Chapter 259 I Won't Marry a Fake

Huo Dongming's expression became visibly gloomy, and Shang Wanwan confirmed her guess.

"I do need the formula of pigments because it allows me to paint good paintings. Huo Dongming, but that is not enough to gamble my happiness for the rest of my life."

Her eyes were clear and bright, with a flickering light.

Huo Dongming held the plate and uttered two words in a depressed tone for a long time.

"what ever."

"Wow, there are so many delicious foods, all of which are my favorites."

Yaoyao exclaimed in praise of the food Huo Dongming brought, and Huo Linglin followed suit and said, "These are my favorites, too."

Shang Wanwan silently set the table, and there was a brief silence between her and Huo Dongming, the two of them ignoring each other.

Huo Dongming found the meal tasteless.

"Xinlin will sleep here tonight. I have left bodyguards outside to protect your safety at all times. I will pick him up for kindergarten tomorrow morning. Please consider Yaoyao's admission. I plan to put her in the same school as Xinlin so that we can pick her up and drop her off together."

Shang Wanwan raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Huo Dongming.

Does he mean he won't sleep here at night?

Very good--

Seeing that Shang Wanwan didn't express anything to him, Huo Dongming's heart sank again.

There was no point in him staying here any longer. He had chosen to stay with her because he was worried about the safety of the three of them. Since she didn't welcome him, he might as well get to know her.

Huo Dongming thought that the two children would be reluctant to leave him, but when he left, Shang Wanwan just stood up and slammed the door. The two children were having so much fun that they didn't notice he was gone at all.

Back in the car, he looked out the window at the dark sky, and his whole spirit seemed a little depressed.

Looking up from below, the lights are bright.

He took out a cigarette box that he hadn't touched for a long time and smoked in the car for the first time.

He had experienced enough loneliness in the past five years, but today he finally felt what it was like to be alone, and it was not pleasant.

The phone screen showed eight missed calls from Qin Meng, and two messages from her.

"Mom is waiting for you at home for dinner."

I sent two messages in a row.

He took his last puff of his cigarette and stepped on the accelerator.

In the high-end residential area, Qin Meng's bungalow is brightly lit.

Almost all the lights in the house where the two lived were on, even in the rooms where no one was there.

The crystal lights above the head hang down from a height of seven meters, shining brightly and looking very beautiful.

"Mom, Brother Dongming is here."

Huo Dongming directly entered the password and walked in through the door.

Qin Meng was very happy to see Huo Dongming alone. In the past, he would bring Huo Ronglin with him whenever he came back for dinner, which was really a disappointment.

Today the Tao is different.

Gao Ying was a little surprised to see his son approaching with an indifferent look on his face, and not seeing his grandson who was always by his side.

"Where's Lin?"

"With his mother."

Huo Dongming did not avoid talking about Shang Wanwan at all, which even caught Qin Meng off guard. She thought she had told Huo Dongming that Gao Ying hoped they would be together, and he would be more or less considerate of their friendship. She didn't expect him to blurt it out without showing any mercy to Qin Meng.

"You mean—his biological mother?"

Gao Ying thought for a moment before asking.

"Yes, Wanwan only stayed in the United States for five years with our daughter. Now that she is back, I should let Lin stay with his mother."

Gao Ying nodded slightly.

"When will you bring them back for dinner?"

Qin Meng thought she had heard it wrong, because Gao Ying said the same thing.

"Mom——"

She couldn't help but interrupt Gao Ying and ask, "What do you mean? Do you think she's dead? If you let Shang Wanwan bring Huo Dongming's two children here, what has she become?"

Gao Ying glanced at Qin Meng and said, "Tell the servant that dinner is ready. Let Dong Ming go home early after dinner. He has a family now."

Qin Meng's face turned red, and soon turned into the color of liver.

She held her temper and had to maintain a proper image in front of Huo Dongming, otherwise she would be exposed.

It's been five years. What's the difference between her and the coward?

Shang Wanwan took away everything from her as soon as she came back, and she refused to accept it.

Hearing Gao Ying's acknowledgement of Shang Wanwan, Huo Dongming's expression looked a little better.

Over the years, his relationship with Gao Ying remained delicate, neither far nor close, subtle, like that of mother and son, yet separated by a distance as wide as the sea.

These words touched Huo Dongming's heart, making his expression a little gentler.

"No hurry, I won't stay there at night."

Huo Dongming talked about his own affairs with Gao Ying for the first time.

Gao Ying's feelings towards him have been indifferent over the years, as if they were there and not there, as if she was afraid of disturbing him.

Huo Dongming could never get over the fact that she was his biological mother, and he always felt a bit more blood relationship towards her and Yuan Yi.

"Don't you live together?"

Gao Ying was a little surprised, after all, she was Huo Dongming's biological mother.

To be honest, she didn't think highly of Qin Meng, and she didn't want her to be her daughter-in-law.

She raised this adopted daughter by herself, and she knows her thoughts better than anyone else.

She had never met Shang Wanwan, but based on the gossip she had heard about her, she should be a good girl.

For Huo Dongming's sake, she was willing to take care of the child alone and not risk the Huo family's assets, saying that her son was too merciful and hurt other people's feelings.

"Well, she bought a house in East City and now lives there with her two children. I pick up Lin in the morning and send him back in the evening."

Qin Meng had just angrily ordered the servant to serve the dishes, but when she came out of the kitchen she heard Huo Dongming's words and felt a little secretly happy.

It turned out that they were separated, and I thought Shang Wanwan was going to stay in Huo Dongming's villa and not leave.

"That won't work. How are young couples going to live if they don't stay together?"

Gao Ying was about to continue speaking when Qin Meng put her hand on her shoulder.

"Mom, you always look forward to Dongming coming back for dinner. Now that he's back, please stop talking about things that bother him.

That Shang Wanwan didn't admit that she was Mrs. Huo, and she got married. She even changed her name to Yao Lin. In my opinion, she is just playing tricks on Brother Dong Ming."

Huo Dongming ignored Qin Meng's words, picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip. Gao Ying also didn't take Qin Meng's words seriously.

She only believes in her son, and Huo Dongming will never give up his ex-wife.

"Mengmeng, go check the kitchen to see if the chicken soup that Brother Dongming made for you is ready. If it is, hurry them up and serve it up."

Gao Ying deliberately sent Qin Meng away.

"If you don't like her, why do you keep her around?"

Gao Ying asked Huo Dongming for the first time.

Huo Dongming withdrew his gaze, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"Her eyes are very similar to Wanwan's. Whenever I looked at her, I felt like I was seeing Wanwan."

Huo Dongming put down the teacup in his hand.

"Not now. My financial support for her has come to an end. I'm not going to eat anymore. I'll go back and cook some noodles. You can talk to Qin Meng yourself. In my heart, she has never been a substitute for Shang Wanwan, and I won't marry a fake."