Lin Xiaohui's smiling face fell the moment she saw Huo Beixiao.
"Mom." Huo Beixiao greeted Lin Xiaohui politely, carrying the gifts.
Lin Xiaohui's face turned cold. "Don't call me Mom. You and Qiaoqiao have already signed a divorce agreement, so who am I to you as your mother?"
Lin Xiaohui harbored resentment towards him, which was within Huo Beixiao's expectations.
He still explained his purpose to Lin Xiaohui with a respectful attitude: he had come to celebrate the two children's birthdays.
Lin Xiaohui doesn't want to see Huo Beixiao at all right now.
But then she remembered what her daughter had told her before: even if she and Huo Beixiao divorced, Huo Beixiao would always be An An Le Le biological father.
They cannot deprive An An of her right to enjoy her father's love.
Lin Xiaohui suppressed her anger and stepped aside, saying, "Come in!"
As soon as Huo Beixiao entered, he saw Yang Qiaoqiao directing Qiao Haifan, "Move it a little to the left, um, yes, hang it there."
very beautiful! "
The woman's face beamed with a joyful and bright smile, which made him somewhat dazed.
He vaguely remembered that in his long-forgotten memories, the woman seemed to have shown him various kinds of smiles.
Joyful, charming, shy, and lively—every smile of hers could touch his heartstrings.
In that instant, he believed even more the stories they had told him about how loving he and Yang Qiaoqiao had been, and how much he had once loved Yang Qiaoqiao.
He suddenly felt a pang of sadness, knowing that those captivating smiles of hers might never be shown to him again.
Although Huo Beixiao was aware of this, at this moment, he put down the gift in his hand and his legs almost uncontrollably walked towards Yang Qiaoqiao and Qiao Haifan.
He said directly, "Mr. Qiao, thank you for coming so early to help decorate my two children's birthday party."
However, these are things that I, as the father, should do; please let me do them.
Huo Beixiao's words were clearly a declaration of sovereignty.
Qiao Haifan turned around and glanced at him, revealing a refined smile, and replied, "Alright, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Huo."
Qiao Haifan's tone, as if he were the host and the guest who came to help, immediately made Huo Beixiao's face darken.
However, Huo Beixiao quickly adjusted his expression, "I should be saying 'thank you, Mr. Qiao,' since I am An An Le Le's biological father."
He once again asserted his sovereignty.
Qiao Haifan maintained his refined smile. "Alright, Mr. Huo, you go ahead with your work. Qiao Qiao and I will go in first to see what An An and Le Le are doing."
After saying that, Qiao Haifan even reached out to pull Yang Qiaoqiao, wanting to lead her into the house together.
But before his hand could even touch Yang Qiaoqiao, she distanced herself from him.
He wasn't embarrassed at all and simply withdrew his hand.
After the two entered the house, he explained to Yang Qiaoqiao, "Qiaoqiao, I'm sorry about earlier. I thought you would want to act a little closer to me to make Huo Beixiao angry."
Yang Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "No, he has nothing to do with me anymore except being An An and Le Le's father. I don't need to bother to upset him."
Upon hearing Yang Qiaoqiao's words, Qiao Haifan's smile deepened.
If Yang Qiaoqiao really uses him to anger Huo Beixiao, he won't mind, but he will feel somewhat uncomfortable.
If Yang Qiaoqiao did that, it would mean that she still has feelings for Huo Beixiao.
Yang Qiaoqiao's current completely indifferent attitude towards Huo Beixiao shows that she truly doesn't care about him anymore.
Huo Beixiao followed Qiao Haifan and Yang Qiaoqiao into the room and heard Yang Qiaoqiao say this.
His heart ached terribly again.
Seeing that Yang Qiaoqiao and Qiao Haifan had gone to play with An An and Lele, he quickly followed them.
Even as Qiao Haifan reached out his hand to Lele, he reached out to Lele first, his face full of loving smiles, "Lele, I'm your dad, did you miss your dad?"
Lele looked at him with her big, confused eyes, then frowned, raised her little hand and slapped Huo Beixiao's hand hard, pushing it away in disgust. "Bad, let's go!"
Although the little guy only said two words, his disgusted expression made it easy to understand that he meant Huo Beixiao was a bad person and that he should leave.
In that instant, Huo Beixiao could no longer hide the sadness and disappointment in his eyes.
Yang Qiaoqiao was also somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected Lele to say such a thing.
Regardless of her relationship with Huo Beixiao, she has never said a bad word about Huo Beixiao in front of the children these days. How could Lele say such a thing?
Yang Qiaoqiao picked up Lele and looked at the child carefully, correcting him, "Lele, he is your father."
Lele tilted her little head and looked at her mother, her face full of seriousness, and said, word by word, "Daddy, bad!"
Yang Qiaoqiao: ...
For a moment, she didn't know how to talk to her child.
To be honest, she can't bring herself to tell her child that Huo Beixiao is good.
A look of self-reproach and pain flashed across Huo Beixiao's deep eyes.
He spoke first to Lele, saying, "Lele, I'm sorry, it was Daddy's fault..."
"If 'sorry' were enough, what would we need the police for?"
Before Huo Beixiao could finish speaking, a childish but very clear voice entered everyone's ears.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw An'an, who was being held in Lin Xiaohui's arms, with her little mouth tightly pursed, her little hands on her hips, and her cheeks slightly puffed out as she glared angrily at Huo Beixiao.
Lele looked at An'an and her eyes instantly lit up with admiration.
The little guy awkwardly gave his older sister a thumbs-up, "Sister, great!"
An An raised her chin with a slightly arrogant expression, as if she was telling her silly little brother to learn from her.
Huo Beixiao's expression changed several times, and in the end, only guilt remained.
He lowered his head, a rare occurrence for him, and said sincerely, "An'an, I'm sorry..."
"Hmph!" An An crossed her arms, gave a soft, sweet snort, and turned her little face to the side.
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