Seeing Mu Qian suddenly appearing, Su Yu was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and greeted Mu Qian with a smile: "Mrs. Huo."
"Miss Su." Mu Qian responded, "Long time no see."
"Yes." Su Yu said, "After all, during the Chinese New Year, you still feel like you are in your hometown. It just so happened that Mr. Ling invited me to discuss the New Year's Art Performance of the Tongcheng Chamber of Commerce. It was a coincidence."
Mu Qian nodded slightly and smiled, "Even Miss Su can be invited. Uncle Ling has really put his heart into this art show."
Ling Xiuwen smiled and said: "So many things happened last year, and the general environment was not very good. I think everyone is in a downturn. I just want to take advantage of the excitement of the New Year to cheer everyone up. How about it, do you have any ideas?
"
"No." Mu Qian replied simply and directly, "I am a housewife and I don't ask anything about anything outside. How can I give you any advice? Even if I say it, it will make people laugh and it is hard to be polite."
As she spoke, she finally sat down in the seat that Ling Xiuwen had just given up.
Huo Jinxi glanced at her, stretched out her hand to call the waiter, and asked him to add two more dishes, both of which Mu Qian liked.
Mu Qian heard this, but remained unmoved and continued chatting with Ling Xiuwen.
Su Yu also sat down in her original seat, without saying anything more, she just picked up the red wine glass in front of her and took a sip.
Soon the atmosphere at the dining table returned to its previous atmosphere, and everyone was chatting lively, as if it was no different from before.
As for whether there was any difference before and after she appeared, Mu Qian really didn't know.
Ling Xiuwen chatted happily with Mu Qian, and occasionally looked at Huo Jinxi, and finally commented: "This wife of yours has such a mouth. I don't think many people can compare to her."
After hearing this, Huo Jinxi just laughed and said nothing.
"You are hurting me." Mu Qian said, "Who doesn't know that after a man gets married, he doesn't like his wife to talk too much. It's best to be a mute and don't care about everything, just obediently take care of the housework for him...
You think I talk too much, so if I’m at home, won’t I be disliked even more?”
She still didn't look at Huo Jinxi, but Huo Jinxi kept his hand on her chair. Hearing this, he looked at her again and said, "Who dares to dislike you?"
"Whoever loves to dislike should be disliked." Mu Qian brushed her hair and inadvertently knocked off his hand, "Anyway, I am pretty and rich, but I can't find the man I want? I don't have to be someone else..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the men and women at the dinner table began to boo, and the atmosphere was brought to a climax.
In such a bustling atmosphere, Su Yu always seemed to be the one who was out of place.
She just sat upright, focusing on the position directly in front of her. When someone spoke to her, she answered, but never took the initiative to start the topic. When everyone laughed together, she also smiled, but her smile always revealed a trace of politeness and alienation.
, doesn’t seem to be involved.
Everyone at the dinner table had their own thoughts, stirring up trouble, fanning the flames, watching the excitement, and extinguishing the fire. For a while, it was quite lively.
In this bustle, Mu Qian never looked directly at Huo Jinxi, nor said a word to him.
This kind of lunch lasted until after two o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone left the table still unsatisfied.
The group left the club, Mu Qian walked in front and continued chatting with Ling Xiuwen, while Su Yu was almost at the end, not walking with the others.
As for the others, they probably had no intention of going with her.
When she appeared in the private room today, the group knew that she would attend, so they already took the initiative to leave the seat next to Huo Jinxi to her——
When the topic of sponsoring and being sponsored between her and Huo Jinxi was so big, everyone in Tongcheng knew that all the men here were human spirits, so they naturally believed that she was Huo Jinxi's person and would not provoke her.
After Mu Qian appeared in the middle, the looks in the women's eyes became meaningful. No one talked to her much because they wanted to laugh.
Fortunately, this situation is not difficult for her to deal with.
She has always been the image of a cold and talented woman who disdains the company of others.
Su Yu looked at Mu Qian's figure in front of her, then at Huo Jinxi's figure a few steps behind Mu Qian, and quickly looked away.
The group of people said goodbye at the door of the club, and everyone got into their cars one by one. In the end, only Huo Jinxi, Mu Qian, Su Yu and Ling Xiuwen were left.
Ling Xiuwen and Mu Qian got excited about chatting. When they turned around, they realized that Su Yu was still behind. After a slight pause, he quickly said: "Miss Su didn't seem to drive here? Then I'll take you back."
Su Yu nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Ling."
While he was talking, Ling Xiuwen's car drove over. He quickly opened the door and invited Su Yu to get in the car.
Su Yu lowered her eyes slightly and walked past Huo Jinxi and Mu Qian. Mu Qian smiled at her and watched her get into the car.
Ling Xiuwen said goodbye to Huo Jinxi and Mu Qian again, then got into the car and ordered the driver to drive away.
Watching the car gradually go away, the smile on Mu Qian's face fell instantly, and her expression returned to expressionless, quietly waiting for her car to drive over.
Huo Jinxi stood beside her, stretched out his hand and held her hand.
Mu Qian quickly broke away from him, walked out and stood in the cold air outside the door.
Huo Jinxi followed up slowly, still standing behind her, lowered his head slightly, leaned close to her ear, and whispered: "No way...someone would be jealous like this, right?"
When Mu Qian heard this, she suddenly turned to look at him.
This was a sentence she had given to Meng Linsheng when she was on the phone with him earlier. Unexpectedly, he actually returned the original sentence now.
But she still frowned and bit her lip slightly, looking really aggrieved.
Huo Jinxi couldn't help but pause slightly, and then stretched out his hand to hold her again.
Mu Qian broke away from him again, took two steps back, took a deep breath and called him: "Huo Jinxi."
Huo Jinxi stared at her.
"I can say that because I have a clear conscience." Mu Qian said, "But you can't! Because you...have a clear conscience!"
Huo Jinxi stared at her quietly, and was about to say something, but suddenly paused.
Although he didn't mean it, when he had a relationship with Su Yu, it was when she was most helpless and alone in the United States——
He indeed has a guilty conscience.
Seeing his reaction, Mu Qian sneered again and said, "You have nothing to say, right? Then you just admit that you have a guilty conscience?"
Huo Jinxi slowly exhaled and said, "I have a guilty conscience, but you know who I feel guilty for."
"I don't know!" Mu Qian said, "Who knows what you are thinking? After all, Mr. Huo is a person who can even hide his true inner thoughts. Maybe you even hid it from yourself - you just like it
she!"
Huo Jinxi frowned again.
Mu Qian continued: "Otherwise, you wouldn't have given her one million to send her to study abroad...to study music because of her so-called similarities to me that almost no one could detect, which is totally unreasonable.
Be an artist, be a goddess in the hearts of people all over the world... Oh, it turns out that really liking a woman is like this - as for me, I feel guilty, right? Then I tell you now, you have paid off, and there is no need to feel guilty.
Go after the woman you like!"
While they were talking, the two people's cars drove up to the door one after another. When the two drivers saw that the two were quarreling, they immediately did not dare to get out of the car. They each sat in the car and watched their noses and noses, waiting for instructions.
However, after Mu Qian said those words, she turned around, quickly got into her car, and ordered the driver to drive.
The driver hesitated a little and secretly observed Huo Jinxi's face.
Huo Jinxi only glanced at him. Although he said nothing, his attitude was already obvious.
The driver immediately stopped moving.
Then, Huo Jinxi opened the car door on the other side and got into the car.
Mu Qian turned around and got out of the car from her side. She ran to the car behind and sat in the car. She also ordered: "Drive."
The driver remained motionless, obviously waiting for Huo Jinxi.
Sure enough, Huo Jinxi soon got into the car again, and at the same time, the car in front drove away quickly.
Mu Qian took a deep breath uncontrollably, then stretched out her hand to applaud, looked at Huo Jinxi, and said, "It's great to be rich and powerful! Okay, I won't take the car, okay? I'll walk back!"
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a "click" and the car was locked. At the same time, the partition inside the car was raised, leaving her and Huo Jinxi an absolutely private space.
Mu Qian bit her lip again and looked at Huo Jinxi.
When Huo Jinxi saw her look like that, he reached out and touched her lips.
Mu Qian knocked his hand away.
After locking her in this closed space, Huo Jinxi seemed to relax. He looked at her quietly for a moment and suddenly said, "When did our Mrs. Huo become so unsure of herself?"
A long time ago, when there was a estrangement between them because of Su Yu, it actually didn't take much effort.
At that time, he didn't even explain much, but in just a few words, Mu Qian understood his intentions and chose to believe him.
How come now, the problem that has been solved suddenly becomes a problem again?
There must be something wrong with this.
However, unlike the usual endless accusations, when Mu Qian heard his question, she stiffened her neck and looked out the window without answering.
Huo Jinxi reached out to hold her again, but she ignored him and curled up into a ball.
Huo Jinxi had no choice but to press the call button in the car and tell the driver to drive first.
Huo Jinxi originally had other things to do in the afternoon, but now the car drove all the way back to the Huo family mansion.
The car stopped in the parking area of the mansion, and Mu Qian was finally able to open the door and get out of the car, then ran directly into the elevator and went upstairs.
Not long after, Huo Jinxi also walked into the elevator.
In the Huo family hall, Forsythia was lying by the window, watching Mu Qian and Huo Jinxi's cars drive into the parking area, and immediately informed the people in the hall: "My cousin and my cousin are back!"
After everyone heard this, they immediately waited for the two people to appear.
Who knew that a few minutes passed, more than ten minutes passed, and the two people still did not appear in the hall.
At the same time, in the bedroom upstairs, two people were going in and out of the living room, bedroom, cloakroom, study room, and terrace, playing hide and seek.
Mu Qian was like a loach that couldn't be caught, running away very fast. In short, he just didn't stay in the same space as Huo Jinxi.
In the end, Huo Jinxi locked several doors and blocked the person in the bathroom.
Mu Qian tried several doors one after another, but after finding that they couldn't be pushed open, she finally gave up, walked to the bathtub and sat down, still just staring out the window with her neck stiffened.
Huo Jinxi came forward again and was about to speak when the phone in the bathroom suddenly rang.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Mu Qian answered the phone.
Naturally, the call came from someone downstairs, and Forsythia asked her on the phone why she didn't come downstairs yet.
"I'm locked in the room and can't find the key. Ask aunt to bring the key and open the door for me," Mu Qian said.
Forsythia was heartless and burst into laughter instantly, "Is this your home after all? You can actually lock yourself in a room and be unable to get out... Wait, I'll come up and rescue you——"
Before she finished speaking, Huo Jinxi had already reached for the phone in Mu Qian's hand and said solemnly: "If it's none of your business, you're not allowed to come up."
After saying that, he hung up the phone directly.
Downstairs, Forsythia held the phone blankly, not knowing how to react.
Seeing the change in the expression on her face so much, Mr. Huo next to him couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Sometimes she's smiling, and sometimes she's bitter..."
Forsythia came back to her senses and quickly came to a conclusion, saying: "Grandpa, cousin and cousin... were quarreling upstairs!"
"Oh." After hearing this, Mr. Huo responded calmly and said, "That's okay. As a young couple, quarreling can enhance their relationship."
Forsythia was stunned.
Upstairs, Huo Jinxi bent down and trapped Mu Qian between his body and the bathtub to prevent her from avoiding it again.
"What do you want?" Huo Jinxi asked.
"Divorce." Mu Qian replied without thinking.
"What about divorce?"
"It's either divorced or widowed. You choose one!"
After hearing this, Huo Jinxi frowned slightly and looked at her for a moment, then said, "Then I'd better choose the second one."
Mu Qian raised her eyebrows instantly, "Okay, this is your choice -"
However, before she could finish her words, someone had already blocked her lips.
Not long after, Mu Qian was taken out of the bathroom.
When passing by the cloakroom, Huo Jinxi pulled two ties, and then Mu Qian was tied up hand and foot and thrown onto the big bed.
"Huo Jinxi, you bastard!"
"You have a guilty conscience! You want to hide it!"
"You dare to do this to me, the divorce is finalized!"
"Help! Domestic violence! Murder!"
…
No matter how much she yelled, Huo Jinxi never said a word and just worked silently.
"..."
"Huo Jinxi, how dare you do this to me!"
"You are dead!"
"You're dead, you're dead, you're dead—"
…
"Woo..."
"Stop it..."
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die..."
"ah--"
…
Huo Jinxi lowered his head, pressed it against her sweaty forehead, and said slowly: "Now I've died, you've died too, we've all been widowed, so it's even."
Mu Qian wished she could kick the man off her body, but... she didn't have the strength.
"Don't think that it will be over like this." Mu Qian gasped and gritted her teeth, "It can't offset what you have done -"
After Huo Jinxi heard this, he looked at her quietly for a moment and suddenly laughed softly.
Mu Qian immediately glared at him, "You can still laugh?"
"Not only can I laugh," Huo Jinxi said, "I'm also in a good mood."
As he spoke, he sat up and untied the tie on Mu Qian's hands and feet.
Her skin has always been thin, so all this torture will inevitably leave traces. Huo Jinxi rubbed her wrists and ankles, and Mu Qian rested for a moment, regained her strength, and took the opportunity to kick him away.
"You feel better when I'm angry, right?" Mu Qian said, "Okay, okay, I will definitely do what you want -"
While talking, there was a sudden knock on the door. It was Huo Qiran's voice——
"Mom, Dad! It's time to have a reunion dinner! Why don't you come down yet?"
Huo Jinxi pulled the quilt over Mu Qian and walked forward to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Huo Qiran poked his little head in and looked at Huo Jinxi and then at Mu Qian, "Aunt Forsythia said you were quarreling?"
"Yes!" Before Huo Jinxi could say anything, Mu Qian on the bed said first, "Your father and I are divorcing. It's up to you to choose who you want to marry!"
After hearing this, Huo Qiran's eyes wandered between the two for a long time, and finally he met Huo Jinxi's eyes and said, "Then I choose dad."
"What?" Mu Qian almost fainted with anger, "You heartless little white-eyed wolf, who is the best to you, who gives you the maternal love you have longed for, who never forgets to take you with you wherever you go?
...You actually chose him?"
Huo Qiran said: "Because I know that my mother will not let go of me, so as long as I choose my father, my mother will not divorce my father, and we can be together forever!"
Huo Jinxi laughed suddenly.
Mu Qian was breathless and fell directly onto the bed.