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

He listened to the even breathing beside him and looked tenderly at the woman in his arms who had fallen asleep.

He should have hated her, hated that her mother held a place in his father's heart.

However, Huo Xiao underestimated his opponent. When he was nineteen, he learned that his eldest sister had found the daughter of the woman in his father's heart, and that the school was right next to his. He went there without hesitation.

He wasn't as generous and understanding as his older sister; he hired a group of thugs around his own age to ambush her.

And this person was Shao Yan, who was in his arms.

Unfortunately, when Shao Yan came into his sight, she was walking under the trees in early spring, wearing a white dress. A gentle breeze blew, and pink petals danced in the wind.

Her hair and skirt were covered in strands. Shao Yan walked while talking on the phone, and when she occasionally smiled, two small dimples would appear on her face.

Huo Xiao was immediately captivated by the sixteen-year-old girl; the human heart is most easily and unintentionally drawn in.

When his thugs went to bully Shao Yan as he had instructed, Huo Xiao rushed over to save the damsel in distress without a second thought.

Those thugs who were beaten so badly they were practically crawling on the ground probably never understood why Huo Xiao had turned around and started teaching them a lesson when they had agreed on a deal.

Shao Yan, who had been rescued, was extremely grateful to Huo Xiao and asked how she found him so she could thank him.

Huo Xiao, however, kept his back to her, not daring to look at her.

When he was cornered, he lied.

"I am Meng Yu from Tsinghua University."

Huo Xiao fled in panic, but his heart remained forever with the pure girl who had been bullied by him but still regarded him as her benefactor.

It seems that Shao Yan came to T University to look for him a few more times afterward, but his subordinates discovered her and intercepted her several times. Shao Yan brought him things, but she always went to Meng Yu.

Huo Xiao had actually wondered if Shao Yan had loved the wrong person. In fact, she had loved him back then, but she thought it was Meng Yu who saved her.

Huo Xiao didn't want to think about it too much. Knowing that Shao Yan was his father's first love's daughter made him feel uneasy. Later, Lan Yan liked him very much and pursued him relentlessly.

He wanted to forget Shao Yan, so he accepted Lan Yan.

However, it seems that feelings are something that really can't be forced.

Huo Xiao picked up Shao Yan and gently placed her on the bed.

He propped his head up and stared at her sleeping face. He was already very busy at the firm, and he needed to rest even more when he got back, but it was only when he saw her that he felt completely refreshed.

Huo Xiao stared at Shao Yan intently all night.

When he learned that Shao Yan had married Meng Yu, he drank so much that he suffered a stomach hemorrhage. Lan Yan took care of him for half a month before he recovered.

He had thought about marrying Lan Yan and becoming her real boyfriend and girlfriend, but when it came to the crucial moment, the girl who smiled sweetly under the flowering tree that day would linger in his mind.

Huo Xiao finally understood his father's thoughts. He had never met Shao Yan's mother, but Shao Yan was so beautiful that her mother must have been just as beautiful.

While her own mother was virtuous and capable, her looks were worlds apart from those of the Shao family.

He hated his father, but he hated himself even more.

Why did I fall in love with Shao Yan so easily?

Looking at the woman in his arms, Huo Xiao still felt that having her was just a dream, as if she would disappear when he woke up.

When Shao Yan woke up the next day, she found herself lying in Huo Xiao's arms.

She shifted a few times in his arms and noticed that Huo Xiao frowned slightly.

He finally opened his eyes, but his hands were completely immobile.

"woke up?"

Huo Xiao looked at her tenderly, and for a moment Shao Yan almost had a daze and thought that Huo Xiao loved her deeply.

But soon, she laughed at her own wishful thinking.

"Okay. Time to get up."

If she doesn't go back to the company soon, her position as vice president will soon become just a figurehead.

Huo Xiao withdrew his arm, which had been used as a pillow by Shao Yan all night and was sore but reluctant to pull it back, and lay on the bed quietly watching her change clothes.

Feeling embarrassed by his gaze, Shao Yan turned around to grab her underwear and head to the bathroom to change, but Huo Xiao had already quietly gotten up and pulled her into his arms.

"Mrs. Huo, you kept asking me to tell you stories last night, but you fell asleep before I did. How much of what you actually heard was actually taken in?"

Shao Yan was taken aback by the test questions he set.

She seemed to hear him say that he was looking for his father's first love, but what happened after that, she had already fallen asleep and didn't hear the whole thing.

But Shao Yan didn't dare to tell the truth, as it would make it seem like she didn't care about his affairs.

"I'm going to be late, let me change my clothes first."

hehe--

She genuinely couldn't remember.

For the first time, Shao Yan hated herself for meddling; she finally understood what it meant for curiosity to kill the cat.

She would never ask him about anything related to him again, to avoid being questioned again.

Huo Xiao asked Cheng Qian to take Shao Yan to the Fit, and then he took a car back to his office.

While working, Shao Yan also inquired about Qu You. To her disappointment, Qu You seemed to have vanished into thin air, as if she had never existed.

She remembered what Qin Mu had said: if Qu You really was Mr. Qu's biological daughter, then there would indeed be no danger.

Shao Yan quickly focused all her attention on her work until she received a message from an unknown number.

"If you want to know where Qu You is, just go to the address I'm giving you."

Shao Yan was skeptical, but when she called back, she was always met with a busy signal.

It seems they've set it to only receive messages, because I can't get through to Shao Yan on the phone no matter what I do.

She tried calling Qu You's cell phone but couldn't get through, so after thinking about it, she decided to go and keep the appointment.

Shao Yan didn't tell anyone and took a taxi directly to that place.

It was an old residential building, and the further Shao Yan walked in, the more uneasy she felt.

However, many kidnapped people are kept in such inconspicuous places, which makes Shao Yan feel a little creeped out.

Qin Mu took Qu You away that day. Did he kidnap her?

Thinking of this, Shao Yan quickened her pace. The dark corridor and the slightly pungent musty smell made her very uncomfortable.

Avoiding the mess in the stairwell, she continued upstairs when suddenly a hand came from behind and grabbed her shoulder, pinning her against the dark wall.

Shao Yan smelled a familiar scent, and the dim light from the stairwell shone on the profile of the man in front of her, a profile that Shao Yan had once loved to the core.

"Meng Yu?"

"Shao Yan, you dare to lie to me."

Shao Yan saw the anger in his eyes, and the familiar look in his eyes when he looked at her, only this time there was a hint of infatuation that she hadn't seen before.

"Let me go."

She was no longer afraid of Meng Yu finding out.

"Don't forget you're my wife. What's the meaning of you following Huo Xiao now?"

Meng Yu was panting heavily, his heartbroken and in pain.

He never imagined that the sexy beauty beside Huo Xiao, the lively and intelligent woman, was actually the cripple he didn't even want to look at.

Shao Yan struggled desperately, trying to break free from his hold.

"You still know I'm your wife? Does anyone know? I've been with the Meng Group for three years, who knows I'm Mrs. Meng?"

"Mr. Meng, your ex-girlfriend's name is Zeng Qi'er, as everyone knows. Your current girlfriend is the heiress of the Pei family. May I ask, who is Mrs. Meng?"