Huo Yunting lowered his eyes and looked at the woman's tearful eyes, his deep black eyes glowing with a cold dark color.

"Substitute? Are you worthy?"

Xia Chuwei's pupils suddenly shrank.

There is no sharp weapon in the world that can hurt people more than this.

Ye Lanxue is right. As time goes by, even if the wound heals, it will leave scars. It is fine at ordinary times, but once something happens, those barriers will emerge.

Just because it doesn't exist doesn't mean it really doesn't exist.

Xia Chuwei's eyes were empty, as if she was talking to him or mumbling to herself.

"Yeah, I don't deserve it..."

It's because she is self-righteous, sentimental, and overestimated.

Xia Chuwei blinked, her eyes were still red, but the tears slowly faded away.

She fluttered her long eyelashes and looked into the man's ruthless cold eyes for a moment.

"I asked you before if you believe me, but you never gave me a positive answer. This time, you should be able to give me a clear answer, right? Have you... never believed me?

"

Huo Yunting looked at her and didn't speak for a long time.

Xia Chuwei looked directly into Huo Yunting's eyes without any avoidance.

After a while, Huo Yunting finally spoke and uttered one word slowly.

"yes."

Although she already knew the answer, Xia Chuwei's heart still hurt hard at Huo Yunting's affirmation.

"In that case, why did you send someone to protect me secretly?"

Huo Yunting said calmly: "Although those people's target is not you, but since they are unable to attack Lan Xue, they might attack you when they are desperate."

Xia Chuwei's fingers tightened, and those speculations that she didn't believe in at first were gradually invading her brain like a virus.

"Huo Yunting, are you... deliberately using me as Ye Lanxue's shield?"

Huo Yunting frowned slightly, "What are you talking about?"

Xia Chuwei's voice was as cool as water, "The news that the two of us have reconciled is no longer a secret in the industry. We go in and out together in public places, and everyone knows that I have been approved by you."

"In order to increase your credibility, you even publicly taught those who bullied me, and on your birthday, you publicly acknowledged my identity..."

Xia Chuwei smiled and said, "Not long after, your enemies came to your door."

Huo Yunting looked at her, a thin layer of coldness appeared in his deep eyes.

"What do you want to say?"

"People who don't know, think that you have changed your mind. Everyone thinks that Ye Lanxue is a thing of the past. If your enemy wants to take revenge on you, he will definitely kidnap the person you care about most... Logically speaking,

They should kidnap me."

Huo Yunting had already guessed what Xia Chuwei wanted to say, and his eyes became colder.

"According to what you said, why did they choose to kidnap Lan Xue instead of you?"

Xia Chuwei looked into his eyes and said word by word: "The audience who don't know the real situation may be deceived by the illusion. But since those people want to seek revenge from you, how can they be easily deceived? Besides, they

You are not a fool, you sent so many people to protect Ye Lanxue... Anyone with eyes knows who you really care about, right?"

"When you talk about starting over, it's all an illusion you deliberately created. Oh, one thing I forgot is that Huo's is on the rise, and it's really not suitable for negative news like divorce to spread. Therefore, it can not only maintain the corporate image, but also

Having a ready-made shield...it really kills two birds with one stone."

The man's black eyes, as deep as a cold pool, flashed with an extremely cold anger, and his thin lips raised a cold and ironic arc.

"Ah."

Huo Yunting did not explain anything, but put his wallet back into the drawer and left the study with an expressionless face, leaving only an indifferent back.

After the man left, all the strength in Xia Chuwei's body seemed to be drained away.

At this moment, the tenderness and beauty of the past seemed like a joke.

...

After that day, Huo Yunting didn't go home for a long time.


Chapter completed!