Crawling through a dog hole?
Let alone crawling through a dog hole, one might have to consider whether to even bend over.
How could such an action as crawling through a dog hole be taken?
Huo Tingyun must have mistaken the person.
That person was…
Xu Linchuan’s fingers trembled, and the half-burnt cigarette in his hand fell to the ground.
He didn’t even dare to think further.
It had to be her.
But, should he tell Tingyun?
Xu Linchuan, with a somber expression, opened the car door and got in.
After a long hesitation, he still pressed the accelerator, merging the car into the traffic flow.
Gu Tangxue left early in the morning.
Xu Linyun was resting, allowing Su Qi to have a day off as well, but the film crew had to continue shooting, just without Xu Linyun’s scenes.
By the time Su Qi woke up, Gu Tangxue had already left.
She had only left a note stuck to the refrigerator, telling her to eat a good breakfast.
Su Qi simply washed up and smiled knowingly at the note.
She pulled out a chair and sat down to eat breakfast.
Gu Tangxue had woken up very early, and considering Su Qi’s health, she had prepared a table full of nutritious and balanced breakfast.
As Su Qi took a sip of soy milk, she heard a knock on the door.
She thought Gu Tangxue had forgotten something and had returned.
Su Qi got up to open the door.
As the door opened, Li Cuiping appeared outside, furious.
“Su Qi!”
“Mom?”
“Don’t call me Mom! How can you be Mrs. Huo? Do you know that Xu Linyun is pregnant! The Huo family has already informed me that they want to discuss divorce! You useless thing!” Li Cuiping raised her arm, intending to slap her.
Su Qi grabbed Li Cuiping’s wrist. “Mom, I told you, I can’t stop the Huo family. If they want a divorce, it’s not something I can prevent just by saying no!”
“Can’t you do something to stop them?! You blockhead! So stupid!”
Li Cuiping flung Su Qi’s hand away.
The force was so great that Su Qi stumbled back several steps.
Li Cuiping glared fiercely at Su Qi. “Come on, go with me to the Huo family!”
Regardless of Su Qi’s willingness, Li Cuiping tightly gripped Su Qi’s wrist and dragged her downstairs.
Li Cuiping, having been a rural woman who worked in the fields, possessed astonishing strength. Su Qi couldn’t shake her off at all and was pulled into the car by Li Cuiping.
The Huo family, Shuiyun Jian Villa.
The mountain road had eighteen bends, and Su Qi almost couldn’t help but vomit along the way, her face turning extremely pale.
Upon arriving at Shuiyun Jian Villa, Su Qi pushed open the car door and got out, gasping for air.
“So delicate!” Li Cuiping cursed viciously, then got out of the car and walked directly towards the Huo family’s main entrance.
At this time, everyone in the Huo family had just finished breakfast and were all sitting on the sofa.
Huo Qingrang and Qin Xue were both present.
Seeing Li Cuiping enter, the servants couldn’t stop her, and the commotion attracted Huo Qingrang and Qin Xue’s attention. They looked over and saw Li Cuiping barging in, disregarding the servants’ attempts to block her.
“Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo, good morning!”
As soon as Li Cuiping saw them, she changed her demeanor, greeting them with a smile.
Although Huo Qingrang liked Su Qi and treated her like a daughter, he felt a deep-seated aversion towards Li Cuiping.
He immediately frowned.
“Mrs. Su, why have you come so early in the morning?”
“What do you mean, ‘why have I come to my son-in-law’s house’? Do I need to check the time?”
Li Cuiping displayed her shamelessness to the fullest, swaggering in and making herself at home.
Huo Qingrang’s face turned ashen, but seeing Su Qi entering from the doorway, his expression softened slightly. He beckoned Su Qi over. “Child, come here.”
Su Qi pursed her lips and walked to Huo Qingrang’s side. “Dad, I’ve caused you trouble.”
Huo Qingrang noticed the red marks on Su Qi’s wrist, realizing immediately that they were from Li Cuiping’s grip.
“You poor thing. Butler, take Su Qi upstairs to rest.”
Huo Qingrang instructed the butler to take Su Qi upstairs.
Li Cuiping was clearly here to cause trouble, and Su Qi’s pregnancy was already five months along; she couldn’t handle such stimulation.
“It’s alright, Dad, I’m worried something might happen.”
Su Qi shook her head and refused.
“I’m not here to question anyone, but since the matter has come out, I have to say something.
After all, our Su Qi is the young madam of the Huo family, and your Huo family is the foremost prestigious family in Shencheng. How could you do something like this?
It’s one thing for Huo Tingyun to be frivolous and philander outside, but he even got someone pregnant!”
Hearing Li Cuiping’s words, Qin Xue frowned and stood up. “What are you talking about? What do you mean by our Tingyun being frivolous?”
“Isn’t that right? He’s a married man, yet he’s still messing around outside. As his mother, you don’t even educate your son properly and just let him find a mistress and get her pregnant. Are you planning to legitimize the mistress now?!”
Li Cuiping’s eyes widened, her words sharp and venomous.
Qin Xue trembled all over, furious. “You’re talking nonsense!”
“Nonsense? Is this how your Huo family operates? What kind of children do you raise, so shameless!”
“You, you…”
Qin Xue clutched her chest, enraged.
Su Qi couldn’t stand it anymore. “Mom, what are you saying nonsense about in someone else’s house?”
“And you, you don’t even manage your own husband’s infidelity, letting him do as he pleases! Now, someone else is pregnant, and you have no signs of pregnancy. You’re going to be divorced! You’ll end up as a discarded wife!”
Li Cuiping glared fiercely at Su Qi.
The moment she saw this adopted daughter, she felt a sense of hatred for her lack of ambition.
So many women longed to marry Huo Tingyun, and Su Qi, having finally married Huo Tingyun, indulged her husband’s infidelity. It was truly pathetic!
Unable to bear it any longer, Qin Xue slammed the table and stood up. “Who exactly is being shameless? If you hadn’t drugged your own daughter back then and sent her to my son’s bed, your daughter wouldn’t have gotten pregnant, wouldn’t have been noticed by our family’s elder, and wouldn’t have forced our son to marry your daughter?!”
“As a mother, you could even use your own daughter just for wealth and status. You’ve taken a lot of money from the Huo family this year. I don’t think you’re worried about your daughter, but about losing this cash cow! If our Huo family had nothing, I bet you’d be eager to divorce!”
Qin Xue’s face turned red with anger, and she no longer cared about anything else, unleashing her tirade.
The man outside the door, before even stepping across the threshold, heard Qin Xue’s angry roar.
His footsteps paused.
He froze.
Lin Te, following behind Huo Tingyun, naturally also heard Qin Xue’s words.
Lin Te froze on the spot.
Back then, everyone thought Su Qi was a gold digger.
They thought Su Qi had climbed into Huo Tingyun’s bed for wealth and status, to become the young madam of the Huo family.
No one could have imagined that Su Qi was sent to his bed by Li Cuiping.
Even though she was only an adoptive mother, no one could have imagined that she would send the child she had raised for so many years to another man’s bed.
This was simply something no parent could do.
But it turned out it had really happened.
“Master Huo, back then…”