Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 414: Coaxing Him

Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Coaxing Him

An Ge remained silent.

Huo Shaoyan then hung up her call.

However, after some inquiries, Huo Shaoyan discovered that Tang Jiuze’s landing point in the Imperial City was on An Jifeng’s turf.

He couldn’t just take people straight there and tie up Tang Jiuze.

Thinking of this, Huo Shaoyan made a call to An Jifeng, "Is Tang Jiuze at your place?"

At this moment, there really was Tang Jiuze sitting on the sofa opposite An Jifeng.

He had just finished his bath, a towel wrapped around his waist, holding a bottle of red wine, elegantly tasting it.

An Jifeng’s gaze lingered on Tang Jiuze’s glowing white upper body for a few seconds before withdrawing, and he replied with a somewhat husky voice,

"What does President Huo want with him?"

Huo Shaoyan said, "I want to see him..."

An Jifeng raised an eyebrow, covered the phone mouthpiece, and turned his gaze to Tang Jiuze, "Did you provoke him?"

Tang Jiuze, still figuring out how to deal with Huo Shaoyan, said to An Jifeng, "I’m hiding here with you for some peace, help me fend him off."

With those words, An Jifeng told Huo Shaoyan, "He’s already gone, not here with me."

Huo Shaoyan obviously didn’t believe it, but An Jifeng had already hung up the call and added Huo Shaoyan’s number to the blacklist.

After doing all this, An Jifeng stared deeply at Tang Jiuze’s firm chest muscles for a few seconds, his Adam’s apple moving twice, saying, "Drink less."

Tang Jiuze was annoyed, "What’s wrong? A few bottles of cheap wine wouldn’t bankrupt you."

An Jifeng merely squinted his eyes slightly and said nothing more.

After downing a bottle of red wine, Tang Jiuze felt some agitation in his body, so he got up and walked towards the bathroom.

However, he suddenly stopped at the bathroom door, turning his head to look at An Jifeng still seated on the sofa.

Under the lamp shadow, he wore an old-fashioned yet strict Zhongshan suit, buttoned up to the top of his neck, giving him an air of solemnity.

He was leisurely taking a cigarette from the case, biting it in his mouth, and lighting it with a metal lighter.

Tang Jiuze frowned, "Why aren’t you leaving yet?"

Due to his words, An Jifeng lifted his gaze to look at him.

Perhaps it was Tang Jiuze’s illusion, but he felt An Jifeng’s first glance wasn’t at his face, but at the towel wrapped around his waist.

Tang Jiuze vaguely sensed something strange, "An Jifeng, are you freakin’ sick? I’m straight!"

An Jifeng continued smoking with little noise, without speaking.

Tang Jiuze saw this, feeling even more irked inside.

Just as he was about to angrily roar, his entire body suddenly and violently shook due to a strange sensation.

If he hadn’t held onto the door frame in time, he surely would have fallen out.

Tang Jiuze finally realized something was wrong, "What did you put in the wine?"

With the cigarette finished, An Jifeng pressed it into the ashtray.

He got up and walked towards Tang Jiuze.

As he walked, he unbuttoned the top two buttons of his uniform,

"I already warned you, drink less, you finished the whole bottle, tonight without my help, you won’t make it through..."

Tang Jiuze swung his fist towards him, "You bloody dare to touch me, just try it..."

An Jifeng easily dodged and, in the next instant, pinned him against the door.

His gaze was intensely deep and fiery as he looked at him, "This is your own brewed wine, you forgot what you added to the wine last year?"

Tang Jiuze felt even his breathing was fiery heat now.

He took a deep breath, furiously demanding, "Get me a woman!"

An Jifeng leaned closer to him, "I’ll tell you a secret. I’m bisexual, I can help you!"

Tang Jiuze rejected, "Get lost!"

An Jifeng didn’t insist, simply looked leisurely at his increasingly red skin, "I’ll wait for you to beg me."

Saying this, An Jifeng turned and left.

He returned to his room, looking at the clock on the wall, calculating time.

He was sure, at most, in a quarter of an hour, Tang Jiuze would come to beg him.

As expected, fully losing his mind, Tang Jiuze kicked open his door and rushed at him.

Something charged in, hitting the soul directly, and then fell into an immense whirlpool, unable to calm for a long time.

...

On the other end.

Soon after An Jifeng hung up, An Ge’s phone call came, "...Why haven’t you come back yet?"

Huo Shaoyan with a faint smile said, "You’re about to cut ties with me, so why care whether I come back or not?"

He knew full well.

At this time, An Ge called him, because Gu Ru Yi had tipped her off; An Ge was afraid he’d trouble Gu Ru Yi, hence wanting to call him back.

Huo Shaoyan knew but chose not to expose it.

Because it was meaningless.

An Ge was hiding something from him, until he figured it out, he didn’t want to act rashly.

Thinking of this, he added, "What is it? Is something wrong?"

An Ge really was worried about Huo Shaoyan causing trouble for Gu Ru Yi.

She wanted to coax Huo Shaoyan back, so said, "I suddenly crave some dessert, could you bring some back for me?"

Huo Shaoyan agreed, "Then wait for me."

Unexpectedly, An Ge was stunned for quite a while, then softly replied, "I... I’ll wait for you."

Huo Shaoyan bought the desserts and returned to the hospital an hour later.

Perhaps from lying down too long recently, An Ge couldn’t sleep and wanted to get up and move around.

When Huo Shaoyan pushed the door open, she had already been walking downstairs with bodyguard’s company for about twenty minutes.

When Huo Shaoyan’s car drove into the parking lot, the bodyguard noticed at once.

The bodyguard reminded An Ge, "Ms. An, President Huo is back."

An Ge lifted her eyes towards the parking lot, indeed seeing Huo Shaoyan searching for a spot.

There was a spot right next to her, she told the bodyguard, "Tell him to park here."

The bodyguard nodded, then called Huo Shaoyan, "President Huo, turn right ahead, there’s a spot here."

Huo Shaoyan replied, "You all?"

The bodyguard, "Uh, Ms. An felt bored, wanted to walk a bit, we’re downstairs."

Two minutes later, Huo Shaoyan got out of the car.

He walked swiftly to An Ge standing and waiting.

The woman looked at him calmly and unflustered, with no sign of emotional fluctuation.

Out of nowhere, Huo Shaoyan felt a pang of bitterness in his chest.

He didn’t understand how they reached this point.

"You... your health is so weak, you shouldn’t be downstairs..."

An Ge saw the heavy red in Huo Shaoyan’s eyes, recalling his fatigue over the days, her heart couldn’t help but soften.

She looked at him, saying, "I wanted... to welcome you."

Huo Shaoyan was instantly appeased by her words.

His frown slightly relaxed, "Should I carry you upstairs?"

An Ge, "Tonight’s moon is beautiful, shall we sit by the artificial lake?"

Huo Shaoyan, "It’s windy by the lake, you just had a miscarriage, if you catch a cold, you might have lasting health problems."

An Ge pursed her lips, not revealing the truth to Huo Shaoyan.

Mo Yuan’s intentions were not kind, and she couldn’t let Mo Yuan target the child in her womb, putting the child in danger.

With this thought, An Ge said, "I’m wearing long sleeves, it’s fine."

Seeing her insistence, Huo Shaoyan went to the car and fetched a thin blanket, draping it over her shoulders, "Let’s go."

He carried the purchased desserts in one hand while holding hers with the other, heading towards the artificial lake.

After they sat in the pavilion, Huo Shaoyan opened the desserts, inserted a fork, and handed it to An Ge, "Mousse cake, I don’t know if you like it."

An Ge accepted the cup of mousse cake from his hand, "Huanhuan loves mousse cake."

"And you?"

An Ge scooped the cake with a spoon, eating it in small bites, her voice calm and composed,

"I... It’s okay. But if I eat too much, it gets cloying."

Huo Shaoyan asked her, "Then what do you like?"

An Ge quietly watched the rippling surface of the lake,

"I... don’t really know. It seems like I like everything, yet nothing in particular. Everything is just a passing phase. There was a time when I was particularly obsessed with dancing and would dance whenever I had time. Back then, I was abroad; if I wasn’t afraid of you finding my whereabouts, I would have liked to participate in professional dance competitions."

Huo Shaoyan silently listened.

An Ge turned to look at him, "And you? Is there anything you like?"

Huo Shaoyan gazed into her clear, bright eyes for a while before saying:

"When I was young, I was sold by traffickers to become a child soldier. Every day was a struggle to survive. Back then, having enough to eat was my greatest wish.

Later, one by one, my fellow child soldiers were tortured almost to death and then had their organs sold. I felt that simply surviving was the greatest joy..."

He paused as he spoke,

"So, I... have no particular pursuit for food or drink. As long as I can fill my stomach and keep warm, it’s enough."

After listening to him, An Ge felt a mix of emotions.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, concealing the pity she felt for the man in her eyes.

At this moment, Huo Shaoyan took hold of one of her hands.

An Ge raised her eyes, meeting his deep, dark gaze.

She heard him say, "Mo Yuan was the only girl who survived from that group of child soldiers. I knew her from a young age, and we experienced life and death together."

An Ge was somewhat surprised, "You knew her from such a young age?"

Huo Shaoyan replied with a sound of acknowledgment, saying:

"However, when we escaped at the age of ten, we got separated. After growing up, I reunited with her while studying abroad."

Later, due to a transaction, he and she obtained a marriage certificate, but it was without emotion, and they always lived apart.

Except for one night, when he drank too much, and the next day he found himself in Mo Yuan’s place.

The day after that night, Mo Yuan told him he was just drunk and they hadn’t had any relations.

However, Mo Yuan returned now with her son Mo Rugu, bringing medical proof of DNA claiming he was his son.

So, Huo Shaoyan couldn’t clearly explain this matter to An Ge.

"Initially, I registered the marriage with her because of a deal. A brother of mine needed her help, and her condition was to register marriage with me to evade a powerful pursuer. At that time, I had no concept of marriage and didn’t like any woman, so just registering didn’t matter."

He paused, "Besides, the marriage we agreed upon was only for three months."

After hearing this, An Ge replied softly after a while, "Why are you suddenly telling me all this?"

At this point, Huo Shaoyan tightened his grip on her hand.

The force was so strong that An Ge’s hand was somewhat in pain.

She frowned, raising her eyes.

When she did, she fell into the unfathomable depths of the man’s eyes.

Her heart felt as though it was struck by something massive, pounding uncontrollably, disrupting its rhythm.

She heard the man’s hoarse voice say to her, "Because I want you to know, Mo Yuan and I have no feelings. We only have a bond forged through life and death..."

An Ge stared at him blankly for a moment, "Perhaps you have no romantic feelings, but you already have a son, his name is Mo Rugu."

In the moonlight, a breeze was floating, lifting the hair in front of Huo Shaoyan’s forehead.

An Ge gazed at him intently, emphasizing,

"Huo Shaoyan, you already have a son. I think just sitting here, calmly talking like this is already rare for us, anything else is wishful thinking."

Huo Shaoyan’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, and after a long time, he said, "I know."

His voice was exceedingly hoarse, "But, it doesn’t stop me from loving you."

He rarely said, ’I love you.’"

Even a slight display of sincerity seemed deeply affectionate.

An Ge couldn’t handle such an intense gaze.

She averted her eyes, looking at the bright moonlit lake before her, and after a moment, she said:

"But, I can’t keep loving you anymore. You are the root of all my pain. So, I want to completely remove you from my world, and it’s best if we could become strangers."

Her words still caused Huo Shaoyan to lose control of his emotions.

He reached out and gripped her chin, his Phoenix Eyes gaze unwaveringly at her,

"Tang Jiuze approached you today. Tell me, what did he say to you? If you’re in trouble or being threatened, you can tell me, I can help you solve it..."

An Ge turned her head, pulling her chin away from his hand.

Her short hair fell down, covering half of her impossibly fair face.

Her gaze was fixed straight ahead, with an expression in her eyes that Huo Shaoyan could not comprehend—it seemed calm, yet hid immense turbulence.

"Huo Shaoyan, it has nothing to do with anyone else, it’s just that I can no longer love you."

After saying this, she stood up.

She moved closer to the artificial lake, standing at the edge, and if she took a few more steps forward, she might fall.

Her voice was gentle, faintly cool,

"Although I can swim, I’m not very skilled. So, falling into the water might not drown me immediately, but I would tire before I could reach the shore, and exhaustion is often the culprit of drowning.

Currently, our relationship is like that of a sailor who is completely exhausted; if I don’t reach the shore, I will die. Huo Shaoyan,

my current state is really bad, so bad that I can’t even take proper care of the child, which is why I suggested granting you custody of them, because that way, I can have a chance to revive, and we can all have a better time."

She paused slightly, "Take a step back, alright? Otherwise, if I take another step forward, I’ll fall."

Saying this, she spread her arms, seemingly waiting for the wind to blow, or as if she was ready to fall into the lake at any time.

Huo Shaoyan’s fear caused his muscles to tense all over, leaving only his breath rapid and irregular.

After a long while, he finally made a noise, "Alright, I’ll take a step back. Come over here, where you’re standing is not safe."

Under the moonlight, she smiled at him, speaking softly and gently, "Then you take a step back."

Huo Shaoyan really stepped back.

An Ge looked at her toes for a while without moving.

Huo Shaoyan’s Adam’s apple moved fiercely several times, and then his whole body stepped back a few more steps, "Can you come over now?"

An Ge lifted her head, smilingly looking at him, "Go home tonight, I don’t need you to stay with me."

Huo Shaoyan felt like someone had grabbed his throat, rendering him momentarily breathless.

An Ge just looked at him intently.

It seemed that without his agreement, they would remain in this stalemate.

After a long, long time, Huo Shaoyan looked at her with deep eyes, then smiled helplessly, "Alright, I’ll leave."

Having said that, he indeed turned and left.

In the clear moonlight, his receding figure seemed like a dream, fading from An Ge’s sight.

Finally, when his figure disappeared completely, An Ge’s tightened heart relaxed.

Her thick eyelashes quivered gently, and crystal-clear tears fell from her eyes.