Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 263: Coaxing Him,

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Coaxing Him,

Huo Huaisang noticed her unease, and he quickly explained, "Mom, whether you forgive Dad or not, it doesn’t matter. It’s enough for me that you’re my mom."

He paused for a moment. "I’m not greedy. I’m already very satisfied right now."

An Ge saw the carefulness in the little guy’s eyes, and it made her feel even more uncomfortable.

Perhaps to comfort the child, or perhaps because she couldn’t bear it for a moment, she said to Huo Huaisang in a deliberately relaxed manner, "Your dad is rich, handsome, and powerful, and he seems to genuinely care about me now. I... could consider seeing where things go with him."

Upon hearing this, Huo Huaisang’s eyes lit up.

His beautiful eyes curved like blooming stars, and he said, "Mom, do you really think so? Dad is actually a good person. It’s just that... he hasn’t learned how to love someone yet. Since he was young, he was abducted and has been living a life of struggle, without experiencing fatherly or motherly love. In his youth, he was treated harshly by society, and no one taught him how to love. So, many of his behaviors are too extreme. If you can give him a chance to make amends, everything could start anew."

He paused, his tone a bit excited. "At least, at the very least... coaxing some money from him is good too. It’s such a waste for his money to be spent on other women; his money should be spent on you."

An Ge couldn’t help but laugh at Huo Huaisang’s latter words.

She had just marveled at how mature the little guy seemed, yet in the latter half of his speech, he revealed a childlike innocence.

Amused, An Ge teased him, "You want me to trick your dad out of his money?"

Huo Huaisang nodded earnestly. "If you remarry him and later, after things don’t work out, get a divorce, you could use some tactics to get a lot of money from him. He hurt you, and mere apologies are not enough. Nothing is more practical than real money. If I were you, I’d ask him for money, as much as possible, leaving him penniless to get back at him."

An Ge laughed so hard her eyes were crescent-shaped. "If I really swindled him until he had nothing left, wouldn’t that be pitiful?"

Huo Huaisang, with the demeanor of a little adult, said, "Pitiful? A man who lacks the ability to start over from scratch and the courage to do so is truly pitiful. If Dad doesn’t even have the ability to stage a comeback, he doesn’t deserve you. I would be the first to oppose your reunion."

He paused and added, "But I can assure you, my dad is not such a failure."

An Ge smiled and said, "But, there are many men with power and money who want to spend on me. Compared to my other suitors, your dad doesn’t really have any advantage."

Huo Huaisang frowned, a bit anxious, and said, "I... I am Dad’s advantage. No other man has a son like me, but Dad does."

An Ge laughed out loud this time.

She pinched Huo Huaisang’s little flushed face and said, "You truly are Huo Shaoyan’s biological son."

Just then, Anna called.

An Ge glanced at her phone and said to Huo Huaisang, "Mommy has to take a call. I’ll be with you in a moment."

Huo Huaisang nodded, "Okay, Mommy."

An Ge took her phone to the bathroom, closed the door, and then answered Anna’s call, "What’s up?"

Anna said, "Fortunately, you had the foresight to have Xiao Cai infiltrate Huo Shaoyan’s biomedical testing facility in advance. Last night, Xiao Cai went through a lot of trouble to switch the blood samples submitted for the test. Otherwise, your and Young Master Huo’s mother-son connection would have been exposed."

An Ge had grown numb to Huo Shaoyan’s insistence on conducting a DNA paternity test. She merely said, "As long as the issue is resolved."

Anna asked, "I sense you’re feeling like you’re no longer inclined to hide the child’s identity. Am I right?"

An Ge sighed heavily, feeling quite exhausted, "I just think that preventing the child from recognizing Huo Shaoyan is unfair to the little one."

Anna asked, "Are you considering telling President Huo the whole truth?"

An Ge remained silent for a while before saying, "Let’s see."

After finishing the call with Anna, An Ge took five minutes to wash up quickly.

Once she finished and exited the bathroom, Huo Huaisang approached her.

"Mom, there’s millet porridge, black rice porridge, shrimp dumplings, and dough sticks and buns for breakfast. If you don’t like these, I can have the bodyguard buy something else..."

As they chatted, Fu Rou opened the door and walked in from outside.

She heard Huo Huaisang’s voice trying to please An Ge, and the word "mom" made Fu Rou’s blood pressure shoot up instantly.

As soon as she entered the room, her gaze fell ominously on An Ge. Taking a deep breath, she said, "An Ge, come out with me, let’s talk privately."

Yet An Ge didn’t even look at her. She simply took Huo Huaisang’s hand and walked toward the dining table.

Her disregard infuriated Fu Rou.

Fu Rou’s anger burst to the top of her head, and she shouted, "An Ge, you’re really going to any lengths for revenge against Ah Yan, aren’t you? Now you even want to use my grandson?"

Huo Huaisang disliked that Fu Rou was targeting his mom this way. He furrowed his brow and said displeased, "Please don’t speak about her like that. She isn’t using me..."

He didn’t even finish his sentence before Fu Rou interrupted him, her emotions running high, "How else is she using you? You’ve become just like your father, both of you blinded by her. Don’t you realize? Did I hear you right, you just called her ’Mom’?"

Huo Huaisang frowned and replied, "Dad wants to remarry her. What’s the problem with me calling her Mom?"

Fu Rou was so angry that her eyes turned red, and her voice trembled with rage. "What’s the problem? The woman your father should marry is your Aunt Muxin. Your Aunt Muxin has donated ​​a lot of blood for your illness again and again. She’s treated you as her own son, but now you’re hurting her for this woman. Don’t you know how to repay kindness?"

An Ge couldn’t endure someone chastising her child.

She shielded Huo Huaisang behind her, and seeing Fu Rou’s disbelief in her widened eyes, she coldly said to Fu Rou, "How should he repay? Huo Shaoyan has spent lots of money and resources on An Muxin over the years to repay her so-called life-saving kindness, right? Even if An Muxin is innately talented in dance, do you think she could achieve her current status without capital and connections? If Young Master Huo were not Huo Shaoyan’s son, do you think she would be so willing to donate blood to save him? Because she wants to be your daughter-in-law, she has to please you in every way. In my eyes, every gesture of goodwill from her is a calculated motive. Such a woman should not be allowed near Young Master Huo."

An Ge’s words were like a heavy blow, each syllable hitting Fu Rou’s heart with immense weight.

Fu Rou’s face turned pale with anger.

She felt that An Ge was simply distorting the truth and speaking nonsense.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, and said, "Then what about you? You say An Muxin has bad intentions, but what good intentions do you have? Don’t think I don’t know why you approached Ah Yan. Didn’t you come back for revenge because you blamed us for what happened five years ago? But An Ge, how can you put all the blame on us? It was An Baoying and Bai Meilan who set us all up. Weren’t Ah Yan and I victims too? You lost your two children, but they were our grandchildren as well. Don’t you think we are also in pain? Ah Yan has been tormented by this, unable to sleep night after night. You have no idea how much he resents himself. If you aim to torture him into an agonizing existence, you’ve already achieved your goal."

An Ge didn’t speak.

She merely looked at Fu Rou, who suddenly appeared sorrowful.

Compared to five years ago, Fu Rou no longer looked as youthful.

She had crow’s feet at her eyes, and her body was a bit stouter than before.

These signs of aging were not merely the effect of time but also the result of a mother’s burden.

She heard Fu Rou continue speaking, "An Ge, we admit that we wronged you. But ask yourself honestly, do you love Ah Yan? If you sincerely love him, regardless of your humble background, even if you can’t bear children in the future, as long as you wholeheartedly love him, with only him in mind, as a mother, I wouldn’t stop you two from being together."

She paused, "Because the rarest thing in this world is the mutual feeling of love—that is a precious fate. Unlike me, who couldn’t keep the man I wanted to love even by giving my all."

This was the first time Fu Rou spoke to An Ge with such sincerity, even mentioning Huo Shaoyan’s father.

Suddenly, An Ge felt a deep sense of understanding.

Fu Rou was indeed a pitiable, even pathetic woman.

Not loved by her husband nor understood by her son, despite being amidst wealth, her mind and body remained lonely.

An Ge pursed her lips for a moment and confessed, "I no longer love President Huo."

Outside the door, the man holding a bouquet stopped in his tracks because of these words.

His hand paused as he was about to open the door.

A certain bitterness spread from deep within his chest, extending to his entire body, saturating every nerve ending.

Huo Shaoyan leaned against the door frame, his slender and straight body tilted slightly back, eyes filled with scarcely discernible mockery.

"I no longer love President Huo," An Ge repeated in the room, telling Fu Rou plainly, "I can’t possibly love him again. But, I don’t harbor as much resentment towards him as you think..."

Hearing her words, Huo Shaoyan laughed scornfully outside the door.

She didn’t love him, yet didn’t resent him that much either?

So, what exactly was her feeling towards him now?

Was she just stringing him along like a fool solely to use him?

Huo Shaoyan’s eyes grew darker with sarcasm, and the blood in his eyes appeared heavier, while his heart throbbed with pain.