After leaving the hotel, Huo Beixiao drove and unknowingly arrived at Wutong Lane, where he parked his car outside the gate of Yang Qiaoqiao's house.
He sat in the driver's seat, looking out the window at the reflection of Yang Qiaoqiao playing with the two children.
The corners of his lips unconsciously turned up slightly.
After realizing it himself, he subconsciously frowned.
What's wrong with him?
How did I end up here?
And for some reason, even just seeing Yang Qiaoqiao and the two children from afar calmed his troubled heart.
That warm and peaceful feeling made him feel very comfortable.
He couldn't help but close his eyes, wanting to recall his memories with Yang Qiaoqiao.
But his mind was blank. Yang Qiaoqiao was his father-in-law's biological daughter, and was considered his wife Jiang Yiran's older sister. The few times he had encountered Yang Qiaoqiao at the Jiang family home after he married Jiang Yiran were all he remembered about her.
He couldn't recall the deeply moving and unforgettable stories he and Yang Qiaoqiao had shared, as told by Zhu Dong and Tong Xuejiao.
When Huo Beixiao opened his eyes again, the lights in Yang Qiaoqiao's room were already off, and he could no longer see Yang Qiaoqiao and the two children.
For some reason, he suddenly felt as if a piece of his heart was missing.
He stared at the completely dark house for a long time before starting the car and driving away.
The next morning, Su Pan had just gotten up when the housekeeper told her that Huo Beixiao had arrived.
"How long has he been here?" Su Pan asked.
Huo Beixiao has been back in Haicheng for several days now. After she scolded him at the port, he hasn't appeared in front of her again.
She thought her nephew was so tough that he wouldn't come looking for her again!
The aunt hesitated for a moment and said, "He must have arrived last night. When I opened the door this morning, Mr. Huo was standing outside. I saw that there was dew on his hair."
Su Pan frowned. "Let him in!"
"Auntie." Huo Beixiao greeted her respectfully as he entered the room.
Su Pan quickly reached out her hand to refuse, "Hey, don't call me auntie. I don't have a heartless and ungrateful nephew like you."
If you're coming to me today asking for help fighting for custody of Qiaoqiao because you're getting a divorce, don't even bother asking.
Huo Beixiao listened to Su Pan's words in silence.
After Su Pan finished speaking, he said, "Auntie, I'm here today to apologize to you. I'm sorry for the things I've done recently that have caused you worry and anger."
Su Pan: ...
She gave Huo Beixiao a disdainful look and said, "Don't talk nonsense to me. Just tell me, do you really want to get a divorce from Qiao Qiao?"
"That woman named Jiang Yiran, are you really going to protect her?"
When Su Pan got excited, she couldn't help but tap the coffee table.
Huo Beixiao met Su Pan's gaze, "Auntie, I..."
He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.
Besides apologizing to Su Pan, he came today for another important reason: he wanted to discuss his divorce with Yang Qiaoqiao with someone.
In his memory, he and Yang Qiaoqiao should not have had any romantic entanglement.
But whenever he thought about divorce, it felt like a piece of his heart had been ripped out, leaving him with an empty, aching pain.
Last night, as he stood outside Yang Qiaoqiao's house, watching the shadows of Yang Qiaoqiao and their two children inside, his desire to avoid divorce grew even stronger.
He shared his thoughts with Su Pan.
When Su Pan heard that he regretted mentioning divorce to Yang Qiaoqiao, her expression softened slightly. "If you don't want a divorce, you'll have to deal with that woman named Jiang Yiran first."
What are your plans to do with her now?
Huo Beixiao told him about his plans to buy a house for Jiang Yiran and arrange a job for her.
"Ha!" Su Pan sneered after hearing this and waved her hand. "Alright, alright, you should leave now! I don't have a nephew as shameless as you. Don't call me aunt anymore, and don't come to my house to cause me trouble."
Su Pan was too lazy to waste any more words with Huo Beixiao.
He's really dreaming. He doesn't want to divorce Qiaoqiao, but he also wants to buy a house and arrange a job for that shameless woman.
Why doesn't he follow the example of ancient emperors, having three palaces and six courtyards, with three thousand beauties in his harem, and giving each woman a home?
shameless!
Huo Beixiao was kicked out of the house by Su Pan.
Looking at the closed gate of his aunt's house, he felt even more depressed. Was it really impossible to have both?
After leaving Su Pan's house, Huo Beixiao felt unusually lost.
He made a rare call to Yan Heqing, who had also been troubled by relationship problems, and arranged to meet Yan Heqing at a newly opened upscale KTV in Haicheng.
When Yan Heqing arrived, Huo Beixiao had already ordered a table full of wine.
As Yan Heqing entered, Huo Beixiao glanced at him, then opened a bottle of wine and handed it to him, saying, "Have a few drinks with me?"
Yan Heqing pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose and smiled gently, "I won't drink with you. If I drink with you, Jiaojiao will find out I secretly drank without her, and she'll make a fuss about it."
Huo Beixiao's lips curled into a bitter smile. "Fine, I'll drink it myself then."
Huo Beixiao was too lazy to pour the wine into a glass; he simply picked up the bottle and drank it down one sip after another.
After watching him down several bottles of wine in a row, Yan Heqing snatched the bottle from his hand and put it aside. "Alright, you've had enough to drink. Tell me your story."
Tell me, what's been going on lately? You, who are known as a henpecked husband, came back from Hong Kong and not only started making a fuss about getting a divorce, but you also dragged me out to drown my sorrows in alcohol.
You used to be someone who would use alcohol to numb your senses.
"Is it really true that even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman? Have you fallen for Jiang Yiran?"
Yan Heqing had spent a considerable amount of time in Sichuan Province and Yun County, so he had heard about the entanglement between Jiang Yiran and Yang Qiaoqiao.
Fueled by alcohol, Huo Beixiao told Yan Heqing about his situation.
He asked Yan Heqing, "If I want to continue living with Yang Qiaoqiao, do I have to give up Jiang Yiran and watch her go to jail or even be executed?"
To protect Jiang Yiran, the only option is to divorce Yang Qiaoqiao, or even become her enemy and fight against her?
After hearing what Huo Beixiao said, Yan Heqing couldn't help but frown.
He had never heard of Huo Beixiao's situation before.
The events that happened in Huo Beixiao's memory are completely different from the memories of all of them.
After thinking for a moment, he looked at Huo Beixiao seriously and said, "Huo Beixiao, don't you think that in your situation, you shouldn't be drowning your sorrows in alcohol here, and you certainly shouldn't be making a choice between who to choose and who to give up?"
Should I see a doctor?
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