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

Normally, Bai Jingzong would have let go of her, but his intense jealousy and hatred for her were fully unleashed. He let her bite and hit him, and then tore her skirt off.

Bai Jingxu closed his eyes and began to shout.

A fist, accompanied by a cold wind, came flying at Bai Jingzong. Huo Yanbei, who had just returned, hurriedly took off his suit jacket and wrapped it around Bai Jingxu's body, picking him up horizontally. His deep gaze swept over Bai Jingzong: "Jingzong, don't provoke Xuxu anymore. She's your sister."

younger sister……

Bai Jingzong's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the little woman curled up in Huo Yanbei's arms and gave a cold smile.

provoke?

Who provoked whom?

When Bai Jingxu was six years old, she followed Bai Jingzong around, calling him "brother" this and "brother" that, even though he hated it and threw mud at her.

When she was ten, she secretly ran into his room and caught him watching a movie. Staring at the scenes of moaning and groaning, she asked the girls in the movie why they were so happy. She softly lay on Bai Jingzong, who was only wearing a bathrobe but nothing underneath, and said that she wanted her brother to like his sister like the girls in the movie did.

At twelve, she had her first period. Terrified, she cried and crawled into his bed in the middle of the night. He, who was used to sleeping naked, ended up covered in blood from her rubbing against him.

At fourteen, she told him she liked him and kissed him first, and he slapped her.

At fifteen, she still clung to him, but he avoided her, started dating all sorts of girlfriends, and even brought women back to his room to spend the night.

At sixteen, on that stormy night, she once again crawled into his bed and clung to him.

Bai Jingzong kicked her off the bed.

At seventeen, she was admitted to university and began to go astray. She became pregnant but refused to go to the hospital for an abortion. He tied her up and threw her into an ice pool, forcing her to have an abortion.

After that, she never called him "brother" again, nor did she ever say she liked him again.

At eighteen, she entered the entertainment industry, and her acting career flourished, winning numerous awards.

When she took on kissing scenes, he forced the screenwriter to change the plot; when she took on bed scenes, he dragged her to the set to perform them, on the condition that he was the male lead.

She signed with a talent agency, and he established Star Language Entertainment for her, giving her access to a wide range of resources both domestically and internationally, including Hollywood.

She squandered what he gave her, becoming incredibly popular, and is now one of the hottest young actresses in the entertainment industry.

One day, she suddenly fell madly in love with her best friend, Huo Yanbei. But less than a year later, she secretly married another man, hiding it from the Bai family and from him.

He hates her.

She provoked him, but then abandoned him.

……

Inside the car, Bai Jingxu's voice was a little hoarse, "Brother Yanbei, I'm sorry for causing you trouble again."

Huo Yanbei's face remained expressionless.

Bai Jingxu pulled out a piece of paper and sniffled without caring about his image: "Could you let me stay for a few days?"

"cannot."

Bai Jingxu pouted: "You really don't care about me at all anymore?"

Huo Yanbei frowned slightly: "Xuxu, you are an adult now. You have to be responsible for everything you do. No one can pay for you forever without expecting anything in return. Jingzong is a scoundrel, but he has treated you very well."

Bai Jingxu's eyes darkened: "Brother Yanbei, some things aren't up to me to do. The only person I can rely on right now is you. If you don't care about me, what am I supposed to do?"

……

Qiao Mian opened the bedroom door and saw Huo Yanbei and a woman enter the guest room opposite.

The woman was wrapped in his coat.

Less than a minute later, Huo Yanbei came out, loosening his tie as he walked towards her.

She didn't know why she was hiding, so she went back to bed and continued sleeping.

Huo Yanbei returned to the bedroom, glanced at the woman on the bed, walked over, looked at her fair and flawless face, and couldn't help but lower his head to kiss her.

The strong scent of perfume lingered around her nose, and Qiao Mian pretended to turn over and avoid it.

He gently stroked her face and tried to kiss her again. Qiao Mian clenched her fingers, thinking that if he dared to kiss her, she would punch him back.

However, just as Huo Yanbei's lips were about to touch hers, he seemed to smell the perfume on his body, slowly got up, went into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and threw them directly into the trash can.

When Huo Yanbei came out again, he was only wrapped in a bath towel. He lifted the blanket and hugged her.

His burning lips were hot against her neck. Qiao Mian had been suppressing the nameless fire burning in her chest and continued to pretend to be asleep until his lips landed on her tattoo and kissed it again and again. At that moment, her whole body went numb, and she pushed him away. "I don't want to."

After saying that, she tried to slip away from his embrace, but he grabbed her slender waist and his voice was low and hoarse.

This was the first time he had been so direct, and Qiao Mian stopped struggling.

He had said he liked her body, which she hadn't believed before. However, after spending these past few days entangled with him, she began to believe that he was indeed interested in her.

However, a man's physical dependence on and sexual interest in a woman is not the same as liking, much less love.

Her body began to grow colder little by little; her tender heart for him these past few days seemed to be covered with layers of dust, heavy and burdensome.

She was like a fish on a chopping board, at his mercy, meandering and stretching in the gradually warming air.

A knocking sound suddenly rang out.

Bai Jingxu's clear voice came through the door.

"Brother Yanbei, are you there?"

Qiao Mian realized she hadn't locked the door earlier, and hurriedly pushed him, saying, "A woman is looking for you."

He deeply kissed her lips: "Focus."

"..."

When Bai Jingxu's voice came again, Qiao Mian pinched him in a panic. If someone saw them like this, she would rather die.

She struggled incessantly, and the knocking on the door further dampened Huo Yanbei's enthusiasm. His face darkened, and he had no choice but to end the conversation hastily.

Qiao Mian sat up and dressed without any hesitation.

He got up too, and while getting dressed, he said, "Come have dinner with me tonight."

Qiao Mian frowned: "I have something to do."

Since Bai Jingzong took Huo Jinyao away after their meeting at the coffee shop, she had never seen him again. This morning, he called to ask her to meet him that evening.

Huo Yanbei paused for two seconds, then touched her face: "Is it something important?"

Qiao Mian pushed his hand away: "Mm."

"Someone very important?"

"Um……"

She subconsciously hummed in agreement, and when she saw his face darken, she didn't bother to explain anything further, nor did she feel there was any need to explain to him.

When I arrived on the first floor, I saw an extremely beautiful woman sitting at the coffee table, pruning the flowers.

It was these roses that filled the room.

Aunt Li stood beside her without saying anything.

"What are you staring at?" Huo Yanbei walked over and habitually put his arm around her waist, but she reflexively dodged.

He gave a cold laugh to himself.

Last time, she only dirtied one of his flowers, and he made Aunt Li throw away the whole vase of flowers. Now, another woman is pruning them.