After the divorce, she disappeared overnight

At this moment, Bai Xi raised her voice without warning, and her sharp voice cut through the air, interrupting Luo Yao's words: "Grandpa hasn't even spoken yet, and you dare to interrupt. You are simply an inferior person who doesn't know etiquette. No wonder Chen Qi hasn't been attracted to you in these years." Her tone was full of contempt and disdain.

Luo Yao's face suddenly turned gloomy. She looked directly at Bai Xi and responded, "What? You scolded me in front of me and didn't allow me to refute you? Do you really think I'm a dead person?"

"Hmph, I'm just telling the truth. A country boy wants to turn himself into a phoenix?" Bai Xi raised a mocking smile.

Mr. Huo was so angry that his face turned pale. He held the armrest tightly, trying to stop Bai Xi from continuing.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yao patted his hand gently, as if telling him not to worry, she could handle it herself.

"Hehe." Upon hearing this, Luo Yao's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Bai Xi frowned slightly.

"Laugh at your stupidity."

"You..." Her face turned red in an instant and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

At this time, several people came in through the door.

"Yaoyao." A gentle voice came. Luo Yao turned her head and saw Huo's mother. The anger on her face disappeared instantly and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"Mom." She stood up and greeted with a smile.

"Please sit down and let mom wash her hands." Mother Huo said with a smile.

"Okay~" Luo Yao sat down obediently.

"Dad." She looked at the man at the door again. The man nodded and smiled, "You're back."

Luo Yao nodded.

"Stay and chat with grandpa. I'm going to the study." The man said and turned to walk towards the study.

"Uh-huh."

Mother Huo came out of the kitchen and sat next to Luo Yao.

"Yaoyao, when did you arrive? Why didn't you tell mom so I could pick you up?"

"Mom, I just arrived yesterday." Luo Yao felt touched.

"It's good that you're back. I guess you don't plan on leaving this time."

Luo Yao was stunned by what Mrs. Huo said. She didn’t expect Mrs. Huo to ask this question directly.

There was a hint of hesitation in her eyes, and she felt a little conflicted.

Bai Xi stood there, feeling very embarrassed.

She didn't know how to intervene in their conversation, and it seemed that Mrs. Huo didn't even notice her presence.

Finally, she decided to interrupt their conversation.

"Hello, Auntie." Bai Xi greeted Mrs. Huo with a smile, but she felt a little nervous.

She keenly noticed that there was a trace of scrutiny in Mrs. Huo's eyes when she looked at her. She frowned slightly and just nodded in response.

Bai Xi was secretly surprised. She didn't expect that this woman had such a status in the Huo family.

She turned to look at Luo Yao, a barely perceptible hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

Luo Yao seemed to feel her gaze and frowned slightly, but did not speak.

"Auntie, Chenqi will be back from his business trip soon. I will come to visit you when he comes back."

She knew very well that Mrs. Huo's attitude towards her was crucial and she must not make any mistakes at this critical moment.

"Don't... Miss Bai, our family can't afford you."

Mother Huo's tone was cold and firm, causing Bai Xi's smile to freeze on her face instantly.

She didn't expect that Mrs. Huo would refuse so directly, and she felt disappointed.

"Auntie, Chen Qi and I truly love each other. I hope you can help us get together." Bai Xi said anxiously.

"Haha, really? That's not what I heard..." Mother Huo chuckled, with a hint of disdain in her eyes.

Bai Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly realized that Huo's mother might know something she didn't know.

"Auntie, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Bai Xi didn't want to make the situation more awkward, so she quickly interrupted Mrs. Huo and prepared to leave.

She never expected that Huo's mother would know about her and Huo Chenqi, and she didn't want to expose it in front of Luo Yao because it would make her lose the confidence to compete with Luo Yao.

"Goodbye, I won't see you off." Mother Huo's voice was calm and indifferent, as if she had poured another bucket of cold water on Bai Xi's heart.

Bai Xi's face flushed red, and she turned away embarrassedly, her steps a little flustered.

After walking out of the Huo family's gate, Bai Xi couldn't calm down for a long time.

She originally thought that she had made sufficient preparations, but who could have thought that the woman would come back. She absolutely could not let her stay here.

She was secretly planning in her heart, and an idea soon came to her mind...

Huo's mother's attitude really caught her off guard. She took a deep breath and told herself not to give up easily, as this was related to the rest of her life.

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After everyone left, Mother Huo gently took Luo Yao's hand, her eyes full of tenderness and love, and said softly: "Yaoyao, come back, actually Aqi didn't..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Luo Yao: "Mom, what delicious food did you and Dad prepare? Take me to see it."

There was a deliberate lightness in Luo Yao's voice, as if she was avoiding something.

She didn't want to hear about him because it would touch the pain deep inside her.

Seeing this, Mother Huo sighed helplessly, "Okay, Mom won't say anything more."

She knew that Luo Yao was still brooding over the incident and needed time to calm down. She could only blame her disappointing son for losing the person.

So, she chose not to mention it anymore, but took Luo Yao's hand and said gently: "Come, mom will take you upstairs to have a look."

Luo Yao followed Mrs. Huo upstairs silently, her mood was extremely complicated.

When I opened the room, everything was the same as before.

Luo Yao's eyes slowly swept across every corner of the room, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.

The layout here is still the way she likes it the most, as if time has stopped at the moment she left.

She looked at everything in the room, and memories flooded into her mind like a tide.

The laughter and sweet times of the past have now become a thing of the past, and the person I once loved deeply has gradually faded into the depths of my memory.

At this time, Huo's mother's voice rang in her ears: "Yaoyao, after you left, Aqi would come back from time to time. Every time he came back, he would lock himself in the room. Your father and I saw it with our own eyes and it hurt our hearts..."

Luo Yao still didn't speak, her eyes stayed on the photo on the table.

That was a photo taken when their family went out for fun. She was smiling so happily in the photo. How could she have expected at that time that this relationship would eventually come to an end.

Luo Yao slowly approached the table and gently touched the photo of herself and Huo Chenqi with her fingers.

At that moment, she seemed to be able to feel the joy and happiness she felt at that time, but all of this was gone.

A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and a tear slid down her cheek and fell silently on the photo.

At this time, Mrs. Huo quietly left the room.

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