Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 104: Fanning the Flames and Heating Up~

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Fanning the Flames and Heating Up~

She said,

"A life of luxury? I thought our initial cooperation was based on a mutual agreement of equality, but I was wrong. You not only lash out at me with harsh words and endless humiliation, but repeatedly confine me. A person’s most basic needs are simply to satisfy hunger and shelter, but for me, more than meeting basic needs, I want respect. So, I want to earn respect through my own abilities. I want to live on my own terms, not depend on a domineering and vicious man. Young Master Huo, please, grant me mercy and let me go?"

An Ge said this, her voice becoming somewhat subdued.

Her gaze at him also grew strangely dim.

She continued,

"To be frank, we have no feud. In some sense, I have even risked my life to draw blood to treat your illness. Based on this alone, shouldn’t you just let me go?"

She paused, pursed her lips for a moment, and stood on tiptoe to whisper in the man’s ear,

"Or do you, like them, just use more sophisticated means to force me to surrender to you?"

As her words fell, the man gripped her waist harder, pinching her fiercely.

An Ge drew in a sharp breath from the pain.

She knitted her brows together, her voice somewhat fractured,

"If not, then please let me go. I know that husband of Mrs. Wang is no good, which is why I thought to let Master Xiao’s legal team handle this case. As long as you don’t interfere, I am confident I can handle the case without a hitch. So, if you only intend to play a game between adults with me, I can satisfy you as much as possible right now. But my only condition is, don’t interfere with my case, can you?"

A deafening crash of thunder came from outside the window, sounding as if it struck vertically from above the roof, scaring An Ge to the core.

Other than life and death, her greatest fears were fire and thunder.

The relentless thunder made her whole body tremble uncontrollably, as if a crack in a corner of her deep memory had been struck open by the thunder, creeping out and engulfing her.

"No... don’t kill me... don’t..."

"Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, run quickly..."

A young boy was consumed by flames right before her eyes.

His body was smashed into two by a fallen, charred beam, consumed by the fire at his most gruesome state.

Even in such a tragic state, he exerted his last ounce of life force to yell at her, "Xiaoqi, run... live well."

Later, the scene shifted. She was barefoot, running desperately with a disheveled woman in the pouring rain of a stormy night.

They ran for a long time.

She could never clearly see the woman’s face, but the white dress she wore was visibly stained with blood.

Eventually, when they could run no more, they fell into a pool of mud, and a crash of thunder split the phoenix tree behind them in two.

An Ge’s head hurt unbearably, and she fainted in Huo Shaoyan’s arms under the overwhelming flood of resurfaced memories.

Even in unconsciousness, she kept murmuring, "No... don’t..."

The sound was so fragmented, it seemed she could perish at any moment.

Jiang Fengmian was summoned by Huo Shaoyan’s call half an hour later.

Called out into the stormy night, Jiang Fengmian’s attitude was extremely poor.

He burst into the room, yelling at Huo Shaoyan, "Are you out of your damn mind?"

Huo Shaoyan stubbed out the cigarette he was halfway through, glancing at Jiang Fengmian with a somber look, "Treat her."

Rolling up his sleeves, Jiang Fengmian stared at him through his gold-rimmed glasses, speaking coldly, "Have you fallen for her?"

Huo Shaoyan vehemently denied, "Impossible."

Jiang Fengmian didn’t believe him, "Then why?"

Huo Shaoyan rolled his throat, saying, "Her blood can treat my illness. She cannot die."

Jiang Fengmian laughed coldly, "Without her, weren’t you living just fine?"

After being abducted by traffickers, Huo Shaoyan was first sold to a mercenary group as a child soldier, then captured and used in live experiments at a biological experimental base.

He regained his freedom and a new life at seventeen.

However, due to long-term live experiments, his genes mutated, and he fell ill every New Moon, which explained why he was locked in the cellar.

His illness was managed by medication, with experts predicting he wouldn’t live past thirty.

Now, at twenty-seven, without An Ge’s blood, he had no more than three years left.

Huo Shaoyan offered no explanation, only urged Fengmian to treat An Ge.

After a thorough examination, Jiang Fengmian concluded,

"Can you stop tormenting people? She just fainted from the thunder. A good sleep will recover her."

Huo Shaoyan glanced at the woman on his bed, a trace of indiscernible emotion in his voice, "Don’t let my mother know she’s here."

Jiang Fengmian glared at him, "Huo Shaoyan, you’re seriously insane!"

Less than an hour after Jiang Fengmian left, An Ge awoke.

In the dim, warm light, she opened her eyes.

Before her mind could catch up, a deep male voice came from above her, "Awake?"

As he spoke, the man placed a pillow behind her as she sat up.

He sat on the edge of the bed, his Phoenix Eyes gazing inscrutably at her, "Have you always been afraid of lightning?"

An Ge nodded, her brain buzzing with a severe headache.

She pressed her lips briefly, "I’m sorry for the trouble."

As she said this and attempted to lift the covers to get out of bed, the man pressed down on her shoulder,

"Jiang Fengmian has checked you over. You shouldn’t be moving too much now, you could harm the fetus."

An Ge dared not move rashly.

Now her mind was clearer, her gaze fixed on the man with an unfathomable look, "Why did you suddenly become so kind?"

Huo Shaoyan rose to pour her a cup of warm water and handed it to her, his voice indifferent,

"Would letting you die here with two additional lives benefit me in any way?"

An Ge: "..."

"You said a lot of strange things before fainting. Did someone chase you? Who is Sixth Brother to you?"

An Ge sipped a bit of the warm water, and when her throat felt less dry, she shook her head at Huo Shaoyan,

"I... I don’t know. It seems like a memory from before my high fever at sixteen, but I can’t recall."

Huo Shaoyan squinted slightly, saying,

"I’ve investigated your past recently. Your mother probably brought you back to [Jingcheng] when you were almost sixteen. She gave An Zhiguo five million to take you in as his daughter. I want to ask you, do you think your mother had the capability to earn that five million?"

An Ge was totally unaware of this.

She was shocked for a few seconds before shaking her head at Huo Shaoyan,

"My mom was just an ordinary woman. When my grandparents passed away when I was seventeen, my mom couldn’t even afford the funeral. She asked An Zhiguo for help, but he refused her."

Huo Shaoyan pondered, "That’s strange. It seems like there’s a deep current within your family."

At this moment, An Ge took hold of his wrist, her face pale, "Young Master Huo, I... I need the restroom, but I’m too weak to get out of bed."

Huo Shaoyan looked down at her, "Do you want me to carry you?"