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

Zhongcheng Law Firm.

Gu Huainian leaned back on the sofa, glancing sideways at the living ancestor who hadn't uttered a word since sitting down.

The ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts.

"It's rare for someone as important as you to grace my humble abode with your presence, and you arrive with such a stern face. What have I done to offend you?"

Huo Yanbei stubbed out the half-finished cigarette in the ashtray, lifted his thin eyelids, glanced at him, and said, "Have you been trying to get Jiang Yun medical parole these past few days?"

Gu Huainian coughed awkwardly. "Well... if nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Yun will be transferred to the hospital tomorrow. I didn't tell you this because..."

"Song Man asked you to do it."

Huo Yanbei interrupted calmly.

Gu Huainian sighed: "As you know, Song Man has always regarded Jiang Yun as her own mother. Now that Jiang Yun is in trouble and you refuse to help, she came to me to find a way to get Jiang Yun out of the detention center."

"Um……"

Huo Yanbei pondered for a moment, then asked a question, "Do you still like Song Man a lot?"

Gu Huainian, who had just picked up his water glass and taken a sip, was so shocked by those words that he spat it out.

He hurriedly put down his water glass, pulled out a tissue, and wiped the water stains off his suit. "Yanbei, I didn't tell you about helping Jiang Yun because I was afraid you wouldn't agree. My relationship with Song Man is from so many years ago, and it was only me who pursued her. She has always loved you. I've long since let go of that relationship. What do you mean by asking this now?"

"Song Man and I grew up together. If you take it the wrong way, it's an insult to my character."

Seeing Gu Huainian's anxiety and anger, Huo Yanbei chuckled and said, "What's the rush? That's not what I meant."

"So what do you mean?"

Huo Yanbei: "My current plan is to hand Tianyu Company back to Song Man. At that time, I will dissolve this fake 'marriage' relationship with her, and she will be a free person..."

"Wait a moment."

Gu Huai Nian raised his hand to interrupt him, "You mean... you're going to abandon Song Man?"

Huo Yanbei gave a nonchalant smirk: "It doesn't matter whether you abandon her or not. Six years ago, she and I entered into a fake marriage for our own purposes. Now it's time to sever our ties of mutual benefit."

"grass!"

Gu Huainian leaned over, grabbed his collar, and pulled him up from the sofa. "But she's been with you for six years, waiting for you for six years. Her feelings for you are real. You're just going to throw them away like that? Huo Yanbei, do you even have a heart?"

Huo Yanbei gripped his wrist tightly, forcefully pried it open, straightened his collar, and stood up. "You're right, I'm heartless. If I hadn't reached an agreement with Song Man six years ago to fake an engagement, perhaps A-Wu wouldn't have left me in the most cruel way at my engagement party with Song Man..."

Gu Huainian was furious. "Huo Wu, Huo Wu, Huo Wu! You're bringing her up again? Six years ago, she was jealous and set a fire, ruining the engagement party and killing several people. Have you forgotten how much you paid for that? Now you're still hung up on a dead person and want to give up Song Man? Huo Yanbei, you're a madman!"

Huo Yanbei's usually cold expression gradually darkened. "My relationship with Song Man was based on mutual interests. Now we're just returning to where we were before."

"But you know perfectly well that Song Man has been waiting..."

Huo Yanbei interrupted coldly, "Precisely because I know this, we can't delay her any longer."

"You're in such a hurry to untie her, is it because of Qiao Mian?"

Gu Huai Nian guessed.

Huo Yanbei frowned: "It has nothing to do with her."

Just as Gu Huai Nian was about to ask something else, his phone rang.

He impatiently pressed the answer button.

When the receptionist told him that a Ms. Qiao was looking for him, Gu Huainian's dark gray eyes instantly lit up.

He curled his lips into a smile, glanced at Huo Yanbei, and instructed the receptionist, "Bring her up."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Huainian straightened his tie, adjusted his posture, and leaned back comfortably on the sofa. "Live a good life with Song Man. She is a responsibility you can never shirk in this lifetime. As for me... I'm already taken."

Over the years, he has suffered injustices because of Song Man.

Such a good woman, who waited for Huo Yanbei, such a cold-hearted man, for six years, is now about to be abandoned. Gu Huainian really can't stand it.

Since Huo Yanbei wants Qiao Mian, then he'll fight him for her!

If Qiao Mian became his woman, Huo Yanbei might settle down, return to his family, and live a good life with Song Man.

"When did you get a girlfriend?"

Huo Yanbei asked.

Gu Huai Nian raised an eyebrow but remained silent.

Huo Yanbei was too lazy to play riddles with him and walked towards the door.

Seeing that the other person wasn't falling for his trick, Gu Huainian took two steps forward and blocked his way, "Don't you want to see who my new girlfriend is?"

"Not interested."

The moment the words were spoken, the office door was pushed open.

Qiao Mian appeared at the office door.

The embarrassment of being caught skipping work by her boss made Qiao Mian nervous and flustered.

"Mr. Huo... I didn't expect to run into you here, what a coincidence."

Qiao Mian, who should have been at the company, appeared at Gu Huainian's law firm, which surprised Huo Yanbei and made him very unhappy.

"Attorney Qiao, what are you doing here?"

His tone was very harsh.

Qiao Mian clutched her bag tightly, but before she could speak, Gu Huainian walked past Huo Yanbei, grabbed Qiao Mian's wrist, and led her inside. "I made an appointment with Attorney Qiao beforehand."

"I didn't..."

Before Qiao Mian could explain, Gu Huainian raised his hand and pressed down on her shoulder, forcing her to sit on the sofa. "We agreed to meet at two o'clock this afternoon, why did you come early? Did you miss me?"

"..."

Qiao Mian didn't understand what Gu Huainian was up to. Before she could explain again, Huo Yanbei's cold gaze fell on her. "Attorney Qiao, you're out on a date during working hours. Did you ask for leave?"

"..."

Dating?

Qiao Mian was inexplicably placed on the fire to be roasted.

Gu Huainian added fuel to the fire, saying, "Yan Bei, Qiao Mian is my girlfriend now. Give your brother some face and don't pursue this further, okay?"

The word "girlfriend" exploded in my ears like a thunderclap.

Huo Yanbei's gaze at Qiao Mian was so cold it was almost icy. "Attorney Qiao, are you with Gu Huainian?"

"I……"

Gu Huai Nian tightened his grip on Qiao Mian's shoulder slightly, interrupting her words.

At that moment, Qiao Mian suddenly fell silent.

Her silence was undoubtedly an admission.

Huo Yanbei was furious. "Come here."

Qiao Mian bit her lip, refusing to go with him. "Mr. Huo, I have something to discuss with Attorney Gu. I'll go back to the company later. Consider it an absence today..."

"Yanbei, if you're so mean to my girlfriend, I might just give birth..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Yanbei raised his hand and delivered a cold, hard punch to Gu Huainian's face.

That punch was both fierce and heavy.

Gu Huai Nian slammed to the ground.

A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his lips, and even his glasses flew off and landed on the ground.

Qiao Mian had witnessed Huo Yanbei's ruthlessness when he beat people, but she was still startled.

Almost instinctively, he bent down and reached out to help Gu Huai Nian.

However, after reaching out, he regretted it.

Just as she was about to pull back, Gu Huai Nian seized the opportunity to grab her wrist, used his other hand to support himself on the ground, and leaned back on the sofa.

"Ah Mian, you've always refused to acknowledge our relationship. Now look what's happened, because of you, we brothers have turned against each other..."