Chapter 18: Playing Dead

toes, her lower lip bitten white.The two stood in silence, letting the sea breeze blow over them for a while. Huo Chenxi escorted Bai Yihuan back to her room.Upon arriving at the room, security perso...Huo Chenxi kept staring at Su He, meeting her face full of mockery. His heart tightened suddenly, and he instinctively stepped forward, but Su He had already turned away without looking back.

A sense of powerlessness arose spontaneously.

Faced with Su He, who was completely different from before, Huo Chen Xi didn't know what to do with her.

Seeing that Su He's palm was still bleeding, Huo Chenxi took a deep breath and turned to Qin Shi, saying, "Second brother, send them to the hospital."

Qin Shi walked up to Su He's side and whispered, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the hospital to get your wound treated first!"

Su He knew Qin Shi, and his impression was still quite good. On the side, Huo Yirou whispered again, persuading him without refusal. Su He left with Qin Shi.

She didn't glance at Huo Chenxi again until she walked out of the private room.

After getting on the bus, she said to Qin Shi, "Mr. Qin, you can still call me Su He!"

Qin Shi looked at her thoughtfully from the rearview mirror, understanding why Huo Chenxi had been in a bad mood lately.

"Brother-in-law," Bai Yiyang explained urgently, "I truly didn't know that woman was Sister Huo's friend, and I was also hurt!"

He pushed back his bangs, revealing a small scratch the width of his thumb. He pointed to the area and complained, "You have no idea how ruthless she was, she nearly crippled me with one kick!"

Ho Chenxi's face was expressionless as he said in a deep voice, "Serves them right."

Bai Yiyang couldn't believe his ears: "Brother-in-law…"

Huo Chenxi suddenly interrupted him: "I'm not your brother-in-law, don't call me that. Besides, this matter tonight can't just be swept under the rug."

Bai Yiyang was intimidated by his cold gaze, stammering, "I did nothing wrong..."

Seeing that he showed no remorse, Huo Shenxi, who could bear it no longer, finally punched him without any politeness.

Half an hour later, Huo Chenxi smoothed his suit jacket and walked out of the bar with his head held high. After confirming the location with Qin Shi, he went straight to the hospital.

Su He's wound was bandaged, and medicine had been applied to his face.

The purplish-red medicine made her face look... cute. Outside the glass door, Huo Chenxi felt like he was going crazy.

Ho Yi-rou was still counting Bai Yiyang's outrageous deeds, cursing as she went. Su He thought of the faint cracking sound she had heard when she kicked past, and couldn't help but laugh: "Maybe he will really have no children in the future!"

When Huo Yirou went in, she saw Bai Yiyang covering his mouth with one hand and immediately understood: "Serves him right. But he's also amazing, even after being beaten up, he still has the energy to cause trouble for you."

Qin Shi, who was drinking water, heard their conversation and suddenly choked violently, coughing.

Ho Yirou turned her head and glared at him, "Qin Lao Er, you even choked on a sip of water. How have you managed to survive this long"

Qin Shi stroked his forehead: "Call me Second Brother. I'm alive today because of you, aren't I"

Huo Yirou rolled her eyes: "That marriage is off the table. You don't want to marry me, and I don't want to marry you either!"

The fortune teller said Qin's fate was too good, easy to break, and he needed a woman with an unfavorable birth chart to balance it out, and she was the unlucky one.

"Neither you nor I can make this count. Why don't you call your grandmother and have her break the engagement" Qin Shi suggested kindly.

Ho Yi-rou retorted: "Why don't you dig up your grandfather and let him come"

Two people were arguing fiercely, Su He quietly sat aside watching the show.

This kind of drama always plays out every time Huo Yirou returns to China.

Though Qin always argued with Huo Yi Rou, he always secretly gave in to her. Every time Huo Yi Rou thought she had won and was smug about it, thinking he was useless and annoying for arguing, he would smile faintly, turn his head away, and ignore her. Afterwards, he would deliberately make things difficult so that Huo Yi Rou had no choice but to ask him for help.

As the two were about to reach their breaking point, as expected, Huo Yirou prevailed. Qin Shi suddenly stood up and left the battlefield without a word of grace.

“You…” Huo Yirou was unwilling to accept it, but when she saw Huo Chenxi at the door, she fell silent. She nervously looked at Su He beside her.

Su He probably knows she and Qin Shi quarreled on purpose to delay time until Huo Chen Xi arrives, right

"We'll be leaving first. You take Miss Su home," Qin Shi said, grabbing Huo Yirou and heading out.

Huo Chen Xi heard his name and frowned, glancing at him. Qin Shi shrugged, feigning innocence.

Not until the two of them left did Huo Chenxi approach Su He, frowning at her injury. "Are you alright"

Su He let out a cold snort: "Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet!"

Is this him taking it out on you

"It's a misunderstanding, Bai Yiyang didn't mean to target you." Huo Chenxi frowned. "You did too, going to a bar so late."

Su He suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Huo Chen Xi, her gaze as unfamiliar as if she had never met him.

"If you want to accuse someone, there will be no lack of reasons." Su He sneered, "This phrase has been perfectly understood by Young Master Huo!"

He Chenxi's face darkened. Su He didn't care and continued, "When a girl is harassed or bullied, some people always refuse to blame the perpetrators with malicious intentions and poor character, but instead slander the innocent victim. For example, they blame girls for wearing revealing clothes, saying things like 'flies don't bite seamless eggs.' Those who say such things have no better morals themselves!"

Besides, didn't Young Master Huo also arrive at the bar so late At least I'm still sober!

Ho Chen Xi: "..."

He just felt that the bar was full of shady characters and unsafe. He thought that two girls like her and Huo Yirou shouldn't go to a bar so late without bodyguards. Unexpectedly, she argued back with reason and logic, leaving him speechless.

How had he not noticed how eloquent she was before

Thinking of Bai Yiyang's injuries, Huo Chenxi inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

She is not only eloquent but also skilled in martial arts.

"Miss Su, here's your medicine!" The nurse brought the medicine over and upon seeing Huo Chenxi, she froze. Her hand holding the medicine paused for a moment, and Huo Chenxi took advantage of this to snatch it away.

"That's mine." Su He said irritably, reaching for the medicine. However, Huo Chenxi, taking advantage of his height, held the medicine above his head.

Su He was so angry, she turned her head and stormed off.

Huo Chenxi hurriedly followed up, trying to grab her wrist: "I'll send you back."

Su He suddenly whipped around, but hit the doorframe with force, and instantly pain brought tears to her eyes.

Huo Chen Xi forcefully grabbed the gauze and saw that it was faintly red. Without saying a word, he scooped her up horizontally and carried her back to the emergency room for bandaging.

"If you move again, I don't mind beating you up right here!" Huo Chenxi warned dangerously.

Su He thought about what happened on the boat—him carrying her and slapping her. She glared at him angrily, but didn't dare to make a move.

Until she was roughly shoved into the car by Huo Chenxi, and then he leaned in to fasten her seatbelt, Su He's breath became ragged.

"Huo Chenxi, we're already divorced. What do you want" Su He couldn't bear it anymore. "I said, a qualified ex..."

Ho Chen Xi glanced at her: "I just pretended to be dead, so what"

He slammed on the accelerator, and the black luxury car shot out into the night like an arrow.

"With things turning out like this, you're still asking me for money" Bai Yihuan snapped at Bai Yiyang from her hospital bed.

Bandaged like a mummy, Bai Yiyang mumbled through his injuries, recounting the events: "It was your man who caused all this trouble and beat me up badly. Do you think I should just let this slide I'm going to get even with him."

Bai Yihuan's face was extremely ugly, but she forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart.

Bai Yiyang stroked his chin, a smirk playing on his lips. "You said that getting that woman to have an abortion was Huo Shao's idea. Are you kidding me Judging by Huo Shao's attitude today, he doesn't want to marry you at all. If he finds out about this, what do you think will happen"

"Alright, I'll give you five million!" Bai Yihuan gritted her teeth. "The other day, Lao Chen called, saying someone was investigating the miscarriage and asking for money from me. You figure out a way to clean this up, it can't be traced back."enxi, who kept his lips tightly pressed together and remained silent. He didn't know how to speak up either.He was originally sent to treat Huo Chenxi's leg, but by chance, he received an invitation f...