[GB] Boss Ruan, your husband doesn't want you anymore.

Huo Jingmo dropped the fork he was holding: "Didn't you find Ruan Qian'an?"

Chi Xiao: "Miss Wu Ying saw her, but Kun suspected she was lying. But now Kun has also disappeared."

Huo Jingmo wanted to pick up the fork on the ground, but he couldn't bend down no matter what he did, so Chi Xiao picked it up for him.

Huo Jingmo's expression softened slightly as he said, "Wu Ying couldn't possibly be lying."

Chixiao: "Why do you say that?"

Huo Jingmo: "Because she was extremely obedient to Ruan Qian'an."

Chi Xiao nodded. He had asked Li Ang about Kun's disappearance, and Li Ang had said that Wu Ying couldn't possibly be lying. But he was still bothered by Kun's sudden disappearance.

Perhaps Kun is being too paranoid, Chi Xiao thought.

Looking at the pensive Chi Xiao, Huo Jingmo once again gave him the order to leave, saying, "If you have nothing else to say, then get out."

Chi Xiao looked at Huo Jingmo's cold face and said, "I really wasn't sent by the boss to spy on you. Don't take your anger out on me."

Huo Jingmo: "Then you have even less reason to stay by my side."

Chi Xiao sighed, recalling his boss's previous intense pain: "Whether you believe it or not, your boss truly loves you very much. Even through hatred, he can still love you, and that's why I'm here to protect you."

Huo Jingmo said, "You mean you want me to let go of my hatred and love her?"

Huo Jingmo retorted, "Why should I? She deceived me and tormented me time and time again. I wish I could kill her. How could I love her?"

"You're just as twisted as your boss!"

Chi Xiao opened his mouth: "What if the boss hadn't killed your mother?"

Huo Jingmo seemed to have his deepest pain touched, and he grabbed the cup next to him and smashed it at Chi Xiao.

His eyes reddened as he roared, "Get out!"

Chi Xiao narrowly dodged the attack and carefully reassured Huo Jingmo, "Don't get excited, don't get excited, be careful not to harm the fetus."

Huo Jingmo suddenly stood up and looked at Chi Xiao fiercely, saying, "Did Ruan Qian'an tell you to deceive me like this?"

She even tried to deceive me! Since she's so eager to die, I will tear her to pieces!

Chi Xiao took a step back, realizing that he might have said something wrong.

He quickly tried to cover it up: "No, although the boss often lies to people, I absolutely did not lie to you about this."

Seeing that Huo Jingmo's expression was getting increasingly strange, Chi Xiao moved his feet toward the door.

With a whoosh, he opened the door and ran out.

The instant Chi Xiao ran out, something shattered against the door. Huo Jingmo: "A bunch of liars!"

It's ridiculous that Ruan Qian'an would try to deceive him about the facts he witnessed with his own eyes.

He suddenly swept everything off the table and kicked over the sofa that Chi Xiao had just been sitting on.

The sound of a vase shattering, a teacup falling to the ground, and a sofa overturning.

Chi Xiao, who was listening outside, was terrified.

Huo Jingmo's chest heaved violently, making even the sunlight shining through the window seem extremely dazzling.

He slumped onto the sofa, one hand supporting his head and the other his abdomen, panting heavily, his heart filled with mixed emotions, his gaze falling on the chaos before him.

Chi Xiao leaned against the door frame, sticking his butt out, listening to what was happening inside. He lightly slapped his own mouth, blaming himself for being so talkative.

If he got sick from anger, it would be a real problem. Hearing no more noise from inside, he tiptoed away.

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Huo Jingmo sat on the sofa in a daze, looking out the window at the bare cherry blossom tree with only its branches remaining.

I remember the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

He loved the big cherry blossom tree and often sat under it to read.

The wind blew and the flowers fell, the fallen petals obscuring the words on them from his sight.

A clear, melodious laugh reached his ears, and he looked up. Hidden high in the branches was a tiny figure.

She revealed a rosy smile, her big, bright eyes looking at him with amusement.

The two seemed to gaze at each other for a long time, yet it also seemed to pass in an instant. She fell from the tree and landed in front of him, cherry blossoms falling all over her head.

She gave him her sweetest smile, and then the girl would forcefully intrude into his life in different ways, calling him "brother" in a soft and sweet voice.

The memory then flashed back—

"Brother Huo, do you like this?" Ruan Qian'an asked Huo Jingmo, hanging upside down on a cherry blossom tree and holding a small spider in her hand.

Huo Jingmo nodded with a cool expression, but his eyes showed concern as he said, "Come down quickly."

Ruan Qian'an smiled very cutely, and with a quick slip of her legs, she slid down from the tree.

Huo Jingmo nervously took a step forward, opened his arms and hugged the little body into his embrace.

Both of them fell to the ground due to the impact.

Little Ruan Qian'an nestled into Huo Jingmo's arms, then wriggled out with a bright smile.

She showed the little spider in her hand to Huo Jingmo, who subconsciously shrank back a little.

Ruan Qian'an smiled and covered the little spider with her hand: "Don't be afraid, this is something I brought for you from that place."

After Ruan Qian'an finished speaking, as if by magic, the little spider in her hand turned into a pure white flower.

The flower has a white edge with a bluish tinge, and upon closer inspection, the veins on it form a complex and beautiful pattern.

Ruan Qian'an gently tucked her ear behind her ear, cupped Huo Jingmo's cheek with her small hands, and said with sparkling eyes, "Brother, you're so beautiful."

Huo Jingmo's ears turned slightly red because of Ruan Qian'an's words.

Ruan Qian'an: "Brother, will you be my goddess empress?"

Huo Jingmo's small face showed surprise, while Ruan Qian'an happily thought that Huo Jingmo had agreed and kissed him on the cheek.

Huo Jingmo was completely at a loss, as if he were on fire.

Ye Shu rushed over and, looking wary, pulled Ruan Qian'an out of Huo Jingmo's arms, holding her tightly in her embrace.

She glared at Huo Jingmo with hostility. It was obvious that Ye Shu had seen Ruan Qian'an's actions and heard her words.

Unaware of Ye Shu's gloomy expression, Ruan Qian'an looked up at Ye Shu and said, "Mommy, I want Brother Huo to be my Goddess!"

The woman hurriedly covered Ruan Qian'an's mouth, her expression serious but managing a forced smile at Huo Jingmo before she grabbed Ruan Qian'an and rushed away.

Huo Jingmo was still sitting on the ground, not yet able to react, and could only see the backs of the two people leaving in a hurry.

Ruan Qian'an, perched on the woman's back, giggled and waved at Huo Jingmo, saying, "Wait for me to come and marry you, Brother Huo."

Huo Jingmo first touched the spot where Ruan Qian'an had just kissed him.

Then I picked up the flower hanging from my ear and placed it on my heart, my heart pounding.

Huo Jingmo thought to himself, "Oh no!" He buried his face in his hands, his cheeks flushing red.

The flowers gradually withered, but he never saw the person again. In the end, he made the bouquet into a specimen and pressed it in a book.

As time went on, just as he was about to give up...

Ye Shu said he wanted Ruan Qian'an to get engaged to him. At the age of teens, he overcame all difficulties to get engaged to her. The engagement became his support to keep going, even though he had never met her.

When she reappeared, she was completely different. She no longer clung to him, no longer called him brother, and no longer loved him.

Full of hostility towards him.

But he clung to his obsession and was unwilling to give up.

Huo Jingmo struggled to pick up his somewhat broken phone from the ground and contacted the Bureau of Extraterritorial Management.

Throwing away his phone, Huo Jingmo stared blankly at the red liquid dripping between his legs.