Chapter 3 Take Off His Pants

In the corner of the stairs.

Qiao Xi saw the name flashing on the screen and picked up the phone, suppressing her disgust.

"Hello."

"Xixi." Zhao Yuzhen on the other end of the phone gently probed, "I heard that Mr. Huo has woken up? Are his legs really useless?"

As soon as the doctor made the diagnosis, the Su family learned the inside information.

Zhao Yuzhen didn't care about how the Huo family dealt with a stepdaughter who was married off as a substitute, nor did she ask how she spent the night. Instead, she came to spy on the inside story.

Qiao Xi's heart became even colder.

She said calmly, "I'll hang up if nothing else."

"etc!"

Zhao Yuzhen shouted anxiously, "Help your sister! Huo Xingzhou has a big project in hand, which is a cooperation between Tianyuan Group and Huo's. As long as you can convince him to sign the "Project Transfer Agreement", your sister can marry Mr. Huo, and you can become sisters-in-law."

Qiao Xi laughed angrily.

"Why do you think I can help you? I'm just a bride-to-be. I don't have any status."

Zhao Yuzhen coaxed her patiently and said, "As soon as you get married, Huo Xingzhou will wake up. Now the second branch of the Huo family is counting on you. Besides, he is already a useless man. What's the point of holding the project in his hands? It's better to give it up to help your sister and Mr. Huo."

Zhao Yuzhen's eyes flashed with greed. After the project was completed, it would make billions of profits. Huo Xingzhou relied on this project to secure the Huo family.

"I can't help you."

Having said that, Qiao Xi was about to hang up the phone.

Zhao Yuzhen's voice was shrill, and she shouted, "That old country woman has been taken to the Su family! If you don't agree, you'll never see her again in your life."

"You are not even human!" Qiao Xi roared, "That's my grandmother, and also your mother-in-law!"

If her grandmother hadn't raised her all these years, she would have died long ago!

Her grandmother had a hard life, and she saved money to support her education, which damaged her health. No matter how hard she tried to learn medicine from her neighbor, Grandpa Cheng, she still couldn't save her frail body.

Zhao Yuzhen actually made her travel such a long distance! I don't know how many twists and turns and grievances the little old lady had suffered.

"Your father died a long time ago, and that old woman and I have no blood relationship." Zhao Yuzhen said coldly.

Qiao Xi held the phone in her hand, her joints turned white and her fingers trembled.

She bit her lip and asked with red eyes, "Am I still your biological daughter?"

Zhao Yuzhen was silent for a while, her voice was cold and ruthless: "I raised Weiwei by myself. She has a good family background, temperament and talent. You can marry the second son of the Huo family, so of course she wants to marry someone better than you. I don't care whether you steal or rob, you must do it."

"On the day of your return, I will wait for your good news. Otherwise... I am an old woman, anything could happen."

Zhao Yuzhen hung up the phone directly.

A cool feeling rose from Qiao Xi's feet and spread to her back. She felt that the air she inhaled was like a knife scraping her throat and lungs, stinging.

…

After a while, a sound was heard at the staircase.

"Madam, what are you doing hiding here?"

Aunt Qian looked for her for a long time, then pulled her towards the master bedroom, "Young Master will be looking for you when he wakes up."

Qiao Xi put away her worries and followed Aunt Qian into the room. When Mrs. Huo saw her, she pulled her to the bedside affectionately and spoke to the cold man on the bed.

"This is Qiao Xi, your wife. I arranged your marriage while you were unconscious."

Qiao Xi met Huo Xingzhou's icy eyes and lowered her head in embarrassment. He must have thought she was a woman with audacity and lust that was worse than that of beasts.

The man's eyes were like a violent wind sweeping through the sand city, brewing a storm. His brows were lowered, and a coldness spread.

"divorce."

He said this with some command.

Qiao Xi looked at him in surprise.

"No!" Du Ya said angrily in a high voice, "Qiao Xi is your life! What if you die in the divorce? Are you still thinking about that little bitch?"

"Mother." He had just recovered from a serious illness, and his voice was slow and hoarse, with a hint of helplessness, "If I wake up, I will be useless. I have lost the right to inherit the family. Why should I delay others?"

Mrs. Huo's eyes turned red, and she covered her mouth and sobbed, "It will be fine, as long as you can find that old gentleman! You still have the resources to turn things around! Everything will be fine!"

"Have you asked this lady if she is willing to remain a widow?"

When he said this, Huo Xingzhou was looking at Qiao Xi, and there was something else hidden in his eyes.

Qiao Xi felt as if she were crawling on by ants, and recalled the awkward moment last night. Did he think she was such an unsatisfied person?

Mrs. Huo felt a little guilty and looked at Qiao Xi with confusion.

"Qiao Xi, are you willing to accompany me on the boat trip? Although our second branch has lost power, I still have a large dowry, which is enough to spend." She looked at Qiao Xi pleadingly.

Qiao Xi pursed her red lips tightly, her nails digging deep into her skin. Zhao Yuzhen threatened with her grandmother to take the big projects in Huo Xingzhou's hands, but those things seemed to be the only thing the second house could rely on to turn things around.

Should she take away the hope of the second branch of the Huo family?

But what about grandma?

Her silence, in the eyes of the mother and son, indicated her unwillingness.

The man lying on the bed had a distant look on his face and a dignified demeanor. He concluded as if he understood everything, "We'll go through the divorce procedures tomorrow."

Qiao Xi reacted suddenly, and her soft voice rang out.

"I won't divorce!"

Facing Huo Xingzhou's terrifying gaze, she mustered up the courage to say, "I've already married you, and I'm willing to be a widow!"

Mrs. Huo breathed a sigh of relief, burst into laughter and said, "Good child, I knew you were different from those women out there. Aunt Qian, let's go, don't delay the young couple from nurturing their relationship."

"Why."

Aunt Qian responded and gave Qiao Xi a "heroic" look.

The two left and closed the door.

Qiao Xi stood at the head of the bed, lowered her head, fiddling with her fingers, and licked her dry lips. The man's sharp eyes were fixed on her.

After a while.

He said quietly, "Miss Qiao, I can give you the money if you want it. Her dowry was all stuck in the stock market. It was a lie to you."

Qiao Xi bit her cheek and explained, "I'm not after money."

Huo Xingzhou's eyes flashed with scenes from last night. His chest rose and fell slightly as he said angrily, "I'm awake now. I will never tolerate what you did to me last night. Living as a widow means you can't even touch a finger of mine, not even..."

His face turned even colder, "Not even enough to satisfy your hunger."

Qiao Xi's face was so red that blood seemed to drip out.

Is kissing and hugging the way to satisfy your hunger?

"I didn't," she murmured softly, "and neither can you."

"What did you say?" the man asked.

Qiao Xi shook her head, loosened her clenched hands, and made a decision.

Her almond eyes were as clear as water, and her voice was firm: "Mr. Huo, I am sure I can cure your legs."

"Oh."

The man sneered.

From a proud son of heaven to a loser, he was full of annoyance and defeat. The woman in front of him humiliated and teased him again and again.

No matter how good Huo Xingzhou's manners were, he lost his patience and said, "Get out."

Qiao Xi's innocent face was full of stubbornness, "I didn't lie."

"Do you have a medical license? Who have you cured? What's the proof?"

Qiao Xi shook her head. "No, but I have treated many people in the countryside. When we were rubbing each other's bodies, I felt your pulse, and it was..."

"go out!"

Qiao Xi frowned, feeling a little angry at his resistance.

She walked up to him, pulled back Huo Xingzhou's blanket, and took off his pajamas! His muscular legs were exposed to the air.

The man was furious.

"Qiao Xi!"