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

Mrs. Huo got up mysteriously, went to her room and took out a sandalwood box. It was a dark purple-black with dense grain and a deep, dignified color. The box itself looked very valuable, not to mention the lifelike patterns carved on it.

Mother Huo came to Zhang Yushu and opened the box in front of everyone.

Inside lay a jade bracelet. The bracelet was translucent and shimmering, and it had a faint fragrance. Even Zhang Yushu, who was used to seeing all kinds of precious things, stared at it with wide eyes.

It's hard for anyone not to be tempted by something like this. It's beyond just being a valuable item; the box alone is priceless, let alone the bracelet inside.

Zhang Yushu stammered, "This... Auntie, what do you mean by this?" Why show her this out of the blue?

With a smile on her face, Mrs. Huo said to Zhang Yushu, "This was given to me by Grandma Huo Jingmo when I married into the Huo family. I'm giving it to you today."

Zhang Yushu looked at Huo Jingmo in a panic, "Auntie, I can't accept this, it's too valuable."

"And...moreover..."

Zhang Yushu glanced at Ruan Qian'an with a hint of hesitation, then quickly lowered her head, a smile she couldn't hide on her lips.

Ruan Qian'an raised an eyebrow at the two pairs of eyes that were directed at her. She realized she had to be included in this scene. She instantly dropped her amused expression and transformed into a serious face with anger in her eyes, looking as if she had been humiliated.

Mrs. Huo was secretly pleased, but said with displeasure, "Do I have to consider other people's feelings when I give them gifts?"

Then he tried to force the box and jade bracelet onto Zhang Yushu.

When those two gazes were no longer fixed on her, Ruan Qian'an...

He just stood there leisurely watching the two of them go back and forth, as if it were none of his business.

Huo Jingmo took the box expressionlessly and said to his mother, "You've gone too far."

Mrs. Huo immediately became unhappy and said, "This is mine. I can give it to whomever I want. Now I don't even have the right to give things away?"

Huo Jingmo stared at his mother with icy coldness in his eyes, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Mr. Huo sighed and stepped forward to say to Mrs. Huo, "Alright, you're so old and still don't know any better. Stop being unreasonable."

As he spoke, Mr. Huo took the box back from Huo Jingmo's hand: "This bracelet is of great significance, I'll keep it for now."

Huo Jingmo held it in his hand without moving. Huo's father asked, "What? You're not giving it to me?"

Huo Jingmo gave a cold smile, then released his hand and said, "Keep this safe for your mother."

Zhang Yushu's face twitched. She should have known better than to make so many excuses. Now, the fish that was about to be in her hands had flown away.

Mrs. Huo gritted her teeth, her anger growing even stronger, but she dared not vent it on Mr. Huo. So she could only vent to Huo Jingmo: "You're all in cahoots, aren't you? I've done so much for this family, and now you all come to criticize me! Am I being unreasonable? What have I done to be unreasonable!"

"You guys are really something! Huo Jingmo, I've raised you for nothing! What kind of look is that?! Huh!"

"Are you even my son? Sometimes I think I should have just strangled you when you were born; that would have been better than making me angry every day."

"I should just strangle you! That way I wouldn't be in so much pain! It's all because of you!"

Huo Jingmo listened calmly without any reaction, as if he had already gotten used to such words.

Seeing Huo Jingmo remain calm and unresponsive, Huo's mother's anger grew stronger and stronger. She grabbed a teacup from the side and smashed it hard at Huo Jingmo.

Mrs. Huo's actions were so swift and unexpected that no one thought she would take action.

The teacup was thrown straight at Huo Jingmo, hitting his brow bone and narrowly missing his eye.

Blood streamed down, blurring Huo Jingmo's vision. He spoke calmly, as if he felt no pain, "Have you made enough of a scene?"

Mrs. Huo, panting heavily, stared in disbelief as she realized what she had done, her hands trembling.

What had she done to see Huo Jingmo looking at her with such a cold gaze, just like the way her father always looked at her?

She lost her mind the moment she saw that look in her eyes.

That feeling chilled her to the bone.

She turned to look at the man, whose gaze was cold, as if he were looking at a crazy, unreasonable woman.

Mrs. Huo put away her ferocious expression and looked at Mr. Huo with a pleading look, saying, "No, please don't look at me like that, please."

At this moment, Zhang Yushu's arm was like her last lifeline, and she gripped Zhang Yushu tightly with her other hand.

She even tried to calm herself down and find a way out.

Forcing a smile, she said to the nonchalant Ruan Qian'an, "Oh dear, what a forgetful thing I am! I forgot to prepare a gift for Qian'an. I'm so sorry."

Ruan Qian'an smiled and said, "It's alright, Auntie."

She didn't lack these things; in her eyes, that jade bracelet wasn't that valuable.

These words had a different meaning in Huo Jingmo's ears.

Huo Jingmo said to his mother with a cold face, "There's no need to rush to intimidate me. I know what I'm doing. Now that we've met Qian'an, we'll be leaving."

Mrs. Huo looked flustered and confused, not understanding why Huo Jingmo would think that way: "No... son, you've misunderstood."

Huo Jingmo scoffed: "Misunderstanding? Then what you just said was also a misunderstanding? Weren't those your true feelings?!"

As Ruan Qian'an watched Huo Jingmo grow increasingly agitated, she realized that he wasn't as calm as he appeared.

Ruan Qian'an touched Huo Jingmo's forehead with her hand and wiped away a drop of blood with her fingertips.

Mrs. Huo explained in a flustered manner: "No, no, it's not like that. It's not my fault. I didn't want it to be like that either. It's all because you looked at me like that that I acted that way."

Huo Jingmo said with a gloomy face, "Enough, I don't want to hear your excuses. I was afraid I didn't want to come. If it weren't for my father's sake, I wouldn't have come at all, and I wouldn't want to see you."

Huo Jingmo turned to Ruan Qian'an and said, "Let's go."

Zhang Yushu wanted to chase after him, but was held back tightly by Huo's mother. She could only say, "Brother Mo, Auntie really didn't mean that. Please don't be angry."

Huo Jingmo: "Yu Shu, you either come with me, or shut up."

Zhang Yushu couldn't break free from Huo's mother's hand, so she could only gently comfort her, saying, "Auntie, Jingmo was just saying that out of anger, so don't worry too much."

Mr. Huo, who seemed to be very loving towards Mrs. Huo, simply watched his wife's sadness without making any move.

Just then, Mr. Huo's phone rang. The familiar ringtone startled Mrs. Huo and brought a genuine smile to Mr. Huo's face.

The moment Zhang Yushu saw the phone ring, Huo's mother's face turned ashen.

Ruan Qian'an pushed Huo Jingmo out.

She asked, "How did your relationship with your aunt become like this?"

Huo Jingmo: "I want her to leave here, but she doesn't want to go. She only wants to live in her own world."

Ruan Qian'an was puzzled, but comforted her by saying, "This kind of self-deception is also a kind of happiness."

Huo Jingmo sneered: "This kind of happiness is doomed to fail in an instant."

He turned to look at Huo's mother, who was lost in thought, while the man was chatting sweetly on the other end of the phone.

He frowned and said, "I'll kill that man sooner or later."

Ruan Qian'an chuckled softly: "Then why are you flattering him so much now? Is it because you don't have the ability? All you can do is talk tough."

Huo Jingmo said indifferently, "I'm just waiting for her to fully realize who this man is."

Ruan Qian'an said "Oh," and then added, "So you're afraid your mother will hate you."

Huo Jingmo stared straight ahead and remained silent.