Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 424 Sweetness, Heating Up

Chapter 424: Chapter 424 Sweetness, Heating Up

An Ge smiled sweetly and said:

"Because days like these with President Huo are few, I don’t want to dampen his spirits."

Her words held a double meaning.

Because she knew she would most likely give up on Huo Shaoyan.

So, before that, she hoped they could have a good ending.

Huo Shaoyan, however, didn’t think much of it, "This steak is not bad, you should try it later."

An Ge nodded, "Okay."

Huo Shaoyan poured An Ge a glass of juice and said, "Are you getting discharged tomorrow?"

"I could have been discharged today, but you wouldn’t allow it."

"Your health is weak; staying in the hospital longer isn’t a bad thing."

The two chatted casually for a while before Huo Shaoyan got to the point,

"You just asked on the phone if I was planning to propose to you tonight..."

An Ge’s heart tightened for a moment, and she quickly interrupted him, seemingly unintentionally,

"...I told you on the way here, I have something to discuss with you."

Huo Shaoyan’s thick brows raised slightly as his obsidian-like Phoenix Eyes looked at her intently, "Alright, you go first."

An Ge maintained a casual smile, "An Muxin came to see me tonight."

As her words fell, the man’s brows immediately furrowed.

His voice turned cold, and his aura even chilled a bit, "What did she come to see you for?"

An Ge reached out, smoothing his furrowed brows,

"Don’t frown, it makes you look fierce, and I don’t like it."

Because of her words, Huo Shaoyan’s icy demeanor softened a bit.

An Ge rested her chin on one hand, looking at him, and said:

"It was Mr. An who pushed her to meet me. They begged me to be lenient with An Muxin and save one of her eyes."

Regarding An Jifeng accompanying An Muxin to plead with An Ge, Huo Shaoyan was very displeased.

He said, "Don’t involve yourself in this matter..."

After An Ge recounted the entire incident to Huo Shaoyan, she said:

"I agreed to save one of her eyes."

Huo Shaoyan did not express an opinion on this.

An Ge tugged at his sleeve, "President Huo, will you be lenient?"

Huo Shaoyan looked at her without saying a word, puzzled, he asked:

"Aren’t you deeply resentful of her? Why are you being so lenient?"

Why?

This question caught An Ge off guard.

An Ge was certain she was Qin Xiaoqi, but Huo Shaoyan clearly did not believe it.

She couldn’t exactly say, I’m Qin Xiaoqi, and An Muxin is my mother Qin Huaisheng’s sister’s daughter, that’s why I’m being lenient because of this relationship.

An Ge did not immediately answer Huo Shaoyan’s question, and he furrowed his brows again, saying:

"You previously said she had a close relationship with Professor Laura. Recently, I’ve had someone secretly monitoring An Muxin, and they are indeed colluding. If the An Muxin matter isn’t handled well, it could be a significant hidden danger."

An Ge nodded, agreeing with him,

"I know. But, think, if she loses both eyes and can’t see anything, she might lose all her value to Professor Laura.

Don’t you want to know who Professor Laura’s backer is? Don’t you want to know for whom Professor Laura is working?"

Because of An Ge’s words, Huo Shaoyan squinted his eyes.

An Ge continued:

"The Qin family’s massacre must have been a conspiracy. Maybe, Professor Laura might have some connection to the Qin family massacre back then, he might be a key clue."

An Ge’s last statement made Huo Shaoyan deep in thought.

After pondering for a few seconds, he said, "Alright. I’ll listen to you on this matter."

An Ge nodded and added, "There’s also another matter, one I’ve never known how to tell you."

At this moment, the waiter came to serve the dishes.

The two temporarily paused their conversation.

Steak without red wine always feels lacking.

Huo Shaoyan instructed the waiter, "Bring a bottle of good vintage wine..."

An Ge: "No need. I don’t drink." Being pregnant, she certainly couldn’t drink, "And you shouldn’t drink either."

Huo Shaoyan couldn’t drink because he needed to prepare for Huo Chenghuan’s surgery.

But when An Ge said she wouldn’t drink, it puzzled Huo Shaoyan, "You... don’t want to drink a little?"

An Ge shook her head, "I... just recovered, it’s not suitable for me to drink."

Huo Shaoyan didn’t think much of it and gestured for the waiter to leave.

Afterwards, he helped An Ge cut the steak and pushed it in front of her,

"You just said there was something you’ve never known how to tell me, what is it?"

An Ge took the steak from his hand.

After a while, she finally organized her words and said:

"It’s just... once, Gu Ru Yi saw your mother, Lady Fu, downstairs at the hospital parking lot... getting quite close to Professor Laura..."

"Quite close?"

Huo Shaoyan spoke heavily, "How close?"

An Ge pursed her lips, "I... if I say it, you’ll definitely get angry..."

"I won’t get angry."

An Ge looked at his already darkening face, "But you’re already... very angry."

Huo Shaoyan’s breathing became heavier, "If it’s hard for you to say, I’ll send someone to investigate myself."

To divert the topic from Huo Shaoyan proposing, An Ge didn’t hesitate anymore and decisively said:

"It’s just that Gu Ru Yi saw them kissing in Professor Laura’s car, judging from their intimacy, they should be... lovers..."

She couldn’t continue with the rest.

Because Huo Shaoyan’s eyes turned red at a visibly fast pace.

An Ge closed her mouth, lowered her head, and forced herself to eat the steak that Huo Shaoyan had just cut for her.

Such matters could only be digested by Huo Shaoyan himself.

Huo Shaoyan was indeed shocked and disgusted by this matter.

No son could remain calm after hearing that his mother is fooling around with another man.

The veins on Huo Shaoyan’s forehead bulged, and his whole body was filled with uncontrollable fury.

But he managed to hold it in.

He got up and said to An Ge, who was eating steak, "I’m going to make a phone call, I’ll be right back."

An Ge glanced up, uttered an "oh," and looked at his eyes that were tinged with redness,

"Wouldn’t it be better to calm down first? Wait for someone to investigate the matter thoroughly before you talk to Lady Fu?"

Huo Shaoyan raised his hand and gently touched her soft little face,

"It’s okay, I’m just making a call, I’m not so agitated that I lose my rationality."

An Ge sighed in relief, "Alright."

Huo Shaoyan was on the call for about fifteen minutes.

Fifteen minutes later, he returned.

By then, An Ge had almost finished one steak.

She probably thought Huo Shaoyan was in a bad mood, so she wanted to... do something to help him relax a bit.

Therefore, before Huo Shaoyan sat down, she picked up his plate of steak and used a knife and fork to cut it for him.

Seeing this, Huo Shaoyan quickly stopped her: "Don’t hurt your hand, I can do it myself."

An Ge smiled at him, "President Huo invited me to dinner, I’m cutting the steak for you, fair exchange."

Huo Shaoyan appreciated her words very much.

He held her hand and looked at her with a deep gaze.

Their eyes met under the lights, focused and intense.

An Ge looked into his eyes, feeling as if her soul was being drawn in, her heart pounding fiercely.

After a while, she hurriedly averted her gaze and pushed the cut steak in front of him,

"I... I’ll go to the restroom..."

She got up.

But Huo Shaoyan grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

She lost her balance and fell onto his lap.

He wrapped her waist accordingly and cupped her face, pressing his forehead against hers, his voice as intoxicating as wine, rich and low,

"Don’t avoid me. You know I’m proposing, so you want to avoid me."

An Ge’s fingers hanging by her side clenched tighter.

She was helpless and somewhat bewildered.

She pressed her lips together, remaining silent.

"It’s okay if you don’t want to remarry me, I can wait."

An Ge’s heart twisted slightly, a fine pain quickly spreading throughout her body.

"Shaoyan, I..."

"Tonight I prepared not only a fireworks show, roses, a candlelight dinner, and a proposal ring, but even a wedding dress. Even if you haven’t decided to remarry me, can you at least let me complete the entire proposal process?"

An Ge’s throat tightened, her eyes sore.

After a while, after gathering her emotions, she gently pushed away the man whose forehead was against her face.

Looking at his deep, unwavering black eyes, she said, "Okay."

Huo Shaoyan looked at her in a daze for a moment, "You’re really good tonight."

An Ge replied nonchalantly, "Don’t you like it?"

"No, I do." After a pause, "But you’re so obedient that it makes me feel insecure, even a bit uneasy..."

An Ge: "Weren’t you going to propose? Where’s the ring?"

Once again shaken by her words, Huo Shaoyan took out the wedding ring they used during their first marriage.

It’s still that pink diamond.

Looking at the shimmering pink diamond, An Ge smiled at Huo Shaoyan and said:

"President Huo, don’t you think this ring is a bit ominous? I’ll accept this ring for now, but it can only be a souvenir.

When you find a ring that symbolizes good fortune next time, then kneel for me again, and by then, I... I might be willing to accept both the ring and you."

As she spoke, she took the pink diamond ring from Huo Shaoyan’s hand.

However, she wore it on the middle finger of her right hand.

Her accepting the ring was a good start for Huo Shaoyan.

So, Huo Shaoyan felt pretty good about what happened next.

After dinner, Huo Shaoyan said to her:

"I’ve booked a room on the top floor, we’ll stay here tonight."

An Ge speculated about his intent: "You just mentioned you prepared a wedding dress for me, could it be in the room on the top floor?"

Huo Shaoyan hummed in affirmation and said, "It’s okay if you don’t want to try it on."

"I want to."

Huo Shaoyan was a bit surprised, "You want to?"

An Ge spoke lazily, "I want to wear it for you to see. What, don’t you like it?"

Of course he likes it.

But wearing a wedding dress is a rather complicated process.

An Ge couldn’t do it by herself at all.

But she didn’t want Huo Shaoyan to see her slightly protruding belly, so she said to him:

"How about you... let the room service help me, I can’t handle it alone."

Huo Shaoyan: "I can help you..."

"Women wear wedding dresses mostly to please the man they love. If you help me dress, you have to undress me first before helping me put it on, and that won’t have the stunning effect on you. What would be the point of wearing the wedding dress then?"

Huo Shaoyan looked at her intently for a moment, "You’re willing to try on the wedding dress just to please me?"