Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 365: He Coaxes Her: Be Good~

Chapter 365: Chapter 365: He Coaxes Her: Be Good~

The man was sleeping deeply and naturally didn’t respond to her.

An Ge didn’t stay for long.

Half an hour later, she returned to Castle Manor.

As soon as she arrived, the two little ones rushed up to her.

Huo Chenghuan tilted his head, blinking his big, black grape-like eyes, and asked her:

"Mommy, where did you go last night? Why didn’t you come back? Brother Shang said you went to see Huo Dazha. Is that true?"

An Ge didn’t want to lie to the children.

She nodded slightly, "Mm, I went to the hospital last night..."

Huo Chenghuan’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed into little caterpillars, "The hospital? What’s wrong with Huo Dazha? Is he sick?"

Seeing her worried little expression, An Ge felt a wave of complex emotions.

"He... wasn’t feeling well, but it’s nothing serious. After resting for today, he’ll recover."

Huo Chenghuan let out an "Oh" and asked:

"I heard Brother Shang say that Uncle Gu is hospitalized. He was beaten up by a big bad guy... Is he alright now?"

"He’s fine too."

Huo Chenghuan’s eyebrows remained furrowed:

"But... Auntie heard about this and kept insisting on going to the hospital to see Uncle Gu. Brother Shang and I worked really hard to calm her down..."

Hearing this, An Ge frowned and turned to Huo Huaisang beside her, asking, "Huai Shang, where’s your aunt now?"

Huo Huaisang replied:

"Auntie was very upset upon hearing about Uncle Gu’s injury. She’s locked herself alone in her room and refuses to come out."

Huo Chenghuan added, "Auntie even cried. Brother Shang and I managed to console her with great effort."

Huo Huaisang nodded and said:

"To pacify Auntie, I promised her that once you returned, you would take her to the hospital to visit Uncle Gu. Only then did her mood calm down."

An Ge raised her hand to pat Huo Huaisang’s head and said:

"Huai Shang, while Mommy wasn’t here, you took such good care of your sister and aunt. You worked hard, and Mommy is proud of you."

Huo Huaisang blushed a little at the praise, "I’m a man. Taking care of my sister and aunt is what I should do."

An Ge chatted with the two little ones for a while before going upstairs to find Huo Shaoxin.

She knocked on the door and entered the room.

Originally sitting by the balcony and sobbing, Huo Shaoxin jumped down as soon as she saw An Ge had returned.

She hurried over to An Ge.

Seeing her swollen eyes from crying, An Ge felt a pang of heartache, "Xinnxinn..."

Huo Shaoxin’s tear-filled eyes looked at her as she choked and begged:

"An An, Xinnxinn heard that Brother Feng is seriously injured. Xinnxinn is so upset. Xinnxinn doesn’t want Brother Feng to be hurt. Xinnxinn wants to see Brother Feng. Can you please take Xinnxinn to see him now..."

An Ge recalled that Huo Shaoxin had been sent to the psychiatric hospital three months prior by Gu Changfeng. Before that, she had mostly lived with him.

Even when Gu Changfeng didn’t have time to accompany her, he would come back every few days to visit her.

Simply put, for Huo Shaoxin, Gu Changfeng was her most important family member.

Now that something had happened to Gu Changfeng, Huo Shaoxin lost her sense of safety and felt anxious and distressed. An Ge could completely understand.

After thinking for a moment, An Ge said to Huo Shaoxin:

"Alright, I’ll take you to the hospital to see him in three days, okay?"

Huo Shaoxin became anxious and said:

"But Xinnxinn wants to go to the hospital right now. Xinnxinn will be very good and won’t disturb Brother Feng. Xinnxinn will just look at him from afar... Xinnxinn will just secretly take a peek..."

Seeing her becoming emotional, An Ge hastily comforted her:

"But he’s currently in the ICU, and absolute rest is needed for him to truly recover from danger."

Pausing for a moment, seeing Huo Shaoxin’s tears falling rapidly, An Ge had to compromise,

"Then I can take you to the hospital to see him. However, you must behave, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Shaoxin immediately stopped crying and promised An Ge:

"Okay, Xinnxinn won’t cry. Xinnxinn will listen to An An. Xinnxinn promises..."

After lunch, An Ge took Huo Shaoxin out.

Forty minutes later, they got out of the car at the hospital.

Unfortunately, they ran into Fu Rou at the hospital entrance.

Fu Rou’s phone had been blocked by Huo Shaoyan. She thought Huo Shaoyan must be at the hospital, so she came to try her luck, hoping to talk to Huo Shaoyan and ease their strained mother-son relationship.

Unexpectedly, she bumped into An Ge bringing her daughter, Huo Shaoxin.

Thinking about her tense relationship with Huo Shaoyan and how even her daughter had been won over by An Ge, Fu Rou couldn’t stay calm.

She wanted to lash out, but Lin Keke, who had accompanied her, quickly whispered a reminder:

"Godmother, please don’t act impulsively. Don’t forget what I told you earlier today. If you want to mend fences with President Huo, you absolutely cannot have another conflict with Ms. An. You must endure."

Fu Rou took Lin Keke’s advice to heart.

Thus, she quickly composed herself and forced a calm, even kind expression.

She approached An Ge and said proactively:

"An Ge, I’ve thought about it carefully. Everything before was my fault. It was me who wronged you... I don’t expect you to forgive me; I just hope we don’t hold onto grudges in the future."

An Ge said nothing.

Seeing she wasn’t responding, Fu Rou tactfully changed the subject.

She said, "I’ve heard that my daughter, Xinnxinn, likes you very much. Seeing how attached she is now, you must have taken good care of her."

Again, An Ge remained silent.

But hiding behind her, Huo Shaoxin became emotional,

"You’re a bad woman. An An, let’s go. Let’s not talk to the bad woman. Bad women will prick us with needles. Let’s go, An An. Let’s go quickly..."

An Ge had heard about some of Huo Shaoxin’s experiences.

When Huo Shaoxin was fifteen or sixteen, she was purchased by a wealthy businessman as a plaything, only to be mistreated by his wife.

After that, the businessman’s wife subjected her to constant abuse.

Needle pricks, cigarette burns, dripping wax—these became routine torments.

An Ge speculated that perhaps Fu Rou bore some resemblance to that abusive woman, which was why she frightened Huo Shaoxin so much.

Thus, An Ge ignored Fu Rou and quickly led Huo Shaoxin away without looking back.

Fu Rou watched as her daughter left with An Ge, her expression instantly turning ice-cold.

Her son, her daughter, her grandchildren—all had been taken away by this demoness An Ge. How could she not hate her?

She hated An Ge to the core.

Lin Keke noticed Fu Rou’s expression and tried to comfort her:

"Godmother, please don’t be too upset or sad. Ms. Huo has cognitive deficiencies, so it’s understandable that she doesn’t recognize you... Smack—"

Before Lin Keke could finish speaking, Fu Rou slapped her hard across the face.

Furious, Fu Rou shouted, "Shut up!"

Lin Keke clutched her stinging cheek and lowered her head, swallowing her anger.

But Fu Rou wasn’t done. As she raised her hand to slap Lin Keke again, she spotted members of the Mo Family.

Fu Rou remembered that Mo Yuan was also hospitalized, and an idea struck her. She quickly walked over to the Mo Family members.

...

On the other side, An Ge took Huo Shaoxin to the ICU.

Gu Changfeng was still unconscious.

Wearing protective gear, Huo Shaoxin stood quietly next to An Ge, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the sleeping Gu Changfeng.

Since the visiting time was limited to five minutes, it passed quickly.

Huo Shaoxin refused to leave, becoming somewhat emotional. She asked An Ge:

"Why won’t Brother Feng open his eyes? Why does he stay so still? An An, is Brother Feng going to die? Sob sob, Xinnxinn wants to stay with Brother Feng..."

It was at this moment that Gu Changfeng slowly opened his eyes.

He was very weak but not confused.

He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat hurt, and no sound came out initially.

Seeing him awake, An Ge’s face lit up in delight, "You’re awake?" Pausing, she added, "I’ll go call a doctor."

Gu Changfeng instinctively grabbed her wrist, "No need to call a doctor. I just lost a lot of blood; it’s nothing serious."

Saying this, he turned his gaze to Huo Shaoxin, whose eyes were swollen from crying, and furrowed his brows,

"Why did you bring her here?"

An Ge replied, "She insisted on seeing you."

Gu Changfeng’s breathing was unsteady.

He closed his eyes briefly, then gestured for Huo Shaoxin to come closer.

Huo Shaoxin immediately moved to his side, placing her head under his cold palm and rubbing against it.

"Brother Feng, where does it hurt? Xinnxinn will blow on it for you, and it’ll stop hurting..."

Gu Changfeng’s voice was very low and hoarse,

"It doesn’t hurt. Don’t... cry. I don’t like it."

Huo Shaoxin wiped her bright red eyes.

Gu Changfeng added:

"Listen to An An, don’t bother her or cause trouble for her, eat properly... Once I’m discharged, I’ll take you out to play, alright?"

Huo Shaoxin quickly nodded,

"Okay, Xinnxinn will listen to An An and eat properly."

Gu Changfeng was exhausted.

He closed his eyes, and after a long moment, he softly said, "Good girl."

After leaving the hospital with Huo Shaoxin, An Ge had the bodyguards escort Huo Shaoxin back to Castle Manor while she made her way to the hotel to check whether Huo Shaoyan was awake yet.

She also considered that it was already past midday, and Huo Shaoyan likely hadn’t eaten yet.

She planned to bring some food to him.

An Ge got some takeout from a nearby restaurant. Upon leaving, she was blocked by a wealthy-looking woman.

The woman was dressed in a maroon cheongsam, her coiffed hair styled elegantly, adorned with gold and jewels, radiating an air of luxurious splendor.

An Ge didn’t recognize her, "Who are you?"

The rich woman spoke, "I’m Mo Yuan’s mother."

An Ge instantly knew this wasn’t a friendly visit from her tone.

Her brows furrowed, "What do you want from me?"

Madam Mo heavily scrutinized An Ge and then said:

"I’ve heard your infamous name while abroad. I assumed someone who could captivate my ex-son-in-law like this must be nothing short of celestial. Now that I’ve seen you in person, you’re merely a seductive vixen with nothing but a pretty face."

Pausing, she added, "Completely unsophisticated."

After speaking, she let out a dismissive humph and turned away without looking back.

If An Ge hadn’t been so composed, she might have splashed her bottle of water all over the woman.

But upon calming herself, her chest ached with a bitter pain.

She felt utterly defeated.

Even a stranger she had never met came to torment her, and all she could do was endure.

When An Ge returned to the hotel, Huo Shaoyan was still deeply asleep.

She placed the food she had brought in the suite’s temperature-regulated box and left a text on Huo Shaoyan’s phone before leaving.

Huo Shaoyan slept extremely soundly and didn’t wake up until well into the evening, when the glowing lights of the city came on.

Since the curtains were fully drawn, he woke to complete darkness.

The room was silent except for his slightly heavy breathing.

His throat was dry. Sitting up, he reached for the phone on the coffee table.

He checked the time—nearly seven in the evening.

As he rose to get out of bed, he saw the text An Ge had sent him hours earlier.

He clicked the message open.

["I brought you lunch earlier, but since you were sleeping soundly, I didn’t wake you. The food is in the temperature box."]

Huo Shaoyan lifted the blanket and got out of bed.

He opened the curtains, revealing a twilight sky where the fading sunlit clouds resembled a tranquil oil painting.

Staring at the horizon, where daylight was gradually consumed by nightfall, he retrieved An Ge’s number and dialed her.

The line rang for a long time before it was answered.

But the person who answered wasn’t An Ge—it was, instead, Tang Jiuze, the one man he despised more than anyone else.

Among all the figures in his life—Huo Qingzhou, Lu Huai’an—it was Tang Jiuze he loathed most.

After all, Tang Jiuze was once nominally An Ge’s fiancé.

"She’s unavailable to take your call right now. If it’s important, wait and call back later."

Tang Jiuze’s voice brimmed with unrestrained arrogance.

Huo Shaoyan’s temper, like a wildfire, erupted instantly.

His voice carried an icy venom, "Tang Jiuze, are you really wishing for death?"