An Ge looked at him with cold indifference, saying nothing, and made no move to get in the car. The man gazed at her silently and intently for nearly half a minute before speaking again, his voice now cold and even threatening. He said, "Disobedient? Are you eager to see those old photos from the past go viral all over the internet?"
An Ge’s heart sank, and her breath hitched for a mont. "President Tang, if you have sothing to say, just say it."
"Don’t be ungrateful, hmm?" Tang Jiuze’s voice grew increasingly dangerous. "You know I have my ways of tornting people."
An Ge got into the car. The mont she did, she was photographed by An Baoying, who had co chasing after her. An Baoying imdiately sent the photo to Huo Shaoyan and called him, embellishing the story,
"Young Master Huo, I didn’t expect my sister to remain incorrigible. She’s pregnant and still can’t stay out of trouble. She knows Young Master Tang just got married not long ago, yet she still tries to seduce him. Isn’t that using the title of Huo Family’s granddaughter to beco a mistress? If this gets exposed, it won’t look good for you or the Huo Family."
Huo Shaoyan listened to her without a hint of emotion, asking in a voice that betrayed no joy or anger, "She said that she suffered brain damage due to a high fever at sixteen and can’t rember many things from before. Is that true?"
Upon hearing this, a plan ford in An Baoying’s mind. She said, "That’s right. To be honest, it’s embarrassing to even ntion. When she was sixteen, she did sothing disgraceful with Young Master Tang and got beaten by our dad. Not long after, she fell into an icy lake and nearly died of a high fever. Though she survived, she lost an unborn child and her mories from the past."
Before An Baoying could say more, there was a dial tone from the other end of the phone. An Baoying smiled triumphantly. As long as she could make Huo Shaoyan utterly despise An Ge, she had confidence in becoming the true woman beside him. In a good mood, she turned around only to be slapped by Bai ilan.
This was the first ti in her mory that her mother had hit her. An Baoying was incredulous, her eyes widened in disbelief. "Mom, you hit ?"
Bai ilan, driven by anger, had indeed slapped An Baoying. She took a deep breath and said to her daughter, "Are you stupid? Even if Huo Shaoyan postponed the engagent and wanted to do that amniocentesis DNA test, you shouldn’t have told everything to that dead girl An Ge. You’ve made things very awkward for us now, don’t you know? If you hadn’t said anything, we could have quietly drawn An Ge’s amniotic fluid for a DNA test and used her report to prove you were the one carrying Young Master Huo’s child. Now you told her, and she’s sure to guard against us."
Upon hearing this, An Baoying panicked, "Mom, what should we do now? I was so mad, otherwise, I would have consulted you first."
Bai ilan pinched her temples, which were throbbing painfully, and said, "Don’t worry just yet, let think about it."
Seeing her mother’s obvious frustration, An Baoying anxiously suggested, "If push cos to shove, we could threaten her with her mother..."
Bai ilan shot her a glare, "Do you think that wench surnad Wen has long to live? A bone marrow transplant will hasten her death. At best, she has a month, if she’s lucky. If not, she’s got three days at most."
Hearing this, An Baoying asked in shock and trembling, "Mom, how can it be like this? Wasn’t she just insane? Leukemia was only diagnosed recently..."
Bai ilan snorted coldly, "If she didn’t have any use left, I would’ve let her die a long ti ago."
An Baoying was left speechless in shock. Bai ilan continued, "Don’t worry, even if the wench surnad Wen dies, I still have enough leverage to keep An Ge in check."
...
Elsewhere, An Ge looked at the man in the driver’s seat and preemptively said, "Tang Jiuze, I warn you, I’m now half a Huo Family mber..."
"Half, that’s all," Tang Jiuze sneered coldly, asking, "Why did you cancel the lease?"
An Ge said, "Isn’t it obvious? I don’t want any connection with you."
"And yet, here you are, obediently sitting in my car, aren’t you?"
Furious, An Ge snapped, "Tang Jiuze, what exactly do you want?"
"You, of course!" As the words fell, the car pulled to the side of the road.
Tang Jiuze looked over at her and said, "All you want is comfort. If you abort that bastard, I can give you far more than the Huo Family ever could."
An Ge took a deep breath, "Tang Jiuze, you’re truly disgusting!"
After she spoke, she tried to push the door open to get out. But the man outpaced her, locking the door with a click. "An Ge, you need to understand, in this world, there’s nothing I can’t get if I want it. Just like back then when I wasn’t even worth a dog in the Tang Family. Now, who in the Tang Family doesn’t act according to my wishes?"
An Ge spoke calmly, "But when faced with power and wealth, you chose to abandon ..."
"You got it wrong. I never intended to abandon you. I just chose what was temporarily more beneficial for . Now, everything is under my control. We can still return to the past. Even if you’re carrying that bastard, as long as you get rid of them, I won’t mind at all."
As he spoke, he unfastened his seatbelt and leaned over her. An Ge had nowhere to retreat; his fingers clasped her chin. In the depths of her wide, startled eyes, he leaned down to kiss her lips. Feeling nauseous to the point of vomiting, An Ge swung her arm to slap his handso face.
But the slap never found its mark. A colossal force from outside had nearly overturned the parked car with them inside, the rear end crumpling from the impact, the air filled with the deafening roar of two vehicles colliding.
Before An Ge could collect herself, her car door was forcibly yanked open from the outside. Following that, she was pulled out of the car by a man who seed to have appeared out of nowhere. Flustered and astonished, she looked at Huo Shaoyan, who was suddenly here, feeling an inexplicable surge of emotion in her heart.
A thin layer of moisture welled up in her eyes. She tried to explain, "Young Master Huo..."
"Don’t bother treating your mother’s illness," Huo Shaoyan cut her off coldly. "Even if she recovers, she’ll be driven to her death by your disgracefulness."
The words she ant to say got stuck in her throat, and the tender fluttering in her heart was instantly obliterated. Huo Shaoyan didn’t look at her again. At that mont, he lit a cigarette, smoking as he nodded toward Tang Jiuze, who was exiting his car, "Let tell you sothing."
Under the streetlight, the daunting aura of the two similarly built n was ominous and chilling amidst the mottled shadows. An Ge felt they might co to blows at any mont. However, they didn’t.
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