Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 359: Longing

Chapter 359: Chapter 359: Longing

An Ge responded with an "Oh" and didn’t say anything more.

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Maybe because she had nothing better to do and was bored, An Ge decided to visit Huo Huaisang and Huo Chenghuan.

When she pushed open the door to the children’s room, Huo Shaoxin was eagerly showing Huo Chenghuan the treasure she had brought back from the Imperial Mall.

It was a pile of sparkling jewelry and diamonds.

Perhaps it’s the nature of girls—all of them love these things.

When Huo Shaoxin opened the small jewelry box, Huo Chenghuan couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, that’s so beautiful!"

Huo Shaoxin’s eyes curved into crescents as she said, "Huanhuan, do you like it?"

Huo Chenghuan’s eyes sparkled with excitement, showing no restraint as she said, "I love it."

Without hesitation, Huo Shaoxin pushed the jewelry box in front of Huo Chenghuan and magnanimously said:

"If you love it, Auntie will give it all to you. Hehe..."

Huo Chenghuan asked incredulously, "You’re giving it all to me? Really?"

Huo Shaoxin’s eyes gleamed with joy as she replied, "Yes, this is Auntie’s gift for meeting you for the first time."

Huo Chenghuan was thrilled, "Thank you, Auntie. Auntie, you’re the best. Huanhuan loves Auntie so much!"

Receiving Huo Chenghuan’s approval, Huo Shaoxin burst into a silly laugh.

On the side, Huo Huaisang showed no interest at all in the jewelry. He was quietly assembling his tank model.

Seeing him silent, Huo Shaoxin thought she might have overlooked him. She quickly moved next to Huo Huaisang and asked:

"Ah Shang, do you not like Auntie?"

Huo Huaisang replied, "No."

Huo Shaoxin frowned, "Then why aren’t you smiling?"

Huo Huaisang was momentarily stumped by the question.

Seeing him remain quiet, Huo Shaoxin looked a little dejected and said:

"Ah Shang, is it because you don’t like the tank model Auntie gave you? What do you like? Tell Auntie, Auntie has plenty of pocket money and can buy it for you. Hehe..."

Huo Huaisang scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said to her:

"I... don’t laugh much, but I really like the tank model you gave me." After a pause, he added, "Thank you, Auntie."

Getting affirmation from Huo Huaisang, Huo Shaoxin smiled again.

Seeing them all getting along so well, An Ge felt quite relieved.

However, looking at the box of jewelry Huo Shaoxin had given, An Ge realized that even a single piece was worth tens of thousands—among them, a Sea Blue Star necklace she had seen in an auction magazine, which cost at least several million.

It was far too extravagant.

After thinking it over for a while, An Ge felt she couldn’t accept such an expensive gift.

So, at that moment, she pushed the door open and walked up to them.

When Huo Shaoxin saw her, she quickly smiled and said to her, "An An, I have a gift for you too!"

An Ge made a highly expectant expression and asked warmly, "What is it?"

Huo Shaoxin mysteriously said, "Close your eyes first, and you’ll know soon."

An Ge cooperatively closed her eyes.

Then, Huo Shaoxin pulled out the Sea Blue Star sapphire necklace from the jewelry box.

She remembered her brother had told her that the Sea Blue Star was meant to be a gift for An An.

Her brother also said that if she could get An An to accept the Sea Blue Star, he would let her stay in Castle Manor tonight.

She liked Castle Manor, so she wanted to stay.

Quickly, Huo Shaoxin fastened the Sea Blue Star around An Ge’s neck and then smiled sweetly at her, saying:

"An An, you can open your eyes now. Take a look—do you like it?"

Nearby was a full-length mirror. When An Ge tilted her head slightly, she saw the Sea Blue Star necklace lying on her neck.

Her eyebrows raised slightly, and she said, "Thank you, I really like it." She paused and added, "But I can’t accept it..."

Huo Shaoxin’s brows furrowed into deep creases, "An An, you can’t refuse. If you don’t accept it, my brother won’t let me stay at Castle Manor..."

An Ge squinted her eyes slightly and suddenly chuckled.

So, all of this was Huo Shaoyan’s doing?

Sugar-coated cannonballs, huh?

Unwilling to let Huo Shaoxin feel disheartened, An Ge smiled and said to her, "Xinxin, you can stay at Castle Manor as long as you want."

Upon hearing this, Huo Shaoxin’s eyes instantly lit up, "Really?"

An Ge nodded at her, "Really."

Huo Shaoxin said, "Then you have to promise, definitely, and swear..."

An Ge couldn’t help but laugh, "Alright, I promise, definitely, and I swear."

Delighted, Huo Shaoxin hugged An Ge and gave her a smacking kiss, "An An, you’re the best, hehe."

An Ge spent some time playing with them until Huo Shaoyan’s phone call came through.

She got up, took her phone to the balcony, and answered the call, "Hello?"

At this point, Huo Shaoyan had already arrived at Red Leaf Mansion.

After parking his car, he stepped out and said to An Ge, "I’ll be heading over soon..."

An Ge interrupted him, "You don’t need to come so early..."

Huo Shaoyan replied, "Leaving early helps us avoid the evening rush hour."

An Ge raised her brow slightly and said, "You shouldn’t have let Xinxin give Huanhuan such expensive jewelry..."

Huo Shaoyan responded indifferently, "What’s wrong with me giving my daughter jewelry?"

An Ge frowned, "What’s wrong? At Huanhuan’s age, she has no concept of money. If you keep spoiling her like this, you’ll ruin her one day..."

Huo Shaoyan said, "She’s my daughter. I’m more than willing to spoil her!" He paused, then emphasized, "You took her custody from me—are you going to stop me from spending money on her too?"

An Ge: "..."

Huo Shaoyan continued:

"If you don’t care for the Sea Blue Star necklace, you can always reject it. But don’t try to prohibit me from showing my overwhelming fatherly love to my daughter."

An Ge thought she shouldn’t have answered his call at all.

She took a deep breath and said:

"President Huo, this is the last time. Don’t buy any more gaudy trinkets to spoil her. If you truly want to show your love as a father, please get yourself a full health check-up—the delay in addressing Huanhuan’s illness has gone on long enough."

With that, An Ge decisively hung up the call.

Huo Shaoyan stared at the disconnected screen of his phone, oddly feeling slightly uplifted.

He was certain that their child was the strongest bond between him and An Ge.

Even though he and An Ge were now divorced, they remained deeply entangled in countless ways.

Feeling unexpectedly cheerful, Huo Shaoyan made his entrance into the living room of Red Leaf Mansion.

When Fu Rou saw him walk in, she didn’t greet him warmly as usual. Instead, she asked coldly:

"I heard that Xinxin was taken by that woman An Ge to Castle Manor?"

Huo Shaoyan didn’t deny it and casually responded with a hum.

Fu Rou immediately spoke discontentedly:

"Huo Shaoyan, I really don’t understand. An Ge is already living under the same roof with another man—why can’t you just let her go?

Do you know what people outside are saying about you? They’re all calling you pathetic. They say you’ve been cheated on by your ex-wife, and yet here you are, pathetically chasing after her..."

Huo Shaoyan spoke coldly, "Who exactly are ’they’?"

Fu Rou: "..."

Huo Shaoyan’s phoenix-like eyes bore sharply into Fu Rou as he said, "Or is it just you who thinks this way?"

Fu Rou felt her scalp tighten under his malevolent gaze.

She took a deep breath and said:

"That’s exactly what I think. If she had even the slightest feeling for you, she wouldn’t be so ruthless and cold. Even after you lost your spleen because of her, she insisted on divorcing you just out of anger. A woman like that—why are you still clinging to her? In my opinion, Lin Keke is a hundred times better than her."

"Fu Rou, you’ve crossed the line!"

This was the first time Huo Shaoyan had addressed Fu Rou by her full name, yelling it so fiercely that Fu Rou’s heart nearly jumped out of her throat.

With an icy glare, Huo Shaoyan said, "The state of affairs between her and me—I hold you directly accountable for it."

Fu Rou was so angry that pain surged through her chest, her face lost several shades of color.

But Huo Shaoyan didn’t look at her again. Instead, he called for a servant: "Bring me the Yang Mei!"

Fu Rou sneered, "You’re probably planning to use the Yang Mei to please that woman An Ge, aren’t you? Too bad—you’re late. I already had the servants use it to feed the pigs!"

To Huo Shaoyan, Fu Rou’s behavior was sheer absurdity.

He stared at her in silence for a while, then turned to leave without a backward glance.

Not long after Huo Shaoyan left, his bodyguard approached Fu Rou and said:

"Madam, the young master has instructed us to escort you back to Imperial City. We’ll depart now."

Fu Rou flew into a rage and fainted directly on the spot.

When the bodyguard reported the incident to Huo Shaoyan over the phone, Huo Shaoyan responded indifferently, "Then wait for her to wake up before sending her off."

To fulfill his promise to bring An Ge the Yang Mei, Huo Shaoyan had no choice but to drive himself to buy more.

By the time he arrived at Castle Manor, it was already 6:15 in the evening.

As his car entered the estate, Lin Keke was just leaving in another vehicle.

Lin Keke recognized Huo Shaoyan’s car.

Her eyes followed the movement of Huo Shaoyan’s car until it disappeared from view, then she withdrew her gaze.

Her mind replayed the words Gu Changfeng had said to her, and slowly, she fell into deep thought.

Gu Changfeng turned out to be far more terrifying than she had imagined.

She realized that from now on, every step she took would have to be cautious; otherwise, she’d either die at An Muxin’s hand or perish at Gu Changfeng’s hand.

The only real solution seemed to be crawling into Huo Shaoyan’s bed.

If she were lucky enough to conceive Huo Shaoyan’s child, the road ahead would become much smoother.

With this in mind, Lin Keke’s hand quietly reached into her bag and touched the bottle of M-type hallucinogen.

She had left a safety net for herself. The hallucinogen Cui Zhu had given her—she kept half for herself and only gave the other half to An Ge, just in case she needed it.

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**

On the other side. Huo Shaoyan stepped down from his car and immediately spotted Gu Changfeng smoking not far away.

Gu Changfeng had his back turned as he smoked and talked on the phone.

Whatever the conversation involved, Gu Changfeng sounded a bit agitated. "I’ll be over right away."

After saying those words, he abruptly ended the call.

It was at this moment that Huo Shaoyan approached him from behind.

Gu Changfeng turned around, glanced at him briefly, and said coldly:

"I originally came to discuss something important with you, but something urgent came up. We’ll talk when I’m back."

Huo Shaoyan raised an eyebrow, "You’re leaving now?"

Gu Changfeng nodded once, scrutinized Huo Shaoyan for a moment, and asked:

"If one day I kick the bucket, will you protect An Ge and the others for me?"

Huo Shaoyan narrowed his eyes and responded coldly, "A man who can’t protect his own woman and child isn’t a man at all."

Gu Changfeng smirked mockingly, "All I’ve seen is you repeatedly hurting her, rarely standing up for her. Do you even count as a man?"

Huo Shaoyan retorted with a cold laugh, "If you don’t trust me, why bother asking?"

Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and then said, "Because I’m afraid that after I’m gone, no one will be left to protect them."

Huo Shaoyan locked eyes with him and asked, "Are you one of the Qin family’s survivors?"

Gu Changfeng evadingly said, "We’ll talk when I’m back."

With those words, Gu Changfeng swiftly drove away from Castle Manor.

By the time Huo Shaoyan showed up with the Yang Mei, An Ge was already walking downstairs with the children.

She held a child’s hand in either of hers, while Huo Shaoxin followed behind them.

The moment their eyes met, Huo Chenghuan furrowed her brows unhappily and asked, "Mommy, why is he here?"

Before An Ge could say anything, Huo Shaoyan interjected, "Obviously because your mommy missed me and invited me over."