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

At this moment, Song Man walked over in high heels. "Yan Bei, my daughter and I have been looking for you. The sea lion show is about to start."

As she said this, she casually took Huo Yanbei's arm.

When he turned around and saw Qiao Mian holding a little girl's hand, he was slightly taken aback. "Attorney Qiao? It really is you. I thought I was seeing things."

Qiao Mian pursed her lips, tightened her grip on her daughter's small hand slightly, and greeted her in a low voice, "Mrs. Huo, I was looking for my daughter just now and happened to run into Mr. Huo, so we chatted for a bit."

She remained calm and quickly explained in just two simple sentences.

To avoid Song Man misunderstanding.

However, when Huo Yanbei heard the title "Mrs. Huo," he felt a prickling sensation in his heart for some reason.

Song Man was genuinely taken aback when she heard Qiao Mian call her Mrs. Huo.

The news of her secret marriage and childbirth with Huo Yanbei has been widely discussed online.

However, neither she nor Huo Yanbei has ever officially responded.

Aside from people in the industry calling her Mrs. Fok in private, this was the first time she had been addressed as Mrs. Fok in public.

To be honest, the fact that Qiao Mian called her "Mrs. Huo" greatly satisfied Song Man's competitive spirit.

For a moment, I even thought that Qiao Mian was quite perceptive.

Song Man took off her sunglasses, her face beaming with an undisguised smile.

He was originally hostile towards Qiao Mian, after all, she had caused her brother to spend several days in jail.

At this moment, because of the address "Mrs. Huo," Song Man politely exchanged pleasantries, saying, "I didn't expect Attorney Qiao to already have a daughter."

Qiao Mian hummed in agreement.

Song Man glanced behind her. "Where's your husband?"

Qiao Mian frowned, and as she tightened her grip on her daughter's hand to leave, Qiao Muxin poked her head out from behind her and said, "My dad has become a star in the sky..."

Qiao Mian's face stiffened.

She glanced at Huo Yanbei somewhat awkwardly.

I can't describe the feeling in my heart.

His daughter's single sentence sent her biological father away...

At that moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ruan Wei leading Qiao Mucheng and Qiao Muye over.

She quickly nodded, "Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo, I'm taking my daughter to buy some things, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, without waiting for a response, she took her daughter's hand and turned to leave.

At this moment, Ruan Wei waved to her, about to call her, but Qiao Mian shook her head and pulled her daughter away in another direction.

Ruan Wei looked in the direction Qiao Mian had come from.

Although she had never met Huo Yanbei in person, she had seen him quite a bit in the news. She recognized the man at a glance as Huo Yanbei himself, recalling how Mianmian had just shaken her head at her.

She immediately realized what was happening, took the two little ones' hands, and walked towards the exit.

"Babies, we have to go."

"what?"

Qiao Mucheng wrinkled his chubby face. "Godmother, we haven't seen the sea lion show yet."

Qiao Muyue didn't want to leave either. "Godmother, there's still a mermaid performance."

"Your godmother has urgent business to attend to and needs to go back. Your mother has already taken Xin Xin out."

Ruan Wei gave a perfunctory response.

Upon hearing that their mother and sister had left, Qiao Mucheng and Qiao Muyue stopped talking and followed their godmother out of the scenic area.

At the same time.

Huo Yanbei stood there in a daze until the two figures, one large and one small, disappeared from sight before he looked away.

Song Man glanced at him and said, seemingly casually, "I didn't expect Attorney Qiao to be a single mother."

"What is a single mother?"

Holding onto Huo Yanbei's leg, Huo Sinian, feeling a little sleepy, asked a question.

Song Man rubbed her little head, and just as she was about to explain to the child, Huo Yanbei replied, "It's the same as what Mommy meant."

Song Man paused for a moment before realizing that it was inappropriate to explain what a "single mother" was to her child.

She pinched Huo Sinian's little cheek and echoed Huo Yanbei's meaning, "It's what Daddy meant."

After saying that, he looked at Huo Yanbei and said, "The sea lion show is about to start, let's go in."

Huo Yanbei pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. "Take Niannian inside first. I'll have a smoke and then find you."

Song Man nodded in agreement, then took her daughter's hand and left.

Huo Yanbei lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and took a deep drag.

His eyes turned extremely dark.

It turns out that Qiao Mian didn't have a boyfriend at all.

She kept mentioning her boyfriend, but it was all just a bluff.

Moreover, her daughter's father is already dead...

Thinking about this, he couldn't quite describe the emotion he felt.

I just feel like something's not quite right.

……

It was already past 2 p.m. when I got back to my rented room.

The three little ones are watching cartoons in the living room.

In the kitchen, Qiao Mian was cooking.

After closing the sliding door, Ruan Wei finally asked the question she had been holding back all the way, a question she hadn't dared to ask in front of the child: "What happened today? How did we end up running into Huo Yanbei?"

While chopping vegetables, Qiao Mian replied calmly, "I just happened to run into that family of three."

"A family of three?"

At that moment, Ruan Wei was only focused on Huo Yanbei and didn't pay any attention to who was around her.

"It's a normal thing for a husband to bring his wife and daughter to the aquarium; it just so happens that we encountered this situation."

She said it casually.

However, I felt a dull ache in my heart and my throat tightened.

Ruan Wei cursed, "It seems the news reports about him and Song Man's secret marriage and child are indeed true."

Qiao Mian remained silent.

Continue chopping vegetables.

However, a slight unease lingered in his mind, and before he knew it, the sharp blade had cut his finger bone.

A trickle of blood oozed out.

She dropped the cleaver and quickly pressed it down firmly with her hand.

Ruan Wei was startled and immediately pulled her to the bedroom, found the first-aid kit, and cleaned her wound.

Finally, I wrapped it with a band-aid.

Ruan Wei sighed, "Mianmian, are you still thinking about Huo Yanbei? Seeing them together as a family of three makes you feel wronged, doesn't it?"

Qiao Mian gently shook her head.

I couldn't help but recall that afternoon when I was taking my daughter's hand, she mumbled, "Mommy, I want a dad like that handsome uncle too..."

Hearing those words made her feel extremely sad.

Her daughter's biological father lives a happy life with his wife and daughter, while she and her children live in hiding.

It was both pathetic and laughable.

After a long while, she leaned on Ruan Wei's shoulder and cried, "I have never regretted leaving Huo Yanbei. All these years, all the grievances and resentments were only for the children."

Ruan Wei's eyes were slightly red. "Mianmian, that scumbag doesn't deserve your tears. You deserve a better man to love you."

Qiao Mian didn't say anything, she just silently shed tears.

After finishing her meal, Ruan Wei went home.

Qiao Mian lay in bed and took a nap.

When I woke up, it was already evening.

Just then, the used cell phone rang.

When Qiao Mian saw the familiar number flashing on the screen, she hesitated for a moment before pressing the answer button.

Her voice was slightly hoarse, "Mr. Huo, is there something you need?"

The other person was silent for two seconds, then said, "I have time now, come and get your bag."