Huo Beichen stared intently at her. "Are you?"
His handsome eyes were full of expectation, an expectation so sincere and earnest that it reached deep into her heart.
Huafei's mind wavered, and he almost gave up.
"How could I possibly be her?" Thank goodness, she managed to hold on in the end.
"Mr. Huo, are you treating me as her substitute?" she retorted.
Huo Beichen lowered his head, took a sip of red wine, and remained silent.
Hua Fei smiled. "I can tell you miss her a lot. Do you want me to help you find out where she is?"
"You can find out?" Huo Beichen's eyes flickered; it seemed he was intrigued.
Hua Fei immediately stopped smiling and stood up abruptly. "Huo Beichen, you really don't take me seriously at all. You want me to go find your ex-lover?"
His feigned affection disgusted her.
She turned and left.
She heard Huo Beichen's footsteps and followed closely behind, but was interrupted by a ringing phone.
She had already left the private room, but her steps faltered.
What important phone call could make Huo Beichen stop at this moment?
Without hesitation, she quietly returned to the outside of the private room.
"...Have you found the person in charge of the prison?"
"Keep trying to find a way; we must find out where she is."
Every word he said made her heart pound.
If he really finds out where Sheng Nanyin is, she won't be able to hide here anymore.
However, she had no clue what she was looking for.
She was in a state of confusion and walked forward aimlessly when suddenly, a pair of strong arms hugged her from behind.
Instantly, she fell into a large, warm embrace.
The faint scent of pine, unique to Huo Beichen, filled her nostrils.
"I wish you were her," his voice whispered in her ear.
His hoarse voice carried immense affection.
She was momentarily dazed and almost wavered again... if she hadn't just heard him answer that phone call with her own ears.
His current persona, however affectionate, only indicates how eager he is to find Sheng Nanyin.
His desire to find Sheng Nanyin was merely a way to cover up his past ruthlessness and cruelty.
A cold smile curled at the corners of Hua Fei's lips.
In that case, his "deep affection" should be reciprocated.
"You miss her that much?" Hua Fei turned around in his arms. "If that's the case, why didn't you marry her in the first place?"
His eyes welled up with emotion, “...Sometimes, you never know how important someone is to you until you’ve lost them.”
Hua Fei was slightly taken aback, then gave a mocking laugh, "If you put it that way, would I still help you find her?"
"If I really find it, does that mean I'm going to get a divorce?"
"Can you really find it?" Huo Beichen's gaze was deep, his answer seemingly unrelated to the question.
“I can give it a try,” Hua Fei shrugged indifferently. “As long as Mr. Huo doesn’t mistreat me during the divorce.”
Huo Beichen remained silent.
Hua Fei took two steps back, stepping out of his embrace. "You need to give me more information, that way I'll be more confident."
Huo Beichen nodded: "Let's talk in the private room."
Although Hua Fei was very reluctant, she still went back to the private room with him.
She needed to know how much he currently knew about Sheng Nanyin's situation.
"Tell me everything you know about Sheng Nanyin," she said immediately after sitting down.
Huo Beichen took a sip of water, put down the glass, and asked, "How do you plan to look for it?"
He countered with a question.
Yes, that's his habit; he always wants to be in control.
"The teacher I told you about last time, she has many students and family members, and there must be some among them who know Sheng Nanyin."
"But I guess Sheng Nanyin must have changed her name, so the more I know about her, the more confident I am in finding her."
Hua Fei's tone was so calm that there was no trace of pretense.
Huo Beichen asked, "Which aspect do you want to know?"
Hua Fei pretended to ponder, "Why did she go there in the first place?"
This question is actually useless.
She asked that question simply to better pretend that she knew nothing.
Huo Beichen tightened his grip on the water glass.
Hua Fei chuckled: "Is it inconvenient to say? Was it because you were too heartless to her back then?"
"How do you know I'm heartless towards her?" Huo Beichen asked, his gaze probing.
Hua Fei shrugged: "I'm a woman too. I can imagine, if she hadn't been hurt so badly, why would she have abandoned her son and left?"
Huo Beichen's expression darkened slightly. "That's right. Back then, she was constantly fighting me in court to gain custody of Zeze."
"But then one day, she disappeared, as if she had vanished into thin air."
He's lying!
Sheng Nanyin left because she received a threatening letter.
The envelope contained a boat ticket.
The letter said to give her a chance, otherwise no one could guarantee what would happen to Zeze.
The letter was anonymous and inexplicably appeared in her bag.
But even the most meticulous plans can have flaws.
The envelope had a faint pine scent, exactly the same as his body smell.
At that time, the custody battle between Sheng Nanyin and Huo Beichen was at a stalemate. In order to win, he actually came up with such a despicable trick!
After receiving the letter, she immediately went home to take Zeze away, but Zeze was not at home.
She rushed to the Huo family home, only to find out that Huo Beichen had left the city on a business trip.
No one can contact him.
In her anxiety and helplessness, Sun Xiaowei walked out of the Huo family's gate.
"Miss Sheng?" Sun Xiaowei looked puzzled.
Sheng Nanyin and Sun Xiaowei did not interact much.
On the few occasions they met, Sun Xiaowei's expression was always calm yet arrogant.
She did not consider Sheng Nanyin a threat to her.
It was just Huo Beichen, her fiancé, a dessert outside the main course.
Arguing over a dessert only hurts herself.
Sheng Nanyin was at her wit's end; Sun Xiaowei was her last hope.
"Miss Sun, do you know where Mr. Huo went?" she asked anxiously.
"Brother Beichen?" Sun Xiaowei shook her head blankly. "I don't know."
"Have you met Zeze?" she continued.
Sun Xiaowei suddenly remembered something, "When I came here last night, I ran into Brother Beichen driving away, and it seemed like he wasn't the only one in the car..."
"But I didn't see it clearly, and I'm not sure."
"What happened?" Sun Xiaowei noticed that Sheng Nanyin's expression was off.
Sheng Nanyin gritted her teeth and went all out, "Miss Sun, please help me. If I take Zeze away, it will relieve you of your worries."
She told Sun Xiaowei what had happened.
After listening, Sun Xiaowei frowned deeply. "I'm afraid things aren't as simple as you think."
“Brother Beichen taking Zeze away is a warning to you.”
“If you continue to fight him for custody of Zeze, he can send Zeze to a place you can't find at any time, and you'll never see him again in this lifetime.”
Sheng Nanyin was taken aback.
She wasn't frightened by Sun Xiaowei, but rather she realized a possibility.
Sun Xiaowei said this at Huo Beichen's behest.
The meaning is quite clear: only if she leaves will Zeze return here.
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