A beautiful summer night

Xie Qiyan had been searching for Yao Qin for many years, and he had considered the worst-case scenario.

But he didn't believe it.

Don't want to believe it either.

He kept a close eye on Hou Mengqiu, hoping to pry out what happened back then from her. Even if she didn't know where Yao Qin was, it didn't matter. He just needed her to tell him everything related to Yao Qin, and he could use those clues to search for her.

He firmly believed that Yao Qin would not be in any danger.

Therefore, he has enough patience to wait.

Yao Qin doesn't need him anymore.

But you absolutely cannot die.

Xie Qiyan ran extremely fast. The distance from the dean's lounge to the third floor of the ward was not far. The road was slippery due to the heavy snow, and Xie Qiyan stumbled. Huo Yang watched from behind, his heart clenching.

He rushed up to the third floor as fast as he could, his whole body radiating coldness. His lips, pressed into a straight line, were pale, and his clenched fists, with veins bulging, slammed viciously against the locked toilet door.

His hands and feet were almost trembling.

Huo Yang finally caught up, his eyes sharply fixed on the door, and he concentrated all his strength in his right foot and kicked it hard.

Hou Mengqiu was so panicked that she lost her voice. She and An Bihua stood against the door, their eyes filled with tears, shock, panic and despair.

"Hou Mengqiu, it's up to you whether you come out on your own or I tear down this door." Huo Yang and Yu Fei were assistants Xie Qiyan brought back from England. They only followed Xie Qiyan's orders and didn't need to be polite to the rest of the Xie family, nor had they ever been.

"It was Xie Qiyan's scheme, a trap set by Xie Qiyan..." Hou Mengqiu gripped An Bihua's collar tightly. "It's all your fault! Why did you come back to me! Do you know that what you're doing will ruin me and Xiao An..."

Xie Qiyan was right outside the door, and Hou Mengqiu knew she had no way out.

Xie Qiyan never believed she was crazy, but whether he believed it or not, as long as she continued to pretend, Xie Qiyan couldn't do anything to her.

But now Anbihua is back.

Both she and An Bihua fell into Xie Qiyan's trap.

An Bihua leaned against the door, and her mind went blank the moment she heard the words that Yao Qin was killed by her.

He never imagined that she held a life in her hands.

An Bihua slumped his shoulders, his bloodshot eyes slowly closed, and suddenly let out a cold laugh: "You're willing to take a life for Xie Tianqi? Xiao Qiu, tell me, if Xie Tianqi weren't infertile, would you even give me a second glance?"

Xie Anming is clearly her son, but she makes him call someone else "Dad".

She always looked down on him.

She didn't want a divorce.

The person he loved was never him.

The door wasn't soundproof, so Xie Qiyan and Huo Yang could hear everything they were saying inside.

Xie Qiyan had lost his patience. A thick layer of cold mist enveloped him. Before Huo Yang could make a move, he took two steps back and kicked open the already loose wooden door.

With a bang, Hou Mengqiu met Xie Qiyan's cold eyes in horror.

An Bihua gave up resisting. After realizing the truth, he seemed to have been ripped from his soul. He coldly watched as Hou Mengqiu knelt down in front of Xie Qiyan with a thud.

"Xie Qiyan, Xie An is innocent. If you have any questions, come at me..." At this point, she knew she had no way out.

She couldn't defeat Xie Qiyan.

She was already afraid from the moment Xie Qiyan returned to China.

She was afraid that Xie Qiyan would find out what happened back then, afraid of being retaliated against, afraid of being separated from Xie An, afraid that Xie An would hate her as his mother, and also afraid that Xie Qiyan would not let Xie An go.

"Where is my mother?" Xie Qiyan couldn't hear anything else. Snow had fallen on his hair and shoulders, and his eyes were so sharp that he wanted to grind the woman in front of him to dust.

Hou Mengqiu's tears flowed uncontrollably as she stammered, "It wasn't me... I didn't mean to, she broke free from my grasp and fell down, I didn't want to kill her..."

She and Xie Tianqi were engaged back then, and she liked Xie Tianqi. However, Xie Tianqi broke off the engagement and severed ties with his family for Yao Qin. The Hou family favored sons over daughters, and Xie Tianqi's actions made her life at home even more difficult.

She had already given up on Xie Tianqi, but fate led her to meet him again at a business club in Nancheng.

Men are not immune to temptation. She thought Xie Tianqi was deeply in love with Yao Qin, but she never expected that Xie Tianqi would get into her bed with just a flick of his finger.

She knew that Xie Tianqi's initial infatuation with Yao Qin had worn off.

She also knew that Xie Tianqi, who had been pampered since childhood, was more unwilling to continue living in the small town of Nancheng with Yao Qin.

Without the Xie family, he would be just an ordinary person, struggling to make a living.

He had long wanted to abandon Yao Qin and return to the Xie family. Hou Mengqiu's appearance was just an opportunity. To him, she was nothing more than an object for him to release pressure.

Xie Tianqi agreed to register their marriage, and perhaps at that moment she was certain that Xie Tianqi loved her.

But how trustworthy can the feelings of a man who abandons his wife and children be? Hou Mengqiu didn't have the confidence to guarantee that Xie Tianqi would treat her well for the rest of his life.

Later, Yao Qin came to his door, standing in front of him with a child, her face streaked with tears.

Hou Mengqiu knew that Xie Tian had gone limp.

Xie Tianqi is heartless; he can marry her and then divorce her. As long as Yao Qin has contact with him, her status as the wife of the Xie family is in jeopardy.

Especially since the Xie family knew that Yao Qin had given birth to Xie Tianqi's child, who was the Xie family's eldest grandson, Hou Mengqiu was afraid that the old man would accept Yao Qin because of the child.

After all, the Hou family had run into trouble in their business at the time, and the old man wasn't very satisfied with her.

During that period, the old man often saw Yao Qin.

So when she learned that Yao Qin had been arranged by Xie Tianqi to live in Yangliu Lane, she tried every means to find Yang Datong, hoping to ruin Yao Qin's reputation and make Xie Tianqi give up on her completely.

At that time, Hou Mengqiu harbored resentment towards Yao Qin. She was jealous that Yao Qin had taken Xie Tianqi away five years ago, jealous that Yao Qin had returned with the child and made Xie Tianqi weak without doing anything, and even more jealous of Yao Qin's stunningly beautiful face.

But she didn't want Yao Qin to die.

Back then, Yang Datong failed to get what he wanted, but Yao Qin disappeared. She lived in constant fear, only wanting to give Xie Tianqi a child as soon as possible.

However, after three years of marriage, she still hadn't gotten pregnant.

She was very anxious that year, and coincidentally, Yao Qin returned that year.

Yao Qin is back, and I want to ask her to meet me.

Hou Mengqiu confessed everything, her hands gripping Xie Qiyan's trouser leg tightly: "She chose the meeting place herself, she chose the riverside herself. I didn't want her to die, she jumped in herself..."

Hou Mengqiu was telling the truth.

Yao Qin was acting very strangely that day. She knew that Yang Datong's affair was arranged by her, and she also knew that she treated Xie Qiyan very badly in the Xie family. She threatened that if she did not treat Xie Qiyan well, she would not let her go.

Yao Qin was able to escape from Yang Datong, so someone must have rescued her. Hou Mengqiu didn't know who was behind her, but the Yao Qin that day was different from the Yao Qin she had seen before.

His face was haggard, but his eyes held a fierce glint.