"Su Qi! You're turning your back on your own kind! If you're not going to help me, you're betraying me!"
Li Cuiping was taken away, grumbling.
Su Qi looked at Xu Linchuan. "I'm sorry to have disturbed you."
"Don't be silly. Do you want to eat something before you go?"
Su Qi shook her head. "No, I'll be going back now."
Just as she was about to leave, Xu Linchuan grabbed her wrist. "I just made a delicious cake. I was going to share it with my sister, but since you're here, why don't you stay and eat it with us?"
He paused and added,
"It's my first time making a cake, so I don't know how it tastes yet."
Su Qi pursed her lips. With him saying that, it wouldn't be polite to refuse.
"Alright, I'll try your handiwork then."
Hearing Su Qi agree, Xu Linchuan's smile widened. "Great, follow me."
Xu Linyun watched this scene blankly. She hadn't seen her brother smile so happily in a long time.
Su Qi followed Xu Linyun into the Xu family's home.
It was said that the Xu family was a noble family with generations of heritage, and it truly lived up to its reputation. The surrounding furnishings and decorations were all full of charm. Even the ordinary paintings were genuine works by Qi Baishi. Even the wooden floors and the house itself were valuable antiques.
Entering the kitchen, a freshly baked cake sat on the island counter. A maid had just taken it out of the oven, and it was still steaming. The entire spacious kitchen was filled with the aroma of cake.
Su Qi took a deep breath. The fragrance was intoxicating. Even though she was pregnant and usually felt unwell smelling cake, the aroma of this cake made her mouth water uncontrollably.
"I added vanilla beans, it smells great, but I haven't frosted it yet. Do you want to help?"
Xu Linchuan took out the whipped cream he had prepared.
He had intended to frost the cake earlier, but Li Cuiping interrupted. Now Su Qi was here.
"I don't know how. I'll just watch you do it."
Su Qi stopped by the island counter.
Xu Linchuan put on an apron and smiled slightly. "Okay."
After washing his hands, the man stood in front of the cake, maneuvering the turntable, and spread the cream onto the cake.
Su Qi watched Xu Linchuan frost the cake intently.
The atmosphere became quiet for a moment.
"Do you usually cook with Linyun?"
Su Qi coughed, breaking the awkward silence.
"Of course. She's my only sister, and the whole family dotes on her."
Xu Linchuan noticed the change in Su Qi's expression and corrected himself.
"Actually, my sister was taken away and went missing when she was very young. An enemy of the Xu family, taking advantage of my mother's labor, disguised themselves as a nurse and stole my sister. We later found my sister in an orphanage. She was only three years old then and couldn't even speak. After finding my sister, our entire family doted on her."
Su Qi rested her chin on her hand, propping her chin with her hands, leaning against the island counter, listening intently to Xu Linchuan.
She was engrossed, lost in thought.
Like a docile cat.
Xu Linchuan's heart stirred. He dipped a finger in some cream and gently touched Su Qi's nose.
Su Qi's nose was slightly upturned, looking very cute.
Coming back to her senses, she realized there was cream on her nose.
"Linchuan, what are you doing..."
Huo Tingyun stopped at the kitchen doorway, and the scene immediately entered his eyes.
His heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle.
He strode forward, grabbed Su Qi, and roughly pulled her behind him.
Completely shattering the beautiful moment.
"Ah... Huo Tingyun?!"
Su Qi had just wiped the cream from her nose when her wrist hurt.
Looking up, the moment she saw Huo Tingyun, her heart almost stopped beating.
"Is this fun? A married woman flirting with someone else in their home?"
The man's cold voice fell.
Su Qi frowned and glanced at Xu Linyun outside the kitchen door.
"Huo Tingyun, why are you at the Xu family's place too? Aren't you here to see your little lover?"
Li Cuiping was right; before the divorce, Xu Linyun was the mistress.
Xu Linyun's already pale face turned even paler.
"Su Qi! You'd better shut up!"
Huo Tingyun grabbed Su Qi's hand, intending to drag her away.
Su Qi grabbed a corner of the island counter. "Let go!"
She wasn't leaving!
"On what grounds!"
"On what grounds?!"
Huo Tingyun sneered and, without further ado, swept Su Qi into his arms and carried her away.
Ah!
Her vision spun.
The entire world turned upside down.
This Huo Tingyun...
He actually carried her over his shoulder!
"Huo Tingyun! Put me down!"
Su Qi was almost suffocating. She was afraid of heights and screamed loudly, hitting Huo Tingyun.
But it was completely useless.
Under the gaze of a group of people, Huo Tingyun carried her out of the Xu family's home as if she were a sack.
Xu Ruyun had just returned. Before her car had even stopped, she saw this scene from a distance.
"Huo Tingyun? Su Qi? Why are these two at the Xu family's place?"
Xu Ruyun told the driver to stop.
Su Qi was thrown into the car by Huo Tingyun. Before Xu Ruyun could push the door open, the car had already driven away.
Watching the direction the car disappeared, Xu Ruyun turned to the butler and asked, "Who else came today?"
"Huo Tingyun!"
Su Qi tried to push open the car door to escape.
But the man gave her no chance to resist; all the doors were locked.
He even tightly gripped her hand.
Any further struggle was just a waste of energy.
Su Qi gradually gave up resisting and sat in the car with a grim expression.
"Can't eat cake, so you're angry?"
A sarcastic voice came coldly from her side.
"Huo Tingyun! You're crazy! I want a divorce!"
The driver glanced in the rearview mirror, feeling as if he had mistaken someone.
Was this still the same timid and unresisting young madam?
"Heh, to go as far as to ask for a divorce for Xu Linchuan. Su Qi, what if I say I refuse to divorce?"
Huo Tingyun tightened his grip on her wrist.
Su Qi cried out in pain but refused to back down, glaring at Huo Tingyun. "You and Xu Linyun have already made it a done deal. If you don't want to divorce, you'll have to divorce eventually!"
This man was so energetic.
Even his sperm were active.
It was bound to be a hit.
With Xu Linyun's belly growing, she didn't believe Huo Tingyun wouldn't give Xu Linyun a proper status.
Huo Tingyun was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, his handsome face darkening slightly.
That day was indeed an accident.
He had asked Assistant Lin to investigate that male model. His private life was clean, and although he didn't have a girlfriend, the incident happened too suddenly, completely beyond his expectation.
He also couldn't stop Xu Linyun from sleeping with that male model.
"Jealous?" Huo Tingyun pursed his lips slightly, remaining silent about the truth.
"How funny, what would I be jealous of? I don't deserve it! Xu Linyun has been defiled, and you're not marrying her? How can you live with yourself!"
Su Qi felt like she was going to faint from anger.
She couldn't believe Huo Tingyun was so shameless.
He could come to the Xu family to eat with Xu Linyun, holding hands, but she couldn't.