She kept her marriage a secret for three years, then divorced and was forcefully pampered by a power

Shao Yan looked at Song Qingyan with slightly red eyes.

"Perhaps my mother's things are worthless in your heart. If they are worthless, why don't you return the Shao family's company? I remember that after I turned twenty-six, I still owned 32% of the shares. Mr. Song, you haven't forgotten that, have you?"

"This necklace is my mother's keepsake, and I'm taking it. She can have anything she wants, but she can't touch anything that belongs to my mother. Mr. Song, I'm sorry, I can't help you."

Before Song Qingyan could say anything more, Cheng Yuxin quickly stepped in to stop him.

"Fine, since Yan Yan likes it, let her have it. I'll choose something else."

After Cheng Yuxin finished speaking, she calmly glanced at Shao Yan: "But Yan Yan, I'm sorry, your father has already bought this necklace for me. Coincidentally, the future young mistress of the Meng family also took a liking to it, and I promised to give it to her. Why don't you ask her first?"

Before Shao Yan could react to Cheng Yuxin mentioning the young mistress of the Meng family, Meng Yu's call came through.

"Shao Yan, what's wrong with you? Rongrong finally found a necklace she wanted to give to her mother as a birthday gift. Are you just bored and taking a day off work to deliberately make things difficult for us?"

I've already promised to buy the necklace for Rongrong, so forget about it. Besides, it's over 1.2 million yuan; do you even have that much money to buy it?

The card I gave you was for living expenses, not for you to squander. I just called the bank and all the supplementary cards under my name have been cancelled.

What you've done has truly disappointed me. With your personality, how can I possibly trust you to be a surrogate for my and Rongrong's child?

Shao Yan found it amusing to hear Meng Yu's deep but rather angry tone on the phone.

"Mr. Meng, am I supposed to kowtow to you just because you won't let me have a child?"

Qu You, who was standing to the side, heard Meng Yu's voice and, unable to contain her anger, snatched Meng Yu's phone and cursed at him.

"Meng Yu, are you even speaking human language? You're a married man, making your wife carry your and your mistress's child together. You're a beast."

They had only exchanged a few words of cursing when Meng Yu, still on the phone, walked towards Shao Yan.

Shao Yan didn't want to argue with Meng Yu in a public place, so she looked at Qu You.

Push me away.

Qu You, still eager to argue, asked, "What are you afraid of him for?"

Shao Yan glanced at her, and Qu You sighed and lowered her head: "Fine, fine, ancestor, I'll listen to you."

Meng Yu saw Shao Yan and wanted to speak up to stop her from leaving, but Song Qingyan greeted him instead.

"President Meng—"

Meng Yu's attention was entirely focused on Shao Yan, and only then did he notice Song Qingyan.

"dad--"

Sitting in her wheelchair, Shao Yan found it quite natural to hear Meng Yu call Song Qingyan "Dad".

Qu You then started cursing again.

"Is your husband blind? He doesn't acknowledge you, but he does acknowledge your father. Does he even know he's the son-in-law of the Shao family?"

Shao Yan looked as if she had been hit on the head with a club, and suddenly turned to look at Qu You as if she had thought of something.

"What did you just say about Meng Yu?"

Qu You, not understanding, repeated it.

"I said he doesn't acknowledge you, but he does acknowledge your father. He still considers himself a son-in-law of the Shao family."

Shao Yan's heart suddenly clenched.

The Shao family's son-in-law?

However, after Song Qingyan seized his grandfather's company, he refused to acknowledge that he was the son-in-law of the Shao family.

The Shaw Group was renamed the Song Group.

The Meng Group is one of the three major giants in Beicheng, so there's no need for them to call Song Qingyan "Dad" with such respect.

Meng Yu was not the son-in-law of the Shao family, and Song Qingyan did not like Shao Yan and did not take her, his biological daughter, seriously at all.

So why did Meng Yu call him that so affectionately?

"Ugh, what's there to think about? Two cheating guys are fighting over your mom's necklace. By the way, what if you don't want it?"

Shao Yan replied decisively, "Yes."

Not only did she want it, she also wanted to take it back from Pei Rongrong herself.

After returning home and calming down for a while, Shao Yan checked the weather forecast.

A typhoon is expected to make landfall in the next couple of days, bringing with it cold air and heavy rainfall.

She deliberately picked out a thin, sheer bra from her wardrobe, wrapped herself in a wool coat, and took a taxi to Xu Xiao Law Firm.

In the dead of night, the rain poured down as if from a broken sky.

When the last light in the law firm finally went out, Huo Xiao came out of the building and saw a frail woman on the roadside, soaking wet and pitifully trying to hail a taxi.

It was getting late, and the rain was too heavy.

Almost every taxi that passed by was occupied.

"ah--"

Shao Yan screamed and dodged a taxi that was heading straight for her; the puddles on the side of the road almost splashed her all over.

She took a few steps back, only to find herself in a warm embrace.

The large black umbrella enveloped her completely. Shao Yan turned her rain-soaked face and met Huo Xiao's deep and handsome features.

His deep, magnetic voice rang in her ear.

"Ms. Shao, you've been trying to hail a taxi here for two hours. There are so many empty taxis ahead of you, are you waiting for me to take you?"

The low, slightly gentle voice sent a shiver down Shao Yan's spine.

Facing the fervor in Huo Xiao's eyes, Shao Yan trembled and tried to escape.

"I was discussing business with someone, I didn't expect it to rain so heavily."

Huo Xiao's laughter was somber, while Shao Yan's face turned pale, whether from cold or fear, it was hard to tell.

"Ms. Shao, it's really fate that we traveled three hours from your Honda Fit to come to my law firm to discuss business."

Shao Yan's ears felt slightly hot.

It seems nothing can be hidden from this man.

She was about to come up with some plausible reasons when suddenly her feet were dangling in the air, and Huo Xiao had already pulled her into his arms.

The cold rainy night chilled her to the bone, but Huo Xiao's body temperature instantly warmed her up.

Shao Yan originally only intended to flirt with him casually, but who knew that once she leaned against his chest, she would become attached to the warmth and not want to leave.

but--

This intimacy wasn't Shao Yan's intention; it was just flirting, and she didn't really want to offer herself to him.

"Ms. Shao, are you really ready?"

Shao Yan was still struggling, but Huo Xiao's kiss was already pressed against her red lips and entangled with hers.

They kissed in the rain, and Shao Yan, afraid of falling, could only cling to Huo Xiao's neck.

Huo Xiao's umbrella had disappeared at some point, and he held her tightly, as if he wanted to press her into his body at any moment, unable to extricate himself.

When Shao Yan came to her senses, she had already arrived at Huo Xiao's villa.

The feeling of coming here for the second time was different from the first time.

"Go take a shower and change your clothes."

Huo Xiao could already see that the black lining under her wet coat couldn't cover anything at all.

Especially those two proud, prominent mounds, like a cursed temptation, entice people to feel uneasy.

Shao Yan was shocked to realize that she had been too bold today. She tugged at the edge of her clothes, her mind wavering between pulling them up and taking them off.

Huo Xiao gave her a deep look, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly. "I'll go make you some hot tea. Come downstairs and drink it after you take a shower."