His wife's pregnancy bump disappeared, and Mr. Huo was going crazy missing her.

"Then I'll take you home."

"No need to trouble yourself."

After saying that, she turned and walked away.

Gu Huai Nian got out of the car and blocked her way with his hand.

Qiao Mian looked up at him impatiently, "Attorney Gu, is there anything else?"

Gu Huainian looked at the woman's pink and moist face, her skin as tender as a peeled egg.

She frowned and bit her lip, looking adorably annoyed; her expression was incredibly innocent.

Like a kitten that has just shown its sharp teeth, cute yet fierce.

It makes me want to tease it.

Gu Huainian took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders: "I got your clothes dirty, so I have to buy you a new one. Otherwise, it would be beneath my gentlemanly manners."

Gentlemanly manners?

Qiao Mian gave a cold laugh.

Would a gentleman harbor malice towards a girl and constantly criticize her figure?

They humiliated and mocked him with all sorts of nicknames.

Little Mute, Little Chubby Girl, Piggy Girl, Little Chubby Orange...

Qiao Mian is not a vengeful person.

However, every time she heard him call her "beautiful woman" in a teasing tone, those heart-wrenching memories would replay in her mind.

It made her physically averse to it.

Qiao Mian pushed aside the coat on her shoulders.

The coat fell to the ground.

She walked away without looking back.

Gu Huainian picked up his muddy coat from the ground, clicked his tongue in disgust, and threw it directly into the trash can.

Watching the woman's slender figure gradually disappear into the distance, he curled his lips in a playful smile.

Does Qiao Mian have a grudge against him?

So aloof and cold.

However, the people are quite interesting.

After turning around and getting into the car, he stepped on the gas and drove away.

But they didn't see a black Rolls-Royce parked across the street.

There was a traffic jam ahead, so we stopped here for a few minutes. Huo Yanbei had just seen the scene where Gu Huainian put his coat on Qiao Mian.

Song Man, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also saw it.

As if she had just watched a good show, she gave a light snort and looked at Huo Yanbei, who had lit a cigarette at some point and was now puffing away. "What's going on between Gu Huainian and Qiao Mian?"

The man reached out the window and flicked off his cigarette ash. Raindrops fell on the back of his hand, where veins bulged, and felt cool.

After a long while, he stubbed out the cigarette with his damp fingers.

When the light turned green and the car started moving again, he casually replied, "I don't know."

Song Man smiled and asked, "Is Gu Huai Nian pursuing her?"

Huo Yanbei looked at his rain-soaked sleeves, loosened his tie, and said nothing.

Song Man added, "Both of them are lawyers, so they have common topics to talk about. As for looks, they're quite a good match."

Huo Yanbei pressed his thin lips together, his voice so calm it was impossible to discern his emotion, "Unworthy..."

Song Man misunderstood, "In terms of family background and origin, Attorney Qiao is indeed not a good match for Gu Huainian. Dating is fine, but marrying him is impossible."

Family background, origins...

Upon hearing those four words, the man felt as if a fire was burning in his heart.

Six years ago, it was his family background that prevented him from holding Ah Wu's hand and standing openly in the sunlight...

Fortunately, Awu never cared about these empty titles.

She has always been well-behaved and sensible.

I also promised him that I would be with him for life.

However, she broke her promise.

Even now, he still doesn't understand why she set that fire...

Does she no longer love him?

Otherwise, I wouldn't have suddenly broken up with him before the engagement party...

Thinking about all this, the veins on my forehead were throbbing.

My head is throbbing painfully.

"Yanbei, is your head starting to hurt again?"

The man didn't speak, but leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

Song Man reached out and gently pressed his temples.

But a vague unease lingered in my heart.

Qiao Mian's face was so attractive that she easily hooked up with Gu Huainian. If she continues to stay at the company, will she hook up with Huo Yanbei?

With her impoverished background, how could she possibly hope to rise above her social class by relying on men?

It's just a toy at best.

Just like Huo Wu back then...

……

7:30.

Qiao Mian arrived at a childcare center near an urban village.

I couldn't find a suitable short-term job before, so I sent my child to a daycare center.

Three children, monthly childcare fee is one thousand.

It's already at rock bottom.

I leave my child with us until 8:30 every night. After picking up my three little ones, I stopped at a nearby supermarket to buy some groceries.

I also bought some snacks so the kids could have something to eat first.

It was already eight o'clock when I got home.

The children sat happily on the living room carpet, watching TV and eating snacks.

"You'll be eating dinner soon, so don't eat too much."

Qiao Mian gave her daughter, who had a sweet tooth, a special plea.

Qiao Muxin obediently put the remaining snacks into the bag.

Qiao Mucheng sat on the floor mat, holding a book on pinyin literacy, reading intently.

A few days ago, when picking up the children, Qiao Mucheng suddenly asked for a complete book on literacy.

The children are now in the senior class of kindergarten, where they were only taught the most basic phonetic alphabet.

Qiao Mucheng was very smart, but he disliked studying in a rigid, methodical way the most.

When she bought the book, she thought it was just a whim. But a week later, the child stopped fiddling with the computer every day after school and just held the dictionary and read it aloud.

At this moment, Qiao Mucheng pointed to a word in the book and asked her, "Mom, is this word pronounced 'huo'?"

Qiao Mian paused for a moment when she heard the pronunciation of the same surname as someone else.

When I walked over to my son and bent down to see clearly that he was pointing to the character "霍", my heart suddenly tightened.

She experiences some stress when she sees or hears this word now.

Is it pronounced "huo" or not?

Seeing his mother frowning and not speaking, Qiao Mucheng waved his hand in front of her eyes, blinked, and asked again.

Qiao Mian coughed somewhat awkwardly and pursed her lips: "Nian Huo, the 'Huo' in 'harm'."

"What...is it?"

Qiao Muxin leaned closer and recognized the character. When she saw that it looked exactly like the surname of Uncle XX Bei on the business card, she exclaimed curiously, "Huh? How come someone is called this... um."

He was only halfway through his sentence when Qiao Mucheng covered his mouth.

Qiao Muxin hesitated for a moment, and Qiao Mian pulled her daughter into her arms and rubbed Qiao Mucheng's head: "Mucheng, you can't bully your little sister."

Qiao Mucheng remained silent.

He just glared at his sister.

Qiao Muxin stuck out her tongue at her brother, and was about to complain to her mother when she saw her second brother, Qiao Muyue, winking at her. She then realized that she had almost let slip about the business card.

"Mom, I'm okay."

Qiao Muxin ran to Qiao Mucheng with a smile and handed him a lollipop. "Brother, have some candy."

Qiao Mucheng snorted, but took the lollipop and bit into it.

Seeing the three children playing and laughing together again, Qiao Mian didn't think much of it and went to the kitchen to cook.

A moment later, Qiao Mucheng ran in, pointed to the character "宴" (yàn) on the page, and asked her, "Mom, is this character pronounced 'yan'?"