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

Those bodyguards all misjudged Huo Xiao's abilities.

When Qu Ao appointed more than a dozen of them, they were still confidently telling Qu Ao that Huo Xiao, a man with an Eastern skin, didn't need to go to such great lengths.

Unexpectedly, they were wiped out in less than twenty minutes from their appearance.

"Yes, we're waiting for you, young master."

The bodyguard's voice and the way he addressed people had changed.

They've been doing this for so many years, some even mercenaries who survived piles of corpses amidst hail of bullets, and they've never seen a ruthless character like Huo Xiao.

Huo Xiao lightly brushed the dust off his clothes from the fight and walked in with steady steps and a cold expression.

At this point, no one dared to stop him, but someone had already stopped and rushed to inform Qu Ao.

The further Huo Xiao went in, the more people gathered.

The men and women frolicking by the outdoor pool, the constant laughter and deafening music—all these things highlight the extravagant lifestyle here.

Qu Ao, seemingly unfazed, had a woman on each arm. The fifty-year-old man, basking in the sun and exercising regularly, was as fit and vigorous as a young man.

That physique is truly unmatched by ordinary people.

Upon seeing Huo Xiao arrive, Qu Ao slowly got out of the pool, and bodyguards immediately brought him a bathrobe.

Qu Ao sat directly into the recliner, and a cigar was immediately lit and handed to him.

"As expected of my son, he arrived right on time, thirty minutes later."

At Qu Ao's signal, someone immediately brought Lan Yan over.

Huo Xiao looked at the woman who had been tortured to the point of barely having a life left, his hands bulging with veins.

"Let her go."

Huo Xiao glanced at Lan Yan only once before fixing his gaze on Qu Ao.

When Lan Yan saw Huo Xiao come to her rescue, she instantly mustered her courage and shouted at Qu Ao.

"Old ghost, you saw that? I told you he'd come to save me. Let me go now."

She believed that Huo Xiao loved her and that he would never abandon her or the child in her womb.

She stared at Huo Xiao through teary eyes.

"Ah Xiao, take me with you. I was wrong. I don't want anything, not money, not a luxurious life. I just want to live an ordinary life with you. The three of us—"

Huo Xiao interrupted her before she could finish speaking.

"You and I don't have a family of three. I'm just fulfilling my responsibility to bring you back."

He was telling the truth, and now it was Lan Yan's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Didn't you come to rescue me and my child? Aren't you going to marry me?"

She thought he had come to marry her, just like the hero in her heart, to rescue her from the abyss, and that the prince and princess would live happily ever after.

Huo Xiao spoke calmly.

"I'm married, remember? I came here with my wife's permission. I can only agree to take you back with me."

"What do you mean?"

Lan Yan was dumbfounded.

Qu Ao let out a cold snort from his nose.

"See? But it won't be so easy for you to take her away."

"Since you're so good at fighting, I'm sure my men can't beat you. If you really want to take her away, kneel down. If you can withstand these men's punches and kicks, I'll let her go."

Lan Yan stared at Huo Xiao as if she had gone mad.

"You're lying to me. You only came to save me because you love me, right?"

Huo Xiao remained motionless. A man's knees are worth gold; he may kneel before heaven and earth, before his parents, but he would never kneel here.

Lan Yan's eyes instantly reddened as she saw his persistence.

She was also thrown to the ground, lying there unable to move.

"Axiao..."

Her lips trembled.

"Just for me and the children."

"Let her go, I'll stay."

Huo Xiao didn't even glance at Lan Yan, nor did he respond to her words.

Qu Ao gave a wink to the bodyguards standing to the side, and they rushed forward without hesitation, punching and kicking Huo Xiao.

Lan Yan looked at everything in front of her, feeling both happy and worried.

She was terrified that Qu Ao would beat Huo Xiao to death, so she crawled all the way to Qu Ao and begged him for mercy.

"Please let Ah Xiao go."

Qu Ao got angry as soon as he saw Lan Yan. He grabbed Lan Yan's chin hard, and his rough fingertips, which had developed thick calluses from years of handling guns, made her chin hurt.

"He's willing to risk his life for you, shouldn't you be happy?"

Qu Ao violently shoved her away, and even as those people beat Huo Xiao until he vomited blood, they showed no sign of stopping.

Lan Yan couldn't bear to look at Huo Xiao's miserable state; she only felt incredibly sweet inside.

This is Huo Xiao, her man.

He would risk his life to protect her.

"Qu Ao, if you don't let him go, I'll die with him."

When Lan Yan saw Huo Xiao finally fall to the ground, covered in blood, she couldn't bear it any longer and stood in front of him, rushing towards Qu Ao.

Qu Ao sneered, "Do you really think I care about your life?"

He glanced at the unconscious Huo Xiao and ordered without a trace of emotion, "Lock both of them in the dungeon."

"No water, no food, I want to see just how great your love really is."

When Lan Yan heard that Qu Ao was going to send her to that dark and gloomy prison again, she was instantly terrified.

"I don't want to be locked up, let me go."

Lan Yan screamed until she was hoarse, but Qu Ao completely ignored her. Soon, she was dragged away by Qu Ao's bodyguards like a dead dog.

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Shao Yan stopped trying to call Huo Xiao after she couldn't get through to him.

She wanted to end up leaving this three-person relationship.

Huo Xiao's actions now only bring the timeline forward.

Qu You, who hadn't contacted her for a long time, suddenly called.

Her voice sounded cheerful, and it was only natural to assume that Shao Yan and Huo Xiao's relationship was harmonious.

"My fiancé, Mr. CEO, how have you been lately? So busy you haven't even remembered to call me?"

Qu You's act of falsely accusing someone made Shao Yan want to laugh, but because of Huo Xiao and Lan Yan's matter, it was a knot in her heart that she could not untie. Especially now that Huo Xiao and Lan Yan had disappeared on the other side of the ocean, she could not be happy at all.

"No, it's just that I didn't dare to disturb you and Dr. Qin."

When Qu You fell in love, even her voice seemed to change. Her tone lost its heroic air and became more affected.

"Hey, don't mention him. As the saying goes, 'He who plucks a bird is heartless,' all men are the same."

Shao Yan was quite embarrassed by Qu You's lewd joke and didn't know how to respond.

Qu You spoke in a pitying tone: "He's busy with his lousy department every day. During the time he kidnapped me, he devoted himself to me. Now it's been over a month, and he's already tired of me."

He can go to work and disappear for days on end, leaving me all alone at home. How can I tolerate that? If I didn't have some principles, I would have cheated on him a few times already and seen how he felt.

Shao Yan could tell that Qu You was in a bad mood, so she said, "Shall I treat you to hot pot?"