ye Xinning wasn't foolish enough to think Huo Yanzhi was innocent. She had already experienced firsthand how deep this man's thoughts were years ago.
"I'm sorry about what happened tonight."
He was apologizing, but Ye Xinning found it extremely ironic.
"I'm hanging up." She had no intention of saying anything more to Huo Yanzhi, and after saying that, she hung up the phone without hesitation.
After hanging up the phone, she didn't forget to add Huo Yanzhi's number to her blacklist.
She sat on the sofa, her gaze turning cold as she thought about what Mu Yinjing had done tonight.
She could tell that Huo Yanzhi was doing it on purpose, and she could also tell what Huo Yanzhi was planning. However, she did not expect that even after she married Shen Lin, Huo Yanzhi would not give up. This man's stubbornness and madness were just as they were back then.
Thinking of some unpleasant memories, Ye Xinning closed her eyes, her expression somewhat pained.
When Shen Lin returned to the bedroom, he did not see Ye Xinning.
Hearing the sound of water coming from the bedroom, his eyes darkened, and he walked towards the bathroom door.
I knocked on the door, but there was no response.
He was displeased and banged heavily on the door, his voice loud, "Ye Xinning."
She just applied medicine to her hands and then went to touch them with water. Does she not want to get better?
There was still no sound from inside. Unable to suppress his anger, Shen Lin pushed open the door and went in.
"Ye Xinning, can you... have some common sense?"
Shen Lin's voice abruptly stopped when he saw the situation in the bathroom.
Ye Xinning lay in the bathtub, her eyes closed, leaning against the edge of the tub, her injured hand completely submerged in the water.
At that moment, Shen Lin's heart clenched, and an indescribable emotion surged within him. He strode over and lifted her out of the bathtub. The water had long since cooled, and her body was completely cold.
Shen Lin tightened his grip on her hand and quickly walked outside.
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